{"id":241,"date":"2012-03-05T19:23:40","date_gmt":"2012-03-06T01:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/?page_id=241"},"modified":"2025-07-26T14:47:33","modified_gmt":"2025-07-26T18:47:33","slug":"school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/school\/","title":{"rendered":"School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">High Schools<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/decatur-county-high-school\/\">Decatur County High School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/decatur-county-high-school\/\">Decaturville High School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/parsons-high-school\/\">Parsons High School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/riverside-high-school\/\">Riverside High School<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/yesterday_decatur\/phschool.html\">Abandoned Pleasant Hill School Building (1981)<\/a> (photograph)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnyesterday.com\/schools\/decatur\/beacon\/beacon.html\">Beacon School &#8211; 1945 and 2008<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/books\/action2\/school-8.html\">Bear Creek School Has Colorful History<\/a>, Lillye Younger<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/bunches-chapel-1956\/\">Bunches Chapel &#8211; 1956<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/yesterday_decatur\/davis_ss\/davis_school.html\">Davis School House &#8211; 1915<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnyesterday.com\/schools\/decatur\/crowder\/crowder_reunions\/chs94-01.html\">DCTS\/CHS Reunion 1994<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"DCHS Fires \u2013 1956\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/dchs-fires-1956\/\">DCHS Fires &#8211; 1956<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnyesterday.com\/schools\/decatur\/dhs\/1939\/dchs39.html\">Decatur County High School Football Team 1939<\/a> (photograph)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnyesterday.com\/schools\/decatur\/dhs\/1943\/small.shtm\">Decatur County High School Class of 1943<\/a> (photographs)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnyesterday.com\/schools\/decatur\/dhs\/1948\/small.shtm\">Decatur County High School Class of 1948<\/a> (composite photo)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/books\/younger\/y07.html\">Decatur County Schools<\/a>, Lillye Younger*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/decaturville-high-school-1889\/\">Decaturville High School &#8211; 1889<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/yesterday_decatur\/stout_music.html\">Decaturville Music Class &#8211; circa 1905<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/books\/younger\/y07b.html\">Photographs<\/a> (large file; may be too slow for modem users)*<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnyesterday.com\/schools\/decatur\/crowder\/crowder_reunions\/chs92.html\">Decatur County Training School\/Crowder High School Reunion 1992<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Decaturville College Fire\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/decaturville-college-fire\/\">Decaturville College Fire<\/a> &#8211; 1881<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/books\/action2\/school-6.html\">Educational Changes in Decatur County Since 1927<\/a>, C. A. Palmer<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/books\/action2\/school-5.html\">The First School in Parsons, Tennessee<\/a>, Lillye Younger<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnyesterday.com\/yesterday_henderson\/shcolreu.html\">Former Students of College Meet Sunday; Reunion May Be Last for Tucker<\/a>,<em> Lexington Progress<\/em> (Scotts Hill College)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lancaster School\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/lancaster-school\/\">Lancaster School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/books\/action2\/school-4.html\">Mt. Tabor School<\/a>, Lillye Younger<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/books\/action2\/school-9.html\">&#8220;Miss Allie Mae&#8221; Retires After 46 years as Educator<\/a>, Lillye Younger<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnyesterday.com\/schools\/henderson\/mhs\/MONTGOMERY_HS.html\">Montgomery High School Home Page<\/a> (Though Montgomery High School is in Lexington, black students from Decatur County went there in the 1940s when the Decatur County Training School in Decaturville ceased to offer a high school curriculum.)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/yesterday_decatur\/mt_nebo\/mtnebo.html\">Mt. Nebo School<\/a> (photograph)<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Parents and Teachers Tour Decaturville School\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/decaturville-pta-meets\/\">Parents and Teachers Tour Decaturville School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Parsons High School Football Team \u2013 1948\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/phs-football-1948\/\">Parsons High School Football Team &#8211; 1948<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/phs-band-1956\/\">Parsons High School Band &#8211; circa 1955<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/yesterday_decatur\/pleasant_grove\/pleasant_grove.html\">Pleasant Grove (Lancaster) School<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/yesterday_decatur\/c-boyd.html\">My Years Teaching at Decatur County Training School<\/a>, Dr. Currie Porter Boyd<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/books\/action2\/school-1.html\">Schools<\/a>, Lillye Younger<\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scott Hill, TN School Buses Collide, June 1937\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/buses-1937\/\">Scott Hill, TN School Buses Collide, June 1937<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tnyesterday.com\/schools\/henderson\/scotts_hill_college\/INDEX.html\">Scotts Hill College<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Scotts Hill High School Class Pictures\" href=\"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/shhs-pictures\/\">Scotts Hill High School Class Pictures<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/decaturtn\/yesterday_decatur\/veteto\/vocal.html\">Veteto&#8217;s Vocal Music School, Bath Springs, TN 1913<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>High Schools Decatur County High School Decaturville High School Parsons High School Riverside High School &nbsp; Abandoned Pleasant Hill School Building (1981) (photograph) Beacon School &#8211; 1945 and 2008 Bear Creek School Has Colorful History, Lillye Younger Bunches Chapel &#8211; 1956 Davis School House &#8211;&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"advgb_blocks_editor_width":"","advgb_blocks_columns_visual_guide":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-241","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/author\/","display_name":""},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 14 years ago","modified":"Updated 9 months ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on March 5, 2012","modified":"Updated on July 26, 2025"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on March 5, 2012 7:23 pm","modified":"Updated on July 26, 2025 2:47 pm"},"featured_img_caption":"","featured_img":false,"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4045,"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/241\/revisions\/4045"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tngenweb.org\/decatur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}