Braselton High School Graduates 1924-1957

                            As recorded by Nell Braselton and donated to the Braselton Library with no check-out privileges.

                                              Contributed by Jo Ledbetter Chastain with permission from Kit Braselton

 

CORRECTIONS ARE APPRECIATED. PLEASE CONTACT Jochastain@bellsouth.net with all spelling corrections or identifications.

 

Note:  Class pictures were contributed by Jo Chastain and added to this page 11/06, 0607,  and 08/07.  The collection is complete except for the years 1924 and 1925.   If anyone has copies of those class pictures, we would greatly appreciate it if you would share them with us.    Thanks,    Paulette

 

Class of 1924

Frances Braselton
Herman Braselton
Vernelle Ivey
John Langford
Herman Roberts

 

Class of 1925

N. Nannette Braselton
Harold D. Brooks
Ruby Irene Cash
Mary Adelyne Crow
J. Broughton Dalton
Carmen Elder
N. Nanette McDonald
James Otis McNeal
Johnnie Lee Murphy
Mary Estelle Murphy
Jessalyn Stewart

 

Class of 1926    

Alphabetically:  Carlton Baird, Joe Braselton, Reba Bridges, Lawrence Brookshire, Etta Cash, Harold Clotfelter, Hester Dalton, Louise Davis, Gertie Hudgins, J. Millard Lancaster, Posy Maddox, J. P. McDonald, Julian Stewart, Ruby Tanner, Mae Ward, Alden Wilson, Jr.

 

Class of 1927  

Alphebetically:  Nellie Ruth Braselton (front row, 4th from left), Aaron Cooper, Dovie Jane Cooper, Irene Cooper, Carrie Louise Eden, Mildred Hartley, Grace Healan, Clarice Holland, Bernice Ivey, Alma Knight, Joe Bryan McDonald, Leonard Pirkle, Lola Pirkle, Leon Wages

 

Class of 1928

L-R Back Row:  J. Garlan Bryant, ________, John H. Braselton, _______ 
3rd Row:  ________, _______, Averee Berryman, _________   
2nd Row:  ________, Rosalyn Braselton, Ruth Lott _________ 
Front Row:  _________, ______

Alphabetically:  Agnes Irene Bell, Averee Berryman, John H. Braselton, Rosalyn Braselton, J. Garlan Bryant, Leora Cruce, Ruby Cruce, Rose Davenport, J. Byron Davis, J. Edwin Hudgins, Mary Lou Lancaster, Ruth Lott, Idelle Maddox, Flora Mae McEver

 

Class of 1929   

Back Row   L-R:  Robert Lee Frinks, _______, ______, Charlie Hartley, Ralph Cash, ______.
Front Row:  ________, _______, ______, Rhunette Langford, _______, Clydelle Baird

Alphabetically:  Clydelle Baird, Ralph Cash, Katrine Davis, Robert Lee Frinks, Charlie Hartley, Marie Hill, Opal Hill, Brannon Kinney, Clarence Knight, Rhunette Langford, Cora Bell McEver, Immon “Bud” Wilson,

 

Class of 1930   

Alphabetically:  Etsel Archer, W. Jackson Boggs, Effie Bonds, Harry W. Braselton (possibly, back row, 5th from left), Telford Brock, Lloyd Cash, Lois Davis, Snow Dell Kilgore, W. N. Lott, Jr., Clarence Maddox, Mutolle Maddox, Margie McEver, G. Murphy, Henry A. Murphy, Louise Murphy, Naomy Murphy, Loyce Alline Orr, Clydele Smith, Maude Smith, Eve Tanner, Austin Wall

 

Class of 1931 

Alphabetically:  Allene Braselton (front row, 6th from left), Green Braselton, Jr. (second row, far left), Mary Braselton, Marelle Brock, Broadus Cash, Montine Cooper, Ralth Dalton, Lewis Davenport, Eugene Davis, Irene Emmett, Lottie Evans, Nolan Evans, Monnye Faulkner, Grace Hall,  Mildred Hill, LeRoy Kinney, Neta B. Kinney, Evelyn Langford, Louise Lott, Lucille Mauldin, Russell Pirkle (front row, 3rd from left), A. P. Rice, Susie Tanner, Grady Thrasher, Hannah Ward, Howard White, J. H. White, Loucious White,

 

