Pilgrim Rest School



1898 (source LaRue Moore)
George Pierson, teacher  picture has students & teachers
Bob Ford in front row, 3rd from left (only one identified).

Rains County Leader, April 22, 1904
Pilgrim Rest News
We have the best school in the county and our teacher, W.L. Russell, is not a particle behind the school.

Rains County Leader, July 29, 1904
Pilgrim Rest News
Our public school is progressing nicely under the able management of Prof. W.L. Russell.

1912
Myrtle Travis & Miss Jessie Adams (sisters) - teachers

1917
Olen Melton & Paulee Reneau - teachers (9 February 1917 Rains Co. Leader)

1920 ("Looking Back..." photo, 01 Oct 1987)
     Mrs. Lillie Melton, Mrs. Clemmie Johnson, Mrs. Lillian Dyer - teachers
Adams, Earl                            McKay, Faye                          Shultz, Grace
Adair, Irene                             McKay, Mittie                        Shultz, Hugh
Burleson, Ruby                        McKay, Shirley                       Shultz, Valla
Dittman, Blanche                      Martin, Homer                        Shultz, Vance
Dittman, Jewel                          Matthews, Steve                    Shultz, Velma E.
Dittman, Ned                            Melton, Flora                        Slatter, Mae
Dyer, Lillian                              Melton, George                     Smiley, Juanita
Dyer, Wilma                             Melton, Josie                         Smith, Alvin
Ford, Johnnye                           Melton, Lillie                         Smith, Buster
Ford, Roy                                 Melton, Luther                      Smith, John
Holmes, Howard                       Nutt, Ada                             Smith, Lafette
Holmes, Koy                             Nutt, Myrtle                         Smith, Orbie
Holmes, Libby                           Osborne, Cecil                     Smith, Pearl
Holmes, Luther                          Osborne, Poston                  Spence, Grace
Horsley, Ouida B                       Osborne, Zora                     Spence, Rachel
Horsley, Vera                             Panter, Ovel                        Sybert, Earl
Johnson, Bernice                        Panter, Pearlie                      Wagner, Luther
Johnson, Clemmie (Slatter)         Panter, Thelma                     Whitehead, Norene
Johnson, Lanny Ruth                  Panter, Valla                         Whitehurst, Berry
Johnson, Ora Lee                       Rackley, Bill                          Whitehurst, Harpy
Johnson, Pete                             Rackley, Horace                    Yandell, Lloyd
McCreight, Fay                          Rackley, Mozelle                    Yandell, Roy
McCreight, Overton                   Rackley, Rudy
 

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