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Click “T” for shortcut to 1947 Virtual Cemetery CLASS OF 1947 Thanks to Bob Mann, T-47, for scanning the 1947 yearbook. Thanks to Erselle “Leigh” Moran Kendrick, T-48 for collecting the addresses and phone numbers. Thanks Linda Barnes Wayman T-66 for cropping the photos. ADDINGTON, Ralph Monroe Born: 19 January 1929 Died: 12 March 1978 Philosophy: “When this great game of life is ended and the scorer writes against your name. He writes not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.” Bellevue Alumni ADERHOLT, Mary Sue (Howell) Born: 7 October 1929 Died: 1 October 2006 Philosophy: “When the final score is made, it’s not whether you lost or won, but how you played the game.” Snowden Alumni ANDERECK, Dwain Born: 30 October 1928 Husband of Marilyn Hamilton, T-48 Died: 18 March 2002 Philosophy: “Always look for the silver lining in a dark cloud.”
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CLASS OF 1947 Thanks to Bob Mann, T-47, for scanning the 1947 yearbook. Thanks to Erselle “Leigh” Moran Kendrick, T-48 for collecting the addresses and phone numbers. Thanks Linda Barnes Wayman T-66 for cropping the photos.
ADDINGTON, Ralph Monroe
Born: 19 January 1929 Died: 12 March 1978 Philosophy: “When this great game of life is ended and the scorer writes against your name. He writes not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
Bellevue Alumni
ADERHOLT, Mary Sue (Howell)
Born: 7 October 1929 Died: 1 October 2006 Philosophy: “When the final score is made, it’s not whether you lost or won, but how you played the game.”
Snowden Alumni
ANDERECK, Dwain
Born: 30 October 1928 Husband of Marilyn Hamilton, T-48 Died: 18 March 2002 Philosophy: “Always look for the silver lining in a dark cloud.”
Humes Alumni
APPLETON, Opal Lee
Born: 30 November 1928 Died: 13 October 1997 Philosophy: “If first you don’t succeed, try again.”
Whitehaven Alumni
ARENDALE, Jacqueline “Jackiie” (Burnett)
Born: 27 June 1929 Died: 20 October 2012 Philosophy: “Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.”
ARNOLD, Mary Evelyn (McAfee)
Born: 6 November 1928 Died: 10 December 2016 (aged 88) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
ARQUITT, Walter Edward “Pete”
Born: 18 January 1929 Died: 5 August 1991 Philosophy: “Trouble is only opportunity … in work clothes.
Fairview Alumni Lawler Alumni
AUSTIN, Orrell Stanley, Jr.
Born: 11 January 1930 Died: 23 November 2013 (aged 83)
BABB, Martha (Polk)
1546 Appling Wood Cove N., Cordova TN 38018 (901) 624-9873 Born: 6 January 1929 m. William Shelby Polk, Jr., 18 Jan 1927-24 Jun 2018 Philosophy: “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
Humes Alumni
BAESMAN, Mary Jo (Blake)
Born: 28 September 1929 Died: 18 September 1999 Philosophy: “Leave silence to the saints, cause, Gosh: I’m only human.”
BALLARD, John Martin (Need to find) Martin Bolen Ballard and Maude C. Ballard Born: 16 February 1929, Memphis TN m. Minnie Viola Hough Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
BARBEE, Sylvia Jean (Harris)
Born: 9 September 1929 Died: 21 October 1999 Philosophy: “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.”
Born: 15 September 1929 Died: 29 November 2012 (aged 83) Philosophy: “I’d rather run till I’m out of breath than poke along and be bored to death.”
Snowden Alumni
BEATTY, Evelyn Lorene “Evie” (Willis)
Born: 27 November 1929 Died: 27 January 1977 Philosophy: “From the time you are born till you ride in hearse, things are never so bad that they couldn’t be worse.”
Snowden Alumni
BEATUS, Lula (Bowerman)
Born: 8 July 1929 Died: 10 November 2014 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
BELL, Jack
Born: 10 December 1926 Died: 14 August 1982 Philosophy: “Always do your best and fate will do the rest.”
Bellevue Alumni
BELL, Robert Gordon “Bobby”
Born: 16 October 1928 Husband of Eunice Ann Herriman, T-47 Died: 26 June 2017 (aged 88) Philosophy: “To take things as they come and laugh at your troubles.”
BENSON, Fred Harrell, Jr.
Born: 4 November 1929 Died: 8 April 2020 (aged 90) Philosophy: “To have and to hold.”
Bellevue Alumni
Born: 13 July 1928 Died: 15 December 2012 (aged 84)
BICKERS, Marjorie (Ezell)
Born: 2 September 1928 Died: 2 September 2006 Philosophy: “To know nothing of the past is to know little of the present and have no conception of the future.”
Frayser Alumni
BICKHAM, Robert Kenison “Bobby”
Born: 23 November 1929 Died: 18 December 1994 Philosophy: “Life is just a gamble, so give me a pair of loaded dice.”
Fairview Alumni
BILLINGSLEY, Margaret Jane “Peggy” (Hope)
Born: 7 March 1930 Died: 6 April 1974 Philosophy: “To walk with kings but keep the common touch.”
Fairview Alumni
BLAKENEY, John Dement
Born: 10 October 1928 Died: 2 September 2014 Philosophy: “Live and learn.”
Snowden Alumni
BLEDSOE, Emily Jane (Dawson)
Born: 29 June 1929 Died: 15 January 2000 Philosophy: “The clouds are always the darkest before a beautiful sunset.”
Fairview Alumni
BLOOM, Gerald Arlen
Born: 17 January 1929 Died: 14 January 1974 Philosophy: “Trust in God and wait.”
Bellevue Alumni
BOAZ, Leonard Norman
Born: 5 September 1929 Died: 4 April 1993 Philosophy: “You get out of life what you put into it.”
Snowden Alumni
BOBBITT, Charles David
Born: 25 April 1928 Died: 15 November 1970 Philosophy: “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may start to work.”
South Side Alumni
BOLTON, Buford Terrill
Born: 10 January 1929 Died: 22 May 1999 Philosophy: “Be the best.”
BOMAR, Mary Frances (Goodrum)
Born: 1 December 1929 Died: 3 May 2019 (aged 89) Philosophy: “Always do the best you can; angels can do no better.”
Bellevue Alumni
BRANDON, Luke David
Born: 16 September 1929 Died: 20 December 1951 (aged 22) (accident or suicide) Philosophy: “If at first you don’t succeed, keep on trying till you do succeed.”
Snowden Alumni
BRANNON, Alsie Franklin
Born: 5 July 1929 Died: 28 June 2002 Philosophy: “To be ambitious is to strive for success.”
Snowden Alumni
Born: 4 February 1929 Died: 24 October 2002 Philosophy: “When the game of life is ended, and the score is added and done, it matters not whether you lost or won, but how you played the game.”
Hollywood Alumni
BREWER, Rebecca (Duke)
Born: 27 July 1929 Died: Unknown Philosophy: “When the final score is counted, it is not so much whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
BROADWAY, Mae (Walker)
Born: 18 August 1929 Died: Unknown Future gravestone Philosophy: “If you do your very best, God will do the rest.”
Fairview Alumni
BROOKS, Jack O’Neil
Born: 5 January 1928 Died: 24 December 1985 Philosophy: “Do unto others before they do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
Snowden Alumni
BUTTERWORTH, Mary Kay (Hillencamp)
Born: 1 August 1928 Died: 9 September 2007 Philosophy: “I had rather run till I’m out of breath than poke along till I’m bored to death.”
Treadwell Alumni Lawler Alumni
CAIN, Erban Anderson
Born: 31 July 1929 Died: 6 July 1990 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star, and then get out and push.”
Bellevue Alumni
CALDWELL, Ira James
Born: 15 January 1928 Died: 6 July 2006 Philosophy: “When the final score is counted and the scorekeeper writes against your name, he writes not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
Peabody Alumni
CALLAWAY, Thorp
Born: 1929 Died: 7 March 2007 Philosophy: “Life is one big gamble, so pass the loaded dice.”
Fairview Alumni
CAMPBELL, Violet May (Oleta)
Born: 21 February 1929 Died: 25 July 2004 Philosophy: “Don’t’ reach for a star. Be original and aim at the moon.”
Fairview Alumni
CANADA, Shirley Jean (Holt)
Born: 31 March 1929 Died: 23 October 2019 (aged 90) Philosophy: “There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us that it behooves none of us to talk about the rest of us.”
Fairview Alumni
CANANT, Peggy Emogene (King)
Born: 22 October 1929 Died: 6 March 2020 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
South Side Alumni
CARLISLE, Bettye (Kavanaugh)
Born: 2 September 1929 Died: 25 February 1992 Philosophy: “Not failure, but low aim is crime.”
Snowden Alumni
CARLSON, Jim Dick
Born: 15 May 1930 Died: 27 January 2005 Philosophy: “Life is a gamble, so bet wisely.”
Fairview Alumni
CARRIGAN, Juanita “Wheeler” (Calamaio)
Born: 16 September 1929 Died: 15 October 2015 Philosophy: “It is with men as with horses: Those that do the most prancing make the least progress.”
CARVER, Grace Jeanette (Cohn) (Need to find) Born: 8 July 1929 Died: Philosophy: “Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”
Hollywood Alumni
CHANDLER, James Louis
Born: 22 May 1929 Died: 13 May 2000 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you wouldn’t have them do to you.”
Bellevue Alumni
CHERRY, Carson Talmadge
Born: 15 June 1929 Died: 25 March 2005 (aged 75) Philosophy: “If you brood over your troubles, you will have a perfect hatch.”
Hollywood Alumni
CHILDRESS, Iva Joyce (Davis)
Born: 6 July 1929 Died: January 1988 Philosophy: “It’s within yourself you live, so live each day and live happy, because life is what you make it.”
CHRISTIAN, Marion LaVonne (Need to find) Guardian: S. L. Christian Born: 9 September 1930 Died: Philosophy: “If you can’t have what you like, like what you have.”
CIULLA, Jeanette Frances (Platt)
Born: 20 February 1928 Died: 14 January 2017 Philosophy: “Good, better, best, never let it rest, until your good is better and your better is best.”
Humes Alumni
CLARK, Richard Ura
Born: 28 December 1928 10790 Willfleet Drive Cincinnati OH 45241 (513) 563-4187 Philosophy: “Hard work is wonderful, but not too much of it.”
Cummings Alumni
COLVETT, Joseph Monroe
Born: 18 April 1929 112 Sylvan Drive, Milton DE 19968 (302) 684-4513 Philosophy: “A Halo only has to slip down a little way to become a noose.”
COULTER, Virginia Nell (Moore)
Born: 1 June 1929 Died: 22 June 1991 Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained; it is a measure to the filled.”
Whitehaven Alumni
CRAIG, Joseph Clay
Born: 9 January 1929 Died: 25 November 1977 Philosophy: “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.”
Fairview Alumni
CRAIG, William Fuqua
Born: June 1928 Died: 17 September 2005 Philosophy: “Live fully while you may, and record not the cost.”
Humes Alumni
CRAWFORD, Carolyn Deane (Jones)
Born: 27 April 1929 Died: 17 November 1986 Philosophy: “Walk with kings, but keep the common touch.”
Bellevue Alumni
CRENSHAW, Norris Lee, Jr. (Need to find) Born: 9 July 1929 Died before his brother Robert, T-51, who died 17 May 2018 and after his father who died 11 November 1992. Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
CREWS, Charles William
Born: 27 October 1928 Died: 31 Mar 1995 Philosophy: “He who cannot be heard of Wisdom had best remain unheard.”
CRUMBY, Robert Henry
Born: 19 December 1928 Died: 24 December 2019 (aged 91) Philosophy: “It’s your life to live, and your love to give.”
Bellevue Alumni
CRUMBY, William Oren, Jr. “Bill”
Born: 11 January 1927 Died: 12 October 1994 (aged 67) Philosophy: “Always play square to others and expect the same.”
Bellevue Alumni
CUNNINGHAM, Helen L. (Martin)
Born: 31 March 1929 Died: 25 November 2000 Philosophy: “Laugh and the world laughs with you.”
