Christopher Gist High School
Christopher Gist High School
Schools in Pound
Christopher Gist High School Awards 55 Year Diplomas to the Class of 1953
Re-Graduation With Honors
Christopher Gist High School Class of 1953,
already famous for being the last and best ever to
graduate from historic CGHS, now becomes the only class
in the History of Virginia to graduate twice.
On Saturday, May 31, 2008, fifty-five years after
graduating from Christopher Gist High School, the CGHS
Class of '53 returned to "ground zero" of their high
school experience, the "Old CGHS Building", now Pound
Town Hall. Many of the classmates were surprised to
learn that the centerpiece of the evening's program
would be their re-graduation with honors from their high
school alma mater.
The Class of '53 Life Achievement Awards
Committee, headed by Zell and Ben Rector, cited input
from a number of classmates, careful evaluation of the
exemplary lives evidenced by classmates, and examination
of educational practices sanctioned by the Commonwealth
of Virginia as their bases for this unprecedented
action. Zell Rector explained, "Re-graduation with
honors gives visible, meaningful recognition of the
extraordinary contributions this class has made to life
on the North American Continent over the past fifty-five
years."
Diplomas conferring graduation
from "Regular High School with Honors"
Were
awarded to the following students (some in absentia):
| Rita Sturgill Addington | Wanda Meade |
| Ethel Carter Baker | Almeda Stidham Mills |
| Juanita Meade Banks | Barbara Sutphin Mullins |
| Frances Carter Boring | Benetta Baker Mullins |
| Betty Sue Bolling Brown • | James Douglas Mullins |
| Mary Ann Countiss | Ozella Killen Rector |
| Carden-Sharp | Carson N. Robinson |
| Ronald Lee Cox | Shelby Selvey Shortt |
| Marie Sheppard Horne | Kenneth G. Stallard |
| Loretta Hampton Howard | Ada Sue Robinson Stanley |
| Huilet Hubbard • | Joan Meade Stewart |
| Margaret Stidham Kirby. | Bobby Joe Varner |
| Wilma Riddle Lambert | Paul Scott West |
| Johnnie Ruth Adams Maggard | Phyllis Bolling Williams |
Congratualations to the Honorees of the CGHS Class of 1953!
