OWEN ANDREW DUTTON

"Prof. Owen A. Dutton was born July, 1893, died Feb. 15, 1936, while teaching at Sunshine. He was widely known and loved by many friends, as his teaching took him into the communities of Mt. View, Lampasas County; Pleasant Valley, Hurst Ranch, Shive, and Sunshine.

He spent his early life at Evant, served in the World War, secured his college education at Southwest Texas State Teachers College at San Marcos, where he received his B. S. Degree in 1933.

He married Miss Nina E. McWhorter in April, 1926, who also was attending S.W.T.S.T.C, lacking one summer’s work in order to obtain a B.S. degree.

They were blessed with a baby daughter, Shirley June... ... Their home is in the Lund Valley community, Pro. Dutton being united with the Center Valley Baptist Church.  Mrs. Owen A. Dutton is now teaching at Sunshine, as she plans to continue her teaching career.

This brief summary of Prof. Owen A. Dutton is given in rememberance and for the benefit of all his pupils who love him and may secure this book.... ..."

From Sunshine School, "Hamilton County School Annual," Centennial Edition, 1936, Published by the Hamilton County News, Hamilton Texas, W. F. Billingslea, Publisher.

In 1924-25 Owen Dutton taught in the one-teacher Pleasant Valley School., No. 14 when Dennis Payne and J. C. Courtney were on the school board. Sadness struck the Sunshine School on 15 February, 1936, with the death of a teacher, Owen A. Dutton. Other teachers at Sunshine in 1936 were Nina E. McWhorter Dutton (widow of Owen A. Dutton), Dale Douglas, and LaNelle Fitzgerald. Sunshine School, No. 4 was about five miles southeast of Carlton and eleven miles northwest of Hamilton near the Tillinghast Cemetery and near CR 113.

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HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOL ANNUAL

TEXAS CENTENNIAL EDITION

1936

W. F. BILLINGSLEA, Publisher

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HAMILTON COUNTY SCHOOL ANNUAL, 1936