Random photos

Tiger Football Team circa 1968

C. B. Dansby 1953 Freshman Class

 

 

 Fifth Grade Class: Front Row L-R: Theresa Robinson, Jo Frances Thurmond, Gary Gray, Llewellyn Sibley, Carlton Hutchings and Mrs. Josephine Jones Davis, Teacher.  Second Row: L-R: De'Lores Portley, John T. Richardson, Marcell Reddic, Kathy Coleman, Rosie Walker, Sharon Ann Wheat.  Third Row:  James Richard Sanders, Ronald Shepherd, Rufus Benson, Linda Sue Toliver, Annie Marie Manning, Loretta Rena Jones, Mary Lois Jones.  Top Row L-R: Joan Rena Harold, Rita Faye Palmer, Robert Tolbert, Harvey Lee Sibley and Ardry K. Adams.

New Farmers of America Club, Mr. Wendell Moore sponsor - circa 1959

Mr. Marion Ali and Elder Elementary Choir, 1966-67

Tiger Basketball Team circa 1960

Dansby 1953 Freshman photo

UNFORTUNATELY, DUE TO LACK OF SUPPORT THIS PROJECT HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

KCHS-CBDHS-EES Ex-Student Memorial - Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. Park, Kilgore, Texas

KCHS-CBDHS-EES-Ex Student Memorial Site News

The initial rendering of the KCHS-CBDHS Memorial Site is attached. We are finally moving forward with the help of the Kilgore College Design and Drafting Department.

Please note that the center cube will be taller and display the photos of Mr. Dansby, Mr. Turner and Mr. Daniels. The fourth side will display the school song, school colors and mascot.

The center panel of the wall will be slightly taller than the other six panels. It will carry the KCHS-CBDHS history. The other six panels will be scored in a brick like manner and each brick will be inscribed per the designation of the purchaser. Tentatively each brick will allow for three lines of one-inch type.

The short column on the right will display all the names of the faculty and staff.

The number of benches will vary based upon the number that will be purchased by alumni. The benches will be inscribed per the wishes of the purchaser.

There will also be a small slab of the brick from the school embedded in the concrete slab.

The site will be located behind the tennis courts in the City Park on Martin Luther King Drive. The City of Kilgore has granted us with the rights of public space for private use and will maintain the grounds surrounding the memorial. To get an idea of the size of the memorial you can visit the Veteran's Memorial on the corner of South Commerce and Harris Street in Kilgore; located directly in front of Driller Park.

The memorial is NOT to be confused with the Texas Historical Marker which will be the second phase of the Memorial Committee's efforts. We will make application for the marker in November, 2015 to the Gregg County Historical Commission. If you have any information or photos to submit please do so as soon as possible. We have also been granted the rights of public space for private use by the City to place in the right-of-way on the Dansby site on Bates Street. More information will be issued soon.

The drawing is being sent to you today for your input. Please know in advance that we cannot make all adjustment and make everyone happy; but we are seeking to make the memorial the best that it can possibly be.  If you have any suggestions regarding the memorial site you will need to submit it in WRITING to me at this email address or via snail mail to KCHS-CBDHS-EES Ex-Student Association, 6144 Gateway Center, PMB 142, Kilgore, TX 75662. 

We will only be able to allow a one-time input time frame. We will only ask the staff at Kilgore College to tweak the drawing once since they are doing this at no charge to our organization. Once the final drawing is in place we will start getting construction quotes. Upon determining the cost to erect we will contact the alumni with further information. Please share this email with those that don't have access to email.

If you would like to help with fundraising to help reduce alumni contribution in purchasing bricks and benches please contact Saundria Roberson at 469-335-6664 or email at sroberson3610@att.net

If you would like to work on the Memorial Committee please contact Chairlady, Berenice Gray at 832-321-3488.

Sincerely,

De'Lores P. Arline
dparline@sbcglobal.net

903-738-6017

Faculty and Staff Photos

Mrs. Ruth Garrett

Mr. Sidney Lee

Mrs. Oreba Square

Mrs. T. K. Cameron

Mr. Rufus B. Anderson

Mrs. Talitha Rowe

Mrs. Vivian Hilburn

Mr. Wendell Moore

 Mr. Odis H. Turner, Principal

 Mrs. Cecilia McAfee Taylor

Mr. Allen Henson

Mrs. Allie Blackmon

Mr. Almond Gholston

Mrs. Annie Lee Taylor Newsome

Mrs. Arie Mae "Shorty" Johnson Muckelroy

Mrs.Connie Warren Mumphrey

Mr. Durwood S. Bonner

Mrs. Estella T. Redd

Coaches - George Borders, Lewis Marshall, Allen Henson and Johnny Kennard

Front L-R: Annie Newsome, Ella Shavers, Talitha Rowe, Peggy Jackson, Lura Fortson, Juretta Marshall, Oreba Square and Clara Bradford. Middle L-R: Ruth Garrett, Lorene Taylor, Margaret Anderson, _______ Stoker, Lula Johnson, Florence Keys, Josephine Davis. Top L-R: Harvey Smith, Almond Gholston, Howard Stephens, Odis H. Turner, Rufus B. Anderson, Wendell Moore, Roy Muckelroy and Lewis Marshall.

Mrs. Josephine Jones Davis

Mr. John Rossum

Mrs. Jeanetta Probasco

Mrs. Helen L. Douglas

Mrs. Francier Austin

Mrs. Florence Keys

Mrs. Lelia Scott Bowens Henry

Mr. Lewis Marshall

Mrs. Lois Towles McNeely Caesar

Mrs. Lorene McAfee Taylor

Mrs. Lula Johnson

Mrs. Margaret Shelton Anderson

Mrs. Mary Butts Adams Hayward

Mrs. Obelia Cheesborough Bennett

Mr. Cuney Bruce Talmadge Dansby

Mrs. Nerline McNeil Faber

Mrs. Thelma Settle

Mr. C. B. Dansby and wife, Annye B.

Mrs. Judy Bryant Cotton

Mrs. Nadine Gray

Mr. Eunice Daniels

Elder Elementary -- Front Row, L-R: Alice Clayborn, Delores Mumphrey, Ardella Roy, Eunice Daniels, principal, Josephine Davis, and Abner Henry. Middle Row, L-R: George Borders, Marion Ali,  __________, Verna Tillinghast, Estella Redd, ______ Hurd, and Ruby Fort.  Top Row, L-R: Nannie Brown, Nerline Faber, Lorene Taylor, Judy Bryant, Arie Muckelroy and Merlene Jones.

Mr. Roy Muckelroy

                      Elder Elementary,1966-67 --  Front Row L-R: Eunice Daniels, principal; Estella Redd, Ardella Roy, Delores Davis, Ruby Fort, Nannie Brown, and Harvey Smith. Second Row L-R:  Abner Henry, Judy Bryant, Merlene Jones, Josephine Davis, Lorene Taylor and Mary Benson. Top Row L-R: Geraldine Fuller, Arie Muckelroy, Marion Ali, Gloria Ali, Era Moreland and Nerline Faber.

Edward Hunt, Almond Gholston, Allen Henson and Sidney Lee

Coaches - Bottom - Jessie Cleaver; Middle - Allen Henson and Edward Stanton; Top - Sidney Lee and Henry Hamilton.

Mrs. Rubye Hilburn Fort

 Mrs. Delores Davis Mumphrey

 

Mr. Marion Ali