Pansy McCarra Mosby - Autobiography

I am still married to Joe Mosby, Jr. We both are now retired. He has a few cattle and keeps up with his investments, so he is still busy. We have six grandchildren and four great grandchildren, so I am VERY busy. We are going to Disneyland with two of the grandchildren. Hope we live to tell about it? Looking forward to seeing everyone again. Love to all…..

Millie Majors Jones - Autobiography

I have lived in Meridian since we graduated in 1958. I have a son and two daughters, six grandchildren. My husband, George, is retired after being in the insurance industry for 40 years. I worked briefly as a secretary to the Supt. Of Education. We are members of Poplar Springs Dr Baptist Church. I am a Sunday School Teacher for first graders. I’ve been involved with volunteer work for 25 years at one of the local hospitals. We enjoy spending time with our grandchildren. Four of them live in Brookhaven, two live in Meridian. Best wishes to all of you.

William E. Hudson - Autobiography

Wow! 50 years went by in a blur. Looking forward to seeing everyone. I have one wife, 4 children and 5 grandchildren. Life has been good. Located in Plano, TX (Dallas area). Working harder now than ever. Insurance Business for over 45 years is still good, plus the Golf Business for last 5 years. Name of my Golf store is Golf Etc. Plano. Best little golf store in Texas. Visit our website http://www.golfetcplano.com/

Donald P. Massey - Autobiography

I am married to Glenda A. Keen Massey. We have three sons, Eddie Massey, Donnie Massey and Nic DaValle Massey. I still live in the country outside Union MS. I retired in 2005 after a serious heart attack.

Laura Horton Edwards - Autobiography

Mobile, AL

I am a very fortunate person - being blessed from the beginning with wonderful loving parents and three siblings (Linda who lives in Meridian)(John now living in Florida)(Larry regretfully deceased 4/26/07). Now I have a fabulous husband, James, a beautiful daughter, Laura Lee and her husband Chuck, and the greatest grandson in the world, 10 year old Chase. We all live in Mobile. In addition I have a second family living in Meridian, a beautiful step-daughter, Janice and her husband, Doug, and her mother Leola. She has three children (each with a spouse) and four lovely grandchildren. James and I are retired. He was an electrical contractor (working in various part of the U.S.), and I worked with him in the business as estimator/accountant. Our busy lives now revolve around our treasured family and friends. Family, friends and faith, to us, bottom line. That’s what counts. Good life! Great God!

Dorothy (Dot) Frazier Beasley - Autobiography

Meridian MS

Since the last reunion Bobby and I have slowed down a good bit. Several years ago, we decided to downsize and move to the country; an oxymoron in the truest sense. No grandchildren to pamper, so we’ve adopted homeless dogs (7) who think they are grandchildren. I am still active in my church and enjoying life.

Marty Davidson - Autobiography

Meridian, MS

I have been Chairman of the Board of Southern Pipe after making my son President. We have three grandchildren, and we are extremely fortunate to have two of them in Meridian. I am reducing the time I spend at work and trying to spend more time with my grandchildren, traveling with my wife, Linda, and playing golf.

Richard A. Brown - Autobiography

Paula and I celebrated our 44th wedding anniversary in March. We have been in Huntsville, AL for 35 years where I have been a Family Physician. I plan to practice at least three more years before I retire. Paula has been very active in our community activities. Most recently she was chairperson of our Visitors and Tourism Bureau. She has also spearheaded efforts at our church, founded the floral guild and helping with the interior decoration efforts. We have two grown children and two grandchildren. Our daughter, Allyson, is a plastic surgeon in Atlanta and has two precious children; Emma Stewart Maske, age 4 and Jamison Davis Maske, age 2 ½. Her husband, Jim Maske, is an account manager at Goldman Sachs. Our son, Christopher, is single and lives and works in New York City as a photographic artist and computer software consultant. We have a lakeside home in Tennessee about an hour away. We spend time there when we can and enjoy the atmosphere. I love to get out on the water whether the fish are biting or not. Paula has developed a wildflower and native plant garden. She sponsors a summer camp for our grandchildren and grand nieces and nephews.

