Midway community is located in western Dyer County: Heloise is located North and Chic is located South, this community was mid way between, hence the name of Midway. At one time the area was a small thriving community making their living off the land by farming and logging. The banks of the Mississippi were very near. The community had a cotton gin, which burned about 1938 and not replaced, two little grocery stores and a school. The school sat on about an acre which was donated by Robert Marion Willard. The school was a small, wood building - made into two rooms with a curtain-type divider in the center of the building. Grades 1-4 were taught in one room, 5-8 in the other, and in the earlier years by the same teacher. The school also served as a church, community center and other events: cake walks, plays and often singers and their bands would perform in the school building. The school would have on average 20-50 students in attendance. The school began in the 1920s. About 1952 or 1953 it burned and was never replaced.
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PARENT/RESPONSIBLE ADULT |
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Opal Alexander |
11/1/14 |
Rob Alexander |
Maggie Alexander |
3/8/17 |
Rob Alexander |
Alene Alexander |
3/2/19 |
Rob Alexander |
Annie Lee Alexander |
1921 |
Rob Alexander |
Estelle Alexander |
1923 |
Rob Alexander |
Ellen Alexander |
1925 |
C. C. Alexander |
Rhonette Anderson |
7/7/15 |
E. J. Anderson |
Juanita Arnold |
6/10/23 |
Henry Arnold |
Frances Beeding |
5/31/23 |
Pauline Willard |
Freddie Jean Biggers |
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Fred Biggers |
Eugene Bryant |
6/18/26 |
Robert Bryant |
Mary Sue Burns |
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Luther Burns |
Frances Brigance |
11/13/23 |
J. W. Brigance |
Allene Bennett |
6/21/20 |
J. A. Bennett |
Opal Kathleen Biggers |
8/2/25 |
R. E. Biggers |
Ina Mae Biggers |
1/31/17 |
Fred Biggers |
Dora Lynn Brigance |
5/31/15 |
Fred Biggers |
Lucille Biggers |
3/10/16 |
Fred Biggers |
Martha Bradley |
8/3/18 |
N. E. Bradley |
Mary Dean Bradley |
6/11/20 |
Edwin Bradley |
Mary Evelyn Carper |
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Will Carper |
Doris Lee Cole |
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Bertie Cole Harris |
Pauline Coleman |
12/20/28 |
W. Alfred Coleman |
Eugene Coleman |
8/12/23 |
W. Alfred Coleman |
Monette Connely |
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Bill & Opal Connely |
Jessie Connall |
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Clyde Connall |
Georgie Christian |
2/18/22 |
Ramsey & Clemmie Christian |
Allie Mae Curtis |
7/25/21 |
Maude Goad |
Savannah Connell |
3/7/15 |
W. T. Connell |
Bertha Connell |
9/15/11 |
W. T. Connell |
Doris Devasier |
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Louie Devasier |
Willie Jean Dowdye |
5/10/24 |
James Dowdye |
Doris Ellen Ennis |
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Frank Ennis |
Edna Ennis |
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Henry Ennis |
Frances Ennis |
1/6/24 |
John Ennis |
Jeweldean Ennis |
1/20/27 |
John Ennis |
Joyce Ennis |
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Frank Ennis |
Mary Doshee Ennis |
12/20/28 |
Henry Ennis |
Peggy Ennis |
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Claude Ennis |
Robbie Jean Ennis |
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John Ennis |
Martha Sue Enochs |
2/28/30 |
E. J. Enochs |
Betty Jean Farley |
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Ben & Ailene Farley |
Nora Foster |
1/13/22 |
Walter Foster |
Mary Foster |
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Walter Foster |
Anna Lee Foster |
3/20/26 |
Walter Foster |
Maxine Fletcher |
9/4 1921 |
W. M. Fletcher |
Edna Fletcher |
1/31/19 |
W. M. Fletcher |
Gladys Finley |
8/19/15 |
Allen Finley |
Willie D. Fortner |
1/10/18 |
E. W. Fortner |
Pauline Fletcher |
2/6/14 |
Ewing Fletcher |
Barbara Gay |
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Ferrel Gay |
Lena Mae Gay |
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Melton Gay |
Betty Fae Glozier |
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John Glozier |
Peggy Goad |
3/4/29 |
Maude Goad |
Bobbie Grizzle |
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Floyd Grizzle |
Jean Grizzle |
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John & Jessie Grizzle |
Reba June Grizzle |
