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Preservation – saving Dr. Brown’s grave.

December 7, 2014 by Marvin Jones 2 Comments

In the sun again, visitors can view Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Scott Brown without bending under the branches of the cedar - its stump is lower right. (MTJ photo)
In the sun again, visitors can view Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Scott Brown without bending under the branches of the cedar – its stump is lower right. (MTJ photo)

For years, the graves of Dr. and Mrs. Calvin Scott Brown were threatened by a full-size cedar tree. There were fears that the cedar would eventually fall during a storm and either uproot the Browns’ graves or break the 6-foot high monument.  At the request of Chowan Discovery, Dr. Michael D. Perry, Superintendent of Hertford County Public Schools, quickly had the tree cut down.  For the first time in years, people can view the graves and monument under the open sky.  Thank you much, Dr. Perry!

Dr. and Mrs. Brown are the educational founders of what was Chowan Academy, later Waters Training School and now C.S. Brown High School in Winton, NC.  The school was launched by the efforts of local Baptist leaders of color who formed the Chowan Educational Association.  The Association owned Waters Training School until 1924 when it became part of the Hertford County public school system.  What was Chowan Academy in 1886 is now 128 years old.  C.S. Brown High now is a STEM school (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math).

Filed Under: News Tagged With: C.S. Brown, C.S. Brown High School, Calvin Scott Brown, Chowan Academy, Chowan Educational Association, Dr. Michael D. Perry, Hertford County Public Schools, Marvin T. Jones, Waters Training School

Comments

  1. Gerry Lang says

    December 10, 2014 at 8:37 am

    Thank you Marvin for the important work you are doing on so many fronts!

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  2. phyllis crump says

    December 12, 2014 at 7:06 pm

    I have heard my mother speak so fondly of her memories of attending C.S. Brown, Waters Training School(Class of 1934) and Mr. Brown. She was so very proud of having graduated high school and walked the several miles from Cofield to Winton without complaining. I know she would be pleased to know that the gravesites have been preserved so that we all may remember our heritage. Keep up the good work!
    Phyllis Archer Crump

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