James Allen Gilley, son of classmates Sammie Lowe Beasley and James Gilley, has passed away. He is to be buried in the Plain Dealing, LA area on 7/31/2010. More info will be posted if it becomes available. Do keep these classmates, and their families, in your prayers.
8/1/2010
Services for James were held at the Immanuel Baptist Church in Plain Dealing on 7/31/2010, with burial in the Plain Dealing Cemetery. James was 45 years old.
I received this note today from Buck Rigg, husband of Helen Lindsay Rigg...
Today is Helen Fern's Birthday. Would you mind doing me a favor? Would you please let her classmates know and ask them to send her Birthday wishes/greetings today? Her e-mail address is helenrigg@suddenlink.net
Thank you very much.
Buck
Camilla sent this note for posting on the blog...
A while back I signed up and was active on Facebook. Now I don't have a clue as to how and when I did it. However, lately I have been getting messages from people who want me to confirm they are my friends. Some of the names I recognize as classmates, but other names I do not recognize. My problem is I have tried to confirm them as friends and resign up but the process to do so seems to grow each time. It has become more trouble than I have time to handle. I do not want to hurt anyone's feelings, but I really do not have time for Facebook. It seems there are forms, and gifts, and all sorts of things that go along with it, but that's not of interest to me. Thanks.
Helen Lindsay Rigg sent this note in response to a request for prayers from Sammie Lowe Beasley for her son...
Sammie Lowe asked me to let you know her son is under hospice care and today they were told he is reaching the end. The cancer has reached his brain and he is asleep most of the time. Sammie asked for prayers and I promised to pass this on.
Thanks Helen. There is nothing harder to go through than the illness of one of your children. I stopped in the middle of preparing this posting and prayed for Sammie, her son, and her family. I trust others will also pray for Sammie and her family at this difficult time.
Jerry Cook prepared the following request for help finding missing classmates. If you can help, please do.
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The 50th Reunion date set for Friday, April 1 and 2, 2011, is getting closer and closer each day. Your reunion committee is working hard to have the best reunion possible. One of the ways to have a great reunion is to have a great turnout. The committee has been diligently trying to find our classmates that have moved, changed e-mail addresses, or gone to cell phone only usage. Recently we sent out 236 postcards to classmates without e-mail. Unfortunately 34 of those postcards were returned because of bad or no forwarding address. Those 34 addresses were good when the first reunion mail out was done last year. We are asking you to help us find and inform our lost/misplaced classmates to enable them to share in our great time.
I am sure you possibly have a high school friend or relative you keep in touch with occasionally. Maybe you know their brother or sister or cousin that you could call and get their information (such as e-mail, phone, address, etc.) to enable us to contact them with reunion information and updates. OR, the easiest and best way to send us this information is to have them go Check our Web site for all class related information at http://www.fairpark1961.net/.
The new feature on the class web site that is most important is the online address update process (it is located in the top center of the main page, right under the logo). Please use this for updating your information as well. It only takes a few moments to fill out the form. The more we can do to get classmates using the web site and reading the blog, the greater role it can play in keeping our classmates informed. Bill Scott has done a fantastic job creating and maintaining the class web site. Visit the web site to keep up to date on the latest information.
We currently have the following list of classmates with bad or missing information that you can help us locate:
1. Janice Abel
2. Suzanne Allen Taylor
3. Judy Faye Andrews
4. Linda Arnold Lynn
5. Millard Atkins
6. Michael Bain
7. Kathleen Baker Boatner
8. Toi Sharon Beard
9. Robert Bell
10. Janelle Lynn Bonnette Dougherty
11. Kenneth Boyd
12. Charles Luther Branton
13. Sarah Brasfield Wilhite
