By: Barbara W. Carruth

Appeared in The Lamar Leader August 4, 1999

Appeared in The Lamar Democrat September 1, 1999

Pine Springs School  1953

The Pine Springs School, which was located north of Sulligent, Alabama in the Pine Springs Community was the result of the consolidation of the Shiloh North and Pine Springs Schools in 1936. The Pine Springs School was a three teacher unit. The building used at the time of consolidation was a white frame structure and stood adjoining the site of the Pine Springs Methodist Church. A modern brick structure was erected and first used in 1936. This site was located on Highway 17. Good equipment was placed in the building and added to each year.

Pupils in 1953 Class were:

First & Second Grades: David Cantrell, Catherine Clifton, Curtis Pace, Carolyn Robinson, Mike Cox, Pama Jean Herron, Floyd McKay, Charlotte Phillips, Eddy Dill, Carolyn Chaffin, Roger D. Cantrell, Clayton Johnson, Jo Ann Garret, Eary Warren, Lloyd McKay, Dorothy Pace, Barbara Woolbright, Mary Sue Cole, Roland Burks, Elizabeth Homan, Donald Flynn, Wanda Lou Brown, Noble Duncan, Jimmy Hawkins, Sherry A. Herron, Clinton Pace.

Third & Fourth Grades: Jerry R. Minor, Gene Cantrell, Reuben Pace, Rachel McKay, Jo Ann Chaffin, Barbara Flynn, Wilma D. Hawkins, Wayne Clifton, Juanita Stanford, Jacky Irvin, Laura Robinson, Jimmy Whitehead, Helen Blaylock, Rayburn Flynn, Johnny Clifton, Barbara Evans, J. C. Hawkins, Justus Cole, Jimmy Black, Jack Homan, Earnest Harris, Patsy Otts, Jo Ruth Otts, Jerry Brown.

Sixth Grade: Lionel Evans, Bobby Woolbright, Rex Guin, James Pennington, Larry Franklin, James Cole, Annie Sue Minor, Annie Ruth Blaylock, Annie Sue Flynn.

The above information was taken from a copy of the ‘1953 School Memories’.

I am looking for a picture of the school building, a white frame structure, which was near the Pine Springs Church when the school was consolidated with Shiloh North School.

Queries of the week:

Barbara,

My great great grandfather Henry Benjamin Franklin Jaggars married Margaret

Mirinda Turman in Lamar County. My great grandfather William Plato (son) was born in Sulligent in 1884.

Pretty sure that the Jaggars in Sulligent are kin some how.

I am looking for the parents of Thomas R. Noe who married Mary ????

They were killed by a over night guest on December 1 , 1867 in Sulligent , Alabama.

Thanks again!

Robert Jaggars

Siloam Springs,Arkansas

MS B,

to meet anyone in the family who has any interest in family history. I enjoyed the Pine Springs Cemetery website. I copied Pine Springs Cemetery several years ago, and was sad to see that some of the people who I knew and cared about have died since then.

Thanks so much for the good work you are doing. When I was doing most of

my research in the county there was hardly any interest. It's good to

see that people are beginning to compile excellent records and preserve

a truly fascinating history.

Vicki Murphy

If have any information on the above queries contact me at 205 698 9427; P. O. Box 579, Sulligent, AL 35586 or email coco @ fayette.net. Suggestions for this column are welcome. Thanks for your encouragement, your comments, and information that you have given me.

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