DAVIS, Gene Douglas
Born: 28 October 1928 Died: 26 May 2005 (aged 76)
DAVIS, Opal Bernell (Wade)
1487 Eastridge Drive Memphis TN 38120 Philosophy: “Forget the past, live in the present, plan for the future.”
Fairview Alumni
DAVIS, Richard Morris
Born: 9 July 1929 Died: 1 April 1966 Philosophy: “Thy will be done.”
Snowden Alumni
DAVIS, William Robbins “Bill”
Born: 27 July 1929 Died: 7 December 2005 Philosophy: “Be a friend to everyone.”
Snowden Alumni
DEATON, Bettye Lou (Hiedt) (Need to find) Born: 14 August 1929 Died: Philosophy: “To be as sweet as my mother.”
DeCROW, James Kelly
Born: 15 April 1929 Died: 27 October 2012 Philosophy: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”
Snowden Alumni
DELK, William Marion “Bill”
Born: 30 April 1929 Died: 15 December 2013 Philosophy: “Eat to live and live to eat.”
Fairview Alumni
DICKENSON, Charles Forest
Born: 29 January 1929 Died: February 1975 (aged 46) Philosophy: “Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cryi alone.”
Germantown Alumni
DICKERSON, Jesse B., Jr.
Born: 19 January 1929 Died: 23 June 2006 (aged 77) Philosophy: “When the one great Scorer comes to write against your name; He asks not if you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
Fairview Alumni
DICKSON, Margaret Jean (LeMay)
Born: 2 January 1929 Died: 2 January 2007 Philosophy: “Be ye kind.”
Humes Alumni
DOUGLAS, Edward Lee
Born: 14 August 1928 Died: 9 September 2010 Philosophy: “Listen to your mom; she’s always right.”
Fairview Alumni
ECHLIN, Jean (Moore)
Born: 28 July 1929 Died: 29 December 2004 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you’d have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
EDWARDS, Rosa Nell (Binczak)
Born: 3 April 1928 Died: 15 September 2016 Philosophy: “Always be yourself.”
ENGLISH, Mary Ann (Lancaster)
Born: 28 Aug 1929 Died: 14 February 2010 Philosophy: “One can have a thousand friends and still not have too many.”
Humes Alumni
ENGLISH, Paula Willis (Lee)
Born: 6 February 1930 Died: 19 March 1997 Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained, but a measure to be filled.”
South Side Alumni
ESTES, Syble Louise (Brown)(Boring)
Born: 27 November 1929 Wife of Richard Poe Brown, T-42 Died: 1 July 2014 (aged 83) Philosophy: “I’d rather run and run til I’m out of breath, than poke along and be bored to death.”
FAVAZZA, Frank Anthony
Born: 21 August 1928 Died: 19 March 2006 (aged 77) Philosophy: “Love conquers all.”
Bellevue Alumni
FERGUSON, Cecil Raymond
Born: 25 December 1929 1701 Neshoba Cove Germantown TN 38138 (901) 754-3063 Philosophy: “Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
Fairview Alumni
FITTS, Arvie Zane
Born: 7 October 1928 Died: 6 March 2008 Philosophy: “Honesty is the beginning of all success.”
Bellevue Alumni
FITZGERALD, Mary Francis (Heppner)
Born: 10 November 1929 Died: 7 December 2010 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you.”
FLEMING, Geneva (Willman)
Born: 21 May 1929 Died: 4 March 2002 Philosophy: “To have what I like as long as I live, and live as long as I like.”
Humes Alumni
FOLLETT, Charles Reid
Born: 3 January 1930 Died: 24 July 2006 Philosophy: “If more people didn’t think they knew so much they would know a lot more.”
Bellevue Alumni
FOULES, Charlotte Priest (Tansey)
Born: 16 January 1930 Died: 24 May 2006 Philosophy: “Love Conquers All.”
Snowden Alumni
FRAZIER, Peggy (Turner)
Born: 22 August 1929 Died: 4 September 2009 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star; then get in an there you are.”
FREE, Dona Dolores “Dodie” (Fly)
Born: 9 September 1929 Died: 7 September 2010 Philosophy: “To live and learn and not forget it.”
Hollywood Alumni
FREEMAN, Walter A., Jr.
Born: 22 August 1928 Died: 6 March 2008 Philosophy: “You may be down, but you’re never out.”
Bellevue Alumni Lawler Alumni
FUTRELL, Graham Kenneth
Born: 6 May 1929 Died: 28 January 1992 Philosophy: “Do tomorrow what you can do today.”
Bellevue Alumni
FUTRIS, Steve Charles
Born: 1 August 1928 2995 Gardens Way Memphis TN 38111 (901) 323-2135 Philosophy: “Never look for holes until you hear the shot.”
GARRISON, Peggy (Sanders)
3818 Shelby Road Millington TN 38053 (901) 872-0907 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
GAYNOR, Patricia (Collins) (Need to find) Born: 7 May 1929, Cleveland OH Died: Philosophy: “If life hands you a lemon, squeeze it and start a lemonade stand.”
Snowden Alumni
GISH, Homer K.
Born: 6 July 1927 Died: 19 February 2012 Philosophy: “To put my future in the Hands of God.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
GOLDSTEIN, Joe Aron
Born: 16 April 1929 1675 Ravenhill Drive S. Germantown TN 38138 (901) 756-0421 Philosophy: “Wealth cannot be enjoyed without happiness.”
Humes Alumni
GOODRUM, Norma Elaine (Need to find) Born: 7 Oct 1929, Detroit MI Died: Philosophy: “To make a success in anything I do.”
Treadwell Alumni
GOODWIN, Joseph Francis “Goodie”
Born: 20 March 1927 Died: 2 June 2004 Philosophy: “Join the Navy today.”
Bellevue Alumni
GREEN, Edward T.
Born: 13 July 1929 Died: 19 August 2012 Philosophy: “Always put off today what you can do tomorrow.”
South Side Alumni
GREER, Melvin E. “Greasy”
Born: 11 August 1929 Died: 27 August 2012 Philosophy: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”
Snowden Alumni
GROSSNER, Frederick Heinrich, Jr.
Born: 10 October 1929 Died: 23 October 2004 (aged 75) Philosophy: “Like a meteor, always going.”
Fairview Alumni
HACKNEY, Billy Pierce
Born: 30 April 1929 Died: 28 April 2010 Philosophy: “Do unto others as they do unto you.”
South Side Alumni
HAESSIG, Edwin Theodore “Ted”
Born: 25 December 1929 Died: 25 December 2002 Philosophy: “A young man or woman is like a tack, it will only go as far as its head will let it go.”
Fairview Alumni
HALL, Gloria Faye (McCollough) (Need to find) Born: 14 December 1929 Died: Philosophy: “Live today, dream of tomorrow, and learn from the past.”
Fairview Alumni
HAMBY, Granece (Peterson)
Born: 12 February 1929 Died: 4 August 2004 Philosophy: “Get what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds the day.”
Hollywood Alumni
HANSEN, Robert Warren
Born: 12 March 1927 Died: 15 November 1999 Philosophy: “To enjoy life and to be successful in business.”
Bellevue Alumni
HARE, Clarence Edward, Jr.
Born: 13 December 1929 Died: 14 October 2006 (aged 76) Philosophy: “If you can help it, help it; if you can’t help it, forget it.”
Fairview Alumni Lawler Alumni
HARLOW, Lois Mable (Sadler)
6238 Queensloch Drive Houston TX 77096 (713) 774-9245 Philosophy: “Live the present, dream of the future, and learn from the past.”
Hollywood Alumni
HARPER, Robert G. “Bobby”
Born: 6 January 1929 Died: 12 November 2003 Philosophy: “All men desire to know; few pursue that desire to its fullest extent, so as to benefit mankind and society in every possible way.”
Bellevue Alumni
HARRISON, Alfred Eugene
Born: 30 June 1929 Died: 8 June 1975 Philosophy: “Opportunity only knocks once; so open the door.”
Fairview Alumni
HAYS, Robert Franklin
Born: 27 November 1928 Died: 28 January 2000 Philosophy: “Get as much out of life as you can, for a lifetime is too short to linger.”
Bellevue Alumni
HEATHERLY, Thomas Henry “Tommy”
Born: 4 May 1928 Died: 13 February 2015 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
Born: 5 December 1927 Military Veteran Died: 25 November 2000
Hollywood Alumni
HERRIMAN, Eunice Ann (Bell)
Born: 6 February 1929 Wife of Robert Gordon Bell, T-47 Died: 25 May 2019 (aged 90) Philosophy: “You can do anything that you want to do, if you want to do it bad enough.”
Fairview Alumni
HIGGS, James Hunter, Jr.
Born: 30 March 1929 Died: 14 March 2006 Philosophy: “Live and let live.”
Bellevue Alumni
HOLLOWELL, Dorothy (England)
Born: 4 January 1930 Died: 27 October 2001 Philosophy: “There’s so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves none of us to talk about the rest of us.”
Hollywood Alumni
HOLMES, William Alvin
Born: 11 April 1929 Died: 18 March 2020 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Make as many friends as possible.”
Snowden Alumni
HOLT, William McKinley
Born: 17 December 1929 Died: 24 January 2005 (aged 75) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
HOPPES, Howard Franklin
Born: 1 December 1929 Died: 9 May 2008 Philosophy: “Be natural.”
Fairview Alumni
HOUGH, Barbara Ann (Miller)
Born: 18 February 1930 Died: 3 January 1998 Philosophy: “Beauty is truth, truth is beauty; that is all ye know on earth and all you need to know.”
Catholic Alumni
HUDSON, Marianne (McGavic)
Born: 10 January 1929 Died: 6 September 2010 Philosophy: “Memory is a part of our souls and it is Eternal.”
Fairview Alumni
HURD, Billie Louise (Newman)
Born: 31 October 1929 Died: 15 January 2013 (aged 83) Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star, and get out and push.”
HURT, Robert P.
Born: 5 February 1930 Died: 9 March 1999 Philosophy: “Do the best with what you have.”
Bellevue Alumni
IKARD, John Wesley
Born: 15 December 1929 Died: 10 September 1999 Philosophy: “Be there first, with the most.”
Fairview Alumni
INGRAM, Charles Owens
Born: 23 October 1929 Died: 23 October 2014 Philosophy: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”
ISOM, Gerald Laverne
Philosophy: “Get her NOW or she will be married tomorrow.”
Fairview Alumni
JACKSON, James Andrew, Jr.
Born: 4 August 1930 Died: 27 December 1976 Philosophy: “Look before you leap but don’t look too long or you won’t leap at all.”
JOHNSON, Dudley Hayward
Born: 24 September 1928 Died: 15 January 2005 Philosophy: “Live by faith.”
Bellevue Alumni
JOHNSON, Flora Elizabeth (Strickland)
Born: 19 December 1928 Died: 27 November 2010 Philosophy: “Don’t trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”
Messick Alumni
JOHNSON, Sam Reeder
Born: 2 June 1929 Died: 15 April 1997 Philosophy: “Don’t let your studies interfere with your high school education.”
Snowden Alumni
JOHNSTON, Truman Wallace
Born: 18 July 1928 Died: 12 January 2010 Philosophy: “Treat all pretty girls as you would your wife.”
JONES, Aliene Wanda (White)
Born: 7 January 1929 Died: 30 May 2014 Philosophy: “I’d rather run till I’m out of breath than poke along and be bored to death.”
Hollywood Alumni
JONES, Bobby Gene
Born: 16 August 1929 Died: 15 August 1991 Philosophy: “Do just enough to get by on.”
Fairview Alumni
JORDAN, William Fern, Jr.
Born: 9 August 1929 Died: 7 June 2007 Philosophy: “A fool and his money soon part.”
Lawler Alumni
KEITH, Betty Jean (Need to find) Born: 23 September 1929, Cowan TN Died: Philosophy: “There is so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the worst of us, that it hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us.”
Fairview Alumni
KEMP, Donald Wayne
Born: 10 Nov 1927 Died: 12 August 1997 Philosophy: “I want to get as much out of life as I can, I’ll never get out of it alive.”
Bellevue Alumni
KENT, Thomas Eugene “Doodle Bug”
Born: 12 May 1929 Died: 5 December 1999 Philosophy: “Life is a cup not to be drained, but a measure to be filled.”
Humes Alumni
KERNODLE, Matthew Ennis
Born: 30 November 1929 Died: 9 November 1984 Philosophy: “I care not if God is on my side. My constant hope and prayer is that I may be found upon God’s side.”
