Bastonville School
Bastonville School was officially established in 1902. Fannie Irene Sturgis was appointed the first teacher at a salary of $30 per month. Her father, Nathan T. Baston, established the first post office in the Bastonville Community. Therefore, this area of Glascock County became officially known as Bastonville. The first brick school building was built about 1919. The second brick school was built in 1938, but burned on March 10, 1941. Bastonville school was rebuilt and opened on September 21, 1943. It remained in use until 1954 when it closed due to school consolidation.
The artistic print displayed above is an artist's rendition of how the school looked at about the time it closed. The print was created by Ann James of Houston, Texas. She had never seen the school. Her fantastic artistic rendering was created from old photographs of the school.
In 2002, Raymond Thigpen began writing the history of Bastonville School. He sponsored a school reunion in June of 2002 and invited any former students, teachers and workers to attend. Approximately 125 people attended the first school reunion. It was a day of tears and laughter. Many students had not seen their classmates and teachers in over 50 years. On this historical occasion, three teachers attended the big event: Mrs. Martha Silas, Mrs. Lois Dickson and Mrs. Clara B. Brooks.
In November of 2002, Raymond Thigpen completed the book, "Bastonville, Our Beloved School." Copies were published and made available to anyone interested in owning a copy of the book. A copy of the book is on the shelves of the Glascock County Public Library in Gibson, Georgia.
Listed below are the names of many students, teachers and workers from Bastonville School over the years it was in operation.
| Abner, Jenes Abner, Johnnie Abner, Maggie Abner, William Amerson, Carlton Amerson, William Baker, Fay Barksdale, Emerson Barksdale, Herbert Barksdale, Irving Barksdale, Lamar Barksdale, Lucy Barksdale, Muriel Barksdale, Myra Barksdale, Rosa Braddy, Lena Bragg, Bill Bragg, James Brooks, Delores Brooks, Dera Brooks, Elizabeth Brooks, Frances Brooks, Franklin Brooks, J. C. Brooks, Jimmie Brooks, John Brooks, John Willie Brooks, Julia Brooks, Mary Julia Brooks, Max Brooks, R. K. Jr. Brooks, Ralph Brooks, Sara Brooks, Shannon Brooks, Uvernee Brooks, Verne Bryant, Annie Mae Bryant, Buddy Bryant, Elizabeth Bryant, Ellen Bryant, Katherine Bryant, Kenneth Burrell, Adrian Burrell, Charles Burrell, Thomas Cason, Cecil Cason, Earl Chalker, A. T. Chalker, Betty Chalker, Bobby Chalker, Dorothy Chalker, G. T. Chalker, Jimmie Chalker, Junior Chalker, Margaret Chalker, Naomi Chalker, Nina Chalker, Opal Chalker, Ronnie Chalker, Ruth Chalker, Talmadge Cole, Arline Cook, Helen Cook, Imogene Coxville, Helen Coxwell, Elizabeth Crutchfield, Forrest Dye, Emerson Dye, Jewell Dye, Paul English, Kay Griffin, Louie Hadden, Betty Sue Hadden, Charles Hadden, Corrine Hadden, Earnest Hadden, Everett Hadden, James Hadden, Jerry Hadden, Murray Hadden, Ralph