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Erma Lee Nash was born October 9, 1897, to Clay and Nannie
Nash. Ms. Nash received her public school education in the
Lillian and Mansfield school systems before attending college
in Denton in 1917.
She began her teaching career in March 1920, finishing out
a teaching assignment in Everman. After that, Ms. Nash taught
in Lillian, her home community, for four years.
In 1924, Ms. Nash began a teaching career in the Mansfield
Indepedent School District that spanned 39 years and several
generations of pupils. During her final year of teaching in
1963, Ms. Nash taught her first third generation pupil.
"Miss Erma, as she was respectfully addressed by all
of her students, had an immaculate appearance, perfect penmanship
and firm discipline," said a former student, Barbara
Ervin.
Ms. Nash taught various elementary classes but devoted most
of her career to teaching fifth grade students. She served
as School Principal duirng a period of time when all students
attended school in one building.
Erma Nash Elementary opened in September of 1953. Erma Nash
had 440 students in grades 1st - 8th and about 15 staff members.
Mr. Otis Crawford was the first principal of Erma Nash. On
January 31, 1954, the Mansfield School Board officially named
the new Erma Nash Elementary School in honor of Miss Erma
Nash. While the original Erma Nash is still located at 905
E. Broad Street, the new Erma Nash building, located at 1050
Magnolia Street opened in August of 2003 to continue educating
Mansfield's finest. |
