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Dobson School Faculty Photograph from the 1940 Yearbook

photograph of Faculty, Dobson School, 1940, colors - green and white, flower - rose, 1st Row - Top - Elizabeth Norman (Dobson, NC, 6th Grade), Joe B. Cox B.S. (Mouth of Wilson, VA, Elementary Principal), Mrs. D.T. Sparger (Dobson, NC, 6th Grade), 2nd row - Mrs. John Llewellyn (Dobson, NC, 5th Grade), Lorene Perkins (Nathans Creek, NC, 5th Grade), Emma Comer (Dobson, NC, 4th Grade), 3rd row - Mrs. F.F. Riggs (Dobson, NC, 4th Grade), Mrs. Joe Folger (Dobson, NC, 3rd Grade), Mrs. W.B. Stone (Dobson, NC, 3rd Grade), 4th row - Mrs. R.W. Alderman B.S. (Dobson, NC, 2nd Grade), Mrs. P.G. Bolich (Dobson, NC, 2nd Grade), Mrs. Daisy Richards (Dobson, NC, 2nd Grade), 5th row - Mrs. C.F. Hassler (Dobson, NC, 1st Grade), Edythe Reece (Dobson, NC, 1st Grade), Mrs. Howard Snow (Dobson, NC, 1st Grade)

"Our Family" history and memories of the Dobson Family by Anna Lula Dobson in 1956

Dobson School Faculty Photograph from the 1940 Yearbook

photograph of the Faculty, Dobson School, 1940, colors - green and white, flower - rose, 1st Row - Top - Rachel Howell B.S. (Hamlet, NC, Commercial), C. M. Forrest B.S. (Dobson, NC, Principal), Beatrice Holbrook A.B. (Traphill, NC, Latin - French), 2nd row - Mrs. W.E. Hancock A.B. (Dobson, NC, Mathematics), J.O. Young B.S. (Bakersville, NC, History - English), Jennie Martin B.S. (Statesville, NC, English - Public Speaking), 3rd row - B.M. Troutman A.B. (Dobson, NC, Science - Coach), George Williams B.S. (Dobson, NC, Trade and Industries), W.B. White B.S., M.S., (Dobson, NC, Agriculture), 4th row - Mrs. Clara Freeman B.S. (Dobson, NC, Home Economics), Routh Dixon B.S. (Rocky Mount, NC, Physical Education), Mrs. Rebecca Little B.S. (Dobson, NC, Public School Music), 5th row - Bessie Marion (Mt. Airy, NC, Secretary), Lillian Johnson (Ararat, NC, Librarian), Mrs. Robert Freeman A.B. (Dobson, NC, 7th Grade),

Dobson Family photograph

Photograph donated by Mary Lynne Dobson. Bearded gentleman is Dr. William Polk Dobson (1845-1923) who was descended from William Polk Dobson (1763-1846) who founded the town of Dobson (N.C.) Dr. Dobson was a resident of Cushman Arkansas. Members of the family are still farming the land in 2020. Members of the family and brief description are on the back of the photograph.

Dobson School

photograph of first grade class at Dobson School in 1930. Frank Kelly Brintle is the first child on right, second row.

Ernest Wade Dobson and Bernese Dobson Witherspoon

Jimmy Dobson, Hazel Dobson Williams, Ernest Wade Dobson and Bernese Dobson Witherspoon pose in the yard of the family home on Parker Road in Surry County in 2013

Lula Scales, Emma Dobson Scales, Alice Green Smith, Rosa Greeen Tucker and Viola Tucker Dobson, Ransom Scales, Joseph Scales, James Tucker and Ernest Dobson.

L to R Front: Lula Scales, Emma Dobson Scales, Alice Green Smith, Rosa Greeen Tucker and Viola Tucker Dobson. L to R Rear: Ransom Scales, Joseph Scales, James Tucker and Ernest Dobson.