Hammett, Frank Hammett, Fred Hammett, Harold Hammett, Lillie Lyndoll Hand, Ray Hardin, Bessie Hardin, Helen Hardin, Joyce Hart, Marjorie Heath, Annette Heath, Barbara Heath, Bobby Heath, Frankie Heath, Patsy Hobbs, Barton Hobbs, Davis Hobbs, J. I. Hobbs, Mildred Hobbs, Plamon Hobbs, T. J. Howard, Charles Huff, D. C. Huff, Edward Huff, Elizabeth Huff, Gertie Huff, Klonnie Huff, Medford Huff, Paul Huff, Winton Hughes, Juanita Hughes, Myrtis Hughes, Pauline Irby, Sonja Lee Jackson, Arthur Jackson, Mary James, Billy Johnson, Bobby Johnson, Elowee Johnson, Ethma Johnson, Fay Lee Johnson, Garland Johnson, Geraldine Johnson, Katheren Johnson, Lizzie Mae Johnson, Lorena Johnson, Myron Johnson, Robert L. Johnson, Ruth Johnson, Vinson Johnson, Vivian Jones, Billy Jones, Bobby Kelley, Maureen Kelley, Ray |
Kitchens, Agnes Kitchens, Alice Kitchens, Annette Kitchens, Betty Ann Kitchens, Bill Kitchens, Earnest L. Kitchens, Geneva Kitchens, Harry (Bud) Kitchens, James Kitchens, Jennelle Kitchens, Joyce Kitchens, Julia Kitchens, Julian Kitchens, Kenneth Kitchens, Lamar Kitchens, Lewis Kitchens, Lollie Dell Kitchens, Milo Kitchens, Sadie Kitchens, Sam Jr. Kitchens, Weldon Land, Albert Land, Annie Florence Land, Annie Laura Land, Billy Land, Bobby Land, Charles Land, Connell Land, Edna Land, Floyd Land, John Land, Joyce Land, Lorene Land, Marvin Land, Max Land, May Land, Oaklonn Land, Otis Land, Polly Land, Robert Land, Roy Land, Sara Land, Thomas Land, W. C. Land, William Albert (Buddy) Landrum, Elean Landrum, Everett Landrum, Horace Landrum, Seaborn Langham, Bennie Langham, Cleo Langham, Elaine Langham, J. C. Langham, Judy Langham, Linda Langham, Margaret Langham, Talmadge LeSeur Wallace LeSuer, Hunter Marsh, Faye Mauck, Billy Mauck, Jackie Mauck, Martha Ann Mauck, Virginia May, James McDonald, Allen McDonald, Gene McDonald, Leon McDonald, Ruth McDonald, Wayne McNair, Annie Kate McNair, Clyde McNair, Dean McNair, Eva Mae McNair, Evelyn McNair, Frances McNair, J. I. Jr. McNair, Kenneth McNeal, Barbara McNeal, Charlene McNeal, Milton McNeal, Troy Neal, Aubrey Neal, Carol Neal, Darby Neal, Hazel Neal, Helen Neal, Sally Neal, Tommy Newsome, B. T. Newsome, Bobbie Newsome, Chansley Newsome, Fay Newsome, Forest Newsome, Gerald Newsome, Howard Newsome, Joe Newsome, Mary Ruth Newsome, Punk Newsome, Russell Newsome, Vivian Newsome, Walter Norman, Clarence Norman, Garland Norman, Grady Norman, Thomas (Bud) Norris, Betty Norris, Betty Jean Norris, Dorothy Norris, G. T. Norris, Henry Norris, James Palmer, Percy Parish, Bennett Parish, Ray Peebles, Dahlia Peebles, John Jr. Peebles, Junior Peebles, Lindy Peebles, Myrtle Phillips, Frank Phillips, George Phillips, Jack Phillips, Louise Poole, Martha Ann Powell, Barbara Powell, Betty Powell, Homer Powell, Joe Powell, Susie Powell, Walter Rabun, Bernice Rabun, Bowdre Rabun, Cleo Rabun, Davis |
