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A FISHING TRIP
This photo provided by Herbert Ozmore of Newnan shows a group of well-known, Newnan men on a fishing trip to Florida. One of the members of the group,…
THE NEWNAN HIGH SCHOOL 1910
The Newnan High School 1910 graduating class was quite a bit smaller than the hundreds who will graduate next Monday night. In this photo are the graduates and their teachers. Following the numbers, beginning at top right and going down, are 1.…
NEWNAN HIGH CLASS OF 1914
These individual graduation portraits and view of the Newnan public school are from a composite made by photographer S. Fowler in 1914. The picture was brought to the Male Academy Museum, and the provider is unknown. The building, later known as the…
Some of Coweta's Finest 
Among old photographs found in files at the Coweta County Board of Education was this view of students who won awards at the literary and athletic competitions in Newnan May 2, 1939. The winners were photographed on the Coweta County Courthouse steps…
STARR HIGH SCHOOL MEMORIES
Among Coweta County Schools of the past was Starr High, located in the Sharpsburg-Turin area. This group of students from Starr High attended a Coweta County literary and athletic competition on May 2, 1939, in Newnan and were photographed on the…
Crystal Lawson Receives Award 
Left to right: Herman Fletcher (Principal of O.P. Evans Middle School), Crystal Lawson, and unknown.
Getting Ready for Kindergarten 
Coweta County Probate Judge Carl McKoy, right, presenting a local child with her "Certificate of Live Birth" in order for her to be ready for kindergarten. Photograph taken inside the Probate Offices in the 1904 Coweta Court House.
Named As King and Queen 
Youngsters named as King and Queen at the Haralson Head Start Center
Junior Winners in 4-H Talent Show
Winners in the older "Junior" division of the annual 4-H Talent Show Monday night at the Newnan Municipal Auditorium were, left to right, front, second place winners Roderick Almond, Sherrah Harrison and Anthony Williams for a song routine and third…
Willie Frank Strong 
Willie Frank Strong, a Newnan student often in the news for achievement.
Newnan High FHA Honored 
Newnan High FHA honored
Donald Lowery Award 
Honors Day at Madras School (located on U.S. 29 North). From left, are Coach Gemmell, Henry Seldon (Coweta County School System Recreation Director), Mrs. Ida Long, Mark Ball, Mrs. Donald Ball, and Coach Bennett.
CLASS OF 1920
Newnan High School's graduating class in 1920 was a bit smaller than those today, a little over 40 in comparison to almost 400 in 1985. In this photo are 43 students - 19 young men and 24 young women - along with several adults. In the class are,…
FROM THE 1920 NEWNAN HIGH
From the 1920 Newnan Senior Class are the young men, remember mostly by their nicknames. Among those in the group are Lee Evans, "Gulleywire" Goldwire, "Tub" Fields, "Kers" Kersey, "Buck" Leach, "Hubert" Meacham, "Chick" North, "Predessor" Pickett,…
Once A College Town 
Newnan was once the location of a college dedicated to the elevation of young women, and which later opened its doors to young men as well. Located on property bound by College Street on the west, Temple Avenue on the south, and Kellogg Street on the…
Mary Ray School
Located in the Raymond community on Sheddon Avenue, this old school began as a one-room school house about 1910. The community of Raymond was named after Mr. and Mrs. Jay Ray, and the school was named after Mary Ray - the Mary Ray Memorial School.…
1922 TRACK CHAMPIONS
This Newnan High School track team won the state high school track championship for Georgia in 1922. The members of the team were photographed on the steps of the old high school, which was located on Jackson Street on the lot now occupied by the…
Veterans Farm Training 
This Veterans On-the-Job Farm Training Class photo was taken about 1949, and the Newnan-Coweta Historical Society would like to know the names of all those in the picture. Among those on the front row are, seated, beginning from left, J. Wilkins…
OLD SCHOOL BUSES
Old School Buses
A slightly different mode of travel than school children see today these Coweta County school buses are shown parked at the Coweta County Courthouse in downtown Newnan in May 1938.
