Coble family’s yard at 818 Brownsferry Street around 1929. From left are Etta W. Coble and her children Caulyne, Emma Sue, Ennis, Carroll, Haskin and Gwendolyn
photo credit: Holding The Fort
ATHENS-For her 100th birthday, Caulyne Coble Bramlette of California wants to help save a historic Athens, Ala., site.
Bramlette is asking that instead of presents, her family and friends make a donation to the Athens-Limestone Community Association for the Trinity School/Fort Henderson renovation project. She will turn 100 on November 3, 2014.
The Athens-Limestone Community Association is working to preserve a small portion of the all-black school that closed amid integration in 1970 and a portion of the Civil War fort. The preservation effort includes a community center, which is underway, and a future museum to chronicle the story of slave to soldier to student.
In a 2008 interview with The News-Courier, Bramlette said her maternal grandmother was a slave who ran away and hid under a hedge. Bramlette said an Indian found her and the two eventually married. Bramlette grew up at 818 Brownsferry Street and graduated from Trinity in 1932. Bramlette used her education from
Mayor Ronnie Marks with Athens-Limestone Community Association members Charlotte Fulton and Carolyn Williams during a proclamation signing for Caulyne Coble Bramlette Day
Trinity to become a teacher for 25 years. She taught at Trinity as well as Bridgeforth High School in Pulaski, Tenn., and Hawaiian Avenue School in Wilmington, Calf.
To honor her 100th birthday, donations can be made out and sent to the Athens-Limestone Community Association, P.O. Box 1476, Athens, AL 35612. Donations can also be made online at www.gofundme.com/alcatrinityproject and please note the donation is for Bramlette’s birthday.
Athens Mayor Ronnie Marks has declared Nov. 3, 2014, as Caulyne Coble Bramlette Day in honor of her century of living.