Hollywood Alumni
KILGORE, Donna Lee (Alexander)
Born: 19 August 1929 Died: 2 October 1980 (aged 51) (accident) Philosophy: “To have friends, be a friend.”
Bellevue Alumni
KIMMER, Aleetha Mae (Fry)
Born: 30 October 1929 Died: 30 September 2005 (aged 75) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
KOOK, Joseph Mason
Born: 23 October 1929 Died: 25 March 2012 (aged 82) Philosophy: “From the time you are born till the time you ride in a hearse, things are never so bad that they couldn’t be worse.”
Fairview Alumni
KREAGER, Norma Jean (Earle)
Born: 29 May 1928 Died: 13 February 1989 Philosophy: “To be happy and successful in life.”
KRONE, Elizabeth Anne (Moore)
Fairview Alumni
LAENGLE, Ruby Dell (Addington) (Need to find) Born: 24 September 1929, Osceola AR Died: Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star, get in, and there you are.”
Fairview Alumni
LAWING, William Oran “Bill”
Born: 5 December 1929 Died: 16 May 2010 Philosophy: “Never do anything today that you can do tomorrow.”
Fairview Alumni
LAYMAN, Norma (Keplinger)
Born: 19 September 1929 Died: 28 April 2011 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.”
South Side Alumni
LEAKE, Tingnal Jones
Born: 18 May 1929 Died: 8 January 1968 Philosophy: “If you don’t feel like doing today what you should do, then do it tomorrow.”
Lawler Alumni
LEE, John Elmo
Born: 18 August 1929 Died: 21 December 2010 Philosophy: “To walk with kings but keep the common touch.”
Hollywood Alumni
LEVITCH, Stanley Max
Born: 12 July 1929 Died: 20 November 2010 Philosophy: “A life of health, wealth, and happiness.”
Humes Alumni
LEWIS, Derrylene (Miller) (Need to find)
Born: 7 November 1929, Memphis TN Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
LOMAX, Margaret Ann (Berlin)
Born: 29 January 1930 Died: 10 March 2008 Philosophy: “Trust in God and pray always.”
LYLE, Harry Thomas, Jr.
Born: 3 January 1929 Died: 10 December 1999 Philosophy: “Let the good time roll, because some day you will be old.”
Fairview Alumni
MANN, Robert Chestly “Bob”
Born: 28 April 1929 Husband of Shirley Jeanne Burkhead, T-49 Died: 27 June 2019 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Never think of the past, always think of the future.”
MARTIN, Archie Bee “Ball”
Born: 25 September 1929 Died: 12 June 2011 Philosophy: “You can’t fool a fool.”
Hollywood Alumni
MARTIN, Joseph Randal
Born: 11 October 1928 Died: 11 April 2010 Philosophy: “Better late than never.”
Bellevue Alumni
MARTIN, Mary Jo (Scott)
3454 Angelin Drive Bartlett TN 38135 (901) 382-5301 Philosophy: “Know Thysellf.”
Snowden Alumni
MASON, Anne Catherine (Williams)
Born: 8 May 1929 Died: 1 February 2011 Philosophy: “If a task is once begun, never leave it until it’s done, be it little, great, or small, do it well or not at all.”
MASTERS, Louise Claire (Scott)
Born: 10 July 1929 Died: 31 July 1953 Philosophy: “Love thy neighbor as thy self.”
Messick Alumni
MATHIS, Joe Marietta (Comella)
Born: 8 October 1929 Died: 7 December 2008 Philosophy: “Every cloud must have a silver lining.”
MAY, Jesse Lee, Jr.
Born: 20 February 1928 Died: 14 January 1988 Philosophy: “Live happy and be happy for tomorrow there may be sorrow.”
Bellevue Alumni
McCAIN, Walter Newton
Born: 28 September 1929 Died: 24 November 2001 Philosophy: “Always give a person an even chance.”
Fairview Alumni
McCALLEN, John Thomas “Tom”
Born: 9 February 1929 Died: 20 February 2009 Philosophy: “If at first you do not succeed, try, try again.”
Fairview Alumni
McDANIEL, Marie (Daves)
Born: 7 September 1929 Died: 23 June 2006 Philosophy: “If the world hands you a lemon, squeeze it and start a lemonade stand.”
Fairview Alumni
McGEE, Joyce (Woodard)
Born: 5 August 1928 7348 E. 50th Street, Apt 2, Tulsa OK 74145-6802 (918) 664-2142 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do upto you.”
Sacred Heart Alumni Lawler Alumni
McGEE, Patricia (Butler)
Born: 5 August 1928 6358 80th East Avenue – Condo D, Tulsa OK 74133 (918) 254-6316 Philosophy: “Success comes in cans; failure comes in can’ts.”
Sacred Heart Alumni Lawler Alumni
McGILL, Kenneth Carlyle
Born: 28 October 1928 Died: 1 July 2002 (aged 73) Philosophy: “Be pleasant until 10 o’clock in the morning and then let the rest of the day take care of itself.”
Fairview Alumni Lawler Alumni
McKINNEY, James William, Jr.
Born: 7 August 1929 Died: 12 September 1999 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Snowden Alumni
McREE, Jean (Harrison)
Born: 4 July 1929 1820 Dolphin Drive Seabrook TX 77586 (281) 474-3441 Philosophy: “I’d rather run until I’m out of breath than poke alone till I’m bored to death.”
Bellevue Alumni
MELTON, Glendell Doyle
Born: 3 October 1928 Died: 23 February 2015 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
MELTON, Thomas Weaver
Born: 19 February 1929 Died: 9 June 1948 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
MEREDITH, Elsie Jean (Bowden)
Born: 2 November 1929 Wife of Daniel Bowden, Jr., T-44 Died: 16 December 2016 Philosophy: “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
Bellevue Alumni
MILLER, Vivian “Nita” (Emerson)
Born: 17 November 1929 Died: 20 April 2009 Philosophy: “Good, better, best, never let it rest, till your good is better and your better is best.”
Bellevue Alumni
MINGA, Mary Jo (Stinson)
Born: 9 July 1928 Died: 26 March 2012 Philosophy: “But I say unto you which hear. Love your Enemies, be good to them that hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.”
Bellevue Alumni
MOOR, Gene Maurice
Born: 26 July 1930 Died: 15 March 2018 (aged 87) Philosophy: “Opportunity knocks but once, open the door.
MOORE, Dalton, Jr.
Born: 3 April 1928 Died: 7 July 2002 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
MOORE, David Paul (Need to find) Born: 2 May 1928 Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
MOORE, Stanley Livingston (Need to find) Born: 8 March 1930, Monroe MI Died: Philosophy: “Life is just one big hop from the cradle to the grave. So enjoy your hop.”
MORGAN, Charlene (Ferguson)
Born: 21 July 1930 Died: 15 August 2012 (aged 82) Philosophy: “I had rather be right and stand alone than be wrong and be with the crowd.”
Bellevue Alumni
MORRIS, James Elijah, Jr.
Born: 15 November 1929 Died: 25 July 2020 (aged 90) Philosophy: “A thing worth doing at all is worth doing well.”
Snowden Alumni
MUIRHEAD, Walter B. “Mulehead”
Born: 21 August 1928 Died: 6 May 2017 (aged 88) Philosophy: “God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.”
Bellevue Alumni
NEWTON, Billy Thompson
Born: 6 April 1929 Died: 9 July 2011 Philosophy: “Be natural.”
Bellevue Alumni
NICHOLS, Jere Alexander
Born: 19 October 1929 1556 Galloway Avenue Memphis TN 38112-4929 (901) 278-5176 Philosophy: “To make friends, be a friend.”
NIX, James Gibson
Born: 16 August 1929 Died: 25 August 2019 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off til tomorrow.”
Snowden Alumni
NORMENT, James Weston “Jimmy”
Born: 5 September 1929 Died: 29 May 2010 Philosophy: “To have no conception of the past, but lots for the future.”
Fairview Alumni
NUNNERY, Fred Lee, Jr.
Born: 14 April 1929 Son of Fred Lee Nunnery, T-14 3520 Central Avenue #310, Memphis TN 38112 (901) 529-9136 Philosophy: “In all thy ways acknowledge Him and he shall direct thy paths.”
Fairview Alumni
NUTZELL, Charles Raymond
Born: 29 August 1929 Died: 22 March 2001 Philosophy: “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
Snowden Alumni
OATES, Doris Anne (Wells) (Need to find) Born: 8 May 1929, Memphis TN Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
ORR, Alice Evelyn (Walpole)
Born: 5 March 1929 Died: 21 February 2018 (aged 88) Philosophy: “Don’t explain, your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe you anyway.”
ORRELL, Stanley Austin, Jr.
Born: 11 January 1930 Died: 23 November 2013 Philosophy: “Be happy as long as you hurt no one else.”
ORTEGA, Max R.
Born: 2 August 1929 Died: 28 May 2002 Philosophy: “All good things come in little packages.”
Fairview Alumni Lawler Alumni
OWEN, Leslie Lewis “Mickey”
Born: Unknown Husband of Joyce Helen Taylor, T-47 Died: 21 January 2013 Philosophy: “Try hard enough and you will succeed in anything you do.”
Fairview Alumni
PAGE, Betty Jean (Smythe)
Born: 12 February 1929 Died: 6 March 2006 Philosophy: “Tis as easy now for the heart to be true as for grass to be green or skies to be blue.”
Fairview Alumni
PARKER, James Elmer, Jr. “Moe”
Born: 15 April 1929 Died: 23 October 2011 Philosophy: “To like and to be liked by all.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
PARTIN, Charles Austin
Born: 21 July 1929 Died: 30 January 1998 Philosophy: “To live a life profitable by others.”
PATTERSON, Hattie Jo (Camp)
Born: 7 August 1929 Died: 15 April 2006 (aged 76) Philosophy: “Be always sure you’re right; then go ahead.”
Hollywood Alumni
PHILLIPS, Bonnie Jo (Hooten)
Born: 8 May 1929 Died: 28 July 2004 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
PIERCE, Dyle Laverl
Born: 26 February 1927 Died: 12 March 1977 Philosophy: “What will be shall be.”
Bellevue Alumni
POLLARD, Marjorie Ruth (Cullen) (Need to find) Born: 15 January 1930, Macon MO Died: Philosophy: “To do my best.”
POWELL, Virginia (Kuehn)
Born: 28 May 1929 2508 Flowering Tree Drive Memphis TN 38134 (901) 388-4431
Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained but a measure to be filled.”
Snowden Alumni
PREWITT, George Thomas (Need to find) Born: 21 June 1929, Memphis TN Died: Philosophy: “Don’t follow the leader, but be the leader.”
Messick Alumni
PRITCHETT, Ursula “Sue” (Nance)
1323 Pebble Creek Lane Memphis TN 38120 (901) 754-0255 Philosophy: “Live today, dream of tomorrow, learn from the past.”
RAINES, Sydney Kathleen (Lassiter)
Born: 5 February 1929 Died: 17 March 2004 Philosophy: “The gods help those who help themselves.”
RAWLINS, William Alfred
Born: 7 September 1930 Died: 22 December 2015 Philosophy: “If you can’t do it well don’t do it.”
Snowden Alumni
RHEW, Charles Albert
Born: 10 May 1929 Died: 22 October 1980 Philosophy: “Live for today, tomorrow never comes.”
RILEY, Suzanne (Sparks)
Born: 11 January 1929 Died: 4 July 2005 Philosophy: “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear.”
Hollywood Alumni
ROBERSON, Thomas Alvin, Jr.
Born: 17 October 1928 Died: 6 August 1999 Philosophy: “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.”
Whitehaven Alumni
ROBERTS, James Meade
Born: 29 October 1929 Died: 3 September 2002 Philosophy: “Don’t spend the money you make, save it. Borrow all you can and bank it.”
Bellevue Alumni
ROBERTSON, William Henry
Born: 25 July 1929 Died: 2 July 2001 Philosophy: “Love everybody.”
ROCKETT, Anita Mae (Jeffries)
Born: 22 August 1930 Died: 24 January 2020 (aged 89) Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained, but a measure to be filled.”
