Margaret Clair "Peggy" Kitchens

The Mother of classmate Linda Kay Kitchens Smith passed away on Sunday July 26, 2009. Graveside services will be held Wednesday July 29, 2009 at 2:00 pm at Centuries Memorial Park Cemetery, Mansfield Road, Shreveport, LA.

Mrs. Kitchens is survived by her husband of 68 years, Edward Kitchens; 3 daughters, Linda Kay Smith and husband, Clark, Karen Fuller and husband, Bob, Gaylan Hall and husband, Elton; 6 grandchildren, 4 great-grandchildren; 3 sisters, Helen Rees, Jody Shields, Jane Crist; numerous nieces and nephews.

Please keep Kay and her family in your prayers. If you wish to leave a message in the online Guest Book, or read the full obituary, just click on Mrs. Smith's name in the title line of this article. Kay's email address is in our online class directory. If you wish to send a card and need a home address let me know and I can provide that from our alumni records.

Richard E. Nallin

Thanks to Bill Roberts for providing the following information.

Funeral services honoring the life of Richard Everett Nallin, 36, will be held at 1:00 pm Wednesday, July 29, 2009 at Shreveport Community Church. Richard was born on November 6, 1972 in Shreveport, LA to Jim and Janis Nallin. He passed away on July 25, 2009 in Shreveport in a tragic accident.

More info about services for Richard can be found in his obituary that is accessible by clicking on the title line of this article. Please keep Jim and Janis in your prayers. We have a home address and phone number for Jim and Janis in the alumni records. Just drop me a note if you need that.

Update 7-28-2009

The Shreveport Times now has the obituary for Richard posted along with his Guest Book. It can be accessed by clicking HERE.

Marriage of Jason Blake

Eugene Blake sent the following info:

My son Jason is getting married on August 1st. I will be in Shreveport for the wedding. Carol and I are looking forward to this. We are gaining two step grandchildren. Those will be our first. He is marrying Grace Ann Harold of Shreveport.

Dorothy Savony DeMoss

Thanks to Helen Lindsay Rigg for letting me know about the death of former Fair Park English teacher Mrs. Dorothy Davony DeMoss. You can access the obituary for Mrs. DeMoss and leave a message if you wish in her Guest Book by clicking on her name in the title bar for this article.

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Message From Frank Bright

Frank Bright has provided the following info for posting:

You should soon receive a mailout about a 50^th class reunion. With help, I took the lead on this mailout since it may not be too early to begin gathering input from the class so that we can set a date a year or so in advance, book a place (I thought that the Holidome was ok in the past), get a deal on hotel rooms, and begin getting everyone “on the bandwagon”. If “everyone is coming”, maybe “everyone” will come. I talked Camilla Fulco  (who holds the purse strings) into spending the money for postage, so send us the response form as soon as you can and we will see what needs to be done and who will do it. Camilla is a very organized person and is always willing to help. Bill Scott, of course, is “communication central”. On the local front, Garland Weidner is monitoring the mail box, Carrol Hanson and Jerry Cook have volunteered to help, and C.K. Canfield is willing to help. I talked to all of the people who “signed” the letter (except for Alan Stone, but Charlie McBride gave me permission to use Alan’s name). My personal “projects” are to get Ronnie Suggs and Jay Blazin to a reunion, and to find Jimmy Hess. He must be in the Houston/Austin area. I hope that this finds you and your families healthy and doing well, although I know that is not going to be true in all cases. I am excited about the prospect of seeing so many of my classmates in 2011. All the best, Frank Bright.

June 2009 Address Updates

Susie Calhoun Hinton and Sue Roark Henderson both have new email addresses that are available in our Email Directory updated as of 6/30/2009. That info is available via the Class Directory page of the class web site.