Rice School 1914
Teacher, (?) Wilson

Front Row L to R:
(?), (?), (?), Bomar Scott, Sloan Wear, Sloan Wear, ? Jordan, Graham Bell , Ida Mae Miles, Opal Merrell,
Birdell Swafford, Hugh Arthur Lemmon, Irene Blount, O. C. Braddock, Frances Bradley.

Back Row L to R:
Stella Mae Sparks, (?), Teacher, Miss Wilson, Willie Ribble, Georgia Moore, Hazel Goodwin, (?),
Kate ?, Elizabeth Ingram, Mary Smith, Billie Jane Irvin, (?).

Ida Mae Miles Dukeminier graciously shared this picture and identification.
Posted by Jane Bell Smith

Rice School Class Picture 1914
Teacher, Miss Ida Stringer

Front Row L to R:
Shelley Cassell, Billy Bartlett, Hugh South, (?), (?), Talmadge Gallemore

2nd Row L to R:
William Fitzgerald, Mary Smith, Ila Holland, Irene Blount, (?), ? Swafford, Ida Mae Miles, O. C. Braddock, Jep Edens, Pruitt Dukeminier.

3rd Row L to R:
(?), Opal Merrell, Bessie Miles, Ganell Stringer, (?).

4th Row L to R:
(?), (?), (?), (?), Preble Neal, Georgia Moore, (?), (?) Lala Miles, Hazel Goodwin,
Horace Polan.

Back Row:
Center, Teacher, Ida Stringer, (?), (?), Edwin Gallamore.


Ida Mae Miles Dukeminier graciously shared this picture and identification.
Posted by Jane Bell Smith
 

Rice School 1916-1917
Teacher, Mina Butts

Front Row L to R:
Billy Bartlett, Elbert Pollan, (?), Hugh South, (?), Whelles Jackson, Horace Pollan, (?), Joe Swafford, Pruitt Dukeminier.

2nd Row L to R:
(?), Talmadge Gallemore, ? Rogers.

3rd Row L to R:
Shelley Cassell, (?), Markaleta Bell, Dora Dyer, (?), (?), Clara Jackson, Teacher, Lala Miles, Lillie Ribble.

4th Row L to R:
(?), ? Pollan, (?).

5th Row L to R:
Adelyn Hayes, (?), (?), (?), (?), Mina Butts, Teacher, Hazel Goodwin, Queena Bartlett.

Back Row L to R:
Verna Gregory, Helen ?, (?), Edwin Gallemore, (?), Graham Barrington, (?), ? Cox,
? Turner, (?).


Ida Mae Miles Dukeminier graciously shared this picture and identification
Posted by Jane Bell Smith

Rice School 1918
Room 1

Front Row: Left to Right:
Sherman Miles, Dowell Mahaley, _______? Cox, Unidentified Boy

Second Row: Left to Right:
Unidentified Boy, Unidentified Boy, Sloan Wear, Gladys Lee, Essie Lee Neal, Unidentified Boy, Robert Key, Jim Cave,
Ward Bell, Unidentified Boy, Unidentified Boy, Cecil Hobbs, Unidentified Boy.

Third Row: Left to Right:
Genevieve ? ____(married Bishop), Lucille Jorden (?), Unidentified Boy, Beryl Tolleson, ___? Slater, Unidentified Girl,
Unidentified Boy, Teacher, Miss Minna Butts, Unidentified Boy, Unidentified Boy, Unidentified Girl,
Frances Bradley, Gertie Dyer, Unidentified Boy.

Ida Mae Miles Dukeminier graciously shared this picture and identification.
Posted by Jane Bell Smith
 

Rice School – Room 2 – 1918
Teacher, Pansy Shepherd


Front Row L to R:
Grafton Goodwin, Dean Bell, (?), Forest Blount, ? Rutherford, Carlos Stringer,
(? Holding Sign), Jessie Gatlin, Randell Clark Dukeminier, ? Jordan, (?), Birdell Swafford.

2nd Row L to R:
J. T. Allen, O. C. Braddock, John Parker, Willie Ribble, Jep Edens, Beryl Tolleson, Kathleen Barrington,
Ida Mae Miles, Noralyn Bartlett, Gregory Bell, James Warner South, (?), Hugh Smith, Lowell Cave.

3rd Row L to R:
Lilliam Merrell, Mildred Cave, Bertiola Hobbs, Ada Mae Thompson, (?), (?), Hazel Loop, (?), Lucille Jordan, Ava Travis, Nora Mahaley,
Twin, Mary Nell McCants, Roberta Irvin, Twin, Maggie McCants.

Back Row L to R:
(?), Cora Cox, (?), (?), Berta Mae ?, Teacher, Pansy Shepherd, Stella Mae Sparks, Opal Lee Howard,
Georgia Moore, Joey Dyer, Roberta Key, (?).


Ida Mae Miles Dukeminier graciously shared this picture and identification.
Posted by Jane Bell Smith
 

Rice School 1918-Room 3


Front Row Seated L to R:
? Swafford, Marshall Noel, Sloan Wear, Graham Barrington, ? Rutherford,
Billy Bartlett-Holding Sign, Joe Swafford, Horace Pollan, Shelley Cassell.

2nd Row Seated L to R:
Hugh South, (?), Pruitt Dukeminier, (?), Wheelles Jackson, Elbert Pollan, (?), (?), Roy Norvell, Bomar Scott.

