Chatham Elementary School, ca. 1902

Front row, left to right: Grace DeMott (Young), Pattie Spruce, Fannie Motley (Giles), Lucille Spruce (Dodson), Nannie Jones, Alice Shepherd (Law), Gladys Hargrave (Brown).
Second row: Walter Spruce, Willie White, Stanhope Hurt, Phillip Hurt, Dennis A. Powell, Arch Overbey, Noah Moses, Virgil Mays, and John Moon.
Back row: Curtis Motley, Fred Mitchell, (?) Barrow, Leslie Reid, Oscar Motley, Miss Stella Barr (teacher), Sallie Lowe (Simpson), Garnett Allen, Bennie Whitmore, Luther Gardner, and Hattie Keen (Batterman).

Notes:

The photograph was obtained around 1976 from Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy Poteat of Chatham, Virginia.
Identification of individuals is from Mrs. Elizabeth Hardy Poteat, Martha Viccellio (Mrs. W. E.) Dickerson, Iris Mitchell (Mrs. Latney) Fowlkes, R. V. "Buddy" Overbey, Jr., and Frank Taylor.
Further data regarding the above photograph or the individuals pictured is welcomed by e-mail, or by mail to Henry and Patricia Mitchell, P. O. Box 429, Chatham, VA 24531.

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