Marker dedicated at historic Griswold School

HISTORY & HERITAGE

  • Marker dedicated at historic Griswold School
    Marker dedicated at historic Griswold School
  • Original school and four teachers: Ms. Edith Brown, Ms. Mattie Wells, Ms. Mary Watson and Ms. Myrtie Kelly.
    Original school and four teachers: Ms. Edith Brown, Ms. Mattie Wells, Ms. Mary Watson and Ms. Myrtie Kelly.
  • School alumni that were present: front row (l-r): Sam Kelly, Cassie Temples, Billie Sue Pippin, Ralph Wells - back row: Mary Foster Watts, Nancy Foster Clay, Wylene Hinson McElheney, Faye Foster Reese, Betty Foster Reese, & Ann Stripling Fordham
    School alumni that were present: front row (l-r): Sam Kelly, Cassie Temples, Billie Sue Pippin, Ralph Wells - back row: Mary Foster Watts, Nancy Foster Clay, Wylene Hinson McElheney, Faye Foster Reese, Betty Foster Reese, & Ann Stripling Fordham
    On the rainy afternoon of March 9, 32 alumni, friends and family members of the Griswold School gathered at the newly erected historical marker for Griswold School. Due to the rain, visitors got a glimpse of the marker and then were directed to Pitts Chapel Church, where its kind members allowed the group to properly perform the marker dedication. One may consider the rain a God send ...

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