Schools
The following lists are included in the book, Mount Vernon, Texas, Graduating Classes, 1902-1960: MVHS, MVJH, and Franklin Institute, Including Teachers, compiled by Franklin County Genealogical Society member Phyllis Brown. The book is now available for purchase; for more details, please visit our Franklin County Titles page. If anyone knows the names of the missing valedictorians and salutatorians, please contact Phyllis at
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| 1900s-1920s | 1930s-1950s | 1960s-1980s | 1990s- |
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1900s - 1920s |
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| 1907-08 | Ellen Nance (Franklin Institute) | Arvel White (Franklin Institute) | ||
| 1908-09 | Colen Penelope Hamilton (Franklin Institute) | Vida Tittle (Franklin Institute) | ||
| 1912-13 | William Jackson Miller | Ethel Mae Morris | ||
| 1913-14 | Guy Amsden Tittle | Gladys Blasingame | ||
| 1914-15 | Milton Scott Heywood | Valerie Fleming | ||
| 1915-16 | Geraldine Hill | Ollie Gill | ||
| 1916-17 | Ruth Tabor Devall | Ella Ruth Cox | ||
| 1917-18 | Albert Huey Laws | Purvis Laws | ||
| 1918-19 | Lucile Shurtleff / Elton Hinnant | Leta Bess Wilkins | ||
| 1919-20 | Thelma McAuley | Eoline Stanley | Roba M. Vinyard | Sally Eugenia Pledger |
| 1920-21 | Ruby Stripling | Inice Gandy | ||
| 1921-22 | Laura Lou Petty | Mary Grace Moore | ||
| 1922-23 | Mildred Ruth Moore | Virginia G. Knox | ||
| 1923-24 | Rosa Irene Merrill | Lenore Gertrude Morris | ||
| 1924-25 | Ivey Lucille Hicks | Charles Klingman Devall | Mary Dupree | James Merle Caudle |
| 1925-26 | Ruby Alma Lee | Juanita Gafford | Jesse Lewis Evans, Jr. | Lester Charles Rouse, Jr. |
| 1926-27 | Elma Gertrude Smith | Faye Chandler | Kemper Alspaugh Zercher | Helen Eugenia Rees |
| 1927-28 | Edna Earl Lowry | Rilla Kathryn Petty | Sarah Elizabeth Tittle | Melba Gwynn Majors |
| 1928-29 | Mary Dupree | Bernice Louise Fuquay | Charles R. Rutherford | William Joseph Moore, Jr. |
| 1929-30 | NO NEWSPAPER | |||
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1930s - 1950s |
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| 1930-31 | Leta Elizabeth Bennett | Frances Arnold | Jabez Galt | Mary Iva Weatherford |
| 1931-32 | Melba Gwynn Majors | Sarah Elizabeth Tittle | Henry Lewis Gist, Jr. | Joy Tinker |
| 1932-33 | Ovella Wiler | Kathrine Morgan | Hugh Conly Shurtleff | Virginia McDowell |
| 1933-34 | Laura Blix Long | Mary Jim Bolin | Dorothy Nell Penn | Charles Thomas Bruce |
| 1934-35 | Mary Iva Weatherford | Jabez Galt | Weldon Brewer | Mary McAuley |
| 1935-36 | Carrie Christine Newsom | Henry Lewis Gist, Jr. | Mary Kathryn Lyon | Martha Gene Galt |
| 1936-37 | Hugh Conly Shurtleff | Opal Fay Hunnicutt | Lillian Hague | Frances Lou Shurtleff |
| 1937-38 | Mildred Hague | Charles Thomas Bruce | Milton Loyd Johnson | Dee Yancey Moore |
| 1938-39 | Maxine McDowell | Mary Xantha Stinson | Martha Lynn Bell | Margie Evelyn Woods |
| 1939-40 | Martha Gene Galt | Roy Vertice "Pete" Johnson | NO NEWSPAPER | |
| 1940-41 | Lillian Ruth Hague | Dorothy Grace Grau | Patsy Jane Moore | Charles Alton Shurtleff |
