Oral history with Gaynette Flowers Pugh; 2009

Oral history.; Born on April 1, 1916, in Grove Hill, Alabama, Clark County, Mrs. Gaynette Cox Flowers Pugh was one of seven children born to Mr. George Cox Sr. and Mrs. Susie Alma Dickinson. When her mother was twenty-five years old, she died, and Mrs. Pugh and her siblings were reared by their grandmother and grandfather. As Mrs. Pugh grew up during the Depression, her grandmother was a schoolteacher, and her grandfather was a farmer, a blacksmith, and a saw mill worker. Mrs. Pugh began her education at a Rosenwald School in Alabama. Her education was interrupted when her grandmother became ill, and Mrs. Pugh cared for her. After her grandmother died, Mrs. Pugh returned to school, and she graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School in Gulfport, Mississippi. When she was nineteen years old, on November 30, 1937, she married Charles B. Flowers Sr. In 1947, that marriage ended in divorce, and on June 1, 1968, she married Richard Pugh. In 1966, Mrs. Pugh was employed by the Child Development Group of Mississippi as Field Program Advisor; she organized employees and supervised their teaching activities. She attended school in Alabama, and on May 29, 1977, she graduated from Bishop State Junior College in Mobile, Alabama. On June 7, 1981, she graduated from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. As a volunteer, she has tutored children in kindergarten through third grade, and she has served as a guidance counselor to teenagers in North Gulfport. She is a member of Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church, where she has been a Sunday school teacher, a choir member, and a youth director. She has served as secretary of the Gulfport branch of the NAACP and also of the Mobile, Alabama, branch where she has been a member of the executive board.

Oral history.; Born on April 1, 1916, in Grove Hill, Alabama, Clark County, Mrs. Gaynette Cox Flowers Pugh was one of seven children born to Mr. George Cox Sr. and Mrs. Susie Alma Dickinson. When her mother was twenty-five years old, she died, and Mrs. Pugh and her siblings were reared by their grandmother and grandfather. As Mrs. Pugh grew up during the Depression, her grandmother was a schoolteacher, and her grandfather was a farmer, a blacksmith, and a saw mill worker. Mrs. Pugh began her education at a Rosenwald School in Alabama. Her education was interrupted when her grandmother became ill, and Mrs. Pugh cared for her. After her grandmother died, Mrs. Pugh returned to school, and she graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School in Gulfport, Mississippi. When she was nineteen years old, on November 30, 1937, she married Charles B. Flowers Sr. In 1947, that marriage ended in divorce, and on June 1, 1968, she married Richard Pugh. In 1966, Mrs. Pugh was employed by the Child Development Group of Mississippi as Field Program Advisor; she organized employees and supervised their teaching activities. She attended school in Alabama, and on May 29, 1977, she graduated from Bishop State Junior College in Mobile, Alabama. On June 7, 1981, she graduated from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. As a volunteer, she has tutored children in kindergarten through third grade, and she has served as a guidance counselor to teenagers in North Gulfport. She is a member of Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church, where she has been a Sunday school teacher, a choir member, and a youth director. She has served as secretary of the Gulfport branch of the NAACP and also of the Mobile, Alabama, branch where she has been a member of the executive board.

Oral history.; Born on April 1, 1916, in Grove Hill, Alabama, Clark County, Mrs. Gaynette Cox Flowers Pugh was one of seven children born to Mr. George Cox Sr. and Mrs. Susie Alma Dickinson. When her mother was twenty-five years old, she died, and Mrs. Pugh and her siblings were reared by their grandmother and grandfather. As Mrs. Pugh grew up during the Depression, her grandmother was a schoolteacher, and her grandfather was a farmer, a blacksmith, and a saw mill worker. Mrs. Pugh began her education at a Rosenwald School in Alabama. Her education was interrupted when her grandmother became ill, and Mrs. Pugh cared for her. After her grandmother died, Mrs. Pugh returned to school, and she graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School in Gulfport, Mississippi. When she was nineteen years old, on November 30, 1937, she married Charles B. Flowers Sr. In 1947, that marriage ended in divorce, and on June 1, 1968, she married Richard Pugh. In 1966, Mrs. Pugh was employed by the Child Development Group of Mississippi as Field Program Advisor; she organized employees and supervised their teaching activities. She attended school in Alabama, and on May 29, 1977, she graduated from Bishop State Junior College in Mobile, Alabama. On June 7, 1981, she graduated from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. As a volunteer, she has tutored children in kindergarten through third grade, and she has served as a guidance counselor to teenagers in North Gulfport. She is a member of Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church, where she has been a Sunday school teacher, a choir member, and a youth director. She has served as secretary of the Gulfport branch of the NAACP and also of the Mobile, Alabama, branch where she has been a member of the executive board.

