 CHARLCIE LIVELY -
I've been married
to Jim Hopkins of Mobile 35 years. Since '94, we've lived in Taylors SC, just
north of Greenville. Before that we lived in Tampa (3 years), Dallas (17
years)
& Houston (3 years). We have a son who's a psychiatry resident at Dartmouth
Medical Center in NH & a daughter who teaches in Houston. I graduated from U
of TX & worked as a reporter in Dallas, then as a freelance writer mostly
for the apparel industry. Since '99, I've worked for a large agency as a
private investigator. Long story - I'm the only female as well as the only
investigator without a law enforcement background. In between these "real
jobs" I also started my own (very) small company, StopActionSports, which
provides writing, photography & promotion for women's sports, primarily
golf. The constants of my life have been my family & my writing.
I talked my way into the PI job with the intention of writing about it, then
discovered I loved the work (a perfect match for my energy & curiosity, er,
nosiness!).
I
remember that when Miss Praytor's rubber tree bloomed, it was quite an
occasion! Also have fond memories of Ms Shelburne playing the bagpipe & waxing poetic about her adventures in Paris just before the Nazis marched in. The only thing I learned in Mr
Baughan's chemistry class was how to make a stink bomb but that information has come in real handy over the years. Actually, the most useful classes I took at WEHS were Latin
& typing. Can anybody else still conjugate hic, haec, hoc?
DOROTHY MARTIN -
I attended the U of Alabamaabama and UAB.
While practice teaching, I discovered that it was not the profession for me. I
retired after 40 years with Merrill Lynch in March '06. My husband, Don Malpas
(Shades Valley), retired in April '06. We left Birmingham in June '06 and
traveled out west for five months. We very much enjoyed traveling out west and
our lifestyle is now three months on the road in our motorhome and three months
at home. Our daughter, Alecia, and husband live in Montgomery along with our
granddaughter and two grandsons. We are trying to decide when to downsize and
move closer to our daughter and grandchildren.
 BOBBY MOTLEY
-
After
graduation, I attended Auburn until calculus & organic chemistry grades
suggested I let Uncle Sam arrange a cruise to SE Asia for me. I served 2
tours of Viet Nam with the US Navy & returned to Auburn in '67. Graduated
in '69 & moved to Houston to attend Law School at U of Houston. Also, in
'69, I got married (then divorced 6 years later). While attending UH, I
worked as a management trainee for Ramada Inns. I loved hotel management &
that led to a 22 year career with Stouffer's, Omni & Sheraton. I left
Houston in '76 & moved with Stouffer's in the first of 6 company moves over
the next 14 years (Kansas City, NY City, Atlanta (twice), New Orleans &
Boston. In Iowa, I met & married my current wife, Julie, in '79 & we have 2
children, Jake & Sarah. Julie is a redhead & a supervisor at Tufts
Healthplan. Jake is 21 & a senior at Loyola College in Baltimore. He just
completed a semester of study in Madrid, Spain. Sarah is 18 & just
graduated Notre Dame Academy & will be attending Bentley College this
Fall in Boston. In '90, we moved to the south shore of Boston with
Sheraton. In '93, I left Sheraton (6 years was enough). I was based here
in the corporate office &
we loved it here. In '94, out of necessity, I became an entrepreneur
& founded an internet startup, Passkey.com, which thankfully is still going
strong. I'm now on my third company, buying & reselling long distance.
We've really been blessed over the years with great kids, good health
& fantastic friends.
 JILL NEAL - Married
Bobby Morris, class of '61. After moving several times, we settled in St Louis in
'79. We've had a wonderful life & are living proof that Auburn & AL
grads can survive together. Our 2
sons, Scott & Jason live here too. Scott was in NY for 5 years & Indianapolis for 4
years before coming back here. We have 1 grandson, Robert Scott III & another grandchild on the way. We are retired;
me from teaching at Rossman School & Bobby from 34 years with Monsanto. We are enjoying travel & charity work as well as a lot of golf & tennis.
 SANDRA NOBINGER - After WEHS,
got my BS degree from Montevallo & began teaching 1st grade in
Huntsville. An old high school friend, Donna Clark, & I taught in Huntsville
for several years until I met my husband, Albert Adkinson. He worked as electrical engineer with Redstone, but with farming in his blood
& a degree from Auburn we moved to South AL. Our country farm was where we raised
Angus cattle & our 3 lovely daughters. Anna is 30 & has a great job as Art Designer with Collins Signs in Dothan. Bethan
is 25 & a nurse. Cailyn is 21 & a senior at Auburn. I've been teaching for 33 years
& have no plans to retire. We love this country living!
 JOYCE ANN PEEK -
The week after
graduation I went to work with Southern Bell. I retired in '97 from
Bellsouth with 34 years service. For the last 5 years I have been the
office manager for Riders Harley Davidson in Trussville. I have been
married 40 years to Jim Thomas (Phillips HS, '61). We have a son & 4
grandchildren (3 boys, 1 girl). Our son graduated from Samford & New
Orleans Baptist Seminary & now teaches Psychology at the Freewill Baptist
College in Nashville. My husband retired from the CSX Railroad with 33
years service. After our marriage, we lived in West End, Midfield, Huffman
& in '96 built a home in Clay, where we now reside.
 LARAE SCHNEIDER -
I
have one daughter, named Tammi by my first marriage. By my second marriage,
I acquired 2 step-children, Kim & John. At the time of my graduation, I was
living in Midfield, got married & moved to Shannon, got divorced & back to
Midfield. I graduated from UAB in '72, then my mother, daughter & I moved
to Argo, which is just outside Trussville. I married again & we all
stayed in Argo. Got divorced in '93 & had to go to work. I work at
Trussville Animal Hospital as a Veterinary Assistant & Tech. I have a house
full of animals & teach Dog Obedience on the side. I would love to hear
from anyone.
