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"Tech High Review" Yearbook

The Memphis Technical High School

- 1944 -

 

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President: George Cathey   Treasurer Mary Louise Seawright
Boys' Vice-President: Clyde Hooker   Historian Eula Sansing
Girls' Vice-President: Jay Hawkins   Prophets: Ruth Tidwell & Gladys Stone
Secretary: Frances Griffin   Poet: John Stewart
Chaplain: Ruth Tidwell   Testators: June Camp & Virginia Nichols

Honors:

Valedictorian: Seth McGaughran   Salutatorians: Roy Patterson;
Jean Rooker

Baccalaureate Services conducted by Rev. J. Gilliam Hughes, Pastor of the Union Avenue Baptist Church, Sunday, May 21.

Commencement Speaker - Hon. Walter Armstrong, Former President American Bar Association. Graduating exercises held at Ellis Auditorium, Tuesday, May 23, 1944

 

Name:
(Last, First)
Place of
Birth:
Year of
Birth:
Schools
Attended:
Graduated:
Comment:
Ackerman, Edward Clay Memphis 1926 Lawler,
Snowden Jr.		 May 1944  
Acree, Grover Raymond, Jr. Memphis 1926 Rozelle,
Fairview Jr.		 May 1944  
Adams, Gloria Memphis 1926 Maury,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Alvarez, Julia Elizabeth Memphis   Forest Lake Academy, Orlando FL May 1944  
Andrews, Barbara June Memphis 1927 Hollywood May 1944  
Arango, Ramiro III (not given) (not given) (not given) Jan 1944 (no picture)
Ashburn, Jay William Salpulpa, Okla. 1926 Peabody,
Fairview 		May, 1944  
Austin, Ann Elizabeth Tupelo, Miss.   Maury,
Bellevue 		May, 1944  
B
Bailey, William Mac (not given) (not given) Bellevue;
Tech in Soph. and Jr. years. Passed A 12 Test and attended University of Nevada 1943-44.
*
 Member of U.S. Army Air Corps, Winner of Boxing Medal '43.
Baker, Elizabeth Josephine Memphis 1926 Snowden Jr May 1944  
Baker, Horace Ruble, Jr. Memphis 1925 Vollentine,
Snowden,
Bartlett 		Jan 1944  
Baker, William Barry New Orleans, La. 1925 Maury,
Humes 		May 1944  
Baty, Frederick Memphis 1926 Riverside May 1944  
Bauer, Mary Ann Chickamagua, Ga 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Baucum, Charles Mayfield, Ky 1923 Murray State Training School May 1944  
Beard, Dorothy Lee Memphis 1925 Fairview,
Central 		May 1944  
Beaty, Miss Byrd Memphis 1927 Fairview May 1944  
Beatty, Martha Ruth (Jackie) Cincinnatti, Ohio 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Bennet, Richard Earl Caruthersville, Nev. 1926 Caruthersville,
West Memphis, Ark.,
Hope, Ark.,
Dyersburg, Tenn.		 May 1944  
Bethany, Mickey Gloria El Dorado, Arl, 1926 Springhill High, Springhill, La. Jan 1944  
Beyers, Marietta Cartwright Centerville, Miss 1924 Snowden May 1944  
Biggs, Jack Clayton Memphis 1927 Treadwell,
Lawler,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Billingsley, Martha Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Bolton, William Lee (Billie Lee)     Bellevue Aug 1943 Already a private in the United States Marine Corp.
Bond, Verlan Valeria Paris, Tenn. 1925 Snowden May 1944  
Bowers, Milton, Jr. (not given) (not given) (not given) May 1944 (no picture)
Boyce, Boykin Boone Memphis 1926 Lenox,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Boyd, Melvin Earl (not given) (not given) (not given) May 1944 (no picture)
Brannock, Vera May Cape Girardeau, Mo. 1926 W.H.S. at Washington, Mo. May 1944  
Braswell, Thelma Louise Memphis 1927 Hollywood May 1944  
Brecheen, Walter Louis Marked Tree, Ark. 1927 Black Rock and
Jonesboro, Ark.		 May 1944  
Browning, Billie Lee Memphis 1926 Messick May 1944  
Brown, Edward Melton Pensacola, Fla. 1927 Idelwild,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Bullen, Billy L. Mobile, Ala. 1927 Bruce,
Humes 		May 1944  
C
Caldwell, Geraldine (Jerry) Newport, Ark. 1925 Fairview May 1944  
Camp, June Frances West Palm Beach, Fla. 1926 Rozelle,
Peabody,
Maury,
Vollentine,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Camponova, Vivian Helen Memphis 1925 Blessed Sacrament,
Snowden		 May 1944  
Carden, Artis Dewey Anniston, Ala. 1925 Anniston High May 1944  
Caruthers, Betty Jane (B.J.) San Antonio, Tex. 1926 Page Jr. High, San Antonio Jan 1944  
Cason, James Braxton Greenville, Miss 1925 Arcola Consolidated, Arcola, Miss;
Greenville High School, Greenville, Miss.		 May 1944  
Cathers, Joanne Gene Atchison, Kansas 1926 Idlewild,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Cathey, George A., Jr. Thiel, Ark. 1924 Lawler,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Caudle, Eugene Leroy Memphis 1925 Hollywood Grammar:
Hollywood Jr.		 May 1944  
Chambers, Elvis Paul Memphis 1926 Maury,
Sacred Heart		 Jan 1944  
Chambers, Mary Sue Fulton, Ky 1926 Treadwell,
