Maude
Saunders was born in DeFuniak Springs in 1885. She spent
most of her career teaching science and Latin at Walton
High School and was promoted to principal. When she retired,
Mayor S. M. Preacher honored her by proclaiming June 30,
1955, as “Miss Maude Saunders Day.” She died
in 1964 at the age of 79. The first Walton High School
was converted to an elementary school and was named in
her honor. Another elementary school in town is now named
for her. (Images
of America: DeFuniak Springs, page 40; photo courtesy
of Ann Williams)
Below
is Maude Saunders' page from Lonny Imge Landrum's "Autograph
Book." The book is not dated, but it is obviously
from Maude's school years, probably about 1900. (Walton
County Heritage Association Collection)
