New Photos
The Vaiden Gin
Hwy. 51 North, Vaiden, MS
Photo Courtesy of Bobby Mims Photography
The Carroll County Circuit Clerks
(L to R): George Turbeville, Ralph Self and
Charles Ellis
c.1951
Janice Threat and
James Crook. Janice’s father was pastor of the Methodist
church.
She married Harold
Stanton.
Courtesy of Grace Randle Atchley
c.1951
Betty Cummings in
front of the door to the depot.
Her father was
section foreman on the railroad and they lived in the white house
next to the Lion Service
Station, which was later bought by
Joe and Ellen Rogers
after it was no longer used as a section foreman’s
house.
Courtesy of Grace Randle Atchley
c.1951
Grace Randle
(daughter of Mildred
Randle and Peyton Randle) and James Crook on the platform.
Courtesy of Grace Randle Atchley
c.1950
8th grade class photo
from Vaiden School taken in 1950. This
class graduated in 1954.
The boy on the left
back row is James Alford*.
He taught school at
Vaiden and served as Superintendent of Schools in
Courtesy of Grace Randle Atchley
* NOTE: As per
Carolyn Noah Graetz, James Alford dropped out of school for two years and
actually graduated from Vaiden in 1956.
MORE TO COME !!