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- [S237] Chattanooga Central High School, Class of 1963, (http://63pounders.com/faculty-index.php).
W Hobart Millsaps
Aug 4, 1910 - Dec 17, 1987
William Hobart Millsaps was born in Daisy, TN August 4, 1910 to William (Willie) Jarrett and Birdie Zellum Thompson Millsaps. Willie Millsaps was a coal miner with operations on Mobray Mountain, but he moved his family to Daisy in the early 1900s and built a house In Daisy adjacent to the school building. Hobart, the youngest of four, attended that school and eventually graduated from Daisy High School in 1929, noted as a basketball standout. He was the leading scorer on a team which arguably was Daisy's best ever, that team winning the Dixie Championship in 1928. Hobart Millsaps entered Milligan College in 1929, played football, and graduated with a BS in Chemistry in 1933. He married Milligan graduate Myra Sue Bryant on Sept 28, 1935.
Following a stint as teacher and basketball coach at Hixson High, Millsaps returned to college, receiving an MS Ed from UT in 1939. After teaching and coaching at Lenoir City High for a year, Millsaps came to Central in 1940 as a general science instructor, then directed diversified occupations from 1941-48. In 1948 he became Principal of Red Bank High, but returned in short order to Central, replacing retiring Stacey Nelson in 1950 as Old Central's fourth, and last, Principal. Mr. Millsap's tenure at Old Central was marked by athletic and academic successes, from 7 football and 3 baseball state championships to winning the 1963 National Bellamy Award for the state of Tennessee.
His accomplishments in education were many, serving terms as President of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, similar state, regional, and local educational foundations, as well as awards from Milligan College, Tennessee Dept of Education, US Army, and the Freedoms Foundation. For athletics he was inducted into the TSSAA Hall of Fame in 1984. Millsaps guided the 1969 transition to New Central, retiring in 1976 after 34 years at both schools, 26 as Principal. He retired to his Daisy home, passing on December 17, 1987 at age 77, and was survived by his wife of 52 years, Myra, and sons William (Class of 1960) and Bryant, Class of 1965. W. Hobart Millsaps was buried at Hamilton Memorial Gardens and joined by Myra in October 1998.
- [S137] Hamilton County Tennessee Marriage Records, Hamilton County Clerk's Office, (https://secure2.hamiltontn.gov/CClerk/Marriage_License/PublicScreens/LicenseSearch.aspx).
Date Married: 12/24/1896 Book: 008 Page: 123 License: 09216
Groom Information
Name (FML): W. J. MILLSAPS
Address: County: HAMILTON Birthplace:
City/State/Zip: TN
Bride Information
Name (FML): BIRDIE THOMPSON
Address: County: HAMILTON Birthplace:
City/State/Zip: TN
Officiant Name: J. N. MILLSAPS, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
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1910 - 1987 (77 years)
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