Jordan Sellars High School - Burlington, NC

09/10/2020

For individuals visiting this page you should join the Jordan Sellars Alumnus Group if you haven't done so already.

The eligibility requirements for joining the group are as follows:

You must be a graduate of Jordan Sellars High School or at least attended some years there.

Your parents and/or other relatives attended Jordan Sellars.

You live in or previously lived in Burlington, NC

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10/09/2013

Most Courteous

03/26/2013

When and where is the next class reunion meeting?

12/29/2012

BUILDING OF THE GYM AT JORDAN SELLARS. DON'T KNOW THE EXACT YEAR IT WAS BUILT.

12/29/2012

Interesting article I found:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Bennett_(The_Famous_Flames)

Bobby Bennett (born Robert J. Bennett June 27, 1938, in Burlington, North Carolina) is an American singer, noted as a member of the vocal group The Famous Flames, from 1958 to 1968 and is a Rock and Roll Hall of Fame inductee, having been inducted as a member of the Famous Flames in 2012. During his...

12/28/2012

12/21/2012

The earliest I can find about when Jordan Sellars became a high school is this blurb after some serious searching.

J. F. Gunn Training School which later became Jordan Sellars Senior High School in 1932.

Anyone know anything different.

12/21/2012

1959 Newspaper article of Mrs. Moore's engagement. She was one of the teachers at Jordan Sellars. The information about her is in the first column about half way down. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2211&dat=19590307&id=r_0mAAAAIBAJ&sjid=9AIGAAAAIBAJ&pg=1184,953845

12/20/2012

Something I pulled out of the Sports Illustrated Archive Vaults. I'm trying to locate the original article.

12/20/2012

For those that may be interested, something I pulled out of the archives about Coach Evans (football coach from JSH who went to Williams).

12/20/2012

Interesting article I found from 1970 about Coach Evans leaving Jordan Sellars to take over the football head coaching job at Walter Williams. Worth the read. http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1873&dat=19700516&id=84keAAAAIBAJ&sjid=o8sEAAAAIBAJ&pg=2642,4200664

01/03/2012

Mr. Willie "Billy" Wade - HIGH POINT- Mr. Willie "Billy" Wade, 61, of 1108 Guilford Ave., died Dec. 29, 2011, at Forsyth Medical Center.
He was the son of the late Mr. Robert Lee Wade Sr. and the late Mrs. Iris Fuller Wade. He was a member of Miles Chapel Baptist Church.
Survivors include his lifelong companion, Ms. Grinda Barnes, of High Point; aunt, Pauline Miles; and uncle, Norman Graves.
He was preceded in death by his brother, Robert Lee Wade Jr.
The funeral will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2012, at 1 p.m. at Miles Chapel Baptist Church. Burial will be in the church cemetery.
The visitation will be held one hour prior to the service at the church, and at other times at the home. A public viewing was held on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, from 1 to 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Support and services are provided by Sharpe Funeral Home, Inc.