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BIA(J)20220603AN006_1.pdf
School spirit is still alive among school's former students. Julia Taliaferro of Jefferson County delights in collecting artifacts, books and histories. Taliaferro, like many of her friends and family is proud of her heritage and of the school from…

BIA(J)20220603NK005_6.pdf
Standard Banner coverage of the 2011 Black History Month celebration at Boyd's Chapel United Methodist Church. Joan Simon Hendricks and Claudia Haskins are pictured with a Nelson-Merry school memory board created by Julia Taliaferro. The celebration…

BIA(J)20220603NK005_2.3.pdf
Standard Banner interviews Julia Taliaferro, leader of the fight to wear pants to school, before the Nelson-Merry History Celebration at Boyd's Chapel United Methodist Church the following Sunday. Taliaferro shares facts about the school and memories…

Newspaper Article: Fundraising Luncheon/Reunion Benefits Peck Scholarship
A fundraising luncheon and reunion was held at Nelson-Merry School on September 2, 2017 for the Eugene D. Peck Scholarship Fund. The graduating class of 2017 saw three deserving students receive $500 each from the fund to help with their college…

BIA(J)20220603NK005_5.pdf
Standard Banner coverage of the 2006 Reunion of the Ages. Includes interviews with James Dunwoody (pictured), Nevona 'No-No' (Smith) Modica, Leoda (Dirl) Bryant (class of 57), Sharon (Brazelton) Wright (class of 62), and Linda Mills (class of 59).

BIA(J)20220725AN006.pdf
"In 1973, a furniture manufacturer bought Nelson-Merry from the East Tennessee Baptist Association and sought a zone change...."

BIA(J)20220603AN005_1.pdf
The Annual Eugene Peck Scholarship Fundraiser allotted $1,000 to three students, Thomas Jordan, Ty Lashea Elizabeth Hodson and Destiny Leashia Rogers. Those photographed are as follows, in the front row, left to right, are James Dean, Rachel Rogers,…

BIA(J)20220603AN005_1.pdf
The Annual Eugene Peck Scholarship Fundraiser allotted $1,000 to three students, Thomas Jordan, Ty Lashea Elizabeth Hodson and Destiny Leashia Rogers. Those photographed are as follows, in the front row, left to right, are James Dean, Rachel Rogers,…

BIA(J)20220603NK005_5 2.pdf
Julia Taliaferro is pictured with her Nelson-Merry history collection on the front page of the Standard Banner newspaper as an icon of Black History Month.

BIA(J)20220603NK002-11.pdf
Certificate of Award for Sylvia Sue Barnette, valedictorian Nelson-Merry Class of 1955 with free one year subscription to Reader's Digest. Folded front cover of Nelson-Merry Commencement Exercises pamphlet labeled 5/23/54. Black and white photographs…
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