Grayson College Closes Doors in 1912
Grayson College closed its doors on September 24 1912 after several hard years. President B L Phipps resigned to join Wesley College at Greenville as enrollment failed to cover costs. Local figures note Burns, autos, and town improvements surrounding the closure.
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J.C. Parsons
R.L. Hayter
Mr. Parsons
McElrath
East Whitewright
Sam Pratt
Fritz Bryan
A&m
New Braunfels
College Station
A&m College
Fritz
Whitewright
W.R. Wilson
Robert Sears
Dallas
Georgia Pope
S.R. Glidewell
B.L. Phipps
Wesley College
Greenville
W.Z. Spearman
Whitewright Sun
Tom Bean Times
Grand Old Grayson
R.E. Bullock
Bells Bullentin
Wilson
Sears
Buick
First Baptist Records Destroyed in 1911 Fire
The First Baptist Church of Bonham traces its early history to 1885, noting a devastating 1911 fire that destroyed church records. The narrative lists charter members, ordained deacons, past pastors, building milestones, memberships, and a 1976 budget proposal.
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First Baptist
A.E. Ray
J.N. Powell
T.B. Moore
J.T. Falls
Tom Dean
Frank Teague
Milt Marshall
Tom Miller
Dair Bronough
Joshua Ryan
E.W. Savage
W.D. Heard
J.H. Reeves
W.T. Truett
E.L. Currin
J.D. Badgett
Tom Moore
Church of Christ
G.O. Key
J.H. Taylor
W.J. Epting
Epting
George Boston
G.M. McNeilly
J.H. Hawkins
W.H. Ackley
G.C. Iv
Will Fleming
Ivins
Clay Horton
J.P. Darwin
Tom Lilley
Roy Blanton
George W. Truett
Il Cor
Thes
E.P. Wooten
Herman Lancaster
David Howard
Anna Marr
Hawkins
Lancaster
Ralph Smith
Douglas Rymer
P.M. Jarvis
Joe Bodine
L.W
Bill) Hudson
Fort
Shower Honors Mrs. Jerry Hicks in Whitewright Church
A tea shower Sunday celebrated Mrs. Jerry Don Hicks nee Gina Judd at the First Methodist education building in Whitewright. Guests registered by Rhonda Pittman. hostesses included Mrs. Paul Ryan and others. decorations used yellow, green, and orange with white daisies as a centerpiece.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jerry Don Hicks
Gina Judd
First Methodist Church
Whitewright
Rhonda Pittman
van Britt
Vicki Hames
Karen Jarvis
Paul Ryan
Joe Norwood
Bill Pettit
Joe Bodine
Ron Faison
Hicks
Ralph Judd
Mr. Hicks
Slean Hicks
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Carls
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Walker Pharmacy
Booker T. Washington
Wolfe Constrution Co
Joe Wolfe
Grayson College
Graysons
Guy Peter Dillon
Mr. Turner Pinkston
West
Texas
Electric Light Company
Howard Broadhead
S.W. Rice
J. E. Blakey
Oma Chitwood
Pam
Darrell Starner
Homer Rice
Wichita Falls
Bud Rick
Byers
J. D. Yowell
Cisco
Henry Armstrong
Cedar Hills
H. B. Ingram
Glen Rice
Smithfield
Jerry Yowell
Joshua
Jody Rice
Danny Heflin
Hearne
Linda Mitchell
Winfield
Hollis Rheos
Danny Mitchell
James Beard
Athens
Kenny Lee Mitchell
Sharon Russell
Mattie Rice
Adah Gillespie
Carl Gillespie
Wooten
George Bron
Paul Cook
Paul Stephens
Lewis Cooper
N.E. Skaggs
Joe Johnson
Ira Fleming
Weldon Drake
Drake
Our
James Cooper
Paul Robertson
Cooper
Newton Cole
Bill Smith
Cole
Ralph Brown
J.D. Marlow
Carl Holland
Lloyd Alexander
Marshall Hasty
B.N. Ramsey
Denison
Fred Waldrop
Bill Johnson
Dale Gore
Ross Layman
Clarency Tillett
David Johnson
Orville Woodson
Gore
Jack
Betty Bradley
Viola Wright
Jerry Tapp
Billy Dyer
Assistat
Morris Wilson
Nan Robinson
W.M.A
James H. Gosnell
Rhonda Bonds
George Brown
Wapp
Francis Scott Key
John Stafford Smith
Hi-Way Grocery
Jerry Hicks
Oliver Evans
Philadelphia
Evans
The
World Almanac
Whitewright Chamber of Commerce
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