Chestnut Grade		 May 1944  
Chandler, William Bernard, Jr Memphis 1926 Gordon,
Maury,
Bellevue 		Jan 1944  
Cheek, Rose Lee Doerum, Ga. 1925 Little Rock, Ark.
Snowden		 May 1944  
Childress, Edward Earl Memphis 1925 Rozell,
Bellevue 		May 1944  
Chumney, Robert Elliott Memphis 1925 Bethel Grove,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Clark, Irma Jeanne Hattiesburg, Miss. 1926 Bellevue Jr. High May 1944  
Clark, Ronald William Columbus, Ga. 1925 Hoke Smith Jr. High, Atlanta Ga
*
 (see note)
Clayton, James Osborne Alexandria, La. 1925 Alexandria, La.,
Murfreesboro, Ark.		 Jan 1944  
Collier, Alma Jean Memphis 1926 Lenox,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Cockrill, Benjamin Thomas Memphis 1925 Lawler;
Snowden;
West Junior High, Parsona, Kansas		 Jan 1944  
Cook, Sudie M. Memphis 1926 Fairview,
Central 		May 1944  
Cooper, Alma Barbara Clarksdale, Miss. 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Cooper, James Walter, Jr. Washington, DC 1926 (not given) May 1944  
Cornelius, Martha Lucille Chattanooga, Tenn. 1925 City High School,
Lookout Jr. High		 May 1944  
Covington, Dennis Richard Columbia, Tenn. 1926 C.B.C. May 1944  
Cowell, Gerald Duma Camden, Tenn. 1925 Lawler,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Cox, Dorothy Memphis 1926 South Side Jan 1944  
Cox, John Jerome Memphis 1926 Maury,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Craig, Barbara Jane Memphis 1926 South Side Jan 1944  
Crockett, Doris Wayne Guntown, Miss. 1925 Tupelo, Miss. May 1944  
Crow, George Durant, Ark. 1925 Birmingham, Ala.
 Jan 1944 "joined the armed forces before graduating, but did receive their diplomas"
Crump, William Edward Memphis 1926 Peabody,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Cullen, Hugh Lamkin Memphis 1926 Idlewild,
Fairview 		May 1944  
D
Dacus, Dorothy Evelyn Memphis 1926 Lawler,
Whitestation,
Treadwell,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Daniel, Gerald Kenneth Memphis 1926 Vollentine,
Bruce,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Davis, Billie Frank West Memphis, Ark. 1927 Ramer, Tenn. May 1944  
Davis, Gene Lewis Memphis 1925 Vollentine,
Snowden 		Jan 1944  
Dawson, Carlos      
*
 (see note)
Deaton, Jewel Maxine Guntown, Miss. 1925 McGehee Grade School, McGehee, Ark.,
McGehee High School		 May 1944  
Dodds, Virginia (Jenny) Memphis 1925 Fairview May 1944  
Dodson, Robert Farrow, Jr. Memphis 1926 Lenox,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Douglas, Grace Ellen (not given) (not given) (not given) Aug 1943 (no picture)
Doyle, L.H.      
*
 (see note)
Drew, Joseph Laverne Laurel, Miss. 1925 Beaulah
Hubbard 		May 1944  
Duke, June Elizabeth Clarksdale, Miss 1927 Shelby, Miss.,
Tutwiler, Miss.		 May 1944  
Dunavant, Nevelle Marie (not given) (not given) Hollywood Jr. High Aug 1943  
Duncan, Howard Gene Memphis (not given) St. Paul,
Cordova,
Messick 		Jan 1944  
Durham, Nelda Lee Memphis 1926 Fairview Jan 1944  
E
Eddins, Roy A. Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Edwards, Frances Louise Memphis 1926 Hollywood,
Whitehaven 		May 1944  
Ellis, Clarence Waymon Knoxville, Tenn. 1924 Bellevue Jr. High
*
 "Clarence was a member of this class but due to leaving for the navy he did not graduate with the class"
Ellis, James Harold Amarillo, Texas 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
F
Ferguson, Gloria Jean Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Finley, Doris Frances McKenzie, Tenn. 1925 Bellevue May 1944  
Foppiano, Mary Jane Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Fowler, Dorothy Jane (Dottie) Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
G
Gardner, Anne Jeanette Helena, Ark. 1925 Bellevue May 1944  
Gardner, Geraldine (Gerry) Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Gay, Nannie Louise (not given) 1925 Middleton, Tenn. May 1944  
Gilmer, Betty Jane Memphis 1926 Whitehaven May 1944  
Goar, Jessie Marie Raleigh, Tenn. 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Gosset, Nancy Lou Pensacola, Fla. 1926 Roosevelt High, Honolulu May 1944  
Greer, Mildred Madeline Memphis 1925 Snowden May 1944  
Griffin, Frances Louise Columbus, Miss. 1925 Bellevue May 1944  
Griffin, Billy Howard Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Grinstead, Jess E. Memphis 1927 Snowden May 1944  
Gurley, Edna Earle Memphis 1926 Humes May 1944  
H
Hackley, Emma Jean Jonesboro, Ark. 1925 Jonesboro, Ark. May 1944  
Hanna, Martha Emeline
Jackson, Tenn. 1926 Childress High May 1944  
Harris, Peggy Elaine Memphis 1926 Humes May 1944  
Harris, Frank Ross Memphis 1926 Bellevue Jan 1944  