Rabun, Ethel Rabun, Harold Rabun, Jack Rabun, Jimmie Rabun, Jimmie Ray Rabun, Marvin Rabun, Miriam Rabun, Neal Rabun, Romie Jack Rabun, Roy Rabun, Ruby Rabun, Ruth Rabun, Thelma Rabun, W. G. Rachels, Vivian Reed, Marvin Reese, James Reese, Ollie Reese, Sarah Rhodes, Bessie Mae Rivers, Barbara Rivers, Jimmy Rivers, Vivian Rogers, Avis Rogers, Helen Rogers, Lillian Rooks, Everett Rooks, Ivelyn Rooks, J. E. Rooks, Jacquelyn Rooks, Malcolm Scarber, Hazel Shelton, Charles Shelton, James Shelton, Mary F. Sheppard, Carlton (Bub) Sheppard, Jack Sheppard, Jewel Sheppard, Junior Silas, Gerald Silas, Gladys Silas, Leonard Silas, Martha Will Silas, Nona Bell Smith, Jeanette Smith, Marion Smith, Pink Smith, Ralph Smith, Ray Smith, Rosa Smith, Thurston Fay Smith, Virginia Snellings, Willie Mae Snider, H. E. Snider, Ivelyn Snider, Ralph Stapleton, Mary Ellen Stapleton, Maurice Stapleton, Sybil Sturgis, George B. Jr. Sturgis, Margaret Sturgis, Milledge Sturgis, Ninette Sutton, Jerry Sutton, Peggy Swint, Corene Swint, J. P. Swint, Joyce Thigpen, Agnes Thigpen, Clemon Thigpen, Evelyn Thigpen, Georgia Beatie Thigpen, Lawson Thigpen, Ollie Dean Usry, Ann Usry, Annette Usry, Bessie Usry, Betty Usry, Bill Usry, Bobby Gene Usry, Charles Usry, Edith Usry, Elizabeth Usry, Frankie Usry, Gail Usry, Gary Usry, George Usry, Grace Usry, Irma Usry, Joe Dean Usry, Juanita Usry, Kenneth Usry, Leroy Usry, Louis Usry, Martha Usry, Mary Bessie Usry, Nathan Usry, Pauline Usry, Wauline Usry, Wayne Usry, Zelma Walden, Barbara Walden, George Walden, Lester Walden, Vera Ward, Julia Ward, Susie Ward, Vesta Welch, Nathan Wiggins, Lockett Wiggins, Virginia Wilcher, Ivylyn Wilcher, Reba Williams, Bobby Williams, Plemon Williams, Virginia Williams, Zelma Williford, Ben Williford, Ernest Williford, Ethel Williford, Harry Williford, Harvey Williford, Jimmy Williford, Louise Williford, Patricia Williford, Ralph Williford, Sterling Williford, Vinson Williford, Virginia Williford, Winona Wren, Agnes Wren, Albert Wren, Bernice Wren, Euell Wren, Klonnie |
Faculty and Staff
| Allen, John P. Baston, N. T. Baston, Olive Bellah, Lona Miss Blanchard, Nell Brantley, Mary Mrs. Braswell, Amy Brooks, Clara B. Bryant, Wiley Burrell, T. C. Mr. Chalker, Clinton (Crib) Chance, Florence Chance, Marion Clary, T. Hudson Connell, Mrs. L.J. Cook, Nellie Dickson, Lois Dickson, Smith Mrs. Dixon, Clifford Dukes, Mae English, Julia T. Freeman, Irene Gordon, Ethel Mrs. Hadden, E. O. Harrell, Lillie Mae Harvil, Thelma Hobbs, Agnes Hobbs, Bernice Miss Howard, Gus L. Johnson, Maybelle Kelley, Inez Kent, T. G. Kent, T. G. Mrs. Kitchens, Agnes Kitchens, Albert Kitchens, Annie Bell Kitchens, Billy Langham, Florrie B. Manser, Ruth McNair, J. I. Newsome, Ola Palmer, Bill Palmer, Marcelyn Paschal, Edna Peebles, J. S. Price, Eloise Printup, Margaret Rabun, Lorena Riley, Carrie Miss Rogers, E. B. Sanders, E. P. Sanders, Lonzie Silas, Martha Minyard Stapleton, Frank Mrs. Sturgis, Irene Thigpen, Bill Todd, Nan Miss Todd, W. G. Usry, Sally Walden, Eloise D. Webb, Jack Mrs. West, Eva Wilcher, Sara Miss Williams, Cornelia Land Winston, Mattie |
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