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09 May 12 |
I will be out of town until May 21st and will
be unable to make posts to the web site or send email. I will
catch up when I return.
Bob |
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02 May 12 |
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Added contact information fo Kathy Horn Bates, class of 70 |
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Changed the email address of Mike Harris, Class of 60 |
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Added contact information for Edward Brasher, class of 67 |
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19 Apr 12 |
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Posted
photos from the April Luncheon |
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Posted
photos from the 2012
Consolidated Reunion |
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16 Apr 12 |
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Added contact information for Alice Frost White, class of 57 |
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12 Apr 12 |
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Posted the obituary of Martha Lovelace
Brown, class of 55 |
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10 Apr 12 |
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Posted the obituary for Raymond Mayfield, class of 53 |
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9 Apr 12 |
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Added an email address for Tommy Dotson, class of 61 |
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Updated contact information for David Vann, class of 67 |
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27 Mar 12 |
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Posted March Luncheon
Photos |
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Added email address for Jean Gandy Musselman, class of 62 |
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Added email address for Mary Richards Moats, class of 63 |
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22 Mar 12 |
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Posted the obituary of Gerdes Henry Whaley, class of 60 |
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19 Mar 12 |
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Posted the Obituary of Charles Hendricks, class of 60 |
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14 Mar 12 |
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Changed contact information for
George Miller, class of 58 |
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Updated contact information for Cheryl Tamblyn White, class of 62 |
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06 Mar 12 |
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Posted the March 21st as the date for our March luncheon |
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Late in the 19th century the
community of Jones Valley experienced extraordinary economic and
population growth fed by four iron makers. One of those companies, the
Woodward Iron Company, became the most efficient iron maker in the world
and continued to operate until 1973. Woodward became a leading
employer during this time and over the years employed many families from
our area. Thanks to the efforts of Wade Johnson, class of 1960, we
have added a new Gallery to our web site that contains 39 Woodward Iron
Newsletters dating from 1945-1959. I hope you recognize many individuals
mentioned in these newsletters. Click
here to go to
the Woodward Newsletter gallery or you can click on the
"Photos" tab above and follow the
"Jones Valley Photo Galleries" to the
"Woodward News" link |
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04 Mar 12 |
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Changed the email address of Shirley McKinney Betros, class of 56 |
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03 Mar 12 |
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Changed the email address if Jimmy Monk, class of 63 |
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Changed mailing address and phone number for Sherry Clowdus Weston,
class of 61 |
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Posted the obituary of Beverly Joyce Hopkins Baker, class of 57 |
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Corrected the email address of Judith Carver Holt, class of 60 |
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Changed contact information for Larry Phillips, class of 62 |
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27 Feb12 |
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Correction - on February 21st I posted the
February luncheon
photos not the January luncheon photos |
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21 Feb12 |
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Posted the
photos from the January Luncheon |
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Posted the obituary of Kenneth Lynn Battles, class of 65 |
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Updated the contact information
for Jimmy Tuggle, class of 70 |
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Changed the email address of Charles Wood, class of 61 |
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Changed the email address of Barry Rowland, class of 62 |
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Added an email address for Bobbie Brewer, class of 60 |
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Changed the email address of Janice Little Satterfield, class of 62 |
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Updated contact information for James Tate, class of 58 |
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Updated contact information for Sidney Edwards, class of 66 |
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13 Feb12 |
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Posted obituary of James A. Praytor, class of 54 |
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Changed email address and cell phone number for Barry Rowland, Class of
62 |
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Posted the obituary of Ed Allen in the Memorial Section of the web site.
Ed graduated in 1958 and passed in 2008. |
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Added cell phone number for Leroy Allen, class of 64 |
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Posted contact information for Terry Collins, class of 68 |
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8 Feb12 |
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Added contact informaton for
Martin Fuller, Class of 66 |
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Added an email address for Jo Neil Shepherd, class of 60 |
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Changed the contact information for Alice Sizemore Lafon, Class of 65 |
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Posted the obituary of Vora Lee Harmon, class of 22 |
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Posted the obituary of Donnie Hannah, class of 65 |
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Posted the obituary of Rodger, Manley Nabors, class of 65 |
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2 Feb12 |
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Changed the email address of Larry Gilbert, class of 61 |
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23 Jan 12 |
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Posted
photos from the
January luncheon |
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Posted the 1926 Jones Valley
Yearbook. Many thanks to Wade Johnson, class of
'60 |
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11 Jan 12 |
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Posted the obituary of Cora Lee Winstead Johnston, Class of 41 |
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Changed contact information for Nancy Darden Self, Class of 67 |
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Changed the email address of JW Harden, class of 54 |
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Changed the email address of Janet Dodson Harden, class of 59 |
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Changed email address of Clayton Brown, class of 76 |
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Changed the email address of Belinda Dyer Hicks, class of 72 |
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Changed the email address of Pat Woffard Laminack, class of 62 |
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Changed the email address of Dianna Sue Brown Murphree, class of 62 |
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Changed the email address of Joy Donaldson Edson, class of 73 |
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04 Jan 12 |
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Posted contact information for Linda Gordon Kinsey, class of 67 |
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Changed the email address of Michelle Rutherford Smith, class of 64 |
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Posted the obituary of George Ann Langston Morgan, Class of 51 |
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Updated contact information for Sephen Harvell, class of 73 |
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24 Dec 11 |
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Posted
photos from December Luncheon |
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19 Dec 11 |
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Updated the contact information for Ross Mize, class of 59 |
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Added contact information for Dorothy Hanson Mosley, class of 69 |
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Updated contact information for Gary Wallace, class of 58 |
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Updated email address for Rex Parvin, class of 75 |
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14 Dec 11 |
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Added contact information for Susie Hocutt Mauldin, class of 72 |
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Updated contact information for Roger Barger, class of 69 |
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Changed the email address of Cathy McCormick Cawthon, class of 69 |
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Updated the contact information for Danny Brasher, class of 69 |
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12 Dec 11 |
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Posted the obituary of Billy Fields,
Class of 67 |
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Updated Hall of Fame write-up of
Billy Burgess, Class of 59 |
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Changed the mailing address of Judy Berryhill Wilson, class of 70 |
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Changed the email address of Sherry Wilson Fowler, class of 76 |
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Updated contact information for Jack Roper, class of 60 |
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06 Dec 11 |
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Posted the obituary of Betty Swinney Chandler, class of 55 |
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01 Dec 11 |
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Changed contact information for
Ben Casey, class of 67 |
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Changed email address for Roland Pendley, class of 62 |
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17 Nov 11 |
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Corrected home phone number of Leslie Brown ('60) and Vickie Tyler Brown
('69) |
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Posted the obituary of Calvin Weaver Nivens, class of 48 |
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07 Nov 11 |
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Added email address for Judy Green Pinson, class of 63 |
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Posted the obituary of Joyce McCarty Kirkley, class of 46 |
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Added email address for Judith Carver Holt, class of 60 |
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04 Nov 11 |
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Posted the obituary of Ann Mayo Snider,
class of 62 |
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03 Nov 11 |
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Corrected contact information for Kay Weaver White, class of 67 |
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Added contact information for Wayne Hodges, class of 67 |
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Added contact information for JoAnne Tyler, Class of 71 |
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Changed the email address of Robert Hamilton, class of 62 |
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Corrected the email address of Leslie Brown, class of 60 |
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01 Nov 11 |
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Posted
photos from the
2011 Consolidated 60's Reunion - more photos to follow |
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Posted contact information for Diane Farsace Swatzell, class of 68 |
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25 Oct 11 |
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Updated contact information for Vickie Tyler Brown, class of 69n |
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Updated contact information for Leslie Brown, class of 60 |
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Added email address for Margaret Belcher Rudd, class of 65 |
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24 Oct 11 |
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Posted
photos of the October luncheon |
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Posted contact information for Mary Jane Hosmer Williams, class of 63 |
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Posted the initial notice that Classes 70-73 are planning a reunion for
August of 2012. The the center
column for details |
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Changed the email address for Claudia Day Best, class of 66 |
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Added contact information fo Gearldean Gilliland McDowell, class of 66 |
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19 Oct 11 |
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Posted the obituary of Ed Gates, Class of 57 |
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Posted the obituary of Don Mullins, class of 63 |
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Posted the obituary of Julia Elizabeth Hermann Butler, class of 39 |
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Changed the email address of Winona Milton Garrison, class of 68 |
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Updated contact information for Willard Riley, class of 68 |
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Changed the email address of Gerald Witt, class of 69 |
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Changed the email address of Kay Weaver White, class of 67 |
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17 Oct 11 |
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Updated contact information for
Chuck Evans, class of 68 |
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Updated contact informatin for Harry Owens, class of 65 |
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Changed the email address of Jean Sizemore Tate, class of 59 |
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Added contact information for Judith Carver Holt, class of 60 |
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Changed the email address of Arthur "Sonny" Bullard, class of 60 |
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Changed the email address for Peggy Stokes Bullard, class of 62 |
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29 Sep 11 |
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I will be out of the country until October 14th and will not be able to
post anything on our web site or send bulk email until I return.
I will try to catch up as soon as possible when I return. Bob |
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Posted the obituary of Jerry Harris, class of 57 |
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26 Sep 11 |
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Changed the email address of Elizabeth Tramell Alfano, class of 48 |
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Posted contact information for Sandra McQueen Baggett, class of 67 |
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Changed the email address of Eddie Forester, class of 69 |
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Changed the email address of Ron Houston, class of 66 |
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Changed the email address of Jim Brown, Class of 65 |
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22 Sep 11 |
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Posted the September luncheon
photos in the "Get Togethrs"
gallery |
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Added email address for Willard Riley, class of 68 |
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Deleted work phone number for John Hanson, class of 65 |
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Added an email address for Danny Brasher, class of 69 |
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Added a home phone number for Shirley Fowler Hutto, class of 56 |
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Changed the email address of James Cook, class of 67 |
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20 Sep 11 |
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Posted four
photos in the Lipscomb Gallery
of the 1950, 3rd Grade May Day Celebration |
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19 Sep 11 |
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Changed contact information for
David Hudson, class of 62 |
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Changed email address of Carol Tate Byars, class of 69 |
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Changed email address of Melanie Farley Morehouse, class of 66 |
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Updated contact information for Lindsay Hadley, class of 55 |
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13 Sep 11 |
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Added email address for Martha Hassell Bice, class of 64 |
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Updated the email address of Cheryl Paulk Richardson, class of 66 |
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Added contact information for
Jeannie Womack Wright, Class of 68 |
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Added contact information for Kenneth Snider, class of 68 |
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Changed employment status for John Hanson, class of 65 |
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Uploaded 1943
Student Handbook to the
Memorabilia Gallery |
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07 Sep 11 |
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Posted the obituary of Linda Butler Brown, Class of 66 |
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Changed the email address of Brenda Boshell Crocker, class of 60 |
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Added contact information for Catherine Rittmann Gilbert, class of 68 |
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Changed contact information for Charles McKerley, class of 65 |
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Changed contact information for Sally Shaw McKerley, class of 64 |
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Added contact information for Donna Haskew Harmon, class of 67 |
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31 Aug 11 |
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Added contact information for Jimmy Byrd, class of 68 |
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Changed contact information for Richard (Tommy) Price, class of 68 |
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29 Aug 11 |
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Posted flyer for JVHS 63-67 Class Reunion -
click here |
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28 Aug 11 |
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Changed mailing address for Shirley Fowler Hutto, class of 56 |
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Updated contact information for Eddie Moore, class of 69 |
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Added contact information for Bill Wilson, class of 67 |
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23 Aug 11 |
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Added contact information for Carolyn Shealy Jolly, class of 53 |
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Added contact information for Denise Kaley Nicodemus, class of 76 |
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18 Aug 11 |
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Posted
photos
from the August Luncheon |
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Added contact information for Wayne Chambers, class of 67 |
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Added contact information for Ralls Jennings, class of 50 |
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Added contact information for Billie Jean Burns Jennings, class of 50 |
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Changed the email address of Donna Walls Ballard, class of 68 |
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Changed the email address of Sandra Drew Everett, class of 61 |
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16 Aug 11 |
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Added contact information for
Don Colburn, class of 67 |
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Changed the email address of Barbara Hamner, class of 67 |
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15 Aug 11 |
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Added contact information for David Minor, class of 69 |
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Added an email address for Hugh Sager, class of 59 |
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Changed the email address of Ronnie Busenlehner, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Tommy Burgess, class of 66 |
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Updated the contact information for Paulette Levgerett McMichens, class
of 67 |
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Updated the contact information for Judy Colwell VendeWouwer,
class of 55 |
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10 Aug 11 |
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Added contact information for Diana Wedgeworth Jones, class of 79 |
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Posted the obituary of Larry "Wayne" Hill, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Don Miles, class of 68 |
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Added contact information for Kathy Batton Christian, class of 76 |
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Added contact informatin for Jean Shepherd Rhone, class of 65 |
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Posted the obituary of Jo Ann Brasher Eaton, class of 71 |
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Added contact information for Clayton Brown, class of 76 |
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02 Aug 11 |
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Posted the obituary of Mary Rhodes Wood, class of 60 |
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01 Aug 11 |
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Posted contact information for Bernard Bostic, class of 64 |
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Posted class photo for Jean Tinker Collins, class of 46 |
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Added an email address for Garnett Hill Suell, class of 62 |
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Added contact information for Charles Beckman, class of 63 |
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27 Jul 11 |
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Created a seperate photo gallery
for the Band and ploaded 14 new
photos. Galleries are
organized by the date photos are uploaded with the most current photos
at the beginning. |
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Uploaded 2 new
photos to the School-Days
Gallery (the first 2 photos) |
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Added contact information for Debbie Darden McDonald, class of 71 |
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Addd contact information for Bettie Thompson Shealy, class of 52 |
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Added email address for Lewis Clinton Shealy, class of 51 |
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26 Jul 11 |
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Changed contact information for
Linda Scarbrough Adams, class of 66 |
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Added contact information for Joan Trader Bowen, class of 65 |
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25 Jul 11 |
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Posted death notice of Martha Jean "Tootsie" Stephens Forester, class of
48 |
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Changed email address of Jackie Stamps Fancher, class
of 56 |
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Added email address for Jerry Kendrick, class of 59 |
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Added an email address for Brenda Boshell Crocker, class of 60 |
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Added contact information for Fred Rains, class of 70 |
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22 Jul 11 |
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Added email address for Connie Shaw Jones, Class of '59 |
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Added contact information for Robert Boutwell, class of '64 |
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Changed contact information for Mitzi Spain, class of '74 |
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Added contact information for Elise Trader Diament, class of 68 |
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20 Jul 11 |
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Posted July Luncheon / Golden 100 Reunion
photos .
Feel free to download any that you would like to have. If you do
not know how, click
here . |
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20 Jul 11 |
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Added email address for Robert
Gipson, class of 63 |
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Posted obituary of Coach James A. Currier, 66-67 |
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18 Jul 11 |
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Added email address for Linda Wammack Willingham, class of 64 |
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Added email address for Tommy Willingham, class of 64 |
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Added email address for Bobbie Roberts Wilson, class of 65 |
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Posted obituary of Annie Ree Kendrick Allred, class of 28 |
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Added email address for Linda Bedford Bryan, class of 64 |
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Added contact information
for Billie Ruth Syphurs Berryhill, class of 63 |
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Added email address for Karen Abernathy Torbert, class of 70 |
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16 Jul 11 |
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Changed contact information for
Elaine Vincent Muncy, class of 63 |
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Added email address for Rod Wildman, class of 59 |
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14 Jul 11 |
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Corrected email address for Connie West Stewart, class of 70 |
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Updated contact information for Fred McDuff, class of 60 |
|
Added email address for Bob Williams, class of 57 |
|
Changed email address for Jimmy Walls, class of 69 |
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07 Jul 11 |
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Added email address for Pete Palmer, class of 61 |
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Added email address for Dennis Wammack, class of 60 |
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02 Jul 11 |
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Posted obituary of Larry David Kizziah, class of 66 |
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27 Jun 11 |
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Posted contact information for Bridgett Hill Kennedy, class of 88 |
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25 Jun 11 |
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Posted
photos of the
57th year reunion of the Class
of 54 |
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Posted the obituary of Martha Jo shore Scott, Class of 66 |
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Uploaded 1962 Football
Program |
|
Uploaded 1963 JV vs. West End Football
Program |
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Uploaded 3 news
clippings |
|
Uploaded miscellaneous
memorabilia |
|
Added email address for Sally Shaw McKerley, class of 64 |
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Added email address for Mary Ann Crider Johns, class of 64 |
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23 Jun 11 |
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Changed mailing address and phone number of Virginia Bell Cornelious,
class of 48 |
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Posted the obituary of James Edward Stacy, class of 48 |
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21 Jun 11 |
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Added contact information for Pam McConnell Roberts, class of 75 |
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Added contact information for Lynda Mitchell Daniel, class of 75 |
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20 Jun 11 |
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Changed contact information for Jerry Bradley, class of 67 |
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Added email address for Walter Terry Payne, class of 66 |
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Posted Band Reunion announcement in the column to the right |
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Added email address for Jerry Langston, class of 52 |
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Changed the email address of Rosemary Kemps Skaggs, class of 65 |
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16 Jun 11 |
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Posted
photos of the June Luncheon |
Posted JVHS Student
Directories for 59-60, 61-62, 62-63 and 63-64.
Great documents - they have addresses as well as phone numbers.
These directories are posted within the "School Days" gallery |
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A few weeks ago I created a
Sports Gallery for photos,
clippings and programs related to sports & band. I realized last
night that many of the items in the gallery had been tagged as "private"
which means they could not bee seen. I encourage you to explore
this new gallery |
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15 Jun 11 |
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Posted obituary of Ronnie Harris, class of 66 |
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Changed contact information for Larry Robinson, class of 61 |
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Added email address for Jean Latta Selman, class of 58 |
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13 Jun 11 |
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Added contact information for
Steve Casey, class of 66 |
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08 Jun 11 |
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Added email address of Terry Blackwell, class of 68 |
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Changed the email address of Lynn Moore Hill, class of 60 |
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01 Jun 11 |
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Posted announcement of 1965, 66 and 67 Class Reunion - see column to the
right |
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Added contact information for Belinda Dyer Hicks, class of 72 |
|
Changed contact information for Larry Phillips, class of 62 |
|
Posted contact information for Teri King Sloan, class of 84 |
|
Posted
photos from May 2011 luncheon |
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25 May 11 |
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Posted the obituary of Thomas Edwin Smith, Class unknown |
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Changed the cell phone number of Dale Williams, class of 58 |
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Added an email address for Greg Stubblefield, class of 69 |
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23 May 11 |
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Last week I posted the obituary of Janet Elaine Hall, class of 74.
We have since learned that it is not our Janet. I apologize for
any pain this error may have caused you. |
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Posted the obituary of Bonnie Sue Bailey Starnes, class of 70 |
|
Posted contact information for Willette McKinney Boyd, class of 81 |
|
Changed the work phone number of Leah Warren Kauffman, class of 78 |
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19 May 11 |
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Added email address for Brenda Webb Bigbee, class of 66 |
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Added email address for Dianne Robertson Mayfield, class of 71 |
|
Added contact information for Sherry Pierson Parsons, class of 69 |
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16 May 11 |
|
Posted notice of Jones Valley Golden 100 Band reunion in
the panel to the right |
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Added contact information for Wayne Naish, class of 67 |
|
Posted email address for Phaedra Davis, class of 82 |
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Changed email address for Mary Jo Monk Goethe, class of 57 |
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12 May 11 |
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Added email address for Joe F. Butler, class of 60 |
|
Added email address for Brenda Wilson McDowell, class of 46 |
|
Changed email address for Mitzi Spain, class of 74 |
|
Changed email address and phone number for Jerry Barrett, class of 51 |
|
Posted the obituary of Robert Costa, class of 57 |
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10 May 11 |
|
Posted 1967 JV-Butler Football
Program |
|
Posted 1967 JV-Ensley Football
Program |
|
Posted 1967 JV-Butler Football
Program |
|
Posted 2011 Consolidated Reunion
Photos |
|
Updated contact infomation for Bridgette Boyd Barnes, class of 82 |
|
Added contact information for Randy Parker, class of 67 |
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09 May 11 |
|
Posted 1963 JV-McAdory Football
Program |
|
Posted 1965 JV Football
Program |
|
Posted 1966 JV-Shades Valley Football
Program |
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Posted the 66 West End Football
Program |
|
Posted the 66 Woodlawn Football
Program |
|
Posted 1967 Football Jamboree
Program |
|
Posted the 1967 Banks Football
Program |
|
Posted 1967 Phillips Football
Program |
|
Posted 1967 West End Football
Program |
|
Posted 1967 Woodlawn Football
Program |
|
Added contact information for Betty Thomas McGowan, class of 63 |
|
Posted the 1967 Phillips Football
Program |
|
08 May 11 |
|
Posted the obituary of Dawn Forester Moore, Class of 73 |
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07 May 11 |
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Posted program from the 1967 JV-Shades Valley football game |
|
Posted the program from the 1963 JV-Fort Payne football game |
|
Posted the program from the 1963 JV-McAdory football game. One of
the better programs |
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04 May 11 |
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Posted the obituary of James Thomas Rascoe, class of 41 |
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26 Apr 11 |
Jimmy Rosser ('68) was kind enough to lend me a box full of
news clippings. Most are
sports related. I have posted the first installment in a new
gallery that I have titled "Sports". What you see at this time
represents about half of what he has provided. Keep checking back
...
This is a great find. If you have any
memorabilia that would enhance the site please give me an opportunity to
scan them. |
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Posted a recent
photo of Wanda Grace Lee
Schmenger, class of 63 |
|
Posted a new email address for Eddie Moore, class of 69 |
|
21 Apr 11 |
|
Posted the obituary of Leonard E. Edins, Class Unknown - father of Len
Edins, class of 66 |
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19 Apr 11 |
|
Posted the obituary of Don Green, class of 59 |
|
Changed contact information for James A. Fuller, class of 62 |
|
Changed email address for Erma Goodwin Smith, class of 48 |
|
Changed email address of Jack Smith, class of 48 |
|
Posted
photos from the April Luncheon |
|
13 Apr 11 |
|
Posted the obituary of Edward Preston Watson, class of 53 |
|
12 Apr 11 |
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Added email address for James Green, class of 59 |
|
Added email address for Betty Elaine Vincent Muncy, class of 63 |
|
05 Apr 11 |
|
Changed the email address of Terri Judd Bridges, class of 72 |
|
Added email address for Barry Woods, class of 78 |
|
04 Apr 11 |
|
Posted obituary of Allan Kelley, class of 71 |
|
Posted the obituary of Bill Hardin, class of 67 |
|
Posted the obituary of Lil Walls Gordon Robertson, class of 46 |
|
Posted the obituary of Dean Wilemon Richard, class of 49 |
|
Posted the obituary of Hazel Turley Ingalls, class of 54 |
|
Added email address for Daisy Fuller Conine, class of 68 |
|
Added contact information for Deborah McCluskey Camp, class of 67 |
|
Added email address for Kathy Parish Hagel, class of 64 |
|
29 Mar 11 |
|
Posted email address for
Bibbie Joyce Wilder McLaughlin, class of '51 |
|
Posted contact information for Juanita Burgess Heigert, class of 60 |
|
Changed the mailing address of Rish Wood, class of 69 |
|
Added email address for Tommy Smith, class of 62 |
|
Changed email address of Sandra Reeves Gentry, class of 65 |
|
Added email address for Wanda Grace Lee Schmenger, class of 63 |
|
Added contact information for Jean Tinker Collins, class of 46 |
|
Changed mailing address for Janie Hemphill Alfano, class of 68 |
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19 Mar 11 |
|
Posted
photo of JV students and Gov. Wallace at the dedication of Larry Thomas Baseball
Field |
|
Posted 1962 Birmingham News
article featuring JV students |
|
Posted copies of 1962 and 1963 Dental Clinic
Program |
|
18 Mar 11 |
|
Posted an image of the 1944
Powderly Banner newsletter (2
pages) in the Memorabilia photo gallery |
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17 Mar 11 |
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Directories/1967/David Vann.vcfWe had a great luncheon yesterday - over 100 people attended.
Click
here to see the photos. To
navigate to the photos, follow the path Photos (above) > Jones
Valley Photo Gallery > Get Togethers > Luncheons 2011 > March 2011 |
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Posted
photos to School Days gallery |
|
Created a new photo gallery, Red Mountain Park, and posted
photos of the Shannon mines |
|
15 Mar 11 |
|
Changed mailing address for Janie Hemphill Alfano, class of 67 |
|
14 Mar 11 |
|
Posted the obituary of Freida Cox Padgett, class of 59 |
|
Posted
photos of the February luncheon
... finally |
|
10 Mar 11 |
|
Changed contact information for
Debbie Reid York, class of 74 |
|
Added email address for Judy Wallace, class of 68 |
|
Added contact information for Eddie McClusky, class of 65 |
|
Changed the email address of Bill York, class of 74 |
|
Added a cell phone number for Jeff Trammell, class of 73 |
|
09 Mar 11 |
|
Changed the email address of Beverly Lankford Alexander, class of 64 |
|
Added email address for Millie Wade Moore, class of 74 |
|
07 Mar 11 |
|
Changed contact information for Carl Thomas Wideman, class of 60 |
|
Changed the email address of Janice Lee McCall, class of 63 |
|
Added contact information for Jeff Brannum, class of 74 |
|
24 Feb 11 |
|
Corrected the email address of Carolyn Hand Tippins, class of 60 |
|
Posted the obituary of Tommy Cox, class of 54 |
|
RETRACTION: Someone had reported to me in January that Freida Cox
had passed. According to Tommy's obituary this is not correct.
I am truly sorry for this error. |
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22 Feb 11 |
|
Updated contact information for
James Cook, class of 67 |
|
Changed email address of Virginia Hayes Conrad, class of 68 |
|
Updated the email address of Donna Driver Davidson, class of 62 |
|
Added contact information for Bobby Wesson, Class of 68 |
|
Updated contact information for Bill York, Class of 74 |
|
Added email address for Jean Tinker Collins, class of 46 |
|
14 Feb 11 |
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Changed email address of Mike Harris, class of 60 |
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Updated contact information for Jake Hardin, class of 54 |
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Added email address for Sue Sizemore Buttram, class of 60 |
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Added email address for Dinia Jo Chapman Madjid, class of 65 |
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Added contact information for Joel Price, class of 72 |
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Changed email address for Betty Burgess Chilton, class of 61 |
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Updated contact information for Pat Strzelecki Barnes, class of 59 |
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Added email address for Aneita Sides Beckman, class of 59 |
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Added email address for John W. (Billy) Kizziah, class of 48 |
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13 Feb 11 |
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Posted the obituary of Ronnie Pitts, Class of 65 |
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Posted notice that Freida Cox Padgett had passed |
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Changed contact information for Mary Ham Ercolani, class of 59 |
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Added contact information for Pat Wofford Laminack, class of 62 |
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07 Feb 11 |
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Posted the Obituary of Jane Brooks Butler, Class of 58 |
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Changed the email address of Martha Hassell Bice, Class of 63 |
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31 Jan 11 |
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Posted obituary of Jonathan Veasey, Class of 48 |
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24 Jan 11 |
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Changed the email address of Melanie Farley Morehouse, class of 66 |
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20 Jan 11 |
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Posted
photos for January luncheon |
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Added contact information for Charles Miller, Class of 69 |
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Added contact information for Margaret Miller Bean, class of 67 |
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Posted
photos for December luncheon |
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19 Jan 11 |
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Changed email address for Don Hamlett, class of 54 |
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Changed email address of Susie Stone Hamlett, class of 58 |
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18 Jan 11 |
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Added contact information for
Betty Jean Miller Hanvey, class of 69 |
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Changed email address for Ron Edins, class of 66 |
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17 Jan 11 |
|
Posted a request from Dianne Armstrong, granddaughter of Drusie
Steward (principal at Shannon Elementary for 23 years) for stories |
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13 Jan 11 |
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Added Tim McDow to the class of 74 |
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Changed the email address of Walter Johnsey, class of 67 |
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Updated email address and home phone number of Laurie Brasfield
Brownlee, class of 74 |
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Posted the obituary of Johnny Pruitt, class of 74 |
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05 Jan 11 |
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Added email address for Bobby Wesson, class of 69 |
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01 Jan 11 |
|
Added Contact information for
Richard Price, class of 68 |
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Changed the contact informaiton for Ron Houston, class of 66 |
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Added email address for Randall Reid, class of 58 |
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Chamged the email address of Jim Edwards, class of 65 |
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Added David Bailey to the class of 72 |
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25 Dec 10 |
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Updated contact information for Barbara Hollis Gilliland, class of 64 |
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changed the email address of Paul Williams, class of 69 |
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Changed the email address of Cheryl Tamblyn, class of 62 |
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Changed the email address of Bruce Sizemore, class of 73 |
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Changed the email address of Jerry Barrett, class of 51 |
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Posted the obituary of Betty Sue Johnson, class of 48 |
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20 Dec 10 |
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Changed contact information for
Thomas Cornelison, class of 53 |
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Added email address for Bobbie Burnett Hill, class of 61 |
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Changed mailing address of Jan Wood Arledge, class of 71 |
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Added email address for Linda Richards Smith, class of 62 |
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Added email address for Edwina Hall Henslee, class of 68 |
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12 Dec 10 |
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Changed email address of Harry Owens, class of 65 |
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Added the email address of Donald Bailey, class of 71 |
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07 Dec 10 |
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Posted the obituary of J.W. "Hank" Snow, class of 59 |
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06 Dec 10 |
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Changed mailing address for Billy Grubbs, class of 65 |
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Added email address of John Holsenback, class of 62 |
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Changed email address of Jim Horn, class of 60 |
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30 Nov 10 |
|
Added contact information for
Latetia Abernathy Jackson, class of 86 |
|
Added email address for Marilyn Roberson Kirby, class of 69 |
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Added contact information for Mark Renfroe, class of 67 |
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Added email address for Alice Boone Pyle, class of 49 |
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23 Nov 10 |
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Changed mailing address for Dale Williams, class of 58 |
|
Posted
photos from November luncheon. |
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18 Nov 10 |
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Changed email address for Paulette Tarpley Buffkin, class of 68 |
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15 Nov 10 |
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Changed work and fax numbers for David Harris, class of 65 |
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Added contact information for Cynthia Hodges, class of 77 |
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10 Nov 10 |
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Changed the email address for Gary Sparks, class of 65 |
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6 Nov 10 |
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Corrected email address for Ralph Doles, class of 52 |
|
Posted 9 old photos provided by Cora Lee Winstead Johnson. Click
on Photos > Jones Valley Photo Galleries > School Days > Gallery 11,
last 9 photos |
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2 Nov 10 |
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Added email address for Dewey Mayfield, class of 47 |
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Added email address for Ross Mize, class of 59 |
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Added email address for Sondra Leigh Marote, class of 58 |
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01 Nov 10 |
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Changed email address of Laurie Barnett Graham, Class of 55 |
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26 Oct 10 |
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Changed email address for Bruce Wiggins, class of 69 |
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Changed email address of Judy Murphree Chapman, class of 68 |
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Changed the email address of Sherry DeShazo Evans,
class of 62 |
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Posted a couple of old photos of myself and my brother, Jack Roper |
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25 Oct 10 |
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Changed email address of Charles Treslar, class of 67 |
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Added email address for Peggy Kent Crane, class of 58 |
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21 Oct 10 |
|
Posted photos from the October Luncheon. Click "Photos" on
the menu above and follow the links - "Jones Valley Photo Galleries" >
"Get Togethers" > "Luncheons 2010" > "October 2010" |
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Jeanette Mann Creighton provided
me with a large number of photos which I have posted to the
"Lipscomb" photo gallery. Click "Photos" above and follow the
links "Jones Valley Photo Gallery" > "Lipscomb" |
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Added email address for Cecil Kuykendall, class of 64 |
|
Changed the email address of Charles Martin, class of 52 |
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18 Oct 10 |
|
Updated contact information for Tommy Zito, class of 65 |
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Added contact information for Nancy Lynette King Shirley, class of 62 |
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jUpdted contact information for Johnnie Hanson, class of 65 |
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Added email address fo rGlenda Hays LaBue, class of 71 |
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Added contact information for Pamela Dunlap Burgess, class of 67 |
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14 Oct 10 |
|
Added contact information for
Chandra Stonewall McDaniel, class of 86 |
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Changed email address for Gary Byram, class of 71 |
|
Changed email address for David Marcrum, class of 66 |
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13 Oct 10 |
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Added email address for Martha Shore Scott, class of 66 |
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Changed email address for Rev. Spencer Hurd, class of 60 |
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Added email address for Debby Lambert Talley, class of 75 |
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Changed email address of Cindy Bishop Riggins, class of 70 |
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12 Oct 10 |
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Changed email address of Delilah Payne Raymond, class of 69 |
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Changed the email address for Tommy Zito, class of 65 |
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06 Oct 10 |
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Updated contact information for
Leslie Sizemore, class of 65 |
|
Added contact information for Paula Edney, class of 68 |
|
02 Oct 10 |
|
Changed the email address of Judy Woffard Shivers, class of 63 |
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Changed email address of Mary V. Carson Miller, class of 55 |
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29 Sep 10 |
|
Added contact information for
Connie Pettyjohn Buffkin, class of 70 |
|
Changed email address for Annis Crumpton Cantrell, class of 59 |
|
Published "Personal Pages" photo gallery for Annette and Wade Johnson.
