1947 Marion Park Elementary School 2815 - 25th Street Meridian, Mississippi

First grade through sixth grade, including teachers    -    CLICK HERE to view enlarged photo

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INDIVIDUAL PHOTOS OF 1947 STUDENTS AND TEACHERS Marion Park elementary school

Kay Parker   -   1st grade	Jerry Barham   -   2nd grade ∞ deceased ∞ August 1, 1941  -  April 4, 2003   age 62
1-3    unknown	Davida Dumont   -   1st grade
1-5  ? Kathy Hopkins   -   1st grade Sister of ? Jackie Hopkins	Barbara Semmes   -   1st grade
Sarah Lyle  -  1st grade Cousin of Nancy Lyle  -  2nd grade Cousin of Albert Lyle  -  5th grade Cousin of Wemple Lyle  -  6th grade Cousin of Alden McLellan, IV  -  MHS class of 1954 Cousin of Lyle McLellan  -  MHS class of 1958	Mailande Vise  -  1st grade Sister of Guy Vise  -
Rose Lloyd   -   1st grade Sister of Stephanie Lloyd	1-10   unknown Evidently this girl moved her head when the photo was taken.
Sonny Fisher   -   1st grade	Anne Langford   -   1st grade
Jan Hasson   -   1st grade           Brother of Joe Hasson  -  4th grade Married Sonny Warren	John Swain - "Sandy"  -   1st grade
Bobby Miles   -   1st grade Brother of Dorothy Nell Miles  -  6th grade	1-16     unknown
Carol Krause   -   1st grade	1-18      unknown
1-19  ?? Crawford   -   1st grade Sister of Barbara Crawfore  -  2nd grade	Jimmy Parker   -   1st grade
Jerry Tolson   -   2nd grade born: Jerry Williams (adopted) Brother of Tommy Williams Brother of Jan Tolson           Roamed the neighborhood of                28th Avenue from 16th to 18th Streets with Joe Hasson and Jerry Tolson. ∞ deceased ∞ February 27, 1941 - August 2, 2001 - age 60	Linda Greene   -   1st grade
1-23       unknown	1-24       unknown
Lynn McNair   -   1st grade	Mary Donald  -  1st grade Sister of Bob Donald  -  6th grade
1-27      unknown	Marice Faye Brown   -   1st grade
Patsy Fisher   -   2nd grade Married Lewis McDonald  -  MHS 1955	1-30      unknown
2-1      unknown	Jimmy Long   -   1st grade
2-3      unknown	Mary Ann Cannady   -   2nd grade Sister of Billy Cannady - 3rd grade
Nancy Lyle   -   2nd grade Sister of Wemple Lyle  -  6th grade Cousin of Sarah Lyle  -  1st grade Cousin of Albert Lyle  -  5th grade Cousin of Alden McLellan, IV  -  MHS class of 1954 Cousin of Lyle McLellan  -  MHS class of 1958	2-6      unknown
2-7      unknown	Charlie Combs   -   2nd grade Roamed the neighborhood of                28th Avenue from 16th to 18th Streets with Joe Hasson and Jerry Tolson. ∞ deceased ∞ c1940 - c1949 - age 9 Died of complications from polio    and several months in an iron lung
2-9      unknown	Vincent Miller   -   2nd grade
Cliff Anderson   -   2nd grade ∞ deceased ∞	Jimmy Satterfield   -   2nd grade
Ivan Burnett   -   2nd grade Cousin of Joe Burnett  -  2nd grade	2-14      unknown
Bobby Brown   -   2nd grade	Beth Hobgood   -   3rd grade Married Wayne Dowdle  -  MHS 1956   divorced
Carolyn Gibson   -   2nd grade	2-18  ? Barbara Crawford  -  2nd grade Sister of ?? Crawford  -  1st grade
Ronnie Adams   -   2nd grade	Gail Cunningham   -   2nd grade