14. Sue Brinson Kendrick
15. Wanda Sue Brown Bynog
16. Billy Buckner
17. William Burks
18. Billy J. Burns
19. Sylvia Burrow Waggoner
20. Johnny Busher
21. Francine Camp McCormack
22. Joetta Charrier McDonald
23. Rieta Cory Ebling
24. Sidney Cox
25. Richard Crosby
26. Guy Curry
27. Carolyn Davidson Rathburn
28. Michael Kent DeMann (On 7/31/2010 Ken provided info using the web site Address Update Form)
29. Linda Dickerson
30. Hayden (Ricky) Dixon
31. Pattie Dollar Beardon
32. Ralph Duncan
33. Barbara Dupont Jilg
34. Gerelyn Dale Fackrell Reaves
35. Charlotte Flanagan Marlowe
36. Edna Fletcher McAllister
37. Mary Free Nelson
38. Charlotte Fuller Petty
39. Vera Garner Upchurch
40. Marsha Gentry Middleton
41. Betty Jean George Ray
42. Jerry Gerhardt
43. Shirley Giddings Lowe
44. Carrie M. Green Bacle
45. Judy Greene Williams
46. Sally Ann Hall Chils
47. Cynthia Jane Hampton Murdock
48. Robert Harlan
49. Ronald Eric Harrelson
50. James E. Hay
51. Lynda Sue Haynes Kile
52. Betty Higgins Smith
53. Jimmy Calhoun Hinton
54. Carolyn Jane Howell Jones
55. James Howse
56. Charles Hudson
57. Marion Jackson
58. Hazel Joiner McKnight
59. Gerald Jones
60. Melva Kaye Jones
61. Richard Jones
62. Jean Jordan Rawls
63. Betty Josey Parbs
64. Eddie Judah
65. Hollis Marie Kent Watson
66. Phillip King
67. Sally Lasyone
68. Sammy Lasyone
69. Beverly Latham Edberg
70. Douglas Lee
71. Linda Lockard Teague
72. Kenneth Longino
73. Sammie Lowe Beasley
74. Carolyne Lutrick Ricord
75. Brenda Martin Hill
76. Charles Matthews
77. Bobby McClendon
78. James McLaughlin
79. Reta McLaughlin Sharp
80. Tommy McLaughlin
81. Bill Miller
82. Carolyn Mills Tate
83. Walter Monkhouse
84. Roy Morris
85. Roger Neal
86. Johnnye Nelson Vinson
87. Glenn Nesom
88. Gloria Newman Hennigan
89. Susan Nordstrom Jenkins
90. James Parish
91. Louise Parker Terry
92. James Parrish
93. Joy Pearce Strother
94. Elaine Plants Lyons
95. Ira Portis
96. William Powell
97. Danny Preston
98. Ginger Rainey Smith
99. Margie Rees Fowler
100. Jimmy Reynolds
101. Sue Reynolds Sherrill
102. Patsy Rhodes
103. Carol Richey Ginnity
104. Pam Roberts
105. John Robertson
106. Fredna Robieau
107. James H. Robinson
108. Lynda Robinson Matlock
109. Jeff Roe
110. Ernie Don Rogers
111. Jo Earnestine Rowe Williams
112. Sandra Jo Scott
113. Sandra Scott Hebert
114. Marbie Sexton Lee
115. Jan Simpson Libal
116. Walter Sirman
117. Becky Smith Hebert
118. Patricia Smith Hall
119. Bobby Stephens
120. Ronnie Stewart
121. Nelwyn Stone Farrar
122. David Strother
123. Betty Suggs Brown
124. Lois Nell Thigpen Hevelone
125. Joyce Thomas Gilbert
126. Marshall Thomas
127. Bennie Thompson
128. Peggy Tilton Williamson
129. Sue Vanlandingham Conte
130. Pamela Wallace
131. Don Watson
132. Bessie Marylin Watts
133. Bert Whaley
134. Diane Whittington
135. Beverly Wilhite
136. Jimmy Wilkinson
137. Curtis Bryan Williams
138. Debbie Williams Hamby
139. Betty Windham Blunt
If you have any information about these classmates that might help us locate them, please contact them or send the information to Jerry Cook (jdcook01@bellsouth.net). All help will be appreciated.
We will update you as we make more progress with the reunion planning. This is going to be the biggest and best one yet. Those of you who come will have a great time and we ask for the support "from afar" from those of you who for reasons of health or family situations will not be able to come. We will be thinking of you and hope that those of you who can will contact us so that we will know that "you are planning to be there". If you have not sent us notice of your intent to attend, please e-mail Jerry Cook (jdcook01@bellsouth.net) and get added to our "will attend" list ASAP.
Looking forward to seeing you April 1st, 2011,
Your Reunion Committee:
Frank Bright, Betty Molcany Barber, Judy Brooks Bartz, Charles Canfield, Willis Dear, Camilla Fulco Doughty, Faye Hammons Bailey, Carrol Ann Hanson Cook, Jerry Cook, Garland Weidner, Dinah Netherton Grisham, Hollis Thompson, Bill Scott, Linda Terry, Bonnie Cole, John Cole.
We've been told that '61 classmate Virginia Ferguson Flavin passed away in 2006. However, at the moment that's all we know. If you have any information about her death that might help us find an obituary for her please pass that along to Betty Molcany Barber, or to me. Betty's email address is in the Class Email Directory. You can email me by using the News Link. Thanks.
