Atlanta School of Social Work

Miss Mary F. Freeman, student of social work.

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Pittsburgh Courier, 17 February 1940.

Mary Frances Freeman Ellis (1914-1996) was the daughter of O. Nestus and Willie Mae Hendley Freeman.

Founded in 1920, the Atlanta School of Social Work merged with Atlanta University in 1947.

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In the 1920 census of Wilson township, Wilson County: on Saratoga Road, Oliver N. Freeman, 38; wife Willie May, 31; and children Naomi, 8, Oliver N. Jr., 7, Mary F., 5, and Connie, 4.

In the 1930 census of Wilson, Wilson County: at 1300 East Nash Street, valued at $6000, Oliver N. Freeman, 48, building contractor; wife Willie May, 41, born in Tennessee; and children Naomi, 18, Oliver N. Jr., 17, Mary F., 16, and Connie H., 14.

In the 1940 census of Wilson, Wilson County: Nestus Freeman, 58; wife Willie, 51; and daughters Connie, 25, and Mary Frances, 24.