Choir Photo
Choir robes
Young adults
Lucy F. Simms School
Piano
Older adults
Middle-aged persons
Stage
A photo of choir director Nathaniel Moore and the Lucy F. Simms Choir. On the left piano is Ms. Nancy Hackman, the choir teacher at Harrisonburg High School. Ms. Hackman played a crucial role in welcoming Simms students to Harrisonburg High School after integration.
Billo Harper
James Madison University Libraries
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Simms Choir, 1964
Lucy F. Simms School
Choir robes
Young adults
Teachers
Children
A photo of the Lucy F. Simms School choir, posing in their robes with their teachers (including Mary Awkard Fairfax) in front of the school. Front Row: Ricky Jones, Robbie Fields, Dennis Bundy, Roscoe Burgess, Valda (Weegie) Cotledge (Brown); Ann Johnson (Byrd), Donna Rhodes (Brock), Jean Goodwin, Archie Webster, Cater Bundy, Calvin Williams, Charles Carter
Second Row: Ms. Mary Awkard (Fairfax), Pianist, Shirley Washington, Teresa Morton (Jones),Julia Helms (Taylor), Mary Smith (Tucker), Barbara Lewis, Lois Williams, Priscilla Fields, Corliss Walker (Brown), Wilma Washington (Temple), Lorra Rhodes (Hobbs), Byron Temple, Mr. Nathaniel Moore, Choir Director
Third Row: Sally Washington, Laverne Abernathy (Graves), Debbie Abernathy, Linda Cubbage, Pamela Howard, Janice Lindsay, Sherry Darcus (Johnson), Jennifer Jackson, Alecia Darcus (Pettit), Betty Temple
Fourth Row: Merle Madden, Owana Hamilton, Rebecca James, Jean Brown, Linda Strother, Patricia Winston (Howard), Ementha Buck , Regina Curry (Green), Frances Dickerson (Sampson)
Fifth Row: Charles Thomas, Betty Bryant?, Robert Harper, Richard Fields, Jean Washington, Ricardo Curry, James Johnson, Jerry Howard
Sixth Row: Belinda Harper, Gerald Winston, William Johnson, Warren Temple, Forrest Webster, Steven Thomas, Stanley Douglas, Jamie Madden
Seventh Row: Jerry Williams, Edward Strother, Albert Jackson.
Special Thanks to Billo Harper, Billo Communications, James Brown, Jerry Holsopple, Eastern Mennonite University, Carol Raymond.
Billo Harper
James Madison University Libraries
1964
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