Classes of 1897-1924

(+) indicates burial site

1897
Florence MESSIMER, Vance A. TWIGG, Wilbur W. TWIGG

1898
Agnes AGGLESON (Daytona Beach, FL 1972), Frank ELLIS

1899
Nettie TROUP (1881-1954 +Davis, WV)
Blanche TWIGG

1900
Davis High School changed to a three year course; no graduates in 1900.

1901
Isabel BULLIVANT, Winifred CRUIKSHANK, Arthur ESHELMAN, Mary GAITHER, Branson HARPER,  Elizabeth LAMBIE,  Pearl MEYER

1902
Pearle DIGMAN (1885-1978 +Davis, WV)
Tenna SHOCKEY (1884-1968),
Pearl TWIGG (10 Sep 1883-25 Aug 1965 +Davis, WV)
Rose WILLISON

1903
Blanche ALDERTON (Davis, WV 1972), Lynda AMLAW, Dolph FILLER, Bessie GOODSELL
Ethel
HARPER (1883-1956)
Grace HARPER (1886-1933)

Harold HOWARD, Viola INGRAM, Lulu MINEAR

1904
No graduates in 1904.

1905
Grace BAXTER (1777-1970 +Davis, WV)
Alice CORMANY (Belington, WV 1972), Edward CHRYSTAL
O. Howe
DIGMAN (1887-1918)

Karl LASHLEY, Margaret YEAGER                             

1906
Ethel DIGMAN (1912-1965 + Davis, WV)
Bayard HARR, Marjorie HENNING, Erra NOLAND 

1907
Ingaba CORMANY (d. 1969), Harmon KERR
Ethie MCCROSSIN (1890-1943, CA)
Jesse RIDDLE
Robert
RIDDLE (1886-1951)

Harry G. WHEAT

1908
Arta HITCHCOCK, Alice MCKELVEY, Velda NOLAND
Edna RYAN (1891-1931)
Helen WAFFER, Freida WILT

1909 
Cora ALDERTON (Haverhill, MA 1972), Maude FORSYTHE (Woodbridge, VA 1972), Verne HALL, Vera HALL (Clarksburg, WV 1972), Nellie HENDRICKSON
Dolly HARPER (1892-1919)
Myrtle JUDY(1891-1955)
Stella MUSE

1910
Daisy ALDERTON, Ora BEST (PA, 1972)
Marguerite CHRYSTAL (1883-1971 +Terra Alta, WV)
Flora FELTON, Edgar FELLER, Grace FREELAND, Samuel FOX, Frank HEISKELL, Bess HEISKELL, Hazel HOVERMALE
Weider INGRAM (1894-1942 +Davis, WV)
Irene MINEAR, Elsie PORTER
J. Curtis RAESE (1892-1994, Ft. Meyer, FL)
Nena SELL, Albert TILLSON\

 1911
Davis High School changed to a four year course; no graduates in 1911.

1912
Mabel CORNELIUS, Leslie DRAKE, Helen FOX

1913
Ova BURLEY, William J. CORMANY, Walter RIDDLE, Gail STRADER

1914
Martha BEST (CT 1972), Hazel BURLEY, Blanche DIGMAN (Cedar Rapids, IA 1972), Goldie FOX, Wilbur FISHER, Samuel LAMBIE, Agnes MCLEAN, Earl MUSE, Violet NOLAND (Sarasota, FL 1972)
Hugh RIDDLE (1893-1961)
Mary
RAESE (1895-1932)
Anna WALTZ (1896-1942)
Loring WINDLE (d. 1952, OH)

1915
Jessie BENNETT, Hazel CAMPBELL
Queenia FELLER (d. by 1972)
Mabel GOLIGHTLY (1895-1945)
William LAMBERT, Tillie MORELAND
Loretta MORELAND (d. by 1972)
Carl MCLEAN
Grey SMITH (28 May 1897-30 May 1979 +Davis, WV)
Zella SIPES (1896-1928)
Venna WINDLE (1895-1982, +Davis, WV)

