William B. Delashmit
William Brownie Delashmit served in the U.S. Navy, during World War II. He died March 15, 1990. No photo or other information is available.
Hugh L. Dawson, Sr.
Hugh L. Dawson, Sr. , was born on November 11, 1893 and died on September 21, 1921. He was inducted into the U. S. Army on July 8, 1918. Hugh Sr., served as a private, in Company C of the 26th Machine Gun Battalion, Camp Sheridan, Alabama. Hugh Sr. was
Hugh L Dawson, Jr.
Hugh L. Dawson, Jr., was inducted into the U. S. Army on September 26, 1942 at Camp Forrest, Tennessee. He was a Platoon Sergeant for Company H of the 417th Infantry Regiment in the 76th Division.Hugh sailed from Boston, Massachusetts and landed in Plymouth, England. He then crossed the English
James C. Dunaway
James C. Dunaway served with the U.S. Navy from January 1962 to May 1966. No other information or photograph is available.
A SKETCH OF COVINGTON IN 1885
This newspaper article from page 4 of the Friday, Dec. 11, 1885, issue of the Memphis Daily Appeal is a first-hand account of a visitor to Covington and a correspondent of the Memphis Daily Appeal. The article text has been reprinted as it was originally written. The photos have been
MHS vs Trezevant
The 1963 season was a rough one for the Munford Cougars in which they won just one game and tied another during their season of nine games against Millington, Ripley, Newbern, Halls, Byers-Hall, Westside, Trezevant, West Memphis and Fayette. The Cougars played the Trezevant ?? on Friday, Oct. 25, 1963
Craig’s Chapel
By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader Although, it’s been hard to determine when Craig’s Chapel first started its school, records at the Tipton County Board of Education do show that it was in operation and the district was paying teachers at the school, as far back as 1911. There
Cooper School
A look at Tipton County’s historical schools By Sherri Onorati, Special to The Leader This summer, The Leader is continuing its summer series on Tipton County’s former community schools. At one time, there were more than 100 community schools located throughout Tipton County. These stories are about those historical schools,
Bowden School
Bowden School By Sherri Onorati, published in the Covington Leader, published in The Leader on June 21. 2012 Not much is known about Bowden School. Teacher pay records show that it was in existence in 1911 but school records at the Tipton County School Board are few and the only