Sister Marilyn Agnes Hopewell, S.F.C.C.
September 23, 1926 - October 3, 2021
Oblate Sister, teacher, Civil Rights Activist
Washington Library Association

Interviewed on May 6, 2013 in her Lexington Park home by Alma Jordon and Merideth Taylor for the Unified Committee for Afro-American Contributions Oral History Project.
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Resources:
- Notice of Death, Briscoe-Tonic Funeral Home; https://www.briscoe-tonicfuneralhome.com/obituaries/Marilyn-Agnes-Hopewell?obId=30555655 [accessed January 19, 2026]
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Frank Darance Travers
May 30, 1928 - August 25, 2024

Attended Drayden School, Farmer, Store Owner
Frank Travers attended Drayden School from the 1st through 7th grades and later Jarboesville High School in Lexington Park, Maryland. Drayden School, now a historic site overseen by St. Mary’s County Division of Museums, was a one-room schoolhouse serving African American children during the period of racial segregation. Mr. Travers was the last surviving student and he talks about going to the one-room segregated Drayden School. He also shares his memories of the historic flood of 1933 and the importance of steamboats before the highways connected St. Mary's to Washington and Baltimore.

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