| 1941-42 | Billy Joe Parnell | Milton Loyd Johnson | Mary Paralee Long | Melissa Hague |
| 1942-43 | Martha Lynn Bell | Wanda Nell Draper | Olan Ray Brewer | Gene Fleming |
| 1943-44 | Martha Jane Teague | J. B. Lowry | Gayle Tinsley | Weldon Glynn Swinford |
| 1944-45 | NO NEWSPAPER | |||
| 1945-46 | Mary Paralee Long | Melissa Hague | Cynthia Lou Moulton | Constance Joan Dickerson |
| 1946-47 | Olan Ray Brewer | Sarah Nan Anderson | Billy Frank Groom | Betty Jane Stephens |
| 1947-48 | Charles Lewis Lowry | Rosemary Carroll | Nannie Lou Mann | Foy Jean Tinsley |
| 1948-49 | Patsy Bogue | Mary Frances Hays | Katherine Moore | Maxine McGill |
| 1949-50 | Cynthia Lou Moulton | Anna Louise Draper | Donald Gene Jumper | Sue Ellen Brakebill |
| 1950-51 | Billy Lou South | Betty Jane Stephens | James H. "Jimmy" St. Clair | Olyarie Newsome |
| 1951-52 | Foy Jean Tinsley | Jerry Holmes | Jean Elceone Black | Hilda Johnson |
| 1952-53 | Maxine McGill | Dorothy Jean Harper | Don Edward Campbell | Lanora Moore |
| 1953-54 | Donald Gene Jumper | Robbie Davis | Jackie Canaday | Lindon Joe Parrish |
| 1954-55 | Marcellia Sue Banks | James H. "Jimmy" St. Clair | Minnie Jane Glover | Edna Irene Edwards |
| 1955-56 | Jean Elceone Black | Edna Earl Davis | Donald Carrell | Wanda Wyneda Banks |
| 1956-57 | Faye Lynn Chitwood | David Jack Bolger | Carole Annette Campbell | Edna Joan Zachary |
| 1957-58 | David Hill Stinson | Jackie Canaday | Gary Sloan | Jimmy Stringer |
| 1958-59 | Minnie Jane Glover | Billy Wayne Shafer | Sandra Kay Corley | Diane Loftis |
| 1959-60 | Charles Shafer | Patricia Ann "Pat" Bass | Melba Ethridge | Barbara Glover |
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1960s - 1980s |
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| 1960-61 | Edna Hunnicutt | Joy Kite | Martha Stone | Ralph Robertson |
| 1961-62 | Jimmy Stringer | Danny Raley | Monty Newsom | Mary Carolyn Robertson |
| 1962-63 | Diane Loftis | Zelda Tedder | Barbara Griffith | Larkin Tom |
| 1963-64 | Marilyn Grau | Melba (Ethridge) Spann | Lynda Brinlee | Cynthia Loftis |
| 1964-65 | Gail Gilbert | Dwayne Puckett | Billy Frank Hicks | Janet Glover |
| 1965-66 | Monty Newsom | Mary Carolyn Robertson | Virginia Ball | Jackie Thiele |
| 1966-67 | Dianne Carey | Larkin Tom | Johnny Hicks | Mary Jane Seay |
| 1967-68 | Lynda Brinlee | Randy Jennings | Dennis Jordan | Neva Mills |
| 1968-69 | Lynn Reynolds | Len Lowry | Jan Banman | Nancy Slaughter |
| 1969-70 | Virginia Ball | Danny Stribling | Anthony Bolin | Bobby Stinson |
| 1970-71 | Mary Jane Seay | Johnny Hicks | Sarah Hightower | Jolene Bass |
| 1971-72 | Neva Mills | Dennis Jordan | Ronnie Stretcher | Melinda Rogers |
| 1972-73 | Jan Banman | Kenneth Carrell | Lela Maxton | Cris Sparks |
| 1973-74 | Ruth Lester | Bobby Stinson | Danny Campbell | Brad Lowry |
| 1974-75 | Annette Gilbert | Sarah Hightower | Johnny DeBusk | Billy Easley |
| 1975-76 | Ronnie Stretcher | David Maxton | Sally Wright | Martha Walling |
| 1976-77 | Donald Carr | Lela Maxton | Jo Dale Carruthers | Cindy Rhoades |