To see their photos click on "Photos" > "Jones Valley Photo Galleries" >
"Personal Pages" > "The Sixties" > "60 - Annette and Wade Johnson" |
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Added email address for Lynn Moore Hill, class of 60 |
|
27 Sep 10 |
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Changed email address of Judy Colwell VandeWouwer, class of 55 |
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Changed email address for Susie Foster Rooks, class of 75 |
|
17 Sep 10 |
|
Changed contact information for
Barry Holsembeck, class of 65 |
|
Posted
photos of September Luncheon |
|
Changed contact information for Barbara Hartley Criddle, class of 60 |
|
Added contact information for Drusilla Hudson, class of 82 |
|
Posted
photos of 50 year reunion of the
class of 1960 - finally ... |
|
13 Sep 10 |
|
Added contact information for LaVerne Dameron Reese, class of 65 |
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08 Sep 10 |
|
Posted the obituary of Coach Hanes |
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Changed the email address of Sharon Williams Sizemore, class of 60 |
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01 Sep 10 |
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Updated contact information for Judy Wofford Shivers, class o 63 |
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Changed the email address of Walter Yarbrough, class of 59 |
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Changed the email address of Paula Hurd Bailey, class of 70 |
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Changed the email address of Ronnie Bailey, class of 69 |
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31 Aug 10 |
|
Posted the obituary of James Donald Rittmann, class of 63 |
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26 Aug 10 |
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Posted the obituary of Kathryn Boteler Lacey, Class Unknown |
|
24 Aug 10 |
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Posted the obituary of Roy Lee Lamons, Class of 60 |
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Posted the obituary of Kermit "Ralph" Stuckey, Class Unknown |
|
Posted
photos from the August Luncheon |
|
Posted contact information for Linda Robinson Maxwell, class of 80 |
|
Posted contact information for Denise Hodges Jordan, class of 80 |
|
Added contact information for Kathy Baggett Herring, Class of 66/67 |
|
12 Aug 10 |
|
Posted "I Remember Lipscomb" by
Jeanette Mann Creighton |
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Posted "I Remember Lipscomb" by
Buck Williams |
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Posted "I Remember Lipscomb" by
Jim Horn |
|
Posted Lipscomb Centennial Celebration calendar in the column to the
right. |
|
Updated contact information for Carol Owen Emerson, class of 67 |
|
Changed the home phone number of George Olvey, class of 63 |
|
Changed home phone number of Brenda Legrone Olvey, Class of 62 |
|
Updated contact information for Ron Brown, class of 58 |
|
04 Aug 10 |
|
Added contact informatin for Varina "Rena" Kiedinger Tate, Class of 64 |
|
Changed email address of Ed Gates, Class of 57 |
|
28 Jul 10 |
|
Posted the obituary of George Betros, class of 56 |
|
Changed contact information for Jim Monk, class of 63 |
|
Added contact information for Connie West Stewart, class of 70 |
|
Added contact information for Jean Wickstrom Liles, class of 60 |
|
20 Jul 10 |
|
Added contact information for
Derrick Richardson, class of 81 |
|
Added contact information for Ray Vincent, class of 64 |
|
18 Jul 10 |
|
Posted notice of the 50th Reunion of the class of 1960 |
|
15 Jul 10 |
|
Added an email address for Darrell Jones, class of 59 |
|
Added an email address for Sharon Abbott Jones, class of 60 |
|
14 Jul 10 |
|
Changed contact information for Jimmy Goodwin, class of 68 |
|
Posted the obituary of Jane Johnson, class of 59 |
|
08 Jul 10 |
|
Posted the obituary of Jerry N. Stokes, class of 58 |
|
06 Jul 10 |
|
Corrected errors in the contact
information of Linda Martin |
|
Updated contact information for Charles Wood, class of 61 |
|
Revised contact information for Jo Ann Bostic Bragan, class of 61 |
|
Added contact information for Charles Crosby, class of 58 |
|
Added contact information for Linda Parker Stokes, class of 65 |
|
Added contact information for Kathy Larkins Reed, class of 71 |
|
20 Jun 10 |
|
Created a new photo gallery to show Lipscomb photos. Click on
"Photos" above and then "Lipscomb Photos" |
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Created a new link for essays on "I Remember Lipscomb". To read
the essays click on "Photos" above and then on "Lipscomb Memories" |
|
15 Jun 10 |
|
Added contact information for
Susie Hocutt Mauldin, class of 71 |
|
03 Jun 10 |
|
Changed the email address of David Harris, class of 65 |
|
Added contact information for Sandra McDonald Mathis, class of 60 |
|
Changed email address of Linda Martin Wells, class of 60 |
|
26 May 10 |
|
Changed contact information for Jimmy Tuggle, class of 70 |
|
Updated contact information for Jerry Langston, class of 52 |
|
Changed contact informatin for Terry Sullens, class of 72 |
|
Updated contact information for Janell Matthews Sullens, class of 73 |
|
12 May 10 |
|
Updated contact information for
Marcia Cunningham McRae, class of 71 |
|
10 May 10 |
|
Updated the contact information for Ricky Gilliland, class of 72 |
|
Added contact information for Doris Drake Milford, class of 53 |
|
25 Apr 10 |
|
Posted obituary of Aileen Stovall Parr, Class of 30 |
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Updated email address of Jane Fisher Shaddix, class of 70 |
|
Added contact information for Donna Leslie Penfield, class o f70 |
|
23 Apr 10 |
|
Posted the obituary of Carolyn Black Woods, class of 51 |
|
Changed email address of Paulette Leverett McMichens, class of 67 |
|
15 Apr 10 |
|
Changed the email address of Michael Box, class of 64 |
|
Corrected phone number of George "Freddy" Olvey, class of 63 |
|
Added email address for Carolyn Hand Tippins, class of 60 |
|
07 Apr 10 |
|
Posted the obituary of James Stephen Segrest, class of 66 |
|
05 Apr 10 |
|
Added contact information for Donna Shore Benton, class of 72 |
|
31 Mar 10 |
|
Changed email address of Brenda Legrone Olvey, class of 62 |
|
Added contact information for Jane Davidson Tate, class of 59 |
|
Added contact information for Carolyn Hand Tippens, class of 60 |
|
Posted the obituary of Tommy McCarty, class of 60 |
|
24 Mar 10 |
|
Added contact information for Janie Hemphill Alfano, class of 68 |
|
Changed the email address of Jim Horn, class of 60 |
|
Updated contact information for Carol Cornelius, class of 67 |
|
Changed email address of Jane Fisher Shaddix, class of 70 |
|
22 Mar 10 |
|
Added the obituary of Jimmy Ray "Foots" Glasgow, class of '51 |
|
Added the spouse of Charles Raymond, class of 65 |
|
12 Mar 10 |
|
Added Eddie Castleberry, class of 59, to the JV Hall of Fame |
|
Changed telephone numbers for Judy Colwell VandeWouwer |
|
Changed the email address of Charles "Tookie" Kicker, class of 57 |
|
10 Mar 10 |
|
Changed the email address of Judy O'Quinn, class of 60 |
|
Added contact for Donna Jill Gray Marsh, class of 68 |
|
Added contact information for Patricia Rankins Smith, class of 83 |
|
05 Mar 10 |
|
Changed email address for Donna King Stanfield, class of 75 |
|
02 Mar 10 |
|
Added contact information for Maxine Jett Morgan, class of 57 |
|
01 Mar 10 |
|
Posted obituary of Coach Hardy |
|
Changed cell phone of Wanda Knox Hitch, class of 74 |
|
16 Feb 10 |
|
Changed email address of George Freddy Olvey, class of 63 |
|
Posted the obituary of Clarence Milton Hodges, class unknown |
|
Changed email address of Sunee Casey, class of 72 |
|
14 Feb 10 |
|
Added contact information for
Tasheka Johnson, class of 83 |
|
09 Feb 10 |
|
Changed the email address of Ronald Widner, class of 67 |
|
Changed the email address of Billy Joe Wallace, class of 57 |
|
03 Feb 10 |
|
Added contact information for Donna King Stanfield, class of 75 |
|
Added contact information for Helen Shrove Rockett, class of 66 |
|
Changed email address of Pam Abercrombie Egan, class of 74 |
|
Changed email address of Wade Johnson, class of 60 |
|
21 Jan 10 |
|
Added contact information for Patricia Taylor, class of 89 |
|
18 Jan 10 |
|
Added contact information for Donna Crim Gilmore |
|
Updated home phone number for Terry Sullens, class of 72 |
|
Added contact information for Jackie Rait Siwek, class of 76 |
|
Added obituary of Beulah Miles Wilkerson Veitch, class unknown |
|
15 Jan 10 |
|
Added email address for Charles Raymond, class of 65 |
|
Added contact information for Alice Sizemore Lafon, class of 65 |
|
Changed email address of Charles Martin, class of 52 |
|
14 Jan 10 |
|
Posted the obituary of Bobby Carr, class of 46 |
|
11 Jan 10 |
|
Posted the obituary of Alvin Hugh Vick, class of 58 |
|
Posted the obituary of Billy Eugene McBrayer, class of 47 |
|
Changed the email address of Blu Moore, class of 73 |
|
31 Dec 09 |
|
Posted obituary of Charles Cunningham, class of 64 |
|
Changed the email address of Billy Wallace, class of 57 |
|
Changed the home phone number of Bruce Wiggins, class of 69 |
|
31 Dec 09 |
|
Changed contact information of Diana Faye Wilson Yarchak, class of 67 |
|
Added contact information for Fred Gay, class of 71 |
|
Added contact information for Keith Phillips, class of 79 |
|
Changed contact information for Robert Monk, class of 63 |
|
changed email address of Barry Tiller, class of 69 |
|
20 Dec 09 |
|
Changed email address of Paul Williams, class of 69 |
|
15 Dec 09 |
|
Changed cell phone number of Judy Wier, class of 66 |
|
09 Dec 09 |
|
Posted obituary of Wanda Wilbanks Miller, class of 59 |
|
Changed the email address of Billy Wallace, class of 57 |
|
08 Dec 09 |
|
Posted obituary of Nancy "Cookie" Jones Walton, class of 61 |
|
Posted obituary of Kenneth Forrest Wesley, Sr., Class unknown |
|
Changed email address of Judy Wofford Shivers, class of 63 |
|
Changed the cell phone number of Vicki Torbert Love, class of 75 |
|
Changed email address of Loretta Wolverton McConnell, class of 76 |
|
03 Dec 09 |
|
Changed email address for Peggy Stokes Bullard, class of 62 |
|
Added contact information for Brenda Buffkin Morgan, class of 69 |
|
Changed the email address of Sue Stuckey Chandler, class of 64 |
|
24 Nov 09 |
|
Posted the obituary of Barry Miller, class of 64 |
|
Changed contact information for Vicki Torbert, class of 75 |
|
Changed contact information for David Marler, Class of 76 |
|
Changed mailing address for Jimmy Tuggle, class of 70 |
|
17 Nov 09 |
|
Changed email address of Debbie Rogers Crumley, class of 73 |
|
Updated contact data of Eddie Forester, class of 69 |
|
Updated email address of Ben Casey, class of 67 |
|
Added contact information for Larry Knight, class of 62 |
|
Posted notice that Pat Farris Hildebrand, class of 65, passed |
|
Posted the obituary of Jack Cornelius, class of 48 |
|
12 Nov 09 |
|
Posted new phone number for Hazel Turley Ingalls, class of 54 |
|
11 Nov 09 |
|
Changed contact information for Ricky Phillips, class of 65 |
|
10 Nov 09 |
|
Changed email address of Ellen Tate Nix, class of 56 |
|
Added contact information for Diane Knight Crow, class of 67 |
|
Added current telephone numbers for Dennis Jackson, class of 79 |
|
04 Nov 09 |
|
Added contact information for Elsie Brown McGill, class of 68 |
|
Changed email address for Eddie Card, class of 73 |
|
Changed email address for Rosemary Kamps Skaggs, class of 65 |
|
Posted obituary of Darrell Lee Blount, class of 77 |
|
02 Nov 09 |
|
Added contact information for Brian Johnson, class of 85 |
|
Added contact information for Patricia Sandlin Rasmussen, class of 59 |
|
Added email address for Daisy Fuller, class of 68 |
|
28 Oct 09 |
|
Changed contact information for Walter Yarbrough, class of 59 |
|
26 Oct 09 |
|
Scanned and
posted the 1979 JV yearbook |
|
Posted
photos of the 1979 graduating class |
|
Posted
photos from the September luncheon |
|
Posted
photos from the October luncheon |
|
Added Student
Directory for the class of 79 |
|
19 Oct 09 |
|
Changed the email address of Betty Bass Thurstone, class of 54 |
|
Changed contact information for Virginia Hayes Conrad, class of 68 |
|
Added contact information for Venita Smith Smith, class of 87 |
|
Added contact information for Kasandra Tompkins Frison, class of 87 |
|
13 Oct 09 |
|
Posted death notice of Larry Pendley, class of 64 |
|
Added contact information for Polly Wright Davis, class of 71 |
|
Posted the obituary of Rita Campbell Williams, Class unknown |
|
05 Oct 09 |
|
Posted obituary of Henry Gordon McDaniel, class of 46 |
|
Posted an
audio
clip
of AM 96, WERC radio
DJ, Cyote J. Calhoun, making a JVHS dedication |
|
Added contact information for Marjorie Williams Crittenden, class of 69 |
|
Added contact information for Laymon Ramsey III, class of 84 |
|
Corrected mailing address for Anita Lake Humphrey, class of 73 |
|
Added contact information for Cheryl Lanza Bolden, class of 73 |
|
changed email addres for James Mackenzie, class of 73 |
|
changed contact information for Janell Matthews Sullens, class of 73 |
|
Changed contact information for Kent McRee, class of 73 |
|
27 Sep 09 |
|
Changed the email address of Paul Williams, class of 69 |
|
Posted a link to a
video clip of the August 1, 2009
white water rafting trip on the Ocoee for alumni |
|
Added email address for Danny Erwin, class of 73 |
|
Added email address for Janet Ferguson Roberts, class of 73 |
|
Added email address for Katrina Fowler Bates, class of 73 |
|
Added contact information for Gary Francis, class of 73 |
|
Added contact information for Richard Wayne Gilbert, class of 73 |
|
Added email address for Sheila Hendrix Flurry, class of 73 |
|
Changed email address of Deborah Hinton, class of 73 |
|
Added email address for Janet Holemon Miller, class of 73 |
|
Changed email address of Gay Hynde Russell, class of 73 |
|
Added email address for Mike Knight, class o f73 |
|
|
|
24 Sep 09 |
|
Updated the email address of Dion Littlefield, class of 60 |
|
Posted the obituary of David Fowler, class of 72, who died in 1976 |
|
Added contact information for Frank Ball, class of 73 |
|
Changed home phone of James Barnett, class o f73 |
|
Changed phone numbers of Karen Beckner Martin, class of 73 |
|
Changed email address of Janet Belk Padgett, class of 73 |
|
Updated contact information for Chandra Bell, class o f73 |
|
Updated email address for Eddie Card, class of 73 |
|
Changed email address for Rebecca Cox Davis, class of 73 |
|
Added contact informtion for Danny Erwin, class of 73 |
|
23 Sep 09 |
|
Changed contact information for Frank "Freddy" Olvey, class of 63 |
|
Changed contact information for Brenda Legrone Olvey, class of 62 |
|
Changed contact information for Jim Monk, class of 63 |
|
Added contact information for Carol Little Wright, class of 72 |
|
Changed residence city for Jim Long, class of 69 |
|
Changed contact information for Nancy Darden Self, class of 67 |
|
Added contact information for Patrice McCoy Molden, class of 89 |
|
Updated contact information for Doug Noel, class of 64 |
|
Added contact information for JoAnn Snow, class of 68 |
|
Added contact information for Daphne Duffy Thomas, Class of 40 |
|
Added contact information for Dan Flurry, class of 66 |
|
01 Sep 09 |
|
Added new email address and cell phone number for Jackie Bragg Fowler,
class of 62 |
|
Added contact information for Debra Milton Smith, class of 70 |
|
Added contact information for Mark Thompson, class of 72 |
|
Posted the obituary of Randy Harris, class of 70 |
|
30 Aug 09 |
|
Added contact information for
Dennis Jackson, class of 79 |
|
Updated email address of Kathleen Legrone Kilgore, class of 49 |
|
28Aug 09 |
|
Corrected contact information of Bruce Wiggins, class of 69 |
|
Added email address for Randy Gardner, class of 69 |
|
27 Aug 09 |
|
Posted notice that Randy Harris, class of 1970, passed away on September
24th, 2009 |
|
Posted the obituary of Pamela Diane Newman Needham, class of 73 |
|
23 Aug 09 |
|
Updated phone numbers for most members of the class of 54 |
|
Added email address for Betty Bass Thurston, class o f54 |
|
Added email address for Woodrow Buckelew, class of 54 |
|
Added email address for Ruth chambers Hurst, class of 54 |
|
Updated contact information for Dorris Clayburn Pierce, class of 54 |
|
Added email address for Janett Edge Parr, class of 54 |
|
Changed the email address of Jerry Glaze, class of 54 |
|
Added email address for Margaret Hillard Hardy |
|
Added an email address for Joe Don Willimas, class of 54 |
|
Added an email address for Myrtle Woodruff Norton, class of 54 |
|
Corrected an error showing Herold Wood, class of 54, as deceased |
|
Added contact information for Bruce Wiggins, class of 69 |
|
Posted the obituary of James Arthur Elton, class of 44 or 45 |
|
Posted the obituary of Cynthia Hulsey Price, class of 71 |
|
22 Aug 09 |
|
Posted New
Article on Class of '49 Reunion |
|
Posted
Photo of Class of '54 - 55 Year
Reunion |
|
Posted
photo fof 1942 Lipscomb First
Grade Class |
|
Added Jean Ingram's ('59)
photos of the Class of '59 - 50
year reunion |
|
21 Aug 09 |
|
Posted August Luncheon
Photos |
|
19 Aug 09 |
|
Updated contact information for Paulette Tarpley Buffkin, class of 68 |
|
Added Robert D. "Bob"
Harris, class of 52, to the Hall of
Fame |
|
Updated contact information for Ricky Phillips, class of 68 |
|
18 Aug 09 |
|
Updated contact information for Jerry Legrone, class of 75 |
|
10 Aug 09 |
|
Posted contact information for William "Buddy" Woodall, class of 74 |
|
Updated contact information for Bonnie Saunders Armistead, class of 64 |
|
10 Aug 09 |
|
Updated contact information for Frances Hamilton Agan, class of 69 |
|
09 Aug 09 |
|
Posted Obituary of Virginia Hill Swatek, class of 59 |
|
Added contact information for Lavern Willis Beasley, class of 86 |
|
Changed the email address of Lynda Rye Ervin, class of 69 |
|
Created Personal Pages
Gallery for John Bullard, class
of 66 |
|
Created Personal Pages
Gallery for Judy O'Quinn, class
of 60 |
|
Created Personal Pages
Gallery for John Rickles, class
of 67 |
|
Created Personal Pages
Gallery for Kay Brown Cole,
class of 65 |
|
Created Personal Pages
Gallery for Ronnie Nabors, class
of 61 |
|
Created Personal Pages
Gallery for Jeannette Mann
Creighton, class of 54 |
|
Created Personal Pages
Gallery for Danna Cantrell
Splawn, class of 58 |
|
Created Personal Pages
Gallery for Bob Roper, class of
63 |
|
05 Aug 09 |
|
Posted
photos from the July Luncheon |
|
04 Aug 09 |
|
Posted the obituary of Imogene Pierce Dauphin, class of 55 |
|
02 Aug 09 |
|
Added contact information for
Connie Kennedy Lolies, class of 77 |
|
01 Aug 09 |
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Posted the obituary of Timmy Kitchens, class of 68 |
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Added contact information for Linda Rye Ervin, class of 69 |
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Added contact information for Denise Yvette Calhoun Mosley, class of 79 |
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29 Jul 09 |
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Posted movie clip of 50 year reunion of the class of '59. Click on
the Audio Visual tab above. |
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Updated contact information for Shirley Diane Boone Dabbs, class of 72 |
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Changed email address of Carol Cornelius, class of 67 |
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Added contact information for Mike Dye, class of 74 |
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Changed contact information for Cliff Knox, class of 80 |
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20 Jul 09 |
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Added John Manning's photos of the 09 consolidated 70's reunion to the
Links tab above |
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Added contact information for Allen Moss, class of 80 |
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Changed the email address for Jimmy Goodwin, class of 68 |
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Corrected email address of Marvin Paulk, class of 67 |
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Added contact information for Jimmy Langley, class of 75 |
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Added contact information for Roger NeSmith, class of 71 |
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Added contact information for Melvin McCord, class of 81 |
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29 Jun 09 |
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Added
photo of Mrs.
Winkler's '58-'59 Class at Lipscomb School |
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Added Class of '65's 25 year Reunion
photo |
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29 Jun 09 |
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Added contact information for Terry Huguley, class of 68 |
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Updated contact information for Doris Conway Brandon, class of 52 |
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24 Jun 09 |
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Changed the email address of Carol Cornelius, class of 67 |
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Changed the email addreess of Janet Farris Santarlas, class of 68 |
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20 Jun 09 |
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Added contact information for
Linda Rye Ervin, class of 69 |
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Changed contact information for Rish Wood, class of 69 |
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Posted notice that Ernie Wilson, Class of 70, has passed |
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Posted the
photographs
from the 70's consolidated reunion |
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Click
here to see
John Manning's photos of the 70's consolidated reunion |
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Posted the
photographs
from the June monthly get-together |
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Posted obituary of Catherine Horton Hunter, class of 37 |
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17 Jun 09 |
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Posted obituary of James Haig, class of 47 |
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15 Jun 09 |
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Changed email address for Harriet Spain, class of 72 |
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Added email address for Jimmy Allen, class of 68 |
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10 Jun 09 |
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Added contact information for
Terry Dillard, class of 72 |
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Changed directory information
for Rebecca Bass Pickle, class of 58 |
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03 Jun 09 |
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Added contact information for
Fletcher Mitchell Smith, class of 72 |
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01 Jun 09 |
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Added contact information for Karen Plott Tucker, class of 72 |
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31 May 09 |
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Posted Dana Colwell Davis Consolidated Reunion
photos. Hers begin with
photo 213 |
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Posted
photos of Jones Valley School
taken May 30th, 2009. |
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Changed contact information for Paulette Tarpley Buffkin, class of 68 |
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29 May 09 |
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Added contact information for
Jimmy Tyson, class of 61 |
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Changed contact information for Melissa Harris Revels, class of 78 |
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Updated contact information for Diane Nobles Jennings, class of 70 |
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Added contact information for Carla Lowery Brown, class of 68 |
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Added contact information for Treasia Thompson Bennett, class of 68 |
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Changed the email address of Diana Schrader Lovoy, class of 70 |
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Added email address for Peggy Delenne, class of 70 |
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Changed email address for Earl Capps, class of 51 |
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26 May 09 |
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Updated contact information for Dan Morse, class of 62 |
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21 May 09 |
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Added contact information for Bobby Hand, class of 65 |
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13May 09 |
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Changed email address for Barbara Andrews White, class of 66 |
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13 May 09 |
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Posted the obituary of Robert C. "Bob" Nabors, class of 49 |
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07 May 09 |
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Changed email address for Donald Ingram, class of 67 |
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Added contact information for Sharmon Griffin Threatt, class of 82 |
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05 May 09 |
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Added contact information for Elisabeth Constantine, class of 62 |
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27 April 09 |
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Added contact information for Ralph Doles, class o 52 |
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Changed contact information for Sonny Bullard, class of 60 |
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25 April 09 |
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Added/Changed contact information for most of the class of 51 |
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Added contact information for LuVenia Stewart, class of 82 |
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24 April 09 |
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Added contact information for Janice Johnson Harris, class of 72 |
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21 April 09 |
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Uploaded Consolidated Reunion
Photos |
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Added contact information for Ronnie Garrard, class of '67 |
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Added contact information for Linda Wilks Gerrard, class of '67 |
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20 April 09 |
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Added contact information for Ray Lee, class of '52 |
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Added instructions for
downloading photos |
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Added contact information for Ann McElroy Stewart, class of 67 |
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16 April 09 |
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Posted the obituary of Billy Ray Crowson, class of 71 |
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Posted
photos from April Luncheon |
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Posted contact information for Terri Steele, class of 80 |
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Posted contact information for Ann McElroy Stewart, class of 96 |
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14 April 09 |
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Added contact information for Randy Defnall, class of 72 |
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Added contact information for Melanie Farley Morehouse, class of 66 |
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Added contact information for Donna Whaley Kershaw, class of 69 |
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13 April 09 |
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Added obituary of Belle Edney Rigsby, coass of 50 |
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09 April 09 |
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Added contact information for Robert Hamilton, class of 62 |
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Added contact information for Amiko Johnson, class of82 |
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09 April 09 |
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Posted obituary of Elaine Rutledge Loveless, class of 73 |
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07 April 09 |
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Added phone number for Melanie Farley Hare, class of 66 |
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02 April 09 |
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Added contact information for Terri Gladson Hunter, class of 69 |
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31 March 09 |
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Changed contact information for Gracie Cornelison Higginbotham, class of
57 |
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Changed email address for Lena Brigman White, class of 57 |
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Changed contact information for Billy Joe Wallace, class of 57 |
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30 March 09 |
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Added contact information for Earl Capps, class of 51 |
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Added contact information for Dianne Walker, class of 88 |
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29 March 09 |
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Posted obituary of Gary Evans, class of 67 |
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Posted Obituary of Virginia Graham, class of 70 |
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Added email address for Kenneth Alan Gann, class of 77 |
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Changed contact information for Betty Burgess Clinton, class of 61 |
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Added contact information for David Johnson, class of 70 |
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Added contact information for Larry Robinson, class of 70 |
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28 March 09 |
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Added contact information for
Pat Rhodes McElhaney, class of 58 |
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Added email address for Tommy Saunders, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Sam MacMasters, class of 58 |
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Updated contact information for Kay Mann Botters, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Johnny Morris, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Peggy Kent Crane, class of 58 |
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Added email address for Vanessa Cox Braselton, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Mary Ann Byram Fowler, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Gene Allen, class of 58 |
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Changed contact information for Nima Sue Arthur Parsons, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Leonard Brasher, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Jane Brooks Butler, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Don Buckelew, class of 58 |
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27 March 09 |
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Corrected mailing address of Doris Sellers Pylant, class of 58 |
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Changed the mailing address of Jimmy Simpson, class of 58 |
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Added mailing address for Otha Smith, class of 58 |
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Changed the mailing address of Linda Stone Keith, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Alvin Vick, class of 58 |
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Changed mailing address for Donna Jean Whitten Hilley, class of 58 |
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21 March 09 |
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Added contact information for Jorden Coleman, class of 88 |
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Added cell phone number for Keith Parvin, class of 78 |
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21 March 09 |
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Posted
photos from March Luncheon |
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19 March 09 |
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Changed email address of Steve Stringer, class of 77 |
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Added contact information for Donna Carmack Gardner, class of 76 |
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14 March 09 |
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Posted 1997
obituary of Quinton B. Davis, class of 51 |
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Added contact information for Gerder Henry Whaley, class of 59 |
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11 March 09 |
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Added contact information for Sonya Dickerson, class of 81 |
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Changed email address of Janice Glascock Johnson, class of 68 |
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Added contact information for Deborah Smith Mays, class of 69 |
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10 March 09 |
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Changed email addresses for Gary Chappelear, class of 73 |
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08 March 09 |
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Added email address for Jane Bradford Fussell, class of 61 |
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Added Tommy Cox, class of 63, to the Hall of Fame |
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07 March 09 |
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Added contact information for
Benny Langner, class of 65 |
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Added contact information for Janet Butler Smith, class of 67 |
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Posted obituary of Carolyn Gipson Hollinghead,
class of 64, |
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05 March 09 |
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Added contact informaiton for Billy Cooper, class of 72 |
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Posted the obituary of Lynn Stubblefield Williamson, class of 73 |
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Posted the obituary of Shirley Williams Stacy, class of 54 |
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Added contact information for Sue Williams Morton, class of 74 |
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04 March 09 |
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Updated contact information for Susan Cox McPhate, class of 62 |
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Added a recent
photo of Susan Cox McPhate, class of 62 |
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Added contact information for Pam Caudle Dutton, class of 72 |
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Changed the email address of Patricia Card Walker, class of 72 |
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Added announcement of the 50th year reunion of the class of 1959 |
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01 March 09 |
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Changed the email address of Gerald Nichols, class of 65 |
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Added contact information for Cedrick George, class of 78 |
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Updated contact information for Jimmy Whaley, class of 56 |
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Added recent
photo of Jimmy and Carol Whaley,
class of 56 |
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27 February 09 |
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Added contact information for
Don Baker, class of 51 |
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Added contact information for Jerry Scarbrough, class of 64 |
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24 February 09 |
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Posted a new email address for Ernest McCarty, class of 53 |
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Posted a new email address for Edna Earl Miller McCarty, class of 53 |
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Posted a new email address for Sue Stuckey Chandler, class of 64 |
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Added contact information for Paul Williams, class of 69 |
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22 February 09 |
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Posted obituary of Barbara Baker Hull, class of 53 |
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Added contact information for Patsy Rosser Hindman, class of 71 |
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Added contact information for Alan Thorn, class of 80 |
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Changed contact information for Debbie Reid Johnson, class of 74 |
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Changed contact information for Dennis Kizziah, class of 71 |
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Added contact information for Carol Torbert Dawson, class of 67 |
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Added Jerry Bradley, class of 67, to the Hall of Fame |
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17 February 09 |
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Added contact information for LouAnn Williams, class of 84 |
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16 February 09 |
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Added contact information for Carol Owen Emerson, class of 67 |
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12 February 09 |
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Added contact information for Carolyn Key Reaves, class of 66 |
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Posted obituary of Richard Alan Speer, class of 75 |
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10 February 09 |
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Added contact information for Chala Brown Ford, class of 83 |
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06 February 09 |
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Posted the obituary of Myrtle Lucille Langner Owen, class unknown |
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05 February 09 |
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Changed contact information for
James Seale, Class of 74 |
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Changed contact information for Rebecca Bass Pickle, class of 57 |
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01 February 09 |
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Changed the mailing address for Clifton Mason, class of 72 |
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Changed mailing address for Carol Brooks Mason, class of 73 |
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28 January 09 |
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Added contact information for Rosemary Kamps Scaggs, class of 65 |
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Added contact information for Eleanor Day Cameron, class of 71 |
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Updated contact information for Billy Gardiner, class of 57 |
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26 January 09 |
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Changed email address for Diane Parson Langley, class of 67 |
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Changed contact information for Donnie Langley, class of 67 |
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26 January 09 |
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Added contact information for
Dewayne Hood, class of 81 |
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Changed phone numbers of Paul Stokes, class of 63 |
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25 January 09 |
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Posted the obituary of Jeannette Godfrey Crow Hindman, class of 45 |
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Added contact information for John Bullard, class of 66 |
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Changed the email address of Donald Ingram, class of 67 |
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Added contact information for Terry Glass, class of 82 |
|
Added an email address for Judy Mims Hatcher, class of 61 |
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Posted
photos of the
January Luncheon |
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21 January 09 |
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Changed email address for Jimmy Edmondson, class of 60 |
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Changed the email address of Donald Ingram, class of 67 |
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15 January 09 |
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Added contact information for
June Frost Poole, class of 54 |
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Added contact information for Benny Poole, class of 54 |
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Changed email address for William Parker, class of 73 |
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Changed the email address of Pat Matson Wilkowski, class of 59 |
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12 January 09 |
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Added contact information for Frances Hunt Hurd, class of 58 |
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09 January 09 |
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Added Contact information for
Edith Kennedy Couch, class of 74 |
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Changed email address of Charlie Phillips, class of 59 |
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05 January 09 |
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Added contact information for Terry Gamble, class of 58 |
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31 December 08 |
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Added contact information for Terry Gamble, class of 58 |
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Changed email address of Alice McKinney Morrison, class of 65 |
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31 December 08 |
Uploaded old
photos
provided Jeanette Mann (photo 290-347) |
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29 December 08 |
Uploaded old
photos
provided by Dana Colwell (photo 265-289) |
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Updated contact information for Michael Scott, class of 75 |
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Posted the obituary of Eva Ann Stuckey Bozeman, class of 54 |
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Posted the obituary of Linda Euler Rollins Bell, class of 62 |
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Added contact information for Marie Wood Letcher, class of 45 |
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Added contact information for Toyia Higgler Pride, class of 89 |
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Changed email address of Glenn Hill, class of 69 |
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22 December 08 |
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Added contact information for Dwight Haslip |
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Added contact information for C.J. "Jeannie" Casey Barnes |
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Added contact information for Eddie Belcher, class of 71 |
|
17 December 08 |
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Added contact information for
Jean Sizemore Tate, class of 59 |
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16 December 08 |
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Updated contact information for Ruth Brock Horn, class of 41 |
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11 December 08 |
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Added contact information for Bettie Carmack, class of 88 |
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10 December 08 |
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Changed home phone number of Joe Johnston, class of 54 |
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09 December 08 |
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Added contact information for Elaine Woods Kelso, class of 59 |
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Changed contact information for Danny Zobrosky, class of 64 |
|
08 December 08 |
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Corrected the email address of Jerry Barrett, class of 51 |
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07 December 08 |
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Added contact information for Bridgette Boyd Barnes, class of82 |
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Changed contact information for Barbara Roper, class of 58 |
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Changed contact information for Wanda Shaw Lovoy, class of 67 |
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03 December 08 |
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Added contact information for Toyia Hibler Pride, class of 89 |
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Changed contact informaiton for Jerry Cargile, class of 69 |
|
02 December 08 |
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Changed contact information for Ronald Ingram, class of 67 |
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Changed email address of Ronnie Hilley, class of 58 |
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Corrected errors in contact information of Richard Gilbert, class of 73 |
|
01 December 08 |
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Added contact information for Mickey Thomas, class of 67 |
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Changed work phone number for Teresa Turner Langner, class of 68 |
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Added contact information for Buck Williams, class of 62 |
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Changed email address of Donald Ingram, class of 67 |
|
27 November 08 |
Added search capability to the site Click on "Search" tab above and
try it out! |
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26 November 08 |
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Changed the contact information for Robert Ingram, class of 67 |
|
25 November 08 |
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Added contact information for
Eddie Gardner, class of 88 |
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Added contact information for Evelyn Collins, class of 89 |
|
Added a
recent photo of Jerry Laughlin,
class of 64 |
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15 November 08 |
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Changed contact information for Susie Foster Rooks, class of 75 |
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10 November 08 |
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Added Obituary of Mildred Horton Langston, class of 35 |
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07 November 08 |
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Added contact information for
Billy Mayhall, class of 67 |
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Added contact information for Wendy Henley Anger, class of 79 |
|
06 November 08 |
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Changed email address of Mike Heard, class of 67 |
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04 November 08 |
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Posted the obituary of Billy Brigman, class of 53 |
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03 November 08 |
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Updated Jimmy Rosser's Hall of Fame narrative |
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29 October 08 |
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Posted the obituary of Patsy Fore, class of 59 |
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27 October 08 |
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Added telephone numbers for Wanda Knox Hinch, class of 74 |
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Added contact information for Jacky Jones, class of 80 |
|
Changed mailing address of Walter Johnsey, class of 67 |
|
Changed the email address of Gail Langner Scruggs, class of 56 |
|
Changed the email address of Jim Scruggs, class of 51 |
|
Added contact information for Jerry Laughlin, class of 64 |
|
Changed contact information of Ken Battles, class of 65 |
|
Changed mailing address of Faye Watts Buehler, class of 73 |
|
19 October 08 |
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Added contact information for Vickie Waine Morrison, class of 75 |
|
Corrected contact information for Wayne Dunkin, class of 66 |
|
Changed telephone numbers for Judy Murphree Chapman, class of 68 |
|
Added contact information for Tracy Hare, class of 90 |
|
Added contact information for Cindy Bishop Riggins, class of 70 |
|
13 October 08 |
|
Changed contact and email information
for David Harris, class of 65 |
|
09 October 08 |
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Posted the obituary of David Eads, class of 73 |
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Added Eddie Gilbert, class of 64, to the JVHS Hall of Fame |
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Added Cathy Rittman Gilbert, class of 68, to the JVHS Hall of Fame |
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Changed email address of Max Harbuck, class of 71 |
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Posted notice in the column to the right concerning Coack Robert
Herring's retirement |
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04 October 08 |
|
Posted September Luncheon
photos |
|
Posted
photos from Janice Glasscock
Johnson, class of 68 |
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Corrected email address of Jim Long, class of 69 |
|
01 October 08 |
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Changed the email address of Faye Watts Buehler, class of 73 |
|
29 September 08 |
|
Changed the email address of Martha Brigman Spota, class
of 64 |
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Added contact information for Harrison Whisenant, class of 68 |
|
Changed the email address of Peggy Stokes bullard, class of 63 |
|
Added contact information for Wanda Holt Parker, class of 83 |
|
24 September 08 |
|
Changed address and phone number of Janet Farris Santarlas, class of 68 |
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Added contact information for Mike Jackson, class of 67 |
|
Posted the obituary of Virginia Lacy McCombs Pilgreen, class unknown |
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22 September 08 |
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Added contact information for
Billy Abercrombie, class of 71 |
|
Added contact information for Sharon Jones, class of 84 |
|
Added contact information for Gayle Pierce, class of 72 |
|
Added contact information for Ross Akers, class of 68 |
|
Changed phone numbers of Janice Glasscock Johnson, class of 68 |
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Added contact information for D'Jaris Crumpton McCormick, class of 68 |
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16 September 08 |
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Changed Pamela Abercrombie Egan's mailing address, class of 74 |
