CLASS OF 1945 Thanks to Sue Lee Johnson, T-51, for scanning the photos, and Maureen Thoni White, Honorary T-69 for scanning the 1945 yearbook. Thanks to Erselle “Leigh” Moran Kendrick, T-48 for collecting the addresses and phone numbers. Click “T” for shortcut to
1945 Virtual Cemetery AKERS, Richard Lamar “Dick” (Handsomest Boy)
Born: 29 June 1927 Husband of Mary Jean Hankins, T-45 Died: 13 December 2015 Philosophy: “Make the best of a bad situation for tomorrow it may be worse.” Fairview Alumni ALEXANDER, Joy Dolores (Morris)
Born: 30 September 1927
Died: January 1987 Philosophy: “One can have a thousand friends and still have none to spare.” Bellevue Alumni ALLEN, Clarence Elmer
Born: 9 August 1927
Died: 23 October 1983 Philosophy: “Keep your nose out of other people’s business.”
ANDERSON, Dortha Frances (Crews) (Best Dressed)
Born: 24 May 1927
Died: 3 July 1971 Philosophy: “A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.”
Fairview Alumni ANDERSON, John Norman
Born: 6 July 1927
Died: 13 June 2013 Philosophy: “Grab your coat and take your hat. Leave your worries on the doorstep. Just direct your feet to the sunny side of the street.” Snowden Alumni ANDREWS, Letrice
Born: 1 January 1927
Died: 8 October 1999 Philosophy: “Live a good and useful life.”
ANDREWS, Martha Lucile (Martin)
Born: 16 June 1927
Died: 11 January 2010 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone.” Bellevue Alumni BARKER, Annie Rose (Need to find) Guardian: Mr. & Mrs. Rex Barker m: Essie Barker Born: 15 May 1927, Eldorado AR F: Rex Charles Barker 1896-1976 M: Essie Gibson Barker 1905-1969 Sister: Virginia Ellen Barker Gulledge, T-43, 11 Jul 1924-4 June 1998 Died: Philosophy: “False face must hide what the false heart doth know.” BARNES, James Bethel (Need to find) (draft registration has middle name “Bethle” Born: 7 November 1927 *Graduate of August 1945 Died: F: Cola B. Barnes
Fairview Alumni BEASLEY, Joseph Edward
Born: 29 February 1928
Died: 16 December 2017
BEELER, Vernon Murry (Need to find)
Born: 8 April 1928 living May 2016 per sister’s obit
Died: living Feb 2011 in Linden TN per his brother obit Robert Keith Beeler 3 Dec 21-18 Feb 2011 Philosophy: “Never wait until tomorrow to do what you can today.” Bellevue Alumni BELL, William Reid, Jr. (Cutest) (Most All-Around)
Born: 1 March 1928
Died: 1 October 1986 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Snowden Alumni BENDERMAN, Jeanne Yvonne (Dow)
Born: 25 March 1927
Died: 24 September 2015 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you; weep, and you weep alone.” Bellevue Alumni BENNETT, Dorothy (Need to find) Guardian: Mr. & Mrs. R. P Astes, 1174 Union Born: 26 February 1927, Memphis TN
Died: Philosophy: “They build to those who build beneath the stars.”
BENSON, Mary Elizabeth (Pittman)
Born: 27 September 1927
Died: 31 March 1994 Philosophy: “In the school of life may I play hooky from all my troubles.”
Bellevue Alumni BERNARDINI, Neda Josephine (Pegues)
Born: 18 March 1927
Died: 29 August 2011 (aged 84) Philosophy: “Live and let live.”
BEVERLY, Leona Louise (Carden)
Born: 20 December 1926
Died: 12 March 1996 Philosophy: “Take things as they come.”
Bellevue Alumni BILLINGSLEY, Jim A.
Born: 18 September 1927
Died: 3 November 2004 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hollywood Alumni BOOKER, Gloria (Roebuck)
Born: 7 July 1927
Died: 19 December 2012 Philosophy: “Variety is the spice of life.”
Snowden Alumni BOWERS, Ernest Albert “Pinkey”
Born: 9 June 1927
Died: 10 April 1998 Philosophy: “Make a success in life after I finish school.”
Snowden Alumni BRANDON, Elvis Denby, Jr. (Most Valuable) (Most Likely to Succeed)
Born: 28 November 1927 Died: 19 August 2016 Philosophy: “As you sow, so you reap.”
Snowden Alumni BRICE, James Hamlin
Born: 12 June 1927
Died: 14 June 1981 *Graduate of January 1945.
BRIGGS, Donna Marie (Miller)
Born: 27 September 1927
Died: 17 April 2017
BRINKMEIER, Elizabeth Lashlee “Betsy” (Scharber) (Need to find) Scharber is a maybe Born: 4 May 1928, Fort Smith AR m. Samuel Robert Scharber, Jr. 23 Mar 1933-20 Mar 2012, San Diego Died: Philosophy: “I’ll get along without you very well.”
Bellevue Alumni BROWDER, Robert Ewing
Born: 18 January 1928
Died: 21 June 2015 Philosophy: “Live today for tomorrow you may die.”
BURNETTE, Richard Johnston
Born: 1 January 1927 2200 Elm Ave., Apt 206, Laurinburg NC 28352 (865) 288-0044
Whitehaven Alumni BURROFF, Max Neal
Born: 6 August 1925
Died: 29 March 2003 Philosophy: “To take things as they come.”
BUSBY, Richard Girard
Born: 18 August 1927
Died: 24 August 2006 Philosophy: “A girl is such a pretty thing, but, oh, so hard to please.”
