In the days when each community had its own school, there was no lack of ballgames–or friendly community rivalry–in Lawrence County.

This picture shows the Deerfield School basketball teams of 1936.

From left, first row: Coach T.D. Rayfield, Edith Clayton Kidd, Virginia West Boyd, Virginia Whitehead Shivers.

Second row: Emona Burks Whitehead, Gwendolyn Bradley Peirson, Olen Clanton, Nettie West Barnett, U.V. Pennington George, Hillard Thigpen, Earnestine Kennedy Thornton.

Third row: Euell Burks, Auis Truitt Baker, Neal James, Pearline Dixon Methvin, Travis Orton, and Coach Emma Beard.