| 1977-78 | Lisa Linn Skidmore | Kristen Linn Killebrew | Joy Carr | Karen Malone |
| 1978-79 | Billy Easley | Tim Bass | Kenneth Killebrew | Susan Pickens |
| 1979-80 | Carmen Campbell | Ginger Killebrew | James "Jimmy" Laughton | Jana Arnold |
| 1980-81 | Cindy Rhoades | Betsy Lynn Johnson | Latisha Campbell | Debra "Debbie" Rhoades |
| 1981-82 | Andra Bolin | Debra West | Seanda Barrett | Cathy Langfitt |
| 1982-83 | Kenneth Killebrew | Debra Barr | Patricia Hackney | Shelley Little |
| 1983-84 | James "Jimmy" Laughton | Eric Eakin | Jennifer Johnson | Valissa Ann Dunlap |
| 1984-85 | Latisha Campbell | Debra "Debbie" Rhoades | Matt Gibbs | Amy Seay |
| 1985-86 | Travis Johnson | Seanda Barrett | Byron Cox | Elaine Robinson |
| 1986-87 | Arthur Chen | Julie Wood | Tonya Harper | Jeremy Wood |
| 1987-88 | Valissa Ann Dunlap | James Wood | Joey Hyman | Sandra Piefer |
| 1988-89 | Matt Gibbs | Amy Seay | Barry Baughier | Sylvia Morris |
| 1989-90 | Elaine Robinson | Patrick Edwards | Stephanie Taylor | Noel Piefer |
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1990s - |
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| 1990-91 | Tonya Harper | Jeremy Wood | Elaine Pryor | Jeremy Gore |
| 1991-92 | Sandra Piefer | Joey Hyman | Jeffrey M. Davis | Laura B. Butler |
| 1992-93 | Sylvia Morris | Barry Baughier | Eve Puckett | Danielle Wright |
| 1993-94 | Stephanie Taylor | David Robertson | Nolan Finch | Dustin Wyatt |
| 1994-95 | Chris Kent / Scott McCuine | none | Matthew Walker | Niki Webber |
| 1995-96 | Jeffrey M. Davis | Steve Ferguson | Nelleke Plantinga / Courtney C. Stinson |
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| 1996-97 | Rhonda L. Collins | Karen A. Barker | Amanda Smith | Ashley Allen |
| 1997-98 | Megan Skelly | Julie Eggleston | Benjamin R. Walker | Emily Blevins |
| 1998-99 | Matthew Walker | Siram Singaperumal | Kristen J. Stinson | William M. "Billy" Drabble |
| 1999-00 | Halli Carr | Courtney C. Stinson | Courey Marshall | Andrew Solomon |
| 2000-01 | Amanda Smith | Ashley Allen | Jo Layne Skillman | Courtney Christenberry / Nettie Detweiler |
| 2001-02 | Benjamin R. Walker | Sarah Eggleston | Janessa Malone | Marrisa Garcia |
| 2002-03 | Kristen J. Stinson | William M. "Billy" Drabble | Caitlin Inman | David Lynn Stotts |
| 2003-04 | Emily Rebekah Wade | Brittany Scott | Cecily Hooper | Caleb Bell |
| 2004-05 | Jo Layne Skillman | Courtney Christenberry | Kelsey Whitlock | Cristy Whitlock |
| 2005-06 | Janessa Alyse Malone | Leigh Anne Pearson | Hannah Golden | Chelsey Huizinga |
| 2006-07 | David Lynn Stotts | Natalie Michelle Overstreet | Austin Arnett | Katelyn James |
| 2007-08 | Cecily Hooper | Adriana Lopez | Zachary Buck | Chelsea Applegate |
| 2008-09 | Kelsey Rene Whitlock | Cristy Lynne Whitlock | Baukje Talsma | Emily Lawrence |
| 2009-10 | Hannah Golden | Brittany Everitt | Alexa Marquardt | Jessica Velazquez |
| 2010-11 | Austin Arnett | Katelyn James | Chelsea Napper | Katelyn Halter |
| 2011-12 | Jeremy Lyon | Zachary Buck | Marshall Wayne Sweeden | Kathleen Ann Gekiere |
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