3rd Row Standing L to R:
Gaynell Stringer, Billie Jane Irvin, (?), (?), (?), Georgia Moore, Stella Mae Sparks, Dora Dyer, Opal Merrell, Bessie Miles, Beatrice ?.

Back Row Standing L to R:
(?), Elizabeth Ingram, Clara Jackson, Frances Bradley, Lillie Ribble, Stella Cox, Teacher, (?), Myrtle Dyer, Markaleta Bell, Lala Miles, Lillie Ribble.


Ida Mae Miles Dukeminier graciously shared this picture and identification.
Posted by Jane Bell Smith
 

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Rice High School Class (abt 1923/24)
Photo submitted by Jane Bell Smith

Top Row: Left to Right:
Joe Swafford, Annie Lou Hawkins, Bessie Miles, Elbert Pollan, Lala Miles, Hugh South, Billie Jane Irwin, Dora Dyer

Middle Row:
_ Andrews, Unidentified, Unidentified, Roy Norvell, Hugh Arthur Lemons, Myrtle Dyer,
 Ila Holland, Frances Bradley, Hazel Cummings, Supt. Starks

Front Row:
Unidentified, William Sloan Fitzgerald
 

Rice High School - 1923
Photo donated by Ann & Bob Marcy

Back Row:

Talmadge Gallemore, William Fitzgerald,
Hugh South, Horace Pollan, Teacher ?, Pruitt Dukeminier, Roy Norvell

Fourth Row:

Elbert Pollan, Joe Swafford, Mary Simpson, Mrytle Dyer, Hallie _____?
Annie Lou Hawkins, Marshall Noel, Mary Smith, Dora Dyer, Unidentified,
__________Merrell

Third Row:

Verna Gregory, Prebble Neal, Unidentified, Clara Jackson, Frances Bradley,
Billie Jane Irwin, Unidentified, Unidentified, Teacher, Vera Daniel

Second Row:

Unidentified, Irene Blount, Ocossie Edwards, Queena Bartlett, Laura Fortson,
Markoleta Bell, Lillie Ribble, Dora Dyer, Hazel Goodwin, Beatrice Harris, Vera Money, Illa Holland

Front Row Left to Right:

Unidentified, J.C.R. Sanders, Principal, Hugh Arthur Lemons, Wayne Noel?

Identified by Idamay Miles Dukeminier, submitted by Jane Bell Smith.

Rice School 7th Grade - 1923

Back Row: Left to Right:
Minnie Marshall, Unidentified, Unidentified, Roberta Irwin, Martha Simpson, Teacher, Hazel Loop,
Stella Mae Sparks, Unidentified, Teacher, Gregory Bell, Jep Edens (in back)

Front Row: Left to Right:
Unidentified, Unidentified, Principal, J.C.R. Sanders, Alpine Harper, Kathleen Barrington, Mary Witherspoon,
Birdell (?) Swafford, Dean Bell,
 _________Swafford, J. T. Allen, Billy Bartlett, Buck Pollan, Jessie Gatlin

Submitted by Jane Bell Smith

From the back of the original:

Music Class of Miss Neveda Monaghan Cooksey (spelling uncertain)

This photo was probably taken in the early to mid 1890’s. Lyda McGee was born 1880.

Photo donated by Ann & Bob Marcy

Rice Teachers - about 1923
(Can anyone ID these teachers?)
Photo donated by Ann & Bob Marcy

Top Row Left to Right:

Unidentified Lady, J.C.R. Sanders, Principal, Ruth Terrell, Unidentified Lady
Front Row Left to Right:
Unidentified Lady, Unidentified Lady, Unidentified Lady, Mary Witherspoon, Vera Daniels

Names Submitted by Jane Bell Smith

Rice School 1925
9th & 10th Grades
Mr. Ray, Supt. Of School

Front Row L to R:
Joey Dyer, Cecil Hobbs, Robert Key, James Warner South, Sherman Allen Miles, Hugh Smith,
Grafton Goodwin, Gregory Bell, Roy Cave, Margaret Herbey.

2nd Row L to R:
Birdell Swafford, Wayne Noel, (?), Robert Leslie Harper, Lowell Cave, Mr. Ray, Supt. Of School.

3rd Row L to R:
Dorothy Loop, Geneve Carlton, ? Ray, Gladys Lee, Alpine Harper, Dora Dyer, Billie Jane Irvin,
Mildred Cave, Frances Bradley, Bessie Miles.

4th Row L to R:
Teacher, Mary Witherspoon, Teacher, Adelaide Young, Teacher ?, Norlaine Bartlett, Ida Mae Miles, Roberta Irvin, Bertie Ola Hobbs,
Mary Smith, Jessie Gatlin, Martha Simpson, Thelma Green, Bessie Miles, Hugh South, ? Hall, J. T. Allen, ? Jordan.

5th Row L to R:
Lilliam Merrell, Minnie Marshall, Hugh Arthur Lemmons, Clydie Vobo, Kathleen Barrington.

Back Row L to R:
Billy Bartlett, Hugh South, Jep Edens, Talmadge Gallemore, Pruitt Dukeminier, Ruby Hawkins, Hallie ?, Hugh Gallemore,
Randell Dukemenier, Hazel Loop, Buster Pollan.

(Due to difficulty in determining rows, names made be out of order)


Ida Mae Miles Dukeminier graciously shared this picture and identification.
 

Submitted by Jane Bell Smith