Category: Parker-Gray School

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.

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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

1940 Parker-Gray High School Teachers and Graduating Class

1940 Parker-Gray Teachers
PG 1939-1940 Teacher List

The Parker-High School year of 1939 to 1940 had one principal and seventeen teachers.

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

Parker-Gray High School had 15 students that graduated in 1940.

Rutherford Adkins
Alma Arrington (King)
Bernice Arrington (Evans)
Mary Baker (Odom)
Alice Bell (Lewis)
Christine Charity (Johnson)
Clarence Cooper
Urguart Dixon
Vivian Edwards (Putman)
Melba Gamble (Bond)
George Lewis
Theola Martin (Chambers)
Ora Roberts
Collia Strong (Rivers)
Samuel Taylor

1939 Parker-Gray High School Students

Senior Students of PG
1939 Parker-Gray High School Graduating Students

Parker-Gray High School had 14 students that graduated in 1939.  There are 15 people in this 1939 picture taken on the front steps of Parker-Gray High School.

Aldrich Adkins

Willie Mae Askew (Griffin)

Daniel Batts

Paul Carter

Louise Euille (Hernandez)

Gladys Howard (Davis)

Marie Johnson

Theola Luckett (Johnson)

John Majors

Lillian Norton (Winslow)

Carlton Tyler

Gladys Wair

William Willis

Eleanor Yeager