Hawkins, Helen Geraldine (Jay)

 Memphis 1925 Snowden May 1944  
Hayden, John Sharpe, Jr. Halcomb, Miss. 1925 Fairview May 1944  

Heise, Martha Eugenia

Black Oak, Ark. 1925 Fairview May 1944  
Helland, William Francis Toledo, Ohio 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Henderson, Clifford Davis Memphis (not given) Fairview May 1944  
Henderson, Dorothy Jane Memphis 1927 Fairview May 1944  
Hester, Lewis Barner Memphis 1926 Grenada, Miss. May 1944  
Higgins, Bernice Marie Schring, Fla. 1925 Marshall Agri. High May 1944  
Hipp, Logan A., Jr. Memphis 1924 Bellevue
*
 Entered U.S. Marine Corps in November, 1943. He finished his boot training at San Diego in Feb., 1944
(see note)
Hodges, George Vickroy, Jr. Memphis 1925 C.B.C. Jan 1944  
Holifield , Jean Carolyn (not given) (not given) (not given) Aug 1943 (no picture)
Holt, Vivian Pattie Mason, Tenn. 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Hooker, Clyde Franklin Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Hooten, Janie Rae Memphis 1925 Snowden May 1944  
Hopson, R. B. Middlesboro, Ky. 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Horton, Evelynne Joyce Memphis 1925 Humes May 1944  
Houston, Estelle Lee Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Howell, Jane Columbus, Miss. 1926 Bellevue,
Whitehaven 		May 1944  
Hunt, Charles D., Jr. Memphis 1925 Fairview May 1944  
I
Ikard, Thelma Ruth (Booty) Memphis 1926 Fairview,
Lenox 		May 1944  
Jackson, Robert Mars Tiptonville, Tenn. (not given) Humes May 1944  
Jackson, Virginia Milwaukee, Wis 1926 Humes May 1944  
Jacobs, Joseph (not given) (not given) (not given) Aug 1943 (no picture)
Jennings, Louel Lenora Pleasant Grove, Miss. (not given) Pleasant Grove Jan 1944  
Jernigan, Charles William Hornsby, Tenn. 1925 Bolivar (Tenn) May 1944  
Johnson, Joe Cooper Stearns, Ky 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Johnson, Mary Louise (Weegie) Memphis 1925 Bellevue May 1944  
Johnson, Marian Elizabeth Memphis 1927 Snowden May 1944  
Johnston, William Verace Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Jolly, John Edward Pine Bluff, Ark. 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Jones, Jane Ellen Birmingham, Ala. (not given) Bellevue May 1944  
K
Kahlfield, Nellie Jane Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Kendrick, James Harrell Memphis 1925 Snowden Jan 1944  
Kent, June Loretta Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Kentera, Chris Williams , Jr. (not given) (not given) Hollywood Aug 1943  
Kernodle, Paul Charles, Jr. Memphis 1926 Hollywood May 1944  
Killgore, Carroll Duane Haynesville, La. 1926 Magnolia, Ark. Jan 1944  
Kirk, Terry J. Fairhaven, N.J. 1927 Bellevue May 1944  
Knight, Betty (not given) (not given) (not given) May 1944 (no picture)
Koen, Carrol Louise Memphis 1926 South Side Jan 1944  
Kook, Magnus Frederick (not given) (not given) (not given) Aug 1943 (no picture)
L
Land, Robert Ashley Memphis 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Laney, Arthur Cleo (Art) Roodhouse, Illnois 1926 Summitt High School May 1944  
Lake, Evelyn Lucille Memphis 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Langham, Mary Joyce Malvern, Ark. 1926 Messick May 1944  
Lawson, John Wesley Memphis 1926 Snowden Jan 1944  
Lee, Myrtle Roberta Mobile, Ala 1926 Humes May 1944  
Lee, Virginia Cartwright Centreville, Miss. 1925 Snowden May 1944  
Lindell, Anna Jeanne Cairo, Ill. 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Lingua, Louis Phillip, Jr. Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Livingston, Gladys Marie Memphis 1926 Hollywood May 1944  
Lunn, Gerald Edmond Depew, Okla. 1926 Hardy May 1944  
Luttrell, Martha Jean Memphis 1925 Central May 1944  
M
McCain, Robert William Memphis 1926 Peabody
Fairview 		Aug 1943  
McCarty, Mary Eleanor (Mac) Haynesville, La. 1927 Cresell St. Grammar School in La. May 1944  
McClaran, Jane Davis Memphis 1926 Lawler,
Snowden 		May 1944  
McCrory, Ruby Julanne Columbus, Miss 1926 Maury,
Humes 		May 1944  
McCuller, David Brooks Memphis 1925 Bellevue May 1944  
McCurley, Nina Pittsboro, Miss. 1926 Bruce, Miss.,
Pittsboro, Miss.		 May 1944  
McDonald, Thelma Louise (not given) (not given) (not given) Aug 1943 (no picture)
McFerrin, Margaret Elizabeth Memphis 1926 Lenox,
Fairview		 May 1944  
McGaughran, Seth Burnell Memphis 1926 Snowden &
Collierville, Tenn.		 May 1944  
McMullen, Lawrence Robert Jackson, Tenn. 1926 Peabody,
Fairview 		May 1944  
McNeil, Mary Aline Memphis 1926 Peabody;
Fairview 		May 1944  
McPherson, Harold Eugene Ripley, Tenn. 1926 Maury,
Bellevue		 May 1944  
Mahaffey, Sara Anez Memphis 1926 Maury,
Bellevue 		May 1944  
Malone, Daniel (not given) (not given) (not given) Jan 1944 (no picture)
Mann, Marian Jewell Bells, Tenn 1926 Bells, Tenn. May 1944  
Maples, Virginia (Ginger) Bolivar, Tenn. 1926 Mercer Hi,
Whitehaven 		May 1944  
Marbury, Carolyn Poston Memphis 1926 Peabody,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Martin, Eunice Eloise West Station, Miss. (not given) Lawler,
Snowden		 May 1944  
Mashburn, William Eugene Memphis 1927 Snowden May 1944  
Mauffray, Elsa Totli New Orleans, La. 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Materna, Robert Godfrey Memphis 1926 Guthrie,
Humes 		May 1944  
Mattice, Lois Lorraine Memphis 1926 Lawler,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Maxwell, Bobby Guy Blytheville, Ark 1926 Blytheville,
Bellvue 		May 1944  
Miller, Betty Sue Rienzi, Miss 1926 (not given) May 1944  
Monday, Fannie Lee (Frances) Batesville, Ark. 1926 Jonesboro, Ark. May 1944  
Moore, Aylene Memphis 1925 Lawler,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Moore, Betty Jane Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Moore, Dorothy Belle Memphis 1926 Messick,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Moore, Gladys Oberlyn Wildersville, Tenn. 1926 Wildersville,
Lexington 		May 1944  
Mosby, Cecil      
*
 (see note)

