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This file was contributed for use in the Virginia USGenWeb Archives by: Karen EAGLE Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net ============================================================================ "Clinch Valley News" Tazewell, Tazewell Co., VA Friday, August 14, 1936 TEACHERS (Partial List- I am only typing the ones that are my kin and collateral kin, teachers that taught my kin, or were well know family friends). LITTLE CHANGE IN COUNTY TEACHERS Majority of Last Year’s Faculty Are Retained For the Coming Year All school white and colored, will open Wednesday morning, September 2, at 9 o’clock. On Tuesday morning, September 2, at 9’oclock the annual teachers’ meeting for white teachers will assemble at Tazewell in the high school auditorium. (The next few paragraphs are the facts about the meeting, followed by the teachers of Tazewell High School, Richlands, and Pocahontas High School). (Partial list of) Pocahontas Grade School: --MISS VIRGINIA WAGNER (Virginia Patria Wagner, d/o Martin Luther Wagner & Grace Turner. Virginia married a Mr. Garwood and later taught for many years at Graham High School, Bluefield , Tazewell Co., VA. Virginia was the granddaughter of Parris Witcher Wagner & Patria Ann Perdue. Virginia was the great granddaughter of Rev. Adam Edward Waggoner & Juline/Juliana Elinor Tabor, and Henry Silas Perdue, Sr., & Nancy Jane Powell). --MISS THERESA MCMULLIN (I BELIEVE this to have been the d/o George Paris McMullin & Bettie Shawver) --MISS VIRGINIA DOUTHAT (Partial list of) Baptist Valley: --MISS VIRGINIA BAILEY (Partial list of) Bishop: --MISS NELL BAILEY (There is a POSSIBILITY that the two previous Miss Baileys were the d’s/o Peery .H./H. Peery Bailey & Mary ‘Mollie’ Bandy). (Partial list of) Boissevain: --MISS BERNICE CARTER (Bernice Ruth Carter, d/o Ransom LaFollette Carter & Mary Nicette Gillespie). --MISS FRANCES WAGNER (Unceratin- PERHAPS one of these two: Frances St. Clair Wagner., d/o Samuel Oscar Wagner & Margaret Ellen Harrison. Francis Lacine Wagner, d/o Elias GREEN Wagner his second wife, Mary Ann ‘Mollie’ Kinzer who was d/o John Broce Kinzer & Clarissa Jennette Tabor. However, Frances Lacine Wagner’s family move to Bland Co., VA in October of 1909). Falls Mills Grade School-Full list: --MR. CHAS, WARDEN, PRINCIPAL --MISS EVA GILLESPIE --MISS JUANITA FLESHMAN (POSSIBLE: Anna Juanita Fleshman , d/o Wade Hampton Fleshman, Sr., & Amma Coon Ruble. Wade Hampton Fleshman was the s/o John Alexander Fleshman & Phoebe Harriett Tabor, d/o Amos H. Tabor & Cynthia McPherson). --MISS SUE CARTER (Margaret Sue Carter, d/o Charles Albert Carter & Sarah Aurelia ‘Sally’ Marrs. Margaret Sue Carter was known as Sue and she married William McKinley ‘Ken’ Tabor, s/o Hugh Edward Tabor & Margaret Rebecca Sluss). As an added note: A brother of Charles Albert Carter, Thomas M. Carter, married the sister of Sarah Aurelia Marrs, Dora or Nora Marrs, and the sisters were the daughters of William C. Marrs & Louvicie/Lavicie "Vicy’ Mitchell. (Partial list of) Raven: --MRS BERTHA SHRADER (Not certain, but certainly a kinswoman) (Partial list of) Red Ash School: --MRS. NANCY CARTER, PRINCIPAL Rivermont School, Full list: --MISS LOIS SPARKS, PRINCIPAL --MISS LOUISE SLUSS (Daughter of Charles Walter Sluss, Sr., & Annie Ella Cassell. Charles Walter Sluss, Sr., s/o Rages Maroni Sluss, Sr., & Nancy Atelia ‘Nannie’ Litz. Rages Maroni Sluss, Sr., was the brother of Corrilda Alice Sluss-married Rufus Jackson Shrader & Margaret Rebecca Sluss-married Hugh Edward Tabor. Rages, Corrilda, & Maragaret Rebecca Sluss were three, of the thirteen, children, of James Sluss & Clair Rinda Gouldy. Goldy/Golden). Tip Top School, Full list: --MISS THELMA LAMPERT (Thelma Lampert later taught my mother, Hettie Marie Shrader, when mom attended