Class of 1932  

Alphabetically:  Hazel Barton, Geraldine Cash, Mildred Cooper, J. Armond Davis, Roscoe Hartley, Chester B. Kennedy, Paul Lott, Harrel B. Magness, Herschel P. Magness, Lottie Murphy, Crawford Pucket, Louise Stone


Class of 1933  

Alphabetically:  June Boggs, Hoyt Cash, Eugene Duck, Newall Hall, T. C. Llewellyn, Jr., Johnnie Mae Mauldin, Juan McGuire, Eloise Spealman, Henry Smith, Ralph Smith, J. T. Wiley

 

Class of 1934        

L-R:   mascot boy and girl, Elise Hill, Latrielle Murphy, Paul Anderson, Bernice Murphy, Nina Faulkner, Robert Lee Emmett, Lottie Belle Murphy, Charlotte Cash, Jack Pirkle, Grace Maddox and  Brilla Murphy

Alphabetically:  Paul Anderson, Charlotte Cash, Robert Lee Emmett, Nina Faulkner, Elise Hill, Grace Maddox, Bernice Murphy, Brilla Murphy, Latrielle Murphy, Lottie Belle Murphy, Jack Pirkle

 

Class of 1935  

L-R:  _______, Quentin Pirkle, girl mascot, Marion Bell, Robert Lott, Demaris Holland,
_______, _______, ______, Annie Bell Maddox, Eutaw Deaton, _______, Virginia Allen

Alphabetically:  Virginia Allen, Marion Bell, Eut aw Deaton, Demaris Holland, Carol Hosch, Louise Kilgore, Ralph Lott, Robert Lott, Annie Bell Maddox, Quintin Pirkle, James Wright

 

Class of 1936  

L-R: Myron Cash, Kontz Roberts, Lester Mae Cooper, Arthur Boyd and Charles Wheeler

 Class of 1937  

L-R    Back Row:  Cecil Westbrook, Charlotte Stewart, Ray Spealman  
Middle: Grace Fambrough, Leroy Moulder, Alberta Allen, Catherine Pirkle, Lurline Duck, Royce H. Braselton, Beatrice Walker  
Front Row:  John F. Stone, Jr., Janet Cash, Sara Frances Holland, Herbert B. Braselton, Annie Ruth Davis   
Not Shown:  Beulah Maddox and Willonell Skelton

 

Class of 1938  

Alphabetically:  Hazene Boggs, Willie Nell Coburn, Ann Lois Cooper, Agnes Cronic, A. J. Davenport, Marylene Davis, Charles Drake, Jr., Lloyd Fox, Gertrude Hayes, Glenn Hill, Alton Hudgins, Lucille Langford, Rachel Murphy, Eulene Simmons, Vertis Stancil (front row, last girl on right), Christine Wood, E.D.”Tapp” Wood (back row, first boy on left)

 

Class of 1939  

Alphabetically:  Myrtle Baird, Jurelle Banks, Mary Bonds, Runette Bonds, J. O. Braselton, Jr. (front row, 3rd graduate from left), Dorothy Castleberry, Lurene Cronic, June Davis, Ruby Dean Duck, Wyat Hayes, Florine Haynes, Lynelle Hill, Mazena McDaniel, Clara Mae McEver, Holland McEver, Hazel Peebles, Evelyn Smith, Clyde Walker, Edwin Waters, Lyndal Wiley

 

Class of 1940  

L-R  Back Row: Archie Wheeler, Guy Simmons, Winnon Smith, Babe Wood, Talmadge McNeal, Frank Lancaster, W. C. Hosch, Pete Davenport, Jack Fricks, Etsel Bell      
Middle Row: Bishop Pirkle, Mary Assie Ewing, Mildred Roberts, Eudora Pierce, Carmel McEver, Bud Gregory, Elizabeth Waters, Vera Dean Cronic, Eunice Freeman, Leroy Deaton 
Front Row:  Girl mascot, Boy mascot      Not Shown:  Howard McNeal

 

Class of 1941

 

Alphabetically:  Carey Cash (2nd from right), Ruth Castleberry, Frances Cooper, Grace Cruce, Roy Evans, Homer Faulkner (6th from left), Myron Hayes, Jack Lancaster (8th from left), Choice Murphy, Winnie Clare Murphy, Edna Phillips, Nelda Skelton, Jane Warwick

 