Nancy Collier   -   2nd grade Daughter of Teacher, Marie Collier	Georgia Merle Brown   -   2nd grade
Millie Williamson   -   2nd grade	2-24      unknown
2-25      unknown	Terry Rainey   -   2nd grade Cousin of Joyce Dennis  -  MHS Class of 1957
Marty Davidson   -   2nd grade Cousin of Arlene Davidson  -  2nd grade	Neill Pope   -   2nd grade ∞ deceased ∞ August 23, 1940  -  September 1987   age 47
4-28      unknown	Arlene Davidson   -   2nd grade Cousin of Marty Davidson  -  2nd grade Married Bobby Merson
Arthur McIntosh   -   2nd grade	3-2      unknown
Joe Burnett   -   2rd grade Cousin of Ivan Burnett  -  2nd grade	Jane Kay  Glasser   -   2nd grade
3-5  Johnny Boykin   -   2nd grade	3-6      unknown
Myra Merritt   -   3rd grade Cousin of Eve Merritt  -  4th grade	3-8   Faye ??   -   2nd grade
Jean McBryde   -   2nd grade ∞ deceased ∞	Vincent Miller   -   3rd grade cousin of Patsy Bodeker  -  4th grade
Marcia Tatum   -   2rd grade	Beverly Beetle   -   3rd grade
Charles Davis   -   2nd grade	Mary Jane Spencer   -   2rd grade
JImmy Harwell   -   3rd grade	3-16      unknown
Billy Culpepper   -   3rd grade Brother of Betty Ann Culpepper  -  6th grade	3-18      unknown
Billy Cannady   -   3rd grade Brother of Mary Ann Cannady  -  2nd grade	Lehman Bounds   -   2nd grade
Eddie Tucker   -   3rd grade	Josie Carter   -   3rd grade ∞ deceased ∞
3-23      unknown	Nancy Noblin   -   3rd grade
Ralph Priester   -   3rd grade	Beverly Jackson   -   3rd grade
Lance Culpepper   -   3rd grade	Martha Ray   -   3rd grade Sister of Sylvia Ray  -  6th grade ∞ deceased ∞
Don Love   -   4th grade	Reggie McDonald   -   4th grade ∞ deceased ∞
3-31      unknown	3-32      unknown
Max Brunson   -   3rd grade	Jerry Brown ∞ deceased ∞
Guy Vise   -   4th grade Brother of Mary Ann Vise  -  1st grade Married Margaret Wilbourn  -  3rd grade	3-36      unknown
3-37      unknown	A.C. Ford  -   3rd grade
3-39      unknown	3-40      unknown

David Hammill   -   4th grade	Margaret Wilbourn   -   3th grade Sister of Richard Wilbourn  -  5th grade Married Guy Vise  -  4th grade
George Hosey   -   4th grade	Jack Ivy   -   4th grade
Cecil Rogers  -   4th grade	Louise McGinnis  ? Married Lloyd Flood
Patsy Bodeker   -   4th grade cousin of Vicent Miller  -  3rd grade	4-8      unknown
Adair Ivy   -   4th grade ∞ deceased ∞	Frances Egger   -   4th grade Married Buddy Watson ∞ deceased ∞
Sharlyn Shields  -   4th grade Sister of Camille Shields  -  6th grade Married Arthur Baltzell ∞ deceased ∞	4-12      unknown
Patsy Marshall   -   4th grade Sister of Thelma Marshall  -  6th grade Married Robert Corey	Ward Calhoun   -   4th grade Married Ella Lea Mosby
Eve Merritt   -   4th grade Cousin of Myra Merritt  -  3rd grade ∞ deceased ∞	Bobby Fountain   -   4th grade
John Hasson   -   4th grade Cousin to Joe Hasson  -  4th grade	Stanley Rush   -   4th grade
Edward Leonard   -   4th grade	4-20      unknown
Ann Culpepper   -   4th grade	Gene Otwell   -  4th grade
Peggy Poynter   -   4th grade	Paula Richie   -   4th grade
Carole Hobbs   -   4th grade Sister of Martin Hobbs  -  MHS Class of 1954 Sister of Betty Hobbs  -  MHS Class of 1953	Kenneth Adams   -   4th grade
4-29      unknown	Erskine McLemore   -   4th grade Moved to Jackson, MS before finishing   Marion Park Elementary School.              Considered a formidable athlete.           ∞ deceased ∞ Erskine B. McLemore January 30, 1937  -   March 21, 1998    -   age 60
4-31      unknown	Jerry Hammond   -   5th grade
Kathleen Covert   -   5th grade Sister of "Bootchie"	5-3  ?? Long   -   5th grade
5-4      unknown	Carl Raulson   -   5th grade
Jimmy  Glasser   -   4th grade	5-7      unknown
Penny Daniel   -   4th grade Married Vaughn Rush  -  6th grade  (divorced)	Betty Jones   -   5th grade
Maureen Green   -   5th grade	Phyllis Kean   -   4th grade Married Billy Campbell  -  6th grade
Ethel Smylie   -   4th grade Sister of Sue Smylie  -  6th grade ∞ deceased ∞	Anita Blanks   -   5th grade
5-14      unknown	Stephanie Lloyd   -   5th grade Sister of Rose Lloyd  -  1st grade
Albert Lyle   -   5th grade Cousin of Sarah Lyle  -  1st grade Cousin of Nancy Lyle  -  2nd grade Cousin of Wemple Lyle  -  6th grade Cousin of Lyle McLellan  -  MHS class of 1958 Cousin of Alden McLellan, IV  -  MHS class of 1954	Glenn Brown   -   5th grade
Barry Wells   -   5th grade	Bill Stringfellow   -   6th grade