Snowden Alumni CAMP, Ruby Virginia (Brisco)
Born: 11 October 1926
Died: 1 May 2016 (aged 89) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bartlett Alumni CARPENTER, Juanita Traylor (Taylor) (Need to find)
Born: 20 December 1928 by photo has 20 Dec 1927 m. Ronald Lee Taylor In August 23, 2014 Juanita was still living and married to Ronald Taylor. Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” CHASTAIN, Billie Mae (Finney)
Born: 17 December 1927
Died: 5 September 2018 (aged 90) Philosophy: “If you want anything done, do it yourself.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni CHERRY, Opal Frances (Hubbard)
Born: 22 April 1927
Died: 26 June 1997 Philosophy: “There’s so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it doesn’t behoove any of us to talk about the rest of us.” Hollywood Alumni CLAUS, Betty Louise (Brinson)
Born: 4 March 1927
Died: 31 October 2014 Philosophy: “Life is what you make it, do your best.”
Bellevue Alumni CODY, James Herbert
Born: 2 July 1926 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 20 October 2006 Fairview Alumni
CODY, Joseph Charles
Born: 8 August 1928 *Graduate of August 1945 Died: 27 August 2020 (aged 92). Fairview Alumni
COLEMAN, Katherine Jeanine (Hunter)
Born: 10 December 1924
Died: 2010
Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star.” Fairview Alumni COLLIER, Mary Edna “Bobbye” (Need to find) Guardian: J. J. Collier, 1446 Hollywood Born: 28 January 1928
Died: Philosophy: “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow we may die.”
Hollywood Alumni COLLINS, Bobbie Revilla (Lewis) (Need to find) Guardian: Mary Bigle Born: 6 March 1927, Memphis TN *Graduate of January 1945. Belleville IL Died:
Whitehaven Alumni CONLEY, Josephine Louise “Jo” (Becker)
Born: 26 September 1927
Died: 18 November 2011 Philosophy: “Life is what you make it, so always do your best.”
Sacred Heart Alumni COOK, Doris Jean (Need to find) Guardian: Allie E. Cook, 3297 Coleman Born: 25 December 1926, Sikeston MO *Graduate of August 1945 Died: Fairview Alumni
COOK, William S. (Need to find)
Born: *Graduate of August 1945 Died:
COX, Dorothy Louise (Need to find)
Born: 4 September 1927
Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
CRAIL, Charles Villard
Born: 8 November 1927
Died: 27 June 2006
CRISTIL, Miriam “Mimi” (Lapides) (Most Valuable) (Need to find) Born: 9 June 1927 Maybe m. Lapides of West Palm Beach FL Last name might be Michel Died: sister of Jacob “Jack” Cristil, Voice of the Bulldogs Philosophy: “They build too low who build beneath the stars.”
Humes Alumni CROCKETT, Dorothy Sue (Reilly)
Born: 1 May 1927
Died: October 1978 Philosophy: “In men, who men condemn as ill, I find so much of goodness still.” CROOK, Mary Ann (Need to find)
Born: 19 August 1927
Died: Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you.”
Snowden Alumni CRONE, Joseph Ferrell, Jr. “Joe”
Born: 1 September 1927
Died: 10 March 2009 Philosophy: “Don’t trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”
White Station Alumni CROSS, Henry Walton
Born: 16 July 1927
Died: 10 February 2013 Philosophy: “What can’t be cured must be endured!”
Fairview Alumni CRYSACK aka Kryszak, Dorothy Genevie (Filary)
Born: 21 November 1926
Died: 3 October 2016 (aged 89) Philosophy: “To the stars through difficulties.”
Catholic Alumni CULP, Mary Frances (Need to find) Guardian: E. F. Culp Born: 8 February 1928
Died: Fairview Alumni
CUMMINS, John D.
Born: 17 May 1927
Died: July 1980 Philosophy: “I complained because I had no shoes till I saw a man who had no feet.” Bellevue Alumni CURRY, James Harold II “Jim”
Born: 4 January 1927
Died: 20 December 2002 Philosophy: “Never draw conclusions without knowing the situation.”
Fairview Alumni CUSIC, Margie Lee (Hollaway)
Born: 7 June 1927
Died: 11 October 1994 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
DACUS, Malcolm Neumon
Born: 22 July 1926 Husband of Mary Anne Bruso, T-46 Died: 25 July 1993 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni DAHLBERG, Ellen (Terrell)
Born: 13 August 1927
Died: 2 February 2015 Philosophy: “Success comes in cans; failures in cant’s.”
Snowden Alumni DANKE, Rose Marie “Rosie” (Moore)
Born: 9 May 1928
Died: 26 November 2018 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Friendship is love with understanding.”
Fairview Alumni DANNREUTHER, Victor John, Jr.
Born: 19 August 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 26 January 2009
Bellevue Alumni DAVENPORT, James A. “Jim”
Born: 13 November 1927
Died: 6 June 2014 Philosophy: “Don’t do today what you can put off until another time.”
Snowden Alumni DAVIDSON, Clyde Quitman
Born: 29 August 1926 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: Unknown
Fairview Alumni DeLOACH, Thomas Edward, Jr.
Born: 19 December 1924
Died: 19 February 1985 (aged 60)
DEMPSEY, Walter Everett “Billy”
Born: 25 May 1927
Died: 26 November 2014 Philosophy: “Do unto others as they do unto you.”
Hollywood Alumni DENKER, Marjorie Ann (White)
Born: 17 March 1928
Died: 27 September 2017 Philosophy: “Don’t trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”
Bellevue Alumni DICKERSON, Martha Jane (Need to find) Guardian: Gray T. and Virginia Dickerson Born: 15 February 1927
Died: Philosophy: “Hope for the best, get ready for the worst, and take what God sends.” Fairview Alumni DIXON, Frances Mae (Speros)
Born: 4 September 1927
Died: 19 February 2015 Philosophy: “Live to learn and learn to live.”