Class of 1942   

L-R  Back Row: Rutherford Kinney, Mildred Hayes, Louise Foster, Henrietta Waters, Mildred Roberts, Roy Foster  
Middle Row: Joel Simmons, Bellmalene Healan, Frances Emmett, Lizzie Ruth Fambrough, Jack Wheeler  
Front Row:  Edmond Hayes, Inez Wood, Cedelia Reynolds, Carolyn Cooper, Cline Fambrough

 

  Class of 1943  

L-R
Back Row: Eura Mae Hayes, Thomas Kemp, Mary Alice Murphy, Arthur Davis, Ruth Mauldin, Curtis Stephens, Bertie Mae Ewing    
Front Row:Reece Lackey, Louise Clark, Frances Lancaster, Latrele Cheek, Lola Maddox, Jane Forrester, Tommy Peebles  Not Shown:  James Coffee

 Class of 1944  

L-R  Back Row:  Elsie McNeal, Edith Kemp, Jean Castleberry, Joe Hyder Davis, Bobby Cooper, Lucille Grier, Connell Waters, Clara Wheeler   
 Front Row:  Henry Edward Braselton, Colena Bryant, Howard Banks, Georgine Cash, J. P. Hulsey, Vashti Patterson, James W. Mahaffey, Lottie Hogan


Class of 1945  

Back Row   L-R:  ______, Louise Westbrook, Bobby Langford, ______, ______, ______.
Front Row:  boy mascot, ______, Harry McDonald, ______, ______, ______, girl mascot

Alphabetically:  Betty Davis, Jackson Dean, Helen Hall, Bobby Langford, Bernice Leachman, Herbert Manus, Harry McDonald, Virginia Phillips, Sara Ann Sherwood, Elease Smith, Louise Westbrook

 

Class of 1946  

Back Row   L-R:  Leora Evans, ______, Emory Jean Baird, Wynelle Chastain, ______
Front Row:  Evelyn Wright, ______, Frances Waters, ______

Alphabetically:  Emory Jean Baird, Wynelle Chastain, Leora Evans, Ruby Nell Ewing, Marylene Holland, Gwen Roberts, Doris Tanner, Frances Waters, Evelyn Wright

 

Class of 1947    

L-R Back Row: Howard Duck, Jasper Cronic, Jr., Otis McNeal, Taylor Cooper, Charles Berryman, W.C. McNeal, Horace Banks  
 Front Row:   Charlotte Holland,  Helen Coffee, Margaret Edge,  Martha Bob McDonald, Jackie Boggs, Mildred Stewart   
 Not Shown:  Otis Lee Tanner

Class of 1948  

Alphabetically:  Margaret Attaway, Ann Baird, Frances Baird, Quincey Baird, Ann Bell, Arlen Berryman, Clara E. (Pam) Braselton, Margaret Davenport, Lila Doster, Edith Hogan, Gwendolyn Hutson, Grace Mauldin, Jennie Mae Waters, J. G. Wheeler, Jr., Beatrice Wright, Henry Wood, Jr.

 

Class of 1949

L-R: Royce Timms, Charles Baird, Margaret Matthews, Ned Cronic, Vera Lou Hayes, Joel Banks, Ramona Phillips , A. L. Hulsey, Jo Ann Forrester, Radford Skelton, Betty Ann Alford, Hoyt Skelton, Ruby Maddox, Everett Sutton, Ruth Kennedy, Horace Healan , Raleigh Roberts.    Not pictured, Eugene Wright
 
 

Class of 1950  

Alphabetically:  Sue Allen, Charles Attaway, Willie Clark, Frances Davenport, Vera Davis, Eugene Evans, Edwin Ewings, David Hall, Thelma Healan, Nickie Jackson, J. D. Kennedy, Carlton Patterson, Early Roberts, Jr., Durward Shaw, Betty Swancey, Jimmy Waters, Julian Waters, Robert Wheeler, Dalton Wilson

 

Class of 1951  

L-R  Back Row:  Roger Wood, Ruth Landers, Vernon Sutton, Earl McNeal, Isabell Wood, Charles Waddell, Larry Baird, Raymond Swaim, Addie Bell Wood, Leroy Waddell, Donald Hulsey, Ellen Cronic, Laird Phillips  
Front Row:  Ray Edge, Thelma Maddox, Thomas McNeal, Peggy Smith, Delain Richardson, Frances Holland, Billy Braselton, Ara Brock, Ed Collins, Jeannie Clark, Terry Cronic, Annie Jo Skelton

