SHADY GROVE SCHOOL (EBENEZER SCHOOL)

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DURING THE 1890'S THE SCHOOL WAS KNOWN AS EBENEZER SCHOOL BY COUNTY OFFICIALS. DURING THE EARLY 1900'S PLANS WERE MADE TO BEGIN ANOTHER SCHOOL AT NEARBY GRADY. WHEN THIS WAS DONE THE NAME WAS CHANGED TO SHADY GROVE, THE ONE AT GRADY, BEING KNOWN AS GRADY ACADEMY.

LISTED FOLLOWING ARE NAMES OF AS MANY OF THE TEACHERS AS CAN BE REMEMBERED. THIS LIST MAY NOT BE COMPLETE, NOR IN ORDER, BUT IS BELIEVED TO BE. LIKE THE PASTORS MANY TAUGHTMORE THAN ONE SCHOOL YEAR. TEACHERS INCLUDED JASPER STRICKLAND, BUNES HARVEY, BUNYAN SCOTT, PAERL COOPER, WALTER MITCHELL, JIM STEWART, VAN BELL, WOODY SPARKMAN, ROSE PITTMAN, LEWIS TABB, JAMES O. PEEPLES, PRICE HODGES, ETHEL MORROW, MISS GARRETT, LOTTIE MCDADE, O. TABB, LOIS EILAND, TOMMY PINSON, JOANNA LEWIS, WILLIE C. WOOD, GLADYS APTTERSON, JOHNNIE BRIGHT, JIMMIE COLLUM, BELLE COLLUM, BOOTS BLAIN, MAE TABOR, MINNIE BAILEY, THELMA HODGES, OTIS KILPATRICK.

SHADY GROVE WAS RATED ONE OF THE BEST SCHOOLS. GRADES ONE 1-8 WERE TAUGHT.

FOR MORE INFO ON THIS SCHOOL SEE WEBSTER COUNTY HISTORY BOOK VOL. I PAGE 154