Bellevue Alumni
ROLFE, Frances (Marino)
Born: 30 January 1928, Decatur AL 1537 Heathcliff Drive, Memphis TN 38134 (901) 372-4429 Philosophy: “Look for the best, expect the worst, and take what comes.”
St. Agnes Alumni
ROOKER, Peggy Joan (Landercasper)
Born: 2 February 1929 Died: 15 August 2014 Philosophy: “I’d rather run till I’m out of breath than to poke along till I’m bored to death.”
Bellevue Alumni
ROPER, Grady Stephens
Born: 22 February 1930 Died: 9 July 2012 Philosophy: “He who attempts though be fails profits by his attempt.”
Bellevue Alumni
RUSSELL, Joseph Meredith
Born: 10 November 1929 Died: May 1980 Philosophy: “The early bird get the worm, but who wants a worm.”
Snowden Alumni
RUSSELL, Willie Mae (Need to find) Born: 18 May 1928, Blytheville AR Died: Philosophy: “We all are born of Love—this is the greatest of all possessions.”
Snowden Alumni
SAED, Sam
Born: 10 July 1929 Died: 3 February 2010 Philosophy: “Experience is the best teacher.”
SAWNER, Thomas Ralph
Born: 20 October 1928 Died: 3 December 2002 Philosophy: “All great men die young. I feel sick.”
Fairview Alumni
SAWYER, Lois Arlene (Dichtel)
Born: 3 March 1930 Died: 1 May 2003 Philosophy: “To be the best of whatever I am.”
Snowden Alumni
SCHMIDT, Ruallen Louis
Born: 12 September 1928 Died: 1 November 1976 Philosophy: “When the game of life is over and the score is added up, it isn’t how much you won, but how you played the game.”
Fairview Alumni
SHELTON, Martha Joy (Cave)
Born: 19 December 1929 6412 Harding Pike, Nashville TN 37205 (615) 352-0646 Philosophy: “Be not the first to try the new; nor the last to lay the old aside.”
Bellevue Alumni
SIMONTON, Hallie Jean (Holt)
Born: 13 February 1929 Died: 1 January 2021 (aged 91) Philosophy: “Here’s to health, wealth, and happiness and time to enjoy all three.”
SIMPSON, Norma Jean (Perry)
Born: 14 November 1929, Memphis TN 5515 Fannin Avenue Memphis TN 38115-2338 (901) 362-1450 Philosophy: “Give to the world the best that you have and the best will come back to you.”
Bellevue Alumni
SINGLETON, Monte (Need to find) Born: 7 May 1929 Died: Deceased Philosophy: “Never let your studies interfere with your high school education.”
SLAUGHTER, Clara Jean (Ward) (Need to find) Born: 21 April 1929, Memphis TN Died: Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained; it is a measure to be filled.”
Bellevue Alumni
SMART, Marie Anita (Davis)
Born: 19 October 1929 Died: 2 September 2003 Philosophy: “Love conquers all.”
SMITH, Charles Francis, Jr.
Born: 29 December 1929 Died: 15 March 2018 (aged 88) Philosophy: “Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.”
Snowden Alumni
SMITH, Joyce Erlaine (Hall)
Born: 10 July 1929 10591 Sambrooke Cove Collierville TN 38017 (901) 853-6004 Philosophy: “When a task is once begun, never leave it till it’s done; be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.”
Messick Alumni
SMITH, Neil Garrett
Born: 28 August 1929 Died: 11 January 2021 (added 91) Philosophy: “You can never do what you think you cannot do.”
Fairview Alumni
SORRELLE, Harris McLean
Born: 27 August 1929 Died: 19 September 1997 Philosophy: “While opportunity is knocking, you can be opening the door.”
Humes Alumni
SOUTHERLAND, David James
Born: 18 July 1930 1347 Vista Leaf Drive Decatur GA 30033 (404) 636-0620 Philosophy: “Do unto others as others do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
SPARKS, Marshall Scott
Born: 19 November 1929 87592 Doberman Lane Brandon OR 97411-6207 (541) 347-4143 or (541) 285-8924 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star and get out and push.”
Snowden Alumni
SPLAWN, Don Hugh
Born: 31 December 1928 Died: 11 February 1998 Philosophy: “Today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday.”
Bellevue Alumni
SPLAWN, Roy H.
Born: 31 December 1928 Died: 31 August 1997 Philosophy: “Do right and fear no man; don’t write and fear no woman.”
Bellevue Alumni
SPRUILL, Joy Ray (Shellabarber)
Born: 20 March 1929 Died: 16 January 2016 Philosophy: “To succeed in whatever I undertake to do.”
Sacred Heart Alumni
STARNES, Charles Campbell “Chuck”
Born: 26 January 1930 Died: 2 February 2001 Philosophy: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can get somebody else to do today.”
STERGIOS, Thomas Charles
Born: 24 November 1928 Died: 20 September 2002 Philosophy: “Air for the top; you may get there.”
Snowden Alumni
STOCKARD, Hugh Tommy
Born: 2 August 1928 Died: 6 August 2012 (aged 84) Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”
Fairview Alumni
STYERS, Lillie Mae (Buffaloe)
Born: 14 August 1929 Wife of James Gerald Buffaloe, T-48 10911 Oasis Drive, St. Louis MO 63123 (314) 842-0750 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone.”
Bellevue Alumni
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
SUMMERS, Betty Sue (Tomlinson)(Clement)
Born: 27 February 1929 Died: 13 January 2014 (aged 84) Philosophy: “I’d rather run till I’m out of breath than poke along till I’m bored to death.”
Snowden Alumni
SUTTON, Jerry Anderson (Litchfield)
Born: 10 November 1930 Died: January 1996 Philosophy: “Live and learn, die and forget it all.”
SWETT, Minnie Carolyn (Parnell)
Born: 31 August 1929 Died: 9 June 2009 Philosophy: “There’s so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves none of us to talk about the rest of us.”
Bellevue Alumni
TAYLOR, Greta Lorraine (Todd)
Born: 22 January 1929 6548 Putnam Street, Saint Augustine FL 32080 (904) 461-0044 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.”
Fairview Alumni
TAYLOR, Iva Ruth (Cianciola)
Born: 16 January 1927 Died: 16 November 2015 Philosophy: “If life hands you a lemon, squeeze it, and start a lemonade stand.”
Fairview Alumni
TAYLOR, Jane Carnell (Goodman)
Born: 4 September 1929 5345 Revere Road, Memphis TN 38120 (901) 683-2505
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.”
Bellevue Alumni
TAYLOR, Joyce Helen (Owen)
Born: 25 January 1929 Wife of Leslie Lewis Owen, T-47 Died: 28 April 2013 Philosophy: “Always do your best, and God will do the rest.”
Fairview Alumni
THOMAS, John Walter
Born: 28 May 1929, Memphis TN 8766 Wood Mills Cove West Cordova TN 38016 (901) 756-5714 cell: (901) 573-5714 Philosophy: “Love God and fear no man.”
Snowden Alumni
THOMAS, Marceline “Marcy” (Hale)
Born: 14 May 1929 Mother of Ronnie Ellis Hale, T-69 Died: 4 January 2011 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star, and then get ouit and puish.”
Bellevue Alumni
TIDWELL, Glenn Edward “Happy”
Born: 4 December 1929 Died: 22 April 2001 Philosophy: “Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.”
South Side Alumni
TOMERLIN, William Jackson “Bill”
Born: 5 July 1929 Died: 28 May 2002 Philosophy: “Always try to be a success in everything you do, and to be an aid to humanity.”
TOMLINSON, Dale Holloway
Born: 23 June 1928 Died: 26 May 2000 Philosophy: “Man was made to live alone.”
Fairview Alumni
TRAYSER, Patricia Louise (Covington)
Born: 17 March 1929 18 Oakwood Drive, Byhalia MS 38611 (662) 893-2266 m. Beverly Dean Covington 25 Nov 1924-4 Apr 2014
TUCKER, Robert I. “Bob”
Born: 5 February 1929 Died: 9 June 2006 Philosophy: “Why take life so seriously; you will never get out of it alive.”
Bellevue Alumni
TURNER, Gentry, Jr.
Born: 23 August 1929 Died: 16 February 2003 Philosophy: “To take the world as it comes.”
UPCHURCH, Evelyn (Gibson)
Born: 2 March 1927 Died: 13 January 2010 Philosophy: “Live today, dream of the future, and learn from the past.”
VICK, Jack Kenneth
Born: 29 May 1928 Husband of Erma Florine Word, T-49 Died: 2 March 2018 Philosophy: “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.”
Fairview Alumni
WALKER, Dorothy “Daphyne” (Anderton)
Died: 27 March 1929 Died: 17 February 2011 Philosophy: “Patience and gentleness is power.”
Hollywood Alumni
WALLACE, Daniel Clark
Born: 23 February 1929 Died: 3 August 2000 Philosophy: “Each person had his own friends and own world, and hope to live in all of them.”
Bellevue Alumni
WARREN, Stanley Wayborne
Died: 18 April 1930 Husband of Peggy Louise Berry, T-56 Died: 22 August 1996 (aged 66)
WEBB, Dortha Evelyn (Need to find) Born: 30 June 1929, Bruceton TN Died: Philosophy: “I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.”
Bellevue Alumni
WEBER, Henry George
Born: 3 November 1929 Died: 10 September 2018 Philosophy: “Let God have His way at first; He will have it in the end.”
Fairview Alumni
WELLS, Dale Tazewell
Born: 12 December 1928 Brother of Betty Carol Wells, T-50 Died: 17 Apr 2016 Philosophy: “Always air for the top; you may get there.”
Fairview Alumni
WHITE, Robert Mitchell
Born: 2 September 1927 Died: 30 July 2020 (aged 92) Philosophy: “When our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors.”
WHITLEY, Mary Louetta “Mary Lou” (Lang)
Born: 28 March 1930 6200 Oregon Avenue N.W. Washington DC (202) 541-0405 Philosophy: “Nothing is impossible with the help of God.”
Snowden Alumni
WHITTEN, William Ben
Born: 23 September 1929 Died: 13 June 2010 Philosophy: “It is easier to promise than to perform.”
WILKINS, Lila Jean (Kirkland)
Born: 30 August 1929 12138 Nieman Road, Shawnee Mission KS 66213 (913) 402-1237 Philosophy: “Not failure but low aim is a crime.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
WILLIAMS, David Richard
Born: 8 July 1929 “Killed in Action Vietnam - Forever Honored” Died: 1 April 1967 (aged 37) Philosophy: “Let a smile be your umbrella on a rainy, rainy day.”
Fairview Alumni
WILLIS, James Newton
Born: 2 January 1927 Died: 29 February 2008 Philosophy: “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
Bellevue Alumni
WILSON, Annie Lou
Born: 3 August 1926 Died: 16 March 1998 Philosophy: “For she or he who loves, happiness shall find it, for happiness is love itself.”
Snowden Alumni
WILSON, Lawrence G., Jr.
Born: 12 October 1928 Died: 26 January 2008 Philosophy: “Live and let live.”
Fairview Alumni
WIMBERLY, Lila Juanita (Sparrow)
Born: 24 March 1928 Died: 18 May 2017 (aged 89) Philosophy: “To do as I like as long as I live, and live as long as I like.”
Fairview Alumni
WINSTON, Betty J. (Friedl)
Born: 4 October 1928 Died: 24 June 2020 (aged 91) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
WISEMAN, Ruby Esther (Rosser)
Born: 23 December 1929 Died: 16 July 2003 Philosophy: “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”
Bellevue Alumni
WITT, Barbara Jean (Bell)
Born: 4 September 1929 6927 Winding lane, Memphis TN 38133 (901) 380-5353 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
Died: 4 February 1928 Died: 17 March 2009
WRIGHT, Martha “Marty” (Dickerson)
Born: 18 July 1930 Died: 18 July 2010 (aged 80) Philosophy: “Solitude is to the soul what space is to the growing tree.”
Treadwell Alumni
YOUNG, Albert Rawlington
Born: 26 September 1922 Died: 9 May 1979 (aged 56) Philosophy: “To do my best in everything that comes my way.”
Bellevue Alumni
YOUNG, Louis Evelyn (Dearen)
Born: 22 July 1928 Died: 15 January 1996 Philosophy: “Everything happens for the best.”
