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Rock United Methodist Church, still in use today.

Pictured in this class are Bernice Reed and E. W. Reed. The teacher is Mrs. Hall. You may recognize some of these kids in the photo. Tommy Ernest, Patty Wright, some of the Eller’s, Belcher’s, etc. Yvonne Boyer. Not sure what year E. W. was born in 1939 and Bernie 1940) it looks like this might be 5th, 6th graders.

Rock Good Hope Baptist Church, still in use.

The Former Reed’s Store & Post Office.

Betty Sutherland home, former Rock Hospital.

Rock Elementary School after it closed. Note the Bluestone River in foreground at flood stage. A common occurrence!

Former home of Paul and Pauline Kelly in foreground. On the hill above is the former Parks, Vaughn and Ryan Lawrence,Jr. home and the Baptist Parsonage.

Rock Elementary School and old steel bridge. Later the bridge was torn down and replaced by a modern concrete bridge.

Taken on steps of Rock Baptist church. The men in the back row, left to right are, 1-unknown, 2-Earl Glass, 3-Bud Bailey, 4-Earl T. Presley, Sr., 5-Delbert Glass, 6-Rev. Jim Dunford, Pastor. Pearl Vest is in pink with glasses. Lois Kelly is in pink with green shirt. Virginia Glass is in the grey dress. The young boy in front of Pearl Vest is Scott Presley. Others unknown.

Former Parks, Vaughn, Ryan, Jr. and Dollie Mae Lawrence home.

Home of Pearl Vest in the summer time.

Former Scott home. Now home of Dino Pendergrass.

Mt. Grove Baptist Church, Browning Lambert Mountain

Former home of Ruby and Ryan M. Lawrence, Sr. Now home of Dollie and Ryan M. Lawrence, Jr

Former Peggy Hill and Doug Miller home . Now Linda Augustosky home

Osco and Mellie Keys home.This house was destroyed by fire on Feb. 22, 1997.

The former Kelly store. Now home of Russel, Phyliss and Samantha Kelly

Former Charlie Hughes home. Now home of the Black family

Blanche Vest and 4th grade class pose for their class picture on the front steps of Rock School. In the morning the bell was rung to start school and all students attending lined up on these steps and recited the Pledge of Allegance to the Flag of the United States of America. Blanch Vest was the Principal and taught 4th through 6th grade students.

Home of Nell and Patty Glass

Ducks on the Bluestone River at the rock cliff.

Barn on Cletus Walls property.

Pearl vest home. Pearl in road in background.

N&W railroad bridge over Wide Mouth Creek.

The former Ethel and Elsie Clark home, a leading family in Rock’s heyday.

Former Fred Earnest home, where a two story house used to have a store, church and apartments in it.

Former Reed home. Now Rita and Donald Pennington home

Crosstie wall and N&W RR car behind back yard of Pearl Vest’s home.

Roger Belcher home, fomer Dr. John Byrd’s home and office. Dr. Byrd also had an office in Montcalm to the left of the Pentecostal Church. That house is still there as well.

The Former Leonard Bailey General Store in its present state of disrepair.

Home of Pearl Vest.

Former home of Ruby and Ryan M. Lawrence, Sr. Now home of Dollie and Ryan M. Lawrence, Jr

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