Teachers of Center Schools
Cafeteria Managers of Center Schools
Janitors of Center Schools

This list is incomplete and was assembled mainly from the work of J.B. Sanders and many different sources. Many of the teachers were already teaching when this list was started.  A few have interrupted service.  Upon the marriage of a teacher and she took the name of her husband, she may be listed twice, by her maiden and then by her married name. Some of the names were taken from students who remembered.

EARLY TEACHERS OF CENTER SCHOOLS

1897
MISS MISSOURI GARRETT MISS HARLOW GHOLSTON
MRS. NETTIE MARSHALL MISS CHARLIE WOODALL
MISS ELLA YOUNG
ABOUT 1900

MISS EMMA BISHOP, FROM SPARTENBURG, NC, ANSWERED AN APPEAL FOR TEACHERS THAT APPEARED IN A MAGAZINE AND CAME TO TEXAS.  SHE LATER MARRIED MR. AMOS PORTERAND LIVED HER LIFE IN CENTER.  SHE WAS THE MOTHER OF MRS. MABEL ROGERS.
1914
MISS MAUD BASS MISS HELEN RICHARDS
MISS CALLIE WALKER C. R. COOK
H. E. WAGGONER MISS MOENA WOODYARD
1920
MRS. M. B. BROWN NETTIE BRITTAIN
MRS. MOLLIE BEARD MISS VIOLA ATKINSON
LILLIE C. WARD TIDIE SESSIONS
ANNIE MAE CAMPBELL DELLA LETNEY
CASSIE PAUL ALLENE RUNNELS
MARION HALL FANNIE MATTHEWS

In the book of J.B. Sanders the year of teaching was carried to 1965.  This was the year in which the book was published.  Therefore, when the year year 65 is recorded the teacher may have taught for many years afterward.   If you  know of any year that is incorrect please forward the information to the address shown below.