Snowden Alumni
CLASS OF 1947 Thanks to Bob Mann, T-47, for scanning the 1947 yearbook. Thanks to Erselle “Leigh” Moran Kendrick, T-48 for collecting the addresses and phone numbers. Thanks Linda Barnes Wayman T-66 for cropping the photos.
ADDINGTON, Ralph Monroe
Born: 19 January 1929 Died: 12 March 1978 Philosophy: “When this great game of life is ended and the scorer writes against your name. He writes not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
Bellevue Alumni
ADERHOLT, Mary Sue (Howell)
Born: 7 October 1929 Died: 1 October 2006 Philosophy: “When the final score is made, it’s not whether you lost or won, but how you played the game.”
Snowden Alumni
ANDERECK, Dwain
Born: 30 October 1928 Husband of Marilyn Hamilton, T-48 Died: 18 March 2002 Philosophy: “Always look for the silver lining in a dark cloud.”
Humes Alumni
APPLETON, Opal Lee
Born: 30 November 1928 Died: 13 October 1997 Philosophy: “If first you don’t succeed, try again.”
Whitehaven Alumni
ARENDALE, Jacqueline “Jackiie” (Burnett)
Born: 27 June 1929 Died: 20 October 2012 Philosophy: “Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cry alone.”
ARNOLD, Mary Evelyn (McAfee)
Born: 6 November 1928 Died: 10 December 2016 (aged 88) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
ARQUITT, Walter Edward “Pete”
Born: 18 January 1929 Died: 5 August 1991 Philosophy: “Trouble is only opportunity … in work clothes.
Fairview Alumni Lawler Alumni
AUSTIN, Orrell Stanley, Jr.
Born: 11 January 1930 Died: 23 November 2013 (aged 83)
BABB, Martha (Polk)
1546 Appling Wood Cove N., Cordova TN 38018 (901) 624-9873 Born: 6 January 1929 m. William Shelby Polk, Jr., 18 Jan 1927-24 Jun 2018 Philosophy: “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
Humes Alumni
BAESMAN, Mary Jo (Blake)
Born: 28 September 1929 Died: 18 September 1999 Philosophy: “Leave silence to the saints, cause, Gosh: I’m only human.”
BALLARD, John Martin (Need to find) Martin Bolen Ballard and Maude C. Ballard Born: 16 February 1929, Memphis TN m. Minnie Viola Hough Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
BARBEE, Sylvia Jean (Harris)
Born: 9 September 1929 Died: 21 October 1999 Philosophy: “The foundation of every state is the education of its youth.”
Born: 15 September 1929 Died: 29 November 2012 (aged 83) Philosophy: “I’d rather run till I’m out of breath than poke along and be bored to death.”
Snowden Alumni
BEATTY, Evelyn Lorene “Evie” (Willis)
Born: 27 November 1929 Died: 27 January 1977 Philosophy: “From the time you are born till you ride in hearse, things are never so bad that they couldn’t be worse.”
Snowden Alumni
BEATUS, Lula (Bowerman)
Born: 8 July 1929 Died: 10 November 2014 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
BELL, Jack
Born: 10 December 1926 Died: 14 August 1982 Philosophy: “Always do your best and fate will do the rest.”
Bellevue Alumni
BELL, Robert Gordon “Bobby”
Born: 16 October 1928 Husband of Eunice Ann Herriman, T-47 Died: 26 June 2017 (aged 88) Philosophy: “To take things as they come and laugh at your troubles.”
BENSON, Fred Harrell, Jr.
Born: 4 November 1929 Died: 8 April 2020 (aged 90) Philosophy: “To have and to hold.”
Bellevue Alumni
Born: 13 July 1928 Died: 15 December 2012 (aged 84)
BICKERS, Marjorie (Ezell)
Born: 2 September 1928 Died: 2 September 2006 Philosophy: “To know nothing of the past is to know little of the present and have no conception of the future.”
Frayser Alumni
BICKHAM, Robert Kenison “Bobby”
Born: 23 November 1929 Died: 18 December 1994 Philosophy: “Life is just a gamble, so give me a pair of loaded dice.”
Fairview Alumni
BILLINGSLEY, Margaret Jane “Peggy” (Hope)
Born: 7 March 1930 Died: 6 April 1974 Philosophy: “To walk with kings but keep the common touch.”
Fairview Alumni
BLAKENEY, John Dement
Born: 10 October 1928 Died: 2 September 2014 Philosophy: “Live and learn.”
Snowden Alumni
BLEDSOE, Emily Jane (Dawson)
Born: 29 June 1929 Died: 15 January 2000 Philosophy: “The clouds are always the darkest before a beautiful sunset.”
Fairview Alumni
BLOOM, Gerald Arlen
Born: 17 January 1929 Died: 14 January 1974 Philosophy: “Trust in God and wait.”
Bellevue Alumni
BOAZ, Leonard Norman
Born: 5 September 1929 Died: 4 April 1993 Philosophy: “You get out of life what you put into it.”
Snowden Alumni
BOBBITT, Charles David
Born: 25 April 1928 Died: 15 November 1970 Philosophy: “Eat, drink and be merry, for tomorrow you may start to work.”
South Side Alumni
BOLTON, Buford Terrill
Born: 10 January 1929 Died: 22 May 1999 Philosophy: “Be the best.”
BOMAR, Mary Frances (Goodrum)
Born: 1 December 1929 Died: 3 May 2019 (aged 89) Philosophy: “Always do the best you can; angels can do no better.”
Bellevue Alumni
BRANDON, Luke David
Born: 16 September 1929 Died: 20 December 1951 (aged 22) (accident or suicide) Philosophy: “If at first you don’t succeed, keep on trying till you do succeed.”
Snowden Alumni
BRANNON, Alsie Franklin
Born: 5 July 1929 Died: 28 June 2002 Philosophy: “To be ambitious is to strive for success.”
Snowden Alumni
Born: 4 February 1929 Died: 24 October 2002 Philosophy: “When the game of life is ended, and the score is added and done, it matters not whether you lost or won, but how you played the game.”
Hollywood Alumni
BREWER, Rebecca (Duke)
Born: 27 July 1929 Died: Unknown Philosophy: “When the final score is counted, it is not so much whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
BROADWAY, Mae (Walker)
Born: 18 August 1929 Died: Unknown Future gravestone Philosophy: “If you do your very best, God will do the rest.”
Fairview Alumni
BROOKS, Jack O’Neil
Born: 5 January 1928 Died: 24 December 1985 Philosophy: “Do unto others before they do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
Snowden Alumni
BUTTERWORTH, Mary Kay (Hillencamp)
Born: 1 August 1928 Died: 9 September 2007 Philosophy: “I had rather run till I’m out of breath than poke along till I’m bored to death.”
Treadwell Alumni Lawler Alumni
CAIN, Erban Anderson
Born: 31 July 1929 Died: 6 July 1990 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star, and then get out and push.”
Bellevue Alumni
CALDWELL, Ira James
Born: 15 January 1928 Died: 6 July 2006 Philosophy: “When the final score is counted and the scorekeeper writes against your name, he writes not whether you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
Peabody Alumni
CALLAWAY, Thorp
Born: 1929 Died: 7 March 2007 Philosophy: “Life is one big gamble, so pass the loaded dice.”
Fairview Alumni
CAMPBELL, Violet May (Oleta)
Born: 21 February 1929 Died: 25 July 2004 Philosophy: “Don’t’ reach for a star. Be original and aim at the moon.”
Fairview Alumni
CANADA, Shirley Jean (Holt)
Born: 31 March 1929 Died: 23 October 2019 (aged 90) Philosophy: “There is so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us that it behooves none of us to talk about the rest of us.”
Fairview Alumni
CANANT, Peggy Emogene (King)
Born: 22 October 1929 Died: 6 March 2020 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
South Side Alumni
CARLISLE, Bettye (Kavanaugh)
Born: 2 September 1929 Died: 25 February 1992 Philosophy: “Not failure, but low aim is crime.”
Snowden Alumni
CARLSON, Jim Dick
Born: 15 May 1930 Died: 27 January 2005 Philosophy: “Life is a gamble, so bet wisely.”
Fairview Alumni
CARRIGAN, Juanita “Wheeler” (Calamaio)
Born: 16 September 1929 Died: 15 October 2015 Philosophy: “It is with men as with horses: Those that do the most prancing make the least progress.”
CARVER, Grace Jeanette (Cohn) (Need to find) Born: 8 July 1929 Died: Philosophy: “Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”
Hollywood Alumni
CHANDLER, James Louis
Born: 22 May 1929 Died: 13 May 2000 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you wouldn’t have them do to you.”
Bellevue Alumni
CHERRY, Carson Talmadge
Born: 15 June 1929 Died: 25 March 2005 (aged 75) Philosophy: “If you brood over your troubles, you will have a perfect hatch.”
Hollywood Alumni
CHILDRESS, Iva Joyce (Davis)
Born: 6 July 1929 Died: January 1988 Philosophy: “It’s within yourself you live, so live each day and live happy, because life is what you make it.”
CHRISTIAN, Marion LaVonne (Need to find) Guardian: S. L. Christian Born: 9 September 1930 Died: Philosophy: “If you can’t have what you like, like what you have.”
CIULLA, Jeanette Frances (Platt)
Born: 20 February 1928 Died: 14 January 2017 Philosophy: “Good, better, best, never let it rest, until your good is better and your better is best.”
Humes Alumni
CLARK, Richard Ura
Born: 28 December 1928 10790 Willfleet Drive Cincinnati OH 45241 (513) 563-4187 Philosophy: “Hard work is wonderful, but not too much of it.”
Cummings Alumni
COLVETT, Joseph Monroe
Born: 18 April 1929 112 Sylvan Drive, Milton DE 19968 (302) 684-4513 Philosophy: “A Halo only has to slip down a little way to become a noose.”
COULTER, Virginia Nell (Moore)
Born: 1 June 1929 Died: 22 June 1991 Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained; it is a measure to the filled.”
Whitehaven Alumni
CRAIG, Joseph Clay
Born: 9 January 1929 Died: 25 November 1977 Philosophy: “Look like the innocent flower, but be the serpent under it.”
Fairview Alumni
CRAIG, William Fuqua
Born: June 1928 Died: 17 September 2005 Philosophy: “Live fully while you may, and record not the cost.”
Humes Alumni
CRAWFORD, Carolyn Deane (Jones)
Born: 27 April 1929 Died: 17 November 1986 Philosophy: “Walk with kings, but keep the common touch.”
Bellevue Alumni
CRENSHAW, Norris Lee, Jr. (Need to find) Born: 9 July 1929 Died before his brother Robert, T-51, who died 17 May 2018 and after his father who died 11 November 1992. Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
CREWS, Charles William
Born: 27 October 1928 Died: 31 Mar 1995 Philosophy: “He who cannot be heard of Wisdom had best remain unheard.”
CRUMBY, Robert Henry
Born: 19 December 1928 Died: 24 December 2019 (aged 91) Philosophy: “It’s your life to live, and your love to give.”
Bellevue Alumni
CRUMBY, William Oren, Jr. “Bill”
Born: 11 January 1927 Died: 12 October 1994 (aged 67) Philosophy: “Always play square to others and expect the same.”
Bellevue Alumni
CUNNINGHAM, Helen L. (Martin)
Born: 31 March 1929 Died: 25 November 2000 Philosophy: “Laugh and the world laughs with you.”
DAVIS, Gene Douglas
Born: 28 October 1928 Died: 26 May 2005 (aged 76)
DAVIS, Opal Bernell (Wade)
1487 Eastridge Drive Memphis TN 38120 Philosophy: “Forget the past, live in the present, plan for the future.”
Fairview Alumni
DAVIS, Richard Morris
Born: 9 July 1929 Died: 1 April 1966 Philosophy: “Thy will be done.”
Snowden Alumni
DAVIS, William Robbins “Bill”
Born: 27 July 1929 Died: 7 December 2005 Philosophy: “Be a friend to everyone.”
Snowden Alumni
DEATON, Bettye Lou (Hiedt) (Need to find) Born: 14 August 1929 Died: Philosophy: “To be as sweet as my mother.”
DeCROW, James Kelly
Born: 15 April 1929 Died: 27 October 2012 Philosophy: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”
Snowden Alumni
DELK, William Marion “Bill”
Born: 30 April 1929 Died: 15 December 2013 Philosophy: “Eat to live and live to eat.”
