Raleigh County WV Archives Photo Person.....Bennett, Verna Vest 
************************************************
Copyright.  All rights reserved.
http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm
http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/wvfiles.htm
************************************************

File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by:
Eva Smith Stella_Gadd@yahoo.com March 6, 2009, 5:42 pm

Source:             Family Photo
Name:               Verna Vest Bennett
Photo can be seen at:
http://www.usgwarchives.net/wv/raleigh/photos/bennett119gph.jpg
Image file size: 43.4 Kb

Verna Vest Bennett, area teacher, at age 18. According to “A History of Shady 
Spring District,” published in 1979 by the Woman’s Club, “Verna Vest started 
teaching school at 18 in 1927 at Panther Knob one room school. The following 
year she taught at the Hoye School which was located on the Calvin C. Hoye 
(1834-1893) farm. The farm is now owned by Mrs. Lee (Anna) Wood.” Verna, the 
last teacher at Hoye, taught there during the 1927-28 term. 

Additional Comments:
Verna Veatrice Vest (06 Jul 1908/27 Jan 1980) was the oldest daughter of 
Leonard Haliburton Vest and wife Emma Stella Gadd of White Oak Mountain, 
Raleigh County, W.Va. She married Fred Bennett (09 Feb 1910/ Dec 1972) of 
Abraham on 26 Nov 1931. She was a graduate of Shady Spring High School in 
Raleigh County and Concord College (now Concord University) in Athens, Mercer 
County, W.Va. Mrs. Bennett spent most of her teaching career in Richmond 
District, Raleigh County.

File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/wv/raleigh/photos/bennett119gph.txt

This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/wvfiles/

File size: 1.7 Kb