The Granddog of David James
(He was left on cutting room floor during video production.)
(He was left on cutting room floor during video production.)
In Celebration of MHS Class of 1958
Sunday, August 10, 2008
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Sweet Memories - Class of 1958
Revised August Video With New Music and A Few More Photos
Go here: SWEET MEMORIES - CLASS OF 1958 VIDEO
Unique Canes
Thought I would show you what my husband
Ed does in his spare time. He makes hand
carved diamond willow canes. He also makes
his own handles. Am adding a few pictures
so you can see how pretty they are. They are
very unique and there are no two alike. Here
is my web site if you would like to go in and
look at it.
or if that link does not work try
We have had this website on the internet for a
little over 10 years.
Making the canes is Ed's hobby and it has paid off.
Carolyn Falcon coming to you from North Dakota.
email: develin@myway.com
Bobby Joe Toland - Autobiography
New Port Richey, FL
Diane and I still reside in Florida. She is still working (administrator at assisted living facility), and I am still retired. I play golf (ha-ha) and fish when the weather permits. We travel a good bit and see the kids - Bob Jr., Nicole, and Kris, in Atlanta often. Also see the grandkids when we can catch them. The grandson is in second year college, and two granddaughters graduate from high school this year and start college in the fall. Our little granddaughter 6 yrs old just started school. I look forward to seeing everyone in October.
Diane and I still reside in Florida. She is still working (administrator at assisted living facility), and I am still retired. I play golf (ha-ha) and fish when the weather permits. We travel a good bit and see the kids - Bob Jr., Nicole, and Kris, in Atlanta often. Also see the grandkids when we can catch them. The grandson is in second year college, and two granddaughters graduate from high school this year and start college in the fall. Our little granddaughter 6 yrs old just started school. I look forward to seeing everyone in October.
William T. (Bill) Tatum - Autobiography
Still working as Medical Director at Blue Cross in Atlanta, where we’ve been for 19 years. Plan to work, health permitting, at least another year. Lyn and I celebrated our 40th this year at Hilton Head, the same place we went on our honeymoon. I have 4 children, Amanda 46, Barry 44, David 38, and Steven 33; 5 grandchildren ranging in age from 22 to 2; and two great grandchildren, Nathan and Gavin Lopez. No great retirement plans. Hope we can be there. If we are able to come, I will not be playing golf
Carolyn Tanner Kozman - Autobiography
Meridian, MS
Things have not changed very much for my husband and I in the last 10 years since the 40th reunion. Did not go to the 45th class reunion (sorry to say). Looking forward to the 50th reunion. My daughter, Jo Carol Livingston, will be attending with me. We are planning a great time. Thanks for everything.
Things have not changed very much for my husband and I in the last 10 years since the 40th reunion. Did not go to the 45th class reunion (sorry to say). Looking forward to the 50th reunion. My daughter, Jo Carol Livingston, will be attending with me. We are planning a great time. Thanks for everything.
Clyde Searcy - Autobiography
I retired from private engineering practice in 1995 and have become a bum. I still play golf about three times a week and paint, travel and goof off.
My wife, Nellie, and I have three sons and 13 grandchildren scattered all over; one in Italy in Air Force, one in Abiline TX at Abiline Christian College, eight in Kansas City, Kansas, two in Atlanta and one in Nashville.
Am looking forward to the reunion and seeing/visiting with classmates.
My wife, Nellie, and I have three sons and 13 grandchildren scattered all over; one in Italy in Air Force, one in Abiline TX at Abiline Christian College, eight in Kansas City, Kansas, two in Atlanta and one in Nashville.
Am looking forward to the reunion and seeing/visiting with classmates.
God's Minute
1 Kings 19:9a, 11-13a
At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave where he took shelter. Then the LORD said to him,“Go outside and stand on the mountain before the LORD; the LORD will be passing by.” A strong and heavy wind was rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the LORD—but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake—but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was fire—but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound. When he heard this, Elijah hid his face in his cloak and went and stood at the entrance of the cave.
