Manatee High School Class of 1965 John Adams (Passed Away) Address:P.O. Box 136 Mountain Rest, SC 29664 Office:(864) 886-8880 Email:[email protected] Spouse:Married to Lonni (Lois Joy) for 43 years with 2 children and 4 grandchildren. Personal:Lonni (Lois Joy Johnson) was classmate; Our boys live in Orlando. John II is self- employed, and Jeff is sales manager for large building supply company. My Education:Real Estate Major. Licensed broker in Florida, South Carolina and North Carolina. My Career:Commercial Real Estate; Broker and developer (Adams Commercial Real Estate) How I spend my free time:Reading; Leadership volunteer work for County (Committees and Boards). Other comments:Passed away 12/6/2017 (Updated 5/29/2019) Pam Akins Taylor Address:4412 13th Avenue West Bradenton, FL 34209 Home:941 920 2301 Office:941 748 6300 Email:[email protected] Spouse:Married to Jack Taylor-ex husband for 5 years with 2 children. Personal:I met Jack Tayor after graduating from MHS and we were married 5 years. Two sons, Rob and Jason. My Education:AA degree from Manatee Community College, 1 year at University of Florida. Florida Real Estate broker since 1980, North Carolina Broker as well. I have been involved in real estate sales since 1977 in Florida and North Carolina. My Career:Selling real estate in Highlands, NC and West Coast of Florida How I spend my free time:Horseback riding, dogs, gardening, travel, family. Other comments:Looking forward to seeing classmates at the Reunion in October, 2015! (Updated 3/4/2015) Lynn Albert Address:1316- 56th AVE. DR. E. Bradenton, FL 34203-5940 Home:941 755-9423 Office:941 747-5172 Spouse:Married to Pat for 36 years with 1 child. Personal:We met in 1968 ..at a combo.dance and bar... was nice place. I was in Air Force. met in 3rd week of August 1968 and wed in Feb.8th 1969.. son born feb 5th 1975. Brian lives in Gainsville fl. HE'S single.. My wife is a happy person.and tall & bit heavy.. names , Patricia..or Pat.. My Education:AIR FORCE . joined right after school.then, got out! and went to work in moble home building . for a bit .. then went into alumn. installing.. still there.. My Career:Air force .. was bomb loader for 3 and a half years..now installer for Greg Kuypers Aluminum inc... been doing this for over 25 yrs. How I spend my free time:when i have some ...lol.. i like bowling, .. Darts . not steel tip....and when i have time . fishing too..or just laying around resting & watching tv.. or napping in my recliner.. Other comments:haven't changed much .except for the grey thinning hair, and few pounds.. (Updated 9/8/2009) Barbara Alexander Harding Address:521 Shell Dr Kure Beach, NC 28449 Email:[email protected] Spouse:Married to Richard Harding for 47 years with 2 children and 5 grandchildren. Personal:I met my husband in Jacksonville, Florida. I mutual friend introduced us. We moved to Kitchener, Ontario, Canada where our oldest son, Brian was born. From Kitchener we moved to Denver, Colorado where our second son, Scott, was born. Next came South Bend, Indiana where we lived for eight years. We were transferred from there to Statesville, NC. In 1993 we moved to Wilmington, NC. Both of my sons graduated with Masters Degrees from NC State University. Brian and his family live in Rochester, NY. Scott and his family live in Greensboro, NC. My Education:I received an associates degree in data processing from then Manatee Junior College. My last certification was in Database Administration. My Career:I am currently retired. My careers have all been in the Information Technology field. I started as a programmer, then systems analyst. My last position was as database administrator for New Hanover Regional Medical Center. How I spend my free time:My husband and I have always enjoyed sailing. We sailed our 34 foot Hunter on Lake Michigan, Lake Norman, and in the Atlantic off Wilmington, NC. My current hobbies are tennis which I still play 2 times a week and I am an avid reader (Updated 11/11/2017) Mary Allen Gayle Address:Bradenton, FL Brian Andresen Address:1075 Alison Circle Livermore, CA 94550 Home:925-606-0226 Office:925-606-0226 Email:[email protected] Spouse:Married to None. Personal:Never Married! My Education:B.S. (1969) Florida State University (Major Chemistry, Minor Oceanography) M.S. (1972) Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)- Wood Hole Oceanographic Institute Joint Program (Degree in Chemical Oceanography) M.S. (1972) MIT (Degree in Analytical Chemistry) Ph.D. (1974) MIT (Degree in Organic Chemistry and Mass Spectrometry) My Career:1974-1979 - Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy, University of Florida. 