Friendship Quilt

Location Key	Click on the pictures to the left and those below for a larger view.
Our Quilt	Our Friendship Quilt	Signature or Friendship Quilts were mostly a nineteenth century phenomena. They served as a means of staying connected with friends and relatives before the advent of the telephone and the Internet. This symbolic craft has had peaks and valleys since its heyday in the 1840's and 50's and just barely survives into the 21st century. It is unfortunate that so very few of these "records" are being produced today.
This particular quilt was the prize in a drawing to raise money for Corbin High School and was raffled off at a Fall Festival in 1932. The winner, John Dillon, and his identical twin brother Bill went to Corbin High for a time before moving to Savannah, GA prior to their graduation. After John's death in March 2006 at age 89 the quilt was acquired from his son and daughter-in-law. We are indeed pleased that it has made its way back home to Corbin after so many, many years. The quilt measures 70 by 88 inches and has the names of many Corbin school children embroidered in red on its white squares. The squares have been stripped together with matching red fabric. Two of the squares have 12 names, one of which contains the names of the teachers of the time. Since married ladies could not teach school in the 30's one name in the A-3 block (Mrs Fowler) may have been the quilt maker. Our family members whose names appear on the quilt are indicated in red italics on the lists below. It is evident that this historical snapshot from the the time of the Great Depression has been treated with much care by Mr. Dillon. . . it's new caretakers will most assuredly treat it the same.
LOCATION KEY TO NAMES

A-1	A-2	A-3	A-4	A-5
Leona Ruggles	Cora Sams	Mrs Fowler	Robert Terrell	Bee Russell
Helen Olinger	Helen Samples	Elbert Ridener	Leota Taylor	Sally Root
Dorothy Lloyd	Ethel Tipton	Ruth Young	Jessie Taylor	Leota Taylor
Virginia Goodwin	Edith Hood	Norma Peace	Lowell Smith	Mabel Candy
Juanita Masters	Pauline Rogers	Seigle Kitts	Clara Evans	Evelyn Candy
Helen Routon	Leona Geizel	Leslie Pennington	Rosalie Young	Marge Smith
Wilmoth Masters	Leona Ruggles	Thelma Jones		Trucky Young
		Paul Johnson		Doody Upton
				Frances Herb
				Edna Lynch
				Titter Gibson
				Mary Webster
B-1	B-2	B-3	B-4	B-5
Grace Harp	Daniel Rowland	Marie Goins	Freeda Trosper	Georgia Greene
Raymond Jones	Mariana Lovelace	*Edgar Hacker*	Evelyn Sturgill	Leslie Reeves
Bill Elam	Dick Booker	Lora Black	Lucille Hensley	Wes Taylor
Thurman Worley	Margaret Yonce	Lela Cornn	Stanley McDaniel	Homer Watson
Doc Bolton	Bill Kirby	Thelma Jones	Earl Watkins	Gertrude Jones
Gladys Martin	Clancy Cox	Exie Sturgill	Kenneth Turner	Luther Cornn
Pap Lundy	Fate Smith	Aline Lawson	Emily Weldon	John Ellison
Sally Root	Hilda Rutledge	Gladys Johnson	Ruby Tallent	Otilla Burnette
C-1	C-2	C-3	C-4	C-5
Avery Hood	Glenn Wyrick	Dora Allen	Evelyn Kidd	Vernon Meadors
Mattie Holston	Alma Beck	Imogene Messer	Marie Marcum	Titter Gibson
Vera Lois Asher	Carlton Clark	Mae Ward	Mary B. Culton	James Smith
John Ellsion	Rod Reynolds	Martha Sullivan	Velma Reasor	Thomas Thurston
Annie Holston	Dub Shepherd	Louise Baker	*Ruth Babb*	Claude Blankenship
Virginia Nevels	Kat Mann	Ella Redmon	Hazel Olinger	Edith Hood
Russell Chadwell	Bailey Asher	Juanita Profit	Katherine Brown	*Lloyd Pennington*
Myrtle Owens	Margie Kirby	Laurine Lloyd		Bill Sumpter
D-1	D-2	D-3	D-4	D-5
Hobart Payne	Robert Peace	Ruby Tallent	Beulah Clark	Clyde Hodges
Opal Blankenship	Roy Taylor	Lorena Cornn	*Elizabeth Babb*	Marjorie Smith
Myrtle Blanton	Earl Turner	Frank Walker	Lucille Epperson	Thomas Ballard
Frank Walker	Ray Peace	Goldie Eaton	Mary B. Culton	Berlina Brown
Herbert Brummett	Marie Goins	Freeda Trosper	Herbert Brummett	James Russel
Reba Mullins	Kenneth Herren	Ruby Tallent	Dorothy Lloyd	Andrew Tipton
David Cockrell	Mildred Elam	Jennings Tallent	Virginia Goodwin	Marvin Hood
Lela Cornn	Bill Philips	Cleo Tallent	Leslie Morgan	Bill Russel
E-1	E-2	E-3	E-4	E-5
Oma Thompson	Ilene Mills	Marble Hart	Vera King	Ella Redmon
Aubrey Prewitt	Hobart Payne	R.C. Green	Rhoda McKeehan	Vivian Thomas
Bill Dillon	Evelyn Kidd	Josie Taylor	John Dillon	Robert Terrel
George Wyrick	Willine Chandler	James Watkins	Mary Mills	Harry Snyder
Ronald Wyrick	Judy Herron	Raymond Jones	Leslie Pennington	Voila Sharp
Hettie Cummins	Willie Thomas	Cecil Treadway	Ruby Mills	James Smith
Beulah Candy	Marie Marcum	Newman Sharp	Leslie Morgan	Thomas Thurston
Coy Petrey	*Mary E. Killinger*	Lloyd Jones	Eva Mae Bunch	Edna Dunn

