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The
Snowdown School was located on the
Iuka and Free Bridge Road 3 ¼ miles
east of Iuka, Mississippi. As far
back as any record of the school is
available, it dates from 1870. The
first teacher was Mr. Bill Blythe.
Mr.
Blythe was followed by the following
teachers: Bill Ramsey, Wesley Cain,
W. M. Hunley, Millie Thacker, Mattie
Deardoff, Sallie Castleberry, Horace
Long, Fayette Massey, Bob Wood,
George Vaughn, Fayette Massey
(second term), Lucian Dean, Leatha
Moore, Jess Bennett, Willard Mosley,
Blanche Patterson, Dosha Whitehurst,
Willard Mosley, Ella Gardner,
Willard Mosley (second term),
Christine Haines, Mrs. Letha
Sanders, Christine Haines (second
term), and Vera Gardner.
The
Snowdown Public School and the Clear
Creek Public School were
consolidated July 27, 1922, and
located on the old Ham Road, 4 miles
east of Iuka. The first trustees
were J. L. Haines, C. R. Daniel, and
R. L. McKinney. The first teachers
were E. Laws Long and Lorene
Jenkins. Mr. Long and Miss Jenkins
were followed by the following
teachers: 1923-24, Avie L. Lomenick
and Clara Wingo; 1924-25, Hector
Bishop, Ollie Scott, and Edith
Nagle; 1925-26, Avie L. Lomenick, A.
B. Adams, and Ollie Waters; 1926-27,
Avie L. Lomenick, Clara Wingo, and
Mrs. Ollie Waters; 1927-28, Avie L.
Lomenick, Thelma Williams, Sallie
Paden, and Virginia Haines; 1928-29,
B. C. Copeland, Virginia Haines, and
Mrs. Sallie V. Edmondson; 1929-30,
Mrs. O. B. Edmondson and Lizzie
Williams; 1930-31, Mrs. C. R.
Stephens, J. C. Nelson, Lizzie
Williams, and Arra Belle Williams;
1931-32, A. B. Adams, Frances
Chalmers, and Mrs. Ollie Waters;
1932-33, A. B. Adams, Frances
Chalmers, and Mrs. Ollie Waters;
1933-34, A. B. Waters, Frances
Chalmers, and Mrs. Ollie Waters;
1934-35, Chas. Daugherty, Jr.,
Frances Chalmers, and Gertie Rast;
1935-36, Chas. Daughtery, Jr.,
Frances Chalmers, and Gertie Rast;
1936-37, Zeb Yow, Frances Chalmers,
and Mrs. Alta Mars; 1937-38, Zeb
Yow, Frances Chalmers, and Mrs. Alta
Mars; 1938-39, Zeb Yow, Frances
Chalmers, and Mrs. Alta Mars.
The
trustees in 1940 were D. C.
Daughtery, Owen Smith, M. C. Layton,
Ed Thorne, and James L. Lomenick.
Source:
Nabors, S. M. History of Old
Tishomingo County 1832-1940.
Contributed by Tishomingo County
Historical & Genealogical Society |