TEACHER YEAR TEACHER YEAR TEACHER YEAR
ACTON,  RICHARDINE 39-43 ADAMS, DENNY 55-65 ADAMS, MOLLIE 51-65
ALEXANDER,  RUTH 39-42 ALFORD, DOROTHY 31-33 ALFORD, VEVA 27-28
ALFORD, LUCILLE 25-27 ALLISON, GRACE FITE 45-65 ALMS, GLADYS 46-47
ANDREWS, DOUGLAS N. 64-65 ATKINSON, VIOLA 20-45 BAILEY, AULINE 45-46
BAILEY, BILLIE E. 58-65 BALLARD, DEE STANLEY 46-65 BALLARD, SUE NELL 55-65
BARFIELD, ERNESTINE 25-27 BARNES, ARLINE CLAIRE 45-46 BARR, YONDELL C. 54-65
BARRON, MAE WALLING 35-65 BELL, MILDRED L. 54-65 BELL, MRS. VANCE 49-51
BELL, VELMA K. 60-65 BIGGAR, MAGGIE 25-26 BLACK, MRS. CARL 45-46
BLACKSHEAR MARJORIE 46-48 BLANKENSHIP MRS. CLEM 52-57 BOLES, BENNIE C. 60-61
BOWLING, RUTH 36-37 BRACKETT, VIVIAN 32-35 BRADSHAW, BRUCE D. 60-64
BRITTAIN, PATRICIA 62-65 BROOKS, ELIZABETH 47-56 BROWNING, ANNIE T. 39-43
BUSH, MRS. EDTELLINE 44-46 BUSH, TRAVIS R. 44-58 BUTLER, ROLAND D. 59-60
CAGEL, JUANELL L. 61-64 CAGLE, ROY W. 61-64 CAMPBELL, MRS. FRANK 55-45
CAMPBELL, MARIANN 43-44 CAMPBELL NAOMI 52-59 CAMPBELL, TWILA 35-36
CANNADY, C. E. 64-65 CARRIKER, MILDRED 42-44 CARTER, MISS IRIS 35-36
CARTLIDGE, OPAL LEIM 35-36 CHESSHER, LA VERN 37-44 CHOLLAR, IVY MAE 39-41
COFFEE, RUBYE 46-47 COLVERT, R. CARROLL 50-64 CONWAY, IVA NELL 30-65
COOPER, GARA O. 35-49 CORDRAY, DOROTHY 56-57 COVINGTON, VERA 58-65
CRIM, IMOGENE 49-52 CRISP, EDWARD 56-6- CRISP, PAULINE 58-60
DANIEL, GEORGE E. 64-65 DAVIS, ELI J. 60-65 DAY, MRS. A.E., JR. 27-31
DAY, NELLIE 27-49 DE LONEY LOYCE MASK 48-49 DINGES, WILLIAM E. 56-57
DOGGETT, BILLY JACK 57-58 DUSEK, ELIZABETH 56-57 EDDINS, FERNELLA R. 57-65
EDDINS, ROBERT J. 27-61 EDDINS, MRS. R. J. 29-33 ELLIS, JOE L. 49-65
ELLIS, WINONA 53-55 ELROD, CHARLOTTE E. 64-65 EAMON, MISS BILLIE R. 56-58
FALL, FREIDA KAY 35-36 FAUSETT, JERRY L. 62-64 FLANNINGAN, BOBBY G 54-55
GAINES, PORTIA PAYNE 55- GARRISON, MISS WILLIE 27-28 GEORGE, JOE 42-43
GILES, JUANITA 54-55 GRAMLIN, SARAH 46-65 GRAVES, DOROTHY 41-42
GRIFFIN, MISS TOMMIE 36-40 HAGLER, EARL B. 38-47 HAGLER, MARTHA F. 44-45
HAYES, JAMES Z. 51-65 HALEY, WILLIAM D. 51-55 HALL, DORIS 37-38
HALL, LOIS 38-39 HANNA, VIRGINIA 42-54 HARRIS, JOHN REAGAN 57-65
HARRIS, MAGGIE B. 26-29 HARRISON, KITTY 42-43 HARTMAN, DON 64-65
HAWKINS, W. B. 36-41 HAYES, LAURA M. 51-65 HENDERSON, BETTIE 43-44
HENRY, MARJORIE B. 48-65 HESTER, ELOISE 45-52 HUGHES, JAMES BRUCE 64-65
HUGHES, RUBY 29-30 HURST, EULA 43-54 HUTTON, PEGGY S. 64-65
HYER, VIVIAN K. 47-65 JETTON, MARY JEAN 51-52 JETTON, MITCHELL 51-59
JOHNSON, MRS. JOHNNIE 44-47 JOHNSON, LOUISE 45-46 JONES, JIMMY GALE 56-61
JONES, JULIA PAGE 45-46 JONES, LENORA 25-26 JORDAN, THOMAS E. 56-58
KIRKLEY, VIVIAN 35-36 KOONCE, J. D. 29-30 KRAEMER, CHARLENE 50-54
LAMB, BURLEY D. 61-64 LAMB, MRS. W.W. 31-33 LANFORD, MRS. BELBA 61-62
LAWSON, BONNIE 52-53 LEE, BOBBY GLENN 57-64 LEIM, BEATRICE O'QUINN 34-51
LEIM, MISS OPAL 25-35 LILLY, TROY R. 61-64 LOBLEY, VIVIAN 35-36
LUCAS, MATTIE 25-27 LUKER, MISS ARAZENA 31-33 LUNSFORD, LEE GAYLE 61-62
MC CAULEY, BARBARA 64-65 MC CAULEY, LILLIE 51-64 MC DONALD, JOHN B. 54-60
