tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446406.post7349145044001037314..comments2023-09-02T18:10:15.381-04:00Comments on The Coweta County Museum, Newnan Georgia: Black Firsts in Coweta CountyDiannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17798867506853686906noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446406.post-58195812391481420552009-01-17T14:25:00.000-05:002009-01-17T14:25:00.000-05:00in reference to Howard Warner high school,could i ...in reference to Howard Warner high school,could i have a little history on Howard Warner.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446406.post-90820119772713469422008-08-23T00:55:00.000-04:002008-08-23T00:55:00.000-04:00Thank you for this wonderful history. I am Dr. Joh...Thank you for this wonderful history. I am Dr. John Henry Jordan's great-granddaughter, and I just wanted to correct one thing. He was the first black doctor in Coweta County, but he was the second black doctor in Troup County, Georgia. The first black doctor there was actually his father-in-law, Dr. Edward B. Ramsey.<BR/><BR/>www.karenjordanwrites.comKarenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06289291476018633680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446406.post-44822868481485385072008-08-10T15:47:00.000-04:002008-08-10T15:47:00.000-04:00I was in Ms Rush's 6th grade class. She was my fir...I was in Ms Rush's 6th grade class. She was my first black teacher, however, she was not the first black teacher at Elm Street--or at least she was not alone.<BR/>A Mr. Hickman was also at Elm Street and I beleive he was there the year before Ms. Rush. Hickman taught the PE classes for 5th and 6th grades. <BR/><BR/>This Temple Avenue school you speak of, is this the old Newnan Junior high on the Corner of Jackson and Temple?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446406.post-35785084888513432692008-05-16T16:06:00.000-04:002008-05-16T16:06:00.000-04:00Thanks for the update on this issue. They all went...Thanks for the update on this issue. They all went to Temple Ave School the same year, the same time?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7446406.post-25854908510782791962008-05-15T21:31:00.000-04:002008-05-15T21:31:00.000-04:00Reference the first black student to attend Temple...Reference the first black student to attend Temple Avenue School.<BR/><BR/>In 1964, Lloyd "Billy" Reese, Charles W. Keith, Bobby Cook, Charlie Paul Heflin, and James Stanley Hall transferred from Fairmount Elementary and Janice Houston(Walton) transferred from Ruth Hill. Billy, Bobby, and Charlie paul are now deceased. Charles Keith, Janice Houston(Walton) and James Stanley Hall currently live in Newnan.Charles W. Keithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901947676688062809noreply@blogger.com