1945 Parker-Gray High School Teachers and Graduating Class

Parker-Gray 1945 Class
1945 Graduating Class of Parker-Gray High School

The Parker-Gray High School year of 1944 – 1945 had one principal and twenty-two teachers.

William H. Pitts, Sr. – Principal
A.W. Adkins – Math
Susie E. Anderson – Biology
Arthur W. Bracey – Shop
Mary C. Brown – Physical Education
Edith W. Casey – English
Flora W. Chase – Typing and Shorthand
Helen L. Day – Seventh Grade
Laura M. Dorsey – Third and Fourth Grades
Ellen C. Goods – Third Grade
Ferris Holland – Chemistry
Earleen L. Hughes – French and English
Louis R. W. Johnson – Physical Education
Dorothy P. Key – Librarian
Thelma Mickens – First Grade
Alma P. Murray – Second Grade
Edward Patterson – Music
Bernice J. Perry – Seventh Grade
Julia Pritchett – Fourth Grade
Mabel Lee Smith – Math
Ruby F. Smith – Home Economics
Geraldine Stevenson – Seventh Grade
Mary Tunstall – English and Social Studies

Above is a picture of Parker-Gray High School graduating class of 1945. Thirty-five students were in the Class of 1945.

Dorothy Anderson
Houston Brooks
Esther Brown (Thompson)
Audrey Butler
Earnest Carroll
Vernon Carroll
Mary Casey
Herbert Clayborne
Lorraine Cleveland (Bell)
Marjorie Cross
Vivian Cross (Johnson)
Pauline Dial (Jackson)
Jackquelyn Diggs
James Freeman
Catherine Harris (Wair)
Lorretta Harris
Evelyn Howard (Hopkins)
Doris Jackson (Adkins)
Edith Jackson (Williamson)
Clarence Lane
Marian Lawson
Rebecca Lewis (Freeman)
Robert Lewis
Julian Lyles
Mary Major (Fields)
Edgar McGee
Sherman McGuire
William Moore
Rubye Patterson
Walter Owens
Arthur Taylor
Augustine Taylor
Bessie Taylor (Faulker)
Jennie Triplett (Harris)
Maurice Williams
Katie Wright

1943 Parker-Gray High School Teachers and Graduating Class

Parker-Gray High School 1943
1943 Alexandria, VA Parker-Gray High School graduating class

The Parker-Gray High School year of 1942 – 1943 had one principal and twenty-two teachers.

William H. Pitts, Sr. – Principal
A.W. Adkins – Math
Susie E. Anderson – Biology
Arthur Bracey – Shop
Mary Carter – Girls Physical Education
Edith Casey – English
Helen Day – Fifth Grade
Laura Dorsey – Third Grade
Ellen C. Goods – Third Grade
Ferris Holland – Chemistry
Earleen Hughes – French
Louis Johnson – Coach & Industrial Arts
Dorothy Key – Librarian
Sarah Mickie – Social Studies
Thelma Mickens – Second & Third Grades
Alma P. Murray – Second Grade
Elease Newman – First Grade
E.L. Patterson – Music
Bernice Perry – Fourth Grade
Julia Pritchett – Fourth Grade
Mabel Lee Smith – Math & Science
Ruby F. Smith – Home Economics
Flora Walden – Commercial

Above is a picture of Parker-Gray High School graduating class of 1943. Twenty-four students were in the Class of 1943.

Roger Anderson
Mayme Brooks
Harry Burke
Mary Burney
John Burton
Elsie Charity
Irene Charity
Harold Chase
Connie Chissell
Marion Dixon
Thomas Griffin
Virginia Jackson
Raye Luckett (Martin)
Booker Morrison
Francine Nelson
Justine Newman
Robert Owens
Lewis Pearson
Gertie Sims (Harris)
William Thomas
Milton Turner
Horace Webster
Juanita Williams
Maude Willis

1942 Parker-Gray High School Teachers and Graduating Class

Parker-Gray High School
Alexandria, Virginia Parker-Gray High School

The Parker-High School year of 1941 to 1942 had one principal and twenty teachers.

