Ray City School Yearbook 1948-1949
Special thanks to Chris Clements for preserving and sharing this document.
Teachers
Mrs. Cornelius (Pearl Cornelius)………………1st Grade
Mrs. Webb (Jessie Webb)…………………….…2nd Grade
Mrs. Taylor (Emma Lou Taylor)………………3rd Grade
Miss Barbara Comer…………………………….…4th Grade
Mrs. Williams………………………………………..5th Grade
Mrs. Patten (Mabel C. Patten)…………..……..6th Grade
Mr. Joe S. Clements………………………………..7th Grade
Mrs. Smith…………………………………………….8th Grade
Mrs. McClure (Myrtle Hawk McClure)….…9th Grade
Mr. Underwood……………………………………10th Grade
Mrs. Johnson (Eloise Williams Johnson)…11th Grade
Mr. Charles Woodrow Schmoe…………………Principal
Ray City School Class of 1949
Winona Williams, President
Talton Rouse, Vice President
Jean Studstill, Treasurer
Murray Comer
Carey Register
Helen Wood
Charles Scarbrough
Thomas Studstill
Robert Whitehead
Robert Conner
Junior Class
Herman K. Guthrie, President
Edith Wheeler, Vice President
Betty J. Huff, Secretary
J. Bart Gaskins
Mary L. Sirmans
Jimmy Grissett
Jimmy Gaskins
Allie M. Warren
Robert Hamm
Sophomore Class (9th Grade)
Betty Jo Cook, President
Billy F. Moore, Vice President
Lullene Rouse, Secretary
Wendell Clements, Treasurer
Geraldine Sirmons, Junior Cornelius, Betty Rose Purvis, Bobby Buckholts, Hazel Croy, June Earl Dampier, Peggy Huff, Bobby Vaughn, Golie Warren, Talmadge Moore, Carolyn Wood, Ira McKuhen, Ava Lou Nix, A.C. Hesters, Wilma Ray, Billy Roberts, Faye Sirmans, Jack Knight, Evelyn Wheeler, James Rogers, Mildred Dampier, Jimmy Whitehead, Patricia Bradford, Bobby Williams, Meredith Futch
Eighth Grade
Willie M. Luke, Charles D. Allen, Harry Cornelius, J. W. Temples, Donald Sirmans, Foster Griner, Thurmand Plair, Charles Luke, Franklin Baldree, James Williams, Sara J. Smith, Eloise Miller
Seventh Grade
Mary Bush, Louise Bates, Hilda M. Gaskins, Hilda V. Gaskins, Elinon Grissett, Annette Jordaon, Jimmy May, Donald Mathis, Charles McKuhen, Hazel McCuller, Clyde Nix, Glen Putnal, B. Ray, Jimmie Robertson, C. Sirmans, Aulie Sirmans, Bennie Sirmans, Robbie Smith, Mary Vaughn, Betty Webb, Don Bennett, K. Walls, Helen Whitehead, Jessie Hamm, Carroll Williams.
Sixth Grade
Betty Bates, Robert Carter, Bobby Cook, L.C. Cook, Elizabeth Cone, F. Cornelius, F. Dampier, Lamar Fender, Wendell Garner, Eugene Harpe, Jule Holton, Jeraldine Jordon, Kenneth May, Kim Moore, Jack Patten, Betty Roberts, Vernon Roberts, Bobby Sammons, Lenora Sirmans, Judith Smith, Frank Studstill, David Suggs, Elizabeth Temples, Brown Vaughn, Grace Williams, Hubert Miller, Betty J. Warren, Mary Scarbrough, Londell Griner, Wilson Stone.
Fifth Grade
Jack Barnard, L. Conine, Richard Burnett, Bobby Croy, Carlton Garner, Billy Gaskins, Bruce Gaskins, Jr. Harpe, Travis Johnson, S. Etheridge, J. McCullers, Everette Roberts, Jim Roberts, Leon Sirmans, Billy Smith, Ray Smith, J.T. Smith, Charles Snipes, Frank Wood, Sam Griner, Remer Bostic, R. Noles, Billy Mathis, R. Noles, Willene May, M.L. Brantly, Joyces Chavous, Pam Cook, I.L. Exum, B.J. Myers, Wynelle Myers, N. R. McDonald, J. C. McSwain, C. Robertson, A. Sammons, M. Sirmans, W.J. Smith, Evelyn Snipe, Mary Warren
Fourth Grade
Charles Cook, William Ray, R. Sirmans, M.B. Swindell, M.B. Suggs, Eloise Warren. Jr. Logon, Carolyn Croy, Norma Harrod, Leroy Wilson, Franklin Cribb, Edna Fountain, Virginia Harpe, Charles Baldree, Betty Akridge, Dorothy Mathis, Clarice Allen, Phyllis Fletcher, Katie Luke, Dorothy Hendley, Betty Cook, Julian Mathis, Henry Gaskins, Pearl Avery, Carlton Sirmans
Veterans
June H. Sirmans, Barney J. Akridge, Ned Browning, L.C. Hughes, James E. Jefferson, Clarence A. Luke, Perry C. Myers, Ira G. Register, Howard D. Temples, John W. Walker, Lonnie C. Alexander, Chester E. Moncrief, William Allison, Robert W. Barber, James H. Conner, Lamar E. Fountain, John H. Greene, James C. Harris, Reva L. Rice, Albert W. Warren
Advertisers
Advertisers in the 1948-1949 Ray City School Yearbook included Adel Grocery Company, Adel Trading Company, Bank of Ray City, Boyett Sprayer Manufacturing, Farmers Motor Service Company, Fletch and Mac’s Garage, Glidden’s Truck Company, H.A. Swindle General Merchandise, Holton Furniture Company, Jenkins Chevrolet, Jim Paulk & L. Nooe Sawmill, Johnson’s Cash Store, Lanier Motor Company, Lovein Funeral Home, Mail-Me-Monday, Murray’s Service Station, Nashville Stationery and Printing Company, Nehi Bottling Company, Nichols Builders Supply, Patten’s Concrete & Block Industry, Perry Auction Company, Schroer Implement Company, Snow’s Laundry, Stalling’s Feed & Seed Store, Star Laundry and Dry Cleaning, Swindle and Mathis Grocery, Swindle’s Cash Store, Tom Hewitt Auto Company, Valdosta Coca-Cola Bottling Works, Victory Soda Shop, and Waldron-Howard Allis-Chalmers Farm Machinery and Equipment.
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