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John & Jessie Grizzle |
Willie Sue George |
11/28/24 |
Mary Tirey (sister) |
Vennie Ruth Grizzle |
4/15/14 |
W. C. Grizzle |
Modene Hawkins |
3/27/25 |
John Hawkins |
Barbara Higgins |
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B. C. Higgins |
Imogene Higgins |
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B. C. Higgins |
Flossie Marie Howell |
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Pete Howell |
Violet Louise Howell |
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Pete Howell |
Frances Hudson |
8/1/25 |
Pete Hudson |
Dorothy Hawkins |
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Sam Hawkins |
Jane Holland |
10/22/22 |
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Shirley Henchy |
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Veeny Henchy |
Josephine Hosea |
9/12/16 |
Homer Hosea |
Maxine Hosea |
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Homer Hosea |
Maud Hosea |
8/15/21 |
Homer Hosea |
Moadone Hosea |
3/18/23 |
Homer Hosea |
Mary Martha Howell |
4/10/23 |
W. A. Carper |
Inez Hardwick |
11/8/14 |
Walter Hardwick |
Pattey Jo Howell |
9/16/15 |
W. A. Carper |
Patricia Hudson |
3/8/16 |
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Dela Hodges |
8/12/13 |
Tom Woods |
Dorothy Jean Jackson |
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Lester Jackson |
Edna Louise Junior |
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Jim Junior |
Mary Clara Jackson |
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Lester Jackson |
Virginia Johnson |
8/31/23 |
Joe Johnson |
Esther Johnson |
3/16/26 |
Joe Johnson |
Mary Sue Jackson |
8/6/29 |
Bill Jackson |
Christine James |
4/8/26 |
Murrow James |
Irene James |
8/2/19 |
Murrow James |
Magaleen James |
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Murrow James |
Bertha Jackson |
1/10/22 |
Lester Jackson |
Hildred Jones |
1/6/14 |
R. M. Willard |
Bertha Mae Joslin |
4/25/08 |
George Joslin |
Pat Lewis |
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Mary & Clifton Lewis |
Eula Margaret Loines |
7/21/13 |
James D. Loines |
Lorene Loines |
1/6/15 |
James D. Loines |
Dorothy Faye Lytte |
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Ed Lytte |
Virginia Lucas |
11/21/24 |
R. E. Lucas |
Pauline Lucas |
6/15/17 |
R. E. Lucas |
Lucille Lowe |
1/25/23 |
John Winchester |
Lorene Lott |
1/26/23 |
Dock Lott |
Betty Mancell |
6/30/25 |
John Mancell |
Marie Mancell |
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Bernice Mancell |
Christine Massey |
9/21/24 |
Dave Massey |
Irma Dale Massey |
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Dave Massey |
Madge Massey |
6/5/26 |
Dave Massey |
Rebecca Maynard |
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Luther Maynard |
Shirley Maynard |
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Luther Maynard |
Irma Dale Moody |
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Bill Moody |
Madie Moody |
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Bill Moody |
Modene Moody |
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Bill Moody |
Dovie Mae Moody |
6/6/26 |
Ether Moody |
Georgia Lee Moody |
4/13/28 |
Ether Moody |
Betty Jo Mustain |
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W. E. Mustain |
Mary Helen Myracle |
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W. D. Myracle |
Wilma Sue Myracle |
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Elsie Mancell |
6/6/26 |
John Mancell |
Mary Mancell |
3/17/22 |
John Mancell |
Selyne Medlin |
5/25/22 |
B. F. Medlin |
Eugene Moody |
4/8/25 |
C. Moody |
Louise Moody |
3/25/26 |
W. R. Moody |
Lotie Moody |
1/25/22 |
W. R. Moody |
Madrid Moore |
1926 |
Porter Moore |
Dixie Moore |
1924 |
Porter Moore |
Exie Mancel |
7/13/14 |
John Mancell |
Ludie McCormack |
4/18/22 |
C. E. McCormack |
Frances McCormack |
12/17/19 |
C. E. McCormack |
Mavis Jane Nolen |
10/14/19 |
Bertie Nolen |
Ester Neal |
11/27/11 |
T. J. Neal |
Oma Owens |
7/8/18 |
Robert Owens |
Leora Owens |
1922 |
H. N. Owens |
Edith Odle |
2/1/16 |
T. C. Odle |
Vernow Lucile Owens |
1926 |
H. N. Owens |
Juanita Pate |
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Bill Pate |
Montene Payne |
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W. T. Payne |
Betty Kate Perry |
6/18/30 |
Sumners Perry |
Betty Lucille Phillips |
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Ewell Phillips |
Camilla Delolis Pike |
