THE PANTHERS

CARVER-HILL HIGH SCHOOL STAFF

Mr. Marcus G Davis (Deceased)
Principal Carver-Hill School 1951-1969
The Carver-Hill School opened it's doors in 1954 and serviced
schoolchildren from kindergarten to high school. Up until 1962 every
black high school student in Okaloosa County had to attend Carver-Hill
School. When the school opened it was staffed with 18 teachers. It was
hands-on. The teacher were hands-on. They pushed and pushed students to do
their best. "I don't think I'd be where I
am or what I am today if it wasn't for those teachers", are common
statements made by many Carver-Hill School students.
The 18
Original Teachers 1955

MEET THE
FACULTY- They are (left to right) Mrs. Dorothy Paul (Deceased), Mrs. Lillie
M.
Covington, Mrs. Jane Bryant, Mrs. Florence Gilmore Hayes, Mrs.
Caroline Baker Allen (Deceased), Mrs. Leona Boyer (Deceased), Mrs. Bessie
Gilmore, Mrs. Lucille Hawkins Butler, Mr. Turner Covington, Mr. Samuel Allen, Mr.
Rabon Boyer (Deceased), Mr. Elliott Freeman (Deceased, Mrs. L. Freeman
(Deceased), Mrs. Lillian Davis (Deceased), Mrs. Mozelle Thomas (Deceased),
Mrs. Mattie
Smith Jones, Mr. Marcus G. Davis, Principal (Deceased) and Mrs. Dorothy Ealy
(Deceased)
Miss Lucille Hawkins Butler, Librarian and Mrs. Bessie Gilmore, Elementary Teacher Mrs. Caroline Allen in front of her Business Classroom Mr. Theodore Powell and Mr. Samuel Allen with Student Willie C. Hutchinson (Class of 1958)
Left to Right, Mr. Elliott Freeman, Mrs Caroline Baker Allen, Unknown, Mrs. Florence Gilmore Hayes and Mr. Samuel Allen Mr Allen Doing What He Loved! Teaching Science At Carver-Hill
Left to Right, Mr. Elliott Freeman, Mrs Caroline Baker Allen, Unknown, Mrs. Florence Gilmore Hayes and Mr. Samuel Allen
Returning Carver-Hill Alumni Staff
Carver-Hill Alumni- Dwight Dewitt Baggett (Class 0f 1958), Novella Sylvania Lee Bagget (Class of 1960)
Carver-Hill Alumni- Dwight Dewitt Baggett (Class 0f 1958), Novella Sylvania Lee Bagget (Class of 1960)

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