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Classmate Info & Memories, 1963 - Page 2
Most info was submitted in 2001 & 2002. It is not
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to update unless there have been major changes in your life.
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 MOLLY McKEE -
A year after graduation, I married Lionel Freeman, an
Ensley man, & came to Orlando FL. We have 3 fantastic children, Jeffrey 34,
Sean 30 & Susan 27. After 16 years of marriage, we divorced. I became a
travel agent & took some great trips to Buenos Aires, Rio de Janeiro, Aruba,
London, Switzerland & Greece. I moved on to become an airline customer
service agent at the Orlando Int'l Airport for 15 years. This has
afforded us the opportunity to continue traveling. We have very good
friends in Munich Germany & England. Sean has spent 2 years in the Peace
Corps in Papau New Guinea & is preparing to leave for China in 3 weeks to
spend a year teaching English in a small town outside of Beijing. Jeff is a
private pilot & spends his spare time flying planes & going to Munich.
Susan is married, lives in Tallahassee & has a beautiful 3 year old son. I
have 2 gorgeous macaws who occupy my time. A Blue & Gold named Miss Dalton
& a Greenwing named Caidy, hence my email name.
 MARGARET MELCHER -
I have wonderful memories
of my classmates & friends & thank Clifford for "finding" me in Atlanta &
making it possible for me to stay in touch with you. Since graduation I had
25 years of adventure with Eastern Airlines working in various departments &
locations. Life after Eastern continued at Georgia-Pacific until Atlanta's
rush hour traffic got the best of me & I threw in the towel!
Does anyone else remember first period English with Rootin' Tootin' in the
dead of winter when she would throw open all the windows on Monday mornings
for a little fresh air? It was a chilling experience as I recall. She died
many years ago & I still miss her trusted friendship.
 LYN MOFFATT -
After graduation, I worked for a while at an insurance company then married
Sam Sutton ('63) in '64. We were "in the Army" for about 6 years, then
relocated back to B'ham. We had 3 boys & a girl. David, 35,
works for as a construction foreman & lives in Tuscaloosa. Daryl, 33,
works as a policeman & lives in Gardendale. Jason, 30, works as a
computer analyst & lives in Atlanta. Jamie, 24, works as a nurse &
lives in Meridian. After Sam & I divorced, I married a great guy
named Ed & we have been living in Center Point since '79. Ed works for
the Postal Service & I work as an administrative assistant @ Baptist
Montclair. We enjoy traveling in our motor home, being with family &
playing with our 6 GRANDchildren (4 girls & 2 boys). I have enjoyed
browsing through the web site for WEHS - it's so much fun!
 RON MOON -
My wife is Patricia
Stewart from Dothan. We have 2 sons, Jason 27 & Justin 21, who is a Jr at
the Univ of Montevallo where Pat & I met & graduated. Pat is a retired
primary school teacher & I am Dean of Instruction at Bessemer St Technical
College.
 ROMA NEAL -
After
graduation, I started working for Forbes Piano in '63 & am still here. I
got married in '71 & lived in IN for a year in '73 & had a baby there.
Divorced in '74 & came back to AL (I missed this state) with a 7 month old &
raised her with help of my mother. Cindy & Alan have given me 2 beautiful
grandchildren, a boy named Connor MacKenize Marchman who is 3 1/2 & a girl
named Cydney Nicole Marchman who is 1 1/2. These 2 keep me young & happy.
I love my job - it's the people that I work with that get me down
sometime. I love the web site & hope we can keep it up. I like knowing
what everyone is doing & has done & seeing how we have matured. If you are
every close to Forbes, please stop by & see me!
 NANCY NORTON -
I married Pete Stewart
(Ensley) in '64. We have 2 married sons, Steve & Jeff. Steve has 2 boys,
Casey, 10 & Kyle, 7. Jeff has a son, Grayson, 18 months. We are both
retired & love to travel, work in our yard & keep grandchildren every chance
we can.
 SHARON ORR -
I have been married for
33 years to Aaron Ponder & we have 2 children. Todd is 29, Meridith is
26. Aaron is retired from BellSouth. I taught school & am now working
as a Nanny for husband & wife doctors. We live in Homewood. We like to
travel & just got back from a cruise to
Alaska.
