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.