TabThe following is an alphabetical listing of Whitesburg High School graduates who graduated from before 1927 to 1940. The following was transcribed from an article found in The Mountain Eagle newspaper dated Thursday, May 16, 1940 (Page 9), and sorted by me. If you, or someone you know, are among this list of graduates OR if you know of any corrections that need to be made, please contact me, Brian K. Caudill, at bcaudill@mpinet.net. Corrections will be denoted in RED.
Tab If you wish, you can use the following links to go directly to the list of graduates with last names beginning with: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, V, W, Y, Z; or you may wish to browse through a Class Listing of these graduates.



Graduates Of
Whitesburg High School

(1927-1940)




Tab It is a very easy matter for those in charge of a school system to write a very optimistic account of the doings of the school. Yet, behind the scenes, the real doings of the school are very different.
Tab A school exists but for one purpose; namely, to make better citizens out of the boys and girls. If this fails, the school fails; if this succeeds, the school is a success.
Tab During my tenure in the Whitesburg schools I have seen many come and many go. I have seen many successes and some failures (true to life).
Tab At this, the end of another school year, we are called upon to take an invoice. There are 68 boys and girls to graduate. If they are no better prepared to take their places in the great commonwealth than those who have not finished, then the school is not worthy of it's existance. We know they are better prepared. How do we know it? Because of those who have graduated here since the school was built and dedicated.
Tab May you sketch over this list of graduates, study them carefully and see for yourself what an asset this high school is. Below we have given the names of all those who graduated before 1927 - then the ones who graduated in 1927 -- and from 1928 to 1940. I feel a deep responsibility as to the success or failure of this great group. I hope the homes join me in this same thought.

R. DEAN SQUIRES



A
Graduate Class
Adams, Bert                   1929
Adams, Carmine                1931
Adams, Doris M.               1939
Adams, Elma                   1932
Adams, Ethel                  1927
Adams, Fonda             Bef. 1927
Adams, Forest                 1927
Adams, Geneva                 1938
Adams, Hazel                  1932
Adams, Hazel                  1933
Adams, Hugh                   1933
Adams, Iva                    1933
Adams, Jody                   1934
Adams, John Jr.               1936
Adams, Kelsie                 1936
Adams, Kerney M.         Bef. 1927
Adams, Lake                   1939
Adams, Madge                  1934
Adams, Mary Magdaline         1940
Adams, Mattie                 1932
Adams, Minerva                1935
Adams, Paul                   1940
Adams, Prina                  1936
Adams, Shelby Ray             1937
Adams, Steve                  1937
Adams, Vanessa                1935
Adams, Wilma                  1930
Addington, Cora Lee           1932
Addington, Georgia            1931
Addington, Gurtha             1937
Addington, Henry              1932
Addington, Hillman            1935
Adkins, Blair                 1929
Adkins, Clara                 1929
Adkins, Danola                1936
Adkins, Eugene                1932
Adkins, Ralph                 1934
Adkins, Raymond               1937
Amburgey, Casie               1940
Amburgey, Dempsey             1932
Amburgey, Earl                1936
Amburgey, Edra                1940
Amburgey, Elmer               1937
Amburgey, Glennis             1936
Amburgey, Helen               1935
Amburgey, Wm. McKinley        1940
Amburgy, Arnold               1934
Asher, Robert                 1938
B
Graduate Class
Bach, Evelyn                  1929
Bach, Harold                  1936
Bach, Hazel                   1928
Bach, Klair                   1931
Bach, Verdelle                1939
Bach, Verna              Bef. 1927
Bach, Wilma              Bef. 1927
Back, Blanche                 1939
Back, Lovil                   1939
Bailey, Otta Oral             1934
