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Class of '41 graduation and reunions

Graduation Day

Front row (L-R): 

1. Frankie Aaron

2. Howard Ansley

3. Mary Clifton

4. Bargeron Tillman

5. Louise Randall

6. Howard Thompson

7. Velma McDilda

8. Kenneth Heckman

9. Catherine Page

10. J. C. Wilkes

11. Susie Mae Collins

12. Jimmy McRae

13. Edna Marchman

14. Douglas Robertson

15. Vera Mae Grimes

16. Alton Cumbie

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2nd row (L-R):

17. Earl Ansley

18. Arren Thompson

19. Tommie Lee New

20. Edna Parker

21. Opal Wade

22. Jack Durst

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3rd row (L-R):

23. Bobbie McCullough

24. Bernice Futch

25. Billie Davis

26. Annette Wilson

27. Shirley King

4th row (L-R):

28. Dona Talley

29. Maude Barr

30. Martha Nell Flanders

31. Violet Anderson

32. Oralene James

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5th row (L-R):

33. Jack Odum

34. Carolyn Fain

35. Mildred Morris

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6th row (L-R):

36. Mary Frances Turner

37. Sue Williams

38. Allie Jack Thompson

39. Clyde Powell

40. Olida Morris

41. Eddie Hill

42. Ruth Dykes

43. Audrey Leah Parker

44. Helen Morris

45. Jackie Sapp

46. Hilda Gray

47. Morgan Sapp

48. Viola Anderson

(not pictured 49-52)

49. Marie Thorpe

50. Louise Cane

51. Pauline Wright​​

52. Mary Moore

Class of '41 - 20th reunion

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Sitting (L-R): Arren Talley, Hilda Gray, Frankie Aaron, Vera Mae Grimes, Oralene James, Martha Nell Flanders, Margaret Sapp, Kenneth Heckman, Dona Talley, Opal Wade, Jack Durst

Standing (L-R): Jimmy Glisson, Fritz Gattman, Jack Morris, James Braziel, Rod Clifton, wife of  Kenneth Heckman, ? Priester, J. C. Wilkes

Class of '41 - 47th reunion

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Sitting (L-R): Hilda Gray, Margaret Sapp, Martha Nell Flanders, Opal Wade, Carolyn Fain, Viola Anderson, Mildred Morris, Frankie Aaron, Violet Anderson, Oralene James, Sallie Mae Collins  Standing (L-R): Jack Durst, Kenneth Heckman, Vera Mae Grimes, Jacqueline Sapp, Dona Talley, Mary Clifton, Mary Clyde Powell, Annie Jack Thompson, Billy Davis, Annelle Wilson, Shirley King, J. C. Wilkes, Howard Ansley, Douglas Robertson, Bargeron Tillman,

Ben Roy McLendon.  (not pictured: Orida Morris-Hardy, Marie Thorpe-Moody

Class of '41 - 50th reunion

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On Saturday, October 12, 1991, the Class of '41 reunited at the Robert Toombs Inn (formally the Elberta Hotel) in downtown Lyons to celebrate their 50th reunion.

Seated (L-R): Frankie Aaron Lanier, Susie Collins Ramon, Shirley King Kinard, Violet Anderson McKenzie, Margaret Sapp Clifton, Edna Marksman Randall, Mary Clifton Sapp, Kathryn Page Garfield, Carolyn Fain Sellers, Louise Randall Jerles, Jackie Sapp Tiller

Standing (L-R): Douglas Robertson, Bargeron Tillman, Jack Durst, Ben Roy McLendon, Mildred Morris Wright, Viola Anderson McKenzie, Oralene James Morris, Dona Talley Horne,

Mary Clyde Powell Strickland, Martha Nell Flanders Braziel, Orida Morris Hardy, Eddie Hill, J. C. Wilkes, Vera Grimes Gattman, Arren Thompson. (not pictured: Marie Thorpe Moody, Opal Wade Nelson)

Class of '41 - 54th reunion

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Sitting (L-R): Jack Durst, Mary Clifton Sapp, Violet Anderson McKenzie, Frankie Aaron Lanier, Edna Marksman Randall, Margaret Sapp Clifton

Standing (L-R):  J. C. Wilkes, Jackie Sapp Tiller, Martha Nell Flanders Braziel, Mary Clyde Powell Strickland, Mildred Morris Wright, Oralene James Morris, Viola Anderson McKenzie, Vera Mae Grimes Gattman

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