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07 September 08 |
|
Added 115 mid-50's
photos to the
"School Days" gallery from Jeanette Mann Creighton's collection |
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Changed the work phone number of Paul Stokes, class of 63 |
|
28 August 08 |
|
Changed contact information for Deborah Higginbotham Passmore, class of
71 |
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Changed email address of Steve Thompson, class of 64 |
|
Changed email address of Mary Alexander Thompson, class of 67 |
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27 August 08 |
|
Added contact information for Henry Balch, class of 40 |
|
25 August 08 |
|
Posted a correction to the obituary of Wallace "Turk" Turley, Class of
49 |
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Changed contact information for Doris Rae Guthrie Autrey, class of 62 |
|
Added contact information for Larraine Tunnell Mancuso, class of 60 |
|
Changed the email address of Jim Long, class of 69 |
|
22 August 08 |
|
Posted August Luncheon
photos |
|
Added contact information for Nancy Reynolds Bales, class of 77 |
|
Added contact informtion for Edward Bales, class of 77 |
|
Added contact information for Barbara Blackwell Middlebrook, class of 61 |
|
Changed contact information of Marilynn Hill Jones, class of 67 |
|
20 August 08 |
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Changed contact information for charlotte Bailey Lacey, class of 47 |
|
Added phone number for Aliene Spain Walker, class of 62 |
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19 August 08 |
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Added contact information for Aliene Spain Walker, class of 62 |
|
17 August 08 |
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Added contact information for
Gayle Wilson Sizemore, class of 63 |
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Added contact information for Donald "Buddy" Sizemore, class of 59 |
|
13August 08 |
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Posted the Obituary of Wallace "Turk" Turley, class of 49 |
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Posted the obituary of Simpson Pepper, Principal from 78-86 |
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Updated contact information for Susan Rector Daniel, class of 69 |
|
Corrected cell phone number for JoAnn Gaught Goldstein, class of 73 |
|
Added email address for Larry Satterlee, class of 59 |
|
Added contact information for Terry Glass, class of 82 |
|
Added cotnact information for Gerald Witt, class of 69 |
|
Added contact information for Debbie Fields Montalbano, class of 69 |
|
08August 08 |
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Added contact information for
Paul McIlwaine, class of 68 |
|
07 August 08 |
|
Added contact information for Judy Thompson Parker, class of 68 |
|
Added contact information for Carla Jenkins Carter, class of 80 |
|
Added contact information for Jane Lyles Wilson, class of 54 |
|
28 July 08 |
|
Added contact information for
Paula Hampton Tyus, class of 68 |
|
Updated contact information for Jerry Bradley, class of 54 |
|
Added current
photo of Mike Moore, class of 65 |
|
25 July 08 |
|
Updated contact information for Mickey Sismore, class of 61 |
|
Added photo of 1964 class reunion |
|
Added contact information for Robert Davenport, class of 50 |
|
16 July 08 |
|
Posted the obituary of Michael Dainard, class of 62 |
|
Posted
photos of July's monthly
gathering |
|
Added contact information for Michael Crumpton, class of 69 |
|
16 July 08 |
|
Added an email address for Jimmy Goodwin, class of 68 |
|
Poste the obituary of Marry Lee Allen Costa, class of 56 |
|
Posted the obituary of Alf "Sut" Rogers, class of 51 |
|
Posted the obituary of Geraldine Wommack, class of 50 |
|
Posted the obituary of Joan Evelyn Keasler, class of 70 |
|
15 July 08 |
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Changed the email address of Kathy Moore Vann, class of 69 |
|
Added contact information for Leisa Gibb Greene, class of 77 |
|
Added contact information for Francieta Jones Lewis, class of 80 |
|
Added contact information for Cathy Bartleson Hilley, class of 69 |
|
12 July 08 |
|
Added contact information for
Sherryl Treslar Martin, class of 65 |
|
Added contact information for Mike Moore, class of 65 |
|
Posted the obituary of Betty Dean Sizemore King, class of 58 |
|
Posted the obituary of Douglas H. Cospers, class of 58 |
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11 July 08 |
|
Added contact information for Laura Lynn, class of 70 |
|
Changed the email address for Sue Colburn Brooks, CLass of 64 |
|
Added contact informtion for Susan Brown Brannum, class of 71 |
|
Added contact information for Lamar Brannum, class of 71 |
|
02 July 08 |
|
Added contact information for
Jan Stewart Politio, class of 75 |
|
29 June 08 |
|
Posted obituary of "Treat" Cowart, class of 57 |
|
Changed contact information for Linda Gillis Argo, class of 62 |
|
25 June 08 |
|
Posted the obituary of Ellen Sizemore Domaschk, class of 52 |
|
23 June 08 |
|
Added contact information for
Pam Moody, class of 72 |
|
Changed cell phone number of Jenny Little Keith, class of 66 |
|
Changed contact information for Sharon Lyons Krouse, class of 71 |
|
Added contact information for Tommy Jean Stamps Barnette, class of 59 |
|
Changed email address of Charles Bruce Sizemore, class of 73 |
|
13 June 08 |
|
Changed the email address of Sandra Huguley Gann, class of 69 |
|
Updated contact information for Cathy Langston Satterlee, class of 59 |
|
Posted some great photos of Lipscomb School -
1950 First Grade,
May Day 1958 and a
PTA meeting from the 40's |
|
Posted
photo of the 1960-1961
Majorettes |
|
11 June 08 |
|
Changed email address of Carol Tate Byars, class of 69 |
|
Changed contact information of Jenny Little Keith, class of 66 |
|
Changed email address of Ronald Widner, class of 67 |
|
Changed email address for Brenda Cleckley Widner, class of 67 |
|
09 June 08 |
|
Posted email address of Mildred Wilson Williams, class of 46 |
|
07 June 08 |
|
Added contact information for Bobbie (Barbara) Castleberry Warren, class
of 67 |
|
Added contact information fo rJohnnie hanson, class of 65 |
|
03 June 08 |
|
Added contact information for Jimmy Goodwin, class of 68 |
|
Changed contact information for Deborah Garland Ingram, class of 70 |
|
02 June 08 |
|
Added contact information for David Harden, class of 53 |
|
31 May 08 |
|
Added contact information for Joyce Fowler Moorer, class of 64 |
|
Added contact informtion for Janice Fowler Hollis, class of 61 |
|
Added contact informtion for Eddie Nobinger, class of 71 |
|
Added contact information for Ronald Houston, class of 66 |
|
Updated contact information for Jill Bailey Buzbee, class of 61 |
|
Added contact information for Greg Brown, class of 83 |
|
Posted May luncheon
photos |
|
Posted
photos from the class of 59's forty year reunion |
|
Changed contact information for Howard Bosworth, class of 54 |
|
Added phone number for Wetona Bosworth Caton, class of 54 |
|
Added phone number for Woodrow Buckelew, class of 54 |
|
Added email address for Charles Crane, class of 54 |
|
Added phone number for Paul Dean Crane, class of 54 |
|
Changed email address for Ken Crumpton, class of 54 |
|
Added phone number for Janette Edge Parr, class of 54 |
|
Added contact information for Dorothy Franklin Farmer, class of 54 |
|
Changed address for June Frost Poole, class of 54 |
|
Changed address of Carl Gipson, class of 54 |
|
Added phone number of Margaret Hillard Hardy,class of 54 |
|
Changed address of Milford Lowery, class of 54 |
|
Added contact information for Jane Lyles, class of 54 |
|
Added contact information for Jeanette Mann Creighton, class of 54 |
|
Added contact information for Reba Carolyn Pitts Rickles, class of 54 |
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Added phonenumber fo rAnn Stuckey Bozeman, class of 54 |
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Added contact information for Joyce Thompson Wideman, class of 54 |
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Added contact information for Hazel Turley Ingalls, class of 54 |
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Added contact information for Joyce Thompson Wideman, class of 54 |
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Added contact information for Ernestine Williams Erwin, class of 54 |
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Added contact information for Joe Don Williams, class of 54 |
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Added contact information for Mary Ellen Williams Pentz, class of 54 |
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Changed contact information for Myrtle Woodruff Norton, class of 54 |
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29 May 08 |
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Added several old
photos circa 1954 |
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28 May 08 |
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added an email address for Bill Little, class of 59 |
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Corrected email address for Barbara Hamner, class of 67 |
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Changed contact information for Joy Lyster Barrentine, class of 65 |
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Changed contact information for Mary Ann Prantl Cherry, class of 65 |
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24 May 08 |
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Changed the email address of Mary Jo Monk Goethe, class of 57 |
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Added email address for Jean Ingram, class of 59 |
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Added current photo of Jean Ingram, class of 59 |
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Changed the email address of Mitzi Spain, class of 74 |
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Added contact information for Peggy Stokes Bullard, class of 62 |
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Added contact information for Phillip Bowling, class of 70 |
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20 May 08 |
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Added contact information for
Monte Hollis Strickland, class of 59 |
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Updated contact informtion for Barbara Hamner, class of 67 |
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Added contact information for Ronald Hardy, class of 44 |
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19 May 08 |
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Added obituary of Bobby Gardiner |
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Added obituary of Emily Hicks Jones |
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Added contact information for Mitzi Spain, class of 74 |
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Added contact information for Terry Reid, class of 70 |
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Added contact information for Ronnie Harris, class of 66 |
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Posted death of Michael Ira Colley, class of 65, who died in action in
Vietnam in 1967 |
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Posted the death of Roger Manly Nabors, class of 65, who died about five
years ago of cancer |
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Posted the death of Susan Moore, class of 63, who died about 20 years
ago |
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changed email address for Barbara Roper, class of 58 |
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18 May 08 |
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Added contact information for
Rebecca Upton, class of 65 |
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Changed email address for Shirley Tipper Crumpton, class of 59 |
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Posted death notice of Bobby Gardiner, class of 63 |
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08 May 08 |
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Updated contact information for John Hanson, class of 65 |
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Added contact information for Carol Little Wright, Class of 72 |
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08 May 08 |
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Added contact information for
Bill Little, class of 59 |
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Changed email address of Carl Wideman, class of 60 |
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Changed email address of Carolyn Hodges Millican, class of 59 |
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Changed cell phone number of Paul Reynolds, class of 72 |
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Updated contact information for Debbie Reid Johnson, class of 74 |
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Changed email address of Sharon Williams Sizemore, class of 60 |
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Changed email address of Norman Sizemore, class of 61 |
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30April 08 |
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Added an email address for Rosa Lee Kendrick Sargent, class of 55 |
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29 April 08 |
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Added contact information for Steve Huey, class of 67 |
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Updated contact information for Jo Ann Pearson Glasscock, class of 55 |
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25 April 08 |
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Updated contact information for
Eddie Moore, class of 69 |
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Updated contact information for Rebecca Bass Pickle, class of 58 |
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Updated information of Linda Mount Howland, class of 58 |
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21 April 08 |
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Changed the email address of Linda Mount Howland, class of 58 |
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Posted additional Consolidated Reunion
Photos |
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20 April 08 |
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Updated email address for Jean McBrayer Handley, class of 52 |
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Updated email address for Mary Ezell Harkins, class of 65 |
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Added email contact for Frances Williams, class of 83 |
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19 April 08 |
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Posted April Luncheon
Photos |
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Posted Consolidated Reunion
Photos |
Class of 58, 50th Year Reunion
Photos
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15 April 08 |
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Updated contact information for
Richard Hurley, class of 49 |
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Updated contact information for Jerry Bosworth, class of 58 |
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Added contact information for Alice Boone Pyle, class of 49 |
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Added contact information for Evelyn Womack Horton, class of 49 |
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14 April 08 |
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Posted the obituary of Patricia Naish McNiel, class of 62 |
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Posted contact information for Leslie Sizemore, class of 65 |
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Change email address for Ricky Phillips, class of 65 |
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12 April 08 |
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Changed email address for Peggy Meadows McAlpine, class of 72 |
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Added contact information for Sunee Casey, class of 72 |
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Changed email address for Stephen Stringer, class of 77 |
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02 April 08 |
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Changed email address for Ricky Phillips, class of 65 |
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Posted obituary for Marie Hollis, class unknown |
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Added cotnact information for Walter Yarbrough, class of 59 |
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According to Robbie Chastain Shealy, Johnny Morris is erroneously listed
as deceased on the website. Instead, it was his brother Jimmy,
also of the class of 58. This error has been corrected. |
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Added email address for David Dodson, class of 62 |
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02 April 08 |
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Added contact information for
Harriet Spain, class of 72 |
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Posted obituary of Donald Holcombe, class of 49 |
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Changed cell phone number for Terry Sullens, class of 72 |
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Changed email address of Steve Corey, class of 61 |
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Posted photos
here and
here of Janice Glasscock
Johnson, class of 68 |
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Added cell phone number for Steve Thompson, class of 64 |
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27 March 08 |
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Updated contact information for Ronny Widner, class of 67 |
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Updated contact information for Brenda Cleckley Widner, class of 67 |
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Posted Obituary notice of Rodney Rodgers, class of 55 |
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14 March 08 |
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Tommy Saunders, class of 58, added to the
Hall of Fame |
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Changed email address of Alan Keith, class of 64 |
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Changed email address of Jenny Little Keith, class of 66 |
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Posted a memorial
to Alta Susan Morris Kizziah, class of 36 |
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14 March 08 |
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Posted
photos from March's Luncheon |
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Added contact information for Peggy Mountifield Morris, class of 58 |
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Posted obituary of Richard Stanley, class of 66 |
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Added contact info for Paulette Tarpley Buffkin, class of 68 |
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Posted contact info for Don Yeager, class of 65 |
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Posted Obituary of Robert "Jack" Holdcombe, class of 47 |
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14 March 08 |
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Added contact information for Charlie Hayes, class of 72 |
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Added contact information for F. Lee Fuller Rash, class of 68 |
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Changed the email address of Janice Little Satterfield, class of 62 |
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Corrected contact information for Billy Snider, class of 67 |
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12 March 08 |
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Added contact information for Billy Snyder, class of 67 |
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Updated email address for Billy Tate, Calss of 63 |
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Changed email address for Ronnie Nabors, class of 61 |
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Added email address for Donna Driver Davidson, class of 62 |
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03 March 08 |
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Updated contact information for Leroy Allen, class of 6 |
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Changed email address of Barbara Kennedy Rotruck, class of 59 |
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26 February 08 |
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Posted P.A. Vandiver's obituary |
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Changed contact information for Faye Watts Buehler, Class of 73 |
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Changed email address of John Gipson, class of 69 |
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21 February 08 |
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Posted
photos of February Luncheon |
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18 February 08 |
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Posted obituary of Anne Ferguson Hardy, Teacher |
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13 February 08 |
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Posted obituary of Bill C. Cate, Class of 54 |
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Posted Contact information for Roger Barger, class of 69 |
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Posted new contact information for Dan Morse, class of 62 |
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Added contact information for Sandra Huguley Gann, class of 69 |
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07 February 08 |
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Changed email address of Joyce Seagraves Parker, class of 63 |
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Changed email address of Denison Parker, class of 62 |
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05 February 08 |
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Posted the obituary of John Colburn, class of 69 |
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04 February 08 |
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Changed email address for Debbie Plaia Collins, class of 76 |
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03 February 08 |
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Posted new email address for Barry Patton |
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Updated contact information for Peggy Kent Franklin, class of 58 |
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Posted the passing off Lind Lightfoot, class of 66 |
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Posted the passing of David Evans, class of 790 |
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Posted a new email address for Kathy Baggett Herring, class of 67 |
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31 January 08 |
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Posted Mrs. Marshall's obituary |
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29 January 08 |
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Posted obituary of Richard Lee McCulley, class of 68 |
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28 January 08 |
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Changed contact information for Harolda Thompson Klein, class of
64 |
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Added contact information for Mike Walls, class of 70 |
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24 January 08 |
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Posted the obituary of Ralvin Earl Smith, Jr, Class of 47 |
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23 January 08 |
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Posted email address for Ronnie Dodson, class of 56 |
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Added email address for Diane Parsons Langley, class of 69 |
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Added email address for Donnie Langley, class of 67 |
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22January 08 |
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Posted the obituary of Sandra Evans Howell, class of 61 |
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Changed email address for Diana Schrader Lovoy, class of 70 |
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20 January 08 |
Posted
photos of January 17th Luncheon
I apologize for being in so many photos. The photographer (my sis)
got carried away! Bob |
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Posted obituary of Charles T. "Hank" Snow |
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Posted contact information for Gary Evans, class of 64 |
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Posted contact information for Dan Brown, class of 43 |
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Updated contact information for Kay Brown Cole, class of 65 |
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16 January 08 |
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Identified a few
more students in the old photo posted yesterday |
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15 January 08 |
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Posted class photo of the 1948 graduatiing class. Click
here to see it. |
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HELP! Posted an
old photo with Dianne Whitten Vile (73) , Brenda
Sizemore (73) and a bunch of other kids. Do you recognize any of
the other kids? If so, drop me a line at
bobroper@bellsouth.net
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Posted contact information for Louise Moore Ezell, class of 65 |
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Posted contact information for Monique Pleasant, class of 88 |
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12 January 08 |
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Added contact informtion for John (Stanley) Akers, class of 68 |
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Added contact information for Wayne Atchison, class of 68 |
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09 January 08 |
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Changed contact information for John Gipson, class of 69 |
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05 January 08 |
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Changed contact information for Susan Foster Rooks, class of 75 |
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Added contact information for Linda Martin Wells, class of 60 |
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Changed contact information for Bruce Reynolds, class of 67 |
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05 January 08 |
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Changed email address for Roger Hollis, class of 64 |
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Changed email address for Martha Parks Hollis, class of 63 |
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Posted obituary of Mike Stephens, class of 64 |
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03 January 08 |
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Updated contact information for Eddie Moore, class of 69 |
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Added contact information for Charles Leverett, class of 71 |
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Revised the Hall of Fame entry of Ralph Dieter Brock |
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29 December 07 |
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Added contact informtion for Steve Davis, class of 72 |
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Added contat information for Donna Northcutt Davis, class of 72 |
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24 December 07 |
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Changed contact information for David Bann, class of 67 |
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Changed contact information for Cathy Moore Vann, class of 69 |
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23 December 07 |
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Posted December Luncheon
Photos |
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Posted
hi-res video clip of December Luncheon |
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Posted
med-res video clip of December Luncheon |
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Posted the death of Cecil Davis, class of 67, who died in 1968 |
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Corrected the date of death of Johnny Green, class of 67, who was killed
in 1983 |
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22 December 07 |
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Posted the obutuary of Mike Pearl "Teedlum" Hudson, class of 36 |
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21 December 07 |
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Added contact information for Janice Glasscock Johnson, class of 68 |
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20 December 07 |
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Posted the obituary of Robbie Juanell Davis Beavis, class of 49 |
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Posted the obituary of Frances Bell Harrison, class of 47 |
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18 December 07 |
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Added contact invormation for Ray Martin, class of 64 |
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18 December 07 |
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Added email address for Larry Snow, class of 66 |
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13 December 07 |
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Corrected phone numbers for Leah Warren Kauffman, class of 78 |
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Added contact information for Deborah Stripling Dye, class of 75 |
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Changed email address for Winona Milton Garrison, class of 68 |
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Added Billie Ruth Syphurs to the Class of 63 |
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Changed address for Billy Wood, class of 73 |
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12 Deceber 07 |
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Posted obituary of Willie Lee H. Smith, graduated in the mid-30's |
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Updated contact information fo Richard Beckman, class of 65 |
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Updated information of Ruth Brock Horn, class of 41 |
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04 December 07 |
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Posted the obituary of Thelma Irene Allgood Wilson, class of mid-30's |
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Added contact information for Mary Lee Johnsey McMillian, class of 66 |
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Added contact information for Terry Brown, class of 81 |
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Changed email address for Virginia Maxwell George, class of 42 |
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Added contact information for Jay Harrison, class of 66 |
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25 November 07 |
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Posted contact information for David Dalton, class of 78 |
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25 November 07 |
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Posted obituary of Glen V. Wilemon, class of 51 |
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Posted the obituary of Bessie Rivers Owsley Rockett, class of 60 |
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17 November 07 |
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Posted Nov 07 Luncheon
Photos |
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Posted contact information of Dan Morse, class of 62 |
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Posted new email address for Sue Stuckey, Chandler, 64 |
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Updated contact information of Ray Davis, class of 58 |
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Changed email address of Judy O'Quinn, class of 60 |
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Added photos of Dan Morse, class of 62,
here and
here |
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13 November 07 |
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Posted the obituary of Carolyn Blackwell Pierce, class of 55 |
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Updated email address of Kathy Baggett Herring, class of 67 |
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12 November 07 |
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Corrected contact informtion of Wayne Dunkin, class of 66 |
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11 November 07 |
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Updated contact informaton for Judy O'Quinn, class of 60 |
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Added photos of
Kay Brown Cole and of her granddaughter
Lena |
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08 November 07 |
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Updated contact information for Pam Weatherbee Evans, class of 68 |
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Updated contact information for Larry Evans, class of 68 |
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Updated contact information for Ray Murphree, class of 67 |
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Updated the email address of Margaret Driver Dukes, class of 64 |
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Added contact information for Bernard "Benny" Howard, class of 73 |
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Corrected email address for John Langston, class of 57 |
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07 November 07 |
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Corrected email address of Wanda Andrews White, class of 66 |
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Corrected contact information of Carol Penfield Burgay, class of 68 |
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Updated contact inforamtion of Carol Cornelius, class of 67 |
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Added contact information of Keith Phillips, class of 79 |
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Updated contact information of Mitzi Smith Prater, class of 72/73 |
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Posted death of Quinton Davis, class of 51 |
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Updated the email address of Judy Robinson Lynch, class of 65 |
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06 November 07 |
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Added contact information for Karla Henderson Hogan, class of 78 |
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Updated contact information for Robert Adams, class of 64 |
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05 November 07 |
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Updated contact information for Billy Wallace, class of 65 |
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Posted obituary of Sonny Haskey, class of 59 |
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Posted obituary of Larry Latham, class of 66 |
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Added contact information for Doris Conway Brandon, class of 52 |
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Corrected email address of Jill Bailey Buzbee, class of 61 |
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Corrected email address of Donna Kendrick Nail, class of 77 |
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Corrected email address of Shirlee McKinney Betros, class of 56 |
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Updated contact information for JoAnn Faught Goldstein, class of 73 |
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04 November 07 |
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Changed contact informtion for David Marcum, class of 66 |
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Changed contact information for Donald Holcomb, class of 49 |
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03 November 07 |
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Changed the email address of John Nelson, class of 66 |
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Added contact information for Wayne Dunkin, class of 66 |
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01 November 07 |
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Added contact information for Brian Hall, class of 77 |
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Added contact information for Polly Addison Pack, class of 58 |
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Download
Photos? click
here to
learn how |
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Jones Valley Band Reunion
July 17th and 18th
Click here
for details |
Class of 62 50 Year Reunion Mark your calendar for July 20, 2012!! More information
to follow
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Attention Classes
70-73
The classes of '71 and '72
are planning a reunion on August 18th, 2012 at the Hoover
Country Club.
Mark
this date on your calendar
Click
here for more
information and to print a registration
form
for more information contact
Karen Plott Tucker (205) 516-3166
ktucker2@bellsouth.net |
Register to receive email
As many of you know, I
recently had to discontinue sending news, announcements and
information from my email list because one or more people had
reported me as a SPAM(er) and I was endanger of being
blacklisted.
I am going to begin the process of building
a new email list but this time the recipients must specifically
opt-in to receive email.
If
you would like to be added to the JVHS email list, click here
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SHARE
When I started this site I didn't
even have a Jones Valley yearbook. Except for current photos,
everything on the site was shared by someone else.
If you have any Jones Valley memorabilia - photos, video, sound
tracks, newspaper articles, drawings, programs, newsletters etc.
that you would be willing to share, please contact me at
bobroper@bellsouth.net
Anything you can share will improve the richness of the site.
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RED MOUNTAIN PARK
Perhaps you have read in
the newspaper or seen on TV info about the new RED MOUNTAIN PARK
that is currently being built in Birmingham. When finished,
it will be the largest "green" park in America even larger than
New York City's famous Central Park. It will stretch from
Vulcan to Bessemer along Red Mountain encompassing Ishkooda, No.
11, Tarpley City, Wenonah and all the other ore mines and mining
camps that most of us are so familiar with as kids from either
our relatives working there, or living there ourselves, or just
playing there. Most of us Jones Valley alums think of Blueberry
Hill or Shannon/Oxmoor straights for drag racing in Dad's
car.....but this excited, dedicated Red Mountain Park
staff envisions a beautiful park with hiking/biking trails and
lakes... and tours of former mining structures and camp
houses.....and a museum full of OUR memories recorded for future
generations to learn about what it was like to live and work and
grow up in a booming mining area that built Birmingham into the
Magic City! What an honor for our hardworking parents....as
well as ourselves to be the CENTER PIECE of a multi-million
dollar tourist attraction! Read about the plans on
www.redmountainpark.org....
or on FaceBook...."Red Mountain Park" and join one of the
monthly tours that shows the cleanup and development work
currently being done in our old stomping grounds! Amazing!
Hope you will be part of it.
Shirley Tipper Crumpton JV ‘59
_____________
HELLO! I'm Paul Stokes (JV
’63), brother of Jerry (’58) and Becky (‘59), and a certified,
card-carrying "Camp Kid", since I grew up in the Ishkooda mining
camp.
I have been working closely with
the Red Mountain Park staff for several months, trying to help
them with their plans to re-create a bit of the Red Mountain
history that many of us were a part of. I even went to the old
mine sites and camps last weekend for a personal mining history
tour. It was fantastic!
The Park staff has run into many
roadblocks to gathering the history of the mines and camps,
including the fact that TCI seems to have destroyed all their
documentation, such as employee lists and mine records. They
are, literally, having to go through old tax records, etc. to
try and come up with names of the camp residents and mine
workers. They are very interested in hearing from us Jones
Valley kids.
I would like to help them in
their efforts by inviting any and all of you that either grew up
in the mining camps... had relatives that worked there.... or
even know stories and/or have additional information about life
in the camps.... to share your knowledge and memories with
them....as well as sending me names of relatives and
acquaintances who lived in the areas and worked there so we can
piece together as accurate a history as possible.
The park staff is trying to
re-create not only the physical mining camp areas, but to get a
handle on the cultural aspects as well. For example, they were
stunned when I told them about the big Christmas tree (actually
a BIG pole with strings of lights) located near the #13 tipple.
Do any of you remember this?? I sure do, since Daddy would take
us up there to “help” him change the bulbs.
Eventually, I would like to put
everyone in touch with the Red Mountain Park staff directly,
but, as a start, I would ask you to respond to my e-mail address
stokesbama@aol.com
with whatever you have to offer...or if you prefer, you may
also send info to me via US mail to my home address, 3712 Wyatt
Lane, Texarkana, Texas 75503. I’d like to see what kind of
response I get before turning things over to RMP.
If you have something that would
be better handled via a phone conversation, please contact
Shirley Tipper Crumpton, JV '59, at 205-980-2086. I travel
extensively in my job (am on the West coast almost every week),
and Shirley is firmly settled in Hoover, so she would be the
best for your telephone calls.
Again, this is an effort to
re-create a portion of Birmingham’s history, as well as OUR
history, and I would like to see them succeed. Anything you can
offer would be greatly appreciated.
Sincerely,
Paul
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A POEM
Honoring Mrs. Denson's 100th
Birthday
by: Carol Penfield Burgay
(Class of ’68)
The best example of what a
teacher should be . .
your excitement and enthusiasm was contagious, you see.
To Jones Valley students you’re a priceless treasure
and the lessons you taught always blessed beyond measure.
A constant source of care and
concern,
insights, opinions, laughter and fun.
You inspired us to appreciate biology,
and your class was always where we wanted to be!
We learned all about chlorophyll
and algae too,
frogs and earthworms, to name just a few.
Photosynthesis and molecules were surprising delights
and our “field” trips produced some amazing sights.
Now we pray the good Lord, our
Father above,
will continue to bless you with lots of His love.
And we’ll think of you often and want you to know . .
you’ve enriched our lives more than silver and gold!
(C6 H12 O6)
Happy 100th Birthday
!!
7/4/09 |
My family moved from Powderly and Jones Valley my freshman year. All of
my memories were from the streets and neighbors of Powderly and the
teachers, students, hallways and playgrounds of Jones Valley. As with
many of you, I never quite got over this experience. I was comfortable
and secure there. I felt a sense of belonging, a sense of family there
that I have not experienced again. My memories have comforted me over
the years but I have longed to revisit those years with those I remember
so warmly. What started in the fall of 2004 as lunch with a few old
friends from Jones Valley has grown to what this site is now. I did not
start out to do this; it just sort of emerged over time. I hope that you
enjoy it as much as I have enjoyed gathering the information and
renewing so many old memories.
If you have photos, books, news articles, scrapbook things - anything of
interest please make it available for inclusion on the site. If you
have scanned material, send it as an email attachment to
broper@crown-nissan.com. Otherwise, I
will scan and return your material within 48 hours. Mail all items to:
5241 Overland Trace
Birmingham, AL 35244
You can call me at:
(205) 910-5413 - cell
(205) 733-o267 - home
(205) 979-5420 - work |
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Recent Obituaries |
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Martha Lovelace Brown Class of 55 |
 BROWN,
MARTHA J LOVELACE Brown, Martha J. Lovelace of Clay, AL formerly
of Lipscomb, AL passed away Wednesday April 4, 2012. She was a
member of Deerfoot Baptist Church where she taught second grade
Sunday School for many years because of her love for children
and her desire for them to know and love Jesus Christ. She also
started a card ministry to the homebound,
nursing home residents
and the bereaved; she had over 80 individuals that she sent
cards of encouragement to on a regular basis. Martha was
preceded in death by Megan Nicole Casey her granddaughter. She
is survived by her loving husband Otis "Bo" Brown, her daughter
Rebekah Casey (Leo), 3 grandchildren Leslie Casey Sansing (Benji),
Matthew Casey (Jeni), Hannah C. Lyons (Dan), A special Godchild
April Adams, and her mother Anita Adams, 3 great grand children
Claire Casey, Ryan Casey, and Elijah Sansing. After retirement
Martha worked part time at The Cafe on Main in Trussville where
she enjoyed greeting and conversing with customers for several
years. Visitation will be Friday April 6, 2012 from 12:00 noon
until 2:00 p.m. with the funeral service at 2:00 p.m. Visitation
and service will be at Deerfoot Baptist Church Trussville,
burial will be at the cemetery adjoining the church (Mount Olive
Cemetery). Dr Roger Willmore and Dr. Wayne Scott will be
officiating. The family would like to thank Dr. Azita Takeshian,
Dr. Brian D. Snoddy, Dr. Shaily Lakhanpal, and Dr. Rohit Malik
for their loving care through this difficult time. Jefferson
Memorial Trussville directing |
Raymond Mayfield Class of 53 |
 MAYFIELD,
DR. MILTON RAY 76, died on Tuesday, April 10, 2012, at his home
in Montevallo. Dr. Mayfield was born on January 14, 1935, in
Cullman. He was the son of Lawrence and Myrtice Bagwell Johns.
Later, following his mother's marriage to Milton Mayfield, Ray's
surname was changed to Mayfield. Dr. Mayfield was a graduate of
Jones Valley High School, Birmingham Southern College, and the
University of Alabama. Dr. Mayfield was a professor of Spanish
and director of Continuing Education at the University of
Montevallo, where he was employed for thirty-seven years, until
his retirement in the year 2000. Following his retirement, Dr.
Mayfield taught at Troy University, Troy, AL, and served as a
Spanish-language interpreter for the circuit courts and district
courts, as well as various municipal courts, in Shelby County.
Dr. Mayfield was a beloved colleague, and a highly respected and
admired teacher. Many of his students went on to become
life-long friends. Dr. Mayfield also served as an advisor to the
Sigma Club, which later became the ATO fraternity at the
University of Montevallo. Additionally, Ray was always proud of
his service in the U.S Marine Corps. Dr. Mayfield is preceded in
death by his parents and stepfather, and a half-brother, Dwight
Johns. He is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Shirlie
McQueen Mayfield, a son, Dr. Milton Ray Mayfield, Jr. (Dr.
Jackie Mayfield) of Cotulla, Texas, and five half-sisters, Paula
Mayfield Northcutt, Magnolia, Texas, Annette Brooks, Hanceville,
Carol Latta, Doris Faulkner, and Shirley Beshiers, all of
Cullman. Visitation will be Saturday, April 14, 2012, from 10:00
a.m. till 11:00 a.m., at Rockco Funeral Home, Montevallo. The
funeral service will follow, at 11:00 a.m., in the funeral home
chapel, Dr. Terry Sutton officiating. Burial will follow in
Montevallo Cemetery. Pallbearers are Don Hughes, Earnest
McCarty, Dan McCrimmon, Jim Rasco, Richard Thames, and Bob
Watkins. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials
be made to the Mayfield Scholarship Fund, care of the UM
Foundation, Station 6220, University of Montevallo, Montevallo,
AL 35115, or the Shelby County Humane Society, 381 McDow Rd,
Columbiana, AL 35051. Please share your condolences online at
RockcoFuneralHomes.com,
Rockco Funeral Home of Montevallo directing. |
Gerdes Henry Whaley Class of 1960 |
 CULLMAN — Gerdes Henry Whaley
Funeral services for Gerdes
Henry Whaley, 71, of Cullman will be at 1 p.m. Saturday, March
24, 2012, at Northside Baptist Church, Bro. Richard Trimble
officiating. Cullman Funeral Home is in charge of
arrangements.
Mr. Whaley passed away Wednesday, March 21,
at his residence. He was born Aug. 14, 1940, to Gerdes Carl and
Emily Naomi White Whaley. He was a member of Northside Baptist
Church. Henry was an avid Auburn fan and he enjoyed hiking and
spending time with this family. He was preceded in death
by his parents; his father-in-law, John R. Sparks; and a
brother-in-law, Robert Sapp. Survivors include his wife,
Betty Sparks Whaley; two sons, Monte (Beth) Whaley Sr. and
Timothy Whaley; two daughters, Nicole (Lester) Bryant and
Angel-Marie Roan; a brother, James
Ira (Carol) Whaley; a
sister, Donna (Sonny) Kershaw; his mother-in-law, Evelyn P.
Sparks; a sister-in-law, Pat Sapp; eight grandchildren, Monte
Whaley Jr., Matt Whaley, Chance Whaley, Parker Roan, Bailey
Roan, Leslee Bryant, Houston Bryant and Jeremy Morrison; two
great-grandchildren; Ryan Morrison and Lindsey Morrison; his
coffee club friends at Jacks and other family and friends.
In lieu of
flowers, the family
requests donations be made to Northside Baptist Church.
Visitation will be from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday at the
church. Friends may sign the online guestbook at
www.cullmanfuneralhome.com. |
Charles E. Hendricks Class of 1960 |
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Mr. Charles E. Hendricks, 70, of Panama City, passed away
Friday, March 16, 2012 at his home. Mr. Hendricks was born
November 27, 1941 in Birmingham, AL to Elgin and Lola Hendricks.
He moved to the local area in 1973 from Birmingham, AL. Charlie
was a member of St. Andrew Baptist Church. All who knew Charlie
knew he had a life-long love of fishing and always had a story
to tell. Charlie attended Samford University class of 1964 and
the University of Alabama class of 1965. He was a teacher at
Jefferson State Community College in Birmingham, AL from 1965 to
1973. After moving to Panama City, Coach Hendricks taught P.E.
for 31 years at Hiland Park Elementary School. Charlie had a
great love for lost and needy people. After retiring in 2006, he
delighted in serving the Lord through the Benevolence Ministry
at St. Andrew Baptist Church. He is survived by his wife of 44
years, Sybil Hendricks of Panama City; two daughters, Jan
Truluck and husband Matt of Panama City and Joy Chambers and
husband Matt of Lexington, KY; and mother Lola Hendricks of
Panama City. Memorial services will be held today, Sunday, March
18, 2012, at 2:30 p.m. at St. Andrew Baptist Church. The family
will receive friends at the Church Sunday, March 18, 2012 from
1:30-2:30 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to St.
Andrew Baptist Church, Center of Hope program, in Charlie's
name. Condolences may be submitted or viewed at
www.southerlandfamily.com
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Joyce Hopkins Baker Class of 1957 |
Baker,
Beverly Joyce Hopkins. Beverly Joyce Hopkins Baker, age
73, of Birmingham, passed away February 5, 2012. She was a
member of Southside Baptist Church. Graveside services
will be on Tuesday February 7th at 3 pm with burial in Jefferson
Memorial Gardens East. Tim Headley will officiate.
