Monroe Dispatch - No Struggle, No Progress

In 1969, Monroe City Schools integrated, and Coach Rankins was sent to Neville High School as punishment. However, he turned this into a blessing by working hard for the students at Neville High School. Coach Rankins was a man of God, who professed God as his Lord and Savior. He was a member of Solomon Temple Baptist Church for all his life, growing up in the church as a child and remaining faithful as an adult churchgoer.

Coach Rankins was a special guy who did things his way, not caring what others thought of him. He lived his life for the students of Monroe City Schools and Neville High Sch...