Wilkes County education a century ago
Members of the Metasville School in 1906 were (top row, l-r) Professor Asbury, Cluvious Wolfe (Coot), Edd Wolfe, Roy L. Albea, Leland H. Frazer, (second row) ? Butler, Mamie Kirkland, Sallie Kate Frazer Benton, Sally Thornton Hall, Hattie Kirkland Dye, Gladys Frazer Prather, Gladys Prather, Sally Stokes, Lucy Latimer Prather, Sarah Stokes, DeWitt Prather, Frazer Patterson, Charlie Albea, Clifton Prather, (third row) Ashby McKinney, Albert Albea, Essie Raffini James, Fanida Wolfe Rhodes, Eula Raffini, Ola Thornton Prather, Louella Albea Wolfe, Myrtle Prather, Luther Ware, Wilkes or F. Prather, Bob Patterson, Charlie W. Danner, Oscar Kelly, Noke Wolfe, (fourth row) Charlie Thornton, Minnie Butler, Inez Kirkland Matthews, ??, Ruby Patterson Banner, Minnie Kirkland Flynt, Annie or Nettie Wolfe, Willie Joe McKinney, Rozelle Gresham Wolfe, Bessie Mae Albea Simpkins, Lloyd Frazer, ??, Thomas (Doll) Danner, Willie Joe Prather, Herbert L. Albea, Guy Ware, Walter Kirkland, (fifth row, left side) Guy Haynes, ??, Rev. Julius Kirkland, William Albert Danner, ??, (fifth row, right side) Tom C. Thornton, Kate Thornton, Robert C. Mulligan, Henry Raffini (white collar), (bottom row) Delilah Kirkland, Teacher Miss Allene Bellows, Mary Mulligan, Louise Latimer, Camille Latimer Wansley, Ruth Raffini, Georgia Agnes Gresham, ??, Emma Prather, ??, Joe Frazer, and Wyatt Frazer. (Photo supplied by James Thornton)
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