Known African American Residents of Oxford (Deceased)
Born After 1900
Assembled by Professor Mark Auslander and his students during the development of the exhibition, "A Dream Deferred: African Americans at Emory and Oxford Colleges, 1836-1865" at the Hoke O’Kelly Library, January 2001 and is reproduced here by permission.
Mrs. Willie Florence Alexander 1906-2000
La Juan Ambler, Jr. 2000-2000
Charles Avery 1972-1972
Clifford Baker (unknown)
James Belcher 1918-1983
Clydia Benton ? - 1947
Legree H. Boswell 1925-1994
Annie Sue Brown 1906-1949
Leon Delano Brown 1920-1973
Ralph Gaither Brown 1915-1977
Lackie Bryant ? - 1965
Sims “Dude” Bryant ? - 1959
William Bryant (unknown)
Josh B. Burke 1927-1959
Ethel L. White Cobb (unknown)
Eric B. Cody 1981-1996
John Wesley Cody 1925-1979
Mary L. Coleman 1907-1995
Ray Coleman 1900-1984
Willie Roe Coleman, Sr. 1921-1985
Francis L. Collins 1947-1992
Israel Cook ? - 1952
David Cooksey, Jr. 1982-1984
Lula Cullins ? - 1975
Leroy Davis 1921-1957
Grace Hammonds Dixon 1928-1952
Beatrice Dobbs 1918-1972
Charlotte Dobbs ? - 1953
George Dobbs, Jr. 1918-1977
Ruth Juanita G. Driskell 1910-1945
George Elliot 1919-1980
Nathaniel Elliot 1916-1976
Willie Maude Elliot 1921-1992
Flossie Wade Epps 1907-1990
Buck Gaither 1908-1977
Rev. Clifford Gaither ? - 1974
Eloise Gaither 1901-1984
Henry Gaither ? - 1960
Henry F. Gaither 1909-1992
Herbert Gaither ? - 1913
Lucy Gaither ? - 1979
Lucy M. Gaither 1908-1995
Minnie Gaither 1912-1996
Rochell Gaither, Jr. 1928-1966
Thomas Gaither ? - 1911
Tommie Gaither 1916-1964
Willie Gaither 1900-1995
Lizzie Mae Gilstrap 1951-1986
Ophelia Gilstrap 1923-1991
Sammie Gilstrap 1909-1980
Olie May Glover 1909-1988
Emma Godfrey 1908-1988
Hibbler Godfrey Sr. 1902-1991
Sylvestra Godfrey 1901-1950
Jesse B. Graves 1908-1991
Sadie Green 1903-1995
Bessie Griffin 1914~1929
Henry Griffin Sr. 1914-1991
Marvin Hammonds 1909-1964
John Hanley (unknown)
Mamie Lou Harris 1901-1976
Charles Hayes 1945-1998
Nancy Hayes 1920-1980
Rosa Hayes ? - 1937
Cynthia Gaither Henderson 1960-1992
John Clark Henderson 1937-1995
John N. Henderson 1908-1975
William E. Hendrick 1916-1982
Jessie Hicks 1917-1988
John Evan Hope ? - ~1956
Annie Howard 1919-1995
Baby Carlos Jackson 1990-1990
Essie B. Johnson 1937-1974
Robert L. Joiner Sr. 1921-1980
Minnie Lee Jones 1921-1973
Rosa L. Jones ? - 1945
Willie G. Jones 1936-1983
J.B. Kelley 1908-1971
Addie Joe Key 1915-1986
Lottie King 1914-1995
Marion King 1939-1999
Henry A. Leslie 1906-1966
Floyd B. Mapp, Jr. 1915-1985
Samuel McKlurken ? - 2000
Sarah Osborne McCollom 1912-1985
Arbie McKnight 1932-1985
Emma Louise McKnight ? - 1957
Julia T. Mims 1907-1992
Cornelius Mitchell 1933-1969
Hudson Mitchell ? - 1952
Lelia Opheia Mitchell 1928-1965
Lorenzo Mitchell Sr. 1930-1996
Lottie M. Mitchell 1908-1992
Maggie Mitchell 1907-1972
Warren Richard Mitchell 1926-1988
Ida Mullin ? - 1928
Mattie B. Nolley 1914-1994
Luvada C. Perry 1916-1985
Mack Perry 1876-1976
Zack Perry (unknown)
Roberta Pierce 1901-1998
Laura Ponder (unknown)
Alfred Reese ? - 1956
Frannie Reese 1900-1976
Lester Reese 1921-1964
Walter Reese 1977-1981
Annie D. Roseberry (unknown)
Carl Roseberry Jr. 1913-1986
Ola Russell 1904-1974
Marie Elizabeth Shaw 1903-1982
William Shaw ? - 1924
Jack Shields 1918~1998
Elizabeth Shepherd 1901-1968
Charles Richard Smith ? - 1983
Claudine Smith 1914-1978
Earnest Lee Smith 1925-1993
Elizabeth Smith 1925-1995
Essie Baker Smith (unknown)
Leila Mae Strong 1904-1966
Nancy Sutton ? - 1941
Victoria B. Swanson (unknown)
Dorothy L. Terrell 1929-1992
Vera M. Thomas 1916-1969
William Thomas III 1914-1979
Daisy L. Usher 1918-1985
John Henry Usher 1920-1971
Annie Joyce Wade 1932-1964
John Bob Wade 1946-1968
Julia Wade (unknown)
Sarah Wade 1914-1977
Evelyn Williams 1910-1995
Lena Katie William 1910-1977
Fannie Wingfield (unknown)
Charles Wright 1920-1988
Corrie L. Wright 1904-1988
Evelyn Wright 1931~1998
Janie Bell Wright 1904-1991
John Wright 1910-1940
John D. Wright 1935-1994
Walter Wright 1937-1976
Albert B. Wyatt 1902-1976