Pontotoc County, Mississippi
Genealogy and History

Peggy A. Young,County Coordinator
Jeff Kemp - State Coordinator Ann Allen Geoghegan - Assistant State Coordinator
Denise Wells - Assistant State Coordinator

Hurricane School: The Way We Were

Hurricane School Sports

Boys Basketball Team of 1938

L-R: James Horton, Howard Warren, Quitman Dorrough, Stanley Wise, Arthur Norwood (coach), James T. Coleman,
J.C. Hearn, L.C. Swords, Boyd Montgomery, Belton Berry

Girl's Basketball Team of 1938

L-R: Lorene Coker, Obine Long, Josephine Smitherson, Alta Lummus, Lois Berry, Hazel Horton, Ocie Swords (coach), Olene Long, Virginia May, Jewel Horton, Hazel May, Mary Lou Flanagin

Boys Basketball Team of 1940-41

L-R: Coach Mitchell Stone, Reno Graham, Fulton Kelly, Raymond Nix, Charlie Hale, H.M. Curtis
2nd Row: Troy Russell, W.F. Robinson, Troy Montgomery

Girl's Basketball Team of 1941-42

Front Row: Eura Dillard, Ruth Spears, Coach Mitchell Stone, Laura Berry, Virginia May, Sis Graham
2nd Row: Frances Williams, Corrine Sills, Ruth Todd, Polly Brandon, Mavis Ard, Loyce Brandon, Gladys McCain

The information and photographs on this page is extracted from "The Way We Were", a book created by the Pilot Club of Ecru. It is used by permission given to Debbie Anderson by Donna Mooney, President of the Pilot Club and compiler of the book.