Moxley, Thomas Eugene

 Memphis 1926 Maury,
Bellevue		 May 1944  
N
Neal, Charles Albert (not given) (not given) Hollywood Aug 1943  
Neeley, Madelyn Reform, Miss. 1927 Cumberland High School, Grenada High May 1944  
Nelson, Frances Virginia Memphis 1926 Vollentine,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Nelson, Roy David Memphis 1925 Maury,
Bellevue 		Aug 1943  
Neudecker, Joseph Wheeler, Jr. Memphis 1926 Idlewild,
Bellevue		 May 1944  
Newberry, Frances Oakville, Tenn. 1925 Messick,
St. Paul,
Bellevue 		May 1944  
Nichols, Mary Virginia Clearwater, Fla. 1925 Fairview May 1944  
Nolen, Mary Sue Memphis 1926 Bethel Grove,
Fairview 		May 1944  

Norton, Martha Jean

 Memphis 1926 Lawler, Snowden,
Millington 		May 1944  
Norton, Mary Alyce Ripley, Miss. 1926 Ripley Grammar and Ripley High May 1944  
Norvell, Aubrey James Forrest City, Ark. (not given) Snowden Jan 1944  
Nutzell, Martha Rose Memphis (not given) Vollentine,
Snowden 		May 1944  
O
Oglesby, Sara Wheaton Oakville, Tenn. 1926 Hollywood May 1944  
P
Pace, Cecil Memphis 1926 Fairview
*

(see note)

"Now in US Army"
Page, Marian Virginia Paris, Tenn. 1925 Bradenton High,
Humbolt High		 May 1944  
Pardue, Barbara Valerie Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  