A SINGING SCHOOL
This group from the early 1900s is believed to be gathered for a singing school at Sargent Baptist Churhc. Among thos in the picture are Mrs. Emmy Witcher Warren, Brewer Witcher, Mrs. Amelia Crawford Witcher, Ernest Witcher and Mrs. Annie Newton…
The Baracca Class At The Waterworks
Assembled at the Newnan waterworks is the Baracca Class of the First Baptist Church in Newnan from the era of the 1930s. The photograph is thought to have been taken on the dam at the waterworks when the pond was still relatively new. Among the men…
Temple Avenue Grammar School 
Gathered on the steps of the old Temple Avenue Grammar School in Newnan is a first grade class from 1923. The class was taught by Mrs. Odem, back right, and the school principal was Miss Maggie Brown, back left, after whom the current Maggie Brown…
Welcome's One-Room School
A one-room building 20 feet by 20 feet housed a one-room school at Welcome with Miss Hallie Whittaker as teacher at the turn of the century. Miss Whittaker was actually the second teacher. The first teacher was Miss Clyde Dickson. In the group are,…
FACES FROM THE PAST
This group of students photographed in the spring of 1932 were in the ninth grade class at Starr High School, which was located in the Sharpsburg-Turin area. In the photograph are, from left, top row, Richard Smith, W.E. Maynard, Bernard Hubbard,…
Moreland School Students
These students attended the Moreland School about 1903 or 1904. Most of the students have been identified in this old photograph. Numbers beside the names correspond to the accompanying diagram. In the photo are: 1. Wallace Cureton, 2. Sam Rollins,…
Some of the Names
Some of the names and faces in this 1920s photo of fourth and fifth graders at the Senoia School may be familiar. The school was also known as the Brantley Institute, explains Mrs. Montine Caldwell, who provided the photo. Among those in the picture…
These Young Beauties 
These young beauties are Newnan High School students from about 1907. In the photo are, front, from left, Ada Catherine Gibson (Mrs. James Lemuel Poole), Corrie Owens (Mrs. Ira Walker Brooks), Nellie Brown (Mrs. B. Glen Hopson); second row, Lily…
GETTING AN EDUCATION IN 1910
This group of students studied at the Moreland School about 1910. In this photo are, from left, front, Rebecca Evans, Lois Young, Clarence Polk and Paul Wilson; second row, Janice Puckett, Pearl Haynes, Ralph Webb, Sam Rollins, Ralph Camp, Sallie Kat…
Academy was on Duncan Street
This group of students composed a graduating class of McClelland Academy, which was located in Newnan across from the current swimming pool on Duncan Street. The academy was a school for black children sponsored by the Presbyterian Church. The…
SENOIA SCHOOL STUDENTS
This photograph of a groupd of Senoia School students from 1923 or 1924 has been submitted by two different people, Coweta County resident Mrs. Montine Caldwell, whose husband is in the group, and by Mrs. Robert C. NeSmith of Raleigh, North Carolina.…
NEWNAN HIGH SCENIOR, 1921
These young ladies are from the graduating class of Newnan High School in 1921. Among those shown are Mary Stallings, Lucille Lovorn (Lane), Edna Bailey, Ola Mooney, Elsie Ragland (Taylor), Ruth Starr, Callie Reynolds (Bowers), Annie Clifford Grimes…
Two Grantville Young Men
Two Grantville Young Men are among the face in this group of Georgia Military Academy students from 1911-1912. The display is from the school program. Marie Geter of Grantville received the program from relatives of one of the young men, Granvill…
THE ROSCOE SCHOOL
These students are at the Roscoe School in 1913. In the photo are, from left, front, sitting on ground, George Potts, J.W. Turner, Harold Sewell, Carl Sewell; second row, on ench, Maggie Jou Edison, Willie Mae Cook, Irene Crews, Myrtie Sprayberry,…
MORELAND SCHOOL IN 1898
These students are gathered in front of the Moreland School in 1898. In the photo are, from left, front, Abner York, Frank Brannon, Albert Sydney Camp, Charles Pierce Gordon, John Tom Brown, Fred Dunn, Will Brannon Jr., Sam Rollins; second row, Irene…
Starr School Students 
These first grade students are from a class at Starr School in Sharpsbug in 1922-23. The only ones known are John Thomas Norton, seventh from the left on the second row; the teacher, Mrs. Moore, who is eighth from the left on the second row; and…
CORNER BRANCH SCHOOL
Among the many schools in Coweta County's history is one called the Corner Branch School that can be dated back to about 1890. It was located at the corner of Smokey Road and Dr. Bruce Jackson Road, and it closed in 1918.