 PEGGY PEARCE -
I married Leroy Sizemore
a year out of WEHS, 37 years ago. We have 3 children. Paul 31 is a lawyer in
Inverness & has 2 children. Kristy 25 is married to a sailor, gets to move
around a lot & has 1 child. Kelli 23 is working on her graduate degree at
Auburn & will be married in Aug. Leroy & I took early retirement when
offered from BellSouth but he is doing contract work for them now. We have
recently moved to Lay Lake outside of Childersburg. I have many fond
memories of people & activities from Robert E Lee grammar school (I get
upset at the thought of the name being changed) & WEHS.
 LEEDA
POLLOCK
-
My home has been New
York City for more than 20 years, after living in Oh & CA. Over 6
years ago, I
began a home & garden furnishings business in Charleston SC that includes a
mail order catalog, a web site & a retail store. My family lives in NY.
My daughter, Kristin, 34, is Exec Dir of HERE, a performing arts center in
Soho; my son-in-law, Carl, is a college teacher; & my 2 year old grandson,
Griffin, has no career aspirations to date. Hope to see you in
Charleston or New York. And many thanks to the
people who have organized this web site, without which this communication
simply couldn't exist.
I have wonderful
memories of my years at WEHS. I was blessed by excellent teachers who gave me
the foundation that enabled me to complete a PHD at Ohio St & to graduate
from the Harvard Business School, & by friends who taught me things that
have been just as important.
CAROLYN RIDDLE -
I
left school after getting married, but would have graduated in '63. I was
divorced in "65 & remarried in '68. That same year we moved to Newburg, MO
(pop 500+). My husband traveled as a Mfg Rep for 25 years & I was a home
maker & mother to my daughter, Sonya. In '94, I acquired my Real Estate
License & am now associated with Century 21 First Choice in Rolla, MO, a
college town about 5 miles from my home. My daughter married & lives in
Kansas City with her husband of 20 years & 3 of the best looking boys ever:
Josh 17, Jacob 15 & Jordan 12. My email address reflects the loves of my
lives. jjjsgm stands for Josh, Jake & Jordan's Grandma. There is so much I remember about WEHS. The wonderful
teachers, coaches & especially all of my friends. I look forward to getting
in touch with you again!
 RON ROBBINS -
After Graduation, I attended U of Montevallo (BS '68). Shortly after
entering the workforce, I married Carolyn Eady of Banks & U of Montevallo.
I started a plastic injection molding company that we operated until '87,
when it was sold. In '86-'87, I served as Pres of the Southern Section
of the Society of Plastic Engineers. Since then I have worked selling
plastic process equipment in the SE, have done consulting & am currently a
business analyst for a utility auditing firm. We have 2 great
children. Paul 25, in Austin TX & Ginger 21, in B'ham. We reside in
Gardendale, AL. We are active at Gardendale First Baptist Church,
where I have served as a Deacon & youth teacher. We are also active in
the Gideon Ministry placing Bibles in our area.
 MARY LOUISE ROSS - Hello everyone! I was thrilled to find
this great site & get in touch with friends & with Jack Hulon, my first love
& steady while in school. I have been married to a wonderful man for
38 years. We have live in 12 different places but have called
Beavercreek OH our home for 18 years now. We have 3 grown children & 7
grandchildren! We keep telling them what causes all the grandbabies but they
just keep coming & are a joy! Melissa is 35, Sheri is 33 & Ross is 28.
I am a Videographer & enjoy my work very much. It is very rewarding &
I can work at my own pace.
There
are so many memories of days at WEHS. Friday night dates & marching at
football games. Drive-in movies, remember Auto movies#1? Oh yes, I
remember the day that I drove my sister Barbara's tiny blue car to school. I had pleaded with her for weeks to allow me to drive it. She gave in one
day & I came out after school to drive the cool, cute car home only to
find it missing from the parking lot. It had been picked up & placed
in the school hallway!!!! I remember taking up money for friends who had
gotten speeding tickets. I used to go into Mr McIntosh's math class &
write 2+2=14 or some other wrong answer. He always knew it was me. I
remember Ms Ezell saying, "Your High School record stands for you or
against you & it will follow you the rest of your life. Know what, she
was right!
