SUNSHINE
SCHOOL, NO. 4
Sunshine School was organized in
1892. Legend says that the name came from a comment made by one of the
citizens of the community when they met to build a school. This citizen
reportedly said that there would always be plenty of sunshine on the
school. The Sunshine School was classified as a high school in 1911
because it provided instruction for students in nine grades. In 1924 the Sunshine
School faculty included Tom Griffis, Mrs. Lena Griffis, and Miss
Eva McClintock, while C. F. . Standifer, and J. F. McCarty comprised
the school board. Lena White Griffis also taught in the Sunshine
School.
Sadness struck the Sunshine School
on 15 February, 1936, with the death of a teacher, Owen A.
Dutton. Other
teachers at Sunshine in 1936 were Nina E. McWhorter Dutton
(widow of Owen A. Dutton), Dale Douglas, and LaNelle
Fitzgerald.
Families of the Sunshine Community
included: E. B. and Grace Adams, G. E. and Irene Barnett,
M. E. and Grace Boatwright, E. W. and Necie Tillinghast, J.
D. and Clara Duzan, B. J. and Burnice Evers, Robert Jeff and
Ida Rose Anna Fergusson, J. J. and Lorene Garner, J. O. and
Mattie Guest, R. W. and Zettie Holloway, Sam L. and Bernice
Hubbard, G. F. and Mattie Kavanaugh, M. M. and Lila Longino,
Floyd and Lizzie McCarty, W. M. and Mary Mitchell, H. M. and
Estelle Nash, C. J. and Hulda Reich, W. W. and Ella Sharp,
G. W. and Inez Simpson, W. M. and Inez Standifer, J. H. and
Georgia Tillinghast, D. E. and Bessie Williams, R. R. and
Annie Williams, W. and Elizabeth Williamson, and G. R. and
Minnie Williamson.