Panthea Massenburg Twitty (September 7, 1912 – October 21, 1977) was an American photographer, ceramist, and historian. Born in Warrenton,

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, Twitty was the daughter of Nancy B. White and John B. Massenburg. She was educated locally and at Saint Mary's Junior College in Raleigh before studying art in White Plains,

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; she also attended

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, and the Georgiana Studio of Design. She was active in the

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, chairing its committee on monuments and markers, compiling historical records, and writing for some of its programs. In 1957 she produced a ''Confederate History of Warren County''; she also supplied research and photographs for other writers. She was certified by the National Ceramics Association, and taught ceramics at the Halifax Technical Institute and Vance-Granville Community College. She lived in a house called Reedy Hill in Warren County, where she operated a ceramics shop. Twitty, an

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, married Henry Fitts Twitty II in 1941; with him she had two children, Panthea Anne (Crawford) and William Henry. She is buried in Warrenton.

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