Bellevue Alumni DOMANGUE, Marilyn Katherine (Bates)
Born: 6 August 1927
Died: 24 April 2009 Philosophy: “Do all the good you can to all the people you can in all the ways you can.” Snowden Alumni DONALDSON, Doris (Matthews)
Born: 20 May 1928 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 30 October 1998
Fairview Alumni DOTSON, Louie Harold “Hal”
Born: 26 February 1927
Died: 17 October 2007
DOUGAN, Mary Rose (Cook)
Born: 24 June 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 29 September 2004
Messick Alumni DUGARD, John Robert
Born: 27 November 1926
Died: 2 January 1994 Philosophy: “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
Bellevue Alumni DUNN, Gerald Joseph, Jr. “Jerry”
Born: 21 February 1927
Died: 18 July 2002 Philosophy: “To have a tattooed Sam Brown like Sheley.”
Bellevue Alumni EASLEY, Charlotte Vivian (Redders)
Born: 27 January 1927
Died: 29 July 1990 Philosophy: “There’s always a better until you reach the best.”
Humes Alumni EASLEY, Virginia May (Burnell)
Born: 16 May 1926
Died: 4 August 2011 Philosophy: “There are two days about which we should never worry— yesterday and tomorrow.” Bellevue Alumni EATON, James Rawlings (Need to find) Guardian: Mable C. Eaton Born: 14 May 1927 Leigh’s listing has died 6 Sep 2007 Died: Philosophy: “Be sure you are right, then go ahead.”
Snowden Alumni EDWARDS, Thomas D., Jr. “Tom”
Born: 14 March 1927 Husband of Sylvia Deleene Yancey, T-48 Died: July 1984 Philosophy: “Give all suckers an even break after you are sure they are suckers.” Bellevue Alumni EICHELBERGER, Thelma Marie
Born: 8 September 1926
Died: 30 January 2006 Philosophy: “Live and let live.”
Bellevue Alumni ELLIS, Doris Louise (Hamby)
Born: 17 February 1927
Died: 27 November 2013 (aged 86)
ELLIS, Howard Benton
Born: 27 July 1927
Died: 21 June 1990 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Whitehaven Alumni ELLIS, William R.
Born: 30 September 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 12 December 1999.
Bellevue Alumni ENGLISH, Bettye (Green) (Cutest)
Born: 25 February 1928
Died: 18 June 2010 Philosophy: “Do unto others are you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni ENGLISH, Billie Jean (Cochran)
Born: 5 October 1926
Died: 8 August 2005 Philosophy: “Never explain, your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe you, anyway.” EUBANK, Joyce (Emrich)
Born: 26 August 1926
Died: 17 February 1987 Philosophy: “He also serves who only stands and waits.”
Fairview Alumni FAIRLEIGH, Elizabeth Ann
Born: 2 May 1927
Died: 22 August 1995 Philosophy: “When the final score is counted, it is not so much whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.” Snowden Alumni FALLOT, Mary Ann (Watson)
Born: 19 January 1927 Wife of Clarence Onley Watson, T-45 Died: 22 February 2019 (aged 92) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni FAULKNER, Frank
Born: 5 January 1928
Died: 4 March 1989 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
FINNEY, Don E. (Wittiest)
Born: 24 February 1927
Died: 23 December 1997 Philosophy: “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.”
Fairview Alumni FORD, Kathryne Jeanne (Benson)
Born: 19 November 1927
Died: 8 August 2018 (aged 90)
Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.” Bellevue Alumni FORRESTER, James Eugene “Gene”
Born: 13 November 1928
Died: 9 November 1997
Fairview Alumni FOWLER, Nancy Jane (Marcel)
Born: 14 June 1925
Died: 15 February 2001 (aged 75)
FROST, Gene R. (Need to find)
Born: 25 May 1927 Louisville KY Died: *Graduate of August 1945.
GALLOWAY, Benjamin Cornwell “Ben”
Born: 19 August 1927
Died: 15 May 1999 Philosophy: “If you can’t say a good word for a friend, don’t say anything and always be ready to help a friend in need.” Bellevue Alumni GARNER, Emmett Roman, Jr.
Born: 10 January 1927
Died: 5 September 2014 Fairview Alumni
GATEWOOD, Calvin Lincoln
Born: 23 April 1926
Died: 6 September 2019 (aged 93)
GOLDSMITH, Vernon I.
Born: 22 March 1927
Died: 14 November 2003 Philosophy: “You get out of life what you put into it.”
GOOLSBY, James Edward
Born: 8 April 1927
Died: 14 February 2006 Philosophy: “Don’t trouble trouble with trouble and trouble won’t trouble to trouble with you.” Treadwell Alumni GREAR, Betty Jean (Barber)
Born: 30 September 1927
Died: 3 July 2007 Philosophy: “Hang out your rainbow and you are o.k.”
Bellevue Alumni GREEN, Ronald Irving “Ron”
Born: 24 September 1928
Died: 15 April 2015 Philosophy: “Live while you can, you might not be here tomorrow.”
Bellevue Alumni GREENWAY, Martha Sue “Billye” (Need to find)
Born: 19 June 1927
Died: Philosophy: “Learn to live and live to learn.”
Snowden Alumni GREER, Audrey Mae (Evans) (Need to find) Guardian: H.E. Greer Born: 11 October 1927 m. Paul Wood Evans Living in Woodstock GA in 2017 Sister of Rebecca Louise Greer, T-41 Died: Philosophy: “Variety is the spice of life.” Hollywood Alumni HADLEY, James Ashley, Jr.
Born: 22 June 1926
Died: 17 June 2018 (aged 91)
HAMILTON, Patti Jane (Morris)
Born: 21 August 1927
Died: 2 March 2013 Philosophy: “This above—to thine own self be true.”
HAMMERS, Charles August
Born: 26 December 1927
Died: 12 June 1989 Philosophy: “A winner never quits; a quitter never wins.”