MC GENTRY, MISS FRANCKIE 26-27 MC LEROY, CHESTER A. 55-65 MC MAHAN, PANSY 37-39
MAJORS, MARGARET 34-38 MALON, HAYDEN S. 30-34 MALONE, JEANNETTE 46-65
MALONE, MARY BETH 27-29 MALONE, R. E. 34-62 MARTIN, DURA THOMAS 54-65
MARTIN, JERRY W. 62-64 MATTHEWS, WAYLAND 41-42 MELTON, DONALD J. 58-59
MENEFEE, HAZEL W. 46-65 MERCHANT, VELPA 26-27 MIDDLETON, SHIRLEY 45-46
MITCHELL, PAULINE 30-31 MOODY, EVIE 49-65 MOORE, ELIZABETH 26-27
MOORE, ERNEST MCNEIL 57-59 MOORE, VERA 38-39 MORGAN, EVELYN 27-29
NEAL, LAVERNE 51-58 NETHERY, DIXIE 40-45 NICHOLSON, TRUDIE 25-61
NORMAN, ALLEN BRUCE 56-57 OATES, LUCILLE 29-31 O'QUINN, BEATRICE 31-32
PATE, EVILLA 49-65 PAYNE, PORTIA 51-55 PEARSON, GLENN 55-56
PENMAN, ANNETTE 42-44 PETTY, JESSE E., JR. 48-49 PIERCE, THELMA 45-46
PIGG, JULIA ELIZABETH 59-65 PINKSTON, MILDRED 44-46 POOL, INEZ 43-44
POWELL, JUANICE 60-65 PRICE, MARTHA 26-39 RAMSEY, ANNIE B. 46-65
RAMSEY, JOHN DONESE 46-56 RASBERRY, TOM 59-60 REEL, HAROLD R. 54-55
RICHARDS, KATHERINE 38-41 ROBERTS, DURA 27-44 ROBERTSON, BETTY A. 56-65
ROGERS, HAZEL 26-27 RUDD, SYBLE W. 62-65 RUDISILL, MARY JEAN 53-54
SAMFORD, JEWELL 52-65 SAMFORD, JEFF E. 26-35 SATTERWHITE, MAE H. 48-65
SAUNDERS, MARY ALICE 27-31 SCALES, T. O. 37-41 SHANNON BEATRICE 27-28
SHAW, JUANITA RUTH 40-41 SHIRLEY, LOIS 36-42 SINGLETARY, ELIZABETH 50-53
SITTON, MRS. SAMMIE 58-59 SLAUGHTER, GRACE 43-65 SLAYDON, M. H. 26-27
SLAYDON, FLOY 25-27 SMITH, ELOISE 46-65 SMITH, JAMES  C. 53-65
SOWELL, JEANETTE 35-39 SPENCER, H. F. 41-42 STANDLEY, GERTRUDE 38-46
STANLEY, WINFREY 31-37 STEWART, JAMES R. 57-58 STODDARD, C. HERMAN 61-65
STRAWN, MARTHA J. 58-60 STUTLER, MARTHA 60-61 SUMMERS, FLETA 25-27
TATTAM, MRS. L.L. 29-30 TAYLOR, DURWARD J. 56-57 TAYLOR, JIM ANN 42-
TENNY, RUTH 31-32 TERRY, MARY 31-33 THOMAS, MRS.BILLIE 58-65
THOMAS, ELSIE LEE 47-61 THRASH, JOE B. 36-42 THWEATT, HELEN 44-46
TUCKER, LENORE 37-38 TURPIN, HELEN 39-42 VICK, MARY JO 55-65
VINYARD, MRS, R. H. 45-46 VORHEES, ANNA C. 44-45 WALKER, MRS. J. L. 25-30
WARREN, BARBARA 43-46 WATKINS, WYLMA PEARL 46-65 WATSON, FANNIE L. 57-65
WATSON, FLOYD A. 49-65 WEAVER, LUCILLE 27-29 WESTMORELAND, FAYE 41-43
WESTMORELAND, WILMA 43-44 WHEELER, ORAN B. 28-65 WHITE, DANA 43-44
WHITE, ONITA 45-49 WHITESIDE, KATHERINE 48-49 WHITESIDE, THOMAS R. 50-65
WHITLEY, MAX 64-65 WILLIAMS, HAZEL 34-37 WILLIAMS, MILDRED 58-65
WILLIAMS, SAM E. 29-58 WILLIAMS, WINOLA 52-53 WILLIAMS, MRS.S.E. 26-27
WILLIS, VIRGINIA 46-51 WOLAVER, GAINES O. 64-65 WOOD, ZETTIE W. 53-65
WOODY, ELLA 42-43 WOOLEY, WILMA 44-65 WYATT, WILLIAM 44-55
YATES, MRS. GILL H. 25-33 YOUNGBLOOD, BILLY 55-56

     

JANITORS
BAKER, MORRIS 63-64 BIVENS, SAMUEL A. 53-63 BRITTAIN, CHARLIE 44-58
DAY, W. W. 30-43 ELLIOTT, JOHN ----16 HAGLER, A. E. 43-44
HALEY, H. D. 58-64 HUGHES, ALTO 62-64 LAWRENCE, S. E. 41-62
MC CAULEY, OSWALT 63-64 PARRISH, E. H. 26-27 SAMFORD, EDDIE 39-42
THOMAS, JOHN H. 37-30

 

CAFETERIA MANAGERS
CARRIKER, MRS. LOFTON 53-65 DUKES, MRS.OLLIE MAE 52-65 HOWARD, MRS. JOE 51-52
JONES, MRS. HUGH 43-46 SWAILS, MRS FRED 45-52    

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