The present building was built in 1923-24 and is located north
of Ranger at the county line. The Bullock Cemetery is located
near the school building. The school closed in 1952.
The present school building and cemetery.
Bullock Cemetery: When baby Georgia A. Barnes was interred on
William Nolen's land in 1878, there was a one-room schoolhouse
on this site. A three-year-old girl was buried here in 1884,
and in 1886 William Nolen donated two of his 160 acres for the
formal establishment of a school and cemetery for the area later
known as the Bullock Community. In 1918 the cemetery and school
property were leased for drilling, but the resulting well did not
produce. More land was donated as needed, including the site of
the old oil well. The Bullock Cemetery Association was formed in
the 1960s. Bullock Cemetery continues to serve the area.
Group picture at Bullock School
Group picture at Bullock School in 1932
Group picture at Bullock School in 1934
Top row: Unice Squyres, Billie Jean Bush, Dorothy
Hatton, Wilber Boone, John E. Hatton, Ernest Glenn,
Don Hill, Dalton Hatton, V.L. Glenn, Troyce Boone,
Carlton Adams.
Middle row: Miss Laura Verden, Welton Adams, Kenneth
Hatton, James Reynolds, Floyd Smith,Alton Coffman,
Billy Tom Hatton, Buster Grey, Joyce Bush, Lillian
Adams, Maxine Beck, Mr. Reynolds.
Bottom row: Lillian Sudderth, Wayne Miller, Effie
Mae Sides, Bernice Hatton, Jeraldine Smith, Evelyn
Smith, Helen Dempsey, Billy Langford. (enlarge)
Bullock School in 1905
The little girl in the front row with the ribbon on
her hair is Ruby Cook now Mrs. Owen Bray of Ranger.
Top row (L>R): Lizzie Hodges, Don Davis, Lena
Waggerner, Maston James, Ethel williams, Sam Bailey,
Anna Mae Hodges, Charlie Beck, Nora Williams.
Middle row: Veda Davis, Belton Hatton, Carrie
Waggerner, Archie Hatton, Daisy Cook, Mason James,
Edd Castleberry (Teacher), Mae Dempsey, Paul Smith,
Margie Waggerner, David Davis, Pauline Smith, Hulen
Whitson, Eddie Dempsey.
Front row: Levi Dempsey, Lizzie Dempsey, Bonnie Hodges,
Raymond Hayden, Cora Lee Whitson, George Hestelow,
Martha Hestelow, Miner James, Ruby Cook, Annie
Dempsey, Lucy Smith, Oddie Dempsey, Thelma Hayden,
Margie Whitson.
The teacher, Mr. Edd Castleberry, from Yellow Mound
near Eastland and what a good teacher he was. All
the school loved Mr. Edd.
Group picture at Bullock School