Also known as the Cumberland Shed School the building also served as a church. It was located between Ocoee & Old Fort in Polk County apx. 1 mi. from present day Beech Springs Baptist Church. The Cumberland Shed Cemetery is just across the road from where this building stood. For more information visit www.tngenweb.org/polk
Front Row--Floyd Baxter, Frank Baxter, Jesse Rymer, Luther Armstrong, Winston Rymer, Arthur Ray, Clifford O'Neal, Thamer Ray, Newt Baxter, Lowery Frazier.
Second Row--Rosa Lea Dill, Trophie Orr Clark, Eula O'Neal Hindman, Edwina Rose Cox, Ella Patterson Mercer, Susie Orr Brock, Virlte Ray Carver, Nettie Frazier, Ada O'Neal Carson, Onie Rymer, Nina Kile Brown, Saylor Kile, Clarence Mercer, Granville Mercer.
Third row, Amanda Mercer Silvers, Mae Snyder Bain, Sallie Baxter Howell,
Clarence Lawson, Walter Frazier, Walter Ownby (teacher), Brownlow Humphrey
(teacher), Belvin Armstrong, Leonard Frazier, Wallace Cook, Elmo Cook,
Ernest Carson.
Fourth row, Ella Orr Clark, Otsie Armstrong Snyder, Lillie Orr Davenport, Gertrude Frazier Brown, Sallie Frazier Nelson, Laura Rymer McClary, Nora Carson Tarpley, Carrie Rymer Boiling, Jessie Armstrong Penney, Horace Snyder, Arvil Baxter, John Rose.
Fifth row, Lillie Lea Carden, Lora O'Neal LaFerry, Belle Orr Baxter, Floy Mercer Arthur, Mattie Shelton Parks, Eva Cook Adams, Zephia Snyder Brown, Parker Frazier, Bill Snyder.
Sixth row, Andy Baxter, Frank Haney, John Mantooth, Straley Goodner,
Ernest O'Neal,
Bob Orr, Jim Rose, Labron Ownby, Dewey Mercer, Sherman Frazier, Lawrence Cody.