Bellevue Alumni HANKINS, Mary Jean (Akers)
Born: 30 October 1927 Wife of Richard Lamar Akers, T-45 Died: 13 June 2008 Philosophy: "Take things as they come, day by day.”
Snowden Alumni HANNA, Mary Margaret (Miller)
Born: 10 April 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 29 July 2009 Philosophy: “There’s so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves us all not to talk about the rest of us.”
South Side Alumni HARGROVE, Alton Jones
Born: 30 December 1927
Died: 6 September 1985 Philosophy: “Eat, drink, have fun, for tomorrow you may be drafted.”
Bellevue Alumni HARRIS, Evelyn Marie (Petreman)
Born: 12 October 1026
Died: 1 December 1982 Philosophy: "Take things as they come.”
Whitehaven Alumni HARRISON, Carl Lee
Born: 19 September 1926 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 3 February 1990
Snowden Alumni HAWKINS, Jack Harold
Born: 23 January 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 2 April 2003 Philosophy: “Take life as it comes.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni HAWKINS, Linville
Born: 15 February 1926
Died: 5 June 1968
HAYNES, William Mayo
Born: 3 February 1927
Died: 18 June 2007 Philosophy: "Don’t let your studies interfere with your high school education.” Bellevue Alumni HEARD, James Carroll
Born: 23 March 1927
Died: 12 June 2014 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hollywood Alumni HENDERS, Orma Ludo, Jr.
Born: 11 October 1928
Died: 7 December 2019 (aged 91) Philosophy: "Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can put until day after tomorrow.” Whitehaven Alumni HENNING, Charles Ray
Born: 28 February 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 2 May 1979 Philosophy: “Eat, drink, and be merry for tomorrow you may be drafted.” Snowden Alumni HENSON, Vada Manelle (Caldwell)
Born: 21 May 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 30 December 2018 Philosophy: “There’s so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves us all not to talk about the rest of us.” Fairview Alumni
HERRIMAN, Faye (Alexander) (Prettiest Girl)
Born: 5 November 1927
Died: 18 December 2014 Philosophy: "Be honest, true and upright in all things.”
Fairview Alumni
HICKS, Joan (Stone)
Born: 25 August 1927
Died: 1 September 2021 (aged 94)
HILLSTROM, Shirley (Wood)
Born: 9 February 1927
Died: 29 December 1996 Philosophy: "Don’t do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”
Bellevue Alumni HINSLEY, Dorothy Louise (Vaccaro)
Born: 21 February 1927
Died: 19 January 2009, Burlison TN Philosophy: "Do nothing today that you can do tomorrow.”
HOBACK, Lester Jennings, Jr.
Born: 8 October 1927 Husband of Josephine Marie Migliaccio, T-45 Died: 31 December 2017 Hollywood Alumni
HOBACK, Walter Sherwood
Born: 24 February 1927
Died: 17 July 1998 Philosophy: "Faith and work together can achieve any goal.”
HOLT, Mary Lou (Baruchman) (Norvell)
Born: 20 October 1927 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 25 December 2017 (aged 90) Fairview Alumni HOOD, Franklin Earl “Frank”
Born: 6 November 1928
Died: 21 January 2006 Philosophy: “Trust in God and everything will turn out for the best.”
Fairview Alumni HORNSBY, Rosemary
Born: 25 September 1927
Died: 29 September 2013 (aged 86) Philosophy: "That certain person and me forever.”
Fairview Alumni HORTON, Marjorie Lou (Phillips)
Born: 27 July 1926
Died: 21 October 1997 Philosophy: "Expect the worst, look for anything, but always hope for the very best.” Bellevue Alumni HOUSTON, Robert Earl
Born: 23 June 1927
Died: 5 October 2009 Philosophy: “He that does not blow his own horn, that same horn shall not be blown." HUGHES, Lois LaVee (Kofler)
Born: 17 March 1926
Died: 14 December 2009 (aged 83) Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Hollywood Alumni HURT, Everett Leon, Jr.
Born: 18 March 1927
Died: 7 May 2001 Philosophy: “We are one of many.”
Bellevue Alumni INMAN, Reuben Eugene
Born: 13 March 1927
Died: 19 April 2019 (aged 92) Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Humes Alumni JACKSON, Frank
Born: 27 February 1927
Died: 10 August 2019 (aged 92) Philosophy: "Let tomorrow take care of itself.”
JEFFERIES, James Earl
Born: 5 October 1926 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 26 May 2010
Fairview Alumni JOHNSON, Rose Anna (Henson)
Born: 9 January 1928
Died: 24 August 1967 (aged 39) Philosophy: "There’s so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us. Snowden Alumni JOHNSON, Uis Vinton
Born: 5 January 1927
Died: 18 November 2010
JONES, Betty Ann (Walker)
Born: 10 January 1927
Died: 30 November 2004 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni JONES, Charles Wesley
Born: 19 November 1926
Died: 5 May 1981 (aged 54)
JONES, Clara Elizabeth (Walls)
Born: 22 August 1927
Died: 8 May 1998 Philosophy: "To get what I like as long as I live, and live as long as I like.” Blessed Sacrament Alumni JONES, William LaHorrace
Born: 1 October 1926
Died: 26 April 2000 Philosophy: "Don’t be a sucker all your life.”
JOYNER, Lea Williamson
Born: 21 March 1926
Died: 26 June 2002 Philosophy: "If you would have a thing done well, do it yourself."
KELLUM, William Paschal, Jr.
Born: 29 June 1927
Died: 15 April 1963 Philosophy: "Make the best of a bad situation.”
KENDALL, Fred Thomas
Born: 11 January 1927
Died: 26 August 2014 Philosophy: "Take the world as it comes.”
KOEN, Lois Rosalie (McDonald)
Born: 28 July 1927
Died: 28 December 1988 Philosophy: "To be happy in anything I do.”