Baker, Cecil                  1929
Baker, Cova                   1927
Baker, Edith                  1931
Baker, Kermit                 1938
Baker, William H.             1932
Banks, Audrey                 1935
Banks, Bernard                1929
Banks, Bert                   1932
Banks, Bruce                  1939
Banks, Burton                 1940
Banks, Clifton                1940
Banks, Durward M.             1940
Banks, Earl                   1929
Banks, Edgar             Bef. 1927
Banks, Elbert                 1935
Banks, Elmo                   1937
Banks, Elsie                  1936
Banks, Ermis                  1930
Banks, Glada                  1927
Banks, Gladys                 1931
Banks, Hazel                  1938
Banks, Henry                  1937
Banks, Joseph Edison          1940
Banks, Juanita                1937
Banks, Lester                 1934
Banks, Lora                   1940
Banks, Lucy                   1931
Banks, Ruth                   1939
Banks, Una C.                 1934
Banks, Victor            Bef. 1927
Basham, Johnnie               1934
Basham, Mary Lou              1939
Basham, Violet                1933
Bates, Audrey                 1934
Bates, Barzella               1928
Bates, Bonnie                 1930
Bates, Donald                 1940
Bates, Herman                 1940
Bates, Verna                  1939
Benge, Beulah                 1939
Bentley, Alma                 1935
Bentley, Loren                1929
Bentley, Robert               1931
Bentley, Zenith               1928
Benton, Thelma                1934
Blair, Billie                 1934
Blair, Bonnie                 1934
Blair, Bradley                1940
Blair, Charles Ray            1938
Blair, Darwin                 1931
Blair, Doris                  1933
Blair, Edgar H.               1940
Blair, Edison                 1935
Blair, Ernette                1938
Blair, Hanzel                 1939
Blair, Irene                  1939
Blair, Louise                 1938
Blair, Mabel                  1929
Blair, Mable                  1929
Blair, Ogden                  1938
Blair, Patrick                1933
Blair, Ralph                  1935
Blair, Stephen Estill         1940
Blair, W. L. Jr.              1940
Boatwright, Kermit            1928
Boggs, Georgette              1940
Boggs, Gladys                 1939
Boggs, Kendall                1934
Boggs, Pauline                1936
Boggs, Ray                    1938
Bottomley, Viola              1933
Bowen, Wilgus                 1930
Bowens, Steve Hansford        1940
Boyd, Ethleen                 1936
Boyd, Katheryn M.             1940
Breeding, Caryl               1931
Breeding, Van                 1938
Broughman, Warner             1936
Brown, Belvia                 1933
Brown, Berlin                 1937
Brown, Don                    1933
Brown, Forrest                1936
Brown, Gertrude               1938
Brown, Gustava                1935
Brown, Herman                 1940
Brown, James                  1936
Brown, Lawrence               1940
Brown, Marie                  1936
Brown, Myrl                   1935
Brown, Vergil                 1939
Burton, Blanch           Bef. 1927
Burton, Ethel            Bef. 1927
C
Graduate Class
Campbell, Burnette            1934
Campbell, Kyle                1935
Campbell, Lola                1930
Caudill, Alice                1932
Caudill, Earl                 1936
Caudill, Elsie                1934
Caudill, Essie                1932
Caudill, George               1927
Caudill, Hobert               1935
Caudill, Jennie               1928
Caudill, Polly                1936
Caudill, Ruby                 1932
Caudill, Ruby                 1939
Caudill, Sabina          Bef. 1927
Caudill, Sara Ellen           1938
Caudill, Watson          Bef. 1927
Caudill, Watson               1930
Caudill, William              1937
Childers, Fred                1940
Clark, Shelby                 1927
Clark, Thelma            Bef. 1927
Clay, Glenn                   1930
Clay, Sue                     1936
Cochrane, Howard              1936
Coldiron, Lannis              1937
Coldiron, Loretta             1940
Collins, Arnold               1939
