PHOTOS OF OVERTON & OTHER EAST MEMPHIS SCHOOLS

Listed below are current photos of Overton and the area schools where many of us attended elementary and Jr. High.  Some of them are still there and some town down. Luckily photos were taken before the demolition took place. These photos still bring back fond memories.

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Overton Auditorium
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Construction of Overton Auditorium.
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Overton High School 2010 - Auditorium
This is the way it looks today.
It hasn't changed.
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Overton High School 2010 - Main entrance
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Overton High School 201- -parking lot, side view of school.
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Overton High School 2010 - yes grads, it's still in the same location after all these years !!
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Overton High School 2010 - years after we left, they named the field house the "Don Robinson Field House" after our former football coach.
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Watkins Overton High School
official name
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Colonial Jr. High 2010 - main entrance.  Many of us went there 7th-8th-and 9th grades.
They tore it down in March, 2010.
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Colonial Jr. High 2010 - side view
Torn down March, 2010
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Colonial Jr. High 2010 - Cafetorium
Torn down March 2010
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Colonial Jr. High 2010 - Band Hall
Torn down March, 2010
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Colonial Jr. High - torn down in March 2010
Photo submitted by Knox Martin OHS 1965

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Sherwood Jr. High 2010 - front view.  Many OHS grads also attend this school.
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Sherwood Jr. High 2010 - now called Sherwood Middle School
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Colonial Elementary School 2010
Colonial Road
Torn down in March 2010
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Sea Isle Elementary School - 2010
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Sherwood Elementary School - 2010