Fairview Alumni
DICKENSON, Charles Forest
Born: 29 January 1929 Died: February 1975 (aged 46) Philosophy: “Laugh and the world laughs with you, cry and you cryi alone.”
Germantown Alumni
DICKERSON, Jesse B., Jr.
Born: 19 January 1929 Died: 23 June 2006 (aged 77) Philosophy: “When the one great Scorer comes to write against your name; He asks not if you won or lost, but how you played the game.”
Fairview Alumni
DICKSON, Margaret Jean (LeMay)
Born: 2 January 1929 Died: 2 January 2007 Philosophy: “Be ye kind.”
Humes Alumni
DOUGLAS, Edward Lee
Born: 14 August 1928 Died: 9 September 2010 Philosophy: “Listen to your mom; she’s always right.”
Fairview Alumni
ECHLIN, Jean (Moore)
Born: 28 July 1929 Died: 29 December 2004 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you’d have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
EDWARDS, Rosa Nell (Binczak)
Born: 3 April 1928 Died: 15 September 2016 Philosophy: “Always be yourself.”
ENGLISH, Mary Ann (Lancaster)
Born: 28 Aug 1929 Died: 14 February 2010 Philosophy: “One can have a thousand friends and still not have too many.”
Humes Alumni
ENGLISH, Paula Willis (Lee)
Born: 6 February 1930 Died: 19 March 1997 Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained, but a measure to be filled.”
South Side Alumni
ESTES, Syble Louise (Brown)(Boring)
Born: 27 November 1929 Wife of Richard Poe Brown, T-42 Died: 1 July 2014 (aged 83) Philosophy: “I’d rather run and run til I’m out of breath, than poke along and be bored to death.”
FAVAZZA, Frank Anthony
Born: 21 August 1928 Died: 19 March 2006 (aged 77) Philosophy: “Love conquers all.”
Bellevue Alumni
FERGUSON, Cecil Raymond
Born: 25 December 1929 1701 Neshoba Cove Germantown TN 38138 (901) 754-3063 Philosophy: “Don’t put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”
Fairview Alumni
FITTS, Arvie Zane
Born: 7 October 1928 Died: 6 March 2008 Philosophy: “Honesty is the beginning of all success.”
Bellevue Alumni
FITZGERALD, Mary Francis (Heppner)
Born: 10 November 1929 Died: 7 December 2010 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them to do unto you.”
FLEMING, Geneva (Willman)
Born: 21 May 1929 Died: 4 March 2002 Philosophy: “To have what I like as long as I live, and live as long as I like.”
Humes Alumni
FOLLETT, Charles Reid
Born: 3 January 1930 Died: 24 July 2006 Philosophy: “If more people didn’t think they knew so much they would know a lot more.”
Bellevue Alumni
FOULES, Charlotte Priest (Tansey)
Born: 16 January 1930 Died: 24 May 2006 Philosophy: “Love Conquers All.”
Snowden Alumni
FRAZIER, Peggy (Turner)
Born: 22 August 1929 Died: 4 September 2009 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star; then get in an there you are.”
FREE, Dona Dolores “Dodie” (Fly)
Born: 9 September 1929 Died: 7 September 2010 Philosophy: “To live and learn and not forget it.”
Hollywood Alumni
FREEMAN, Walter A., Jr.
Born: 22 August 1928 Died: 6 March 2008 Philosophy: “You may be down, but you’re never out.”
Bellevue Alumni Lawler Alumni
FUTRELL, Graham Kenneth
Born: 6 May 1929 Died: 28 January 1992 Philosophy: “Do tomorrow what you can do today.”
Bellevue Alumni
FUTRIS, Steve Charles
Born: 1 August 1928 2995 Gardens Way Memphis TN 38111 (901) 323-2135 Philosophy: “Never look for holes until you hear the shot.”
GARRISON, Peggy (Sanders)
3818 Shelby Road Millington TN 38053 (901) 872-0907 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
GAYNOR, Patricia (Collins) (Need to find) Born: 7 May 1929, Cleveland OH Died: Philosophy: “If life hands you a lemon, squeeze it and start a lemonade stand.”
Snowden Alumni
GISH, Homer K.
Born: 6 July 1927 Died: 19 February 2012 Philosophy: “To put my future in the Hands of God.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
GOLDSTEIN, Joe Aron
Born: 16 April 1929 1675 Ravenhill Drive S. Germantown TN 38138 (901) 756-0421 Philosophy: “Wealth cannot be enjoyed without happiness.”
Humes Alumni
GOODRUM, Norma Elaine (Need to find) Born: 7 Oct 1929, Detroit MI Died: Philosophy: “To make a success in anything I do.”
Treadwell Alumni
GOODWIN, Joseph Francis “Goodie”
Born: 20 March 1927 Died: 2 June 2004 Philosophy: “Join the Navy today.”
Bellevue Alumni
GREEN, Edward T.
Born: 13 July 1929 Died: 19 August 2012 Philosophy: “Always put off today what you can do tomorrow.”
South Side Alumni
GREER, Melvin E. “Greasy”
Born: 11 August 1929 Died: 27 August 2012 Philosophy: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”
Snowden Alumni
GROSSNER, Frederick Heinrich, Jr.
Born: 10 October 1929 Died: 23 October 2004 (aged 75) Philosophy: “Like a meteor, always going.”
Fairview Alumni
HACKNEY, Billy Pierce
Born: 30 April 1929 Died: 28 April 2010 Philosophy: “Do unto others as they do unto you.”
South Side Alumni
HAESSIG, Edwin Theodore “Ted”
Born: 25 December 1929 Died: 25 December 2002 Philosophy: “A young man or woman is like a tack, it will only go as far as its head will let it go.”
Fairview Alumni
HALL, Gloria Faye (McCollough) (Need to find) Born: 14 December 1929 Died: Philosophy: “Live today, dream of tomorrow, and learn from the past.”
Fairview Alumni
HAMBY, Granece (Peterson)
Born: 12 February 1929 Died: 4 August 2004 Philosophy: “Get what cheer you may. The night is long that never finds the day.”
Hollywood Alumni
HANSEN, Robert Warren
Born: 12 March 1927 Died: 15 November 1999 Philosophy: “To enjoy life and to be successful in business.”
Bellevue Alumni
HARE, Clarence Edward, Jr.
Born: 13 December 1929 Died: 14 October 2006 (aged 76) Philosophy: “If you can help it, help it; if you can’t help it, forget it.”
Fairview Alumni Lawler Alumni
HARLOW, Lois Mable (Sadler)
6238 Queensloch Drive Houston TX 77096 (713) 774-9245 Philosophy: “Live the present, dream of the future, and learn from the past.”
Hollywood Alumni
HARPER, Robert G. “Bobby”
Born: 6 January 1929 Died: 12 November 2003 Philosophy: “All men desire to know; few pursue that desire to its fullest extent, so as to benefit mankind and society in every possible way.”
Bellevue Alumni
HARRISON, Alfred Eugene
Born: 30 June 1929 Died: 8 June 1975 Philosophy: “Opportunity only knocks once; so open the door.”
Fairview Alumni
HAYS, Robert Franklin
Born: 27 November 1928 Died: 28 January 2000 Philosophy: “Get as much out of life as you can, for a lifetime is too short to linger.”
Bellevue Alumni
HEATHERLY, Thomas Henry “Tommy”
Born: 4 May 1928 Died: 13 February 2015 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
Born: 5 December 1927 Military Veteran Died: 25 November 2000
Hollywood Alumni
HERRIMAN, Eunice Ann (Bell)
Born: 6 February 1929 Wife of Robert Gordon Bell, T-47 Died: 25 May 2019 (aged 90) Philosophy: “You can do anything that you want to do, if you want to do it bad enough.”
Fairview Alumni
HIGGS, James Hunter, Jr.
Born: 30 March 1929 Died: 14 March 2006 Philosophy: “Live and let live.”
Bellevue Alumni
HOLLOWELL, Dorothy (England)
Born: 4 January 1930 Died: 27 October 2001 Philosophy: “There’s so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves none of us to talk about the rest of us.”
Hollywood Alumni
HOLMES, William Alvin
Born: 11 April 1929 Died: 18 March 2020 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Make as many friends as possible.”
Snowden Alumni
HOLT, William McKinley
Born: 17 December 1929 Died: 24 January 2005 (aged 75) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
HOPPES, Howard Franklin
Born: 1 December 1929 Died: 9 May 2008 Philosophy: “Be natural.”
Fairview Alumni
HOUGH, Barbara Ann (Miller)
Born: 18 February 1930 Died: 3 January 1998 Philosophy: “Beauty is truth, truth is beauty; that is all ye know on earth and all you need to know.”
Catholic Alumni
HUDSON, Marianne (McGavic)
Born: 10 January 1929 Died: 6 September 2010 Philosophy: “Memory is a part of our souls and it is Eternal.”
Fairview Alumni
HURD, Billie Louise (Newman)
Born: 31 October 1929 Died: 15 January 2013 (aged 83) Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star, and get out and push.”
HURT, Robert P.
Born: 5 February 1930 Died: 9 March 1999 Philosophy: “Do the best with what you have.”
Bellevue Alumni
IKARD, John Wesley
Born: 15 December 1929 Died: 10 September 1999 Philosophy: “Be there first, with the most.”
Fairview Alumni
INGRAM, Charles Owens
Born: 23 October 1929 Died: 23 October 2014 Philosophy: “Seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.”
ISOM, Gerald Laverne
Philosophy: “Get her NOW or she will be married tomorrow.”
Fairview Alumni
JACKSON, James Andrew, Jr.
Born: 4 August 1930 Died: 27 December 1976 Philosophy: “Look before you leap but don’t look too long or you won’t leap at all.”
JOHNSON, Dudley Hayward
Born: 24 September 1928 Died: 15 January 2005 Philosophy: “Live by faith.”
Bellevue Alumni
JOHNSON, Flora Elizabeth (Strickland)
Born: 19 December 1928 Died: 27 November 2010 Philosophy: “Don’t trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”
Messick Alumni
JOHNSON, Sam Reeder
Born: 2 June 1929 Died: 15 April 1997 Philosophy: “Don’t let your studies interfere with your high school education.”
Snowden Alumni
JOHNSTON, Truman Wallace
Born: 18 July 1928 Died: 12 January 2010 Philosophy: “Treat all pretty girls as you would your wife.”
JONES, Aliene Wanda (White)
Born: 7 January 1929 Died: 30 May 2014 Philosophy: “I’d rather run till I’m out of breath than poke along and be bored to death.”
Hollywood Alumni
JONES, Bobby Gene
Born: 16 August 1929 Died: 15 August 1991 Philosophy: “Do just enough to get by on.”
Fairview Alumni
JORDAN, William Fern, Jr.
Born: 9 August 1929 Died: 7 June 2007 Philosophy: “A fool and his money soon part.”
Lawler Alumni
KEITH, Betty Jean (Need to find) Born: 23 September 1929, Cowan TN Died: Philosophy: “There is so much bad in the best of us and so much good in the worst of us, that it hardly behooves any of us to talk about the rest of us.”
Fairview Alumni
KEMP, Donald Wayne
Born: 10 Nov 1927 Died: 12 August 1997 Philosophy: “I want to get as much out of life as I can, I’ll never get out of it alive.”
Bellevue Alumni
KENT, Thomas Eugene “Doodle Bug”
Born: 12 May 1929 Died: 5 December 1999 Philosophy: “Life is a cup not to be drained, but a measure to be filled.”
Humes Alumni
KERNODLE, Matthew Ennis
Born: 30 November 1929 Died: 9 November 1984 Philosophy: “I care not if God is on my side. My constant hope and prayer is that I may be found upon God’s side.”
Hollywood Alumni
KILGORE, Donna Lee (Alexander)
Born: 19 August 1929 Died: 2 October 1980 (aged 51) (accident) Philosophy: “To have friends, be a friend.”
Bellevue Alumni
KIMMER, Aleetha Mae (Fry)
Born: 30 October 1929 Died: 30 September 2005 (aged 75) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
KOOK, Joseph Mason
Born: 23 October 1929 Died: 25 March 2012 (aged 82) Philosophy: “From the time you are born till the time you ride in a hearse, things are never so bad that they couldn’t be worse.”
