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 Katherine Pinner, student, with teacher Lizzie Pinner on the right Other students: Middle row -  Charlie B. Godwin, Whitney Godwin, Carlisle Gilliam Front row - Wilmer Godwin, Oliver Gilliam  c1907  Godwin family photo The house in the background is

Katherine Pinner, student, with teacher Lizzie Pinner on the right
Other students:
Middle row - Charlie B. Godwin, Whitney Godwin, Carlisle Gilliam
Front row - Wilmer Godwin, Oliver Gilliam c1907

Godwin family photo
The house in the background is the Pinner house, still standing in 2025.

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Jasper Cotten Home in Chuckatuck in background - c1908-09
Earlier the location of a military school run by Col. J. J. Phillips

The ladies in the front were Miss , Miss , Miss Madge Goodson, Miss .

Madge Goodson was the grandmother of Lynn K. Rose

L. Rose photo

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 Chuckatuck - 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades  - 1925   Gilliam family collection

Chuckatuck - 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades - 1925

Gilliam family collection

Chuckatuck May Day festivities c 1928

Chuckatuck May Day festivities c 1928

Frank Spady (left front) Gilliam-Moore-Godwin-Edwards+Kelly-Hill-Garner-Saunders-Christie-Mathews-unknown-Dailey-Cotten

Dailey family photo

Oakland Elementary School May Pole dance c.1957

Oakland Elementary School May Pole dance c.1957

Oakland Elementary School May pole dance - c1957
Clarice Whitfield photo

Oakland May Day Queen and Court c 1957

Oakland May Day Queen and Court c 1957

W. F. Evans, principal

Clarice Whitfield photo

Nathaniel T. Gray, bus driver for Chuckatuck High School c. 1943

Nathaniel T. Gray, bus driver for Chuckatuck High School c. 1943

The route was Everets Road to Sandy Bottom.
Christina Gray photo

W. G. Saunders, Jr. 4th grade report card - 1915/16  "Everett's Bridge School"

W. G. Saunders, Jr. 4th grade report card - 1915/16 "Everett's Bridge School"

W.G. Saunders, Jr. 4th grade report card - 1915/16 Everett’s Bridge School

Loaned by Bill Saunders

Everets Bridge school c 1900s

Everets Bridge school c 1900s

Building was located near the home of T. J.. Saunders, Jr.
Attended by local children. Later moved to the property of Lewis and Alice Morgan where it stands in 2024. Lynn Rose has two desks that came from this school.

 TJ Saunders standing in front of Everets School  Mary S Latimer photo

TJ Saunders standing in front of Everets School

Mary S Latimer photo

 Students at Everets School, c1914 Front row: second-Evelyn Saunders, sixth-Peggy Pruden  Back row-2nd- W. G. Saunders, Jr., 3rd - ? Pruden  One boy was brother to Ruby Edwards Qwaltney and another was thought to be Jacobson Pruden  W.G. Saunders fam

Students at Everets School, c1914
Front row: second-Evelyn Saunders, sixth-Peggy Pruden
Back row-2nd- W. G. Saunders, Jr., 3rd - ? Pruden
One boy was brother to Ruby Edwards Qwaltney and another was thought to be Jacobson Pruden

W.G. Saunders family photo

Myrtle Powell Daughtrey, teacher at Everets School c1895

Myrtle Powell Daughtrey, teacher at Everets School c1895

Evelyn Daughtrey photo

Oakland School c. 1930

Oakland School c. 1930

Clarice Whitfield photo

Oakland Elementary School students

Oakland Elementary School students

Oakland Elementary School students

Clarice Whitfield photo

Oakland Elementary School PTA ceremony

Oakland Elementary School PTA ceremony

Ceremony Oakland PTA - Superintendent George Lewis Cowling at microphone
Clarice Whitfield photo

Oakland PTA Assembly

Oakland PTA Assembly

Superintendent George Lewis Cowling

Clarice Whitfield photo

Oakland School educators 1970s

Oakland School educators 1970s

Oakland Educators - Mrs. John Smith, Mrs. Lillian Collins, unknown, Miss Ira Johnson, Supt. George L. Cowling, Miss Euphania Crocker c1970s


Photo loaned by Mrs. Clarice Whitfield.

Former Sandy Bottom School - 2011

Former Sandy Bottom School - 2011

2011 - Diamond Grove Fellowship Hall
Beverly Whitley photo

Sandy Bottom School song

Sandy Bottom School song

Contributed by Mary D. Brown

Monger Lawrence, Sandy Bottom School teacher, with former student, Dorie Mitchell.

Monger Lawrence, Sandy Bottom School teacher, with former student, Dorie Mitchell.