Collins, Astor                1938
Collins, Bernice              1936
Collins, Bernice              1938
Collins, Charles              1932
Collins, Clint                1939
Collins, Clyde                1932
Collins, Dale                 1940
Collins, Denver               1933
Collins, Esther               1939
Collins, Fay                  1930
Collins, Foister              1938
Collins, Fonda                1932
Collins, Grace                1935
Collins, Iva Dale             1940
Collins, Lake                 1931
Collins, Lawrence             1932
Collins, Lena                 1932
Collins, Mabel L.             1939
Collins, Ruby B.              1939
Collins, Ruth            Bef. 1927
Collins, Sam Jr.              1939
Combs, Beulah                 1938
Combs, Bonnie                 1937
Combs, Burnice                1934
Combs, Clark C.               1933
Combs, Cullen            Bef. 1927
Combs, Dan                    1939
Combs, Dora                   1928
Combs, Elizabeth              1938
Combs, Eunice            Bef. 1927
Combs, Goldie                 1932
Combs, Grace                  1938
Combs, Hascal                 1937
Combs, Helen                  1930
Combs, Hobart                 1928
Combs, Howard                 1934
Combs, Mary                   1936
Combs, Monroe                 1934
Combs, Vashti                 1939
Combs, Viola                  1929
Commodori, Bruno         Bef. 1927
Cook, Hubert                  1930
Cook, Lavinia            Bef. 1927
Cook, Lizzie                  1932
Cook, Martha                  1939
Cook, Olan                    1931
Cook, Ted                     1939
Corder, Blanche               1940
Cornett, Bennett              1937
Cornett, Burchel              1940
Cornette, Eulice              1939
Cornett, Evaleen              1940
Cornett, Fred                 1938
Cornett, Kathlene             1934
Cornette, Dewey               1939
Cornette, Emma                1934
Cornette, Roy                 1935
Cornette, Verlon              1935
Craft, Archie                 1931
Craft, Bennie                 1934
Craft, Bennie Wise            1935
Craft, Cecil                  1933
Craft, Clyde                  1939
Craft, Dave                   1930
Craft, Doll                   1936
Craft, Drucilla               1932
Craft, Earl                   1936
Craft, Garrett                1938
Craft, Helen Marie            1938
Craft, Lettie                 1939
Craft, Morgan                 1932
Craft, Ruby Marie             1940
Crase, Enilla                 1940
Creech, Hershal               1938
Crossman, Hellen              1930
D ~ E
Graduate Class
Daugherty, Carlos             1939
Daugherty, Elmer              1935
Davis, Warren                 1938
Dawahare, Mary                1937
Day, Bert                     1934
Day, Cecil                    1931
Day, Clayton                  1935
Day, Dalna                    1936
Day, Earl                Bef. 1927
Day, Ercell C.           Bef. 1927
Day, Fred                     1930
Day, Hester                   1930
Day, Jean                     1939
Day, June                     1937
Day, Karl                     1928
Day, Lester                   1928
Day, Lois Mae                 1934
Day, Mae                 Bef. 1927
Day, May                      1938
Day, Randall                  1933
Day, Vivian                   1939
Day, Zola                     1930
Dean, Nina                    1933
Doyle, Elizabeth              1930
Draughn, Hazel                1936
Dyer, Elizabeth               1934
Earls, Corbie                 1937
Edminston, Ruth               1938
Enlow, Walter                 1929
Ewen, William            Bef. 1927
F
Graduate Class
Fields, Archie                1935
Fields, Beulah                1928
Fields, Bryant                1936
Fields, Carolyn               1938
Fields, Danola                1936
Fields, Glenn            Bef. 1927
Fields, Hazel                 1929
Fields, Jaunita               1936
Fields, June                  1932
Fields, Lelia B.              1933
Fields, Mabel            Bef. 1927
Fields, Mafra                 1935
Fields, Norma                 1938
Fields, Oma              Bef. 1927
