Carver-Hill School Staff
Mr. Marcus G Davis (Deceased)
Principal Carver-Hill School 1951-1969
The Carver-Hill School opened it’s doors in 1954 and serviced schoolchildren from kindergarten to high school. Up until 1962 every black high school student in Okaloosa County had to attend Carver-Hill School. When the school opened it was staffed with 18 teachers. It was hands-on. The teacher were hands-on. They pushed and pushed students to do their best. “I don’t think I’d be where I am or what I am today if it wasn’t for those teachers”, are common statements made by many Carver-Hill School students.
MEET THE ORIGINAL 18 TEACHERS 1955- They are (left to right) Mrs. Dorothy Paul (Deceased), Mrs. Lillie M. Covington, Mrs. Jane Bryant, Mrs. Florence Gilmore Hayes, Mrs. Caroline Baker Allen (Deceased), Mrs. Leona Boyer (Deceased), Mrs. Bessie Gilmore, Mrs. Lucille Hawkins Butler, Mr. Turner Covington, Mr. Samuel Allen, Mr. Rabon Boyer (Deceased), Mr. Elliott Freeman (Deceased, Mrs. L. Freeman (Deceased), Mrs. Lillian Davis (Deceased), Mrs. Mozelle Thomas (Deceased), Mrs. Mattie Smith Jones, Mr. Marcus G. Davis, Principal (Deceased) and Mrs. Dorothy Ealy (Deceased)
Charlie Hill
Charlie H. Hill, Educator and Civic Activist Mr. Charlie H. Hill was the first black to hold political office in Ft Walton Beach, Florida. He worked as a teacher, principal and attendance coordinator for the Okaloosa County School District. He served as principal at Brook Elementary School and Combs Hight School From 1953 to 1968. Most of those years were before county schools were intergrated in 1964. He was elected to Ft Walton Beach City Council in 1973 and served two (2) terms. At the time of his death, he was doing part-time consulting work and serving on the Okaloosa-Walton County College Board of Trustees.
Carver-Hill High School Returning Alumni Staff
Carver-Hill Alumni- Dwight Dewitt Baggett (Class 0f 1958), Novella Sylvania Lee Bagget (Class of 1960)