He attended grade school in the Coker community. After Northport Education Board established and put into service a transporting system to bring students from rural county areas to the County High school, he attended school in Northport. His school graduating year of 1927 was special to him and he never forgot those who were a part of this class. Fred George married September 1934 and had one child. George was employed at Alabama Bindery Company located in the Holt areas for many years before retirement. Mr. George died in 1995. Class of 1928 The first County High Band first played on March 22, 1928 as was written in The County High News. Cecil Fields, Cornet Elizabeth Adams Dorothy Laycock, Cornet Frances Bell, Clarinet Maureen Palmer, Alto Woodrow Clements, Alto Kelly Bradley, Bass-Horn Ralph Kilgore, Slide-Trombone Roy Caldwell, Snare Drum James Avery Adams, Baritone Jim Caldwell John Anders, Slide-Trombone Unidentified Carolyn Shepard, Clarinet Everett Shepard, Cornet (not pictured is Capt. Turner, director) Others listed as being a part of the formation of the first band are teacher Mrs. Elizabeth Chenault (clarinet), Miss Johnson (clarinet), Snow Dell Powell (cornet), and Bellon Watson (bass-drum). Class of 1935 The Tuscaloosa News published a group photograph May 12, 1935 of the student body and senior class officers. Officers of the student body and senior class at Tuscaloosa County High school in Northport shown in a group picture. Mary James, Secretary of the senior class, Hugh Grammar, Vice president of the student body, Beatrice McCullough, vice President of the senior class, George Hassel, 1936 president of the student body, Buddy Lemly, retiring president of the student body, and Eugene Hammer, president of the senior class. Tuscaloosa County High School Honor Society for 1935 were also pictured in the May 1935 issue of The Tuscaloosa News. They were: Nell Deason, Evelyn Day, Secretary, Osco Clements, President, Wilma Wyatt, treasurer, Martha Hollis, Llawrence Webb, Lucille Maxwell, Hugh Grammer, Mary James, Buddy Lemly and Louise Dockery. The school Honor Society members are selected by school faculty for their outstanding record in school. 2000 - final year as a school County High was last used in December 2000. A new school about five miles north was completed and all functions of the school were transferred to the new school over the school break. References Defunct schools in Alabama Schools in Tuscaloosa County, Alabama Educational institutions established in 1926 1926 establishments