Bluff Springs Community

Pleasant Grove School, about 1915, located on what is now the James Earl Allen farm in the Bluff Springs Community. Front row: Sadie Grubbs, Lucille Gibson, Esther Dees, Harvey Henson, Edgar Barfield, Lillie Burton, Bulah Eaves and Ervin Eaves. Middle row: Louise Barefield, Etta Dees, Ben Barefield, Lillian Burton, Irene Henson and Everett Gibson. Back row: Hull Anderson (teacher), Holly Anderson, Bob Henson (trustee), Edna Young, Arcie Young, Mrs. Mary Barefield and baby, Florence Franklin, Pearl Burton and Velma Bostic.

The William Warren "Bill" Anderson home in the Bluff Springs Community, built circa 1902. Rare for the times, the house had stained glass windows on the front. Seated: son Clifton Anderson with dog; sister Jessie Anderson; daughter Walterene Anderson; mother Mary Olive Terry Anderson and sister Callie Anderson Davis. Standing: William Warren Anderson and wife Mary Jane Perkins Anderson holding baby son Thurman Anderson and brother-in-law Irwin Davis.

From "Kemper County, Mississippi - A Pictorial History", placed here with permission by the Kemper County Historical Commission.