1916
Ruth Virginia ALDERTON (15 Sep 1897-11 Aug 1990 +Davis, WV)
Herbert BOSLEY, Harry CAMPBELL, Karl DEAHL, Goldie KIDWELL (Lake Panasoffkee, FL 1972), Frank PATTERSON
Gilbert RIDDLE (1895-1969)
Eva
WILHELM (1898-1926 +Davis, WV)
Mae WHEELER (d. by 1972)
Wade WILSON

1917
Maude BURLEY, Mary BISHOP
Stuart COOPER (Oakland, MD)

Earl COLLINS, Rouss COLVIN, Florence DRAKE (Cumberland, MD 1972), Louise DENNISON, Philip FOX, Lola GEORGE, Smith HOCKMAN, Joseph HOFFMAN, Eulis HARMAN, Ruth LITZ (Davis, WV 1972), Edwin OLSON
Georgia PHELPS (1899-1971, Alderson,WV),
Hazel SIPES (1902-1941)
Earl SPREADBURY, Millard WILSON
Lily WALTZ (28 Jul 1897-30 Oct 1971, Las Cruces, NM)
 Dorothy WEAVER

 1918
Audrey IDEN (d. Mt. Lake Park, MD by 1972)
Robert
LANTZ, Catherine LAMBERT, Gladys MORELAND, Edith MCCAULEY (Rainelle, WV 1972), Virginia RAESE (St. Petersburg, FL 1972), Harry SNYDER
Ira Daniel WALTZ (8 Jun 1899-25 Apr 1968, MT)

1919
Georgia ARNOLD, Eliose BEST, Emma BEST, Parker BUTT Jr., Edna FLANAGAN, Fred GOLIGHTLY, Marie HINKLE (Baltimore)
Satone INGRAM (1900-1930)
Fern LINEWEAVER, Dora MORELAND, Ella PARSONS (Davis, WV 1972)
Rose SMITH (1901-1962, Davis, WV)
Dale SMITH, Homer TAHNEY
Mamie VETTER(d. by 1972)

1920
Harold BATT
Anna BOGDONOVICH (1902-1992 +Mt. Calvary Cem., Thomas, WV)
James COOPER, Marguerite DUMAS, Bessie KIDWELL (Great Cacapon, WV 1972), Hallye LAWRENCE (St. College, PA 1972)
Mary MCLEAN (1901-1974 +Davis, WV)
Eunice MOUNTAIN (Hendersonville, NC 1972), Lenna STURM, Avilda THOMPSON, Selma PARSONS (Northfield, MN 1972), Marjorie OSBURNE, Helen WOLFE

1921
Belmont CLEAVER (1902-1974 +Davis, WV)
Fred CHAPMAN, Vernelda CLOSE, Viola CHERRINGTON (Cumberland, MD 1972), Genevieve EFFLAND (d. by 1972)
William GOLIGHTLY
Nellie
HOFFMAN (8 Jul 1903-9 Mar 1993 +Davis, WV)

Nora HOOVER
Josie IDEN (24 Nov 1902-Aug 1987, +Davis, WV)
Opal KIDWELL (m. 1932, E. Paul Stemple, graduated Shepherd College, teacher in Preston Co., d. 22 May 1992)
Gerald LANTZ, Chauncey MAY
Helen MONTGOMERY (d. by 1972)

Frances MORELAND
Hulda ORNDORFF (1902-1962)

Annabelle SNYDER, Genevieve SHOEMAKER,
Ben THOMPSON

Olive WALTZ (11 Sep 1903-Dec 1983, Arlington, VA)
Pearl
WINDLE (1902-1975 +Davis, WV)

Lena WISE (1903-1972 +Davis, WV)
Ruby WARNER (1903-1978 +Davis, WV)
Leo WORDEN

1922
Marie BLYSTONE, Lola BATT, Mary BOGDONOVICH, 3 Jul 1905-26 Oct 2005, Eleanor CAMPBELL (Fairmont, WV 1972)
 Opal CORNELIUS, Ridgeley, WV (27 Apr 1905-29 Sep 2002-see obit below)
 Edward DUMAS, Ruth HAMBY, Elizabeth HARPER, Mamie LOVING, Lynn LANTZ
Anna LAWRENCE (1904-2002, Davis, WV)
James MILLER, Frederick MEYER, Clive O'LEARY, Arnold OSBORNE, Elizabeth SNYDER