Oral history.; Born on April 1, 1916, in Grove Hill, Alabama, Clark County, Mrs. Gaynette Cox Flowers Pugh was one of seven children born to Mr. George Cox Sr. and Mrs. Susie Alma Dickinson. When her mother was twenty-five years old, she died, and Mrs. Pugh and her siblings were reared by their grandmother and grandfather. As Mrs. Pugh grew up during the Depression, her grandmother was a schoolteacher, and her grandfather was a farmer, a blacksmith, and a saw mill worker. Mrs. Pugh began her education at a Rosenwald School in Alabama. Her education was interrupted when her grandmother became ill, and Mrs. Pugh cared for her. After her grandmother died, Mrs. Pugh returned to school, and she graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School in Gulfport, Mississippi. When she was nineteen years old, on November 30, 1937, she married Charles B. Flowers Sr. In 1947, that marriage ended in divorce, and on June 1, 1968, she married Richard Pugh. In 1966, Mrs. Pugh was employed by the Child Development Group of Mississippi as Field Program Advisor; she organized employees and supervised their teaching activities. She attended school in Alabama, and on May 29, 1977, she graduated from Bishop State Junior College in Mobile, Alabama. On June 7, 1981, she graduated from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. As a volunteer, she has tutored children in kindergarten through third grade, and she has served as a guidance counselor to teenagers in North Gulfport. She is a member of Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church, where she has been a Sunday school teacher, a choir member, and a youth director. She has served as secretary of the Gulfport branch of the NAACP and also of the Mobile, Alabama, branch where she has been a member of the executive board.

Oral history.; Born on April 1, 1916, in Grove Hill, Alabama, Clark County, Mrs. Gaynette Cox Flowers Pugh was one of seven children born to Mr. George Cox Sr. and Mrs. Susie Alma Dickinson. When her mother was twenty-five years old, she died, and Mrs. Pugh and her siblings were reared by their grandmother and grandfather. As Mrs. Pugh grew up during the Depression, her grandmother was a schoolteacher, and her grandfather was a farmer, a blacksmith, and a saw mill worker. Mrs. Pugh began her education at a Rosenwald School in Alabama. Her education was interrupted when her grandmother became ill, and Mrs. Pugh cared for her. After her grandmother died, Mrs. Pugh returned to school, and she graduated from Thirty-third Avenue High School in Gulfport, Mississippi. When she was nineteen years old, on November 30, 1937, she married Charles B. Flowers Sr. In 1947, that marriage ended in divorce, and on June 1, 1968, she married Richard Pugh. In 1966, Mrs. Pugh was employed by the Child Development Group of Mississippi as Field Program Advisor; she organized employees and supervised their teaching activities. She attended school in Alabama, and on May 29, 1977, she graduated from Bishop State Junior College in Mobile, Alabama. On June 7, 1981, she graduated from the University of South Alabama in Mobile, Alabama. As a volunteer, she has tutored children in kindergarten through third grade, and she has served as a guidance counselor to teenagers in North Gulfport. She is a member of Greater Mount Olive Baptist Church, where she has been a Sunday school teacher, a choir member, and a youth director. She has served as secretary of the Gulfport branch of the NAACP and also of the Mobile, Alabama, branch where she has been a member of the executive board.