Group Picnic
Files
Title
Group Picnic
Subject
Funkhouser, Jesse David Sr. (1914-1999)
Myers, Derwood Long (1908-1988)
Myers, Sarah Kathleen Dellinger (1910-2006)
Mullins, Pearl Merkley
Coffman, Frances Elnore Bowers (1915-1992)
Cook, Eugene "Gene"
Hottle, Fred Wilber (1915-1987)
Hottle, Alma Lloyd R. (1915-2002)
Wightman, Hilda Virginia Marston (1917-2006)
Helsley, Melvin E, (1915-1994)
Helsley, Hannah May Beedle (1922-2012)
Mullins, Charles Bledsoe "Moon" (1911-1999
Coffman, Homer Franklin Sr. (1911-1984)
Wightman, Robert Cameron Jr. (1908-1981)
Bauserman, Catherine Rebecca (1909-1986)
Description
Photograph of a group of school employees and their spouses pictured at the Madison District Park in Edinburg Virginia.
Picture are, from left to right:
Front Row, Seated: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Alma (Lloyd) Coffman, Hilda (Marston) Wightman.
Second Row, Standing/Seated: Unidentified Man (with glasses case in shirt pocket), Unidentified Woman (Flower Print Shirt), Unidentified Man (behind woman in flower print shirt), Unidentified Woman (button down shirt), Unidentified Woman (flower print shirt looking down), Homer Coffman Sr., Frances Elnore (Bowers) Coffman, Unidentified Man (with glasses), Eugene "Gene " Cook, Fred Hottle, Robert Cameron Wightman, Alma Lamp, Catherine Rebecca Bauserman (stiped dress).
Third Row, Standing:
Jesse Funkhouser, Unidentified Woman, Unidentified Woman, Melvin Helsley, Hanna (Beedle) Helsley (with glasses, dark shirt), Pearl (Merkley) Mullins (horizontal striped shirt), Derwood Myers (with glasses and dark shirt), Kathleen (Dellinger) Myers, Charles "Moon" Mullins (holding cup).
Picture are, from left to right:
Front Row, Seated: Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Unidentified, Alma (Lloyd) Coffman, Hilda (Marston) Wightman.
Second Row, Standing/Seated: Unidentified Man (with glasses case in shirt pocket), Unidentified Woman (Flower Print Shirt), Unidentified Man (behind woman in flower print shirt), Unidentified Woman (button down shirt), Unidentified Woman (flower print shirt looking down), Homer Coffman Sr., Frances Elnore (Bowers) Coffman, Unidentified Man (with glasses), Eugene "Gene " Cook, Fred Hottle, Robert Cameron Wightman, Alma Lamp, Catherine Rebecca Bauserman (stiped dress).
Third Row, Standing:
Jesse Funkhouser, Unidentified Woman, Unidentified Woman, Melvin Helsley, Hanna (Beedle) Helsley (with glasses, dark shirt), Pearl (Merkley) Mullins (horizontal striped shirt), Derwood Myers (with glasses and dark shirt), Kathleen (Dellinger) Myers, Charles "Moon" Mullins (holding cup).
Creator
Morrison Studio
Source
Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society
Publisher
Shenandoah County Library
Date
Undated
Contributor
Jesse Funkhouser, Derwood Myers, Sarah Myers, Peal Mullins, Frances Coffman, Eugene Cook, Fred Hottle, Alma Hottle, Hilda Wightman, Melvin Helsley, Hannah Helsley, Charles Mullins, Homer Coffman, and Robert Wightman were identified by Bonnie Painter and Donald Pifer in 2025.
Catherine Bauserman was identified by Katharine Schindler in 2025.
Rights
IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED
Relation
Jesse Funkhouser appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 027359, 029351, and 029352.
Derwood Myers appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 002909, 011398, 024190, 028869, 029254, 029262, 029351, 029352, 029426, 029480, 029624, and 029628.
Kathleen Myers appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 024189, 029351, and 029480.
Pearl Mullins appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 001343, 029351, and 029352.
Frances Coffman appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029351 and 029352.
Eugene Cook appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029277, 029351 and 029352.
Fred Hottle appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 027516, 029351 and 029352.
Alma Stoneburner Lamp appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 029351 and 029352.
Hilda Wightman appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 002619, 024218, 029351, and 029352.
Morrison Studio Collection images 029351, and 029352 were taken at the same time and for the same occasion.
Catherine Bauserman appears in Morrison Studio Collection images 023521, 027549, 029351, and 029352.
Identifier
029351
Original Format
Film Negative
Collection
Citationzork
Morrison Studio, “Group Picnic,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/72667.


Comments
Katharine Shilling (Stamm) Schindler
Hi. The unidentified woman at the end of the second row in the striped dress is Catherine Rebecca Bauserman.