1979-1983 - Professor of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Medicine, The Ohio State University. 1983-2003 - Senior Research Scientist and the First Director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory Forensic Science Center (Support to local, Federal, and International Forensic Investigations) 2003-present - Retired!! (Currently, antique clock and watch repair, a home business. 15 Patents (Medical and chemical analysis tools and "Fiber Optic Candy". How I spend my free time:I still play drums in Big Bands and rock-n-roll bands: "The Downtown Blues Band" (http://livedowntownblues.wordpress.com/. Previously, a drummer in a 20 piece big band: "The Cooltones" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kojoRLXjCL0). Currently I am a drummer with the "Nightlife Big Band" and I am in the "What's Up Big Band" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tF-F4Edicbc). I also play drums with a swing band The "Mellotones". I am having great fun playing my parent's music and all the songs we listened to in high school!! I have an active home business ("Andresen's Antique Restorations") for repairing clocks, watches and fine antiques for extra funds to buy more drums, cymbals, and music gear!! When possible, I get out to gold-country with my metal detector to look for coins and gold nuggets. I also am an avid thrift store shopper looking for that "unusual" and hopefully valuable antique item for resale on Ebay!! Other comments:I occasionally continue consulting on forensic investigations to support the U.S. Government and/or the defense or prosecuting attorney needs (http://www.designthink.com/afs/). If in the future your are thinking about committing a crime, please let me know and I might be able to help and keep you out of big trouble! (Updated 11/8/2017) Merrilee 'Lee' Anstey Wasson Address:909 Hays Street Tallahassee, FL 32301 Home:850/ 561-1565 Office:850/ 431-7310 Email:[email protected] Spouse:Married to Ken for 47 years with 3 children and 7 grandchildren. Personal:Vanderbilt emergency room. We had an argument about a patient. 2 sons in insurance, one lives in Tallahassee, one in Glastonbury, CT, daughter is Social worker in Port Orange, FL My Education:RN AA in nursing, certification in heart and vascular nursing My Career:I work at Tallahassee Memorial Hospital in ??& Vascular, Shane’s ER in Gainesville, ophthalmology 4 years, Vanderbilt ER How I spend my free time:Gardening, Bible Study Group, model railroading - 0 gauge (assistant to husband) Other comments:Plan to take a trip with Dot Oakley ( Smith) and Shirley Green (Harris) in January 2018. Miss MJC 1968 (Updated 11/16/2017) James Arendell Address:4818 3rd Ave. NW Bradenton, FL 34209 Home:941-730-7883 Email:[email protected] Personal:marital status: Divorced for 3 yrs after 35yrs of marriage to Jeanne Davenport whom I met in my senior year of High school. We have two children Patrick who is serving in the Air Force, wife Lisa and two of my grandchildren. Christine homemaker married to Greg who works at GTE telephone computer designer in Atlanta. They have two girls and my newest grandson. My Career:Retired from the Air Force in 1986. served 2 yrs at Wartsmith AFB Mich., 4yrs at RAF Alconbury, England (loved it), 2yrs at Mac Dill AFB, TAMPA, 2yrs AT Incerlick CDI, Turkey, back to RAF Alconbury, England for 8yrs and retired at Homestead AFB,South Miami,Fl. During my Air force career I ended up with 2 yrs of collage credits between the Air Force and classes I had taken. In the Air Force I was a supply sergeant in charge of war readiness meterial and the last two year as a First Sergeant. After retiring we moved to Columbus, Ga. to be near my mother in-law as she was living on her own. During the 5yrs we lived there I was a live stock feed salesman traveling around mid Georgia and Alabama area. The last year I worked at Freeway Ford dealership selling Fords and Jeeps. My wife needed to be away from her mother so we moved back to Bradenton. I got a job as a maintenance supervisor at Via Roma and Resort 66 on Anna Maria for over 11yrs. I enjoyed that job talking to people form all around the world and from places that I had visited while I was in the air force. I'm persently working at Lowe's on 14th street. My many years as a maintenance person has come in handy helping the customers. Feb. 1 2017 going part time and start retiring. YA... Other comments:I'm still very active in church. In England I led British youth groups and the second time there I ministered to single GI's with Bible studies in my home. My few years of singing in the quire at Manatee high were helpful in leading some church quires over seas.