Visitation will be from 2pm until 3pm Tuesday. She is
survived by her children Dennis Baker, and Cindy needham,
grandchildren Rheanna, Brandon, Daniel, Stephanie, Levi,
Garrett, several cousins and friends. Jefferson Memorial
Trussville directing. |
Kenneth Lynn Battles Class of 1965 |
BATTLES,
KENNETH LYNN Age 64, of Tuscaloosa, died Feb. 19th. Visitation
will be Thursday at Lemley Funeral Home Oneonta. Funeral service
will be held Friday at 11:00 AM in the Chapel. Burial in Antioch
Cemetery. |
James A. Praytor Class of 1954 |
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 PRAYTOR,
JAMES A. January 28, 2012, James Arthur Praytor passed away in
his Chantilly, VA home, leaving a gaping hole in the hearts of
all who loved him. Born in Bessemer, Al, 2/24/36, James
graduated from Auburn University in 1958. As an electrical
engineer, he worked on the Nike Zeus Program, the Apollo and
Saturn II space programs. For most of his career he worked at
CSC on projects for NASA, the Department of Commerce and the
U.S. Bureau of Census. He finished life strong, refusing to let
Alzheimer's have the best of him. Instead, he wrote this chapter
with courage, grace, and, whenever possible, a sense of humor.
In the end, Alzheimer's didn't win this battle, love did. James
is survived by his devoted wife of forty-eight years, Donna
Praytor; his son, Jim and daughter-in-law, Marjorie
Coster-Praytor; his daughter, Debora and husband, Greg Stone;
grandchildren Carlin and Aidan Praytor; nephews Brandon Kimball,
Matthew Stone and niece, Nicole Stone; his brothers, Mike, Tony,
Jimmy, and Ronny Praytor; his sisters, Bonnie Smith, Sharon
Belcher and Vivian Wright. The family will hold a memorial in
March to bring his ashes home to Bessemer. Condolences may be
offered online at
http://www.advent
funeral.com/services/james-a-praytor.htm
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Rodger Manley Nabors Class of 1965 |
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NABORS,
RODGER MANLEY. Rodger Manley Nabors, Age 50, of Fairfield
Highlands, AL, died Wednesday, July 9, 1997. He was a member of
Crescent Heights Baptist Church and was employed at USX for
approximately 30 years. He worked at U.S. Steel in Ensley for 20
of those years as a manipulator and the remaining 10 years at
Fairfield Seamless Pipe Mill (Hot Mill Division). Funeral
Services will be Friday, July 11, at 10:00 a.m. at Brown Service
West Chapel with burial in Sadler Cemetery. Rev. T.A. Duke and
Dr. Marie Blackwell will be officiating. Visitation will be
Thursday, July 10, from 5 until 9 p.m. at the funeral home.
Rodger is survived by his devoted wife Wanda Morrison Nabors;
sons, Tyler Nabors and Rodger Manley Nabors II; daughter, Brooke
Nabors Mullinax; precious granddaughter, Alyssa Blair Mullins;
all of Midfield; stepmother, Mrs. Doris Nabors of Midfield;
brothers Wayne Nabors of Surfside and Ronnie Nabors of Mobile.
We will remember Rodger as a highly intelligent man who was an
avid hunter and outdoorsman. He loved nature and kept God’s Word
hidden in his heart. He will be greatly missed by his
co-workers, his creek bank buddies and a host of friends. Brown
Service West Chapel directing.
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Donald Wayne "Coach" Hannah
Class of 1965 |
 HANNAH,
"COACH" DONALD WAYNE passed away February 2, 2012, at the age of
64. Don was born in Birmingham, AL; graduated from Jones Valley
High School and earned his degree from the University of
Montevallo. He loved the Lord and served his country in the
Vietnam War. Coach, as most referred to him, spent his career
coaching high school football and mentoring students in the
Birmingham area. Don was preceded in death by his parents, Addie
Mae and Edward Hannah, and a brother, Labron Hannah. He is
survived by his wife of 45 years, Belinda Hannah, a son and
daughter-in-law, Kevin and Laura Hannah, three beautiful
grandchildren, Hayden, Addie, and Emma Hannah, and one brother,
James Hannah (Donna), and a host of family who loved him dearly.
Coach first and foremost enjoyed spending time with his family.
He loved being outdoors, hunting, golfing, and fishing. He was a
talented poet as well. The family will receive friends Sunday,
February 5, 2012, from 1-2 PM at Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home.
Funeral Services will be a 2 PM with Pastor Steve Franklin
officiating. Interment will follow in Jefferson Memorial
Gardens, South. In lieu of flowers, contributions can be made in
Don's memory to the
American Cancer Society
, 1101 Ireland Way, Ste 201, Birmingham, AL 35205. |
Vora Lee Harmon Class of 1922 - probably |
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HARMON, VORA LEE Vora "Susie" Lee Harmon, age 105, of McCalla,
AL died Wednesday, February 1, 2012 in McCalla, AL. Ms. Harmon
was a native of Lipscomb, AL and lived in Jefferson County most
all of her life. She was a member of the second graduating class
of Jones Valley High School and formerly worked with Sears for
over thirty years. Ms. Harmon was a member of the First Church
of God of Bessemer and volunteered with the Salvation Army with
many years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Louie David Harmon, Sr. and three sons, Louie D. Harmon, Jr.,
Carter Harmon, and Harry Harmon. Ms. Harmon is survived by one
daughter, Barbara Roberson; four sons, Jerry Harmon (Carolyn),
Neal Harmon, Cecil Harmon, and Barry Harmon (Delbra);
twenty-nine grandchildren; fifty-four great grandchildren; and
twenty-five great great grandchildren. Services will be
Saturday, February 4, 2012 at 11:00 A.M. at Valhalla Chapel with
James Lee Vines officiating. Burial will be in Valhalla
Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 10:00 A.M. until
service time at the funeral home. "The family would like to
express a special thank you to Plantation Manor and Southeast
Hospice for the love and care shown to Ms. Harmon."
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Cora Lee Winstead Johnston Class of 1942 |
JOHNSTON,
CORA LEE WINSTEAD of Adger passed away peacefully and with
dignity, January 7th, with family at her bedside. Born to Daniel
and Nancy Lula Winstead of Ishkooda, AL, on October 5, 1923. She
was married to Roy Johnston (deceased) and the mother to five
children, Frances Johnston-Hampton (Jerry) Madison, GA, Marvin
Johnston (deceased), Mary Connie Johnston, Daniel Johnston &
Phillip B. Johnston, all of Adger. She was in the Class of 1942,
Jones Valley High School, UAB School of Nursing Class 1968 and
many other educational credits. She retired from Princeton
Medical Center in 1985 with numerous awards and a very
distinguished career, including "Nurse of the Year, 1983". She
continued her nursing career in the private sector, giving
excellent care and love to all she cared for and retired 2007 to
volunteer her services at UAB West Hospital in the Surgical
Waiting area to be with the families of the patients. She was
also treasurer with Alabama State Nursing organization, and held
many other positions to benefit nurses and patients. She was
most honorably called "Queen Nannie" by grandchildren and
family, just because she was. Always ready to help her family in
any way, supported and encouraged each to always take the right
way in whatever we chose to do. The church, Dogwood Grove
Missionary Baptist-Adger, was a major part of her life. She was
always ready to do whatever was needed, playing the piano,
creating the church bulletin, caring for the sick and shut-ins,
teaching Sunday school, working on all of the committees. It is
said, she did everything in the church but "Preach" and she
would have done that, if asked. She received many awards for her
church work, "Outstanding Dedication as a Sunday School
teacher", and most recently, "Appreciation of Willingness and
Joyful Service she Continuously gave to Our Lord and Savior"?
She is survived by her children, 8 grandchildren 13
great-grandchildren. Grandchildren, Lisa Pepe (Richard), Cameron
Hampton, Alicia Davis (Bryan), Latisha (Chris) Epperson, Heather
Johnston, Jason (Becky) Johnston, Candi Granados, & Nicholas
McCay. The family would like to sing the praises of mother's
friends, church and family for all the wonderful support,
thoughts and prayers. The family offers a special thank you to
Comfort-Care Nurses, Sue, Sonia Toni and Roberta. Funeral
Services will be held Wednesday, January 11, 2012 at Bessemer
Brown Service Funeral Home at 11:00 a.m. with burial at
Jefferson Memorial Gardens South, Hoover, AL. Visitation will be
one hour prior to the service. A celebration and reception to
follow at Dogwood Grove Missionary Baptist Church, 8736 Dogwood
Grove Rd, Adger, AL. |
George Ann Langston Morgan Class of 1951 |
George
Ann Langston Morgan, age 78, passed away Saturday, December 31,
2011. She was born in Nauvoo, AL, (Walker County) on November 5,
1933; she graduated from Jones Valley High School in Birmingham,
AL, in 1951. She was elected by her classmates to serve as
Secretary of their Senior Graduating Class, the only female of
the four class-elected officers. She was also a member of the
National Honor Society, the school choir, and was elected by her
classmates as the Best Dressed female in their class. She was an
accomplished pianist and was regularly requested to play at
special high school and church events. She was a good dancer and
much-sought-after dance partner at school proms, at the YWCA and
other city dances after graduation from high school. She was
predeceased by her beloved parents, Maude Lee Wallace, and
George David Langston; brother, Eskine Durwood Langston;
brothers-in-law, James Murphy, Lee Williams, Bill Williams, and
Sam R. Morgan, Jr. She is survived by her loving husband of 57
years, James W. Morgan of Lebanon, TN; daughter, Jennifer Lee
Morgan (Timothy Wade) Garnto, and grandson, Joshua Luke Garnto,
all of Mt. Juliet, TN; loving sister, Carol Langston Williams
(Dewey) Yeager; sisters-in-law, Peggy Morgan Murphy and Nettie
Morgan Williams; niece, Misty (Scott) Valentine, and
great-niece, Ava Valentine, all of the Birmingham, AL area;
nephew, David Langston, and sister-in-law, Ann Kurtz, both of
West Palm Beach, FL. She is also survived by her beloved cousins
and a host of friends and neighbors from the various cities
where they have lived. She had a good work ethic. During her
last 2 years of high school, she worked after school 5 days each
week, 1/2 days on Saturday mornings, and full-time during the
school summer vacation months for the Elton B Stephens Company,
which has now expanded to become the international company known
as EBSCO Industries, Inc. She traveled to/from work by city bus
transportation. Upon graduation from high School, she was
employed by U. S. Steel General Office in Fairfield, AL, for the
next 17 years. In 1968 she accepted a job with Alabama Power
Company for the next 7 years until her husband was employed by
Nucor Steel in Jewett, TX. During the 5 years they made their
home in Fairfield, TX, she worked part-time for Texas Utilities
Generating Company (TUGCO). Upon her husband's job transfer to
Tallahassee, FL, in 1980, where they lived for the next 30
years, she worked part-time for the state of Florida and for a
local private attorney. In June, 2010, during their retirement
years, they moved to Lebanon, TN, to be near their only child
and her family. She was an animal lover and was a mother to
multiple dogs and cats during her lifetime. She daily filled up
their outdoor bird and squirrel feeders with food and water to
supplement the nutritional needs of these animals whom she loved
and enjoyed. George Ann was raised by Christian parents,
publicly professed her acceptance of Jesus Christ as her
personal Savior, and was baptized before the age of 10. During
the 31 years she lived in the Birmingham area, she was a member,
chronologically, of the following churches: Pleasant Ridge
Baptist in Hueytown; Powderly Baptist Church in Powderly; South
Park Baptist Church in West End; Brookhaven Methodist in
Powderly; and, lastly, Walnut Grove Methodist in Midfield. If
anyone so desires, the family encourages donations to the
American Heart and Stroke Association, the
American Lung Association
, and /or the Alabama Kidney Foundation. Funeral services will
be held on Friday, January 6, 2012, at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel
at 11:00 am. Visitation will be one hour prior to the service
beginning at 10:00 am. Entombment will take place in Elmwood
Mausoleum. |
William Ray "Billy" Fields Class of 1967 |
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FIELDS, WILLIAM RAY Age 66 of Hoover, AL, passed away in his
home on December 10, 2011. He is preceded in death by his
parents Sallie Mae Fields and Richard O Fields, a son, Michael
Folmar, and daughter Cindy Fields. He is survived by his wife
Clovia "Skip" Fields, one brother and two sisters, daughters
Tonya Herring and Nicki Merritt, grandchildren, Brittany
Herring, Michael Herring, Max Herring, and Savahnah Lewis. He
worked as a police officer at Midfield police department for
three years than went to Columbiana for two years and finally
retired as a Lieutenant at Hoover Police Department after 36
years. He was loved by many as a friend, father, brother, and
mentor. The visitation will be held at Southern Heritage funeral
home in Pelham, AL from 5pm to 7pm on Monday the 12th of
December , the services will be at 12:30pm on Tuesday the 13th
at southern heritage with an escorted procession to Jefferson
Memorial Cemetery in Hoover, AL |
Betty Swinney Chandler Class of 1955 |
CHANDLER,
BETTY SWINNEY age 74 of Pelham passed away Saturday, December 3,
2011 in Birmingham. She worked for many years as a bookkeeper
for Tri-State Sand Company, Shop a Snak Corporation, and
Greenbrook Realty. The true love of her life was her family. She
was married for 55years to Don Chandler, Sr. She had one son,
three beautiful grandchildren and hundreds of dear friends. She
viewed her role as wife, mother and grandmother as the most
important work of her life. She will be greatly missed by many
people. She is survived by her husband, Don Chandler, Sr.; son,
Don Chandler, Jr. (Misty); grandchildren, Zack, Peyton, and Cece;
sisters, June Pilliteri (Lee), Patsy Johnson (David), Jackie
Cash (James) and Patricia Roden; brother, Ervil Swinney, Jr.
(Phyllis); many nieces and nephews. Visitation will begin at
1:00 pm Tuesday, December 6, 2011 at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel
followed by the service at 3:00 pm with Reverend Bill Bostick
officiating. Burial will follow in Elmwood Cemetery. |
Calvin Weaver Nivins Class of 1948 |
 NIVENS,
CALVIN WEAVER Age 81, of Calera, passed away Monday, November
14, 2011 in Maylene. He graduated from Jones Valley High School
in 1948, and was a graduate of Howard College (Sanford) in 1958.
Calvin was a member of Union Baptist Church, an Eagle Scout, and
he served in the Korean Conflict. Calvin is preceded in death by
his parents, Calvin and Ida Nivens; an infant daughter; and his
sister, Carolyn Jennings. He is survived by his wife of 52
years, Geneva 'Ruth' Nivens; son, Jeffrey (Anna) Nivens;
daughter, Melanie (Robby) Tingle; sister, Juliette Snider; and
grandchildren, Dianna, Leah, Dylan, and Brookelyn. Visitation
will be held Wednesday, November 16, 2011 from 6-8 p.m. at
Rockco Funeral Home Montevallo. Funeral service will be held
Thursday, November 17, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at Union Baptist
Church in Lipscomb. He will lie-in-state one hour prior to the
service. Interment will follow at Alabama National Cemetery at
1:15 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Baptist
Children's Home and/or Lottie Moon Christmas Offering at Union
Baptist Church, 5187 Ave. K, Bessemer, AL 35020. Bro. David
Mahaffey, Bro. Dewey Mayfield, and Bro. J.D. Davis officiating.
Rockco Funeral Home Montevallo directing. |
Ann Mayo Snider Class of 1962 |
SNIDER,
ANN MAYO age 67 of Adamsville passed away Thursday, November 03,
2011. She retired from UAB as a nurse after twenty five plus
years of service. She was preceded in death by her husband,
Charles E. Snider. She is survived by her son, Bobby Snider
(Jeanie); brother, Kelly Mayo (Evelyn); grandchildren, Jennifer
Snider, Jason Snider, Joseph Snider; several nieces and nephews;
and her loving pet, BJ. Funeral services will be held Saturday,
November 5, 2011 at 11:00 am at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel with
visitation beginning at 10:00 am. Burial will be in Elmwood
Cemetery. |
Clarence Edward Gates Class of 1958 |
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GATES,
CLARENCE EDWARD November 30, 1938- October 7, 2011 Clarence
Edward Gates, of Jasper, passed away on Friday, October 7, 2011
at the age of 72. The family will receive friends on Saturday,
October 8, 2011 at 10:00 AM at Collins-Burke Funeral Home.
Funeral services will be Saturday, October 8, 2011 at 11:00 AM
in the Collins- Burke Chapel, with burial at Walker Memory
Gardens. Rick Sherer will officiate. Mr. Gates was preceded in
death by his wife, Olabee Gates; father, Clarence S. Gates;
mother, Jesse W. Gates; brother, Roy A. Gates; & daughter,
Stacey L. Hester. He is survived by his daughters, Debbie
Collins of Wilsonville, AL and Diane Ellis of Birmingham, AL;
son, Chris Cantrell of San Diego, CA; and grandchildren, Ashley,
Chase, Aaron and Abby. Collins-Burke Funeral Home, Jasper
directing. 205-384-5571
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Donald Reese Mullins Class of 1953 |
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 MULLINS,
DONALD REESE Donald Reese Mullins, 67 of Sterrett passed away on
September 29, 2011. Mr. Mullins was a veteran of the U.S. Army,
an active member of American Legion Post 195. He attended Beulah
Baptist Church in Sterrett and was active with Jones Valley High
School Reunion Coordinators. He was preceded in death by his
daughter, Ladonna Carol Mullins. Survivors include his sister,
Flora Ann Mullins; an aunt, Charlotte Hammond; numerous nephews,
nieces, cousins and friends. Private memorial services will be
held at a later date. Jefferson Memorial Trussville directing.
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Julia Elizabeth Herrmann Butler
Class of 1939 |
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BUTLER, JULIA ELIZABETH Julia Elizabeth Butler, age 91,
formerly of Lipscomb died Sunday, October 16, 2011. Ms. Butler
was a native and life long resident of Alabama where she lived
most of her life in Lipscomb. She was a member of the Union
Baptist Church of Lipscomb. Ms. Butler is survived by two
daughters, Joan B. McBrayer of Chelsea, AL and Janet B. Smith
(Bobby) of Birmingham, AL; one son, James Ronald Butler of
Plano, Texas; Five grandchildren, Brett McBrayer (Kim), Kelli
Wilkins (Rick), Tara McCallister (Irwin), Keisha Glass (Josh)
and Ian Barsch; twelve great grandchildren; numerous nieces and
nephews; numerous great nieces and nephews. She was preceded in
death by her husband of fifty years, James Robert Butler and one
sister, Willie Lee Smith. Services will be Thursday, October 20,
2011 at 1:00 P.M. at Union Baptist Church of Lipscomb with
Brother John Mahaffey officiating. The family will receive
friends one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will
be in Valhalla Cemetery of Midfield, AL. In lieu of flowers, the
family request donations be made to Union Baptist Church, 5187
Avenue K, Lipscomb, AL 35020.
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Robert Gerald "Jerry" Harris Class of 1957 |
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ROBERT GERALD HARRIS Born October 11, 1938,
Birmingham, AL- died September 25, 2011, Albuquerque, NM.
A kind and gentle soul left us September 25 to journey to a
better place. Bob died of complications of a massive heart
attack, and is now at rest.
He is survived by his loving wife and best friend, Cheryl Ann
(Prekker Canard) Harris, of Albuquerque, his daughters, Teresa
Harris of Catonsville, MD, and Brenna Harris of Salt Lake City,
UT, his step-children, Robert B. Canard (Andrea) of West Jordan,
UT, and Tracy Canard-Goodluck (LT) of Albuquerque, NM. He
is also survived by 5 grandchildren who will miss their Grandpa
terribly: Brandon Canard (Jessica), of Roy, UT, Bobbie Ann,
Cassidie, and Cody Canard of West Jordan, UT, and Tawny Harris
of Salt Lake City. Bob is also survived by brothers
Michael (Kaye) and David (Nancy) and a sister Carol, brothers
and sisters-in-law, his mother-in-law, Gladys Prekker, as well
as many nieces and nephews. Bob was preceded in death by
his parents, Robert Carlyle and Polly Harris of Birmingham, AL,
and a brother Randy, also of Birmingham.
Bob worked for over 32 years for Salt Lake City Corporation
in the Transportation Department, where he supervised parking
meter operations. He retired in 1994. He served in the United
States Air Force from 1957 to 1961, serving in a field band.
Bob loved music of all sorts, especially playing clarinet in
the Murray Utah community band and the Albuquerque Concert Band.
He played clarinet with a small group of friends every
Wednesday, a highlight of his week.
Bob also loved gardening and home remodeling. His favorite
hangout was his workshop in the garage. He was a generous
person, always helping someone with whatever needed to be done.
He had a great sense of humor, and a quick wit.
In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to the Albuquerque
Concert Band, PO Box 11205, Albuquerque, NM, 87192-1205.
Cremation has taken place, and a memorial service will be
held in the future. Arrangements are with Daniels Family Funeral
Services, Albuquerque, NM.
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Linda Butler Brown Class of 1966 |
 
BROWN, LINDA BUTLER Linda Butler Brown, 63, of Riverchase,
Passed away on September 5th 2011. She was a graduate of Jones
Valley High School, and retired from U.S. Steel Mining. She was
deeply involved in volunteer work with Operation School Bell, a
program of Assistance League of Birmingham. Her interests were
family, friends, painting, and traveling. She was loved by many,
and a wonderful example to all who were fortunate to have known
her. She attended Riverchase United Methodist Church. She was
preceded in death by her parents, Jack & Juanita Butler. She is
survived by her husband, Jim, who was her beloved companion for
42 years. She is also survived by her twin sister, Brenda (Mike)
Hays, brothers, Joe Frank (Shirley) Butler, and Jack (Marilyn)
Butler. She will also be fondly remembered by her nephews &
nieces, Matt (Susan) Hays, Julie (Ben) Brousil, Jennifer (Ryan)
Strickland, Jesselyn (Todd) Maxwell, Christopher Butler, great
nephews, Hudson Hays & Jared Maxwell, great nieces, Melissa
Jones & Tessa Maxwell. The family request, that in lieu of
flowers, memorial donations be sent to Operation School Bell c\o
1755 Oxmoor Rd, Homewood, Al. 35209, or a children's
organization of your choice. There will be a public visitation
at Southern Heritage Funeral Home on Wednesday, from 2:00-4:00.
Burial will be private for the family. Dr. Jim Savage
officiating. "Who can find a virtuous woman, for her price is
far above rubies" Proverbs 31:10. This verse describes "Our
Linda" >>
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Jo Ann Brasher Eaton Class of 1971 |
EATON,
JO ANN BRASHER, Age 58, of Lipscomb, AL, passed away Wednesday,
August 3, 2011. She is survived by her husband of 37 years,
Billy Eaton; her sons, Jeff Eaton and Dustin Eaton; her mother,
Evelene Brasher; her brothers, Eddie Brasher, Danny (Nancy)
Brasher, Donnie (Anna) Brasher and Ricky (Tammy) Brasher.
Funeral services will be held at Bessemer Brown Service Funeral
Home Friday, August 5, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. with burial in Patton
Chapel Cemetery Hoover. Sister Pearl Shelton will be
officiating. Visitation will be held Thurs., August 4, 2011 from
5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. at the funeral home. |
Larry "Wayne" Hill Class of 1959 |
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HILL, LARRY "WAYNE" Larry "Wayne" Hill, a loving and caring
husband, father, and grandfather passed away August 6, 2011 at
the age of 70. He attended Pelham 1st Baptist Church, retired as
a coal miner from Jim Walter Mines; afterward he worked for the
City of Helena for 10 years. He is survived by his wife of 49
years Bobbie B. Hill (JVHS Class of '61); sons: Rocky Hill
(Natalie) and Todd Hill (Kim); he was known as "Gran" to his
beloved and cherished grandchildren: Andrew, Katelyn, Macie,
Brock, and Grant; his great granddaughter: Emma; he is also
survived by a sister: Charlotte Bailey (Arnold), nephews, and
many special friends. To honor the memory of such a wonderful,
loving, caring, friendly, compassionate and hard working man;
visitation will be held at Peoples Chapel Funeral Home on
Tuesday August 9, 2011 from 10-11AM with Chapel services to
follow at 11AM. Burial will be held in Highland Memorial Gardens
with Pastor Robert Heard officiat |
Mary Rhodes Wood Class of 1960 |
WOOD,
MARY RHODES Went to be with her heavenly father on Wednesday,
July 25, 2011. She was a faithful member of Pleasant Ridge
Baptist Church, and enjoyed life, cooking, entertaining, and
spending time with her family and friends. She was a loving
wife, mother, & grandmother. Preceding her in death are her
parents, Louie and Ura Rhodes; and brother, James L. Rhodes.
Left to cherish her memories are her husband, Charles N. Wood,
Jr.; sons, Norman (Karen) Wood of Pelham, and Edward (Amy) Wood
of Knoxville, TN; and granddaughters, Caitlyn, Bethany, and
Emily Wood. Funeral service will be Thursday, July 28, 2011 at
10:30 a.m. at Peoples Chapel Funeral Home with Rev. Rick Patrick
officiating. Burial will follow at Highland Memorial Gardens.
Visitation will be Thurs., July 28, 2011 from 9:30 a.m. - 10:30
a.m. at the funeral home. The family request that in lieu of
flowers, please make donations to the Pleasant Ridge Baptist
Church Building Fund. >
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Martha Jean "Tootsie" Stephens Forester Class of 1948 |
Martha
Jean "Tootsie" Stephens Forester, JVHS Class of 1948 and mother
of Eddie Forester ('69) passed away on July 21st, 2011.
Visitation will be at John's Ridout Elmwood Chapel from
10:00-11:00 am on Tuesday, July 26th, 2011. Graveside services
will follow at Elmwood Cemetery. |
Coach James A. Currier
Faculty 66-67 |
CURRIER,
JAMES A. Coach James A. Currier "Jimmy", age 72, of Pinson,
passed away Saturday, July 16, 2011. Coach Currier was born in
Birmingham, February 16, 1939. He was preceded in death by his
parents Ray L. Currier and Evelyn Taylor Currier and his brother
Ray Eugene Currier. Coach Currier spent nearly 5 decades
teaching and coaching High School football, basketball, and
track. His experience included stints at Calera, Jones Valley,
Banks, Jacksonville, Pinson Valley, and Springville High
Schools. After retiring from the educational system, Coach
Currier pursued a very successful career in business before
returning to the Birmingham School System. Here he continued to
teach and coach students from Hayes and Woodlawn High School
until health problems forced him to retire March 1, 2011. He
received his education from the University of Alabama, Samford
University, and the University of Alabama at Birmingham, where
he earned his BS in Education and Science; Masters Degrees in
Biology and Math; EdS in Superintendency and Administration; he
was to receive his doctoral degree this fall in Administration.
During his illustrious career, Coach Currier has received many
athletic and academic accolades that he and his family are very
proud of, such as Who's Who in American Education, Medal of
Distinction Honoring Alabama Teachers, and memberships in many
honorary and professional organizations. Coach Currier was a
beloved husband, father and grandfather. He is survived by his
wife who was his best friend and cheerleader for over 50 years,
UnaKing Conway Currier. They have two children T. Dwayne (Jill)
Currier of Trussville, Kevyn B. (Mary) Currier of Athens,
Grandchildren, Martin, Ethan, Brettlyn, and Keenon Currier.
Survived by his sisters, Grace Webster of Marietta, GA; Barbara
(David) Sanders of McCalla; brother, Kenneth (Chinae) Currier,
Roanoke, VA; and a host of nieces, nephews and friends. Coach
Currier had a tremendous impact on countless numbers of students
throughout his career. It has been said, "Jimmy has never met a
stranger." He will be dearly missed by all. He was a member of
The Church of Jesus Christ Latter-Day Saints. The visitation
will be held at the Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home in
Trussville, Alabama, Tuesday July 19, 2011 from 5:00 till
7:00pm. Funeral services will be conducted at The Church of
Jesus Christ Latter Day Saints in Bessemer, Alabama, on
Wednesday, July 20, at 1pm at The Church of Jesus Christ
Latter-Day Saints in Bessemer, Alabama. Located at 831 Briarwood
Rd, Bessemer, AL 35022, on Wednesday July 20, 2011 at 1:00pm.
The burial will be at the Salem Cemetery in Calera, Alabama.
Jefferson Memorial Trussville directing. |
Annie Ree Kendrick Allred Class of 28 |
ALLRED,
ANNIE REE KENDRICK Annie Ree Kendrick Allred passed away on
Friday, July 15, 2011 at the age of 100 and 13 days, the third
child of seven children born to Joseph Johnson Kendrick of
Montevallo and Birdie O. Kendrick of Chelsea, AL on July 2, 1911
in Montevallo, Alabama, Shelby County. She was preceded in death
by her husband, Lorenzo Dow Allred of fifty-seven years; her
parents, Joseph Johnson Kendrick and Birdie O. Kendrick
Kendrick; sister, Gaynell Kendrick Stovall; two brothers, Gerald
Roderick Kendrick and Anthony Wayne Kendrick. She is survived by
three sisters, Mildred Kendrick Holliman, Gloria Kendrick Bunn
and Joanna Kendrick Harvey; three nieces, Sylvia Kendrick
Miller, Kay Wayne Kendrick Oswald, and Susan Harvey
Nilipour(Hossein); two nephews, Roderick Leland Kendrick(Rose
Ann) and Joel Kendrick Holliman(Kathy). Ms. Allred graduated
from Jones Valley High School, Class of 1928 and attended the
University of Montevallo, formerly Alabama College. She was
included in the oracle of Jones Valley High School "Always ready
for fun but never willing to neglect duty" and also Betsy Ross
Literary Society of 1925 and 1928. In 1932(at the time of the
Great Depression) she began her business career at J. J.
Newberry's in Birmingham. She was later employed by Sears
Roebuck and Company while her husband, Lorenzo served overseas
during World War II after which she, with her husband Lorenzo
started their own business which later became Allred's Cloth
Barn in Lipscomb, AL. She was a life time member of the Union
Baptist Church of Lipscomb, Alabama having taught Sunday School
for more than fifty years and was also a leader in Training
Union when it was known as BYPU. Services for Ms. Allred will be
held on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 11:00 A.M. from Valhalla
Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. David Mahaffey and the Rev.
Dewey Mayfield officiating. Burial will be in Valhalla Cemetery.
The family will receive friends one hour prior to the service on
Tuesday at the funeral home. |
Larry David Kizziah Class of 66 |
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KIZZIAH,
LARRY DAVID 63, passed away on Monday June 27, 2011 in
Birmingham, AL. He was born on April 24, 1948 and was the son of
the late Frankford Kizziah and Alta Kizziah. He is survived by
his wife of 36 years, Linda Harmon Kizziah; and his two
children, John Christian Kizziah and Lindsey Elizabeth Kizziah
of Homewood, AL. He is also survived by his brother, Dennis Earl
Kizziah, and sister in-law Dawn Reich of Millbrook, AL; niece,
Kristin Michelle Kizziah; and nephew, Christopher Franklin
Kizziah. Larry was a graduate of the University of Alabama in
1970 where he received a degree in Business. While at Alabama he
enrolled in R.O.T.C. Upon graduation he was commissioned as 2nd
Lt in the United States Army. He completed his basic training at
Fort Gordon, GA. After returning from basic training he was
employed as a police officer for Tarrant City. While working
there he attended classes at Birmingham School of Law. He earned
his Juris Doctorate on May 28, 1978 and was admitted to the
Alabama State Bar on September 28, 1978. He went on to practice
law for over 25 years. He was an active member of the 87th
Maneuver Area Command reserve unit where he served for 15 years
on reserve duty. He was a member of All Saints Episcopal Church
in Homewood, AL. Larry was an avid reader who loved books and
history. He was also an Alabama Crimson Tide fan. He was a
loving father and husband who will be truly missed. A memorial
service will be held on Thursday June 30, 2011 at All Saints
Episcopal Church in Homewood at 1pm. Family will receive
visitors starting at 12:30 at the church.
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Martha Jo Shore Scott Class of 66 |
SCOTT,
MARTHA JO SHORE age 62, of McCalla, AL, passed away May 12,
2011, in Birmingham. She was a loving mother, grandmother,
sister, and friend. She is preceded in death by her husband,
Jimmy L. Scott. She is survived by a son, Bennie Scott
(Christy), a brother, Mike Richardson, a sister, Anita Preston,
a special granddaughter, Cindy Scott, several nieces and
nephews, and a host of friends. The family will receive friends
Monday, May 16, 2011, from 10-12 with funeral services following
at 12:00 PM at Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home. Interment will be
in Jefferson Memorial Gardens, South |
James Edward Stacy
Class of 49 |
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STACY,
MR. JAMES EDWARD "JIM" of Opelika, went to be with the Lord on
June 2, 2011 following a brief illness. A private family
memorial service was held on Saturday, June 18th in the stand of
pines near his home where he enjoyed spending time talking with
God and enjoying creation, especially the wild turkeys. The
Reverend Al Jackson officiated. Jim, affectionately known as
"Pee Wee" by his grandsons and "Buddy" by his sisters, was born
February 8, 1929 to the late John and Geloma Latham Stacy. He
was preceded in death by his beautiful wife of 54 years, Shirley
"Mimi" Williams Stacy. He is survived by his daughter, Christi
Stacy Hall and her husband Wayne, and his grandsons Ed and Tom
Hall. He is also survived by his sisters, Joan Kines (Joe),
Peggy Oglesby, and Frances Orange (Wayne); mother-in-law
Catherine Williams; sister-in-law Gaye Reaves (Doyce);
brother-in-law Danny Williams (Knoxye); as well as several
nieces, nephews, grand-nieces and grand-nephews. In his
retirement, Jim enjoyed living close to Christi and Wayne, who
were devoted to his care. Jim loved watching his grandsons grow
up, working outside in the lawn, feeding the animals, and
working with wood. He turned cedar trees into beautiful
creations, whittled, carved and sanded with love. When his wife
Mimi was ill, Jim came to know the Lord Jesus Christ; this was
the desire of her heart, and the transformation was evident to
all. His family rejoices knowing they are together now with the
Lord in a place he had longed for since she left his side.
Memorial donations can be made to the Lottie Moon Mission Fund
(c/o Eric Ellis, Lakeview Baptist Church, 1600 East Glenn Ave.,
Auburn, AL 36830) so that others may receive the love and
forgiveness of Christ that Jim experienced.
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James Ronald "Ronnie"
Harris
Class of 66 |
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HARRIS,
JAMES RONALD "RON" of Pelham, Alabama, devoted husband, father,
and grandfather, passed away at age 64 on June 7, 2011. He is
survived by his wife of 43 years, Cathy; his mother Vicki W.
Harris; daughter Robyn (Mark) Bridges; three beautiful
grandchildren, Sam, Samantha, and Carlyn Bridges; and a host of
loving aunts, uncles, cousins, and dear friends. Harris served
the community as a Birmingham police officer for 20 years and
was an attorney at law for the past 25 years. The family will
receive visitors at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel beginning at 10:00am
with a graveside service to follow at Elmwood Cemetery at
11:00am. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations
be made in his name to Mt. Signal Baptist Church at 7495 Old
Highway 280, Chelsea, AL 35147.
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Thomas Edwin Smith
Class Unknown |
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SMITH, THOMAS EDWIN Thomas Edwin Smith, 85, went to be with the
Lord on May 23, 2011. He was preceded in death by his parents,
Clifton and Minnie Smith, and brother, Jack C. Smith. Thomas
grew up in Powderly, Al. He graduated from Jones Valley High
School and attended Howard College. World War II was winding
down but Tom finally was old enough to join the navy and was
accepted into midshipman's school at Columbia University in New
York. Upon completion of the program, he was assigned to the
U.S.S. Kasaan Bay as a Lt. j.g. serving in the Pacific theater.
He was given the honor of decommissioning his ship at the end of
the war. Tom returned to school and graduated from the
University of Alabama with a B.S. in industrial engineering. It
was during this time he met and married the love of his life,
Edna Mae Williamson. Tom was employed by GMAC and served the
north Alabama and Gadsden districts for 3 years. His subsequent
employment was with U.S Steel in various capacities. He was
especially proud of his supervisory role in coordinating the
family tours of the then new Q-Bop furnace at Fairfield Works.
After an early retirement from U.S. Steel he was able to have
many years enjoying life as a "gentleman farmer" raising
registered Angus cattle with Edna Mae at his side on their farm
in Shelby county. After retiring from farming, Tom and Edna Mae
built a home in Helena where they lived many happy years
enjoying, among other things, University of Alabama football.