Fields, Opal                  1935
Fields, Orell                 1928
Fields, Ruby Irene            1939
Fields, Rudell                1937
Fields, Teddy Kelly           1932
Fields, William Harold        1940
Fields, Willie           Bef. 1927
Fisher, Ruby             Bef. 1927
Fletcher, Frank               1929
Flynn, Bernice                1930
Ford, Vivian                  1930
Ford, William                 1931
Franklin, Andrew              1931
Franklin, Archie              1932
Franklin, Burtis              1937
Franklin, Madelin             1936
Frazier, Glenn                1940
Frazier, Henrietta            1939
Frazier, Ira                  1938
Frazier, Ira                  1940
Frazier, James                1932
Frazier, Lee Jr.              1938
Frazier, Wesley               1937
Frazier, Willard              1935
Frazier, Wilma                1935
Frazier, Wise Slemp           1936
Fugate, Edna             Bef. 1927
Fugate, Elbert Jr.            1940
Fugate, Eugene                1939
Fugate, Lillian               1931
Fugate, Mrs. Ritta            1934
G ~ H
Graduate Class
Gault, Margaret               1932
Gibson, Beulah           Bef. 1927
Gibson, Geneva                1929
Gibson, Hobart                1937
Gibson, Martha                1939
Gibson, Mattie                1936
Gibson, Virginia              1936
Gibson, William Fred          1939
Gish, Gladys Belle            1938
Gish, Juanita                 1940
Halcomb, Verna                1937
Halcourt, Edna                1932
Hale, E. B.              Bef. 1927
Hale, Florence Irene          1940
Hale, Herman             Bef. 1927
Hale, Rosa                    1929
Hale, Simeon             Bef. 1927
Hall, Charles            Bef. 1927
Hall, Ermie Lee               1936
Hall, Forest                  1936
Hall, Gladys                  1931
Hall, Hillard                 1929
Hall, Inis                    1938
Hall, Irene                   1940
Hall, Lillian            Bef. 1927
Hall, Nora                    1931
Hall, Paschall                1930
Hall, Patsy Lou               1938
Hall, Russel                  1935
Hammack, Myrtle               1929
Hammonds, Audrey              1932
Hammonds, Bonnie              1927
Hammonds, Chealis             1932
Hammonds, Chealous            1936
Hammonds, Cordia              1939
Hammonds, Euretta             1928
Hammonds, Raymond             1938
Hammonds, Thelma              1939
Harris, Grace            Bef. 1927
Harrison, Imogene             1940
Harrison, Wilson              1936
Hart, Elbert                  1932
Hart, Emma Carolyn            1940
Hart, Ida                     1930
Hart, Lillian                 1939
Hart, Maudine                 1939
Haynes, Herbert          Bef. 1927
Haynes, Leonard               1937
Haynes, Lloyd                 1935
Haynes, Lum                   1934
Hays, Astor              Bef. 1927
Hays, Bruce              Bef. 1927
Hays, Dalna              Bef. 1927
Hays, Nassareta               1929
Henry, Amy                    1936
Hill, Dallis                  1932
Hobbs, Leslie            Bef. 1927
Hobbs, Mattie                 1932
Hoffman, Wayne                1938
Hogg, Anna Marie              1937
Hogg, Astor                   1931
Hogg, Morris                  1933
Hogg, Panny                   1939
Hogg, Ray                     1939
Hogg, Ruby Jean               1937
Hogg, Vinson                  1935
Hogg, Willard                 1936
Holbrook, Abbott              1931
Holbrook, Bennie              1933
Holbrook, Burl Ellison        1940
Holbrook, Carl                1934
Holbrook, Chester F.          1940
Holbrook, Edison              1939
Holbrook, John D.             1940
Holbrook, Lulu                1938
Holbrook, Mabel               1939
Holbrook, Marie               1938
Holbrook, Marvin              1940
Holbrook, Minnie Belle        1932
Holbrook, Orell               1936
Holbrook, William             1937
Holstein, Coy                 1933
Hooper, Charles Edward        1940
Hubbard, Blanche              1938
Hubbard, Edith                1934
Hughes, Poppy            Bef. 1927
Hunsucker, Oscar              1936
I ~ J ~ K ~ L
Graduate Class