the Wexler School at Mudfork, Tazewell Co., VA. The land for the Wexler Tabor School was donated by my great great uncle, Edward Wexler Tabor, s/o Richard Adam Tabor & Mildred Permelia ‘Milly’ Shrader who was the d/o Henry Shrader, Sr., and his second wife, Louisa Kennedy). As an added note: The OLD OLD Dudley School was on the land of Richard Adam Tabor. --MISS LUCILLE CRABTREE (I BELIEVE to be the same Lucille Crabtree that would later marry Elmore Howard Shrader, s/o Hugh Dillion Shrader & Mariah Larissa/Louisa Riley. I do not know the parents of Miss Lucille Crabtree. Mariah Riley , d/o George Washington Riley & Virginia Bowman. Hugh Dillion Shrader, s/o John Wilkes ‘Wilk’ Shrader & Martha Daniels). Sluss School, Full list: --MISS ELIZABETH HEDRICK (Elizabeth, d/o Samuel GRAHAM Hedrick & Hazel Thompson. Miss Elizabeth Hedrick would later serve as the principal of the falls Mills Grade School ?this included the OLD Falls Mills School, at the Falls Mills Dam, and the next one built behind the store of George DEWEY Tabor, s/o Hugh Edward Tabor & Margaret Rebecca Sluss). --MISS MARGARET BEARD (Margaret Watson Beard, d/o Johnson Chapman ‘John’ Beard and his second wife, Thurman Priscilla Watson -who was the d/o Thomas Witten Watson & Mary L. Stephenson. Mary L. Stephenson was the d/o Simon E. Stephenson & Priscilla F. Blackwell). My sister married Margaret’s nephew. Thurman Priscilla Watson, after the death of J. C. Beard, married Walker Slade. Johnson Chapman ‘John’ Beard’s first wife was Margaret Lee ‘Maggie’ Stevenson. Margaret Beard married Charles Leon Hogan. Cove School, Full list: --MISS VIRGINIA BAKER, PRINCIPAL (There is a POSSIBILITY that this was Margaret Virginia Baker, d/o Dudley Davis Baker, Sr., & Sarah T. ‘Sallie’ Tabor). I would appreciate it if someone would let me know. Thank you-Karen EAGLE Moman --MISS NANNIE ROSE BUCHANAN Rhudy School, Full list: --MISS VIRGINIA GOFORTH (There were few Goforth families in this era of Tazewell Co., VA. Virginia Goforth MIGHT have been kin to Henry T. Goforth, Sr., who married Ella Mae ‘Ellie’ Harry, d/o James R. Harry & Virginia ‘Jennie’ Compton. There was also a James H. Goforth that married Nancy C. Perdue, d/o James Henry Perdue). Benbow School, Full list --MISS LILLIAN BEARD (Mary Lillian Beard, d/o Johnson Chapman ‘John’ Beard and his second wife, Thurman Priscilla Watson -who was the d/o Thomas Witten Watson & Mary L. Stephenson. Mary L. Stephenson was the d/o Simon E. Stephenson & Priscilla F. Blackwell). My sister married Margaret’s nephew. Thurman Priscilla Watson, after the death of J. C. Beard, married Walker Slade. Johnson Chapman ‘John’ Beard’s first wife was Margaret Lee ‘Maggie’ Stevenson. Lilian Beard married Keister Bernard Harman. Yards, Full list: --MISS RUTH MACOM (Miss Ruth Macom would later teach at Graham High School. Her sister married a local doctor). Bailey School, Full list: --MISS CORDELIA STOWERS (I know many of my kin went to this little school) Bluestone School, Full list: --MISS FRANCES YOST Wagner School, Full list: --MISS CARMEN CARTER (Nancy Carmen Carter, d/o Ransom LaFollette Carter & Mary Nicette Gillespie). Wexler School, Full list --DUPEY WAGNER (Dupey Marion Wagner, s/o Charles McClellean’Boss/C.M.’ Wagner & Charlotte Lavinia ‘Lottie’ Tabor. C. M. Wagner s/o Parris Witcher Wagner & Patria Ann Perdue. Charlotte Lavinia Tabor, d/o Elgin Whitley Tabor & Octavia Zane Tiller). Sinking Waters, Full list: --MISS ZOLA CARTER Smith School, Full list: --MISS MAUDE FLESHMAN (I BELIEVE to be the d/o James William Alexander Fleshman & his wife, Myrtle-I do not have the surname of the wife. James W. A. Fleshman, is s/o John Alexander Fleshman & Phoebe Harriett Tabor, d/o Amos H. Tabor & Cynthia McPherson). Matheny School, Full list: --MISS ERCILLE UNDERWOOD Karen EAGLE Moman arizonaeagle@qwest.net April 2002