Comments on: Chowan High School — Edenton, North Carolina

By: Jackie Morris

Jackie Morris — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 19:07:58 +0000

I went to school with Anne Hollowell (Smith) for12 years she was one of my many friends in school. Others living near me in Virginia Beach are Evangeline Copeland (Wheeler)and Mary Sue Elliott (Spencer). I have tried to reach Anne in California on several occassions with out success
can you provide her address to me or have her contact me. I think that she has a daughter, Rebecca, in Greensboro. My email address is jlm3481@aol.com. I have also tried to reach Sara Margatet Asbell who lives in Hawaii and has a sister in VB, Jacj
kie (do not know her married name).

By: DaveSanders

DaveSanders — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 06:33:35 +0000

Great info, Martin. Thanks!

By: Martin B. Hollowell

Martin B. Hollowell — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 05:46:22 +0000

Did C. G. Bromley say Tyner, TX??? LOL!
Anyway, I grew up next to Chowan High School in Tyner, North Carolina. My parents graduated from there and I went to school there from grades 1-12. It later became grades 6-12 after intergration. I graduated in 1975.
My parents probably know Jackie Morris… the name sounds familiar to me.
True, the school was never large enough for a football team but it did have a basketball and baseball teams. It’s mascot was the bulldog. The Anne Hollowell you mentioned from an article is a cousin of mine. She’s lived most of her life in Pasadena, CA. I grew up next door to her parents who were like my grandparents.
The school was located in Chowan County on Highway 32 (now named Virginia Road), 12 miles north of Edenton, NC. Chowan is named after the Chowanoke Indians which originally occupied the area. The school was demolished some time in the late 1980′s… I’m not certain about that… and the new Chowan Middle School was built at the same site. For some reason, I do believe they kept the old gym.

By: Jackie Morris

Jackie Morris — Fri, 12 Aug 2011 15:18:53 +0000

I graduated from in 1955 and an trying to locate my Classmates.

By: C.G. Bromley

C.G. Bromley — Thu, 05 May 2011 01:38:47 +0000

Yes, now that I think about it, it was Maroon and Gold but we said “Maroon and White, Fight Fight” when doing a cheer so I guess you could say it was either.

By: DaveSanders

DaveSanders — Fri, 11 Feb 2011 21:05:19 +0000

Thanks, Ken.
I’ve updated the colors and added a little more info about Chowan High School. If you can tell us anything else about the school, we’d appreciate it.
Dave Sanders

By: Kenneth Leigh

Kenneth Leigh — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 15:52:39 +0000

I am from the class of 1978. You said that the colors were marron and white? When I attended there is was maroon and gold.

By: DaveSanders

DaveSanders — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:57:51 +0000

Thanks for the update. I’ll rewrite the post to include your info soon.

By: C.G. Bromley

C.G. Bromley — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 04:12:39 +0000

Chowan High School Bulldogs. Colors maroon and white. We had a basketball team but no football team.
Country school near Tyner, TX. I graduated in 1970. I still have one yearbook and my megaphone from being a cheerleader. At the time I went there, grades six through 12 attended.

The Indian had to do with the word Chowan which is an Indian word. Don’t remember what it meant.