Mary D. Brown photo

Mrs. Ruth Darden

Mrs. Ruth Darden

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Chuckatuck High School cheerleaders - 1949

Chuckatuck High School cheerleaders - 1949

Front row: Katie Rippey, J.R. Dixon, Martha Berry
Second row: Joy Gayle, R. Mathews, B. Whitmore, Betty Staylor, Vera Erasmi
Katie R. Hager photo

Students on an outing in Chuckatuck c 1944

Students on an outing in Chuckatuck c 1944

Seated: Sonny Chapman, Scott Saunders
Standing: Audrey Newman, Maxine Gayle, Jean Dailey circa 1944

Chuckatuck teachers with Lewis Morris, principal 1957

Chuckatuck teachers with Lewis Morris, principal 1957

Vernon Gayle photo

 Friends at Chuckatuck High School -  “Pop” Byrd, Frank Gayle and “Sonny” Chapman - c1944   Chapman family photo

Friends at Chuckatuck High School -
“Pop” Byrd, Frank Gayle and “Sonny” Chapman - c1944

Chapman family photo

3rd and 4th grade students - Daisy Sullivan, teacher

3rd and 4th grade students - Daisy Sullivan, teacher

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Chuckatuck High School students

Chuckatuck High School students

Scott Saunders picture

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Chuckatuck High School students

Scott Saunders picture

Chuckatuck High School students

Chuckatuck High School students

Scott Saunders’ picture 13

 John Rose with his kindergarten aide, Betty Staylor Bradshaw - Oakland Elementary School c 1976  Lynn Rose photo

John Rose with his kindergarten aide, Betty Staylor Bradshaw - Oakland Elementary School c 1976

Lynn Rose photo

 Oakland Elementary School May Day - Kindergarten students - 1976  Lynn Rose photo  John Rose marked with blue circle

Oakland Elementary School May Day - Kindergarten students - 1976

Lynn Rose photo

John Rose marked with blue circle

Oakland Elementary School May Day celebration May 1977

Oakland Elementary School May Day celebration May 1977

Mrs. Mary Biggs, teacher
Lynn K. Rose, photo

Oakland May Day

Oakland May Day

Monica Wright and

PTA Festivities at Oakland Elementary School

PTA Festivities at Oakland Elementary School

Peggy Chapman and Joni Kilopano

Norris photo

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 Betty Staylor Bradshaw’s preschool in Chuckatuck

Betty Staylor Bradshaw’s preschool in Chuckatuck

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Oakland Elementary School Everets img051.jpg

 East Suffolk High School teachers  Lowell Turner photo

East Suffolk High School teachers

Lowell Turner photo

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Enoch Copeland, Former principal of Oakland Elementary School

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 Katherine Pinner, student, with teacher Lizzie Pinner on the right Other students: Middle row -  Charlie B. Godwin, Whitney Godwin, Carlisle Gilliam Front row - Wilmer Godwin, Oliver Gilliam  c1907  Godwin family photo The house in the background is
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 Chuckatuck - 1st, 2nd and 3rd grades  - 1925   Gilliam family collection
Chuckatuck May Day festivities c 1928
Oakland Elementary School May Pole dance c.1957
Oakland May Day Queen and Court c 1957
Nathaniel T. Gray, bus driver for Chuckatuck High School c. 1943
W. G. Saunders, Jr. 4th grade report card - 1915/16  "Everett's Bridge School"
Everets Bridge school c 1900s
 TJ Saunders standing in front of Everets School  Mary S Latimer photo
 Students at Everets School, c1914 Front row: second-Evelyn Saunders, sixth-Peggy Pruden  Back row-2nd- W. G. Saunders, Jr., 3rd - ? Pruden  One boy was brother to Ruby Edwards Qwaltney and another was thought to be Jacobson Pruden  W.G. Saunders fam
Myrtle Powell Daughtrey, teacher at Everets School c1895
Oakland School c. 1930
Oakland Elementary School students
Oakland Elementary School PTA ceremony
Oakland PTA Assembly
Oakland School educators 1970s
Former Sandy Bottom School - 2011
Sandy Bottom School song
Monger Lawrence, Sandy Bottom School teacher, with former student, Dorie Mitchell.
Mrs. Ruth Darden
Chuckatuck High School cheerleaders - 1949
Students on an outing in Chuckatuck c 1944
Chuckatuck teachers with Lewis Morris, principal 1957
 Friends at Chuckatuck High School -  “Pop” Byrd, Frank Gayle and “Sonny” Chapman - c1944   Chapman family photo
3rd and 4th grade students - Daisy Sullivan, teacher
Chuckatuck High School students
 Chuckatuck High School students    Scott Saunders picture
Chuckatuck High School students
 John Rose with his kindergarten aide, Betty Staylor Bradshaw - Oakland Elementary School c 1976  Lynn Rose photo
 Oakland Elementary School May Day - Kindergarten students - 1976  Lynn Rose photo  John Rose marked with blue circle
Oakland Elementary School May Day celebration May 1977
Oakland May Day
PTA Festivities at Oakland Elementary School
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 Betty Staylor Bradshaw’s preschool in Chuckatuck
Oakland Elementary School  Everets img051.jpg
 East Suffolk High School teachers  Lowell Turner photo
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