The Lyerly High School Class of 1944 included, from left to right, (front row) Tennie Ruth Whisenant, Pearl Brooks, Helen Toles, Margaret Brewer, Betty Kellett, Jim Earl Reece, Herby Cook, Branson Gayler, and Virginia Abrams; (back row) Hugh Ballard, J.C. Jones, Raymond Gayler, George Gilbert Jr., Ralph Smith, Ralph Cook, Hobart Stallings Jr., Eugene Brown Sr., and Dwight Smith.
Photograph courtesy of Branson Gayler.