Parry, Jack Louis

(not given) (not given) (not given) Aug 1943 (no picture)
Patrick, John Richard Indian Bay, Ark. 1926 Horn Lake, Miss. May 1944  
Patterson, Roy Layne Wichita Falls, Texas 1926 Louisiana, Missisippi,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Pentz, James L. Memphis 1926 Rozelle,
Fairview,
Fortier, New Orleans La		 May 1944  
Perdue, John Walker Memphis 1926 Greenville,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Perry, Clyde, Jr. (not given) (not given) (not given) May 1944 (no picture)
Perry, Mary Agnes Memphis (not given) Bellevue May 1944  
Pfeiffer, Charles Leon (Sonny) Memphis 1926 Vollentine,
Snowden 		May 1944  
Phelps, Catherine Aleine Memphis 1926 Bruce,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Phillips, Clark Coleman Memphis 1925 Peabody,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Phillips, Hazel Dell Swifton, Ark. (not given) Oklahoma Jan 1944  
Pieraccini, Yolanda Marie Adele Memphis 1926 Sacred Heart May 1944  
Pierce, Betty Jane Memphis 1926 Treadwell May 1944  
Poe, Maleta Evelyn ("Lee") Memphis 1926 Orlando, Fla. May 1944  
Porter, Robert Scott Memphis 1926 Idlewild,
Lenox,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Powell, Bessie Lee Memphis (not given) Treadwell,
Snowden 		Jan 1944  
Price, Alice Marguerite Memphis 1926` Fairview May 1944  
Pugh, Marinelle Peuriroy Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Q
Quinby, Betty Mae Des Plaines, Ill. 1926 Central;
Chicago 		May 1944  
R
Raby, Richard Kenneth Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Rand, Mary Alice Fulton, Miss. 1927 Central,
Fairview 		May 1944  
Rafferty, Margaret Marie (not given) (not given) (not given) Aug 1943 (no picture)
Riddell, Evelyn Marcine Arkansas 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Robinson, Jack Leon Memphis 1926 Tunica May 1944  
Robinson, Lois Laverne Dyersburg, Tenn. 1926 (not given) May 1944  
Rogers, Frances Angeline Memphis 1926 Texas High May 1944  
Rogers, Mable Pauline Sheridan, Wyoming 1925 Sheridan High May 1944  
Rooker, Jeanne Eleanor Cozad, Nebr. 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Rother, Adam A., Jr. Memphsi 1926 Whitehaven May 1944  
Russell, George Mempihs 1925 South Side Jan 1944

"In U.S. Army Air Corps Now"

"joined the armed forces before graduating, but did receive their diplomas"

S
Sanders, Ouida Mae Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Sanders, Ruby Frances Corinth, Miss. 1926 Michie, Tenn. May 1944  
Sarver, Charles Pontiac, Mich 1926 Scarritt-Northeast
*
 Not listed on graduation rolls for Aug, Jan or May class
Sansing, Eula Inez Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Scheibler, Henry Walker Memphis 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Schuette, Mary Katherine Memphis 1926 Bellevue Jan 1944  
Scott, Mary Helen Covington, Tenn. 1926 Millington, Tenn. May 1944  
Seaton, Samuel Alvin Austin, Ark. 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Seawright, Mary Louise Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Sellers, Alan New Orleans, La. 1926 Snowden,
Vollentine		 Jan 1944  
Senn, Arthur Carl Memphis 1927 Humes May 1944  
Sheffield, Helen Cornelia Memphis 1926 Fairview May 1944  
Sheffield, Shirley Valerie Memphis 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Shelton, Edna Marie Ripley, Miss. (not given) Snowden May 1944  
