About CTS Alumni Association
The Councill Training School (CTS) Alumni Association is a non-profit organization formed for the purpose of bringing together collectively all former graduates and attendees of Councill Training School, Normal Alabama during its existence. The decision to establish the association as a non-profit entity was made by members of the CTS Reunion Planning Committee in 2016 to assist Alabama A&M University in renovating the old CTS school building for housing of the Dr. Virginia Caples Life Long Learning Institute (VCLLI). Councillites thought this was a great way to keep the historical building standing to remain as the legacy of the first officially recognized high school established for African American students in Madison County. Activities of the association include projects to raise funds to support the remodeling of the school to house the VCLLI, fundraising projects to award scholarships to deserving high school students; and assist charitable organizations in Madison County that support higher education of African American men and women. Membership in the association is comprised of students who attended and graduated from CTS.
Councill Training School Past Principals
FACULTY AND STAFF DIRECTORY
*Mrs. Viola Adams
*Mrs. Willie Mae Baker Adams
Mrs. Doris Lowery Powell Akins
Dr. Barbara Anthony
*Mrs. Katie S. Battle
Rev. John Henry Barnes
Mrs. Agrippa Bass
*Mrs. Mattie Draper Battle
Mrs.Eva Bell
*Mr. Elmer Binford
Mr. J.C. Bone
*Mrs. Mamie Bonner
Ms. Lettye A. Boyd
Ms. Pauline Brooks
Mrs. Delores Brown
*Mr. Calvin Brown
*Dr. Rather Brown
*Mrs. Clara Roberson Bryant
*Mrs. Willie M. Pearson Butler
*Mr. Bill Burwell
Dr. Jimmy L. Cal
Mr. Lawrence Chester, Sr.
*Mrs. Amelia Crutcher
Dr. Mary A. Jones Davis
Mr. Floyd L. Donald
Mr. Lindsey Fields, Jr.
Mr. Randolph Flakes
*Mrs. A. Belle Fletcher
Mr. Franklin Fletcther
*Mr. Arthur Chateauneuf
Mrs. Patricia D. Ford
Mr. Lambert Crawford
Mr. William Davis
Mrs. Annie L. Dickerson
*Mr. William Dunn
Mrs. Laura B.Ford Clift
*Mrs. Thelma Evans
Rev. Martha Ewing
Ms. Hattie Hill Fossett
Ms. Sadie B. Garner
Dr. Glenda Gill
Mr. Clyde Goode, Jr.
Mr. James E. Gurley
Mr. Charles Griggs
Ms. Lilease Hall
*Mrs. Susie Hammonds
Mrs. Mamie Handy
Ms. Delores C. Harris
Mrs. Frances J. Harris
*Rev. Alonzo Hatchett, Sr.
Mrs. Tommie Griffin Herndon
Mrs. Hattie Hill
*Mr. Condredge Holloway
Mrs. Vivian M. Matthews Horton
*Mrs. Helen Nance Jamar
*Mrs. Doris Grimes Johnson
Mr. Percy Jones
Mr. Roy Kirby
Mrs. Annie Johnson King
Rev. Charles Lee
Mr. Bernard Legrand
Mrs. Lena Freeman Long
*Mrs. Patience Lowe
*Mr. Thomas Lyle
Dr. Louisiana Clardy McClaron
Mr. Razzie McGahee, Jr.
Mrs. Georgia V. McCloud
*Mrs. Charlotte Bostic McCrary
*Mr. Thomas McCrary
Mrs. Susie Brannon McJimpsey
Mrs. Ruth Brown Matthews
*Dr. Eunice Moore
*Mr. Grady Moore
*Mr. John Henry Moore
*Mr. Noon Moore
*Ms. Aline Myers
*Mr. Lacy O’Neal
*Mrs. Gussie Noble
*Mr. Homer Noble
*Mr. William Noble
*Mr. Grant Parrish
*Mr. Charlie Pickens
Mrs. Betty Poole
Mrs Maggie Z. Scruggs Reed
*Dr. Olivia Harris Sanders
*Mr. Albert Moffett
*Mrs. Ruby Moffett
Mrs. Eunice Betts Scott
Mrs. Sylvia Scott
*Mr. Andrew A. Sewell
Mrs. Nancy Gardner Sewell
Mr. Richard Showers, Sr.
*Mrs. Dorothy R. Simpson
*Mr. Henry Sledge
*Mr. Aaron Smith
Mrs. Doris Marshall Smith
*Mrs. Gwendlyn Roper Smith
*Mrs. Marjorie Catlin Smith
*Mrs. Evangeline H. Spillman
Mrs. Sandra Stricklin
Mr. Leamon Sullivan
Mrs. Dorothy Smith Thomas
Mrs. Irene Thomas
*Rev. Arthur Tibbs
*Mrs. Georgia S. True
Mr. Gene Tuck
*Mrs. Dorothy Langford Turner
Mr. Henry Varner
*Mrs. Martha Walker
*Mrs. Sari Ward
Dr. Dora Scruggs Washington
Dr. George Washington
Mrs. Pearl Watson
Mrs. Essie Webb
*Mr. Henry Wherry
Mr. J. D. Wigley
*Mrs. Ann Wilson
Mrs. Geneva S. Wright
Purpose
The Association is formed and shall be operated exclusively for charitable, scientific, literary, or educational purposes within the meaning of Section 501 (c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), including, but not limited to working with children, youth and adults to provide them with skills and resources in order that they may maximize their potential.
Alma Mater
Councill Training School we love you;
Glory to thy name
Loyalty and Virtue ever;
Shall maintain thy fame.
Dignity, Loyalty shall keep you;
Matchless as a gem
We pledge to keep you ever shining;
In nature’s Di A Dem!