ALUMNI HALL OF FAME

We began the Valliant Alumni Hall of Fame in 1997.  Every year at the Alumni Banquet, we induct a select few individuals.  To be eligible, a person must be a graduate of Valliant High School or must have been a member of the school faculty.  Graduates will not be considered before their 20th reunion.  The Hall of Fame Selection Committee, Ed Baker, Faye Benson, Ida Bell Browning, Joy Smith, Jane Whitten, and the VAA officers, select each year’s inductees from the nominations.  We consider criteria, such as service to the school, service to the community, service to country, and professional recognition.  If you would like to nominate someone for the Valliant Alumni Hall of Fame, please contact any of the selection committee members or the VAA officers.

 

HALL OF FAME

BY YEAR OF INDUCTION

2008

Mark Winters - Basketball Coach & Math Teacher - 1950's

Jerry McClure - Class of 1962

 

2007

VALLIANT'S EARL DAY VOLUNTEER COACHES

R.S. Zachary - 1922    Margie Guest Merry - 1932
Coach Montgomery - 1923    Jimmy Herndon - 1932
P. R. Cain - 1924-1926    Bill Gravitt - 1942
J.E. Stiewig - 1927, 1933-1940    W.S. “Sherdy” Vanlandingham - 1943
Homer Merriott - 1928    George Stricklin - 1944-1946

Waldo “Slab” Buchanan - 1929    T.J. Loafman - 1946-1948
Frank Farmer - 1930-1932

 

Gene Davis - Class of 1950

Eleanor Wilson Floyd - Elementary Teacher for 35 Years
 

 

2006

Lillie Kinney Roberts - 2nd Grade Teacher - 1930's to 1940's

Bill Gravitt - Coach & Teacher - 1940's

Herbert B. Flowers - Superintendent - 1940's to 1950's

E. O. Shaw - Principal & Teacher - 1940's to 1950's

Robbie Wilson Sikes - Teacher - 1950's

 

2005

Bill Browning - Class of 1946

Ida Bell Maddux Browning - Class of 1948

 

2004

Gail Pruitt Baker - Class of 1956

Wilma Holden Johnson - Class of 1935

Opal Ives Pritchett - Class of 1938

Jessie Dee Warrick - Class of 1940

 

2003

Bernie Baldwin - Class of 1957

Dorothy Bowen Baldwin - Class of 1956

Hosie Briley, Jr. - Class of 1966

LaWanda Burrell - Class of 1979

Sam Townsend - Class of 1953

  

2002

Toru Wilson Phillips Herndon - Class of 1918

Col. Harold K ‘Deak’ Reynolds - Class of 1939

Wayne ‘Chicken’ Hood - Class of 1952

Bobby L. Glover - Class of 1957

Dr. Howard Phillips, Jr. - Class of 1958

 

2001

Maud Miller Srygley

Floyd Reed - Class of 1936

James Isaac ‘Ike’ Guest - Class of 1956

Jay E. Massey - Class of 1959

  

2000

Alma Mitchell Bain - Faculty

Edith Mitchell McAfee Powell - Faculty

Malacha Austin Gaddy - Class of 1946

Ruth Ray Hunt - Class of 1935

Ode Vaughn (O.V.) Cecil - Class of 1930

O’Neal Fair Teague - Class of 1942

  

1999

Dr. Donald Gene Stafford - Class of 1948

Joy McDougal Smith - Class of 1954

Thomas Ray Fuller - Class of 1950

Billy B. Crouch - Class of 1945

Wilbur L. Shackelford - Class of 1941

 

1998

J.E. and Ima Stiewig - Faculty

John Paul Scroggins - Class of 1939

JC James - Class of 1940

John Baugh - Class of 1924

  

1997

OK Class B Boys Basketball Runners-up - 1950

OK Class B Boys Basketball Champions - 1951

Jack Austin        Wayne Hood

Lonnie Crouch        Joe Hughston

Gene Davis        George Osterdock

Kenneth Ferguson        Burl Plunkett

Thomas Fuller        James Ray

Donald Guest        Joe Reese

Ray Hall        Neal Stuart

Phillip Haynie        Coach J.T. Ray

Mascot: Kenneth Strickland

 

Claudine Butler Reynolds

Clyde E. Buchanan

TC Reynolds, Jr

Hicks Stone

Bill Moore

Garland McGehee

Bill Kiser, Jr.