History of Turner High School

Submitted by Barbara Jefferson-Bonner

 

 

Homecoming Queens

Miss Turner High’s

1st - 1956-57

BARBARA ANNE SANDERS

P: Mr./Mrs. Arzie & Gayzelle Crain-Sanders

 

2nd - 1957-58

ALYCE BLONDELL LEARY

Mo: Mrs. Crecy B. Leary

 

3rd - 1958-59

CECIL DORIS DAVIS

Mo: Delia P. Davis

 

4th - 1959-60

LULA MAE MCGEE

P:

 

5th - 1960-61

ELEANOR LISTER

P: L.C. & Annie Lou (Rayson) Lister

 

6th - 1961-62

 

 

7th - 1962-63


TURNER HIGH SCHOOL

1959-1960 School Year

Administration:

Mr. Arzie Sanders, Principal

 

Faculty:

1. Mrs. Beatrice T. Greer - English

2. Mrs. Ruby L. Jernigan - Secretary to the Principle

3. Miss Zelma M. Eubanks - Social Studies

4. Mrs. Georgia L. Gable - Typing & Shorthand

5. Miss Mildred Bussey - Librarian

6. W.H. Coss - Vocational Agriculture

7. C.G. Bowie - Instrumental & Band Music

8. Miss Sara Helen Brown - English & Social Studies

9. Miss Myrtle Robinson - Science, Health & Physical Education

10.Gettis Black - Mathematics

11.Sumpter L. Brooks - Science & Mathematics

12.Mrs. E. Ruth Daniels - Music & English

13.Otis Ragsdale - Gen. Science & Biology (Assistant Coach)

14.Miss Ida L. Hudson - Home Economics Instructor

15.Mrs. Dorothy D. Samuel - Homemaking Instructor (Student Council Sponsor)

16.Elmer Randall - Social Studies (Coach)

17.Mrs. Joy F. Perry - 8th grade Language Arts

18.Miss Lois D. Frederick - Spanish & Social Studies

19.Ernest Brewster - Coach, Elementary Principle

20.Mrs. Crecy B. Leary - 7th grade Sponsor

21.Oscar W. Williams - 6th grade-A Sponsor

22.Mrs. Frances Ragsdale - 6th grade-B Sponsor

23.Miss Mamie G. Steward - Elementary Music

24.Mrs. Myrtle C. Lewis - 5th grade Sponsor

25.Mrs. Willie M. Spencer - 4th grade Sponsor

26.Mrs. Bertha Madkins - 3rd grade-B Sponsor

27.Mrs. Gayzelle Sanders - 2nd grade-A Sponsor

28.Mrs. Lonie M. Williams - 3rd grade-A Sponsor

29.Mrs. Claudia Williams - 2nd grade-B Sponsor

30.Mrs. Agnes T. Taylor-Johns - Special Education Instructor

31.Mrs. Erma J. Dawson - 1st grade-B Sponsor

32.Mrs. Mary L. Thomas - 1st grade-A Sponsor

Graduates

Senior Class 1960

 

Fayelene Adams Cleon Beck
Rosa Anna Anderson Arnold Britton
Myrtle Raye Brown Jimmy Ray Byrd
Frances Galloway Georgia B. Coleman

Howard Leon Chadwick

Dorothy Raye Davis

Charles Farnell

Edna Jean Gold

Tommy Clinton Goree

Wanda Jo Gray

Erma Jean Hicks

O.T. Hodge

Wanda Faye Holland

Dleon Ingram

James Edward Ingram

Johnny B. Johnson

Charles Edward Jones

Daisy Bell Jones

Hubert Arnold Jones

Frederick Lilly

Dorothy J. Lovely

James Lynn Marsh

Lula Mae McGee

Laurnetta Morris

John Myles

Robert Myles
Cassie Pellum Raydell Pellum
Zelphia Perkins Baylis Ramsey
Paul G. Reese Alice Richardson
George A. Roberts Sallie F. Stevenson
Alma Bettye Taylor Richard Tilmon  
Jerlean Waines Royce Lee Walker
Georgia Washington Calvin Wilcot
Jimmy Williams Lovis C. Wilson (Osborn)

Howard Woods

Theresia Walton
John M. Buffin Curtis McCalister
Clevon White Charles Tatum

        

Drop-outs

Billy Jean Beck

Phillip Stine Beechum
Johnny Bowman  Blarn Delle Calloway
Velma Johnson Betty Lou Osborn
Katroy Thompson Grady Ware

 

Juniors

Vivian Arnett Lillian Brown
Lewis Beck  James Fletcher
Ethel Beechum  Ruby Brown
Roy Beck Rosie Lee Fields
Bonnie Byrd Homer Evans
Cora Johnson Dorothy Johnson
Eunice M. Black Joe Goree
George Davis Emma Hall
Jessie Hunter Mary Hunter
Edward Holland Florine Grant
Billy Jernigan Melvine Jackson
Willie Greeg Fred Horton
Allie Harris Cicero Morris