Sheridan, Hazel Marie Monette, Mo. 1925 Fairview May 1944  
Shipley, Dorothy Elizabeth (not given) (not given) (not given) Aug 1943 (no picture)
Shipp, Edith Lucille Memphis 1927 Fairview May 1944  
Shores, Dorothy Marie Lascassas, Tenn. (not given) Watertown, Tenn. May 1944  
Sides, Marie Estelle Birch Cherry, Tenn. 1926 Ripley, Tenn. May 1944  
Silberberg, Fred Sigfried Kassel, Germany 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Sisco, Frances Evelyn Memphis 1927 Bellevue May 1944  
Smith, Edmund Henry Memphis 1925 Bellevue Jan 1944  
Smith, Gerald, Jr. Holly Springs, Miss. 1925 Bellevue Jan 1944 "joined the armed forces before graduating, but did receive their diplomas"
Smith, George Richard Memphis 1925 Fairview Jan 1944  
Smith, William Calvert Memphis 1925 Fairview Jan 1944  
Soffas, Sara Katherine Mempihs 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Stahl, Melvin Memphis (not given) Fairview May 1944  
Stegman, Harvey Cleveland, Ohio 1925 Humes Jan 1944  
Stewart, John Elmer Memphis 1925 Fairview May 1944  
Stewart, Marguerite Opal Sledge, Miss. 1925 Sledge High School, Sledge, Miss. May 1944  
Stone, Gladys Virginia Caruthersville, Mo. 1925 Humes May 1944  
Striebeck, Carl Frederick (not given) (not given) Bellevue
*
 Corporal in ROTC. Now in the anti-aircraft Coast Artillery.
Stuart, Carlon Denton (not given) (not given) (not given) Aug 1943 (no picture)
Stuart, Martha Nell North Little Rock, Ark. 1926 NcMain HIgh School for Girls, New Orleans May 1944  
Stuart, William Donald Memphis 1926 Snowden Jan 1944  
Sullivan, James Lee, Jr. Tuscumbia, Ala. 1925 Fairview Jan 1944 "joined the armed forces before graduating, but did receive their diplomas"
Summers, Ellen Rosamond Hornbeak, Tenn. 1926 (not given) May 1944  
Sutton, Mildred Frances Memphis 1925 Fairview May 1944  
T
Tapp, Elmer Clarence, Jr. Memphis 1926 Southwest High School, Kansas City, Mo. May 1944  
Teague, James Eugene Rossville, Tenn. 1926 French Camp Academy (Miss) May 1944  
Thompson, Edwin Bailey Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Thompson, Dorothy Loraine Tupelo, Miss. 1926 Ludlow May 1944  
Thompson, Dorothy Wheeler (not listed) (not listed) Fairview (unsure) (could this also be Wheeler, Dorothy Isabell, listed as a May 1944 graduate?)
Thompson, Vernon (not given) (not given) (not given) May 1944 (no picture)
Thurman, Joe Marshall Memphis 1926 Bellevue Jan 1944  
Tidwell, Ruth Tipton, Tenn. 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Tucker, Mary Nell El Dorado, Ark. 1927 Urbana Jr. High, Urbana, Ark. May 1944  
Turk, Lucian Carr (not given) (not given) (not given)
*
 (no picture)
(see note)
Turrentine, Anne Marie Memphis 1927 Snowden Jan 1944  
Tygard, Charles Memphis 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
V
Vaughn, Agnes Carolyn Memphis 1926 Mississippi;
Bellevue 		May 1944  
Vetter, Richard Dailey San Diego, Cal. 1926 Messick Jan 1944  
W
Wallace, Robert Gray (not given) (not given) (not given) May 1944 (no picture)
Warde, William Edward Memphis 1926 Lawler;
Snowden:
Nashville 		Jan 1944  
Warren, William E.
(Billy) 		(not given) (not given) (not given) Jan 1944 "joined the armed forces before graduating, but did receive their diplomas"
Whitten, Mary Frances Memphis 1925 Snowden;
Bellevue 		May 1944  