Bobby Watkins   -   5th grade	Lynn McCreight   -   4th grade Sister of Faye McCreight Married James Cameron  -  MHS 1955
Franklin Feazel   -   5th grade	Jo Ellen Nettles   -   4th grade
Joe Hasson   -   4th grade Brother of Jan Hasson  -  1st grade   Cousin to John Hasson  -  4th grade  Roamed the neighborhood of                28th Avenue from 16th to 18th Streets     with Charlie Combs and Jerry Tolson.	Tommie McByrde   -   5th grade ∞ deceased ∞ Thomas B. McByrde September 26, 1938  -  June 2, 1999   age 60
Faye Long   -   5th grade	5-27      unknown
5-28  Joyce Bowen ?   -   5th grade	5-29      unknown
Billy Sandusky   -   4th grade	Coletta Farrell   -   5th grade
5-32      unknown	Geroge Arrington   -   5th grade Brother of Mary Arrington  -  MHS Class of 1953
Richard Wilbourn   -   5th grade Brother of Margaret Wilbourn  -  3rd grade ∞ deceased ∞ February 5. 1937  -   October 23, 2004    -   age 67	Bob Hall   -   6th grade ∞ deceased ∞ January 24, 1937  -  November 2, 2002   -  age 64
Cliff Rushing   -   6th grade	Billy Campbell   -   6th grade Married Phyllis Kean  -  4th grade
J Ray Gipson   -   6th grade	Betty Ann Culpepper   -   6th grade Sister of Billy Culpepper  -  3rd grade
Joan Ezell   -   6th grade Married Louis	Vaughan Rush   -   6th grade Married Penny Daniels  -  4th grade   divorced
6-10      unknown	Sandra Faye Brown   -   5th grade ∞ deceased ∞
Glaston Ford   -   5th grade Married Betty Wright  -  MHS class of 1955	6-13      unknown
Tommy Williams   -   5th grade Brother of Jerry Tolson  -  2nd grade [Jerry was born: Jerry Williams] Cousin of Jan Tolson	Sandra Keene   -   5th grade Married Terry Plummer  -  MHS class of 1955
6-16      unknown	Mabel Tucker   -   5th grade Married James Coker
6-18      unknown	Jerolyn Ross   -   5th grade ∞ deceased ∞
Sarah Sims   -   5th grade	6-21      unknown
Ruth Lafranz   -   5th grade	6-23      unknown
Beverly Faye Brown   -   5th grade	6-25      unknown
Martha Ann Brunson   -   6th grade	Jimmy Newell   -   6th grade
Bob Donald   -   6th grade Brother of Mary Donald  -  1st grade Married Janet Walker	Wemple Lyle   -   6th grade Brother of Nancy Lyle  -  2nd grade Cousin of Sarah Lyle  -  1st grade Cousin of Albert Lyle  -  5th grade Cousin of Alden McLellan, IV  -  MHS class of 1954 Cousin of Lyle McLellan  -  MHS class of 1958
Malcolm Williams   -   6th grade	Joy Lynn Reeves   -   6th grade
Jane Hollingworth   -   6th grade	Peggy Pilgrim   -   6th grade
Billy Weems   -   6th grade ∞ deceased ∞ October 10. 1936   -   July 13, 2006    -   age 69	Sarah Harwell   -   6th grade
Perry Rosenbaum   -   6th grade Married Kaye Ogburn from Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Lowry Moore   -   6th grade ∞ deceased ∞ March 17, 1936  -  July 23, 2001   -  age 65

Delia Weddington   -   6th grade ∞ deceased ∞ Delia Weddington Stewart August 7, 1936 - February 17, 2004 - age 67	7-14      unknown
Dorothy Nell Miles   -   6th grade Sister of Bobby Miles  -  1st grade	Margaret Stevens   -   6th grade
Camille Shields  -  6th grade Sister of Sharlyn Shields in 4th grade	Brock O'Leary   -   6th grade Married Faye McCreight
Prentiss McGowin  -  6th grade	7-20  David Lindsey ???
Mickey Ivy   -   6th grade	Julian Rush   -   6th grade
Irvin Martin   -   6th grade	Guy Bailey   -   6th grade ∞ deceased ∞ [October 11, 1936  -  July 7, 2008]   age 71
Sue Smylie   -   6th grade Sister of Ethel Smylie  -  4th grade	Thelma Marshall   -   6th grade Sister of Patsy Marshall  -  4th grade Married Bert Gaston
Mary Ann Speede   -   6th grade	Sylvia Ray   -   6th grade Sister of Martha Ray  -  3rd grade Married Jack Roy
Debbie Kast   -   6th grade ∞ deceased ∞	Hattie Dearman   -   teacher: 4th grade & music ∞ deceased ∞ August 14, 1908  -  March 1973   age 84
Bettye Conner   -   teacher ∞ deceased ∞ November 13, 1922  -  April 21, 1988   age 68	teacher No. 3
teacher No. 4	Mattie Royal  -  3rd grade
teacher No. 6	Mattie Thornton   -   teacher:  3rd grade &  Principal ∞ deceased ∞ December 1, 1904  -  March 4, 1997   age 92
Frances Miller   -   teacher:  6th grade ∞ deceased ∞ May 9, 1902  -  July 1982   age 80	There were over 220 hard copies            of the 1947 Marion Park photo printed   and distributed.   There were two      Marion Park students who looked    at their hard copy photos with a       magnifying glass.    They were         unable to identify this guy.               It is speculated that he is        possibly one of the students' father,    who is a returning soldier from the War, since the "aviator" glasses he is wearing was not readily       available to the public.

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