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BURNT CORN FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL
The children in this photo starting with the front row, left to right: Glenn Higdon, Gladys Waters, Sonny Mines, Evelyn McMillan, J.L. Crawford, Crawford King, Paul Fortner, Fred Wells, Ray Waters,
Melva Andrews, Hessle Day: second row: Alice Crawford, Lilburn Shofner, Prudence Smith, Bertha Higdon, Edna Green, Burgess Waters, Bobby Brantley, Billy Brantley, Eugenia Ellis, Pat Morrison;
third row: Mildred Morrison, Edith Hightower, Ann Caines, Eloise Waters, Kathleen McMillan, Ruby Day, Dorothy Crook, Alvin Salter, Eugene Shofer, Fred Shonfer, Jr., Curtis Andress, Charles Gilmore,
Bennie Whisenhunt; back row: Miss Addie Rumbley, Ima Jean Brantley, and Minnie Howard Morrison.
The first public school taught in Conecuh County was in the vicinity of Burnt Corn and was taught by John Green, Sr. Some say this school was known as
"Student's Retreat." There also was the Burnt Corn Male Academy
Later there was a school in the Burnt Corn vicinity known as "Oak Villa School." It believes that the school was located near Puryearville Church. Much later there were several schools for negro children.
The oldest them would the The Puryearville School which may or may not schools for whites that was known as "Oak Villa School" in the Puryearville area of Burnt Corn.
Later in the late 1950's the old Puryearville school was replaced with the newly built Burnt Corn Junior High School. There was one other school for blacks in the area was located in the New Hope area of Burnt Corn called
"Buttrick School" near the New Hope AME church. The Buttrick School is believed to have been a Rosenwald School. The other school was located in the
Puryearville area of Burnt Corn next to the Pilgrim Rest AME Zion church. In the 1950s the only school left in Burnt Corn was the newly constructed Burnt Corn Jr. High School which is located across the street from the
Pilgrim Rest AME Church.
The children in this photo starting with the front row, left to right: Glenn Higdon, Gladys Waters, Sonny Mines, Evelyn McMillan, J.L. Crawford, Crawford King, Paul Fortner, Fred Wells, Ray Waters, Melva Andrews, Hessle Day: second row: Alice Crawford, Lilburn Shofner, Prudence Smith, Bertha Higdon, Edna Green, Burgess Waters, Bobby Brantley, Billy Brantley, Eugenia Ellis, Pat Morrison; third row: Mildred Morrison, Edith Hightower, Ann Caines, Eloise Waters, Kathleen McMillan, Ruby Day, Dorothy Crook, Alvin Salter, Eugene Shofer, Fred Shonfer, Jr., Curtis Andress, Charles Gilmore, Bennie Whisenhunt; back row: Miss Addie Rumbley, Ima Jean Brantley, and Minnie Howard Morrison.
The first public school taught in Conecuh County was in the vicinity of Burnt Corn and was taught by John Green, Sr. Some say this school was known as "Student's Retreat." There also was the Burnt Corn Male Academy Later there was a school in the Burnt Corn vicinity known as "Oak Villa School." It believes that the school was located near Puryearville Church. Much later there were several schools for negro children. The oldest them would the The Puryearville School which may or may not schools for whites that was known as "Oak Villa School" in the Puryearville area of Burnt Corn. Later in the late 1950's the old Puryearville school was replaced with the newly built Burnt Corn Junior High School. There was one other school for blacks in the area was located in the New Hope area of Burnt Corn called "Buttrick School" near the New Hope AME church. The Buttrick School is believed to have been a Rosenwald School. The other school was located in the Puryearville area of Burnt Corn next to the Pilgrim Rest AME Zion church. In the 1950s the only school left in Burnt Corn was the newly constructed Burnt Corn Jr. High School which is located across the street from the Pilgrim Rest AME Church.