Ison, Bradley                 1930
Ison, Carl D.                 1938
Ison, Earl                    1934
Ison, Ewsley                  1934
Ison, Forester                1939
Ison, Hassell                 1937
Ison, Manus                   1939
Jenkins, Edwin                1933
Johnson, Anna                 1929
Johnson, Myrtle               1940
Jones, Albert                 1929
Jones, Amos                   1933
Jones, Eva Dale               1933
Jones, Loraine                1936
Jones, Robert          (1929) 1930
Jones, Vessie                 1929
Kelly, Quentin                1938
Kilgore, Carlene              1933
Kilgore, Dorothy              1934
Killen, Dollis                1939
Kincer, Arnold                1930
Kincer, David                 1939
Kincer, Linville              1931
Kincer, Requa                 1937
Kincer, Shade                 1932
Lewis, Eunice                 1928
Lewis, Gertrude          Bef. 1927
Lewis, Virgil            Bef. 1927
Logan, Howard L.              1937
Logan, Mae                    1928
Logan, Ruth                   1928
Long, Edward                  1931
Long, Loreva                  1936
Long, Ruby                    1934
Lucas, Kermit William         1940
Lucas, Ray                    1936
Lusk, Effie                   1934
Lusk, Louisa                  1933
Lykins, Norval                1928
Lynch, Mary Helen             1937
M ~ N ~ O
Graduate Class
Maggard, Willa Mae            1936
Marcum, Frances               1938
Marlowe, Mark                 1933
Martin, Golden                1936
McGhee, Barton                1932
Miller, Maxine                1934
Mitchell, Ardelia             1939
Mitchell, Chester             1936
Moncreif, Margaret            1932
Moncrief, Eugene Willie       1937
Moncrief, Mary R.             1939
Moore, Alton                  1937
Moore, Ferdinand              1932
Moore, Gene                   1939
Moore, Lee                    1933
Moretz, Mae                   1938
Morgan, Elva                  1930
Morgan, Elva                  1931
Morgan, Leonard          Bef. 1927
Morton, Thomas                1938
Mosgrove, Jed                 1932
Mullins, Chad                 1937
Mullins, Cuba                 1937
Mullins, Devella              1931
Mullins, Hazel                1939
Mullins, Hilma                1937
Mullins, Ida             Bef. 1927
Mullins, Juanita              1940
Mullins, Kenton               1933
Mullins, Nina                 1936
Mullins, Ruby                 1934
Mullins, Sybil                1936
Newsome, Pauline              1940
Newsome, William              1939
Noble, Finley                 1940
O'neal, Clyde                 1939
O'neal, Edward                1940
P ~ Q ~ R
Graduate Class
Parsons, Elmer                1934
Parsons, Oscar                1940
Parsons, Otto                 1938
Passmore, Jack                1940
Pence, Angie                  1937
Pendleton, Carl               1935
Pendleton, Edith              1935
Pendleton, Jessie             1940
Pendleton, Ruby               1938
Pendleton, Ruth               1933
Peters, Eva              Bef. 1927
Picklesimer, Lela Mae         1936
Picklesimer, Marion           1936
Pigman, Audrey                1940
Pigman, Carl             Bef. 1927
Pigman, Ray                   1938
Polechetti, Clara             1930
Polly, Maxine                 1936
Polly, Nora                   1931
Potter, Gladys                1938
Potter, John                  1932
Potter, Lexie                 1931
Potter, Samuel                1932
Profit, Alvin                 1932
Profitt, Ben                  1932
Profitt, Christine            1939
Profitt, Clyde                1940
Profitt, Marion               1935
Profitt, Moses                1932
Pugh, Julia                   1938
Pugh, June                    1935
Raleigh, Gus                  1927
Raleigh, John            Bef. 1927
Raliegh, Homer                1936
Reynolds, Cora           Bef. 1927
Reynolds, Glenn               1940
Reynolds, James               1931
Reynolds, Wilburn        Bef. 1927
Rose, Oliver                  1939
Routley, Mary Elizabeth       1939
S ~ T
Graduate Class
Salling, Bill                 1937
