My memories of Piney Oakes Eleentary
On July 1 st , there was a reunion of the students of Piney Oakes Elementary School. This was an all-black school; that existed in Beckley that closed in 1972. Sharon’s class was the last class to officially graduate from then. It was a neighborhood school that was located on Terrill Street in Beckley in what is called “The Red Brush”. I didn’t attend the reunion, my dad had had a bad day at the hospital and I didn’t feel like socializing. I wanted to share my memories of Piney Oakes. I did name names in this document. This was my memories, others may have different memories. I just wanted t share mine. I went to Piney Oakes from August 1964 to 1969. The school consisted of six main classrooms and two classroom in what we called the tin buildings. It had offices, teachers lounge, lockers, kitchen and one of the room had a divider in it and was used as an auditorium and a portable stage for school assemblies and talent shows. School lunches when I went th...