 BILL SCOTT -
After graduation I joined the Navy & was
trained in their nuclear power program. I was on submarines for all of
my active duty service. After the Navy I went into commercial nuclear
power & have worked in many plants around the country as a consultant.
I am now living in Willow Springs, NC & work for Progress Energy. My wife,
Michelle, & I have 6 children, 5 grandchildren & one on the way. We
enjoy
traveling & spending time with our grandchildren & families. I also
enjoy motorcycles, gardening & playing a round of golf every now & again.
I have many great memories of growing up in West End.
 JERRY
SPRUIEL - After graduating from WEHS, I attended U of Alabama, later
transferring to Livingston U. While there, I joined the Navy & entered the
Aviation Reserve Officer Candidate Program. Summers found me at OCS &
while in Fall & Spring I was in school completing my degree. Upon
graduation, flight training proved to be one of the most physically &
academically challenging experiences I ever had. My greatest thrill was
landing on a carrier! I received the Navy Wings of Gold. During my
second tour I was an instructor pilot in Pensacola, where I met & married Rusti.
We have been married almost 29 years. We have 2 children, Johnson David &
Heather. Both are married & Heather has given us our first grandchild,
Rachel. While in the Navy, I literally flew all over the world, primarily
in anti-submarine P-3’s, chasing Soviet subs. While in the Navy, I "saw
the world” just like they promised, mostly living in FL & Hawaii with short
tours in TN & MD. I retired from the Navy in '89 & now work as a trainer
for the Central FL Regional Transportation Authority in Orlando. West End
holds several warm memories for me, but the most important was the football team
& that little sign over the locker door, “You’ve gotta want it!” That
little motto & the lessons of sacrifice & determination taught by coaches
Mitchell, Roy & Short helped me achieve life’s goals that I never could have
imagined possible. I still have my '62 letter sweater & I’m just as proud
of that letter as I am of my wings! There are so many great stories &
memories that space won’t allow here, but I sure remember the locker room
episode of Bobby Atchison & the scoop of “red hot” on a tongue depressor!
Then there was the time Mr Merchant, our science teacher, banged two erasers
together creating a cloud of dust. I had many friends other than on the
football team & it has been a real treat to read on these web pages what has
happened in your lives.
WALTER SULLENS -
I
attended West End High from 1958 to 1962, then joined the USAF & got in my 3 yrs
military service in electronics. I worked in the electronics field for several
years & found there was more revenue in the automotive field so I changed my
line of work. I stayed with Volkswagen of America for several years, then opened
my own independent Volkswagen business. In 1978, I became the Fleet Manager for
UAB. I am now retired from the University with 25 years service. I was doing
consultation work with different counties concerning automotive programs, now totally
retired. I have been married since 1966 & have 1 son & 2 granddaughters. Now
I spend a lot of time on the ole computer looking up people I knew in school &
loving every minute of it.
 BEVERLY
WALTERS -
After WEHS, I went to the U of Alabama to study theater with minors in English &
French. I appeared in many plays there & thought I was destined for a
career in theater. For my junior year, I went to France to university so
that I could study French acting techniques. I studied there & had a great
year. However, during that year, my parents divorced & my mom moved to
Atlanta. I came home to take care of her & dropped out of school. 3
years
later, I was able to resume university at GA State in Atlanta & came
within 2 courses of graduating, but met & married a Canadian who took me to
Canada to live. He was a composer & I became a librettist, writing the
words to operas. We wrote 5 operas, mostly for TV. I had 2 sons there &
lived there 22 years. When I finally went back to school to graduate, it was
medical school & I became a doctor. I subsequently became a neurosurgeon &
was on the faculty of the Univ of Toronto for 7 years after completing my
training program. I was divorced in my internship & met my current husband,
an anesthesiologist, a year later. We married when I finished my training &
have been together 18 years. I came back to the States when I was recruited
to become Chief of Neurosurgery at a hospital in RI. I resigned that job
after 7 years & moved my practice to another hospital in the state that was
starting up a new program & where I am currently Chief.
 KEN WATTS
- After WEHS I attended
Howard College, then got my BS in Physics from UAB. I retired from US Pipe
as Chief Developmental Engineer in '99 after 32 years. I am now living in
Denham Springs LA & currently work for Caltech, designing instrumentation at
LIGO (Laser Interferometer Gravitational wave Observatory) in Livingston LA. We are building a large telescope to detect ripples in space-time. My wife,
Elaine Clark (from Huntsville) & I have been married 30 years. We have 2 sons
(1 each from previous marriages). Both sons, as well as 3 grandchildren,
still live in the B'ham area. Elaine is enjoying being retired from nursing. She was an RN for 35
years. I also do consulting work for the Department of
Energy & the Idaho National Engineering & Energy Laboratory.
Elaine tries to keep me organized, but that seems to be a bigger job than
she anticipated. I think about
WEHS often & consider myself fortunate to have been influenced by the
teachers & my friends while I was there.
 JANE WISE - After
I graduated in '62, Bill Ray (class of '60) & I got married. He got a job
selling cars in B'ham shortly after graduation. In '72 he received a
promotion & transferred to NC. He eventually purchased his own car
dealership in Raleigh which he kept for 7 years until selling it & retiring
to Wrightsville Beach NC in '91. He now has ownership in 3 other car
dealerships in Rockingham NC. Our 2 sons Clint (37) & Todd (31) also own &
operate 2 of these. Bill & I have 4 grandchildren with one on the way. |