Thomas is survived by his beloved wife of 62 years, Edna Mae;
his daughter, Jane Ellen (Nolen) Otts; 1 granddaughter, Sara
Robbins, and 1 grandson, Neil Robbins. Also, he is survived by a
nephew who was like a son, Gray (Pam) Smith and many nieces and
nephews who were dear to him. The family wishes to thank Dr
Ginger Alred and Family Comfort Hospice. A special "thank you"
to his caregiver Cecelia and nurse Shirley. Visitation is
Wednesday, May 25th, 2011, at 12:00-2:00 p.m. with graveside
service at 2:00 p.m., Valhalla directing. Burial will be in
Valhalla cemetery. |
Bonita Sue Bailey
Starnes
Class of 70 |
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Starnes,
Bonita Sue Bailey age 59 of Birmingham passed away May 21, 2011.
She is survived by her son, James Seth Starnes; brother, Ronald
V. Bailey (Paula); and her aunts, nieces, nephews, cousins and
friends. Visitation will be held Thursday, May 26, 2011 from
11:30-12:30 pm at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel. Graveside service
will be held following visitation at 1:00 pm at Highland
Memorial Gardens.
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Robert Frank Costa
Class of 57 |
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COSTA,
ROBERT FRANK age 73, of Bessemer, AL, passed away Saturday, May
7, 2011. He retired from the State of Alabama with 30 years of
service. He is survived by his former wife, JoAnn Costa; his
step daughters, Beverly, Sherry and Sammie; his brother, Tony
(Rhonda) Costa of Maylene and extended loving family. Graveside
services will be held at Highland Memorial Gardens Wednesday,
May 11, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. with Rev. Donnie Conn officiating.
Visitation will be held Tuesday, May 10, 2011 from 5:00 p.m.
until 7:00 p.m. at Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home.
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Dawn Forester Moore
Class of 73 |
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MOORE,
DAWN FORESTER Moore, Dawn Forester, age 55 of Remlap, AL went
home to be with the Lord on May 3, 2011. She was a loving wife,
mother, Granna, sister, aunt, cousin and friend. A 1973 graduate
of Jones Valley High School and former member of Plumbers and
Pipe Fitters Union Local 91. Dawn was preceded in death by her
mother, Rhea Harris Forester; father, William David "Bill"
Forester; husband, Richard Edward Moore; special aunt, Jo
Wanstrath. She is survived by her husband, James A. Farley, Jr.;
children, Jordan (Justin) Linderman, Regina Farley and Bubba
Farley; grandson, Noah Linderman; brother, Dale (Anita)
Forester; sisters, Dana (Gary) Minton and Janice (Joe) Duran;
nieces and nephews, Laura Thompson, Joey Duran, Susan Herod,
Brandy Terrell, Desirhea Forester, Nic Minton, Natalie Barnes
and Shea Minton; special uncle, Don Wanstrath, numerous aunts,
uncles, cousins and friends. Visitation will be Friday, May 6,
2011 from 5 PM until 7 PM with a celebration of life to follow
at 7 PM at Ridout's Trussville Chapel. In lieu of flowers make
donations to the
American Cancer Society
or the charity of your choice.
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James Thomas Rasco, Sr.
Class of 41 |
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RASCO, SR., JAMES THOMAS Mr. James Thomas Rasco passed away
on May 1st, 2011 at the age of 88. Born in Wilkes, Alabama, Mr.
Rasco was a graduate of Jones Valley High School Class of 1941
and attended Birmingham Southern College. He served with the
11th Airborne Division during WWII in the Philippine campaign
and the occupation of Japan. Mr. Rasco also served in the Korean
War with the Air Force Reserve. He was a retired machinist from
U.S. Steel. Mr. Rasco is survived by his wife Miriam, daughter
Melinda Murib (Talal), and son James (Jane), grandchildren
Richard Rasco (Monica), Brett Rasco, Jared Murib (Jackie), David
Murib (Lucy), great grandchildren Lilly Murib and Evan Murib.
Visitation is at 12:00 on Wednesday, May 4th, 2011 at the
Elmwood Chapel. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations
to the charity of your choice.
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Len Edins
Class
Unknown |
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EDINS, LEONARD E. age 90, of Bessemer, Alabama passed quietly
away in his home on April 19, 2011. He was preceded in death by
his wife, Louise H. Edins. He is survived by a son, Ronald Len
Edins (Cassa) of Damascus, Virginia and a daughter, Deborah
Edins Hill (Don) of Bessemer, three grandchildren: Donna
Candler, Keith Hill (Kim) and Lindsey Hill, three great
grandchildren, a brother, Belton Edins of Quinton, Alabama and
many extended loving family and friends. He was a long time
member of Union Baptist Church, a graduate of Jones Valley High
School, a veteran of WWII and a retiree from US Steel after 44
years. In addition to being a wonderful husband and father, he
will always be remembered for his wit and sense of humor.
Service will be held Friday April 22, 2011 at Ridout's Elmwood
Chapel at 3:00 pm; the family will receive friends from 2:00pm
till 3:00pm. Burial will follow at Elmwood Cemetery. Bro. Dewey
Mayfield will be officiating service. In lieu of flowers, the
family requests that donations be made to Union Baptist Church,
5107 Avenue K, Lipscomb, Alabama 35020. |
Don Green
Class of
59 |
GREEN,
DONALD WAYNE "COACH" "Coach" Donald Wayne Green, 69, a resident
of Daphne, died Thursday, April 14, 2011 at his home. He is
survived by his wife, Mary; his sons, Derek and Chad, their
wives, Lisa and Stephanie, who he considered the daughters he
never had. Don lived to see three beloved grandchildren born,
Stephanie Claire, Wyatt Cash, and Austin Cole. He is also
survived by his brother, Michael, his wife, Sherry, his mother
and other relatives. Don grew up in Birmingham, graduating from
Jones Valley High School where he lettered in baseball, football
and basketball. He attended Florida State University and Samford
University earning a BS degree and lettered in football. He
earned graduate degrees from the University of Alabama. Don's
teaching and coaching career began at Banks High School then,
Jefferson State Junior College. In his twenty eight years as a
baseball coach, his teams compiled a record of 622-428, ranking
him as the 27th winningest baseball coach, among the inactive
National Junior College Athletic Association of Coaches
nationwide. His teams won 10 division championships and 2
regional championships. He was named Northern Division Coach of
the Year 9 times and Coach of the Year for Region XXII, two
times. In addition to coaching, he promoted baseball in Alabama,
serving as President of the NJCAA Baseball Committee. From 1991
through 1996, he held the position of Athletic Director at
Jefferson State Community College. His love of sports was
further demonstrated by coaching his two sons in the youth YMCA
Basketball Program for many years. Since retirement in 1996, he
continued his community involvement. Don was a volunteer in the
Interfaith Hospitality Network, serving 2 years as co-tournament
director and 1 year as president of the Timber Creek Men's Golf
association. He has also served on the Eastern Shore Challenge
Cup Committee. In 2001, he was inducted into the Alabama
Baseball Coaches Hall of fame and in 2004, into the Alabama
Community College Conference Hall of fame. Services will be held
at 2:00pm, Monday, April 18, 2011 at Spanish Fort Presbyterian
Church with Rev. Julian Walthall officiating. The family will
receive friends beginning at 1:00pm. A reception will follow at
the Green home after the service. The family suggests memorials
be made to The University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center,
P. O. Box 4486, Houston, TX 77210-4486. Online condolences may
be made at
hughesfuneralservice.com.
Arrangements are by: Hughes Cremation & Funeral Service 7951
American Way, Daphne, AL |
Edward Preston Watson
Class of
53 |
WATSON,
EDWARD PRESTON, 75, of Mount Dora, passed away Thursday, April
07, 2011. Born in Ashville, Alabama, he moved to Mount Dora
in1958 following serving in the U.S Navy. He retired as
Corporate Manager with Martin Marietta in Orlando, FL. Mr. Watson
was of protestant faith. He was a member of Antique Car Clubs
and enjoyed helping others with their classic cars. He is
survived by his Wife - Candy M. Watson of Mount Dora, FL; Son -
Mark E. Watson of Calhoun County, FL; Grandson - Clint and
Justin Watson; Sister - Caroyln Jones of Port Saint Joe, FL; and
several nieces. The family will receive friends at the
Harden/Pauli Funeral Home, 1617 S. Bay Street, Eustis, FL 32726,
on Wednesday April 13, 2011 from 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM with funeral
services at 7:00 PM. Interment will be held at Woodlawn Memorial
Park, Bluefield, WV. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made
to A.L.S. Association (Lou Gehrig's Disease), 27001 Agoura Road,
Suite 250, Agoura Hills, CA 91301. Online guestbook available at
www.hardenpauli.com
Arrangements by Harden /Pauli |
Allan Kelley
Class of
71 |
Allan
Kelley class of 71 passed away in New Orleans, La on Feb. 14,
2011. He is survived by his Mother, Kathleen Bilgere and
Step-Father, Gerald Bilgere |
Hazel Turley Ingalls Class of 54 |
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Hazel
T. Ingalls, born in Brighton, Ala., on March 9, 1936, to Wallace
and Lena Mae Turley, passed away at the age of 74 on Monday,
Jan. 24, 2011, in San Leandro. Hazel attended Jones Valley
High in Birmingham, Ala. and graduated in 1954. She worked as a
supervisor for Bessemer Alabama Housing Authority for 27 years.
She also volunteered for a reading tutor program for several
years and worked at religious retreats for AIDS patients. Hazel
moved to California to be near some of her children, LeAnne and
Bob Iacampo, Suisun, Calif.; Marcy and James Bomboy, Brewton,
Ala.; Bill and Margaret Ingalls, Montgomery, Ala.; Wallace
Ingalls, Vallejo; Andrea and John Gooden, Lebanon, Ill. She
thoroughly enjoyed her life in Napa. Hazel is survived by
her children, seven grandchildren, and five great-grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her parents, brothers and a
granddaughter.
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Dean Wilemon
Richard Class of 49 |
RICHARD,
MRS. DEAN WILEMON passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 24,
2011, at the age of 80. She is survived by three daughters,
Julie R. Maddox (Michael), Leigh R. Caglarsu (Fevzi), and Jill
R. Saigusa (Mak); and four grandchildren, Hunter Maddox,
Elizabeth Caglarsu, and Johnny and Jack Saigusa. Those who knew
her loved her dearly. Dean was more than a wonderful mother and
friend. She had a heart of gold and was a helper to any person
that crossed her path. Dean was filled with compassion and her
deep generosity touched many lives. Her true calling in life was
to help others and she did that to the utmost of her ability.
She was the wife of Wayne B. Richard, and at his side founded
the family business, Ensley Apothecary, in 1958. After his death
in 1982, she continued the legacy until its closing in 1998. We
daughters and family will miss her desperately but we find great
comfort in knowing she is now at peace. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to the Alzheimer's Foundation. A graveside
service will be held at 11:00 A.M. on Monday, March 28, 2011 at
Highland Memorial Gardens. The visitation will be from 5-7 PM
Sunday at Peoples Chapel Funeral Home. |
Lil Walls Gordon Robertson Class of 46
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ROBERTSON,
MRS. LIL WALLS GORDON, age 83, of Midfield, Alabama passed away
Monday, March 21, 2011 in Douglasville, Georgia. She was born
July 11, 1927 in Birmingham, Alabama the daughter of the late
Mr. Thomas Forrest Walls and Mrs. Alice Burgess Walls. She
worked in the Medical Records Department of the Baptist Medical
Center in Princeton for over 30 years. She was a member of
Canaan Baptist Church in Bessemer. For many years she did
volunteer work in the gift shop of Lloyd Noland Hospital in
Fairfield and volunteered for the Midfield Chamber of Commerce.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her
first husband, Jack Gordon; second husband, Frank Osborne; third
husband, Clyde Robertson; and one infant son. She is survived by
her daughter and son-in-law, Linda and Dr. Richard Kinsey of
Douglasville; son and daughter-in-law, John Hilton Gordon and
Pam Self Gordon of Texas; 3 grandchildren, Adrienne Gunselman
and her husband David of Arley, AL, Kathryn Kinsey of San
Francisco, and Robin Gordon of the University of Alabama;
several step-children, nieces and nephews also survive. A
private graveside service will be held at 2:30 p.m. Thursday,
March 23 at Crumly Chapel Methodist Church Cemetery at 336
Crumly Chapel Road, Birmingham, AL 35214. Messages of condolence
to the family may be sent from
www.jones-wynn.com. Jones-Wynn Funeral Home,
Inc., Cremation Services and Memorial Gardens of Douglasville in
charge of arrangements. 770-942-2311 |
Bill Hardin Class of 67 |
HARDIN,
BILL "PAW PAW", of Trussville, formerly of Hueytown, passed away
April 2, 2011 after a most courageous battle with pancreatic
cancer. Preceded in death by his father, William Roy Hardin.
Survived by his "Bride" of 41 years, Cindi Allen Hardin; sons,
Scott Hardin and Corey Hardin (Laura); the three absolute
delights of his life, Davis and Nathan Hardin and Luke Hardin;
mother, Beatrice Hardin Walls (Gene); brother, Larry Hardin
(Gail); sister, Valerie Franks (Keith); his dearly loved nieces
and nephews; his great nieces and nephews; and his much devoted
sisters-in-law and brothers-in-law. Served on the USS Coral Sea
during the Vietnam War. He recently retired from AT&T after 39
years service. He had many special friends from Woodward Golf
and Country Club, Trussville Golf and Country Club and Grayson
Valley Country Club and Gwen Haynes Sunday School Class at First
Baptist Church, Trussville. Very dear to his heart were the
years he coached his sons, and his "twins" teams, and watching
Davis and Nathan playing sports. He would like to be remembered
as a man of great faith, always trusting in his Savior, and to
us, he was the greatest "Paw Paw". His deep courage and faith
made a tremendous impact on all who knew him. May his example of
these virtues always remind us to "never give up". In lieu of
flowers, donations may be made to March of Dimes for preemie's,
in honor of our miracle preemie, Luke. Pancreatic research or
the
American Cancer Society
. Visitation will be Monday April 4, from 5 - 7 pm. Funeral
services will be Tuesday, April 5, 2011 at 2:00 pm. at Peoples
Chapel Funeral Home, with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers; Bobby Morris, Matt Mitchell, Joel Morris,
Josh Beam, Tony Carpri and Keith Hager. Honorary pallbearers;
Mike Lancaster, Steve Parsons, Brent Morris, Hank Fisher Chris
Rigdon, Art Temples, Matt Herring, Mark Plunkett, David Crowe,
Larry Oliver, and Phil Foster. |
Freida Louise Cox Padgett Class of 59 |
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NORFOLK
- On this day, Jan. 22, 2011 Frieda Louise Padgett entered the
gates of heaven. When the Master called her she answered. She
fought a four-year battle with a very ravenous cancer that
slowly and painfully took over her body. She didn't give in to
self-pity and very few times did a tear touch her cheek. She
prayed for God to send her to the right doctors, nurses and new
treatments. Through it all, she never lost her sense of humor
and always lived her motto of "keep moving and doing."
Frieda was predeceased by her husband, Jack Padgett; her parents
and brother. Her main force in pushing herself was
the great love she had for her precious family left to cherish
her memory: her wonderful son, Shawn Padgett, his wife Mary and
their children Jessica and Jack; her precious daughter, whom
Frieda lived with the last four years of her life, Stephanie
Santos, her husband David, and their children Madison and
Matthew. Frieda never tired of being Meemaw, and knew how to get
to every fun kids spot in the Tidewater area. Also left to
cherish her memory are her sisters, Margaret Cox and husband
John, Susan McPhate and husband Ted, along with many nieces,
nephews and special friends. There is no doubt in my
mind that when Frieda entered the gates of heaven the Master
said, "Well done my good and faithful servant, come unto me and
I will give you rest and a wonderful everlasting life." The
gates closed behind her and her new adventures have begun.
The family would like to give special thanks for the wonderful
doctors, nurses and friends that helped care for her, especially
Dr. Feliberti, her home care nurse Jodie Cuttle, and Sharon
Dowell, her lifelong friend. A memorial service will
take place in Hollomon- Brown Funeral Home, Tidewater Drive
Chapel, Monday at 7 p.m. where the family will remain until 9
p.m. to receive friends. Condolences may be offered to the
family at
www.hollomon-brown.com.
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Tommy Cox Class of 54 |
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COX, TOMMY L. age 74, of Birmingham, AL, passed away Tuesday,
January 18, 2011. Tommy was a paper carrier for 60 years. He was
also a Mason for the Powderly Lodge. He is survived by his
sisters, Margaret (John) Kines of Bessemer, Frieda Padgett of
Virginia and Susan (Ted) McPhate of Locust Fork. Memorial
service will be held Thursday, January 20, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. at
Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home.
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Ronnie Pitts Class of 65 |
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PITTS,
RONALD PAUL "RONNIE" (JVHS Class of ’65)
age 63, of Hoover,
passed away on Monday, February 7, 2011. He was an active member
of Shades Crest Baptist Church where he taught children's Sunday
school for many years. He began his career at channel 42
television in Birmingham before going to Alabama Power Company
where he retired after more than 24 years of service. He was
employed by O'Neal Transportation for the past ten years. He was
a hang-glider pilot, a member of the Amateur Radio Club and a
member of the Dixie Railroad Museum. He was a loving husband,
father, grandfather, son and brother. He will be remembered for
his generosity and willingness to help anyone in need. He was
preceded in death by his father Paul E. Pitts. He is survived by
his wife of 41 years Theresa H. Pitts; son, Matthew R. Pitts;
mother, Betty Sue Pitts; sister, Carol Pitts; brother, Terry
Pitts; and his most beloved grand daughter, Harmony Grace Pitts.
The family will receive friends on Saturday, February 12, 2011
from 9 am until 11 am at the Shades Crest Baptist Church in
Bluff Park with a memorial service to begin at 11 am. Graveside
services will follow at noon at Jefferson Memorial Gardens,
South. Dr. Dennis Foust officiating. In lieu of flowers,
donations can be made to St. Judes Hospital, American Heart
Association or Shade Crest Baptist Church.
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Jane Brooks Butler Class of 58 |
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BUTLER,
JANE BROOKS (JVHS Class of 58),
Age 70, of Hueytown, AL, passed away February 2, 2011.
She is survived by her son, Hugh Butler; daughter, Beth Butler;
step-daughter, Kathy Barger (Donald); granddaughter, Karys
Butler; two step-grandchildren; six great-grandchildren; and
brothers, Tom Brooks and Clinton Brooks. Visitation will be
Friday, February 4, 2011 from 12:30 p.m.-2 p.m. with funeral
service following at 2:00 p.m. at Peoples Chapel Funeral Home.
Burial will be in Valhalla Cemetery.
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Jonathan Veasey Class of 48 |
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VEASEY, JONATHAN OBED, age 83, of Pleasant Grove, passed away Friday,
January 28, 2011. Jon was born in Tarpley City, AL on August 22,
1928. After graduating from Jones Valley High in 1948, Jon
served in the United States Air Force. He pitched in the
Bessemer Amateur Baseball League. Preceded in death by his wife
of 51 years, Natha Deane Cofer Veasey; parents, Arthur and Velma
Le Chien Veasey and sisters, Frances Pauline Holsenback and
Marguarite Veasey. Jon is survived by his children: Becky Taylor
of Nashville; David Veasey of Calera; Theresa Gottlieb of
Nashville; Allan Veasey of Morris; grandchildren Thaddeus,
Blake, Heather, Tara, Susannah, Jonathan (Alex) and Nicholas.
Visitation January 30th 2-6 PM at Elmwood Chapel. Funeral
Service will be held Monday, January 31 at 2 p.m. at Elmwood
Chapel. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts may be made to the
Wounded Warriors Project or the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society.
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Johnny Pruitt Class of 74 |
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PRUITT, JR., JOHN F. age 56, of Bessemer, Alabama, passed away
on January 9, 2011. He was preceded in death by his Father &
Mother; John F. Pruitt, Sr. & Betty Ree Daughtery Pruitt.
Survivors: wife of 37 years, Rhonda Leslie Pruitt; sons, Scott
Pruitt (Lynn), Jason Pruitt (Ashley); sister, Donna Moore;
brother, Shawn Wesley Pruitt; beloved grandchildren, Kaylee
Petal Pruitt & John Thomas Surtees Pruitt; and a host of very
close friends. Memorial services will be held at
Patterson-Forest Grove Funeral Home Thursday, January 13, 2011
at 7:30 p.m.. Visitation will be held on Thursday, January 13,
2011 5:30 p.m. until service time.
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Betty Sue Johnson Class of 48 |
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Johnson, Betty Sue, of Birmingham, AL passed away
Saturday, December 11, 2010. Betty was born September 13, 1930
to Raliegh Sidney and Mamie Gwin Johnson in Cherokee County,
Alabama. She was a member of Union Baptist Church in Lipscomb,
AL and graduated from Jones Valley High School in 1948. She is
preceded in death by her parents Raliegh S. Johnson and Mamie J.
Dotson, her step-father James T. Dotson, brother Sidney Gwin
Johnson, and niece Cynthia Ellen Johnson. She is survived by
sisters Colleen Johnson Grider (Ken), and Norita Jones Cannon
(Ed), nephews Gwin Johnson(Pam), Kenneth Tip Grider (Vickie),
Michael Cannon and niece Beverly Grider Hawes (Bill). Services
will be Tuesday, December 14 at Valhalla Funeral Home Chapel
with burial to follow in Valhalla Cemetery. Visitation from 12
noon until 1:00 PM. Funeral service to follow at 1:00 PM. Pastor
Dewey E. Mayfield officiating. The family would like to express
a special thanks to Betty's wonderful friends and neighbors for
their love and kindness during her illness. In lieu of flowers
contributions may be made to Best Friends Animal Society, 5001
Angel Canyon Road, Kanab, UT 84741; Greater Birmingham Humane
Society or
American Cancer Society
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J.W. "Hank" Snow Class of 59 |
SNOW, JR., J.W. "HANK" age 71, of Hueytown passed away December
4, 2010. He served in the U.S. Navy and worked for Merita Bakery
for 34 years. He was preceded in death by his parents. He is
survived by his wife, Linda Snow; daughter Beverly Snow;
step-sons, Phillip Melton (Raquel) and Randy Melton (Katherine);
and sisters-in-law, Jean Franks (Hershel) and Nell Eaton; and
five step-grandchildren. A graveside service will be held on
Tuesday, December 7, 2010 at 12:00 noon at Elmwood Cemetery.
Beverly Snow and Jean Franks will speak at the service. Family
and friends will gather at Elmwood Chapel thirty minutes prior
to service.
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Coach Herbert Hanes Faculty |

HANES, HERBERT "HERB" BLANCHARD Herbert "Herb" Blanchard Hanes,
passed away September 5, 2010, at the age of 83. He attended
Minnie Holman Grammer School and was a graduate of Woodlawn High
School. Herb was a World War II veteran serving in the Pacific
and the Phillipines. He served in both the Merchant Marines and
the Army. After his tour of duty he received his Bachelor degree
from Howard College (now Samford University) and his Masters
degree from Peabody University in Nashville, Tenn. Herb was a
member of the Quarter Back Club, on the Board of Director of the
Kenny Morgan Scholarship Foundation. The Herbert Hanes
Foundation was established by the Ensley High School alumni
Association to award scholarship to students who excelled in
academic and sports. Herb was also a member of Canterbury united
Methodist Church. Herb was preceded in death by his parents
Momie Lee Holladay and George Elmer Hanes Sr.; brother George
Elmer Hanes Jr.; sister Lucy Hanes Higginbotham; nephew Mark
Everett Hanes and his wife Kim Hanes. He is survived by his wife
of 51 years Melba Boner Hanes; daughter Amanda Leigh Hanes;
sister in law Joanne Hanes of Marietta, Georgia; nieces Natasha,
Julia, Maggie and Leah. The funeral service will be on Thursday,
September 9, 2010 beginning at 11:00 a.m. at Ridout's Valley
Chapel. The family will receive friends beginning at 10:00 a.m.
Burial will follow at Forest Hill Cemetery. Memorials in memory
of Herbert Hanes may be made to the Kenny Morgan Scholarship
Foundation or the Herbert Hanes Scholarship Foundation. Services
are under the direction of Ridout's Valley Chapel in Homewood,
AL (205.879.3401). |
James Donald Rittmann Class of 63 |
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Memorial service for Mr. James Donald “Jim” Rittmann, Jr., 65,
of Rockford, will be Tuesday, August 31, 2010 at 7:00 pm at the
St. John the Apostle Catholic Church with Father Joseph
Thekkethala officiating. The family will receive friends on
Tuesday from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm at the Church social hall.
Mr. Rittmann passed away on Sunday, August 29, 2010 at Russell
Medical Center. He was born on December 23, 1944 in Birmingham,
Alabama to James Donald Rittmann, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth
Wintter Ponder. He was a member of St. John the Apostle Catholic
Church, where he loved to sing. He owned Hatchett Creek
Woodworks. He was highly involved with the Boy Scouts of America
for almost 20 years. He was Scoutmaster of the Junior Leader
Training Conference for 5 years. Mr. Rittmann enjoyed talking
with friends and drinking coffee. He is survived by his wife
of 36 years, Martha Belshaw Rittmann of Rockford; sons, James
Derwin Rittmann of Louisville, KY and John Wintter Rittmann of
Calera; and sisters, Catherine Gilbert (Ed) of Katy, TX and
Donna Rhoden of Calera. He was preceded in death by his
parents. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the
Boy Scouts of America – Tukabatchee Area Council, 3067 Carter
Hill Rd., Montgomery, AL 36111-0106 or to the Coosa County
Science and Technology Center, Route 2 Box 52, Rockford, AL
35136. Memorial messages may be sent to the family at
www.radneyfuneralhome.com.
Radney Funeral Home is in
charge of the arrangements.
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Mary Kathryn Deason Boteler Lacey
Class of 43 |
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LACEY, KATHRYN
BOTELER 84, of Birmingham, AL went to be with the Lord on
Tuesday, August 24, 2010. Kathryn was a graduate of Jones Valley
High School and Howard College. She owned Oak Hill Kindergarten
for 7 years. After 20 years of service she retired from Southern
Research Institute. Kathryn was a member of St. Mark United
Methodist Church and was active until her death. She was
preceded in death by her husbands Buddy Boteler and Robert
Lacey. She is survived by her children Craig Boteler (Trina),
Jasper, GA, Becky Smith (Jim), Lenoir City, TN, Barbara Foshee
(Butch), Indian Springs, AL; grandchildren Catherine Smith,
Kendra Giddens (Kevin), Kerri Courtley (Scott), Whitney Adams
(Johnny), Alex Hughes, Callie Boteler, Heather Darling (Alan),
Patrick Foshee; great grandchildren Sarah Kate Giddens, Elyana
Courtley, Emma Darling. There will be a visitation on Friday,
August 27, 2010 beginning at 10:00 AM until 11:00 AM with the
services to follow at 11:00 AM at St. Mark United Methodist
Church. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to St. Mark
United Methodist Church Youth Ministry, 2901 Columbiana Rd.
Vestavia Hills, AL 35216. |
Roy Lee Lamons Class of 60 |
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LAMONS, ROY LEE, (JVHS Class of ’60), age 68, of Hueytown, AL
passed away August 20, 2010, after a courageous battle with
cancer. His lifetime career consisted of many years as Greens
keeper and Golf Course Superintendent with the state of Alabama,
including Joe Wheeler State Park and Oak Mountain State Park,
Frank House Golf Course and retiring from the City of Hueytown
Parks and Recreation. He was preceded in death by his parents,
Elvin E. Lamons and Ona Fletcher Lamons; brothers, Albert
Lamons, Coy C. Lamons and L. B. Lamons; nieces, Donnis Carlee
Borden, Kristin Popee Key; and great niece, Carlee Huffman. He
is survived by his wife, Lannette Parker Lamons; his children,
Tim Lamons of Hueytown, Jeff Lamons (Jennifer) of Trussville,
Brian Lamons (Betsy) of Pelham, and Amanda Lamons Smith (Paul)
of Hueytown; five grandchildren, Gracie Kate, Jackson, Benjamin,
William and Mary Fran; brothers, Richard (Nick) Lamons of
McCalla and Melvin Lamons of Hueytown; sisters, Wilda Lamons
Mitchum of Columbia, SC and Shirley Lamons Carlee of Hueytown;
several brothers and sisters-in-law, and many nieces and
nephews. Roy was a loving husband, father, brother, grandfather
and uncle. He was "Daddy," "Paw Paw" and "uncle Roy" and greatly
loved by all. Roy loved his garden and Alabama Football, but his
most favorite thing was watching his children and grandchildren
play football, baseball and cheerleading. Funeral service will
be Tuesday, August 24, 2010 at 10am at the funeral home with
burial at Highland Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be on
Monday, August 23, 2010 from 5-7pm.
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Kermit "Ralph" Stuckey Class Unknown |
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STUCKEY, MR.
KERMIT "RALPH" JR. 1933-2010 (JVHS graduation year unknown)
Funeral service for Mr. Kermit "Ralph" Stuckey Jr., 76, of
Eclectic, will be Monday, August 23, 2010 at 2:00 pm at the Mt.
Hebron Church of Christ, 4530 Mt. Hebron Road, Eclectic, AL. He
will lie in state for one hour prior to the service at the
church. Minister Edwin Walker, Minister Tommy Colley and
Minister Don Myers will officiate. Burial will follow in the
adjoining cemetery. The family will receive friends on Sunday,
August 22, 2010 from 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm at Radney Funeral Home.
Mr. Stuckey passed away on Friday, August 20, 2010 at East
Alabama Medical Center. He was born on October 23, 1933 in
Jonesboro, Arkansas to Kermit Samuel Stuckey and Helen Louise
Rankin Stuckey. He was a very active member of Mt. Hebron Church
of Christ. He was also very involved in his community, Kowaliga
Retreat. He was very generous with his time and talents and
would do anything for anyone in the community. He retired from
US Steel and then became a bus driver for the Elmore County
School System for 10 years. He faithfully served his country in
the US Navy. He is survived by his wife of 32 years, Martha
Gilliland Mizzell Stuckey of Eclectic; children, Debra Adair
Buttram of Bessemer, Kenneth Ralph Stuckey of Childersburg, Mike
Mizzell (Jennie) of Goodwater, Pat Mann (Bobby) of Goodwater and
Ed Mizzell (Gwen) of Birmingham; grandchildren, Haley Adair of
Bessemer, Damien Adair of Bessemer, Mallory Stuckey of
Childersburg, Madison Stuckey of Childersburg, Mike Mizzell of
Alexander City, Tara Mann (Kris Josephson) of Wayland, MA, Brian
Mann of Alexander City and Matthew Mizzell of Birmingham;
great-grandchildren, Ian Josephson and Isaac Josephson, both of
Wayland, MA and Austin Mizzell and Maggie Mizzell, both of
Cordele, GA; siblings, Billy Joe Stuckey (Betty) of Bessemer,
Sue Chandler of Fultondale and Lynn Stepke of Pahrump, NV; and
numerous nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by his
parents and sister, Eva Ann Stuckey Bozeman. In lieu of flowers,
memorial contributions may be given to the Mt. Hebron Church of
Christ Cemetery Fund, P. O. Box 240159, Eclectic, AL 36024.
Memorial messages may be sent to the family at
www.radneyfuneralhome.com.
Radney Funeral Home is in charge of the arrangements.
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George Betros Class of 56 |
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BETROS, GEORGE NICHOLAS age 74 went to be with the Lord on July
22, 2010. George retired after 30 years of service with Alabama
National Guard. He is survived by wife, Shirley McKinney Betros;
son Michael G. Betros; daughter Tina Betros Hall; 4
Grandchildren; sister Chris Hopkins; sister-in-law Alice Barger
Morrison; 4 Great Nephews; 4 Nieces; 2 Great Great Nephews; and
numerous wonderful friends. Memorial Celebration will be held on
Saturday, July 31, 2010, 10:00AM, First Baptist Church of
Pelham. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be
made to the American Cancer Society. |
Jane Johnson Class of 59 |
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JOHNSON, JANE age 69, of McCalla,
AL, passed away Monday, June 28, 2010. She was preceded in death
by her husband, Armster Christo "A.C." Browning, Jr.. She is
survived by her husband, Otis Johnson; sons, Robert (Michelle)
Browning and Jeff (Hope) Browning; grandchild, Lea Madison
Browning; eight step-grandchildren; her brother, Glenn Davis;
sister, Margaret Harmon; and a host of nieces and nephews.
Funeral services will be held at Bessemer Brown Service Funeral
Home Thursday, July 1, 2010 at 11:00 am with burial in Highland
Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be held Wednesday evening,
from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm. |
Jerry N. Stokes Class of 58 |

Jerry N. Stokes, age 62 of Houma, LA, a former resident of
Birmingham, AL., passed away Wednesday, April 17, 2002. Mr.
Stokes was a 1968 graduate of the University of Alabama and
attended the University of Kentucky. He was a member of the
American Society of Metals and a member of the American Welding
society. He was a retired professional Metallurgical Engineer.
Funeral Services for Mr. Stokes will be 2:00 P.M. Monday, April
22, 202 at Angwin Mortuary Center's Birmingham Chapel with
burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. Reverand Jay Barrett will
Officiate. The family will receive friends at the funeral home
on Sunday, April 21 from 1 P.M. until 4 P.M. Mr. Stokes was
preceded in death by his parents, Jerry E. Stokes and Jeannie
Pruett Stokes. He is survived by his wife, Linda Turner Stokes
of Houma, LA; daughters, Deirdre S. Stokes of Houma, LA, Kelly
S. Dupeire of Jarreau, LA and Shannon S. Ramirez of Austin, TX;
son Bart N. Stokes of Newport, OR; sister, Rebecca S. Goins of
Ooltewah, TN; brother J. Paul Stokes of Texarkana, TX; and
grandchildren, Nicholas Dupeire and Marsha Dupeire and Marisa
Ramirez. Pallbearers will be Paul Stokes, Wayne Turner, Jim
Turner, J.C. Goins, John Dupeire and Damiano Ramirez. Memorials
may be made to the Juvenile Diabetes Association. Angwin
Mortuary Center's Birmingham Chapel directing. ANGWIN MORTUARY
CENTER, Birminahgm, AL, 205-781-3631 |
Marilyn Cox Belew Class of 76 |
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BELEW, MARILYN COX, 52, of Westover, Al
went to be with the lord on Monday, May 3, 2010. She is survived
by her husband Andy; children Dennis and Andrea; brothers Floyd
Cox Jr., Joe Cox, and Jason Cox; sister Becky Davis. There will
be a visitation on Saturday, May 8, 2010 beginning at 11:00 AM
until 1:00 PM with the celebration of life at 1:00 PM in the
Chapel of Southern Heritage Funeral Home.
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Aileen Stovall Parr Class of 30 |
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PARR, AILEEN
STOVALL Parr, Aileen Stovall, age 97, died on Friday April 23,
2010. She was preceded in death by her husband T.T. Parr, her
Father Lewis S. Stovall, her mother Omma Vandergrift Stovall and
all of her 5 brothers and sisters. She is survived by one
Sister-in-law Clara Stovall, nieces and nephews. Aileen was
known for her love of people, especially at Brookhaven Methodist
Church and in Powderly, AL where she and her husband owned Parr
Grocery Store. She has spent the last 5 years at South Haven
Nursing Home and we thank them for their love and kindness. We
also wish to thank Comfort Care Hospice, how would we have done,
it without you, you kept her comfortable when we couldn't.
Thanks also to chaplain George Hill who prayed for her and with
her. Graveside service will be Monday April 26, 2010 at 11:00 am
at Elmwood Cemetery, with visitation 1 hour prior, at Ridout's
Elmwood Chapel.
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Carolyn Black Woods Class of 51 |
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WOODS,
CAROLYN ANN BLACK, died on March 20, 2010. She was a resident of
Fairhope, Alabama but spent most of her life in the Green Valley
area of Hoover, Alabama. She was preceded in death by her
husband, Cecil Woods, and her son, Mark Woods. She is survived
by her oldest daughter, Karen Woods (Brian) McGuire of Granite
Bay, California and their son, David and daughter, Alison.