FRESH YOUNG FACES
These young women are students of the Moreland School from about 1912 or 1913. In the photograph are, from left, front, Ruby Spratling, Cleo Webb, Lucille Bexley, Nellie Parks; second row, Susan Wilson, Florence Polk, Pearl Haynes; back, Alma Evans.
SARGENT SCHOOL IN 1910
This photograph features the students at Sargent School in 1910 when the teacher was Maude Bridges Carmical. Among the students are, not in order, Eldridge Burnham, Home Burnham, Robbie Burnham Vickery, Myrtle Burnham Vickery, Bertha Burnham Beam,…
ATKINSON GRAMMAR SCHOOL 
These young people are students from Atkinson Grammar School in 1933. Among those in the photo are Duke Blackburn, George Neil, Harold Ward, Eugene Love, Haden Camp, Harold Barron, Tommie Yeargan, Virginia Wilson Holbrook, Julia Mann Power, Lavonia…
White Oak High School 
These students are from the 1917 class at White Oak High School. The photograph is provided by Mrs. Mary Ella Bellamy of Luthersville, and among those in the picture is her mother, Mary Ella Bexley (Martin). The Newnan-Coweta Historical Society would…
NEWNAN HIGH CLASS OF 1937
The Newnan High School graduates from 1937 are shown in this photo taken in the auditorium in the upstairs of the Carnegie Library building by a photographer named Tarpley. Where married names of the women could be remembered, they are indicated in…
STARR HIGH SCHOOL
Several photos have been provided of the old Starr High School in Sharpsburg, including this one from the Coweta County Board of Education files and one from James McKoon. The school was established in 1919 and was located by the side of the raiload…
TEMPLE AVENUE SCHOOL
These school children from the early 1900s are sixth graders at the old Temple Avenue School in Newnan. In the photo are, from left, front, Mary Cranford, Amy Ruth Morgan, Mary Powers, Ruth Robinson, Mrs. B.B. Melson, Mildred Arnall, Gabrille…
THESE SIXTH GRADERS
These sixth graders are students from the old Temple Avenue School in Newnan in 1921. Most of the students are identified as follows: sitting, left to right, Ethel Ball, Martha Cole, Sara Bryant; standing, front, left to right, (unknown), Willene…
The 1938 Graduating Class
The 1938 graduating class of the old Starr High School in Sharpsburg is shown in this photo. From left are, front, Bertha Hooten (Couch), Beula Johnson (Reese), (unknown), a girl named Caldwell; second row, Edwin Brown, Josephine Summers (Lee),…
McCLELLAND ACADEMY
McClelland Academy is no longer standing in Newnan. The school was located on Duncan Street across from the city swimming pool. This photo is of the 1926 graduating class. Shown are seated, Mildred Wilson, Louise McColumn, Sallie P. Leigh, Maude…
MT. CARMEL SCHOOL
These youngsters are at a seventh grade graduation at Mt. Carmel School in 1926. LEft to right are Louis Austin Henson, Evelyn Boone Jordan, Lucy Mae Sitton Smith, Leon Story, Very Lettimer Dempsey, Ernestine Mulkey Payton and Lena Lattimer Murphy.…
YOUNG PEOPLE FROM 1931
This group of teenagers is from Starr High in 1931. In the photo are, from left, front, Edna Byron, Lucile Banks, teacher Hazel Potts and Eugene Upshaw; second row, Martha Linch, Musa Brooke, Margaret McMichael, Cecil Drake and Joseph Summers; back,…
HARALSON SCHOOL
This impressive wooden structure thought to be the Haralson School does not fit the description given in "Coweta School Days" by the Honor's Program of Central High School published in 1985.The Newnan-Coweta Historical Society hopes readers will be…
NEWNAN HIGH SCHOOL, 1935
The family of George Willis Hammond shared this photograph, featuring the 1935 graduating class at Newnan high School. Left to right are, front, Alvin Harper, Rosa Deck, Margaret Kersey Heck, Helen Cole Jones, Lucy Wilkinson, Norman Camp, Mary Willie…
SCHOOL DAYS
As Coweta County School children head back to classes this coming Monday they are not so different from the students of days gone by. These third grade youngsters in October 1924 pose at the old Temple Avenue Grammar School in Newnan, which stood on…