South Side Alumni LEE, Ceda Charlotte (Mills)
Born: 21 April 1927
Died: 26 April 2014 Philosophy: "Do my best in everything I attempt.”
Humes Alumni LEE, James A.
Born: 4 November 1927
Died: 21 September 2014 Philosophy: "Smile and the world smiles with you.”
Fairview Alumni LIVINGSTON, Betty Louise (Brugge)
Born: 23 June 1927
Died: 7 October 2009 Philosophy: "This above all; to thine own self be true.”
Humes Alumni LOFTIN, Marshall Orville
Born: 13 July 1927
Died: 2014 Philosophy: "Never let work come before your play.”
Hollywood Alumni LONG, Waldo LaFayette, Jr.
Born: 20 July 1927 “Finding of death WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 4 December 1945 (aged 18) Philosophy: "Be not overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.”
Fairview Alumni LOVETT, Lona Rettew (Roberts)
Born: 13 November 1927
Died: 7 March 2021 (aged 93) Philosophy: "Be yourself.”
Fairview Alumni LOWE, Bettie Lee (Need to find) Guardian: Glenn W. Lowe Born: 25 July 1927
Died: Philosophy: "Smile, and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone.” LYLE, M. L. (Need to find)
Born: 28 February 1928
Died: Philosophy: "Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”
Snowden Alumni MADDOX, William Henry
Born: 3 October 1927 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 28 March 2019 (aged 91) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
MANN, Barbara Ann (Roberts)
Born: 13 August 1927
Died: 3 August 2003 Philosophy: "Fit in with life.”
MANN, Flora Mae (McNulty)
Born: 7 March 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 18 January 2021 (aged 92) Philosophy: “Live and hope.”
Humes Alumni MARTIN, Flora Lenow (Taylor)
Born: 29 June 1927
Died: 17 January 2005 Philosophy: "I’d rather run till I’m out of breath than poke along till I’m bored to death.” Snowden Alumni MATTHEWS, Esther Lee (Helfrich)
Born: 19 April 1927
Died: 21 February 2011 Philosophy: "If you can’t have what you like, try liking what you have.”
Bellevue Alumni McADAMS, Joann (Daniel)
Born: 17 June 1926
Died: 4 March 2015 Philosophy: "Laugh and the world laughs with you; cry, and you cry alone.” Bellevue Alumni McCLEAREN, Manuel B., Jr.
Born: 31 January 1927
Died: 21 June 1961 Philosophy: "All great men are dying. I don’t feel so well myself.”
McCOLLOUGH, James L. “Opa Jim”
Born: 14 December 1926
Died: 17 October 2006 Philosophy: "Do unto others as others do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni McCULLOUGH, Eddie Clarence
Born: 18 November 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 15 March 1987
McDERMOTT, Elsie Mae (Sudduth) (Need to find) Guardian: W.L. McDermott Born: 26 November 1926 Elsie Sudduth of Southaven, MS Died: Philosophy: "There’s so much good in the worst of us; and there’s so much bad in the best of us that it doesn’t behoove any of us to talk about the rest of us.” South Side Alumni McGOLDRICK, Edna Earle (Daniel)
Born: 6 July 1928 *Graduate of August 1945 Died: 30 August 1974 (aged 46)
McSWAIN, Dorothy Ruth (Byrn)
Born: 17 June 1927
Died: 8 March 1997 (aged 69) Philosophy: "Your best is all that is expected of you.”
Bellevue Alumni MEADOWS, Sara Beth (Causey) (Most Talented) (Most Likely to Succeed)
Born: 23 May 1927
Died: 1 February 1996 (aged 68) Philosophy: "Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for a kindness.” Humes Alumni MIGLIACCIO, Josephine Marie (Hoback)
Born: 30 November 1926 Wife of Walter Sherwood Hoback, T-45 Died: 11 February 2005 Philosophy: "Always do the right thing and you’ll never go wrong.”
Sacred Heart Alumni MILLER, Barbara June (O’Donnell)
Born: 9 June 1927
Died: 14 August 2006 Philosophy: "Smile and the world smiles with you; cry, and you cry alone.” Hollywood Alumni MILLER, Walter Taylor, Jr.
Born: 6 May 1928
Died: 27 September 1984 Philosophy: "Do and have done.”
MILLWOOD, June Marie (Most Athletic) (Need to find) Guardian: John D. and Sara Millwood Born: 25 May 1927
Died: (future gravestone) Philosophy: "Do your best in everything.”
Humes Alumni MOSTERT, Paul Stallings (Need to find)
Born: 27 November 1927, Morrilton AR His mom, Lucy Stallings Mostert 1902-1954 Mentioned in his sister’s obit: living 1 Jul 2016 Lifetime Achievement Award Died: Philosophy: "Aim for the top, you may get there.” Snowden Alumni MOORE, Nellie Agnes (Glatt)
Born: 23 February 1927 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 27 April 1990
Hollywood Alumni MORRIS, Enoch Cowan
Born: 23 February 1927
Died: 6 June 2013 Philosophy: "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow it may be rationed.”
Bellevue Alumni MORRIS, Wilbert Ballard
Born: 25 August 1926
Died: 2 February 1986 Philosophy: "Let tomorrow take care of itself.”
Snowden Alumni MOSS, Jean Elizabeth (McCallen)
Born: 28 January 1927
Died: (future gravestone) Philosophy: "The hand that leads to intelligence leads to greatness.”
MOSS, Jeane Elizabeth (Williams)
Born: 22 August 1927
Died: 18 November 2011 Philosophy: "Keep smiling.”
MOYLE, Jack Robert
Born: 29 December 1926
Died: 2018
MULLIKIN, Bernie, Jr.