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Will & Lyde Pike |
Arlene Powers |
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Calvin Powers |
Robbie Jean Pride |
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O. C. Pride |
Othie Pride |
10/15/22 |
O. C. Pride |
Connie Pylent |
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Charles Pylent |
Inez Pylent |
10/14/17 |
Della Pylent Loines |
Lois Philips |
10/4/22 |
W. E. Phillips |
Ruth Pearson |
11/3/21 |
Mattie Pearson |
Christine Pugh |
9/29/22 |
Ed Pugh |
Dorothy Pugh |
3/31/20 |
Ed Pugh |
Bernice Pugh |
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Ed Pugh |
Vara Lee Pennington |
5/14/19 |
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Gearldean Powers |
1/3/16 |
Doddy Powers |
Ruby Maxine Robertson |
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Claud Robertson |
Doris Russom |
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Frank Russom |
Mildred Russom |
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Frank Russom |
Lorene Reynolds |
6/17/25 |
J. W. Reynolds |
Louise Reynolds |
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J. W. Reynolds |
Georgie Riggins |
3/14/22 |
G. W. Riggins |
Martha Riggins |
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John Riggins |
Jewell Reddin |
1/12/17 |
I. J. Reddin |
Dorothy Reddin |
4/10/21 |
I. J. Reddin |
Robbie Jean Riggins |
2/8/30 |
G. W. Riggins |
Martha Sue Reeves |
1922 |
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Revinia Rogers |
2/1/14 |
M. T. Rogers |
Grace Rogers |
8/13/16 |
M. G. Rogers |
Erline Simenton |
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Henry Simenton |
Elsie Simpson |
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Johnny Simpson |
Geraldine Simpson |
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Johnny Simpson |
Betty Smith |
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O. B. Smith |
Louise Smith |
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O. B. Smith |
Estelle Stowe |
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Marion Stowe |
Frances Stowe |
5/18/28 |
Marion Stowe |
Frances Simenton |
3/18/23 |
Henry Simenton |
Ethel Sanders |
5/22/24 |
Walter Sanders |
Virginia Stephens |
1/15/26 |
Lyde Pike |
Joyce Strain |
2/4/29 |
Roscoe Strain |
Doris Strain |
7/28/26 |
Roscoe Strain |
Lorene Smith |
4/26/24 |
Will Smith |
Mary Sue Strait |
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Susie Stowe |
10/19/16 |
J. W. Stowe |
Beaulah Taylor |
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Horace Taylor |
Sara Taylor |
7/2/24 |
Horace Taylor |
Bertha Lou Tirey |
5/22/27 |
Odis Tirey |
Zodie Tirey |
9/28/28 |
Odis Tirey |
Wilma Tirey |
6/6/26 |
Kenny Tirey |
Lucille Turnbow |
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Arzell Turnbow |
Inez Tubbs |
5/1/22 |
Ina Mae Hicks |
Ledell Tidwell |
1/10/13 |
W. A. Tidwell |
Helen Walker |
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William Walker |
Charlene Willard |
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Robert M. 'Bill' Willard |
Christine Willard |
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Robert M. 'Bill' Willard |
Odessal Willard |
8/2/30 |
Robert M. 'Bill' Willard |
Nellie B. Willard |
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Robert Marion Willard |
Ruby Willard |
9/14/25 |
Robert Marion Willard |
Lois Wilson |
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Susie Wilson |
Patsy Wilson |
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Susie Wilson |
Virginia Wells |
2/28/30 |
Floyd Wells |
Anna Frances Williams |
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John Williams |
Olive Wells |
6/4/27 |
Elmer Owens |
Bernice Wells |
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Elmer Owens |
Mildred Weeks |
1927 |
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Virginia Mae Ward |
1924 |
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Evelyn Sue Ward |
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Jessie Walker |
12/28/14 |
R. Emmett Walker |
Opal Walker |
10/27/18 |
R. Emmett Walker |
Allie Mae Willis |
4/13/17 |
Adrian Willis |
Bonnie Weeks |
8/8/13 |
W. K. Weeks |
Evelyn Weeks |
9/9/15 |
W. K. Weeks |
Vesta Weeks |
9/4/18 |
W. K. Weeks |
Dorothy Weeks |
5/1/21 |
Bill Weeks |
Julia Yarbro |
9/23/24 |
Ethel Dixon |
Bettye Yarbro |
1/8/24 |
Ethel Dixon |
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