Carolyn is also survived by her youngest daughter, Lyn Woods
(Charles) Carr, also a resident of Fairhope, Alabama and
formerly of the Green Valley area of Hoover, Alabama and their
children, Katelyn, Chase, Conley, Casey and Colby. Carolyn is
also survived by her mother, Mary Louise Heaton of Birmingham,
Alabama and brothers, Sherman (Pat) and Randy (Debbie) Heaton
and sisters, Marilyn (Gene) Sellers and Myrna (Charles)
Burleson. She will be remembered daily and missed by all of her
many loving friends and family. A funeral service will be held
on Wednesday, March 24, 2010 at 2:00PM at the Mausoleum Chapel I
of Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL. The family will receive
friends on Wednesday from 1:00PM until time of the service. In
lieu of flowers the family suggests donations to your favorite
charity. Arrangements by Wolfe-Bayview Funeral Homes &
Crematory, Inc.
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James Stephen Segrest Class of 66 |
SEGREST,
James Stephen, 62, of Riverview, Fla., passed on April 1, 2010.
He was born and raised in Lipscomb, Ala., and lived the rest of
his life to the fullest in Tampa, where he had raised his family
since 1988. He graduated from Jones Valley High School and went
to Jeff State University in Birmingham, Ala. He was in the
transportation business and last worked with Florida Tank
Lines/Hyway Corp. He was preceded in death by his father, James
"Jimmy" Segrest, and his loving grandaughter. He is survived and
will be deeply missed by his mother, Marceline; daughters,
Stephanie and Leah; sons-in-law, Tim and Robbie; grand-son,
Tyler; great-grand-daughter, Jayden Brooke; sister and
brother-in-law, Joann and Jerry; brother,
Randy; and many loving nieces and nephews. Steve was a faithful,
loving friend, father and son. A memorial service will begin at
3 p.m. Saturday, April 10, at EG Simmons Park in Ruskin. There
is a $2 admission fee per car. Dress comfortably. "Roll Tide . |
Tommy McCarty
Class of 60 |

MCCARTY,
THOMAS WILLIAM, born September 25th, 1942, died March 28th,
2010, after an extended illness. A resident of Clanton, AL, and
formerly a long-time resident of Hueytown, AL, Mr. McCarty was
originally from Birmingham. He was a graduate of Jones Valley
High School, attended Howard College, and retired from J C Penny
department store, and Ernest McCarty Ford. He was a member of
Hueytown Baptist Church, a Mason and a Shriner, and an
enthusiastic fan of Nascar and Alabama football. Tom was kind,
loving, and generous. Mr. McCarty was predeceased by his
parents, Ernest Lee McCarty, Sr., and Irene Shaw McCarty.
Survivors include wife, Ann Till McCarty, of Clanton, daughter
Dora Jo "Dodie" Lewis (Michael), of Hoover, and her children
Amanda "Mandy" Gibbs (Kourey), and Matthew Lewis; stepdaughter
Annette Carter and her son Shane Sammons, and her grandsons
Christian and Joseph Sammons; stepson David Till; sisters Joyce
McCarty Kirkley, of Guntersville, AL, Thelma McCarty O'Quinn (G.
Brown), of Chesterfield, VA, and brother Ernest L. McCarty, Jr.
(Edna), of Vestavia Hills, AL. Family and friends invited to
visitation Thursday, April 1st, 2010 from 5:00PM to 8:00 PM at
Martin Funeral Home Chapel, AL Highway 22 (1300 4th Ave. North),
Clanton, with a memorial service on Friday, April 2nd, 2010 at
11:00AM at the chapel, Rev. G. Brown O'Quinn officiating. In
lieu of flowers, the family requests donations be made to Zamora
Shrine Temple, Children's' Hospital Fund. |
Jimmy Ray "Foots" Glasgow
Class of '51 |
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GLASGOW,
JIMMY RAY 1932 - 2010 Jimmy Ray Glasgow passed away March 15,
2010. With blessed assurance he is celebrating today in his
Father's house. He died after a long battle with frontal lobe
dementia. He was 77 years old. Jimmy was born in Heflin, Alabama
on June 1, 1932, to Ralph and Vera Glasgow. He was preceded in
death by his parents and sister, Shirley Joyce. Jimmy is
survived by his wife of 56 years, Irona; his son, Rusty;
daughter, Gina; brother, Harold Glasgow (Carol); sister, Jeanene
Lowery (Lamar). He also leaves several nieces and nephews. Jimmy
cherished the many friends he had through his life but his
extended family of Madge Glaze, Laura and Doug Mahle, Beanie and
David Dwelle and Ophelia McCall meant so much to him. He had an
especially close relationship with his adopted grandchildren,
Terry Powers and Melisa Muslin. Terry spent hours with Jimmy in
his workshop talking and drinking coffee. Jimmy graduated from
Jones Valley High School. He attended the University of Alabama
on a football scholarship before entering the US Air Force where
he played service football. He continued his education at
Jacksonville University where he excelled on the football team.
He was selected to the All American Team and was later inducted
into the Jacksonville University Football Hall of Fame. After
college, he played football professionally. He lived in
Pensacola for 46 years where he coached football and worked in
the family business, Warrington Special Order Company. He
coached at Warrington Junior High, Escambia High, Woodham High
and retired as an Administrative Dean. Jimmy's last "thank you"
would be to his care givers from Care First Hospice, Connie
McDonald, Melisa Dixon, Mike Higgins and Linda Adams. They were
wonderful and very caring to him. Visitation will be Friday,
March 19, 2010 at 10:00 AM at Faith Chapel Funeral Home,100
Beverly Parkway, Pensacola, Florida 32505. The funeral will
follow at 11:00 a.m. Rev. Vaughn Stafford from St. James United
Methodist Church in Montgomery, Alabama will be officiating.
Immediately following the funeral service, all are invited to
lunch at the Glasgow's home at 332 East Sunset Avenue,
Pensacola, Florida 32507. In lieu of flowers, please make all
donations to Fultondale United Methodist Church, Sanctuary
Renovations, P. O. Box 123, Fultondale, Alabama 35068. This was
Jimmy's home church and where his son, Rusty, is the pastor.
Faith Chapel Funeral Home South, 100 Beverly Parkway, is in
charge of arrangements. Condolences may be placed online
@fcfhs.com |
Coach Ernest Hardy
Faculty
1955-1965 |
HARDY,
ERNEST A. "ANDY" ED.D. Ernest A. "Andy" Hardy, Ed.D., (known as
"Coach Hardy" to many former students) passed away on February 27,
2010, aged 84 years, in Birmingham, Alabama, after a brief illness.
He was born on May 5, 1925, in Wayne County, Michigan, to the late
Ernest Adam and Caroline (née Klanowsky) Hardy. Dr. Hardy was
preceded in death by an infant twin, Richard, brothers Alvin, Gary
and Harold Hardy, sisters Olive Hardy, Ruth Reaville, and Mary Ellen
Soulliere, and his first wife, Constance Joy Hardy (née Brown). Dr.
Hardy is survived by his wife, Sarah Frances Hardy (née Holcombe);
children Deborah Stone (and husband Terry), Richard Hardy, Michael
Hardy, Daryl Hardy (and wife Jennifer) all of Birmingham;
stepchildren Calvin Cox, of Cumming, Georgia, and Cheryl Russell
(and husband Kevin) of Birmingham; grandchildren Nicole Ponce of
Texas City, Texas, Dallas and Jason Russell of Birmingham, Grayson
Glidewell of Birmingham, Sara and Julia Hardy of Birmingham, Jason
Stone (and wife, Trina) of Mason City, Iowa, Lawren Stone (and wife,
Julia) of Long Beach, California; sisters Irene Henning of Alanson,
Michigan, and Delores Rankin of Pontiac, Michigan; brothers Marlin
and Larry Hardy of Lewiston, Michigan; and numerous nieces, nephews,
and cousins. Dr. Hardy was a veteran of World War II, where he was
awarded the Bronze Star and was injured parachuting into the
Ardennes Forest in France during the Battle of the Bulge. Dr. Hardy
was a graduate of Birmingham Southern College with a bachelor of
sciences degree, as well as a graduate of the University of Alabama
(Tuscaloosa) with a masters and a doctorate in Education. He served
as a teacher at Sayre Junior High School and a teacher and coach
Jones Valley High School in Birmingham. For many years, he coached
Little League at Shades Mountain Ball Park in Birmingham. Later in
his career, Dr. Hardy served as principal at Jackson Elementary
School in Birmingham, and as Director of Research at the Birmingham
Board of Education, retiring in 1995 with 47 years of service. He
enjoyed sports of all kinds, and was a great fan of the Detroit
Tigers baseball team, among others. He liked to travel with his
grandkids and to visit with his family in Michigan. He was an avid
and skilled Scrabble player. Visitation will be Tuesday, March 2,
from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. and a memorial service will be held Wednesday,
March 3, at 11 a.m., Pastor Julie Holly officiating, at Southern
Heritage Funeral Home in Pelham, Alabama. Interment will follow at
Currie-Jefferson Memorial Gardens in Hoover, Alabama. Memorial gifts
in lieu of flowers may be made to Discovery United Methodist Church,
5487 Stadium Trace Parkway, Hoover, Alabama, 35244 or to the Church
of the Reconciler, 112 14th Street North, Birmingham, Alabama,
35203. |
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Clarence Milton Hodges
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HODGES,
CLARENCE MILTON "MILT", of Hoover, Alabama passed away on
February 8th 2010 at the age of 88. He was a loving husband and
father. He was preceded in death by his beloved wife Millie. He
is survived by one son, Porter. He was a varsity football player
and graduate of Jones Valley High School. He attended Auburn
University until the start of the World War II. He was a B-17
Pilot and 1st Lieutenant in the 490th Bomber Group during the
war. Stationed in England, he successfully piloted 32 Combat
Bombing Missions over Germany without losing his plane or his
crew. He and his crew were hand picked by General Doolittle to
personally fly Paul Tibbits back to the U.S. from the European
Theater for Tibbit's to prepare for his mission in the Pacific
Theater. He returned to Europe and flew relief missions over
France and Germany for 3 additional months. His original Pilot
logs are held in the Southern Museum of Flight. After the war,
he returned to Auburn University and graduated in 1948 with a
Bachelors' Degree in Civil Engineering and Land Surveying. He
was employed with US Steel Corporation and headed various
Engineering and Safety Divisions until he retired as the General
Superintendent of Railroads and Material Handling after 40 years
of service. He was a former member of Woodward Country Club and
one of the original members of Hoover Country Club where he past
served on the Board of Directors. He was an avid golfer with 3
holes-in-one. He was a true gentleman and will be greatly missed
by his family and many friends. The family would like to thank
Home Instead Senior Care and especially thank his two care
givers, Bennie Miller and Sharon Kendrick's, both of whom showed
so much love, respect, and caring in his final years. One of his
final requests was to have he and Millie's ashes spread together
in a private spot that they picked out many years ago and
requested that no memorial service be held. |
Bobby Carr Class of 46 |
|
 CARR,
ROBERT "BOBBY" MORROW, age 81, of Hueytown, AL, went home to be
with his Lord Thursday, January 14, 2010. He was a member of The
Baptist Church at McAdory and Woodward Golf and Country Club. He
was a veteran serving in the U.S. Air Force. Mr. Carr graduated
from Jones Valley High School, and the
University
of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, where he was named to the "All Century
Baseball Team". He went on to play professional baseball with
the Cleveland Indians. He was a proud supporter of the
University of Alabama Athletic Program. He is survived by his
loving wife of 57 years, Mary Beth Carr; his daughters, Susan
Harrison, Laura Anderson, Barbara (Doug) Walker and Amy Mink;
his grandchildren, Angel, Beth, Hannah, Ryan, Karson, Cassidy
and Holden; his great grandson, Trey and his nephew, Bobby Carr
of Columbus, GA. Funeral Services will be held at The Baptist
Church at McAdory Saturday, January 16, 2010 at 11:00 a.m. Rev.
Bill McCall officiating. Visitation will be held Friday, January
15, 2010 from 6:00 until 8:00 p.m. at the church. The family
requests that Memorial Contributions be made to The Baptist
Church at McAdory "Building Fund" or the Big Oak Ranch.
|
Beulah Miles
Wilkerson Veitch
Class Unknown |
|
VEITCH,
BEULAH
MILES WILKERSON Beulah Miles Wilkerson Veitch, 106, went to be
with her Lord and Savior on January 11, 2010. She was born, at
home in Birmingham, on November 12, 1903 and is the daughter of
the late John A. Miles and Maggie Patton Miles. She attended
Jones Valley High School. Beulah married John Ward
Wilkerson in 1922, had four children and was widowed in 1941. In
1936 she accepted the Lord at a tent revival in Birmingham, led
by Dr. Glenn V. Tingley of the Christian and Missionary Alliance
denomination and later joined West End Alliance Church where she
was a member for 50 years. In 1943, she married Joe C. Veitch
and together they had a prison ministry at Kilby and Draper
Prisons. She was head deaconess in the church and they
entertained many missionaries in their home. Beulah loved to
cook and was always busy cooking, cleaning or helping other
people. She also had a green thumb and had a beautiful flower
garden. In later years, she even found enough ground around her
apartment to grow tomato plants and flowers and did so until the
age of 97. She joined Hunter Street Baptist Church in 1992 and
was a member of the Joy Friendship Sunday School Class until her
death. Her crowning achievement was being a loving, mother and
grandmother to her family. Her life produced a remarkable legacy
of 4 children, 2 step-children, 14 grandchildren, 24
great-grandchildren, and 22 great-great grandchildren. She is
survived by her daughters, Gladys Craig (Dick) of Helena, Peggie
Gaston (Wilbur) of Montevallo, step-daughter Mary Sorrell of
Summerville, Fl, daughter-in-law Merrie Wilkerson of Powder
Springs, GA. and two nieces, Doris Miller of Helena, and Elsie
Hayes of Sylacaga. Her grandchildren, Lynda Brannon (Fred) of
Hoover, Pam Thrasher (Randy) of Marietta, GA, Brenda Gant
(Lloyd) of Townsend, TN, Britt Gaston (Melody) of Trenton, GA,
Deborah McNamee (Mike), Sharon Pearson, JoAnne Cofer (Randy),
Cheryl LaFontaine (Joe), all of Birmingham, and Donna Ratcliff
of Summerville, Fl, Becky Hill (Gary) of Provo, Utah. She was
preceded in death by her sisters, Margaret Ann Miles and Thelma
Smith, and brother, Charlie Miles, her son, John Ward Wilkerson,
Jr., daughter, Betty Campbell, step-daughter, Betty Jo Noel,
granddaughter, Glenda Wells, grandson, Reggie Campbell and
great-granddaughter, Erin Gaston. Funeral services will be held
at Hunter Street Baptist Church in the Chapel on Friday, January
15 at 11:30 a.m. with Dr. Buddy Gray, Rev. Chris Sullivan and
Rev. Brom Cowser officiating. The family will receive friends
from 10:30-11:30 before the service and burial will follow at
Elmwood Cemetery. The family would like to express their thanks
and gratitude to New Beacon Hospice to Lucy, David, Gayle, and
Bev. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to Hunter
Street Baptist Church, 2600 John Hawkins Parkway, Hoover, AL
35226.
|
Alvin Hugh Vick
Class of 58 |
|

Funeral for
Alvin Hugh Vick, 70, of Decatur will be Sunday, Jan. 10, 2010,
at 2 p.m. at Shelton Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Joe
Hoover and the Rev. Dr. Scotty Hogan officiating. Burial will
be in Burningtree Memorial Gardens. Visitation will be one and a
half hours prior to the service. Mr. Vick, who died Friday,
Jan. 8, 2010, was born Nov. 1, 1939, in Birmingham to Roy
Douglas Vick and Ina Grady Vick. He was a member of Westmeade
Baptist Church. He was retired from General Electric. He is
survived by his wife, Walterene Jones Vick; one son, Michael
Vick of Decatur; two sisters, Janet Atkins of Birmingham and Ann
Liner of Jacksonville, Fla.; and one granddaughter, Savannah
Vick of Decatur. Pallbearers will be John Landers, Jackie
Burney, Terry Steele, Brad Hamilton, Brad King and Rusty Smith.
In lieu of flowers, the family respectfully requests memorial
donations be made to Alacare Hospice, Gideons International or
Westmeade Baptist Church. |
Billy Eugene McBrayer
Class of 47 |
|

MCBRAYER,
BILLY EUGENE, passed away January 4, 2010. He graduated from
Jones Valley High School class of 1947, a Korean War veteran, a
member of Springville First United Methodist Church and a
longtime member of West End Baptist Church. He enjoyed square
dancing for many years with the Birmingham Solos, Eastern
Wranglers, Kurly Q's, and Logan Martin Swingers, Campers and
Dancers. He was retired from US Steel with 42 years of service.
He was preceded in death by his parents, Mamie and Herman
McBrayer. Services will be Thursday, January 7 at 2pm in the
Chapel with burial in Jefferson Memorial Gardens East.
Visitation will be from 5 until 7pm Wednesday. He is survived by
his wife of 20 years, Verlie McBrayer; children, Richard E.
"Ricky" (Donna) McBrayer, Thomas A. "Tommy" (Tamara) McBrayer,
Donald F. "Don" (Autumn) McBrayer, Pamela McBrayer (Ramón)
Arias; grandchildren, Staci Butler, Kevin McBrayer, Brooke and
Jason Johnson, Brent and Jennifer McBrayer, Matthew Arias,
Christopher Arias, Daniel Bahkle, Bruce Bahkle, Ben McBrayer,
and Hannah McBrayer; great grandchildren, Madison Johnson, Rylie
Johnson, Derrick Butler, Isabella Butler, and Colton McBrayer;
stepchildren, Jim Hyatt, John and Susan Hyatt; and
step-grandchildren, Michael Hyatt, Hayden Hyatt, and Kirsten
Hyatt. In lieu of flowers donations may be made to Springville
First United Methodist Church or the charity of your choice.
Jefferson Memorial Trussville directing. |
Charles Hamilton Cunningham
Class of 64 |
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CUNNINGHAM,
CHARLES HAMILTON, age 63, of McCalla, AL, went to be with the
Lord on Friday, December 25, 2009. Charles was born on May 27,
1946 in Fairfield, AL. He served in the U.S. Navy from 1965 to
1969. His last year of service was in Vietnam. Charles was
devoted to his wife, children, grandchildren and his church. He
was married to the love of his life Sidera Elaine Patterson on
April 9, 1974 for 35 years. Charles was a member of Loveless
Park Baptist Church. He was preceded in death by his parents,
Travis and Dorothy Cunningham. Charles is survived by his wife,
Sidera; children, John D. Ratliff (Barb), Jennifer E. Clark
(Glynn) and Michael S. Sumerlin (Wendy); grandchildren, Andrew
Ratliff, Matthew Ratliff, Kalee Slater, Kandice Ratliff, Kyle
Ratliff, Zane Ratliff, Gracean Ritliff, Seth Sumerlin and
Brandon Sumerlin; great-grandchildren, Lily, Poppy, Sweet Pea
and Gabriel Ratliff; sister, Janet Berry (Craig); nieces and
nephews, Amy Musgrove, Grant Berry, Ashley Smith and Abbey
LeCroy. Funeral services will be held on Tuesday, December 29,
2009 at 11 a.m. at Loveless Park Baptist Church with burial to
follow in Hickman Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday, December
28, 2009 from 6 until 8 p.m. at the church. Bessemer Brown
Service Funeral Home is honored to serve the Cunningham family. |
Wanda Wilbanks Miller
Class of 59 |
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MILLER,
MRS. WANDA K., age 69, of Huntsville, Alabama passed away
December 7, 2009. She was a loving mother and grandmother who
spent years with her husband working with the youth in the
church and community. Mrs. Miller will be greatly missed by many
but is celebrating with her Savior in Heaven .She was a member
of Willowbrook Baptist Church. Receiving of the friends will be
Wednesday at 2:30 PM at Elmwood Chapel, with funeral services at
3:30 PM and burial immediately following. Rev. Robert Gray of
Oak Ridge, TN, will be officiating. Survivors include her
husband of 50 years, George Miller; son and daughter-in-law,
Brad and Shelley Miller of Atlanta, GA; daughter and son-in-law,
Traci and Jim McClanahan of Knoxville, TN; grandchildren, Chase,
Madison and Alexis Miller of Atlanta, GA; and David and Kaylee
McClanahan of Knoxville, TN; sister-in-law, Jean Wilbanks of
Birmingham, AL; sister-in-law and husband Edna Erle and Ernest
McCarty of Birmingham, AL; sister-in-law Maryann Miller of
Virginia Beach, VA; and many nieces and nephews. Ms. Miller was
preceded in death by sisters, Carol Pridgen and Mildred Bradley;
brothers, Robert Wilbanks, Johnny Wilbanks, Henry Clark
Wilbanks, Jr. |
Kenneth Forest Wesley, Sr.
Class unknown |
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WESLEY, KENNETH FORREST, SR.
Kenneth Forrest Wesley, Sr., age 84, of Hueytown, died
peacefully Saturday, November 28, 2009. He was a graduate of
Jones Valley High School and attended Birmingham Southern
College. He was a veteran of World War II and proudly served in
the 1st Marine Aircraft Wing based primarily in the South
Pacific. He was a member of Pleasant Ridge Baptist Church in
Hueytown for over 45 years where he served in the Judson Jones
Prayer Fellowship and the Marantha Sunday School class.
Previously, he served as an ordained deacon at West End Highland
Baptist Church. He was retired from South Central Bell after 33
years of employment. He was preceded in death by his father, A.
E. Wesley, mother, Annie Wesley, brother, Roy Wesley and sister,
Geraldine Hartwig. He is survived by his loving wife of 60
years, Margaret Anne Jackson Wesley; son, Ken F. Wesley, Jr.
(Virginia); daughter, Leigh Ann Roberson (Robby); and
grandchildren, Hali Roberson and Victoria Roberson. Visitation
will be held on Tuesday, December 1, 2009 at Peoples Chapel
Funeral Home, 195 Brooklane Drive, Hueytown, Alabama 35023 from
10 to 11 a.m. with funeral service immediately following. In
lieu of flowers, the family suggests that memorial contributions
be made to Alzheimer's of Central Alabama, PO Box 2273,
Birmingham, AL 35201. Peoples Chapel Funeral Home Directing
|
Nancy "Cookie" Jones Walton
Class of 61 |
|

WALTON, NANCY "COOKIE" JONES,
passed away on Friday, December 4, 2009. She was a member of All
Saints' Episcopal Church and worked at the Homewood Public
Library. She was a loving mother and grandmother. Mrs. Walton
was preceded in death by her parents, Billie Vines Jones and
Carl Elliot Jones and her brother Neil Jones. She is survived by
her sons, David Walton and Neil Walton; daughters, Amanda Walton
(Sam Peroulas) and Rebekah Walton Smith (Graham); grandchildren,
Cole, Eli and Max McCutcheon, Tucker and Reid Smith (Rebekah)
and Siena Peroulas (Amanda). The family will receive friends on
Sunday evening, December 6, 2009 from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at
Ridout's Valley Chapel in Homewood. The funeral service will be
held on Monday, December 7, 2009 commencing at 11:00 also at
Ridout's Valley Chapel. |
Barry Miller
Class of 64 |
|
MILLER,
BARRY Mr. Barry L. Miller, age 63 of Mountain Brook, passed away
on Sunday, November 22, 2009. A member of Mountain Brook Baptist
Church for 35 years, he served faithfully in the Rehobeth Sunday
School Class, as a deacon, and as a life deacon. A faithful
employee for 34 years with Birmingham Wholesale Furniture
Company, Mr. Miller was also a member of the Vestavia Country
Club, loved art, and enjoyed painting and creating sculptures of
stone and clay. He is survived by his wife, Honey Miller;
sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Judy and Sam Lowrey; cousins,
Mr. and Mrs. Lamar Stewart and Mr. and Mrs. James E. Jones; and
a host of other cousins and family members. Graveside services
will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 24th, at Ridout's
Southern Heritage Cemetery in Pelham. The Memorial Service will
then be held at 11:00 a.m. in the sanctuary of Mountain Brook
Baptist Church. The family will receive friends immediately
following the memorial service in Mountain Brook Baptist
Church's Hudson Hall. In lieu of usual remembrances, memorials
honoring Barry L. Miller may be directed to the Tulane Cancer
Center's Dr. Oliver Sartor with eternal gratitude for his
compassion and loving care. The address is Tulane Cancer Center,
Memo: Sartor/Prostate Cancer; Dr. Oliver Sartor located at 1430
Tulane Avenue SL-78, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112 or to the UAB
Comprehensive Cancer Center with deepest appreciation to Dr.
John Fiveash and Dr. Graeme Bolger. Services are under the
direction of Ridout's Valley Chapel (879-3401) in Homewood. |
Jack Cornelius
Class of 48 |
|
CORNELIUS, JACK, age 79, of
Lipscomb, AL, went to be with Jesus on Thursday, November 12,
2009. He was a member of Union Baptist Church of Lipscomb. He
was retired from R.L. Zeigler after 55 years of service and also
served as a Head Scorer for NASCAR sanctioned races for many
years. Funeral Services will be held at Bessemer Brown Service
Funeral Home on Monday, November 16, 2009 at 11:00 am with
burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. Rev. Dewey Mayfield and
Bro. David Mahaffey will be officiating. Visitation will be held
prior to the service from 9:00 am until 11:00 am. He would say,
he is a blessed man because of the family he so loved. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. James B.
Cornelius, Sr. and brother, James B. Cornelius, Jr. He is
survived by his wife, Virginia Bell Cornelius; children, Carol
J. Cornelius, Jack E. Cornelius (Jeanne) and Cheryl L.
Cornelius; grandchildren, Dustin Cornelius (Heather), Linsey
Harmon (Chris) and Matthew Cornelius. He also leaves behind two
precious great-grandchildren, Kailey and Caleb Cornelius; as
well as numerous family members and friends. In lieu of flowers
the family requests memorial contribution be made to Union
Baptist Church of Lipscomb, 5187 Avenue K, Lipscomb, AL 35020.
Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home is honored to serve the
Cornelius family. |
Pat Farris Hildebrand Class of 65 |
Pat
Farris Hildebrand passed away on August 30, 2009 of a heart
attack. |
Darrell Lee Blount, Sr.
Class of 77 |
|

BLOUNT, MR. DARRELL LEE, SR., age 50, of Birmingham, passed away
Tuesday, October 6, 2009. He was a member of Greater St. John
Baptist Church, Powderly. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Donna
J. Blount; son, Darrell Blount, Jr.; mother, Mrs. Lillie R.
Blount; sister, Mrs. Beverly (Herman) Stone; brother, Mr.
Nathaniel Blount, Jr. (Joyce); and granddaughter, Demetria
Anaijah Blount. Viewing Sunday from 1 - 6 PM. The family will
receive visitors from 5 - 6 at Arrington's Chapel. Funeral
service will be Monday, October 12th at 11:00 AM from the church
with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Arrington Funeral Home, Inc.
directing. |
Rita Campbell Williams
Class unknown |
|
RITA CAMPBELL WILLIAMS
WILLIAMS, MS. RITA CAMPBELL, age 46, of Birmingham, passed away
on Saturday, October 3, 2009. A graduate of
Jones Valley High School
and Booker T. Washington Business College. Her working career
spans some 18 years with Jefferson County. She was a member of
Macedonia Missionary Baptist Church, Ensley. She is survived by
her son, Rashad (Iris) Campbell; mother, Patricia Campbell;
father, Joseph Thomas; sisters, Cynthia Burnett and Xanthier
Campbell; brothers, Carl (Veretta) and Jessie Campbell and Andre
Thomas; and grandson, Mikel Campbell. Funeral service will be
held on Saturday, October 10, 2009 at 12:00 noon at Macedonia
Missionary Baptist Church, Ensley with burial in Carver Memorial
Gardens. No public viewing. Arrington Funeral Home directing.
|
Thomas Larry Pendley
Class of 64 |
|


Larry
Pendley passed away on October 4, 2009, at the age of 63.
He lived in Watkinsville, GA.
Larry was a retired Master Sergent from the U.S. Army. |
Pam Newman Needham
Class of 73 |
|

NEEDHAM, PAMELA DIANE NEWMAN, age 54, of Oneonta, AL, passed
away August 23, 2009. She was born in Jefferson County, AL to
Herbert Arlee Newman and Imogene Mealer Newman. She was a
homemaker. She was predeceased by her mother. She is survived by
her daughter, Lacie Hamilton (Eric) of Locust Fork, AL; son,
James "Buddy" Needham (Deanna) of Snead, AL; grandchildren,
Alyssa Hamilton, Juliana Hamilton, Emellie Hamilton, Kiley
Needham, and Olivia Needham; father, Herbert Arlee Newman of
Moody, AL; sisters, Melanie Latham (Jeff) of Remlap, AL, Judi
Peters (Dale) of Moody, AL and Lee Newman (Leslie) of Riverside,
AL; a host of nieces and nephews. Funeral service will be August
26, 2009 at Lemley Chapel at 11:00 AM with interment in Oak Hill
Cemetery. Bro. Barry Hallman officiating. Visitation will be
Tuesday from 5 until 8 PM and on Wednesday from 8 AM until
funeral time. Pallbearers will be James "Buddy" Needham, Eric
Hamilton, Jeff Latham, Dale Peters, Lee Newman and Farris Cason.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Multiple
Sclerosis Society in Birmingham, AL. Lemley Funeral Home &
Crematory directing.
|
Randy Harris
Class of 70 |
|
 
Harris,
Randy, age 57 passed away Monday, August 24th, 2009.
The talented singer was preceded in death by his parents, Robert
(Turp) and Polly Harris. He is survived by his wife of
over 13 years, Cindy, daughter, Amanda, two stepsons, Josh and
Cody, 3 grandchildren, Zoe, Daniel and Lila, 3 brothers, Jerry,
Mike and David, one sister, Carol, father and mother in-law,
L.S. and Carol Parker and numerous nieces and nephews. A
memorial service will be held Saturday, September 5th
from 2:00 until 5:00 at Westwood Baptist Church , 2349
Forestdale Boulevard . His beautiful voice will forever be
etched in the minds of those who loved him. A special thanks
goes out to Roy Attison and family and Leslie Mixon for making
his transition to Heaven a smooth ride. Also, a big thank you to
the staff at Vanderbilt Medical Center in Nashville for their
true compassion and concern during his final days.
|
Cynthia Hulsey Price Class of 71 |
|
PRICE,
CYNTHIA HULSEY, age 55, of Pleasant Grove, Alabama, passed away
on August 11, 2009. Funeral Services will be held at
Patterson-Forest Grove Funeral Home on Friday, August 14, 2009
at 10:00 A.M. with burial in Forest Grove Memorial Gardens. Dr.
Davin Watkins officiating. Visitation will be held on Thursday,
August 13, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 P.M. Survivors: Husband, Tommy
Price; Son, John Price; Daughters, Jeannie Price, Halee Price;
Mother, Billie Ann Hulsey; Grandchild, Cameron Gagliano.
|
James Arthur Elton Class of 44 or 45 |
|
ELTON, JAMES ARTHUR, age 84, of Bessemer, Alabama passed away
Saturday, August 8, 2009. Mr. Shelton was a member of Peoples
Church in Hueytown and retired from Millbrook Bakery. He was
preceded in death by his granddaughter, Laura Beth "L B"
Shelton. Mr. Shelton is survived by his loving wife of 61 years
Olivia Shelton; sons, Wayne (Charlene) Shelton and Johnny (Dale)
Shelton; daughter, Judy (Bryant) Jones; grandchildren, Megan
(Brad) Beard, Zack Shelton, Shelley Grace and Jordan Jones;
great-granddaughter, Laura Faith Beard; and sister, Betty
(Lloyd) Mahan. Funeral services will be Tuesday, August 11, 2009
at 11:00 A.M. at Valhalla Funeral Home. Interment will follow at
Valhalla Cemetery. Bro. Buddy Poe will be officiating. The
family will receive friends Monday, August 10 from 5:00-7:00
P.M. at the funeral home.
|
Virginia Hill Swatek Class of 59 |
|
SWATEK,
VIRGINIA, of Alabaster, passed away on Thursday, August 6, 2009
at the age of 68. She was preceded in death by her mother,
Beaulah Norwood. She is survived by her husband of 28 years, Tom
Swatek; four children, Van Shell (Sheila), Terri Matherson
(Frank), Mike Swatek (Jennifer), and Kelly Brown (David); and
thirteen grandchildren. The family will receive friends on
Sunday, August 9, 2009, from 5:00-7:00 PM at Currie-Jefferson
Funeral Home on Hwy 150 in Hoover. Funeral service will be
Monday, August 10, 2009, at 11:00 AM in the funeral home chapel,
Father Ray Dunmyer officiating. Interment will follow in
Jefferson Memorial Gardens, South.
|
Imogene Pierce Dauphin,
Class of 55 |

Imogene Pierce Dauphin ,
age 72, passed away after a lengthy illness, on Friday, July 31,
2009. Beloved wife of Harold R. Dauphin. Mother of Janet Dauphin
Fox (David), and the late Kristen Cecelia Dauphin. Grandmother
of Kristen Virginia Fox. Sister of Sara Elizabeth (Libby)
Blackwell. Preceded in death by her father L D Pierce, mother
Verda Pierce Meeker, stepfather Theodore (Sid) Meeker, and
siblings Lester Donald Pierce, Betty Lorraine Brand, Mary Jo
DeLoach Mitchell. Survived by her beloved dog Tangeaux. A native
of Birmingham, Al. and a resident of Metairie. Mrs. Dauphin
retired as an executive secretary from CBS after working 25
years in outdoor advertising. She was a member of Beta Sigma
Phi, XI XI Chapter. Relatives and friends of the family are
invited to attend the Funeral Mass at St. Angela Merici, 901
Beverly Garden, Metairie, on Tuesday, August 4, 2009 at 11:00am.
Visitation from 10:00am until time of service. An evening wake
will be held at Leitz-Eagan Funeral Home, 4747 Veterans Blvd.,
Metairie, Monday August 3rd, from 6 to 8:00pm. Interment in
Lakelawn Mausoleum. In Lieu of flowers please make donations to
St. Angela Merici. Online condolences at
www.legacy.com.
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Timmy Al Kitchens Class of 68 |
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KITCHENS,
TIMMY AL, age 59, of Montevallo, AL, passed away Wednesday, July
29, 2009. He was born on April 17, 1950 in Pea Ridge. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Murriel Ellene "Ted" K.
Kitchens, Brady Herston Kitchens; a sister, Darlyne K. C. Brand.
He is survived by his wife of 40 years, Joyce L. H. Kitchens;
sisters, Kay (James) Lawley, Mona (David) Lamb and Nanette (Tim)
Tingle; brothers-in-law, David L. Brand and Jimmy Hutchison;
numerous nieces and nephews. Timmy graduated from Jones Valley
High School in 1968. In 1969 Timmy married Joyce, the love of
his life. He served in the Army from 1969 thru 1972. He was
stationed in Germany and served as a medic. He came back home
and worked at multiple jobs as a welder, mechanic, maintenance
worker, manager, and at one point he and Joyce had their own
company and could weld anything. He loved fast cars and
motorcycles. His Harley was his Freedom on the road. He loved
his wife and all their critters. He was the best brother and
friend to us all. Visitation will be held Sunday, August 2, 2009
from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at Valhalla Funeral Home, Midfield.
Graveside Services will be held at 11:00 a.m. Monday, August 3,
2009 at the American Village Alabama National Cemetery. Willie
Hatcher officiating. Valhalla Funeral Home Directing. In lieu of
flowers the family request donations be made to the
American Heart Association
.
|
Catherine Horton Hunter Class of 37 |
|
HUNTER,
CATHERINE HORTON., of Montgomery, AL and formally of Birmingham,
AL passed away in Montgomery on Wednesday, June 17, 2009. She
was predeceased by her husband, Harold Hunter; and also two
sisters, Pauline White and Mildred Langston, both of Birmingham,
AL. Catherine is survived by her son, Norman H. Hunter of
Prattville, AL; one sister, Ruth Edwards (Vic) of Shannon, AL;
and one brother, James Horton (Vera) of Omaha, NE; five
granddaughters, Dianna, Rebecca, Elizabeth, Leah and Rachel
Hunter, all of Forsyth, GA. She is also survived by numerous
nieces and nephews who all loved her dearly. Visitation will be
held on Friday, June 19, 2009 from 5:00 to 7:00 PM at Ridout's
Elmwood Chapel with funeral services to be held Saturday June
20, 2009 at 11:00 AM in the Chapel at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel
with burial to follow in Elmwood Cemetery.