William H. Pitts, Sr. – Principal
A.W. Adkins – Tenth Grade
Susie Anderson – Eighth Grade
Ferris Holland – Ninth Grade
Louis Johnson – Industrial Arts
Rubye S. Johnson – Eighth Grade
Edith W. Keys – Eighth Grade
Sarah Mickie – Eleventh Grade
E.L. Patterson – Tenth Grade
Dorothy Pierce – Ninth Grade
Ruby F. Smith – Home Economics
Helen L. Day – Fifth Grade
Marie T. Butler – First Grade
Bernice W. Diggs – Opportunity
Laura M. Dorsey – Third Grade
Ellen C. Goods – Third Grade
Thelma L. Mickens – Second Grade
Alma P. Murray – First Grade
Elease Newman – Second Grade
Julia Prichett – Fourth Grade
Earleen D. Luckett Willis – French

Parker-Gray High School graduating class of 1942 had twenty-seven students.

Barbara Adkins (Ridley)
Robert Adkins
Richard Bentley
Florence Butler (Coleman)
John Chissell
Lois Cross (Brooks)
Ernest Dial
Virginia Fortune (Slaughter)
Mathew Harris
Marion Howard (Smith)
James Jackson
Ruth Jackson (Young)
Margaret Lewis
Theodore Lloyd
Lola Lucas
James McCullough
Isaac Nelson
Charles Price
Mary Lois Roberts
Louise Robinson (Nelson)
Lee Scott
Lorraine Tate
Eunice Taylor (Frazier)
Lillian Terrell
Isabel Wallace
Mae Warren
Margaret Williams

1941 Parker-Gray High School Teachers and Graduating Class

1942 Parker-Gray High School
Photographer Elrich Murphy - Parker-Gray High School 1941 graduation ceremony at Alfred Street Baptist Church

The Parker-High School year of 1940 to 1941 had one principal and eighteen teachers.

William H. Pitts, Sr. – Principal
A.W. Adkins – Ninth Grade
Susie Anderson – Eighth Grade
Ferris Holland – Eighth Grade
Louis Johnson – Industrial Arts
Edith W. Keys – Eleventh Grade
Sarah Mickie – Tenth Grade
E.L. Patterson – Eighth Grade
Dorothy Pierce – Ninth Grade
Ruby F. Smith – Home Economics
Helen L. Day – Seventh Grade
Marie T. Butler – First Grade
Bernice W. Diggs – Opportunity
Laura M. Dorsey – Third Grade
Ellen C. Goods – Third Grade
Evelyn Johnson – Fourth Grade
Alma P. Murray – Second Grade
Elease Newman – First Grade
Julia Prichett – Fourth Grade
Coulta Willis – Fourth Grade

Parker-Gray High School had a large numbers of students graduating in 1941, and twenty-eight students graduated that year.

Afro-AmericanNewspaper
Courtsey of Frances Norton Burton - published in the Afro-American 1941

Hattie Anderson
Dorothea Bentley (Campbell)
Robert Burke
Daniel Butler
Emily Butler (Bullock)
Robert Butler
Mamie Carter (Norton)
Mildred Chavis (Gilliam)
Roland Evans
Mary Foster (Johnson)
Audrey Gilliam (Walker)
Alma Goff (Griffin)
John Griffin
Novella Grigsby (Stone)
Ella Owens (Lewis)
Mary Luckett (Martin)
Raymond Harris
Jacqueline Henry (Green)
Fred Johnson
Claudia Lane (Johns)
Mattie Lewis
Fred Major
Alberta Newman (Thurmond)
Louise Stokes (Peterkin)
Paul Tyler
Cecelia Warren
Arthur Wilson
Eunice Wright