Williams, Eva Nel

 Memphis 1926 Lawler;
Snowden		 Jan 1944 "Entered Armed Services in January"

Williams, George Porter, Jr.

 Brownsville, Tenn. 1925 Fairview Jan 1944

"Now in the U.S. Army"

"joined the armed forces before graduating, but did receive their diplomas"

Williams, James M. Memphis 1926 Rozelle;
Bellevue 		May 1944  
Wilils, Mary Elizabeth Memphis 1926 Humes May 1944  
Willis, Frank Daniel Greer, S.C. 1926 Snowden May 1944  
Wills, Delila Waverly, Tenn. 1926 Bellevue May 1944  
Winfield, Franklin Bryant Louisville, Ky 1925 Lawler;
Snowden 		May 1944  
Winters, Jack William Utica, Miss 1926 Utica Jan 1944  
Wood, Edith Marie Water Valley, Miss 1926 Bellevue May 1944  

Woodard, Jackson Monroe (Jack)

Aberdeen, Miss 1926 Bruce;
Aberdeen Jr. High		 May 1944  
Word, Dorothy Lou Memphis, Tenn. 1926 (not given) May 1944  
Y
Yancey, Rose Evelyn Ripley, Miss 1925 (not given) May 1944  
Yarbrough, Travis Darrell Anson, Texas 1926 Bellevue (not given) appears in senior photos but not in graduation lists for Aug, Jan or May.

Yoakum, Bobbie Virginia (Barbara)

 Corinth, Miss. 1924 Bellevue May 1944  

Note from Senior Class History (page 47): "The following boys have joined the armed forces too early to receive their diplomas: Ronald Clark, army; Lucian Turk, army; Cecil Mosby, army; Carlos Dawson, Marines; L.H. Doyle, Air Corps; Logan Hipp, Marines; and Cecil Pace, army"

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