Rev. Henry Tucker Singleton Esq.

1885 - 1938

From "History of Bethel Association Including

Centennial Meeting", by Alexander Lee Miller

In April of1955 the Calhoun County Board of Education recommended consolidating all of the black high schools in the county so as to enhance and develop a better educational system for the county. This New School was to be named H.T. Singleton High School. The school was built in Morgan, Georgia because Morgan is the county seat, and the home of the Calhoun County Board of Education. Prior to the consolidation of the black school, many black students in the county attend schools in churches in or near their communities.

The school was name to honor superintendent Henry Tucker Singleton. Superintendent Singleton was the superintendent of the Calhoun County School System for 17 years until his death in 1938. Mr. James Slaton was the first principal of H.T. Singleton High School. The total number of years Mr. Slaton served in the Calhoun County School System from 1930 – 1968.
 

According to “History of Bethel Association”, Henry Tucker Singleton Esq. was the son of Patrick Henry and Anna Mary Singleton, and he was born in Bluffton, Georgia, August 28, 1885. He joined the Bluffton Baptist Church in early childhood. This was his home until 1909, when he moved to Edison, where he has since lived.

In 1907 he graduated from the State Normal School, in Athens, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia and received a BL Degree in 1913. Here he was president of the Senior Law Class, president of the Demosthenian Literary Society, and was Commencement speaker for his class in 1913. Later he studied at the University of Georgia and awarded the Degree of A B in Education.

He has been Worshipful Master of the Edison Masonic Lodge, the Calhoun County Masonic Convention, and the Second District Masonic Convention. He served as Mayor of the City of Edison for three years, and has been County School Superintendent of Calhoun County continuously for seventeen years.

Much of his time has been devoted to his church, which he loves very much.  He has served as a member of the Associational Sunday School Executive Committee; for years has been a member of the Bethel Baptist Association Executive Committee; was teacher in Sunday school; has been a deacon for about ten years; and has been Sunday School Superintendent of the Edison Baptist Church for over six years.   He succeeded the much lamented Henry Turner upon his death, and has continuously served since that time.