 LEW ROWELL - Went to Howard College. Dated my WEHS sweetheart
for 3 years & we've been married 35 years. Jerry Evans ('65). We
have a son Jeff, 3 grandsons & a granddaughter due in July. Moved to
Atlanta in '67 & this is home. I am a life insurance agent for the
last 33 years & my son works with Jerry & I for the last 11 years. We
been all over the world but we still love Panama City & have a beach cottage
in Lugana Beach. We are there about once a month. I still love
to act & am involved in church theater annually. I do some motivation
speaking for the insurance industry. I am a piano student for the last
2 years & love to play. Teach Sunday School for over 25 years. I
had the privilege of performing the marriage ceremony for Jeff & his wife &
for my brother Raymond's daughter & her husband. God has blessed us in
so may ways.
 SANDRA RUNYAN -
After graduation I went
to work for Southern Bell performing various jobs but ultimately winding up
in marketing. I was married in '67 to Barry Gilliam, Ensley '61. I quit
work to become a full time mom & raise my 2 daughters, Andrea & Melissa.
Barry is a geologist & has worked for Southern Co for 29 years. I have 2
grandsons, Will 6 & Devin 4. I am active in my church & occasionally teach
a Ladies Bible study group. Barry & I have a small antique business,
Sandbar Antiques (Riverchase Antique Gallery), which keeps us busy.
LONNIE SHOULTZ - I left WEHS & graduated from
Philips. Would have graduated in'63 had I stayed there. I am
disability retired from wounds received in Vietnam. I write an
Internet column on veteran-military affairs that is published by many online
publications. This tagline, which appears at the
end of each article I write, sums up what I've been up to since WEHS: "The
author is a Purple Heart veteran of an 18 month combat tour in Vietnam as a
paratrooper with the 101st Airborne Division & a Green Beret with the 5th
Special Forces Group. When he returned home, he entered police work &
rose through the ranks from uniformed patrol officer with the City of B'ham
to finally serve as a Special Agent with the US Treasury Dept.
He holds a BS in Accounting & Finance, an MA in Military History & has
completed his post graduate academic work toward his doctorate at the U of
Alabama & George Washington Univ in Washington DC. He now resides on the
Gulf Coast in Foley AL."
 JOE SMITH -
After WEHS, I
attended U of Alabama. I married Janelle Wallace (Jones Valley '64) in '68
& that same year was hired by IBM, where I have been for 32 years. We were
transferred to Miami in '76 (great place to live, not so good to work).
In '82 we transferred to Pensacola (ya gotta love the Redneck Riviera) & in
'93 to Atlanta. We have three grown sons, Scott, Jason & Corey, a
daughter-in-law & 2 granddogs. Scott lives in Atlanta & builds custom
stairs. Jason is an electrical engineer with Allison-Smith Co (no
relation) & Corey
is at Troy State. We hope to retire to the Gulf Coast (Navarre) in a
couple of years & get out of the rat race. Many
fond memories, but who can forget Mr Baughan's chemistry class or Ms
Whatley's history class?
 CAROL THOMAS - Following
graduation from WEHS, I attended Sanford U, then Howard College. Married
an Auburn Tiger in '66. Returned to his home in Panama City FL following
graduation where he went into the family business (pharmacy). Married 28
wonderful years with 2 daughters, both married & I have the 2 best
sons-in-law in the world. The older one still lives near me in Panama City
& the younger is in Houston TX. Tragically, my husband died suddenly
& unexpectedly from a massive coronary in June '94. It's been quite an
adjustment! I have kept busy working as the Staff Accountant at First
Baptist Church for the past 15 years & keep involved in local civic
organizations. No grandchildren yet, but I'm hopeful. Love this website
& have enjoyed reading the comments of old friends!
 ANNETTE THOMPSON -
We live on a 60-acre
farm in Thorsby AL, where my husband, Bill, is a real estate attorney &
serves on the Board of Trustees for the Alabama Institute for the Deaf &
Blind. I am a housewife & volunteer. We are both bible class teachers &
have been selected by our Chamber of Commerce as Citizens of the Year. We
helped organize the first YMCA & United Way in Clanton. We have
2 children. Our son, Jason, is an ER Nurse at Brookwood Hospital in
B'ham. He & his wife, Lisa, who teaches choir at Trace Crossings Elem
School & Hunter Street Baptist Church, have a 1 year old girl, Piper, who is
our pride & joy. Our daughter, Jennifer, is an intensive care nurse. She
was in PICU at Children's Hospital & is now doing agency nursing in B'ham
hospitals.