Fairview Alumni
KREAGER, Norma Jean (Earle)
Born: 29 May 1928 Died: 13 February 1989 Philosophy: “To be happy and successful in life.”
KRONE, Elizabeth Anne (Moore)
Fairview Alumni
LAENGLE, Ruby Dell (Addington) (Need to find) Born: 24 September 1929, Osceola AR Died: Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star, get in, and there you are.”
Fairview Alumni
LAWING, William Oran “Bill”
Born: 5 December 1929 Died: 16 May 2010 Philosophy: “Never do anything today that you can do tomorrow.”
Fairview Alumni
LAYMAN, Norma (Keplinger)
Born: 19 September 1929 Died: 28 April 2011 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.”
South Side Alumni
LEAKE, Tingnal Jones
Born: 18 May 1929 Died: 8 January 1968 Philosophy: “If you don’t feel like doing today what you should do, then do it tomorrow.”
Lawler Alumni
LEE, John Elmo
Born: 18 August 1929 Died: 21 December 2010 Philosophy: “To walk with kings but keep the common touch.”
Hollywood Alumni
LEVITCH, Stanley Max
Born: 12 July 1929 Died: 20 November 2010 Philosophy: “A life of health, wealth, and happiness.”
Humes Alumni
LEWIS, Derrylene (Miller) (Need to find)
Born: 7 November 1929, Memphis TN Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
LOMAX, Margaret Ann (Berlin)
Born: 29 January 1930 Died: 10 March 2008 Philosophy: “Trust in God and pray always.”
LYLE, Harry Thomas, Jr.
Born: 3 January 1929 Died: 10 December 1999 Philosophy: “Let the good time roll, because some day you will be old.”
Fairview Alumni
MANN, Robert Chestly “Bob”
Born: 28 April 1929 Husband of Shirley Jeanne Burkhead, T-49 Died: 27 June 2019 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Never think of the past, always think of the future.”
MARTIN, Archie Bee “Ball”
Born: 25 September 1929 Died: 12 June 2011 Philosophy: “You can’t fool a fool.”
Hollywood Alumni
MARTIN, Joseph Randal
Born: 11 October 1928 Died: 11 April 2010 Philosophy: “Better late than never.”
Bellevue Alumni
MARTIN, Mary Jo (Scott)
3454 Angelin Drive Bartlett TN 38135 (901) 382-5301 Philosophy: “Know Thysellf.”
Snowden Alumni
MASON, Anne Catherine (Williams)
Born: 8 May 1929 Died: 1 February 2011 Philosophy: “If a task is once begun, never leave it until it’s done, be it little, great, or small, do it well or not at all.”
MASTERS, Louise Claire (Scott)
Born: 10 July 1929 Died: 31 July 1953 Philosophy: “Love thy neighbor as thy self.”
Messick Alumni
MATHIS, Joe Marietta (Comella)
Born: 8 October 1929 Died: 7 December 2008 Philosophy: “Every cloud must have a silver lining.”
MAY, Jesse Lee, Jr.
Born: 20 February 1928 Died: 14 January 1988 Philosophy: “Live happy and be happy for tomorrow there may be sorrow.”
Bellevue Alumni
McCAIN, Walter Newton
Born: 28 September 1929 Died: 24 November 2001 Philosophy: “Always give a person an even chance.”
Fairview Alumni
McCALLEN, John Thomas “Tom”
Born: 9 February 1929 Died: 20 February 2009 Philosophy: “If at first you do not succeed, try, try again.”
Fairview Alumni
McDANIEL, Marie (Daves)
Born: 7 September 1929 Died: 23 June 2006 Philosophy: “If the world hands you a lemon, squeeze it and start a lemonade stand.”
Fairview Alumni
McGEE, Joyce (Woodard)
Born: 5 August 1928 7348 E. 50th Street, Apt 2, Tulsa OK 74145-6802 (918) 664-2142 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do upto you.”
Sacred Heart Alumni Lawler Alumni
McGEE, Patricia (Butler)
Born: 5 August 1928 6358 80th East Avenue – Condo D, Tulsa OK 74133 (918) 254-6316 Philosophy: “Success comes in cans; failure comes in can’ts.”
Sacred Heart Alumni Lawler Alumni
McGILL, Kenneth Carlyle
Born: 28 October 1928 Died: 1 July 2002 (aged 73) Philosophy: “Be pleasant until 10 o’clock in the morning and then let the rest of the day take care of itself.”
Fairview Alumni Lawler Alumni
McKINNEY, James William, Jr.
Born: 7 August 1929 Died: 12 September 1999 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Snowden Alumni
McREE, Jean (Harrison)
Born: 4 July 1929 1820 Dolphin Drive Seabrook TX 77586 (281) 474-3441 Philosophy: “I’d rather run until I’m out of breath than poke alone till I’m bored to death.”
Bellevue Alumni
MELTON, Glendell Doyle
Born: 3 October 1928 Died: 23 February 2015 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
MELTON, Thomas Weaver
Born: 19 February 1929 Died: 9 June 1948 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
MEREDITH, Elsie Jean (Bowden)
Born: 2 November 1929 Wife of Daniel Bowden, Jr., T-44 Died: 16 December 2016 Philosophy: “There is no exercise better for the heart than reaching down and lifting people up.”
Bellevue Alumni
MILLER, Vivian “Nita” (Emerson)
Born: 17 November 1929 Died: 20 April 2009 Philosophy: “Good, better, best, never let it rest, till your good is better and your better is best.”
Bellevue Alumni
MINGA, Mary Jo (Stinson)
Born: 9 July 1928 Died: 26 March 2012 Philosophy: “But I say unto you which hear. Love your Enemies, be good to them that hate you, bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.”
Bellevue Alumni
MOOR, Gene Maurice
Born: 26 July 1930 Died: 15 March 2018 (aged 87) Philosophy: “Opportunity knocks but once, open the door.
MOORE, Dalton, Jr.
Born: 3 April 1928 Died: 7 July 2002 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
MOORE, David Paul (Need to find) Born: 2 May 1928 Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
MOORE, Stanley Livingston (Need to find) Born: 8 March 1930, Monroe MI Died: Philosophy: “Life is just one big hop from the cradle to the grave. So enjoy your hop.”
MORGAN, Charlene (Ferguson)
Born: 21 July 1930 Died: 15 August 2012 (aged 82) Philosophy: “I had rather be right and stand alone than be wrong and be with the crowd.”
Bellevue Alumni
MORRIS, James Elijah, Jr.
Born: 15 November 1929 Died: 25 July 2020 (aged 90) Philosophy: “A thing worth doing at all is worth doing well.”
Snowden Alumni
MUIRHEAD, Walter B. “Mulehead”
Born: 21 August 1928 Died: 6 May 2017 (aged 88) Philosophy: “God hath made me to laugh, so that all that hear will laugh with me.”
Bellevue Alumni
NEWTON, Billy Thompson
Born: 6 April 1929 Died: 9 July 2011 Philosophy: “Be natural.”
Bellevue Alumni
NICHOLS, Jere Alexander
Born: 19 October 1929 1556 Galloway Avenue Memphis TN 38112-4929 (901) 278-5176 Philosophy: “To make friends, be a friend.”
NIX, James Gibson
Born: 16 August 1929 Died: 25 August 2019 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off til tomorrow.”
Snowden Alumni
NORMENT, James Weston “Jimmy”
Born: 5 September 1929 Died: 29 May 2010 Philosophy: “To have no conception of the past, but lots for the future.”
Fairview Alumni
NUNNERY, Fred Lee, Jr.
Born: 14 April 1929 Son of Fred Lee Nunnery, T-14 3520 Central Avenue #310, Memphis TN 38112 (901) 529-9136 Philosophy: “In all thy ways acknowledge Him and he shall direct thy paths.”
Fairview Alumni
NUTZELL, Charles Raymond
Born: 29 August 1929 Died: 22 March 2001 Philosophy: “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
Snowden Alumni
OATES, Doris Anne (Wells) (Need to find) Born: 8 May 1929, Memphis TN Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
ORR, Alice Evelyn (Walpole)
Born: 5 March 1929 Died: 21 February 2018 (aged 88) Philosophy: “Don’t explain, your friends don’t need it and your enemies won’t believe you anyway.”
ORRELL, Stanley Austin, Jr.
Born: 11 January 1930 Died: 23 November 2013 Philosophy: “Be happy as long as you hurt no one else.”
ORTEGA, Max R.
Born: 2 August 1929 Died: 28 May 2002 Philosophy: “All good things come in little packages.”
Fairview Alumni Lawler Alumni
OWEN, Leslie Lewis “Mickey”
Born: Unknown Husband of Joyce Helen Taylor, T-47 Died: 21 January 2013 Philosophy: “Try hard enough and you will succeed in anything you do.”
Fairview Alumni
PAGE, Betty Jean (Smythe)
Born: 12 February 1929 Died: 6 March 2006 Philosophy: “Tis as easy now for the heart to be true as for grass to be green or skies to be blue.”
Fairview Alumni
PARKER, James Elmer, Jr. “Moe”
Born: 15 April 1929 Died: 23 October 2011 Philosophy: “To like and to be liked by all.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
PARTIN, Charles Austin
Born: 21 July 1929 Died: 30 January 1998 Philosophy: “To live a life profitable by others.”
PATTERSON, Hattie Jo (Camp)
Born: 7 August 1929 Died: 15 April 2006 (aged 76) Philosophy: “Be always sure you’re right; then go ahead.”
Hollywood Alumni
PHILLIPS, Bonnie Jo (Hooten)
Born: 8 May 1929 Died: 28 July 2004 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
PIERCE, Dyle Laverl
Born: 26 February 1927 Died: 12 March 1977 Philosophy: “What will be shall be.”
Bellevue Alumni
POLLARD, Marjorie Ruth (Cullen) (Need to find) Born: 15 January 1930, Macon MO Died: Philosophy: “To do my best.”
POWELL, Virginia (Kuehn)
Born: 28 May 1929 2508 Flowering Tree Drive Memphis TN 38134 (901) 388-4431
Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained but a measure to be filled.”
Snowden Alumni
PREWITT, George Thomas (Need to find) Born: 21 June 1929, Memphis TN Died: Philosophy: “Don’t follow the leader, but be the leader.”
Messick Alumni
PRITCHETT, Ursula “Sue” (Nance)
1323 Pebble Creek Lane Memphis TN 38120 (901) 754-0255 Philosophy: “Live today, dream of tomorrow, learn from the past.”
RAINES, Sydney Kathleen (Lassiter)
Born: 5 February 1929 Died: 17 March 2004 Philosophy: “The gods help those who help themselves.”
RAWLINS, William Alfred
Born: 7 September 1930 Died: 22 December 2015 Philosophy: “If you can’t do it well don’t do it.”
Snowden Alumni
RHEW, Charles Albert
Born: 10 May 1929 Died: 22 October 1980 Philosophy: “Live for today, tomorrow never comes.”
RILEY, Suzanne (Sparks)
Born: 11 January 1929 Died: 4 July 2005 Philosophy: “The Lord is my light and my salvation, whom shall I fear.”
Hollywood Alumni
ROBERSON, Thomas Alvin, Jr.
Born: 17 October 1928 Died: 6 August 1999 Philosophy: “If it’s worth doing, it’s worth doing right.”
Whitehaven Alumni
ROBERTS, James Meade
Born: 29 October 1929 Died: 3 September 2002 Philosophy: “Don’t spend the money you make, save it. Borrow all you can and bank it.”
Bellevue Alumni
ROBERTSON, William Henry
Born: 25 July 1929 Died: 2 July 2001 Philosophy: “Love everybody.”
ROCKETT, Anita Mae (Jeffries)
Born: 22 August 1930 Died: 24 January 2020 (aged 89) Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained, but a measure to be filled.”
Bellevue Alumni
ROLFE, Frances (Marino)
Born: 30 January 1928, Decatur AL 1537 Heathcliff Drive, Memphis TN 38134 (901) 372-4429 Philosophy: “Look for the best, expect the worst, and take what comes.”
St. Agnes Alumni
ROOKER, Peggy Joan (Landercasper)
Born: 2 February 1929 Died: 15 August 2014 Philosophy: “I’d rather run till I’m out of breath than to poke along till I’m bored to death.”
