Best Friends- White Oak School

Ed Brumley, one of our volunteeers, brought in a copy of the picture below on May 18, owned by Linda (Piper) Lentz, daughter of Mary (Moore) Piper.  Ed’s mother Esther (Cunningham) Brumley and Mary (Moore) Piper identified most of the students.

White Oak School, Fall of 1933 or 1934Ross I. Daily (1889 - 1980) - Teacher

Front row, sitting on ground, left to right:  Delbert Dale Ash (1923 - 1987); Ross Arnold Moore (1926 - 1998); Unknown - probably not Donald E. Lewis (1931 - 2013); Bernard Brunson (1925 - 2017); Charles Thomas Tuttle (1927 - 2011); John H. White (1927 - 2016); Donald Dee Cunningham (1928 - 1964)

Middle Row, kneeling, left to right: Wilma Laverne (Ash) Lockhart Cashmore (1928 - 1988); Jesse June (Ash) Puckett (1926 - 2001); Anna Belle (Worstell) Wood (1924 - 2003); Geraldine (Robinson) Butcher (1925 - 2009); Esther (Cunningham) Brumley (1925 -   ); Mary (Moore) Piper (1924 -    ); Wilma Jean (Daily)Tade (abt 1924 -   ); Regina Rae (Tuttle) Guess (1926 - 2017); Mary L. (Unswart) Cummins (1926 - 2011); Dorothy Elizabeth (Bell) Thomson Lansdown (1926 - 2018)

Back Row, standing, left to right:  Richard Lloyd Ash (1922 - 1997); Carl Leon Cunningham (1922 - 2009); Bob O. White (1920 - 1992); Byrad Brunson (1921 - 2001); Edna (Worstell) Gross (1921 - 2006); Annabelle (Ash) Qualkinbush (1920 - 1991); Pauline (Robinson) Biehl (abt 1921 - ?)

What is interesting, are three of the girls in the middle of the picture. They are still living—Esther (Cunningham) Brumley will turn 101 in June 2026; Mary (Moore) Piper & Wilma Jean (Daily) Tade are 102 years old --and still friends.

Thanks to Ed Brumley and John King for sharing.