Shirley Broadhead Hamilton - Autobiography

Still in Oxford. Daughter, Christian, is Bond trader in Chicago. Alexandra is still in media relations in Memphis. I am still teaching my same handicapped student in Oxford.

William A. Betts - Autobiography

Brentwood, TN

I lost my wife of 26 years in 1992 and have not remarried. I have two daughters, well educated, thanks to poor Pop. One's a journalist/lawyer, the other first, a former teacher and later a computer program instructor with the Hospital Corporation of America and the world's greatest Mom. Both daughters are married and are living in the Nashville, Tennessee region. I’d love to tell you about my 4 year old grand daughter.

Education: Bachelor of Science: Science and Education, Mississippi State University, August 1961; Master of Public Health: Environmental Health and Public Health Administration, University of Minnesota, June 1966; Doctor of Public Health (Preventive Medicine), Tulane University School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, June 1969.

1961-1962 Teacher of Mathematics, Chemistry and Science, Greensboro High School, Greensboro, Florida

1963-1965 Malaria Specialist and Rural Health Advisor, Republic of Viet Nam, Binh Tri Thien, Quang Nam-Da Nang, and Nghi Binh Provinces.

1966-1967 Faculty, University of Hawaii, on a special project to train Peace Corps Volunteers for public health work in the US Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands.

1969-1998 United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps (U.S. Uniformed Services). Progressive assignments in the Indian Health Service, international research assignments and US Public Health assignments under the direction of the USPHS Surgeon General. Career Assignments were in the United States and travel outside the United States, working at local, regional, national and international levels. As US Project Director, worked closely with the Government of Yugoslavia on an eight year health education/rural health research program which resulted in the development of Yugoslavia’s first modern rural health system based on the US Indian Health Service model.

Assisted approximately 25 Native American tribal governments in developing their primary health delivery systems for the first time. Developed quality assurance programs and evaluated health programs throughout the Indian Health Service (HIS) system nationwide. Retired from IHS in 1998, with the rank of Scientist Director and awarded the Distinguished Service Medal, the highest decoration of the service for ‘Distinguished, exemplary service to the nation.’
1998-Present Consultant to Native American Tribal health programs (Pro bono). Senior Health Consultant for International Volunteer Services, worldwide (Pro bono).

PUBLICATIONS: Approximately 25 articles/publications in public health and preventive medicine.

The Classs Reunion

Thank goodness we are not in the same condition as this 50th Reunion Bunch!

THE CLASS REUNION
Every ten years, as summertime nears,
An announcement arrives in the mail,
A reunion is planned; it'll be really grand;
Make plans to attend without fail.

I'll never forget the first time we met;
We tried so hard to impress.
We drove fancy cars, smoked big cigars,
And wore our most elegant dress.

It was quite an affair; the whole class was there.
It was held at a fancy hotel.
We wined, and we dined, and we acted refined,
And everyone thought it was swell.

The men all conversed about who had been first
To achieve great fortune and fame.
Meanwhile, their spouses described their fine houses
And how beautiful their children became.

The homecoming queen, who once had been lean,
Now weighed in at one-ninety-six.
The jocks who were there had all lost their hair,
And the cheerleaders could no longer do kicks.

No one had heard about the class nerd
Who'd guided a spacecraft to the moon;
Or poor little Jane, who's always been plain;
She married a shipping tycoon.

The boy we'd decreed "most apt to succeed"
Was serving ten years in the pen,
While the one voted "least" now was a priest;
Just shows you can be wrong now and then.

They awarded a prize to one of the guys
Who seemed to have aged the least.
Another was given to the grad who had driven
The farthest to attend the feast.

They took a class picture, a curious mixture
Of beehives, crew cuts and wide ties.
Tall, short, or skinny, the style was the mini;
You never saw so many thighs.

At our next get-together, no one cared whether
They impressed their classmates or not.
The mood was informal, a whole lot more normal;
By this time we'd all gone to pot.