Born: 29 June 1927
Died: 15 February 2009 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni MUNN, Barbara Dayle (Need to find) Guardian: Virgil E. and Gladys W. Munn Born: 5 November 1927
Died: Philosophy: "I’d rather run till I’m out of breath, than poke along and be bored to death.” NELSON, Martha Florence (Nelms)
Born: 22 December 1927
Died: 30 May 2019 (aged 91) Philosophy: "Take what comes and make the best of it.”
Humes Alumni NEVELS, Gerald Baird “Jerry”
Born: 5 June 1927
Died: 30 April 1994 Philosophy: "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may be drafted.” Fairview Alumni NEWMAN, Margaret Louise (Robinson) (Viets)
Born: 27 July 1927
Died: 15 April 1980 Philosophy: "Love to live and live to love.”
Fairview Alumni NICHOLS, Benthel (Ford)
Born: 5 October 1926
Died: 19 February 2010 Philosophy: "To live my life in such a way that I may die content.”
Snowden Alumni NICKAS, Louise Zoe (Galis)
Born: 6 August 1925
Died: 28 March 2004 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Snowden Alumni NICKLAS, Thomas D. (Best Dressed)
Born: 10 February 1927
Died: 20 June 2013 Philosophy: "Smile, and the world smiles with you, cry, and you cry alone.” Snowden Alumni NORRIS, Joyce Elizabeth (Dixon)
Born: 17 May 1927
Died: 17 August 2015
Philosophy: "Fame and fortune isn’t everything, happiness is.” Messick Alumni NORVELL, Jack Sellers
Born: 28 January 1927
Died: 16 January 1998 Philosophy: "Do it and do the talking.”
Snowden Alumni NORVELL, Joseph Bryan
Born: 1 December 1927
Died: 1975 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Snowden Alumni NOWELL, Barbara Lucille (Drobeck)
Born: 23 December 1927
Died: 11 April 2005 Philosophy: "Face facts, then life will never shock you with its brutalities.” Bellevue Alumni NUTZELL, George Parker
Born: 31 May 1928
Died: 4 June 2007 Philosophy: "A wise may will change his mind, but a fool never will.”
Snowden Alumni PADGETT, Clifford S.
Born: 30 March 1925 Father of Clifford Glenn Padgett, T-68 Stepfather of Jo Ann Reynolds, T-67
Died: 20 April 2005 (aged 80) PARKER, John Henry, Jr.
Born: 14 June 1927
Died: 25 August 2001 Fairview Alumni
PATE, Claudine Jewell (Hubert)
Born: 27 August 1927 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 12 March 2001 Fairview Alumni
PEDRETTY, Myra Evelyn
Born: 3 March 1927
Died: 7 December 2007 Philosophy: "But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness and all these things shall be added unto you. “ Bellevue Alumni PERRY, James Henry, Jr.
Born: 24 March 1926 *Graduate of January 1945 Died: 27 February 2005 (aged 78) Fairview Alumni
PILGRIM, Mary Belle “Sug” (Porter)
Born: 26 September 1928
Died: 6 March 1992 Philosophy: "There’s so much good in the worst of us and so much bad in the best of us that it hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us.” Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni PITTS, Alice Muriel (Pylant)
Born: 2 September 1925
Died: 17 July 2015 (aged 89) Philosophy: "Smile and the world smiles with you, cry, and you cry alone.” Fairview Alumni PITTS, Mildred June (Zehendner)
Born: 27 June 1926
Died: 25 September 2017 (aged 91) Humes Alumni
PLEASANT, Dorris Sybil (Schneider)
Born: 13 September 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 17 June 2020 (aged 92) Philosophy: “If you want things done well, do them yourself.”
Fairview Alumni REEVES, Oliver Willie
Born: 24 January 1929
Died: 16 May 1993 Philosophy: "Not failure but low air is crime.”
Humes Alumni REYNOLDS, Pauline (Mattson)
Born: 5 November 1926
Died: 6 January 2004 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni REYNOLDS, William Bruce
Born: 27 September 1928
Died: 16 February 1973 Philosophy: "You can do all things putting your trust in God.”
Bellevue Alumni RICHARDSON, Nona Gray (Stowers)
Born: 26 August 1927
Died: 7 March 2003 Philosophy: "So live that when you die even the undertaker will be sorry.” RINGER, Jack Darrell
Born: 18 November 1927
Died: 7 July 2003 Philosophy: "Spinning a rope is a lot of fun if it isn’t around your neck.”
Snowden Alumni ROBERSON, Maxine (Lee)
Born: 10 June 1927
Died: 14 October 2011 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni ROBERTSON, John Buck
Born: 21 November 1926
Died: 13 April 2010
ROBINSON, Donald Earle (Most Popular) (Most Athletic)
Born: 21 August 1927
Died: 31 August 1993 Philosophy: "Do unto others before they do unto you.”
Snowden Alumni ROBINSON, Jill Adele (Barrosso) (Most Popular) (Most All-Around) (Need to find) Guardian: Rita Robinson, 1666 Overton Born: 8 October 1927 Jill Adele Robinson m. Jerome Nicholas Barrosso, Jun 1948
Died: Philosophy: "Leave silence to the Saints, I am but human.” ROE, Donald E.
Born: 15 August 1927
Died: 6 March 2015 (aged 87) Philosophy: "To have or have not.”
Snowden Alumni ROGERS, Charles Richard
Born: 9 September 1925
Died: 2 April 1984 Philosophy: "Memory is the treasure and guardian of all things.”
Bellevue Alumni ROGERS, Dixie (Anderson)
Born: 12 June 1928
Died: 7 August 1973 Philosophy: "Tomorrow is another day.”
Snowden Alumni ROGERS, Ruth Elizabeth (Goings)
Born: 23 October 1926
Died: 16 April 2009 Philosophy: "Never put off today what you can put off tomorrow.”
Snowden Alumni ROGERS, William Earl
Born: 21 September 1927
Died: 5 December 1953 (aged 32) Philosophy: "To accept the joys and troubles of life as they come.”