1923
Holmes ARNOLD(1903-1974 +Davis, WV)
Thelma BENNETT (Atlanta, GA 1972) , Elizabeth BENEDICT, Dorothy CHERRINGTON (Silver Springs, MD 1972), Marion DIEHL, Alfred DUMAS, Bonnie DICE, Stella FLANAGAN (OH 1972), Grace FLANAGAN (Baltimore, MD, and FL 1972), Russell HELMICK, Walter HESSLER, Maxwell HARPER
Delphia HARPER (d. by 1972)

Antionette LAMBERTH (Ridgely, WV 1972), William O'REILLY,
Albert THOMPSON (AR 1972)
, Naomi WILLIAMS (Martinsburg, WV 1972)
Horation
WILLIAMS (+Parsons, WV)

1924
Lillie ARONSON (1907-1988, Wood Co., WV)
Forest BOWMAN (1905-1981, + Petersturg WV see LINK page under BOWMAN)
Rosa Lee BATT (Louisville, TN 1972)
Ruby BOWMAN (b. 8 Feb 1908-d. 31 Dec 2004 see obituary below)

Virginia BURLEY, Thomas COOPER, Jessie COSNER
Virginia COOPER (1905-1968, +Davis, WV)
Mildred ERHARD, Tola FELLER, Porter GODWIN, Grace GOOD (Elkins, WV 1972), Catherine HODDLE, Virginia HARPER
Nellie IDEN (d. Oakland, MD by 1972)
, Lucian KIGHT, Kenneth KROPUT, Marjorie MRAMOR (Cleveland, OH 1972), Opal MAHLE (Parsons, WV 1972), Ruby MAHLE, Sallie OURS (Hagerstown, MD 1972), Edith PARSONS (St. Paul, MN 1972)
Elva RIGGLEMAN (d. 1969, Hopewell, VA)
Florence WALTZ (30 Dec 1907-17 Feb 1966, Youngstown, OH)

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Obituaries:

Opal G. Cornelius RIDGLEY Class of 1922: age 97, d. in Ridgley, WV, 29 Sep 2002, b. 27 Apr 1905, Davis, d/o William Cambridge Cornelius and Anna (Eshelman) Cornelius, m. Frank E. Ridgley. She taught school in Canaan Valley and Ridgley; retired from Kelly-Springfield Tire Company as a clerk in the accounting department. She was a member of Calvary United Methodist Church, and member of the Ridgeley Senior Citizens. Burial Hillcrest Burial Park.

Ruby Bowman YOOR, age 96: Morgantown, formerly of Wheeling, d. 31 Dec 2004, Ruby Memorial Hospital; bo. 8 Feb 1908, Davis, WV, d/o Philip Sheridan and Alice (Poling) BOWMAN; survivors include daughter Karen Yoor of Denver, CO, neices and nephews Jack and Myla Bowman, Morgantown, Ernest and Eileen Bowman of Waverly, OH, and Helen May and Robert DuBell of Cleveland, OH. Preceded in death by husband, Michael Yoor, and three brothers, Blair Bowman, Hagerstown, MD, Ernest Cosner Bowman of Toldedo, OH, and Forest Bowman of Petersburg; active member of St. Mark Lutheran in Wheeling, Daughters of the Nile, the Hillbilly Club, and Shrine Widows Club; body donated to Human Gift Registry, WVU; no memorial service; Hasting Funeral Home, Morgantown, in charge of arrangements. (Parsons Advocate Dec 2004)

Mary BOGNOVICH, 100, of Elkins, d. 19 Oct, Talbott Personal Care home, Belington; b. 23 Jul 1905, David, d/o John and Ann (BULIC) BOGNOVICH; Survivors: John Altieri, San Juan Capistrano , CA; preceded in death by  brother, John, and sisters, Anna and Martha E. Altieri; graduated fro Davis High  School, and  Fairmont State Teacher's College; taught elementary in Mongongalis Co.; member St. Brendan Catholic Church; Graveside services 22 Oct at Mt. Calvary Cem., in Thomas. (Parsons Advocate Dec 2005).

 

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