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Ernest Wilson Class of 70 |
|
Ernie
Wilson - class
of 1970 passed away today (June 19). Ernie is survived by
his wife, Susan, one daughter - Lanie and 2 grandchildren, one
sister - Faye Wilson Yarchak (class of 1967) and one brother -
Wyman Wilson (class of 1974).
Ernie was 1st cousin with the
Huguley family (Terry (68), Sandy (69), Stan (72), Sheila (74)
and Jeff (80).
Visitation will be Monday, June 22 from 6-8
Services Tuesday, June 23 at
2:00
Patterson-Forest Grove Funeral Home
1498 5th Ave.
Pleasant Grove, AL 35127
205-744-1611
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James Edward Haig
Class of 47 |
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HAIG,
EDWARD JAMES "JIM", after 83, years of life is now on eternal
patrol with Jesus. Born in Venice, California. He was a graduate
of Jones Valley High School and Jefferson State College, US Navy
- Submarine Veteran, with two years duty aboard the USS
Stingray, Retired as a Lieutenant, after 30 years of service
with the Birmingham Police Department. Jim was a member of
Forestdale Baptist Church and the men's Sunday School Class. Jim
is survived by his loving wife of 61 years, Audrey Rollins Haig;
son, James "Kenny" (Joan) Haig; daughter, Carol (Tom) Felton;
granddaughters, Julie (Tyler) Jones and Lisa Felton; and
brother-in-law, Robert Rollins. Visitation will be held at
Jefferson Memorial Funeral Home on Friday, June 12, 2009 from
10:00AM-11:00AM. Graveside services will follow in Jefferson
Memorial Gardens East at 11:00 AM. The family wishes to thank
New Beacon Hospice and Dr. John Dumas for their loving care of
our "Pop". In lieu of flowers, please send memorials to
Forestdale Baptist Church 1400 Brisbane Ave. Birmingham, AL
35214.
|
Robert C. "Bob" Nabors
Class of 49 |
|
Bob(Robert
C. Nabors) of Momntgomery, Al Passed away at Baptist Medical
Center East on Sunday, May 10, 2009.
Bob was a loving
husband and father, a respected businessman in the community for
more than 30 years, and a loyal friend.
Bob is survived by
his wife of 58 years, Dorothy, who cared for him unselfishly
throughout his illness.
He is also
survived by two children and their spouses, Chris and Gail
Nabors and Nan and Mike Stinson all of Montgomery; 5
grandchildren, Leslie Blackwell (Jake), Kristy Lackey (Ryan)Paul
Nabors, Amber and Jacob Stinson; and three great-grandsons,
Peyron Lackey, Coleman and Mason Blackwell. He also has one
brother and his spouse David C. Nabors and Jeanette of
Huntsville.
Bob's forthright
spirit, his generosity toward others, and his genuine love of
his family and fellow man will be sincerely missed by everyone
who had the pleasure of Knowing him and calling him friend.
Funeral Services
will be held at Valhalla Funeral Home in Birmingham, Al on
Wednesday, May 13 at 2:00 PM
A memorial
Service will be held at Heritage Baptist Church in Montgomery on
Monday, May 18 at Noon.
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Billy Ray Crowson
Class of 71 |
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CROWSON,
BILLY RAY, age 56, of Morris, AL, went to be with the Lord
on April 11, 2009. He attended Jones Valley High School. He
was a veteran of the United States Army and was an Iron
Worker for many years. Graveside service will be held at the
Vance Cemetery on April 16, 2009 at 4:00 p.m. He was
preceded in death by his loving parents, Willie J. and
Margie Crowson; two brothers, Tommy and Joe Crowson; three
sisters, Hazel Gardner, Helen McBrayer and Linda McDonald.
He left behind a loving daughter and son, Brandy Wright and
Matt Crowson (Jill); a granddaughter, Nicki Wright; a
grandson, Charlie Crowson; one brother, Doug Crowson; two
sisters, Jeanette Campbell and Gail Jones; and a host of
nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and great
great nieces and nephews. We cherished the time we had with
him, and the great memories that he left behind for us and
he will never be forgotten. He will be deeply missed by so
many people that loved him. |
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Published in
The Birmingham News on 4/15/2009
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Belle Edney Rigsby
Class of 50 |
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RIGSBY, BELLE EDNEY, (JVHS Class of 1950) age 76, life-long
resident of Jefferson County, died Friday, April 10, 2009. She
was a faithfully devoted wife, daughter, mother, sister,
grandmother, great-grandmother, and friend. Mrs. Rigsby took
great pride in her service as a homemaker. She and her husband,
Howard, were long-time members of Philadelphia Baptist Church in
Cahaba Heights. Mrs. Rigsby was preceded in death by her
husband, Howard; her parents, Fred and Jetta Mae Edney; her
brothers, Curt, Lewis, and V.J. Edney; a sister, Ruth Welsh; and
a grandson, Chance Walker. Survivors include one brother, Lohren
Edney; a son, Randy Rigsby (Gina); two daughters, Debra Walker
(Ken) and Ginger Williamson (Mike); grandchildren, Jade Rigsby,
Jason Snyder, Stacia Snyder, Cody Young, Stephen Rigsby, and
Cheyenne Williamson; and great-grandchildren, Cole Snyder and
Sloane Snyder. Visitation will be from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. on
Monday, April 13, 2009 at Ridout's Southern Heritage Funeral
Home in Pelham. The funeral service will be at 10 a.m. on
Tuesday, April 14, 2009 in the funeral home's chapel in Pelham.
Pastor Allan Murphy will officiate. Burial will follow in
Southern Heritage Cemetery, Pelham. The family suggests that
memorial gifts be made to Alzheimer's of Central Alabama, 300
Office Park Drive #225, Birmingham, AL 35223. 205-871-7970.
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Elaine Rutledge Loveless
Class of 73 |

LOVELESS, Elaine ELAINE R. LOVELESS
Homegoing service for Ms. Elaine R. Loveless of 9418 Sleepy
Hollow Lane, Jonesboro, Georgia will be held Thursday, April 2,
2009 at 11:00 a.m. at New Macedonia Baptist Church, 7725 Hwy.
85, Riverdale, Georgia, Rev. Gerry Anderson, pastor,
officiating. Her remains will lie in state from 10:00 a.m. until
the hour of service. Interment Valhalla Memory Gardens,
Huntsville, Alabama. Her celebration of life will be remembered
by her two children, Sonya Renae Loveless and Christopher Lamar
Loveless; two sisters, Brenda Griffin (Jimmy) and Deborah "Vet"
White; one brother, Convell Rutledge, Jr. (Betty); two nieces,
Karen "Neicy" Stevenson-Ingram (Johnnie) and Sydney White; five
nephews, Foster Stringer (Julie), Terrence Stringer, André
Rutledge, Bryan Rutledge and Spencer White and a host of other
relatives and friends are asked to assemble at the above
residence at 10:00 a.m. Thursday. Visitation TODAY from 9:00
a.m. to 9:00 p.m. Gregory B. Levett & Sons Funeral Home, Inc.
South Dekalb Chapel, (404) 241-5656. Please visit our website
express your condolences to levettfuneralhome.com |
Gary Evans Class of 67 |
EVANS,
GARY EUGENE, age 63, of McCalla, formerly of Shannon, passed
away on Sunday, March 22, 2009. He proudly served in the United
States Air Force and had been a reserve Deputy Sheriff for
Jefferson County. He was a loving brother, son, husband, father,
grandfather and a great friend. Graveside Services will be held
at 11:00 am on Wednesday, March 25, 2009 at Highland Memorial
Gardens with Pastor Mike Nichols officiating. Visitation will be
held at Bessemer Brown Service funeral home prior to the service
from 9:30 am until 10:30 am. He was preceded in death by his
father, Orbie Evans, his mother, Sylvia Evans and his sister,
Sandra Howell (Bill). He is survived by his: sons, Landon Evans
(Tonya), Gerrad Evans and Jacob Evans (Donita); grandchildren,
Tyler, Zachary, Jordan, Samuel, Jessica, Gerrica Rose, Michael,
Dylan and Sarah; sister, Rhonda Nichols (Michael); and many
nieces and nephews. Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home is
honored to serve the Evans family. |
Virginia Graham Class of 70 |
GRAHAM,
VIRGINIA "GINNY" age 57, of Birmingham passed away
Thursday, March 26, 2009. She was a member of St. Elizabeth Ann
Seton Catholic Church and was retired from the Social Security
Administration. Survivors include her mother, Anna Margaret
Graham; brother, William (Cindy) Graham; nephews and niece:
Michael and Tommy Graham, Vicki Nowak. Her Wake will begin at
9:30, followed by a Rosary at 10:30 then her Funeral Mass will
be held at 11:30 a.m. Monday, March 30, 2009 at St. Elizabeth
Ann Seton Catholic Church with burial in Oakland Cemetery. The
family will receive friends Sunday from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. at
the funeral home. Ridout's Gardendale Chapel, is directing. |
Carolyn Gipson Hollinghead Class of 63 |
 
HOLLINGHEAD, CAROLYN PETENBRINK, age 64, of Hueytown, AL, went
to be with her Lord and Savior Thursday, March 5, 2009. She was
a loving devoted wife, mother, grandmother and friend to all who
knew her and loved her. She was a licensed minister, was
involved in prison ministry and worked at a local mission for
several years. She was a member of Kingwood Assembly of God. She
was preceded in death by her parents, Ernest and Velma Gipson;
her brother, James E. Gipson and her children's father, Carl
(Pete) Petenbrink. She is survived by her husband of 28 years,
Jimmy V. Hollinghead; twin children, Kenneth (Jenny) Petenbrink
of Vance, AL and Michelle (Greg) Petenbrink Mullins of
Alabaster, AL; twin grandsons, Landon and Lane Mullins; step
sons, Michael Petenbrink of Maryland, Daniel (Beth) Petenbrink
and their children, Brandon, Danny and Meghan of Maryland;
sisters, Betty (Milford) Gentry of Birmingham, AL; Ernestine
Bullion of Pleasant Grove, AL; brothers, Benjamin E. (Gail)
Gipson of Madison, GA, Robert E. Gipson of Logan, AL, John E.
(Linda) Gipson of Burns, TN, numerous nieces, nephews and
friends. Funeral Services will be held at Valhalla Funeral Home
Monday, March 9, 2009 at 11:00 a.m. with burial in Valhalla
Cemetery. Rev. Ron Cox officiating. Visitation will be held
Sunday, March 8, 2009 from 3:00 until 5:00 p.m. at the funeral
home chapel.
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Lynn Stubblefield Williamson
Class of 73 |
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WILLIAMSON,
LYNN STUBBLEFIELD, After a short but courageous fight with lung
cancer, Lynn Stubblefield Williamson, born July 26, 1955, passed
away peacefully on March 3, 2009 surrounded by family. A member
of Smokerise Baptist Church, Lynn was a beautiful and charming
woman who was full of life. She loved her family and friends and
enjoyed spending time at her beach house, lake house and her
home. Lynn was a dedicated employee of SBA Communications and
will be missed by all of her colleagues and clients. Lynn is
survived by her grandmother, Frances Richey; parents, Ray and
June Stubblefield; her husband, Mike Williamson; her children,
Madison Williamson and Shane Stubblefield (Pamela);
granddaughter, Edie Stubblefield; brothers, Greg (Mary), Richey
(Ginger) and Tom (Arcel) Stubblefield; and numerous brothers and
sisters in law, aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces, and cousins, who
will all miss her vivacious spirit. Lynn was preceded in death
by her grandparents, James and Elsie Stubblefield and John W.
Richey; and her nephew, Hunter Stubblefield. The family will
receive friends on Friday, March 6th, 2009, from 6:00 pm to 9:00
PM at Currie-Jefferson Funeral Home, Hwy 150 in Hoover. The
funeral service will be held on Saturday, March 7th at 11:00 AM
in the funeral home chapel. Interment will be in Jefferson
Memorial Gardens, South. In lieu of flowers, donations may be
made to Grace Ministries, 2920 18th Street South Homewood, AL
35209 (in Lynn and Maddison Williamson's names) or the American
Institute for Cancer Research, 1759 R Street NW, Washington, DC
20009 to support lung cancer research.
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Shirley “Mimi” Williams Stacy
JVHS Class of ‘54 |
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STACY,
SHIRLEY "MIMI" WILLIAMS 1936-2009 Mrs. Shirley Williams Stacy,
affectionately known at "Mimi", went to be with the Lord Jesus
on Wednesday, March 4, 2009, at the home of her family,
surrounded by love and peace. Funeral services will be held
Saturday, March 7, 2009 at 1:00 PM at Lakeview Baptist Church in
Auburn with Brother Al Jackson and Brother Chette Williams
officiating. The family will receive visitors at the church one
hour prior to the service, at 12:00 noon. The most important
part of Mimi's life was her relationship with the Lord, closely
followed by her love for her family and her brothers and sisters
in Christ and especially the Emmaus community. She was born
August 20, 1936 to Mrs. Catherine Williams and the late Daniel
B. Williams. She is survived by her mother, her husband of 54
years, Jim (JVHS ’49), her daughter Christi and son-in-law Wayne
Hall, and her grandsons Ed and Tom Hall, whom she loved with
"all of her heart". She is also survived by her sister, Gaye
Reeves (JVHS ’59) (Doyce (JVHS ’59)) and their children, Angela
DiBiase (Benjamin), Jaqueline Vaughan, Robert Barnett (Danita)
and Jennifer Suleiman (Nasser); her brother, Danny Williams
(JVHS ’67) (Knoxye) and their daughter, Lanning; sister-in-law,
Frances Orange (Wayne) and their children Jennifer Creamer,
Kathy (Bill) Edge, Johnny (Regina) Orange, and Skipper (Yuki)
Orange; sister-in-law, Joan Kines (Joe) and her children, Lisa
Hindman and Joey Kines (Eloise); and sister-in-law, Peggy
Oglesby and her son Stacy McClure; as well as many great-nieces
and nephews. The family would like to thank Dr. Edie Graves and
Dr. Wes Glisson and their staff for their loving care. They
would also like to express appreciation for the wonderful
Hospice staff, including Sally, Felisha, Carrie, Nanna, Ann and
Katie. In lieu of flowers, the family asks that any gifts go to
the Lottie Moon Mission Fund, c/o Eric Ellis, Lakeview Baptist
Church, 1600 East Glenn Avenue, Auburn, AL 36830. It was Mimi's
desire, in keeping with the heart of God, that more people would
have the opportunity to know Him though His son Jesus.
Fredericks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
www.fredericksfh.com
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Barbara Baker Hull Class of 53 |
HULL,
BARBARA BAKER, age 73, of Pelham passed away February 20, 2009.
She was a member of Valleydale Church, an active member of Marti
Dillard Sunday School Class, and other ministries. Mrs. Hull is
survived by her husband, Hugh Don Hull of Pelham; mother,
Kathleen Baker of Hoover; sons, Greg Hull of Hoover, Baker (Jan)
Hull of Helena; brother, Don (Jimmie) Baker of Hoover;
sister-in-law, Pat Hull of Destin, FL; grandchildren, James
(Melissa) Hull of McCalla, Andrew Hull of McCalla, Shelby Hull
of Helena, and Caroline Hull of Helena. Visitation will be held
on Sunday, February 22, 2009 from 5 until 7 p.m. at Southern
Heritage Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held on Monday,
February 23, 2009 at 2 p.m. at the funeral home chapel. Calvin
Kelley will officiate.
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Richard "Alan" Speer
Class of 75 |
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SPEER,
RICHARD "ALAN", age 52, of Bessemer died Sunday, February 8,
2009. He attended Jones Valley High School in Birmingham and
worked with restaurant equipment, HVAC, plumbing, and electrical
equipment. He was preceded in death by his father, John Freeman
Speer. Survivors include Alan's loving wife, Mary Beth Speer;
mother, Ernestine "Ernie" Erwin; sons, Matthew "Matt" John Speer
and Richard Gregory "Greg" Speer; a daughter, Carly Elizabeth
Speer; a sister, Lee Ann Dasher (Bob); and a niece and nephew,
Lauren and Billy Dasher. The family will receive friends from 5
p.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday, February 12, 2009 at Ridout's
Southern Heritage Funeral Home in Pelham. The funeral service
will be at 11 a.m. on Friday, February 13, 2009 in the funeral
home's chapel. Burial will follow in Southern Heritage Cemetery,
Pelham.
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Myrtle Lucille Langner Owen
Class unknown |
OWEN, MYRTLE LUCILLE LANGNER, age
89, of Alabaster died Wednesday, February 4, 2009. She was born
in Mobile, Alabama on December 4, 1919 and spent most of her
life in the Birmingham area.
She graduated from Jones Valley
High School. Mrs. Owen
was a devoted wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother,
sister, and friend. Outside her family, she was a steadfastly
compassionate caregiver to many people, especially in her
long-time ministry to nursing home residents. She taught Sunday
School for over 60 years at Powderly Baptist Church and First
Baptist Church of Alabaster. Also at First Baptist Alabaster,
she was active in the Jolly Rovers and senior adult choir
activities. She was a long-time member of the Allison Chapter
Eastern Star #116. Mrs. Owen was an avid sports fan,
passionately supporting the Auburn Tigers and the Atlanta
Braves. Preceding Mrs. Owen in death were her husband, James
Percy Owen Sr.; her parents, William Richard Langner and Abbie
Helen Dulany Langner; one sister and brother-in-law, Inez and Bo
Ray; two brothers, Oliver Langner and Clyde Langner; and three
sisters-in-law, Mildred Langner, Mary Langner, and Catherine
Langner. Survivors include Mrs. Owen's son, James Percy "Jim"
Owen Jr. (Kay) of Fairhope; two daughters, Carol Dean Owen
Emerson (Robert) of Birmingham and Patsy Lynn Owen Hagood
(Danny) of Birmingham; grandchildren, Karen Albritton (Scott),
Bobby Emerson (Kyra), Jimmy Owen (Kelly), Ashley Ondresky
(Jeremy), Danny Hagood (Amber), Brian Hagood (Melissa), Scott
Hagood, and Brad Hagood; great-grandchildren, Brandon Albritton,
Courtney Albritton, Colton Emerson, Caden Emerson, Cambrie
Emerson, James Owen, Jack Owen, John Owen, Joe Owen, Colby
Hagood, Houston Hagood, Analynn Hagood, and Hudson Hagood; two
brothers, W.R. "Willie" Langner Jr. and E.E. "Ernie" Langner;
and sisters-in-law, Olive Langner and Marion Langner. Visitation
will be from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Saturday, February 7, 2009 at
Ridout's Southern Heritage Funeral Home in Pelham. The funeral
will be at 2:30 p.m. on Sunday, February 8, 2009 in the funeral
home's chapel with Dr. Wayne Crumpton and Dr. Neil Knierim
officiating and Rev. Mike Byars providing special music. Burial
will follow in Southern Heritage Cemetery, Pelham. The family
requests that any memorial gifts may be made to the Lucille Owen
Memorial Fund at First Baptist Church of Alabaster, 903 3rd
Avenue NW, Alabaster, AL 35007. Phone (205) 663-3531.
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Jeannette Godfrey Crow Hindman Class of 45
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J EANNETTE
GODFREY CROW HINDMAN passed away peacefully with her family by
her side on January 21, 2009, in Birmingham, Alabama. Jeannette
was born on May 7, 1928 in Jemison, Alabama. She worked as a
Court Reporter in Jefferson County, Alabama, serving in Circuit
Court (Equity), Probate Court and Bankruptcy Court for over
fifty years. Jeannette was a Charter member of the Legal
Secretaries Association and was once awarded the honor of Legal
Secretary of the Year. Jeannette was a member of Wilson Chapel
United Methodist Church and has served as President and in other
capacities for her Sunday School Class. Jeannette will be
remembered by all for her various funny escapades and for her
kindness and true goodness to others. She loved all of us
unconditionally. Jeannette is survived by her husband, Charles
Hindman; her son, Calvin Carl Crow, II (Lenise); her daughter,
Phyllis Crow Chiarella (Frank); her step-daughter, Jackie Crow
Siegelman. She is also survived by her grandchildren, Lauren
Chiarella, Allison Chiarella, Jacob Crow and Cameron Crow, who
were the joy of her life. The family would like to especially
thank the nurses in the SICU and CICU units at Trinity Hospital,
who were so loving, caring and patient during the last five
weeks of Jeannette's time here on Earth. They will be in our
hearts forever. We also wish to thank the wonderful team of
physicians who cared for her. Funeral services will be held at
Ridout's Trussville Chapel on Saturday, January 24, 2009 at 2 PM
with interment at Jefferson Memorial Gardens, Trussville.
Visitation will be held on Friday, January 23, 2009 from 5 to 8
PM. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Wilson Chapel
United Methodist Church.
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Eva Ann Stuckey Bozeman Class of 54 |
BOZEMAN,
EVA ANN STUCKEY, age 73, of Bessemer, Alabama, passed away
December 25, 2008. She was a member of Flint Hill Church of
Christ. Mrs. Bozeman was retired from Baptist Medical
Center-Princeton. Graveside Services will be held at 10:00 am on
Monday, December 29, 2008 at Elmwood Cemetery. Visitation will
be held on Sunday, December 28, 2008 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm
at Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home. She was preceded in
death by her husband, Eugene Bozeman, parents, Kermit and Helen
Stuckey and in-laws, Hollis and Lois Bozeman. She is survived by
her: son, Terry Bozeman (Tammy); granddaughter, Brooke Alexander
(Jody); grandson, Clay Bozeman; great-grandchildren, Hunter
Alexander, Kylie Alexander and Andrea Bozeman; brothers, Ralph
Stuckey (Martha) and Billy Joe Stuckey (Betty); sisters, Sue
Chandler and Lynn Stepke (Steve); dear friend, Betty Posey and
numerous nieces and nephews. Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home
is honored to serve the Bozeman family.
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Linda Euler Rollins Bell Class of 62 |
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BELL, LINDA EULER
ROLLINS, age 64, of Birmingham, Alabama, went to be with her
Lord Jesus on December 24, 2008. She passed away peacefully in
her sleep. She had lived at Grace Healthcare of Birmingham since
her stroke four years ago. Prior to that she had lived in
Bankhead Towers where she was a friend and caregiver to many
residents there. She grew up in Powderly and went to Jones
Valley School. She was a Southern Baptist before joining the
Salvation Army with her second husband. Her last two churches
with close affiliations were Fulton Springs and Glen Iris
Baptist. She was a tenderhearted mother and friend who was ready
to offer assistance for growth to each one. Her sweet
disposition endeared her to people wherever she went. Linda was
preceded in death by her first husband, Albert A. Rollins, her
second husband, Charles Bell, her dad, Fred Euler and her
mother, Mildred Riley Euler and her brother Leonard M. Euler.
She is survived b y her three sons, Chris Rollins of Woodlawn,
Ernest Rollins of the Birmingham Salvation Army and Adam Rollins
of North Carolina. Adam and his wife, Amy, blessed Linda with an
adorable granddaughter, Abigail Grace, in September. She is also
survived by her brother, Rev. Ronald Euler and his wife Jeanine,
of Pleasant Grove. Funeral Services will be held at 11:30 am on
Monday, December 29, 2008 at Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home
with visitation preceding from 10:00 am until 11:30 am. Burial
will follow at Oakland Cemetery in Ensley. Major Matt Riley and
John Key will officiate. Active pallbearers will be Louis Allen,
Carlton and Brandon Euler, Gary Euler, Mark Farley and Ed
Howard. We are grateful for several cousins who ministered
lovingly to Linda in recent years. A special thanks to her
lifelong friend, Glenora Farley. Memorials may be made to The
Salvation Army in Birmingham. Bessemer Brown Service Funeral
Home is honored to serve Linda's family.
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Mildred Horton Langston Jones Valley Class of 1935
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LANGSTON, MILDRED HORTON, age 91, of Tarrant, passed away on
November 7, 2008. She was preceded in death by one sister,
Pauline White. She is survived by: three daughters; Emily Cole
of Holtville, AL (JV Class of 55), Sue Bailey(JV Class of 59) of
Pinson, AL and Cathy Satterlee (Larry) (JV Class of 59) of
Hueytown, AL; seven grandchildren: Teresa Wallace (Michael),
Doug Cole, Christy Sellers (Greg), David Cole, Scott Walls
(Renea), Randy Walls (Debbie), Kevin Walls (Jamie); nine great
grandchildren; three great-great grandchildren; one brother,
James Horton of Omaha, NE; two sisters; Catherine Hunter of
Montgomery, Al and Ruth (Vic) Edwards of Shannon, AL. The family
will receive friends at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel on Sunday,
November 9, 2008 from 5 P.M. until 7:00 P.M. The funeral service
will be held on Monday, November 10, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at
Elmwood Chapel, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. The family
would like to thank Jefferson County Rehab for over 12 years of
care. Elmwood Chapel directing 205-251-7227.
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Billy Brigman Class of
53 |
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Billy Brigman passed away on Monday, November 3,
2008 in Stockbridge, Georgia. Billy
is survivied by his brother George Brigman and his sisters Lena
Brigman White Virginia Brigman Colvin and Martha Brigman Spota.
Graveside services will be held in Stockbridge on
Thursday, November 6th.
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Patsy Fore
Class of 59 |
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FORE,
EVA PATSY, age 68, died on October 28, 2008. She was born in
Steele, Alabama and lived most of her life in Birmingham. She is
preceded in death by her father, Morris Fore and her mother,
Hazel Ballard Fore. She is survived by her aunt, Jewell Ballard
Walker and many cousins, who loved her dearly. As a long time
member of Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church, Patsy was a
member of the Faith Sunday School Class and enjoyed many hours
of sharing her time and talents through organizing meals and
volunteering at the Fire House Shelter and delivering meals to
church members coming home from the hospital. Upon retiring from
Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama after 42 years of service,
Patsy became an active member and officer in the Trailblazers,
an organization of retired former employees. The service will be
held on Friday, October 31, 2008 in the chapel at Vestavia Hills
United Methodist Church. Visitation will begin at 10:00 with the
service at 11:00
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David Lettus Eads
Class of 73 |
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EADS,
DAVID LETTUS, age 53, of Charlotte, NC (formerly of Birmingham
area), passed away Monday, October 6, 2008 in North Carolina
where he was living and working as a draftsman for Southern
Designs. He was a graduate of Jones Valley High School.
Survivors include his father, L.G. Eads, Adamsville; brother,
Phillip Wade Eads, Charlotte, NC; and other relatives. He was
preceded in death by his mother, Lois Caddell Eads; brother,
Roger Scott Eads; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Grover Eads and Mr.
and Mrs. A.B. Caddell. Chapel service will be Friday 2:00 PM
with burial in Winfield City Cemetery. Visitation will begin
Friday at 12 Noon at the funeral home. Mike Cox officiating.
Miles Funeral Home of Winfield directing.
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Virginia Lacy McCombs
Pilgreen
Class of 36 |
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Pilgreen, Virginia
Lacy McCombs, 1918-2008 Graveside services for Virginia Lacy
Pilgreen, age 90 of Camp Hill, AL will be Thursday, September
25, 2008, 3 p.m. at the Elmwood Cemetery in Birmingham, AL with
Bishop Daniel Parker officiating. Mrs. Pilgreen was born January
17, 1918 in Birmingham, AL and passed away September 20, 2008 in
Opelika, AL. Virginia attended Jones Valley High School
along with her five children: Marlene, Diane, Michael
(deceased), Stephen and Richard. Virginia's father, Doctor
McCombs ran a drug store in powderly for many years.
Fredericks Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
www.fredericksfh.com
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Simpson Pepper
Principal, 78-86 |
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PEPPER,
BRYAN SIMPSON, age 79, Coach Pepper, of Birmingham, died August
7, 2008, after a brief illness. He had a long life in education
as a teacher, coach, administrator and principal that spanned 58
years. His second career "as the public address voice" at Legion
Field and Bryant-Denny Stadium spanned the last 44 years. The
Ensley High School graduate lettered in four sports, baseball,
basketball, football and track, in high school. He attended
Livingston University (now West Alabama) where he received his
Bachelor's Degree in Education. He also lettered in football,
baseball and basketball. After graduation, he coached at B.B.
Comer High School in Sylacauga, AL, until he was drafted into
the United States Army. Upon completing his military service to
his country, he returned home to coach at Hueytown, McAdory and
Ensley high schools. During this span he also earned his Masters
and AA degrees from Peabody College in Nashville, Tenn. Coach
Pepper left the coaching profession in 1964 to become principal
at Jones Valley Elementary School --where he remained for the
next 14 years. In 1973, he
became
principal at Jones Valley High School
where he remained until his retirement in 1986.
For the past 23 years, he has worked as a teacher and
athletic director at Central Park Christian School. In 1964,
Coach Pepper, at the urging of his longtime friend, then
athletic director Bill Harris, was hired by the Birmingham City
Schools to become the public address announcer at all sporting
events. In 1970, he became the voice for the University of
Alabama football at Legion Field and Bryant-Denny Stadium. He
continued that role until 1997. His announcing career also
included University of Alabama basketball home basketball games
for 14 years. He also announced Samford University games,
professional football games, high school football and basketball
games, state tournaments, track meets and the Alabama Lions
East-West Baseball Classic, among other special events -
including the annual Magic City Classic between Alabama A&M and
Alabama State at Legion Field. An avid St. Louis Cardinals
baseball fan, Coach Pepper became the public address announcer
at Rickwood Field for the Birmingham Barons for five years.
Always the ultimate impartial professional, his voice is
considered by many to be the most recognizable in Alabama. Coach
Pepper received many honors during his public announcing career.
His most prized honor came in 1997 when the public address booth
at Legion was named in his honor and had a bronze plaque erected
that still proclaims the "Simpson Pepper" public address booth.
Also in 1997, the Birmingham City Board of Education honored him
for his long, faithful service. In 2002, he was presented a
Distinguished Service plaque by the Monday Morning Quarterback
Club. His love for East-West Baseball spanned the last 64 years.
He played in the first classic in 1944 and announced most since
1970. In 2003, Coach Pepper was inducted into the Alabama
Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame as a Distinguished
Service selection for his contributions to the East-West
Classic. Coach Pepper was preceded in death by his parents,
Dewey Bryan and Mary Kate Simpson Pepper. He is survived by
cousins Charlotte Tate Jackson of Birmingham, Judy Harris Cooper
(Harry) of Daphne, AL, Martha Hodnett Ward (Bruce) of Conyers,
GA, Sam E. Simpson (Ginger) of Lake Alfred, FL, Fred Morgan
Simpson (Kitty) of Montgomery, AL, Hugh Lee Simpson (Anne) of
Banner Elk, N.C., Mary Eleanor Pepper Jones (Buddy) of
Millerville, AL, L. T. Pepper (Marie) of Titus, AL, James L.
Saxon and Doris Saxon of Columbia, MO. Services will be held at
Central Park Baptist Church, 1900 43rd Street West, in
Birmingham, AL on August 10, 2008, at 2:30 p.m. Visitation will
be from 1:00 to 2:15 in the church sanctuary prior to the
service. Burial will be at Elmwood Cemetery. In lieu of flowers,
donations may be made to the Coach Bryan Simpson Pepper
Scholarship Fund f or deserving students at Central Park
Christian School.
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Wallace "Turk" Turley
Class of 49 |
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Turley, Wallace
(Turk) Class of 1949, passed away the early morning of Monday,
August 11, 2008. He died unexpectedly after a very brief
heart-related illness.
He was preceded in
death by his sons, Guy Turley and Brian Turley,
his parents, H.W. and Lena Mae Turley and his brother, John W.
(Bill) Turley.
Turk is survived by
his beloved wife of many years, Nancy, a daughter, Lisa Mareno,
four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren, his sister,
Hazel Turley Ingalls and several nieces, nephews and cousins.
Funeral service will
be held Friday, August 29, 2008, 11:00 A.M., at Mariposa Funeral
Home, Mariposa, CA.
In lieu of flowers the family requests that
donations be made to: The Air Warrior Courage Foundation, in
Memory of "Turk" Turley, (to help pay medical bills of Veterans'
not covered by their insurance). P.
O. Box 1553, Front Royal, VA 22630, OR
http://www.airwarriorcourage.org/
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Michael Dainard
Class of 62 |
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Michael Dainard, passed away Sunday, July 13, 2008 in New York
City.
Michael is in the Jones Valley High School Hall of Fame
for his many achievements and talent as a prolific writer,
author and marketing/advertising/consulting/teaching
entrepreneur. To
read his biography in the Jones Valley Hall of Fame (www.jonesvalley.net
)
introduces one to a man of great intellect and ability in his
many fields of endeavor.
For a deeper view of his accomplishments go to
www.Google.com
and search on Michael Dainard.
To read on his two websites,
www.michaeldainard.com
and
www.mdainc.us about his "summer office" for daily
writing excursions aboard the SS Carinthia while circling Lake
Worthersee in Austria, gives one a glimpse into the soul of an
amazing man in tune with nature and his own inner being...and
transports the reader to the lapping waves of his peaceful,
creative
voyages. Beloved
Austrian wife, Baerbel, will honor Michael's request to have his
ashes spread on this beautiful lake he so loved and
enjoyed.....as well as among the beauty of New York City's
Gramercy Park near his home in Gramercy Park South, where
when in the states
he often sat and wrote with pet park squirrel "Nutsy" perching
on his computer.
Michael lived the life of his dreams while motorcycling through
the Alps of Austria and Italy...but his great love was his
family. He is
survived by his wife Baerbel; his sons Stefan Michael of New
York City and Vienna and Michael Scott Dainard; his daughter
Susan Margaret Dainard; grandchildren
Brandy Thompson, Adam Montgomery, Michael Cole and Melissa
Dainard; great-grandchildren Aliya Crutcher, Lacey Thompson and
Faith Montgomery all of the Birmingham area.
Michael also leaves a sister, Denise Pounder of London,
Ontario, Canada. He
was preceded in death by Michael was preceeded in death by his
son Michael Steven; his mother Mrs. Margaret Logsdon of
Birmingham, a native of London, England,
and beloved grandmother
"Nana".
Michael's daughter, Susan, speaks for the family in saying "He
was very loved by all who met him.
He was a unique and special man; truly
one of a kind. His
accomplishments were too numerous to count and yet he remained
humble. He
constantly would
strive to "build a better mouse trap".
Even during his lenghy illness he continued to work on
documentaries and mentored former students via email.
It seems everyone who knew him knew something different
or had another piece of the puzzle that made up this wonderful
man. There is a
hole in our hearts that nothing could ever begin to fill, but as
time passes it will be filled with memories.
He will be greatly missed!"
A memorial service will be held in September at The Player's
Club in New York City.