Bellevue Alumni
ROPER, Grady Stephens
Born: 22 February 1930 Died: 9 July 2012 Philosophy: “He who attempts though be fails profits by his attempt.”
Bellevue Alumni
RUSSELL, Joseph Meredith
Born: 10 November 1929 Died: May 1980 Philosophy: “The early bird get the worm, but who wants a worm.”
Snowden Alumni
RUSSELL, Willie Mae (Need to find) Born: 18 May 1928, Blytheville AR Died: Philosophy: “We all are born of Love—this is the greatest of all possessions.”
Snowden Alumni
SAED, Sam
Born: 10 July 1929 Died: 3 February 2010 Philosophy: “Experience is the best teacher.”
SAWNER, Thomas Ralph
Born: 20 October 1928 Died: 3 December 2002 Philosophy: “All great men die young. I feel sick.”
Fairview Alumni
SAWYER, Lois Arlene (Dichtel)
Born: 3 March 1930 Died: 1 May 2003 Philosophy: “To be the best of whatever I am.”
Snowden Alumni
SCHMIDT, Ruallen Louis
Born: 12 September 1928 Died: 1 November 1976 Philosophy: “When the game of life is over and the score is added up, it isn’t how much you won, but how you played the game.”
Fairview Alumni
SHELTON, Martha Joy (Cave)
Born: 19 December 1929 6412 Harding Pike, Nashville TN 37205 (615) 352-0646 Philosophy: “Be not the first to try the new; nor the last to lay the old aside.”
Bellevue Alumni
SIMONTON, Hallie Jean (Holt)
Born: 13 February 1929 Died: 1 January 2021 (aged 91) Philosophy: “Here’s to health, wealth, and happiness and time to enjoy all three.”
SIMPSON, Norma Jean (Perry)
Born: 14 November 1929, Memphis TN 5515 Fannin Avenue Memphis TN 38115-2338 (901) 362-1450 Philosophy: “Give to the world the best that you have and the best will come back to you.”
Bellevue Alumni
SINGLETON, Monte (Need to find) Born: 7 May 1929 Died: Deceased Philosophy: “Never let your studies interfere with your high school education.”
SLAUGHTER, Clara Jean (Ward) (Need to find) Born: 21 April 1929, Memphis TN Died: Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained; it is a measure to be filled.”
Bellevue Alumni
SMART, Marie Anita (Davis)
Born: 19 October 1929 Died: 2 September 2003 Philosophy: “Love conquers all.”
SMITH, Charles Francis, Jr.
Born: 29 December 1929 Died: 15 March 2018 (aged 88) Philosophy: “Give the world the best you have and the best will come back to you.”
Snowden Alumni
SMITH, Joyce Erlaine (Hall)
Born: 10 July 1929 10591 Sambrooke Cove Collierville TN 38017 (901) 853-6004 Philosophy: “When a task is once begun, never leave it till it’s done; be the labor great or small, do it well or not at all.”
Messick Alumni
SMITH, Neil Garrett
Born: 28 August 1929 Died: 11 January 2021 (added 91) Philosophy: “You can never do what you think you cannot do.”
Fairview Alumni
SORRELLE, Harris McLean
Born: 27 August 1929 Died: 19 September 1997 Philosophy: “While opportunity is knocking, you can be opening the door.”
Humes Alumni
SOUTHERLAND, David James
Born: 18 July 1930 1347 Vista Leaf Drive Decatur GA 30033 (404) 636-0620 Philosophy: “Do unto others as others do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
SPARKS, Marshall Scott
Born: 19 November 1929 87592 Doberman Lane Brandon OR 97411-6207 (541) 347-4143 or (541) 285-8924 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star and get out and push.”
Snowden Alumni
SPLAWN, Don Hugh
Born: 31 December 1928 Died: 11 February 1998 Philosophy: “Today is the tomorrow that you worried about yesterday.”
Bellevue Alumni
SPLAWN, Roy H.
Born: 31 December 1928 Died: 31 August 1997 Philosophy: “Do right and fear no man; don’t write and fear no woman.”
Bellevue Alumni
SPRUILL, Joy Ray (Shellabarber)
Born: 20 March 1929 Died: 16 January 2016 Philosophy: “To succeed in whatever I undertake to do.”
Sacred Heart Alumni
STARNES, Charles Campbell “Chuck”
Born: 26 January 1930 Died: 2 February 2001 Philosophy: “Don’t put off until tomorrow what you can get somebody else to do today.”
STERGIOS, Thomas Charles
Born: 24 November 1928 Died: 20 September 2002 Philosophy: “Air for the top; you may get there.”
Snowden Alumni
STOCKARD, Hugh Tommy
Born: 2 August 1928 Died: 6 August 2012 (aged 84) Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”
Fairview Alumni
STYERS, Lillie Mae (Buffaloe)
Born: 14 August 1929 Wife of James Gerald Buffaloe, T-48 10911 Oasis Drive, St. Louis MO 63123 (314) 842-0750 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone.”
Bellevue Alumni
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
SUMMERS, Betty Sue (Tomlinson)(Clement)
Born: 27 February 1929 Died: 13 January 2014 (aged 84) Philosophy: “I’d rather run till I’m out of breath than poke along till I’m bored to death.”
Snowden Alumni
SUTTON, Jerry Anderson (Litchfield)
Born: 10 November 1930 Died: January 1996 Philosophy: “Live and learn, die and forget it all.”
SWETT, Minnie Carolyn (Parnell)
Born: 31 August 1929 Died: 9 June 2009 Philosophy: “There’s so much good in the worst of us, and so much bad in the best of us, that it behooves none of us to talk about the rest of us.”
Bellevue Alumni
TAYLOR, Greta Lorraine (Todd)
Born: 22 January 1929 6548 Putnam Street, Saint Augustine FL 32080 (904) 461-0044 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.”
Fairview Alumni
TAYLOR, Iva Ruth (Cianciola)
Born: 16 January 1927 Died: 16 November 2015 Philosophy: “If life hands you a lemon, squeeze it, and start a lemonade stand.”
Fairview Alumni
TAYLOR, Jane Carnell (Goodman)
Born: 4 September 1929 5345 Revere Road, Memphis TN 38120 (901) 683-2505
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.”
Bellevue Alumni
TAYLOR, Joyce Helen (Owen)
Born: 25 January 1929 Wife of Leslie Lewis Owen, T-47 Died: 28 April 2013 Philosophy: “Always do your best, and God will do the rest.”
Fairview Alumni
THOMAS, John Walter
Born: 28 May 1929, Memphis TN 8766 Wood Mills Cove West Cordova TN 38016 (901) 756-5714 cell: (901) 573-5714 Philosophy: “Love God and fear no man.”
Snowden Alumni
THOMAS, Marceline “Marcy” (Hale)
Born: 14 May 1929 Mother of Ronnie Ellis Hale, T-69 Died: 4 January 2011 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star, and then get ouit and puish.”
Bellevue Alumni
TIDWELL, Glenn Edward “Happy”
Born: 4 December 1929 Died: 22 April 2001 Philosophy: “Trifles make perfection, but perfection is no trifle.”
South Side Alumni
TOMERLIN, William Jackson “Bill”
Born: 5 July 1929 Died: 28 May 2002 Philosophy: “Always try to be a success in everything you do, and to be an aid to humanity.”
TOMLINSON, Dale Holloway
Born: 23 June 1928 Died: 26 May 2000 Philosophy: “Man was made to live alone.”
Fairview Alumni
TRAYSER, Patricia Louise (Covington)
Born: 17 March 1929 18 Oakwood Drive, Byhalia MS 38611 (662) 893-2266 m. Beverly Dean Covington 25 Nov 1924-4 Apr 2014
TUCKER, Robert I. “Bob”
Born: 5 February 1929 Died: 9 June 2006 Philosophy: “Why take life so seriously; you will never get out of it alive.”
Bellevue Alumni
TURNER, Gentry, Jr.
Born: 23 August 1929 Died: 16 February 2003 Philosophy: “To take the world as it comes.”
UPCHURCH, Evelyn (Gibson)
Born: 2 March 1927 Died: 13 January 2010 Philosophy: “Live today, dream of the future, and learn from the past.”
VICK, Jack Kenneth
Born: 29 May 1928 Husband of Erma Florine Word, T-49 Died: 2 March 2018 Philosophy: “Eat, drink, and be merry, for tomorrow you may die.”
Fairview Alumni
WALKER, Dorothy “Daphyne” (Anderton)
Died: 27 March 1929 Died: 17 February 2011 Philosophy: “Patience and gentleness is power.”
Hollywood Alumni
WALLACE, Daniel Clark
Born: 23 February 1929 Died: 3 August 2000 Philosophy: “Each person had his own friends and own world, and hope to live in all of them.”
Bellevue Alumni
WARREN, Stanley Wayborne
Died: 18 April 1930 Husband of Peggy Louise Berry, T-56 Died: 22 August 1996 (aged 66)
WEBB, Dortha Evelyn (Need to find) Born: 30 June 1929, Bruceton TN Died: Philosophy: “I have often regretted my speech, never my silence.”
Bellevue Alumni
WEBER, Henry George
Born: 3 November 1929 Died: 10 September 2018 Philosophy: “Let God have His way at first; He will have it in the end.”
Fairview Alumni
WELLS, Dale Tazewell
Born: 12 December 1928 Brother of Betty Carol Wells, T-50 Died: 17 Apr 2016 Philosophy: “Always air for the top; you may get there.”
Fairview Alumni
WHITE, Robert Mitchell
Born: 2 September 1927 Died: 30 July 2020 (aged 92) Philosophy: “When our actions do not, our fears do make us traitors.”
WHITLEY, Mary Louetta “Mary Lou” (Lang)
Born: 28 March 1930 6200 Oregon Avenue N.W. Washington DC (202) 541-0405 Philosophy: “Nothing is impossible with the help of God.”
Snowden Alumni
WHITTEN, William Ben
Born: 23 September 1929 Died: 13 June 2010 Philosophy: “It is easier to promise than to perform.”
WILKINS, Lila Jean (Kirkland)
Born: 30 August 1929 12138 Nieman Road, Shawnee Mission KS 66213 (913) 402-1237 Philosophy: “Not failure but low aim is a crime.”
Snowden Alumni Lawler Alumni
WILLIAMS, David Richard
Born: 8 July 1929 “Killed in Action Vietnam - Forever Honored” Died: 1 April 1967 (aged 37) Philosophy: “Let a smile be your umbrella on a rainy, rainy day.”
Fairview Alumni
WILLIS, James Newton
Born: 2 January 1927 Died: 29 February 2008 Philosophy: “A friend in need is a friend indeed.”
Bellevue Alumni
WILSON, Annie Lou
Born: 3 August 1926 Died: 16 March 1998 Philosophy: “For she or he who loves, happiness shall find it, for happiness is love itself.”
Snowden Alumni
WILSON, Lawrence G., Jr.
Born: 12 October 1928 Died: 26 January 2008 Philosophy: “Live and let live.”
Fairview Alumni
WIMBERLY, Lila Juanita (Sparrow)
Born: 24 March 1928 Died: 18 May 2017 (aged 89) Philosophy: “To do as I like as long as I live, and live as long as I like.”
Fairview Alumni
WINSTON, Betty J. (Friedl)
Born: 4 October 1928 Died: 24 June 2020 (aged 91) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Bellevue Alumni
WISEMAN, Ruby Esther (Rosser)
Born: 23 December 1929 Died: 16 July 2003 Philosophy: “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”
Bellevue Alumni
WITT, Barbara Jean (Bell)
Born: 4 September 1929 6927 Winding lane, Memphis TN 38133 (901) 380-5353 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”
Fairview Alumni
Died: 4 February 1928 Died: 17 March 2009
WRIGHT, Martha “Marty” (Dickerson)
Born: 18 July 1930 Died: 18 July 2010 (aged 80) Philosophy: “Solitude is to the soul what space is to the growing tree.”
Treadwell Alumni
YOUNG, Albert Rawlington
Born: 26 September 1922 Died: 9 May 1979 (aged 56) Philosophy: “To do my best in everything that comes my way.”
Bellevue Alumni
YOUNG, Louis Evelyn (Dearen)
Born: 22 July 1928 Died: 15 January 1996 Philosophy: “Everything happens for the best.”
Snowden Alumni