Humes Alumni ROOK, Dorothy Joan (Morrison)
Born: 28 September 1927
Died: 22 March 2012 Philosophy: "You get out of anything what you put into it.”
Fairview Alumni ROPER, Robert Neely
Born: 1 May 1928
Died: 7 January 2002 Philosophy: "Never put off tomorrow what you can do today.”
Bellevue Alumni ROTHROCK, William Ernest
Born: 14 January 1927
Died: 19 July 1997 Philosophy: "Do unto others as they do unto you.”
Snowden Alumni ROTHWELL, George Fletcher (Need to find) Guardian: Ethel Rothwell Born: 6 February 1928, Haywood County TN
Died: Philosophy: "Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”
Fairview Alumni RUBIN, Maury Ivan
Born: 14 August 1927
Died: 6 February 1990 Philosophy: "If you build your foundation straight and true you will go twice as far." Humes Alumni SAMMONS, Lehman Clark, Jr. (Need to find) Guardian: Lehman.C. and Mamie Sammons Born: 26 March 1927 Son of Pappy of Pappy and Jimmy’s Restaurant Bozeman MT Philosophy: "Do unto others before they do unto you.” Snowden Alumni SANDERS, Leslie Ray
Born: 14 September 1927
Died: 3 January 2014 Philosophy: "To do the best in whatever I undertake.”
SARVER, Charles William
Born: 27 June 1927
Died: 2 April 2012 (aged 84) Philosophy: "Treat other people as you want them to treat your mother and father." SAWTELLE, William Niles
Born: 18 December 1927 Husband of Jean Strong Templeton, T-45 Died: 24 December 2010 Philosophy: "He who has no money had better not date.”
Snowden Alumni SAWYER, Wade Eugene, Jr.
Born: 15 May 1926
Died: 10 February 1998
Snowden Alumni SAX, Joe “J” (Most Talented)
Born: 12 March 1927
Died: 4 April 1990 Philosophy: "Work at the right time, play at the right time, but, above all, keep your mind receptive all the time.” Bellevue Alumni SCHUBERG, Dorothy Marie (Montgomery)
Born: 18 September 1928 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 25 April 2014 Fairview Alumni
SCHWEND, Jean W. (Klein)
Born: 3 October 1927
Died: 4 October 2009 (aged 82) Philosophy: "He who hesitates is lost.”
Humes Alumni SCOTT, John C. “Jack”
Born: 28 December 1925
Died: 20 November 2011 (aged 85)
SCRUGGS, Albert Mort, Jr.
Born: 15 March 1927
Died: 15 January 2006 Philosophy: "Don’t worry.”
SCRUGGS, Nora Louise (Need to find) Guardian: J. E. Campbell (1944-45 Ledger has her in 11th grade) Born: 8 July 1927 Step-daughter of James E. Campbell her mother is Myrtle Died: *Graduate of August 1945.
SHAPPLEY, Arnold, Jr.
Born: 24 June 1927
Died: 15 August 2010 Philosophy: "Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.”
White Station Alumni SHARP, Keith H.
Born: 31 March 1927
Died: 25 March 2015 (aged 87)
SHELEY, Walton Hooper, Jr.
Born: 8 July 1927
Died: 11 May 2002 Philosophy: "He that bloweth his own horn will soon find it is out of tune with the rest of the world.” Snowden Alumni SIMKIN, Milton David
Born: 21 November 1927
Died: 7 March 2011 Philosophy: "I think all schools should be like Tech! Then people would know what a good school is like.” Snowden Alumni SIMMONS, Donald Eugene
Born: 26 September 1927
Died: 20 November 1987 (aged 60)
SIMONTON, Robert Lee
Born: 2 August 1928
Died: 25 March 1987 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
SINGLETON, Van Hoover
Born: 18 August 1927
Died: 19 May 2001 (aged 73) Philosophy: "Money is everything.”
SKIPWORTH, Charlotte May (Shepard)
Born: 22 July 1927
Died: 29 April 2007 Philosophy: "Not failure but low air is a crime.”
Fairview Alumni SMITH, Annabelle (Chumney)
Born: 29 January 1928
Died: 6 March 2019 (aged 81) Philosophy: "Make the best of everything and take things as they come.” Fairview Alumni SMITH, Donald L. “Don”
Born: 26 June 1927
Died: 18 April 1978 Philosophy: "Never give a sucker an even break but don't cheat your friends." South Side Alumni SMITH, Dorothy (Williams) (Need to find)
Born: 24 December 1926, New Albany MS
Died: Philosophy: "I hope in the future the world will become a better world."
Fairview Alumni SMITH, Georgia Belle (Need to find)
Born: 21 April 1928, Emboden AR
Died: Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
SMITH, Jack Edward
Born: 17 December 1927 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: August 1986 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
SMITH, Leslie Eugene (Need to find)
Born: 22 August 1927, Memphis TN
Died:
SMITH, Mary Francis (Hansen) (Need to find)
Born: 1 August 1927, Memphis TN
Died:
Fairview Alumni SMITH, Sarah Elizabeth (Hughes)
Born: 31 March 1927
Died: 22 December 2013 (aged 86) *Graduate of January 1945.
SNYDER, Vina Nadine (Gardner)
Born: 28 January 1927
Died: 14 July 2017 *Graduate of January 1945.
SORCE, Frances Eloise (Eddins)
Born: 20 April 1927
Died: 11 May 2005 Philosophy: "To have a friend, be a friend."
Bellevue Alumni SPENCE, Mary Francis (Hansen)
Born: 4 August 1927
Died: 12 February 2010 Philosophy: " If fate hands you a lemon, squeeze it, and open a lemonade stand." SPENCER, Ann Elizabeth (Emerson)
Born: 27 June 1926
Died: 6 October 1999 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Fairview Alumni STEPHERSON, Mary Jane (James)
Born: 12 July 1927
Died: 6 September 2009 (aged 82)
Philosophy: "Don't worry about it until the last minute." Bellevue Alumni STEPHERSON, Robert L.