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Joan Keasler
Class of 70 |
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KEASLER, JOAN EVELYN, age
56, of Birmingham, passed away Saturday, July 12, 2008 at a
local hospital. She attended Blessed Sacrament Church and
graduated from Jones Valley High School. She is survived by her
daughter, Theresa Shores (John); grandchildren, Travis and
Hunter Shores, all of Adamsville; her mother and father, Mina
and Chuck Keasler of Midfield; sister, Sylvia Keasler Morton of
Birmingham; brothers, Hans Keasler of Midfield and Billy Keasler
of Birmingham; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins from
Alabama and Germany. A memorial mass will be held at 11:00
a..m., Saturday, July 19th at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church,
1460 Pearson Ave. SW. Birmingham, AL. Celebrant will be Father
Jose Manjaly. In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations
in her memory to Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
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Mary Lee Allen Costa
Class of 56 |
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Alfred “Sut” Rogers
Class of 51 |
COSTA, MARY LEE, age 73, of Shannon, Alabama,
made her way to heaven on Tuesday, July 15, 2008. She was
preceded in death by her husband of 44 years, Charle s Edward
Costa, her parents, William Curtis Sr. and Annie Laura Allen,
and her nephew, Michael Gene Wilson, as well as many other
loving family members. She is survived by her sister, Anna Faye
(Gene) Wilson and her brothers, W.C. (Nina) Allen, Jr., Emmett
(Duckie) Allen, & Charlie (Sandra) Allen. She was also survived
by her nieces and nephews, Jimmy (Selena) Allen, Denise (Robby)
Tibbs, Bill (Samantha) Allen, Mike Allen, Cindy (Greg) Sanders,
Sonya Praytor, Greg (Wendy) Allen, and Michelle Allen (Kenneth
Hooten), as well as her great nieces and nephews, Chad & Jordan
Allen, Allen (Erin), Jake, and David Smith, Rob & Russ Tibbs,
Lela Allen, Rob and Josh Allen, Brett, Ryne, and Jack Sanders,
Kenna, Miali, Josie, and Scotti Praytor, Brogan and Raelin
Allen, Tyler and Lexi Allen. While Mary Lee did not have
children of her own, you would never know it by the many
photographs displayed on the walls of her home. She essentially
adopted all of her many nieces and nephews and they became hers,
as did any other child - young or old. She was a very selfless
person, always doing for others. No one wanted for anything if
Mary Lee knew about it and she was frequently accused of
"spoiling them rotten." She was a faithful member of Shannon
First Baptist Church and took great pride in making sure
everyone who attended Vacation Bible School was well fed. In
addition, she was one of the founders and chief organizers of
the annual Shannonite Reunion for those in her close-knit
community. She was always on-the-go, ready to help and rarely
missing out on anything - just a lot of fun. She was one you
always heard before you saw.
Mary Lee
graduated from Jones Valley
High school.
She worked most of her life in the insurance industry and
retired from Robinson-Adams Insurance Agency. Visitation will be
at Valhalla Funeral Home on Wednesday, July 16, 2008, 5 until 8
p.m. for friends. The funeral service will be held Thursday,
July 17, 2008, at 11:30 a.m. at Valhalla Funeral Home with
burial at Valhalla Cemetery. Bro. Tommy Hannah and Bro. Don
Maddox will officiate. Her great nephews will have the honor of
serving as her pall bearers. Mary Lee is at home now and we know
that her rewards will be many. She loved her family dearly and
it was evidenced by the love she was shown in return. She will
be missed by us all. We love you Mary Lee; you hold a special
place in our hearts. And now abideth faith, hope, love, these
three; but the greatest of these is love. I Corinthians 13:13
Published in The Birmingham
News from 7/16/2008 - 7/17/2008
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ROGERS,
ALFRED MOSES "SUT", JR., age 75, of Birmingham passed away July
13, 2008. Mr. Rogers was born in Vredenburgh, Alabama, and
lifelong resident of Birmingham, Alabama. He graduated from
Jones Valley High School and served in the U.S. Navy during the
Korean Conflict. Sut retired from U.S. Steel after 53 years and
worked for the Birmingham Barons for 20 years as an usher and
attendant. He was a Master Mason in the Scottish Rite, Zamora
Temple, an Elder at Oakmont Presbyterian Church, and a former
elder of the Fairfield Presbyterian Church. He was preceded in
death by his parents, Alfred Moses Sr. and Emma Rogers. Sut has
been married to the absolute love of his life, Mary Evelyn, for
53 years. Sut will be deeply missed by all who knew him. He is
survived by his wife, Mary Evelyn Rogers; daughter, Minnette
Wiggins (Don); son, Scott Rogers (Jennifer); grandchildren,
Jennifer (Vince Sharp), Julie, and, Kimberly Toole; Lauren and
Harrison Wiggins; Emmalyn, Joseph, and Jacob Rogers; and two
brothers, William Ralph Rogers (Margaret) and Joseph Edward
Rogers (Cynthia). Visitation will be held Monday, July 14, 2008
at Ridout's Elmwood Chapel from 6-8 pm. Funeral services will be
held Tuesday, July 15, 2008 at the chapel at 11:00am with burial
to follow in Elmwood Cemetery. The family requests that Sut be
honored by donations to New Beacon Hospice, 2145 Highland Ave,
Birmingham, AL 35205. Ridout's Elmwood Chapel directing.
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Geraldine Wammack
Class of 50 |
WAMMACK,
JUNE GERALDINE, age 76, of Midfield, AL, passed away on July 12,
2008. She was retired from K-Mart. Visitation will be held on
Thursday, July 17, 2008 from 10:00 a.m. until 11:00 a.m. with
graveside service at 11:00 a.m. in Valhalla Cemetery. She was
preceded in death by her parents, Wiley J. and Desser O.
Wammack; her brother, Carroll D, Wammack and her sister,
Virginia W. Taylor. She is survived by her sister-in-law, Grace
M. Wammack and numerous nieces and nephews.
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Betty Dean Sizemore King
Class of 58 |
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KING, BETTY DEAN, age 67, of
Gardendale, passed away on July 9, 2008. She was a loving wife,
mother and grandmother. Betty was a very special lady. Our loss
is Heaven's gain. Special thanks to Myra Myrick and other
friends and family that helped during her illness. She loved you
all. She was preceded in death by her son, Ronnie Sumners. She
is survived by her husband, Al King of Gardendale; son, Mike
(Leilo) Sumners of Gardendale; daughter, Kanna (Keith) Buntyn of
Pinson; three grandchildren, Michael Brenton Sumners, Melissa
Sumners and James Buntyn; brother, Bob Sizemore; sister-in-law,
Juanita Sizemore; daughter-in-law, Robbie Sumners; nieces,
Phedra Sizemore and Amber Butler; great nephews, Brandon Butler,
Gibb Butler and a host of other relatives and friends. Funeral
Services will be held at Valhalla Funeral Home Chapel on
Saturday, July 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m. with burial in Valhalla
cemetery. Visitation will be Friday from 5 until 8 p.m.
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Douglas H Cospers
Class of 52 |
COSPER,
DOUGLAS H., age 74, of Hueytown, passed away Sunday afternoon
July 6, 2008. He was a loving husband, father and grandfather.
He retired after 43 years service at USX. He was a master
craftsman and could build anything. He also enjoyed working in
his yard. A veteran of the U. S. Army. He was preceded in death
by his son, Stanley Allen Cosper. Survivors: wife, Carol Allen
Cosper; son, Jeffrey Douglas (Teresa) Cosper; grandchildren,
Marie (Brad) Christian, Matthew Cosper. He was anxiously
awaiting the birth of his first great grandchild, Grady Alan
Christian. A Funeral Service will be held on July 9, 2008 at
North Highlands Baptist Church, 4851 15th Street Road, Hueytown,
Alabama with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens. Visitation
will be Tuesday from 5 til 8 p.m. at the church. Peoples Chapel
Funeral Home directing.
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Tremayne "Treat" Cowart
Class of 1957 |
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COWART, TREMAYNE "TREAT"
Tremayne "Treat" Cowart,
69, of Apollo Beach, FL passed away unexpectedly on
Friday, June, 13, 2008. He was born in Birmingham, AL on
February 5, 1939 to Edward and Treatye Cowart. He
graduated from
Jones
Valley High School in 1957.
He loved the Alabama Crimson Tide and the Tampa
Bay Buccaneers. He had lived his life's dream to have a
boat and live on the water. He has now set off on
another journey in which he leaves behind a daughter and
son-in-law, Stacey and Avery Fogg of Ponte Vedra, FL;
brother, Kip Cowart of Helena, AL; his companion and
friend of 17 years, Eileen Steele of Odessa, FL; his dog
Buddy, and many friends. Memorial Services will be held
at 11:00 a.m. on Thursday, July 3, 2008 at Serenity
Meadows Funeral Home, 6919 Providence Rd., Riverview, FL
33578. In lieu of flowers donations may be made in
memory of Treat to Best Friends Animal Society, a no
kill animal sanctuary at
www.bestfriends.org
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Ellen Sizemore Domaschk
Class of 1952 |
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DOMASCHK,
ELLEN SIZEMORE, age 74, a native
of Jefferson County, AL and resident of Siverhill since 1993,
died Friday, June 20, 2008. Mrs. Domaschk retired from
Nationwide Insurance in Birmingham, AL and was a member of the
First Christian Church in Robertsdale, AL. She is survived by
her husband, Carl "Pete" Domaschk of Silverhill, AL; daughters,
Celia Williams of Silverhill, AL and Donna (Louis) Zook of
Sylacauga, AL; son, Brady (Cindy) Leith of Fairhope, AL;
brother, Donald B. (Gayle) Sizemore of McCalla, AL; sister,
Evelyn (Ed) Leslie of Remlap, AL; and seven grandchildren.
Graveside funeral services and burial will be held Tuesday, June
24, 2008 at 2 p.m. at Highland Memorial Gardens, Bessemer, AL. A
visitation will be held Monday, June 23, 2008 from 6 p.m. until
8 p.m. at Mack Funeral Home. Funeral arrangements are by Mack
Funeral Home & Crematory, Hwy. 59, Robertsdale, AL.
Published in The
Birmingham News on 6/23/2008.
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Emily
HIcks Jones
Class unknown |
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Emily Hicks Jones, age 79, of Bessemer, Alabama,
went to be with the Lord on May 19, 2008 after a brief illness.
She was born in Birmingham, Alabama where she attended
Jones Valley High School.
She was a full-time mom and homemaker. She also worked at First
National Bank of Birmingham, West End Branch, and Pizitz
department store downtown. Before retirement, she was most
recently employed part-time at the Birmingham News public
affairs department. She served in support of the Miss Alabama
pageant and also served as a traveling companion to Miss Alabama
for several years beginning in 1982. She was a member of the
Baptist Church at McAdory where she served as Sunday school
teacher for the "Faith" class. She made many friends in her 79
years. She was a dedicated Christian mother and grandmother, was
loving and supportive of family and friends, and will be missed
by all. She is survived by her husband of 53 years, Lloyd Jones;
three sons, David Alan Jones (Robin) of Gulf Shores, Darryl
Lloyd Jones and Timothy Dale Jones of Pelham; grandchildren,
Erin Peebles, DJ Jones, Prentice, Kayla, and Kendyl Jones; and
sister, Sara Bruce of Florence, AL. She was preceded in death by
her father, James Holland Hicks; mother, Ruby Burns Hicks;
sister, Elsie Hicks McCary; and brother, Joe Terrell Hicks.
Visitation will be held from 5:30 to 8:00 PM on Tuesday, May 20,
2008 at Peoples Chapel Funeral Home, Brooklane Road, Hueytown,
AL. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 AM, Wednesday, May
21, 2008 at the Baptist Church at McAdory with burial in Elmwood
Cemetery. Rev. Bill McCall and Bro. Jim McCain officiating. In
lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Building fund of
the Baptist Church at McAdory or the Alabama Baptist Children's
home.
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Bobby
Gardiner
Class of 63 |
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GARDINER
Bobby Lee Gardiner, 63, passed away with his family by his side
on May 17, 2008. He was a devoted husband, father, grandfather,
great grandfather and friend. His loving and unselfish qualities
will forever be missed but never forgotten. He loved fishing,
Alabama Crimson Tide football, the Jaguars and was an avid
Nascar fan, but most of all he loved his family and friends.
Survivors include his loving wife and best friend of 25 years
Barbara C. Gardiner, who he loved more than life. He was the
husband of her dreams, her soul mate and the love of her life,
his strength, love and faith will live on thru her, just as he
would have wanted. His mother in law, Louis Smallwood, he loved
like a mother and she loved him as her own son. His daughter,
Robyn Gardiner (Shawn) Step children, Michelle Gundal, Kristina
Seybold, Cindy and Melvin Geiger, Jack and Merry Dixon and
Latrell and Delza Smith III. He was a very special man and a
wonderful daddy to us all, word cannot describe how much he will
be missed, but never forgotten. The key to his heart was held by
his grandchildren, who he loved and raised as his own. They
brought him more joy and happiness than he could wish for, they
were truly his living angels. His angels on earth are: Jessica
and Alex Granucci and his only Great grandbaby Gianni Granucci,
Wesley and Cassidy Geiger, Brett Richards and Madison Mcclellan
and Delza Smith IV. They now have Angel Pappa watching over them
in Heaven. Bob is also survived by 3 brothers, Don Gardiner
(Yuanita), Johnny Gardiner (Vicky) and Billy Jo Gardiner and a
very special Aunt Dot. There are so many family and friends to
mention that helped and prayed for our family during this time
and though you may not be mentioned, we love and thank you all.
Bob recently accepted the gift of Christ and was baptized into
the Catholic faith. We find comfort knowing he is in heaven with
God and will find the strength to move on with our memories. We
were all fortunate to have Bob in our life and we will never
forget the lessons he taught us and the good times we had as a
family, he will live on in our hearts forever. A Catholic
memorial service will be held on Wednesday, May 21, 2008, at
11:00 AM at FRASER FUNERAL HOME, 8168 Normandy Boulevard,
(904-781-4314) with Father Joseph Meehan officiating. The family
will receive friends from 10:00 AM until service time at the
funeral home. Please Sign the Guestbook @ Jacksonville.com
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Patricia Naish McNiel
Class of 62 |
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McNIEL, MRS. PATRICIA NAISH
"PAT", age 63, of Birmingham, passed away on Friday, April 11,
2008. She was a member of Springdale Baptist Church where her
husband is the pastor. A graduate of Samford University and New
Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, Mrs. McNiel served with
her husband as a missionary to Costa Rica and Columbia, South
America, as a homemaker who cared for and raised three children
and served as a teacher for more than thirty years. Most
recently, she taught second grade at Parkway Christian Academy.
She was also a leader and servant in the churches where her
husband pastored, working in Vacation Bible School and singing
in the choir. She is survived by her husband, Rev. Winston W.
McNiel; sons, Bart (Stacey) McNiel and Andy (Dana) McNiel;
daughter, Sandra McNiel; grandchildren, Bailea, Allyssa and
Mattie McNiel; mother, Louise Naish; brother, Wayne Naish; and
sister, Sue Duke; several nieces, nephews, aunts, uncles and
cousins. Funeral service will be at Springdale Baptist Church on
Tuesday, April 15th at 2:00 pm with burial in Oakwood Memorial
Gardens. Dr. Gary Fisher officiating. Visitation will be on
Monday, April 14th at Gardendale Chapel Funeral Home 6 until 8
pm. The family suggests that memorials be made to Springdale
Baptist Church. Ridout's Gardendale Chapel is honored to serve
the McNiel Family.
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Marie
Hollis
JVHS class unknown
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HOLLIS,
MARIE, age 91, of Shannon, Alabama, passed away on
Friday, April 4, 2008. She was a member of Pine Haven
Baptist Church in Shannon where she was a Sunday School
teacher and VBS teacher for many years. Funeral Services
will be held at Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home on
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 10:00 am with burial in
Highland Memorial Gardens. Bro. Wallace Nichols will
officiate. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, April 9,
2008 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at the funeral home.
Preceded in death by her husband, Burl "Buck" Hollis,
Mrs. Hollis is survived by her: sons, Dwight Hollis
(JV Class of 54)
(Barbara Dunham
(JV Class of 55))
and Roger Hollis
(JV Class of 64)
(Martha Park
(JV
Class of 63));
grandchildren, Tim Hollis (Angie), Melanie Wilson
(Doug), Kimberly Mumpower (David), Emily Pipping
(Scott), Erin Hollis and Meghan Peel (David); ten
great-grandchildren, and; sister, Marilyn Brisky
(Aubrey); as well as many extended family. Memorial
contributions may be made to: Pine Haven Baptist Church,
3465 Shannon-Wenonah Road, Bessemer, AL 35023. Bessemer
Brown Service Funeral Home is honored to serve the
Hollis family.
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Donald Holcombe
Class of 49 |
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Donald
E. Holcombe, 77, of Wright, FL, passed away on March 26, 2008.
He is survived by his wife, Nancy Holcombe, also of
Wright, FL; daughter, Lt Col Donna R. Holcombe, San Antonio, TX;
step-children, Lori Bona, her husband Steve, their children,
Dominic and Addie, Delano, MN; Michaela Quello, her husband Tim,
their children, Kelly, Hannah, and Derek Schmeising, Plymouth,
MN; Scott Williams and his wife Gwen, their children, Reid and
Connor, Richfield, MN; Kevin Williams, his son Josh and his wife
Liz and their son Cody; Parker, Caitlyn, and Mackenzie,
Norwood/Young America, MN; Matthew Williams, his wife Martha,
their children Jesse and Jonathan of Sauk Centre, MN; and
several neices, nephews, and cousins.
He is preceded in death by his first wife of 42 years,
Bette J. Holcombe; his father, Aubrey Holcombe; his mother,
Mildred B. Brown; and his brother, Robert J. (Jack) Holcombe.
Don was born on July 16, 1930, in Birmingham, AL; he graduated
from Jones Valley High School in 1949.
He enlisted in the United States Air Force in 1952 and
became a jet engine mechanic.
While in the Air Force, he served at several
installations worldwide. He retired after 20 years of service at
the rank of Technical Sergeant. Following his last assignment at
Eglin AFB, he remained a resident of Mary Esther and continued
as an active member of Wright Baptist Church, where he was a
deacon, children's Sunday School teacher and superintendent, and
choir member. Papa Don and Nancy later joined Trinity United
Methodist Church, where he was an active member of the choir and
worked with the church's ministry teaching English as a second
language.
Funeral services will be held on Sunday, March 30, 2008, at
2:00pm, at Trinity United Methodist Church (UMC), Ft. Walton
Bch., FL with visitation one hour prior.
A formal visitation will be held on Saturday, March 29,
2008, from 6:00-8:00pm, at McLaughlin Funeral Home in Ft. Walton
Bch. Donations or
memorials in lieu of flowers may be made payable to Trinity UMC
for the Guynelle Stewart Organ Scholarship Fund, 403 Racetrack
Road, Ft Walton Bch, FL 32548.
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Rodney Thomas
Class of 55 |
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RODGERS,
THOMAS RODNEY, (JVHS Class of 55) age 71, of Gardendale, AL,
passed away Friday, March 7, 2008. He was retired from Yellow
Transportation and a member of Gardendale's First Baptist
Church, where he loved singing in the choir. He attended Jones
Valley High School and served four years in the Navy. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Ostelle and William Rodgers;
sisters, Janice Deerman, Beverly Pratt and Eloise Deward;
brothers, Joe Strother, Billy Rodgers and Bobby Rodgers. He is
survived by his wife, Nita Rodgers; sons, Dale (Leigh Ann)
Rodgers, Rusty (Rebecca) Ward and Rick (Sandra) Ward; daughters,
Vonnie (Butch) Fancher, Cathy (Robin) Lawley; and the loves of
his life, grandchildren, Justin and Jamie Rodgers, Jillian
Fancher, Andrea, James and Rachel Ward, Shawn and Kim Davis and
Sara Catherine and Madeline Ward; sisters, Nell Fry and Ellen
(Larry) Tackett of Sacramento, CA; and brother, Jack Rodgers of
Hope Valley, RI. Funeral Services will be held Monday, March 10,
2008 at 11:00 a.m. at Gardendale's First Baptist Church, with
burial in Oakland Cemetery. Rev. Bruce Hill and Rev. Leon
Zalenski officiating. Visitation will be held Sunday, March 9,
2008 from 5:00 until 8:00 p.m. at Ridout's Gardendale Funeral
Home, 2029 Decatur Hwy., Gardendale, AL. In lieu of flowers, we
request donations be made to John Croyle Big Oak Ranch or
Gardendale's First Baptist Church.
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Robert “Jack” Holcombe
Class of 47 |
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Robert
“Jack” Holcombe, age 79, of Midfield passed away on March 9,
2008. He was a member of Bethel Baptist Church Pleasant
Grove, AL.
He was preceded in death by his parents Mildred
Blackburn and Aubrey Holcombe. He is survived by his
loving wife of 57 years, Juanita King Holcombe; daughter Pamela
Thompson (Raymond); son Mitch Holcombe (Renee); five
grandchildren Amanda Reagan (Alan), Patrick Thompson (Mary Jo),
Sam Thompson, Mitch Holcombe Jr., Heath Holcombe; and three
great-grandchildren Georgia and Frank Thompson, and Jackson
Reagan.
He retired after thirty years as Revenue
Examiner at the Jefferson County Commission, was a graduate of
Jones Valley High School class of ‘47, and was a U.S. Navy
veteran serving during the Korean Conflict stationed in Norfolk,
VA.
Jack lived in West End where he was active as an
officer and coach in the Powderly Little League influencing the
lives of many young boys. He was an avid softball player
playing for teams such as Frisco Railroad, Central Park Baptist
Church, and First Baptist Midfield. A former member of
South Park Baptist Church then First Baptist Church Midfield
where he served for many years as a Deacon, Sunday School
Director, R.A. Leader, Choir Member and was a dedicated servant
of the Lord in many other ways.
Funeral Services will be held Tuesday March 11th
at 11am at Brown‘s Service Funeral Home West Chapel at Hueytown.
Visitation will be at 10am prior to the funeral. Memorials may
be made to Amedisys Hospice or Bethel Baptist Church building
fund
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Richard Terry Stanley
Class of 66 |
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STANLEY,
RICHARD TERRY, 60 of Alabaster, beloved Husband, Daddy, Grandy, Brother,
Father-in-law, Uncle and Friend, passed away on Friday March 14, 2008.
Terry served in the Army Reserves and retired from BellSouth with 34 years
of service. He was preceded in death by his parents, Leonard T. and Mary
Jo Couch Stanley. Terry is survived by his wife of 42 years, Pat Squires
Stanley; daughters, Tara Stanley (Craig) Broome, and Amanda Stanley (Tony)
Zagar; son, Russ Squires Stanley; grandsons, Alex, Sawyer and Ryan Broome;
sister, Carol Stanley McGiboney (Gary Adams); niece, Marla Dunaway;
nephew, Brad (Lauren) McGiboney; and his loyal dog, Barkey. The family
will receive friends on Sunday, March 16, 2008 from 1:30 PM until 2:30 PM
at Southern Heritage Funeral Home. The graveside service will be held at 3
PM on Sunday, March 16, 2008 at Jefferson Memorial Gardens - South in
Hoover. Rev. Reid Crotty will be officiating.
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P.A. Vandiver. Jr.
Teacher 1951-1978 |
VANDIVER,
MR. P.A., JR., a life-long resident of Birmingham until 2005,
passed away on Saturday, February 23, 2008, in Brewton, Alabama,
at the age of 87. He is survived by his daughter and son-in-law,
Sara and Curtis Ray Parker of East Brewton, Alabama; a brother,
W.A. Vandiver of Waverly, Tennessee; and three nieces and
nephews. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years,
Claudia Faulkner Vandiver; and a granddaughter, Maria Kay
Parker. He was a teacher in Jefferson County and Birmingham City
School Systems for 33 years and a charter member of Midfield
Baptist Church in Birmingham until his move to Brewton in 2005.
Visitation will be held at Elmwood Chapel Thursday morning,
February 28, 2008 at 9:00 a.m., with funeral to follow at 10:00
a.m. Interment will be at 3:00 p.m. in the old Vanderford family
cemetery at Lebanon Camp Ground in Spring Garden, Alabama.
Ridout's Elmwood Chapel directing.
Published in The Birmingham News from 2/26/2008 - 2/28/2008.
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Anne Ferguson Hardy
Teacher 1948-1971 |
Anne
Ferguson Hardy, 90 Former Birmingham, AL resident Anne Ferguson
Hardy, 90, went home to be with her Savior and Lord Jesus Christ
February 18, 2008, at the home of Dr. and Mrs. Jim Farrow in
Carmel Valley, CA.
A time of visitation with the family will be held at Shades
Crest Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL on February 23, 2008 from
12:00pm until 2:00pm, followed by a memorial service conducted
by Dr. Dennis Foust at 2:00pm and a brief graveside service at
Currie Jefferson Memorial Gardens. Anne was a charter member of
Shades Crest, where she taught Sunday School for many years.
Anne was born May 03, 1917 in Collirene, AL to Claudius and
Pearl Rives. She graduated Magna Cum Laude from Florence State
Teachers College in 1938 and from the University of Alabama in
1957 with a Masters degree in English.
Anne married James H. Ferguson of Jasper, AL in 1946. She taught
typing, shorthand and English for over 20 years at Jones Valley
High School. Several years after Jimmy’s death in 1963, she
married a childhood friend, Ralph Hardy, and moved to Selma, AL,
where she lived until his death in 1985. She then moved back to
Birmingham to live with her greatly loved sister, Lois Rives
Johnson. In 2003 they moved to Carmel Valley, CA to live with
Dr. and Mrs. Jim Farrow, who loved and cared for Anne as if she
was their own mother.
Anne is survived by her sister, Lois Rives Johnson, her brother,
Claudius Greene Rives V, her son and daughter-in-law, Dr. and
Mrs. James H. Ferguson, her grandson, his wife, and two great
granddaughters, Kobi and Shani Ferguson and their daughters
Illit and Lahav, and her granddaughter Amy Lynn Ferguson,
Instead of sending flowers, the family requests that appreciation
of Anne’s life and love for God be expressed through
contributions to Yeshua Israel Ministries to help bring the
gospel of Christ to the nation of Israel. Donations can be made
online at www.yeshuaisrael.com, by calling 800-856-7060, or my
mailing a contribution to YeshuaIsrael Ministries, P.O. Box
535788, Grand Prairie, TX 75053.
Anne's life was a testimony to the reality of the last words she
spoke to her son four days before she went home to be with her
Lord - "God is good!"
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Bill C. Cate
Class of 54 |
CATE, BILL C., of
Mountain Brook, died an untimely death on Friday, the 8th of
February 2008 at his farm in Childersburg. He attended West End
and Jones Valley High Schools before joining the United States
Navy. Upon his discharge, he earned his business degree in 1960,
graduating from the University of Alabama. While at Alabama, he
was a member of the Delta Chi fraternity. Bill had a passion for
horses and raised thoroughbreds on his farm. He was a member of
the Vestavia Country Club, a Shriner, longtime member of
Vestavia Hills United Methodist Church, and retired as a Vice
President after 31 years of service with Merrill Lynch. He was
preceded in death by his parents, Laney P. Cate and Laura
Hodgens Cate. He is survived by his wife of 47 years, Patsy
Cate; daughters, Ginna Blaylock (Richard) and Susan Farwick
(Jim) and grandchildren, Parker Blaylock, Peyton Blaylock,
Presley Blaylock, and Jack Farwick. He is also survived by his
sister, Christina Cate Smith. Friends are cordially invited to
the visitation on Wednesday, the 13th of February from five
o'clock in the afternoon until seven o'clock in the evening.
Funeral Services will commence at two o'clock in the afternoon
of Thursday, the 14th of February at Ridout's Valley Chapel in
Homewood with burial at Elmwood Cemetery. Memorials honoring
Bill C. Cate may be directed to the American Heart Association,
the UAB Department of Radiation Oncology located at 1824 6th
Avenue South, Birmingham, Alabama 35233, or to the Vestavia
Hills United Methodist Church located at 2061 Kentucky Avenue,
Vestavia Hills, Alabama 35216. Services are under the direction
of Ridout's Valley Chapel (879-3401) located at 1800 Oxmoor Road
in Homewood.
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John Lowell Colburn
Class of 69 |
Brother of Sue Colburn Brooks (64) and Don
Colburn (67)
COLBURN,
JOHNNY LOWELL, age 56, of Hueytown, died February 3, 2008. He was a member
of St. Aloysius Catholic Church. He served in the U.S. Army during the
Veitnam Era. Mr. Colburn was a partner in Colburn Construction Inc. as
well as an avid golfer. Survivors include wife, Kathy Colburn; daughters,
Vanessa (Jeromy) Dailey and Kristi Leigh (Kevin) Scoggins; granddaughter,
Kailyn Dailey; sister, Donna Sue (Cecil) Brooks; brother, Don (Deborah)
Colburn. A Mass will be held Wednesday, February 6, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. at
St. Aloysius Catholic Church, with burial in Highland Memorial Gardens.
Father Patrick Cullen officiating. Visitation will be Tuesday from 5 - 7
p.m. at the funeral home. Peoples Chapel Funeral Home directing.
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Linda Lightfoot
Class of 66 |
I
received word that Lind Lightfoot, class of 66, passed away on
February 1st near Atlanta. If I am able to find the obituary I
will post it.
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Ruth Edmondson Marshall
Teacher 1953 - 1972 |
MARSHALL,
MRS. RUTH EDMONDSON,
age 100, passed away January 28, 2008. The oldest of seven girls
(all deceased), she grew up in Anniston, Alabama. Graduating
from Judson College with a degree in languages, her first
teaching job was at the high school in Orrville, Alabama where
she met and married our daddy, Harry Eugene Marshall, Jr.
(deceased). They eventually moved to Birmingham where, after
raising her children, she began teaching and serving as Girls
Advisor at Jones Valley High School until retiring in 1972. A
charter member of Shades Crest Baptist Church, she taught Sunday
School until she was 90. She was a wonderful mother,
grandmother, great-grand-mother and great-great-grand-mother.
Everyone who knew her was blessed by her life. She is survived
by her three daughters, Ruth Edmondson Marshall Bush (Roy) of
Pell City, Sallie Beaird Marshall Hall (Jim) of Bir mingham and
Jane Brown Marshall Hall (Bancroft) of Muscle Schoals;
grandchildren, Thoams Eugene Bush, Harry Marshall Bush, Russell
Bush, Sallie Bush Vaughan (deceased), Lynn Morton Schrago,
Katherine Morton Gurley, William Barry Morton, Jr., Caroline
Hall Stanton, Laura Hall Jones, Walker Bancroft Hall, III;
great-grandchildren, Malia Bush, Emily Vaughan, Eli Vaughan,
Sheree Bush McCall, Alisha Bush Chavez, Brandon Bush, Emma
Schrago, Mary Kate Schrago, Austin Gurley, William Gurley, Adam
Gurley, Bain Gurley, Madison Gurley, Ann Miller Morton, William
B. Morton, III, Micah Walker Stanton and Joel Thomas Jones; and
great-great-grand-children, Aaron McCall, Hanna McCall, Julianna
Chavez, Jett Chevez and Ella Hope Bush. Visitation will be held
at Valley Chapel, 1800 Oxmoor Road on Friday, February 1, 2008
from 1:00 pm until 2:00 pm. A service will begin in the chapel
at 2:00 pm under the gracious leadership of Bill Crowley. Bill
and his wife, Audrey, retired missionaries and members of
mother's church, have been shepherding mother with love over the
past 10 years of her life. In lieu of flowers, contributions can
be made to the senior program of Shades Crest Baptist Church,
452 Park Avenue, Birmingham, Alabama 35226 or the Salvation
Army. Services are under the direction of Ridout's Valley
Chapel.
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Richard
Lee McCulley
Class of 68 |
MCCULLEY,
RICHARD LEE,
57, of Bessemer, died January 25, 2008. He was a former
construction worker, an avid fisherman, and Auburn fan. He will
be greatly missed by many loyal friends and family. He was
preceded in death by his father, J.C. McCulley, grandmother,
Rivers Waters, and nephew, Scott Whitehead. He is survived by
his mother, Bobbie R. McCulley-Franklin; one sister, Linda Story
(Loyd); and niece, Stephanie Whitehead. Visitation will be
Sunday, January 27, 2008 from 5-7 at the funeral home. Funeral
services will be held at 1:00 pm on Monday, January 28, 2007 at
Elmwood Chapel with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. In lieu of
flowers, memorial donations can be made to First Baptist Church
of Pelham building fund. Ridout's Elmwood Chapel 205-251-7227,
directing.
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Ralvin Earl Smith, Jr.
Class of 47 |
SMITH, R.E. (RALVIN
EARL), JR., age 78, passed away on January 23, 2008 after a
lengthy illness. He was born to Ralvin Earl and Carmie Smith of
Lipscomb, Alabama on February 18, 1929. He attended Jones Valley
High School and is survived by his 1947 classmate and devoted
wife of 60 years, Helen Thompson Smith. Mr. Smith was a pioneer
in the appliance service business in the early 1950's and his
leadership created the largest appliance parts distribution
company in the southeast, Washer and Refrigeration Supply Co.,
Inc. Mr. Smith was preceded in death by sons, Ralvin Earl III
and Glen E. Smith. He is survived by a son, David L. Smith; two
grandsons, Jeffery G. and Bryan E. Smith (Dawn); two
granddaughters, Channing and Whitney Smith; two
great-granddaughters, Emmaleigh and Sarah Smith; a sister, Carol
Jean Yocum (James); and two brothers, Claude and Calvin Smith
(Betty Ruth). Visitation will be Friday, January 25th at 5:00 pm
to 7:00 pm at Johns -Ridout's located at 2116 University
Boulevard. Graveside services will be held January 27th at 2:30
pm at Valhalla Cemetery in Midfield, Alabama. In lieu of
flowers, the family requests donations be made to the American
Cancer Society or any cause dear to your family.
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Sandra Evans Howell
Class of 61 |
Sandra
Evans Howell, of Shannon, a 1961 graduate of Jones Valley High
School, passed away on February 16, 2005 at Baptist Medical
Center Princeton. She was suffering from lung cancer. She was a
loving wife to Bill Howell for 41 years, who preceded her in
death four years earlier. She is survived by her daughters,
Michelle LaTulipe, of Homewood and Melissa Taylor of Bessemer.
Three grandchildren, Kristen LaTulipe, Rodney LaTulipe and Kayla
Taylor Keene (Daniel Keene) and one great-grandchild, Addison
Keene. One sister, Rhonda Evans Nichols (Michael C. Nichols) and
one brother, Gary E. Evans and many nieces and nephews,
and wonderful friends. She worked for American Liberty Insurance
Company for 37 years, as a supervisor.
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Charles T. "Hank" Snow
Class of 1945
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SNOW, CHARLES T.
"HANK", of Calera, AL died January 14, 2008. Born July 24, 1927
in Gorgas, AL, he attended Jones Valley High School. He served
in the Army 2 years and US Marine Corp Reserves for 4 years.
Following his military tour of duty he was employed with United
States Steel in Fairfield where he retired with 35 years of
service. Mr. Snow was a member of Green Acres Methodist Church
in Midfield and Fairfield Elk Lodge. He is survived by his wife
of 26 years, Rebecca Snow of Calera; a son, Chuck (Ruth) Snow of
Indian Springs; daughters, Debbie (Barry) Wood of Pelham; DuAnne
(Todd) Seeley of New York; a brother, Ron( Nancy) Snow; a
sister, Kay (Jim) Owen of Fairhope; grandchildren, Jonathan,
Sarah, Rebekah, and Anna Wood; Moriah, Stirling, Nathanael Snow;
Matthew, and Aaron Seeley; step children, Debbie McGuire, Tim
Robinson, James Robinson; step-grandchildren, Amanda Deason,
Kristy Evans, and Jason McGuire; great grandchildren, Alex
Deason, Kylie Deason, and Austin Evans. He was pre-deceased by a
brother Erskine Snow. The funeral services will be held Friday,
January 18, 2008 at 11:00 A.M. at Patterson-Forest Grove Funeral
Home in Pleasant Grove with burial to follow at Forest Grove
Memorial Gardens. Rev. Ron Schultz officiating. Visitation will
be held Thursday, January 17, 2008 from 6:00-8:00 P.M. at the
Funeral Home. I would like to thank Dr. Francis Connery, Dr.
Gary Howard and Leigh Ann Thomas and his nurse for the kindness
they showed Hank during his sickness.
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Mike
Stephens
Class of 64 |
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STEPHENS,
ROBERT "MIKE",
age 63, of Hueytown, Alabama, passed away on January 2, 2008. He
was a member of Crossroad Baptist Church. Mike was also an
active member of the Bessemer Elks. Graveside Services will be
held at Valhalla Cemetery on Saturday, January 5, 2008 at 2:30
pm with Rev. Jimmy Bradford officiating. Visitation will be held
on Friday, January 4, 2008 from 6:00 pm until 8:00 pm at
Bessemer Brown Service Funeral Home. He is survived by his:
wife, Debbie Stephens; children, Brandy Stephens (Renee), Brady
Stephens (Cristie), Brody Stephens, Wes Hall (Kristie), Christy
Pate (Scott) and Ashley Wilson (Jeremy); ten grandchildren;
mother, Avis B. Stephens, and brother, James Stephens. Bessemer
Brown Service Funeral Home is honored to serve the Stephens
family
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