Class of 1952    

Alphabetically:  Willene Banks, Claris Baird, Jackie Baird, Billy Sam Barnette, Frances Beck, Louise Doster, Jeanette Emmett, Troy Ewing, Roger Freeman, Elmer Maddox, Johnnie Maddox, Joan Martin, Thelma Mauldin, Kathleen Odum, Robert Puckett, Herbert Puckett, Demaris Roberts, Tabithia Rouse, Paul Royster, W. P. Shaw, Genevieve Stancil, Winona Stancil, Bernice Swancey, Turner Waters, Roger Wilson

 

Class of 1953  

No graduates

 

Class of 1954   

L-R  Back Row:  Myron Stephens, Billy Cash, Clarion Tullis, Howard Cooper, J. C. Maddox 
Middle Row:  Jimmy Wheeler, Douglas Simmons, Donald Loggins, Buddy Phillips, Paul Timms, Billy Joe Self, Marvin Davis  Front Row:  Janet Hulsey, Mary Alice Evans, Kathryn Waters, Betty Baird, Carolyn Baird, Mary Ann Gable

Class of 1955  

L-R  Back Row:  Doris Carlyle, Linda Davis, Jeanette Deaton, Eleanor Jackson   
Third Row:  Eugene Mauldin, Baxter Holder, James Doster, James Cash  
Second Row:  Lamar Grier, Jerry Sloan, Ross Wilson   
Front Row:  Jimmy Cooper, Nona Faye Kinney,  Bobby Ledbetter,  Judy Marlowe, Richard Davenport   
Not Shown:   Luther C. Bell, Jr., Horace Carlyle, Joyce Dunagan and Roy McNeal

 

Class of 1956  

Graduates 1956

L-R: Lyndel Reynolds, Wayne Kinney, Andrea Berryman, Frances Skinner,
Susie Gunter, Jo Ledbetter, Wilma Baird, Sue Tullis, Gilbert Phillips

 

Class of '56

 

L-R  Back row:    Bobby Cash, Gilbert Phillips, Billy Doster, Billy Roberts, Lyndel Reynolds, Miss Bernice Harben, teacher.
Front Row :    Susie Gunter, Andrea Berryman, Sue Tullis, Jo Ledbetter, Wilma Baird, Frances  Skinner.

 

Class of '56 in 11th Grade

L-R  Back Row:  Billy Doster, Wayne Kinney, Billy Roberts, Jim Page, Lyndel Reynolds, Gilbert Phillips, Raymond Hogan, Miss Bernice Harben . teacher.
Front Row:  Bobby Cash, Susie Gunter, Andrea Berryman, Sue Tullis, Loretta Hulsey, Wilma Baird, Jo Ledbetter.
 

Class of '56 in 10th Grade

L-R  Back Row:  Billy Roberts, Sue Tullis, Wilma Baird, Lyndel Reynolds.
Middle row:  Miss Bernice Harben, teacher, _______, Raymond Hogan, Gilbert Phillips, Billy Doster, Wayne Kinney, Bobby Cash.
Front Row:  Loretta Hulsey, Jo Ledbetter, ____, Jody Chronic, Andrea Berryman, Mildred Richardson,  ____, Susie Gunter.
 

Class of '56 in 9th Grade

L-R  Back Row:  ________, Sue Tullis, Wilma Baird, _____.
Middle Row:  Billy Doster,_______, Gilbert Phillips, Billy Roberts, ______, Raymond Hogan, Miss Bernice Harben, teacher.
Front Row:   Jo Ledbetter, ________, ______, Jody Chronic, Andrea Berryman, Loretta Hulsey, Susie Gunter.
Seated on floor:  Wayne Kinney, Bobby Cash.

1956 Beta Club

 L-R  Back Row:  _______,_________
 Middle row:  Evelyn McNeal,  Charlene Berryman,  Dorothy Wright, Laire Robertson, Martha Summerour,______,  Sue Tullis.
 Front row:  Pearl Baird, Susie Gunter, Jo Ledbetter, Andrea Berryman, Wilma Baird, Weldon Tanner.
 

 

Class of 1957           The last class to graduate from BHS. The school then closed.

L-R:   Katie Sue Gaddis, Elizabeth Spivey, Sylvia Stancil, Edsel DeLong, Dorothy Wright, Dennis Richardson, Edward Perdue, Eugene Pritchett, Douglas Carter, Allen Wood, Weldon Tanner, Jack Duck, Talmadge Swancey, Joy Marlowe, Dean Doster, Sara Streetman, Jimmy Collins, Walter Gaddis, Jr.