Born: 4 January 1927 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 30 September 1989
Bellevue Alumni TALLEY, Brooks Leon
Born: 22 August 1928
Died: 16 April 2012 Philosophy: "Don't gamble unless you can win."
Bellevue Alumni TEDDER, Jerry Austin
Born: 31 July 1928
Died: 30 May 2006 Philosophy: "Eat, drink and be merry for tomorrow you may be drafted." TEMPLETON, Jean Strong (Sawtelle)
Born: 17 January 1927 Wife of William Sawtelle, T-45 Died: 15 February 2012 Philosophy: "Never put off until tomorrow when you can today."
Snowden Alumni THOMAS, Perry Edgar
Born: 4 July 1927
Died: 28 June 2006
THOMPSON, Virginia (Horton)
Born: 18 October 1926
Died: 1 April 2007 Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
Snowden Alumni TRIBBLE, James Earle “Cricket”
Born: 9 July 1927
Died: 24 April 2000 Philosophy: "Listen to your parents and you will be better off."
Fairview Alumni TURNAGE, Ruby Delores (Pass)
Born: 5 October 1927 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 21 June 2015 (aged 87)
Humes Alumni TURNER, Jessie Catherine (Need to find) Guardian: Lois Turner Born: 23 August 1927, Millington TN Died: *Graduate of January 1945.
Fairview Alumni TURNIPSEED, Velma (Trotter) (Need to find)
Born: 29 September 1927 Southaven MS Died: Philosophy: "Look on the bright side of life."
Humes Alumni TYLER, Tommie Lee (Greer)
Born: 18 December 1926
Died: 26 September 2000 Philosophy: "Where there's a will there is a way."
Fairview Alumni TYSON, George N.
Born: 5 March 1928
Died: 10 November 1994
Bellevue Alumni TYUS, Mary Annette (Peters)
Born: 20 December 1926
Died: 19 August 2003 Philosophy: "Live for the present and be happy, for the future never comes." VAUGHN, Elnora (Meredith)
Born: 13 November 1926
Died: 11 September 2011 (aged 84) Philosophy: "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you."
VICK, William Talmadge
Born: 30 April 1927 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 22 July 2017 Philosophy: “Get the most out of life you can.”
WADE, Harold LaVert
Born: 13 November 1927
Died: 21 March 2010 Philosophy: "A friend in need is a friend indeed. "
WADE, Harvey Arthur
Born: 7 November 1928 *Graduate of August 1945 Died: 1 October 1983 Fairview Alumni
WALDEN, Verna Marie (Whitby)
Born: 29 October 1926
Died: 7 August 2011 Philosophy: "Laugh at life or life laughs at you."
Fairview Alumni WALKER, Clarence McDowell
Born: 25 January 1927
Died: 1 August 2001 Snowden Alumni
WALLACE, Bill (Need to find)
Born: 5 December 1927, Springfield MO
Died: Philosophy: "Eat drink and be happy.” Fairview Alumni WALLACE, Jack Fennell
Born: 11 November 1927
Died: 12 June 2010 (aged 82) Philosophy: "Be happy in anything I do.”
WARREN, Alfred Pittman
Born: 25 January 1927
Died: 16 January 2013 Philosophy: "Believe nothing you hear and only half you see.”
Fairview Alumni WATKINS, Helen Delores (Redick)
Born: 22 May 1925 *Graduate of August 1945. Died: 23 July 2011
Whitehaven Alumni WATSON, Clarence Onley
Born: 16 September 1926 Husband of Mary Ann Fallot, T-45 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 9 November 2011
Snowden Alumni WELCH, Mary M.
Born: 19 May 1927
Died: 29 January 2006 Philosophy: "Don't put off till tomorrow that which you can do today."
Bellevue Alumni WHITNEY, Anna Faye (Vaughn)
Born: 20 July 1926
Died: March 2012 Philosophy: "The Golden Rule."
Bellevue Alumni WILCOX, William Henry, Jr. (Need to find)
Born: 4 September 1927, Marianna AR
Died: Philosophy: "Make the most of all opportunities."
Fairview Alumni WILLIAMS, Margaret Pauline (Bussjaeger)
Born: 29 March 1927
Died: 26 December 2015 (aged 88) Philosophy: "Let the words of my mouth and the meditations of my heart be acceptable in Thy sight, O Lord, my strength and redeemer. - Psalm 19:14." Hollywood Alumni WILLIAMSON, Jane (Tibbels)
Born: 11 October 1927 *Graduate of January 1945. Died: 16 January 2017 Philosophy: "Don’t count your chickens before they hatch.”
Snowden Alumni WILSON, Ann (Need to find)
Born: 16 June 1927 May have married: Richard Alexander Adams in Sep 1947 Died: Philosophy: "When in doubt, don't."
Snowden Alumni WILSON, Marjorie Ann (Duecker) (Wittiest)
Born: 27 June 1927
Died: 12 May 1998 Philosophy: "Never let studies interfere with a high school education.”
Bellevue Alumni WYNNE, Dorothy Eleanor (DeMassi) (Need to find)
Born: 21 February 1927
Died: Future gravestone Philosophy: "It matters not whether you lost or won but how you played the game.” Humes Alumni WYNNS, Carol Monadeze (Harris)
Born: 2 May 1927
Died: 17 November 1998 (aged 73) Philosophy: "Give the world the best you have, and the best will come back to you.” Bellevue Alumni YOON, Alfred Eugene
Born: 30 June 1927 Father of Alfred Eugene Yoon, Jr., T-69 Died: 21 May 1988 Philosophy: "Eat, drink, and be merry.”
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