Wordless Wednesday – W.F. Branch High School Reunion Memories

Honoring, celebrating, and remembering our beloved Branch High School reunions

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Wordless Wednesday – Newport Colored School Class of 1931 Valedictorian

My grandmother, Gladys Denson Mays, Class of 1931 Valedictorian (standing back row center), Newport Colored Schools

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Wordless Wednesday – W.F. Branch High School Class of 1970 Valedictorian

My mother, Patricia Ann Hatchett Mays, 1970 Newport, Arkansas

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August 9, 2023 1

Planting Seeds of Interest for Future Family Historians

I had the wonderful opportunity to earlier this year to speak to a class of young people about the legacy of W.F. High School in my hometown of Newport, Arkansas (click HERE to read more about that presentation). During that discussion, I also talked to them about getting started researching their own family history. I... Continue Reading →

July 17, 2023 4

Celebrating Women’s History Month 2023

March is Women's History Month. Women’s History Month is a celebration of women’s contributions to history, culture and society and has been observed annually in the month of March in the United States since 1987. I always post information about well-known women such as Harriet Tubman, Daisy Bates, Shirley Chisholm, Dorothy I. Height, and Phillis... Continue Reading →

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Wordless Wednesday – When Your Mother Is Also Your School Guidance Counselor

My Dad, Wayman Mays, with his mother, Gladys Denson Mays in 1969 at WF Branch High School

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I Am Featured in the July/August 2022 Issue of Family Tree Magazine

I started this journey over 10 years ago alone in the library looking through census records on microfilm. I wrote out my family tree by hand from the one funeral program I had of my Granny's and the newspaper obituaries of my other three grandparents and my great grandmother. I hadn't read any genealogy reference... Continue Reading →