Here we see Sam Winstead standing in front of Winstead’s Dry Goods (Mercantile), offering everything from coffee to coffins, in downtown (Old) Latham, c. 1919.
Winstead’s Dry Goods
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Pirates vs Bulldogs – 1970s
Inside the Palmersville School gymnasium, Palmersville Pirates vs. the Gleason Bulldogs, c. late-1970s.
Photo courtesy of Andrew Pritchett
Dukedom Flour Mill
Here is a recently found picture of the Dukedom Flour Mill from the early 1900s.
Workman’s Grocery
Shown is a view inside Workmans Grocery, owner Carmon Workman is seen at lower right. c. 1960s
Do you know the other man in the picture?
Special thanks to Robert G Reynolds of Palmersville, TN.
1980 Pirates
The 1980 Pirates and Lady Pirates basketball teams. They are wearing new uniforms purchased by the former Weakley County Bank through a community support program. Weakley County Bank employees, Carol Ann Smith and Brenda Donoho are featured representing the bank. Coach Robert Richards is also seen in the photo, along with both boys and girls teams – Photo courtesy of the Dresden Enterprise.
And here is the moment the money was donated in 1979:
Palmersville High School – 1979
Weakley County Bank donates funds to Palmersville School for new basketball uniforms – (L to R) Sam Gatewood, Brenda Donoho, Carol Ann Smith, Robin Montgomery and Coach Richards.
Special thanks to Robert G Reynolds of Palmersville, TN.
Future Farmers of America c.1967
We believe this is the class of 1967, and we’re not sure of the names in order (can you help us?), but if you go by order of symbols on the table, then this should be correct:
- Top row (L-R): Mr. Austin (sponsor), Kenneth Harris (secretary), Toby Harris (treasurer), Hugh Berryman (sentinel)
- Bottom row (L-R): Jimmy Stehl (reporter), Joseph Donoho (president), Jerry James (vice president)
Math Competition – 1997
Students from the Palmersville School competed at the University of Tennessee at Martin in the school’s annual mathematics competition.
- Front row (L-R): Jeremy Donoho, Valorie Todd, Jennifer Kemp, Luke Tucker
- Second row (L-R): Jason Puckett, Benjamin Milbrath, Jason Fincher, Josh Leo
Lightning’s Stroke
From The Nashville Tennessean, Aug 12, 1890
Aug 12, 1890, The Nashville Tennessean pg. 6
LIGHTNING’S STROKE
Delivered With Deadly Effect
in Weakley County.
One Man Instantly Killed and Others Rendered lnsane.
A. Negro Man Stricken Speechless- The
Agonized Wife Who Vainly Tried
to Restore Her Dead.
From reliable parties your correspondent learns the following concerning the result of last Saturday’s storm about three miles from Palmersville, a small village, twelve miles from Dresden, in the northeastern part of Weakley County. Mr. Erastus Webb and a number of h!s neighbors have formed a beef club, the members alternately furnishing a beef to be divided among the members. Saturday afternoon the club was slaughtering a beef at the farm of Mr. Webb under a large tree not far from his residence when a storm came up, accompanied by severe lightning and wind, Mr. Webb was heard telling one of his neighbors that his horse had broken loose and the man started to catch it. He had gotten but a short distance away when lightning struck the tree he had left and all the men under it were felled to the earth, the man who had gone to catch his horse being the only one that escaped a serious shock.
He returned to his companions and found Mr. Webb dead, some lying as if dead, and one man, named Pentecock, was found standing with the butcher-knife clinched in his hand, but his mind seemed dazed and he was unable to speak.
Mrs. Webb was sent for and came running with restoratives, which she at once applied to her husband, who she thinks breathed a few times. Webb leaves six children and was a prominent man in his neighborhood.
George McWherter, who was severely shocked, has lost his mind completely. Mr. Eanes’ hat, which was on his head, was consumed by the lightning.
A negro who was helping had his clothes completely burnt from his body, but, strange to say, was not killed.
Mr. Webb was buried yesterday afternoon. Another man, whose name could not be ascertained, has, it is thought, had his mind seriously impaired.
Donoho School 1939 – 1940
Shown are students at Donoho School during the last year the school was in service. The school was located in District Number One at the intersection of Glover Road, Donoho Levee Road and Austin Springs Road.
Students shown are (L-R):
- first row – E.D. McClain, Howard Fagan, Hermon Mitchell and John Turbeville
- second row – Valda Jean Turbeville, Mattie McClain, Francis Davis and Viola Suiter
- third row – Edna Earl Dublin
- fourth row – Helen Henderson, Ruth Mitchell, Mildred Davis and Imogene Henderson
- top of photo – Florence Mary Donoho, who served as school teacher during the final year of service at Donoho School.
Cheese Factory – 1923
This was big news for Palmersville in 1923 and even made it into the Nashville Tennessean on March 25th:
Credit to County Agent R. E. Ellis!
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