Mrs. Countess Chapman was the Class Sponsor.

RCTS graduates for 1961 were: Joyce James, Daisy Boyd, Joanne Parker, Thelma Cofield, Barbara Magby, Frankie Phillips, Idella Monagan, Marion Ford, Ruby Clark, Mary Bell, Lelar Foster, Ida Clark, Merdia Z. McKissic, Ruby Watts, Doris Ridley, Christine Garrett, Mattie Tucker, Peggy Dorsey, Ora Tucker, Virginia Worothy, Annie Whitlow, Carrie Bell, Lillie Phillips, Earnestine Huffman, Willie M. Jones, Gwendolyn Boddie, Barbara Brooks, Gloria Watson, Annie Longshore, Sara Ridley, Gregory Benton, Lonnie Emory, Douglas “Mack” Heard, Walter Whitlow, Johnny William, Aaron Winston, Tommy Johnson, Rufus Watts, Willie Ferrell,  and Jimmy Heflin.