It was held out-of-doors, at the lake shores;
We ate hamburgers, coleslaw, and beans.
Then most of us lay around in the shade,
In our comfortable T-shirts and jeans.

By the fortieth year, it was abundantly clear,
We were definitely over the hill.
Those who weren't dead had to crawl out of bed,
And be home in time for their pill.

And now I can't wait; they've set the date;
Our fiftieth is coming, I'm told.
It should be a ball, they've rented a hall
At the Shady Rest Home for the old.

Repairs have been made on my hearing aid;
My pacemaker's been turned up on high.
My wheelchair is oiled, and my teeth have been boiled;
And I've bought a new wig and glass eye.

I'm feeling quite hearty, and I'm ready to party
I'm gonna dance 'til dawn's early light.
It'll be lots of fun; But I just hope that there's one
Other person who can make it that night
Author Unknown (Or prefers to remain Anonymous)

Will Hudson - New Grandson

August 1, 2008, a third generation Hudson boy
came into the world, weighing a big 9 pounds.
This is me and my youngest son Eric with Nicholas Lee Hudson.
A very happy occasion!

August 2008 Video

MISS MINER'S 2ND GRADE CLASS

Here is Miss Miner's 2nd grade class at Witherspoon Elementary School. We stayed with her through 4th grade, part of a new educational theory. I guess it worked, for just look at us now! Double click on photo to enlarge.
Row 1: Sue Strong, Shirley Wilson, ?,?,Sandra Pulliam, Peggy Sellers, Peggy Gamble, Charles Kellum, ?
Row 2: Gloria Brown, Millicent Price, Sally Merrill, Sue Powell, Pansy McCarra, Mary Ann Williams, Martha Ann Markline, Joyce Bragg, ?, Jerry Boles
Row 3: M.L. Warren, Russell Starker, ?, Thomas Crane, ?, ?
Row 4: ?, Joe Morgan, ?, Tommy Poole, Lionel Whitehead, ?, David James, ?

Does anybody remember who the others are?

MISS MINER'S BANANA BOAT FIELD TRIP

Here we 4th graders are at the Mobile docks for the purpose of viewing the banana boats from Central America unloading - a creative learning experience, right?
Row l: ?,?,?,Charles Kellum, ?, Sandra Pulliam, Peggy Sellers, Patsy?Gamble, ?
Row 2: Shirley Wilson, Pansy McCarra, Sue Strong, Thomas Crane, Joyce Bragg, Mary Ann Williams, Sally Merrill
Row 3: ?,?, David James, Martha Ann Markline, ?, Sue Powell
Row 4: Miss Miner, ?,?, Mrs. Merrill, Mrs. Markline, Virginia Ballard, Mrs. Sellers

Double click on photo to enlarge.

MHS GRADUATION 1958 ARTICLE

Now you know that I save everything! Hope you enjoy reading this. We were quite a large class. There was a 2nd page to the article, but it was not saved, for some reason. Double click on the article to make it large enough to see easily.

God's Minute

Isaiah 55:1-3

Thus says the LORD:
All you who are thirsty,
come to the water!
You who have no money,
come, receive grain and eat;
Come, without paying and without cost,
drink wine and milk!
Why spend your money for what is not bread;
your wages for what fails to satisfy?
Heed me, and you shall eat well,
you shall delight in rich fare.
Come to me heedfully,
listen, that you may have life.
I will renew with you the everlasting covenant,
the benefits assured to David.

Mississippi Child Abuse and Puppy Mill Case

Mississippi Child Abuse and Puppy Mill Case (click link to post on Poppy's Page for full story)

This spring, outside of New Albany, Mississippi, a two-year child died of extreme child neglect which led to the discovery of a puppy mill being run by the same child abusers. The descriptions of living conditions and treatment of the children in this household and the animals are difficult reading. This case proves the point, as do many others, that where there is animal abuse, there is child abuse. We are their voice - the voice of the small and defenseless.

Announcement!

IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!!