SCHOOL DAZE
In Wayne County, Kentucky
Ramsey School at Barrier, KY - Early 1900's
Pictured in no order: Dora Barrier, Anna Ramsey, Etta Denney, India Denny, Bonnie Gregory, Willie Dabney, Teacher Jim Hicks
Submitted by Rina Kaye Pyles
Eads Bottom School
Written on back of Photo:
"This was made 23rd of December 1927 at the school
Christmas tree of Eads Bottom , Wayne Co. KY. It was made by our school
master, Mr. William E. Buster."
Back row, 3rd from the right is Gladys Gossage Oatts.
Submitted by Lisa Oatts New
Big Sinking School
Only person known in this photo is James I. Ramsey located on back row, 3rd from left.
He was the son of George W. and Elizabeth (Hurt) Ramsey.
Submitted by Lisa Oatts New
Cumberland School - Year Unknown
From back of photo:
Back Row: Lillie Brown, Opal Halcomb, Hubert Burke,
Clara Brown, Mae Halcomb, Claud Walker, Earl Higginbotham, Odie Tuggle
Front:
Effie Brown, Flora Winchester, Stella Walker, Maud Winchester, and Lera
Gossage
Submitted by Lisa Oatts New
Lockett's Chapel School - Abt. 1953
Front Row 3rd from the right is Bill Oatts and Back Row 2nd from right is Bess
Oatts Anderson
Submitted by Lisa Oatts New
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Name of school unknown, possibly Rocky Branch or Bell Hill - abt. 1905.
Front row, 3rd girl from the Left is Lula Gregory Anderson (1897-1979).
Submitted by Andrea Anderson West
Name of school unknown, possibly Rocky Branch or Bell Hill.
Bottom row: Girls #9 & #10 from Right are sisters Lula Gregory Anderson
(1897-1979) & Nettie Gregory Crabtree/Murphy (1890-1959).
Submitted by Andrea Anderson West
Rocky Branch School - abt. 1919
Teacher: Lona E. Bell Superintendent: Matt Bell
First Row: All unknown at this time.
The three boys standing next to
the teacher may be Billy, Tolbert, & Will Gregory who died in a flu
epidemic abt. 1920 (sons of Lewis & Nannie (Miller) Gregory.)
Second Row, L to R: 4th boy from left is
Woodrow Bell, next two are unknown, Bertha Bell, Indy Bell,
unknown, Maude (Gregory) Chriswell/Hill, next two are unknown, Bertha "Bea"
(Gregory) Hollingsworth, Clovie Bell, Bessie (Gregory) Decker/
Dobbs/Lyons, next are unknown.
Third Row, L to R: Boys are
unknown, girl with sailor collar is Laura (Decker) Dobbs, Susie (Gregory)
Bell, Ella Rose Bell, Rona (Gregory) Dobbs, unknown
Lorton, (behind her) Minnie Clark, Dovie (Gregory)
Dobbs.
Two boys in rear with arrow above their heads may be Tom and
Andy Bell.
Submitted by Marilyn Gregory Fisher
Rocky Branch School - abt. 1927
Teacher: Lela Roberts
Standing in front of teacher is Lilly Pitman. Left and behind Lilly is
Indy Bell. Left of Indy is Woodrow Bell. Evie (Gregory)
Gregory (wearing dark sweater) is standing in front of Lilly Pitman.
Directly in front of Evie is her sister Bertie (Gregory) Bell. Left of
Bertie is Della Bell (d/o Eph Bell). Left and behind Della is Lilly
(Lewis) Bell.
Names also listed on the back of this picture are:
(not
in any order) Lova, Clova, & Bernice VAUGHN; Opal, Bessie, John,
Levi, Homer, & Nellie GREGORY; Zylpha, Wendall, Wentford, Hilbert,
Vela, Bertha, Either, Golda, & Viola BELL; Ina DOBBS; Ray and
Robert MORROW
Submitted by Marilyn Gregory Fisher
Bell Hill School - abt. 1930
Teacher: Lova Bell (behind students)
First 3 small children unknown. L to R: Elsie (Bell) Gregory/Hughes,
young lady in the white dress is Jewell (Phipps) Dobbs, next is Beulah
Burks, Bertha Kidd, small boy unknown, Owsley Gregory (in
bibs), and last is Arvil Burks.
Submitted by Marilyn Gregory Fisher