 MARTHA WILKINSON -
Married in ‘63 & moved
to Oak Ridge, TN. Divorced. In ‘77 I started to work at Y-12 Credit Union
in Oak Ridge & currently serve as Executive Asst to the Pres/Board of Dir.
Hope to retire in the not too distant future. I have 2 children, Jimmy 36 &
Jenna Leigh 32. Jimmy & his wife have a son, Drew 7; Jenna & her husband
have 2 boys, Joshua 5 & Jacob 3. 3 grandsons, no granddaughters yet!
Happily married since last year to Jim Drewry. My sisters are Barbara '61 &
Donna '65. Our mother still lives in B’ham
& continues to drive to visit us in Charleston SC, TN & Palm Harbor FL.
Since graduation, I have stayed in touch with Ginny Bragan VARDAMAN & Gwen
Bryars Johnson. I remember the halls of WEHS & look forward to walking them
again. Hopefully I can do this without Ms Ezell catching me in the hall
with Jack Sellers after the bell has rung!
 JANICE WILLIAMS -
I
have been married to Bill Oliver for 20 wonderful years. We live between
Alabaster & Columbiana. Retired 3 years ago because of my health after
working in accounting for MailSouth in Helena. Bill is a minister & we
pastor a church in Hueytown called "Calvary's Way". We are very excited
about this change in our lives! I work with the Praise & Worship Team,
playing the keyboard. I also work with the Ladies Ministry. I have 2
children, Danny, 35 & Melissa, 30. Danny & his wife Angie have 3 precious
girls, Becky, Tiffany & Laura. Melissa is not married, but has my other
"grandchild", her dog, "Bama". I can truthfully say that God has been good
to me these last years. My best to everyone!
 JACK WILSON -
After WEHS, I entered U of
Alabama. Planned on a law career but after 2 years realized that was not
what I wanted (but I learned how to play a passable game of pool a good game
of bridge!) I left 'Bama in '65 & took a job to think things through.
I lost my student deferment & when the draft board came sniffing around, I
joined the USAF & was stationed at Maxwell AFB in Montgomery), Wildwood AFS,
AK & McCoy AFB, FL during my 4-year enlistment. Returned to B'ham in
'69, entered UAB & graduating in its 1st class after it became a fully
independent university (back when UAB had 4 bldgs). In '71 I entered
the novitiate of The Order of the Holy Cross, an Anglican Benedictine Order,
in which I was a monk for 24 years. Early in that period I went to The
Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley CA ('74-'77). After receiving
my degree I was ordained deacon & priest in the Episcopal Church & spent the
ensuing years until '95 in various monasteries of the Order in NY, CA,
IL & Liberia, W Africa. I left the order in '95 & moved Washington DC
to take a job. When the Republicans cut funding, my job evaporated. I
filled in part-time at The Church of the Nativity in Huntsville (the mother
church of the TN Valley. I ended up taking a full-time position as Sr.
Assoc. rector & am still here at Nativity. I never married but have a
3-year old miniature Schnauzer named Sheela who thinks I owe uxorial
allegiance to her! My favorite pastime is ornamental gardening. It is a
great joy to be able to see one of my brothers & his wife (who live here in
Huntsville) at any time & we share a lot of interests & activities.
 MARGARET WRIGHT - I live in
Northport, AL. I have 3 children. I have recently moved back to Tuscaloosa &
returned to college. I work at the U of Alabama & take classes at night. My husband Jerry & I have 3 children, all of who are currently in
school at U of Alabama. Our oldest, Ginny, is about to get her Masters in
Aquatic Ecology. Bill, the middle child, is a Math major & a
vocational missions volunteer. Our youngest, Bob, is a Junior in
Public Relations. I remember
B-YTeens with Ms Baughan. We did lots of community projects that I enjoyed,
especially Easter for a little girl & Christmas dolls. I enjoyed working at
the Goodfellows Store during Christmas break. The camaraderie of the girls
in that club was great. I also liked Shorthand & Typing classes, I guess
because that was the only thing I did really well. Remember Ms Martin "The
verb to be never takes an object." The WELION gossip columns. Registering
for classes in the lunchroom. Now they do it by computer - no
interaction & begging to be let into a class! |
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