| Hughes, Arkansas School Faculty Memorial |
| Pearl Virgia (Wilsford) Russwurm April 18, 1880 – November 27, 1959 Subject Primary Grades Tenure: 1925 - 1949 |
| Mrs. Russwurm was born April 18, 1880 at LaGrange, Lee County, Arkansas, daughter of James Clayton Wilsford and Inez Virginia (Smith) Wilsford. She acquired her higher education at the West Point Female Academy at West Point, Mississippi. She married Dr. Samuel C. Russwurm on March 26, 1902 at LaGrange, and they moved to Hughes in 1925, where she began a teaching career with the Hughes School System that lasted until her retirement in 1949. She was apparently an effective, dedicated and respected teacher, as evidenced by the honor accorded her by the naming of the HHS FTA Chapter the Pearl Russwurm Future Teachers of America. She was a member of the Board of Stewards of the Hughes Methodist Church, as well as a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. Mrs. Russwurm died November 27, 1959 at Marianna, burial in the Marianna Memorial Park Cemetery. According to her obituary, Mrs. Russwurm’s outstanding characteristic was her love for people, and even in her last days she was planning to help others. Even after retirement, she retained her love for children and young people, working with them at every opportunity. |
