GAINESVILLE - The dedication ceremony naming the intersection of Athens Highway and Athens Street in Gainesville "The Beulah Rucker Oliver Memorial Intersection" will take place Tuesday, July 9 at 11:00. The ceremony will be held at the Beulah Rucker Museum at 2101 Athens Highway.
State Sen. Butch Miller is responsible for the Senate Resolution being introduced in the Georgia General Assembly and working with the board of The Beulah Rucker Museum and the Georgia DOT to make the change.
Among those expected to attend the ceremony are descendants of Mrs. Oliver, members of the board of directors for The Beulah Rucker Museum, Sen. Miller, state Department of Transportation representatives and other political, business and community leaders.
Oliver was a pioneer African-American educator who was responsible for the education of thousands of African-Americans in and around the Gainesville and Hall County area. Her school, The Industrial School, was founded in 1914 and operated until 1958. She also started the first Veterans Night School in the state of Georgia. Rucker, who died in February of 1963, was a teacher her entire adult life.
The Beulah Rucker Museum was created as a memorial to her life by her daughters, the late Mrs. Carre N. Bailey and Mrs. Dorothy B. Rucker, and their life long friend and former student, the late Mrs. Laura Mae Whelchel.
For more information contact Rojene Bailey at 404/401-6589 or email at [email protected] or visit the museum's website.
Wednesday
July 23rd, 2025
9:09AM
