The GW Carver High School, Fieldale, VA Class of “60” celebrated its 64th Class Reunion on Saturday, June 15, 2024, at the Smith River Missionary Baptist Association Center, (the former Richard H. Clarke Elementary School).
This was the last class in the Henry County School System that started school walking. (Buses were not provided for African American students until 1948 when the former Irisburg Elementary School was opened.) There were 105 students to graduate that year, (a record for Henry County), and 54 classmates passed on and 12 were unable to attend for health reasons.
Twenty-four classmates attended the reunion. They are, (from left to right), front row: Howard Riley, Iris (Stone) Patterson, Patricia (Manns) Hairston, Doris (Woody) Branch, Shirley (Flood) Hairston, Veola (Hairston) Dones, Gertie (Perkins) Martin, Gloria (Hairston) Millner, Brenda (Finney) Draper.
Second row: Rebecca (Cooper) Gravely, Margaret (Clark) Moore, Shirley (Foster) Brim, Geneva (Smith) Jones, W. Lee Millner, Rose (Barner) George, Faye (Matthews) Thomas, Mary (Green) Martin, Beatrice (Martin) Nappier, Mary Spencer, Wedell (Moore) Turner, Curtis R. Millner.
Third row: Vernon Hairston, Samuel M. Wimbush and not pictured; Elizabeth (Stockton) Thompson.
