Anderson County

Magnolia Cemetery

Historical Marker Text

Paul L. Rutledge, Sr.

(1904 - 1961) 

A graduate of Prairie View A&M College, prominent educator Paul Rutledge, Sr., also attended Tuskegee Institute and Atlanta University. He served as principal of Flint Hill High school near Neches from 1933 to 1937, and Green Bay High School at Tucker from 1937 to 1942. In 1942 he became a Texas Education Agency area supervisor for vocational agriculture. Rutledge was a positive influence for generations of African American school children in Texas. 

1991 

location: about 2.4 mi. east of US 79/84 and SH 294 intersection in Magnolia Cemetery, 5 mi. from Tucker