Oak Hill School Class- Unknown Year- Edmonson County
Submitted by: NormaJohnson Stewart
Oak Hill School - Unknown Year
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Brownsville(SPL.)--J.V. Carder was one of Edmonson County's teachers during the latter partof the last century, and the early part of this century. He was also anattorney, and once served as postmaster of Brownsville.
(C) 2005
The schoolpictured above was made at the Oak Grove one-room rural school, two miles fromthe county seat town. It was one of the first rural schools to beconsolidated with Brownsville in 1930. Many of the children shown in thepicture are now retired business men and women.
READING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT:
FRONT ROW: Elbert Vincent, Mary Bledsoe, John Bailey Johnson, J.V. Carder, Joe Bledsoe,John Rountree, Homer Johnson, Dow James, Tom Bledsoe, George Hazelip, NancyRountree, Luther Bledsoe.
SECOND ROW: Velma Dishman, Eva Haxelip,Nina Denham, Nora Johnson, Mary Rountree, Ethel James, Neely Bledsoe, ParadineJohnson, Lydia Belle Johnson, Hallie James, Florence Rountree, Lena Bledsoe,Alice Bledsoe.
BACK ROW: Noah Johnson, Will Johnson, EugeneJohnson, Joe R. Johnson, Virgil James, Will Rountree, Eugene James, Ghoul James,Lawrence Denham, Gene Perry Johnson, and Lon Johnson.