Waverley High School, Franklin Parish, LA

Submitted by: DeWanna Lindo 

Feb. 2002



Source: Mrs. Jo Ann Smith

A Birds Eyeview of Crowville 1976

June 2001



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Waverley High School:



The first black school for Franklin Parish was Waverly

High School, formerly an all white school. The original

staff was as follows:



Mr. Edward Blunt, Principal

Mr. Thomas Brown

Mrs. Ruth Broom

Mrs. Bessie Collins

Mrs. Georgia M. Tillman, Teacher-Coach  Girls Basketball



This school was officially opened to black students in 1947.

In 1951, the church schools in North Franklin Parish were 

closed and these students attended Waverly High School.

The black supervisor serving this school was Mrs. Hattie Corbin.



The original Waverly lunch room workers were Mrs. Georgia M.

Rushing and Mrs. Maggie Smith.



Edward Blunt resigned and Mr. B.J. Franklin became principal in

1963.



In 1969, with the desegregation law, Waverly High School was

closed.  The students were divided between Crowville and Baskin Schools.