by Vena Bob Le Sueur Gates from
A
History of Coleman County and Its People, 1985
Mr. William L. "Bill" James gave one acre of land for the Home Creek School, #5, which was built in the early 1890’s. Henry Gulley helped haul the lumber to build the school. A new school was built about 1903. The first teachers were Miss Coma Bowen, W. C. Rickard, M. Arm, Mr. Hall, Miss Atchly and J. W. Pauley. Trustees for the school year October 19, 1891 - April 28, 1892, were W. R. Farm, W. S. Walker and W. P. Cusenbary; teacher was W. C. Rickamd, and the students were: Igal Anderson, Asa M. Britton, Arthur and Luther Davis, Arthur and S. Edmison, John P., W. P. and Jas. Richard Farm, Thomas H. and Charles Hamilton, K. David Hargrove, John Jackson, Ezra W. and J. W. Moss, Thomas C. Miller, John S. Seat, Robert Templeton, A. Burr Thomason, Maud M. and Effie D. Ashley, Pearl W. and Rachel Davis, Mary E. Farm, Susan Pearl and Florence Gaines, Mary E. Hamilton, Pearl and Lula May Hartin, Icey M. and Mintie C. Jackson, Hattie James, Maud Moss, Tilitha and Laura J. Templeton, Eva Hargrove. Trustees for school year September 5, 1892 - April 20, 1893 were W.
R. Farm, W. S. Walker and T. P. Davis; teacher was Rickard, and the students
were Igal and Marshall Anderson, Enoch and David Cox, Luther Davis, A.
and S. Edmison, John P., W. P. and James R. Farm, D. Hargmove, Charles
Hamilton, John Jackson, Tom C. and Emmitt Miller, Ezra W. and Joe W. Moss,
John Walter Seat, Edgar Pauley, Robert and Luther Templeton, N. L. Tompkins,
Maud M. and Effie D. Ashley, Belle Berryman, Dona Cox, Pearl Davis, Mary
E. Farr, S. P. and F. E. Gaines, Pearl and May Hartin, Ruby Holmes, Eva
Hargrove, Icey M. and Mertie C. Jackson, Maude Moss, May Seat, Tilitha
and Laura
Trustees for school year October 29, 1894 - April 5, 1895 were W. R.
Farr, J. C. Pauley and W. T. Reese; teacher Rickard, students;
In the 1912 - 1913 school term, Emery Turner was the teacher; trustees were L. S. West, H. C. Gulley (who served on the board until the school consolidated with Valera in 1928) and Lan Forman. Wood for heat was bought from A. B. Thomason, C. H. Douglas (both attended school here) and H. S. Thomason. In 1913 - 14 the school term teacher was Emery Turner, trustees L. S. West, Edgar Pauley and H. C. Gulley. Scott and A. B. Thomason supplying wood. In the 1914 - 15 school term, Miss Elinor Rutherford of Coleman was the teacher; trustees same as the previous year. Enrollment was 37. Scott and A. B. Thomason supplying wood. J. T. and Louise Thompson now own the land where the Home Creek School
was located.
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