Salling, June                 1934
Salyer, Elline                1932
Salyer, Marjorie              1936
Sergent, Earl                 1932
Sergent, Ison                 1938
Sergent, James Culton         1940
Sergent, Mildred              1939
Sergent, Thelma          Bef. 1927
Sergent, Vera                 1928
Sergent, Warren               1933
Sexton, Agnes                 1939
Sexton, Cochel                1939
Sexton, Minnie                1940
Sexton, Owen                  1939
Shepherd, Velma               1934
Shepherd, William             1939
Sizemore, Berkeley            1938
Smallwood, Draxie             1930
Smallwood, Estelle            1938
Smith, Delmar                 1937
Smith, Edward Branham         1940
Smith, Elmer                  1937
Smith, Ersel                  1936
Smith, Pearl                  1932
Sparks, Gladys                1937
Sparks, Lina                  1933
Speaks, Mildred               1928
Spradlin, Elizabeth           1932
Spradlin, Taft                1928
Spradlin, Windell             1939
Squires, Eva Dean             1929
Squires, James R.             1937
Stallard, Cora                1927
Stallard, Joe                 1932
Stamper, Elaine               1940
Stamper, Homer                1935
Stamper, Irene                1939
Stamper, James Marion         1936
Stamper, Richard              1940
Standifer, Carl               1936
Stidham, Roberts              1931
Strong, Mollie                1928
Sturgill, Kenton              1937
Sturgill, Leah                1938
Sturgill, Lena                1934
Sturgill, Velma Louise        1940
Swisher, Jack Remus           1940
Swisher, Yarlat               1938
Tacket, Louise                1934
Tacket, Lucille               1933
Taylor, Andrew                1935
Taylor, Bruce                 1937
Taylor, Carl                  1931
Taylor, George                1928
Taylor, Henry                 1934
Taylor, James                 1928
Taylor, Lawrence              1939
Taylor, Philos                1934
Taylor, Willie                1939
Taylor, Woodrow               1931
Thomas, Rachel                1933
Thomason, Gene                1938
Tolliver, Joe                 1936
Tolliver, Paul                1939
V ~ W ~ Y ~ Z
Graduate Class
Vermillion, Ella              1934
Vermillion, Paul              1931
Vermillion, Virginia          1929
Vermillion, William           1930
Waddell, Alta                 1939
Waddell, Letha                1937
Waddell, Viola Arlene         1940
Wagner, Mary                  1939
Watts, Coy                    1934
Webb, Arnold                  1932
Webb, Chester                 1936
Webb, Dixie              Bef. 1927
Webb, Edna                    1934
Webb, Elmer                   1937
Webb, Esteva             Bef. 1927
Webb, Eva Mae                 1940
Webb, Frank                   1934
Webb, Gay                     1931
Webb, Gearldine               1932
Webb, Herbert                 1930
Webb, Katheryn Evelyn         1940
Webb, Lida Mae                1934
Webb, Lola                    1932
Webb, Mae                     1935
Webb, Maude                   1937
Webb, Nash                    1936
Webb, Pansy                   1928
Webb, Pluma                   1932
Webb, Pruda                   1936
Webb, Ralph                   1936
Webb, Raymond                 1932
Webb, Ruby                    1933
Webb, Winson                  1932
Webb, Woodford                1933
Whitaker, Amos                1936
Whitaker, Ernest              1934
Whitaker, Kirkwood            1932
Whitson, Opal                 1932
Williams, Dixie               1933
Williams, Hazel               1939
Williams, Mary Louise         1940
Williams, Robert              1936
Williams, Ruth Janette        1940
Williams, Ward                1927
Winstead, Pauline             1939
Winsted, Paul                 1935
Wright, Charles               1931
Wright, Seldon                1935
Yonts, Homer                  1930
Yonts, Maewood                1933
Yonts, Virgil                 1933
Zimmerman, Henrietta          1936
Zimmerman, Rose Marie         1935


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