F-1	F-2	F-3	F-4	F-5
Mr Hembree	Edmond Hurley	Lucille Sharp	Freeda Trosper	Thomas Young
Mr Campbell	Mary Ballard	Ruby Burgan	Marietta Arena	Dick Booker
Miss Ross	Russel Snyder	Mildred Gorman	Evelyn Sturgell	Malcom Shotwell
Miss Spillman	Leo Hibbard	Eva Mae Bunch	John Feather	Theda Carter
Miss Regenstein	Naomi Setser	Eula Eaton	Helene Rookard	Lewis Tuggle
Miss Routon	Ruth Lambert	Margaret Lawson	Bernice Turner	Clara Reeves
Coach Denes	Lillian Sloan	Lloyd Mayne	David Cockrell	Willard Dunn
Mr Burton	Alice Ward	Ella Mayne	Leslie Patterson	Hubert Vaughn
Mr Slusher
Miss Derickson
Miss Walker
Miss Throgmorton

Elizabeth Babb

Ruth Babb

Edgar Hacker

Mary E. Killinger

Lloyd Pennington

Teachers

NAMES APPEARING
MORE THAN ONCE
David Cockrell	D-1, F-4
Dick Booker	B-2, F-5
Dorothy Lloyd	A-1, D-4
Edith Hood	A-2, C-5
Ella Redmon	C-3, E-5
Eva Mae Bunch	E-4, F-3
Evelyn Kidd	C-4, E-2
Evelyn Sturgell	B-4, F-4
Frank Walker	D-1, D-3
Freeda Trosper	B-4, D-3, F-4
Herbert Brummett	D-1, D-4
Hobart Payne	D-1, E-2
James Smith	C-5, E-5
John Ellison	B-5, C-1
Lela Cornn	B-3, D-1
Leona Ruggles	A-1, A-2
Leota Taylor	A-4, A-5
Leslie Morgan	D-4, E-4
Leslie Pennington	A-3, E-4
Marie Goins	B-3, D-2
Marie Marcum	C-4, E-2
Mary B. Culton	C-4, D-4
Raymond Jones	B-1, E-3
Ruby Tallent	B-4, D-3, D-3
Sally Root	A-5, B-1
Thelma Jones	A-3, B-3
Thomas Thurston	C-5, E-5
Titter Gibson	A-5, C-5
Virginia Goodwin	A-1, D-4

Our Friendship Quilt