Newspaper: Over 150 Attend First Nelson-Merry Reunion

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Subject

Description

Over 150 Attended first Nelson-Merry school reunion. The school was started 1895 primarily for East Tennessee students.

Names of people in photographs are as follows:

Former principals (from the left): James A. Nichols, Eugene Peck, and Nathaniel Crippens.

Former Teachers From the left seated, Pauline Hardy and Medora Gibson.
Standing from the left: Edna Arnwine, Raleigh Wynn, Earl Barnett and Ruby K. Morris.

The Speakers from the left: J.ames C. Dunwoody, Professor Nathaniel Cripens and Dr. Van Spiva.

Former Athletics: Williams "Brother" Brown, Eddied McCollins, Jap Parker, Tom Sheets and James C. Dunwoody

Creator

Source

Jeffery Wells

Publisher

Black in Appalachia

Contributor

William Isom

Rights

Items can be used for private reflection and research and not for commercial purposes.

Coverage

United States--Tennessee-Jefferson County

Files

Collection

Nelson-Merry School History, Jefferson County, TN

Citation

“Newspaper: Over 150 Attend First Nelson-Merry Reunion,” Black in Appalachia: Community History Digital Archive, accessed September 10, 2026, https://blackinappalachia.omeka.net/items/show/2177.