This class photograph from Forest Hill Elementary School was taken in the 1975-76 school year, the year of the United States’ bicentennial or 200th anniversary. The year 2026 is the country’s semiquincentennial or 250th anniversary, commonly known as “America 250.” Pictured is Mr. Derald E. Hendry’s sixth-grade class. On the front row (from left) are Beth Hord, Karen Surratt, Rickey Avery, David Whitesell, Mike Davis, Timmy King, and Tim Smith. On the second row are Beth Driscoll, Shelley Ingram, Scott Bliss, Jim Winters, Scott Belch, Lisa Powell, Amy Kirk, Rebekah Branch, Scott Simpson, Melonie Barrier, Tersha Jones, Greg Peake, Hampton Pitts, and Lisa Franklin. On the back row are Hendry, Dale Butler, Todd Ledford, Denise Clark, Missy Stephens, Donna Thomas, Maria Smith, Jill Greenway, Lisa Connor, Allison Lookadoo, John Folger, and Scott Ralls. This image was submitted by Judy Baker to Picture Burke, a digital photograph preservation project of the N.C. Room of the Burke County Public Library.
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