Pages from the very FIRST Merryville High School Panther yearbook, dated 1935-1936. There were no photos in the yearbook, only typed print and hand drawn ads. The first yearbook was dedicated to Miss Mildred Jones.
Top Row:  Lloyd Dewey; Charles Riggs; Bobbie Ruston; Terry Neely; Howard Young; Jack Hennigan; Mr. George Heard, Principal
Middle Row:  Miss Willard Brashear, Homeroom Teacher; Prentiss Sapp; Margaret Deon; Mary Nan Arledge;
​Catherine Ramsey; Helen Jeans; Leland Slaydon
Bottom Row:  Irene Nelson; Rose Mary Hadley; Helen Raschal; Ollie Warden; Quintilla Gill; Evelyn Sapp; Ruth Jarrell
Not Shown:  Almarie Smith; Millard Hudson
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MHS ring from 1941. belonged to Joseph Adolph Neely
Class of 1942
Leona Ruth Beeman, Mary Alice Burr, A. B. Calcote, Robert Carmen, Lucille "Smoxie" Cochran, Helen Maurice Eaves,
Mary Elizabeth Eaves, Muriel Henrietta Eaves, Orin F. Foster, James Herbert Franks, Andrew Warren Houston,
Royce Kay Jarrell, Alvie Ray Jeans, Margarie Libick,
Roy Alvin Nichols, Dolores Regena Rachal, John Edgar Ruston,
Hampton Sims, Mary Helen Smith, Samuel Jesse Wildblood

Class Motto: Onward ever, backward never.
Class Colors:  Red, White, and Blue
Class Flowers: Gardenia, Hydrangea, Rose

MHS Senior Class of 1948
​Photo Courtesy of Mrs. Kitty Coody

FRONT ROW L-R:
John Alredge
Edward Cryer
Dorothy Louise Rowell
Willie Sheppard
Ida Louise Dewey
Kathleen Whiddon
Mary Ellen Whiddon
Octavia Blackmon
Bobbie Rae Daniels
SECOND ROW L-R:
Barbara Ann Brown
Joy Ward
Cullen Slaydon
R.C. Franks
Melvin Cole
John Koppa
Maurice Meadows
Vonnie Belle Fountain
Betty Ruth Burks
Betty Faye Jeans
THIRD ROW L-R:
David Nichols
Jack Franks
Ertis Franks
Hebert Smith
John R. Burch
David Ray Griffith
Norma Jean Fountain
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Jeanienee Stark Wildblood
Picture
Lloyd Wildblood