Decaturville High School

Decatur County High School – 1928

Decaturville Academy was the first school in Decaturville and dates from the forming of the county in 1846. Lot 99 was set aside in the original Decaturville plat for this purpose. Around 1909, the first wooden structure was erected on the Perryville – Decaturville Road in the location that was to become Decatur County High School. The first brick structure was built around 1911 and expanded in 1928. The 1922 class is the first graduating class of record but there were no doubt earlier graduates.

The gymnasium was added around 1941 using WPA labor. The first football team was organized in 1927 with C. A. Palmer serving as coach. Players were: Dee Johnson, Hubert Maners, Fred Dixon, Grady Averett, Frank Adair, Hobart Johnson, J.R. (Kinky) Laster, Alvin Myracle, William C. Stout, Luther Jones and Joe Quinn.

Decatur County High School operated until it became Decaturville High School with the 1957 – 1958 school year. The renaming was coincident with the move to a new building to replace the original building that burned in December of 1956. Classes were held to complete the 1956-1957 at various locations around Decaturville including store fronts and churches until the new building was completed.

Prior to 1957, the school was called Decatur County High School as well as Decaturville High School. The names seemed to have been interchangeable for many years. The origins of the Decatur County High School name is not known since it seems to have opened about the same time as Parsons High School.

Decaturville High School was consolidated into Riverside High School with the 1965 – 1966 school year. The school building is now utilized for Decaturville Elementary School.

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History

People

Annuals

1938 Annual – first DCHS annual published!
1939 Annual
1940 Annual
1941 Annual
1942 Annual
1943 Annual
1944 Annual
1948 Annual – not published
1949 Annual – not published
1950 Annual – not published
1951 Annual – not published
1952 Annual – not published
1953 Annual – not published
1954 Annual – not published
1955 Annual – not published due to school burning
1956 Annual – not published
1957 Annual – not published
1958 Annual
1959 Annual
1960 Annual
1961 Annual
1962 Annual
1963 Annual
1964 Annual
1965 Annual

Classes and Reunions

Class of 1937 – photograph
Class of 1938 – photograph
Class of 1939 – photograph
Class of 1940 – photograph
Class of 1941 – photograph
Class of 1941 – 31st Reunion
Class of 1942 – photograph
Class of 1943 – photograph
Class of 1944 – photograph
Class of 1946 – photograph
Class of 1947 – photograph
Class of 1947 – graduation photograph
Class of 1948 – photograph
Class of 1949 – photograph
Class of 1950 – photograph
Class of 1951 – photograph
Class of 1952 – photograph
Class of 1953 – photograph
Class of 1954 – photograph
Class of 1955 – photograph
Class of 1956 – photograph
Class of 1956 with sponsor
Class of 1956 – 35 Year Reunion
Class of 1957 – photograph
Class of 1958 – photograph
Class of 1959 – photograph
Class of 1960 – photograph
Class of 1960 – 20 Year Reunion
Class of 1960 – 35 Year Reunion
Class of 1960 – 40 Year Reunion
Class of 1961 – photograph
Class of 1962 commencement program
Class of 1963 – photograph
Class of 1964 – photograph
Class of 1965 – photograph
Class of 1965 – commencement program
Class of 1965 – 15 Year Reunion
Class of 1965 – 20 Year Reunion
Class of 1965 – 25 Year Reunion
Class of 1965 – 40 Year Reunion

Sports

DCHS Football – circa 1932 – photograph
DCHS Football Team 1939 – photograph
Lady Ramblers – 1953/1954 – photograph
Lady Ramblers – 1955/1956 – photograph
Parsons vs. Decaturville, Oct 25, 1963 – program
County’s First Football Team Has Reunion