At the mountain of God, Horeb, Elijah came to a cave where he took shelter. Then the LORD said to him,“Go outside and stand on the mountain before the LORD; the LORD will be passing by.” A strong and heavy wind was rending the mountains and crushing rocks before the LORD—but the LORD was not in the wind. After the wind there was an earthquake—but the LORD was not in the earthquake. After the earthquake there was fire—but the LORD was not in the fire. After the fire there was a tiny whispering sound. When he heard this, Elijah hid his face in his cloak and went and stood at the entrance of the cave.
Bless the Lord, my soul,
and bless God's holy name.
Bless the Lord, my soul,
who leads me into life.
Taize
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Friday, August 8, 2008
James R. (Jimmy) Satterfield - Autobiography
Conroe TX
Hello to all ‘58 classmates and am looking forward to attending the big 50 reunion. Special thanks to the reunion committee for all your hard work in organizing what am sure is going to be an exciting event.
My wife, Natasha, and I have a home in Huntsville, Texas while continuing to work internationally on financial sector assignments. At the last reunion we were working and living in the Republic of Georgia (Joseph Stalin’s birthplace). We finished work there in 2004 and went to Bulgaria where we lived and worked until mid 2006 when I went to Baghdad, Iraq to work while Natasha went to our home in Texas. In January 2007 we returned to Sofia, Bulgaria till July. I then went to work in Juba, South Sudan in the fall of 2007 and completed that assignment in March of this year.
We are thinking about slowing down a bit and spending more time with family - my five children and their families which include 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild all of which live in Texas. Hopefully, golf will become my major job while also continuing to work on short term international assignments and as time permits to be campground host volunteers in National or State parks in the USA.
Hello to all ‘58 classmates and am looking forward to attending the big 50 reunion. Special thanks to the reunion committee for all your hard work in organizing what am sure is going to be an exciting event.
My wife, Natasha, and I have a home in Huntsville, Texas while continuing to work internationally on financial sector assignments. At the last reunion we were working and living in the Republic of Georgia (Joseph Stalin’s birthplace). We finished work there in 2004 and went to Bulgaria where we lived and worked until mid 2006 when I went to Baghdad, Iraq to work while Natasha went to our home in Texas. In January 2007 we returned to Sofia, Bulgaria till July. I then went to work in Juba, South Sudan in the fall of 2007 and completed that assignment in March of this year.
We are thinking about slowing down a bit and spending more time with family - my five children and their families which include 16 grandchildren and one great grandchild all of which live in Texas. Hopefully, golf will become my major job while also continuing to work on short term international assignments and as time permits to be campground host volunteers in National or State parks in the USA.
Gay Love Rawlings Elliott - Autobiography
David and I have been married for 49 years and have four children and eight grandchildren. We started out in Meridian when David worked for Meyer and Rosenbaum. He entered the priesthood, and ever since then we have lived throughout the South from Mississippi to Tennessee. He retired in August 2007, and we are enjoying our years and lives together. Our main focus now is visiting grandchildren and having them visit us. We enjoy all of us getting together at the beach at least once a year.
Aradasa Purvis Johnson - Autobiography
Mountain Home AR
After my husband of 45 yrs, Sidney, retired at Alpharatta GA in 2002, we relocated to Mountain Home AR. We have been active in the local Gem & Mineral Club. I have made many wire wrap pendants and gem trees from colorful natural rocks. We were the club’s and MWFS’s “2006 Rock Hounds of the Year.” We host the meetings of Micromount group from the club. We enjoy rock hunting field trips to IL, MO, FL, TN, KY and AR (Arkansas Quartz, Dolomite, etc. mines). We enjoy the quiet lifestyle of the Ozark Mountains and live two miles outside of the town. We also like fishing, wood crafts (I asked for and got a wood turning lathe for Christmas a few years ago). We do lots of gardening. I ’can’ much of our vegetables and fruit (5 apple trees, plus peach, pear, cherry, plum, pecan & walnut trees), and also take a large quantity of the garden produce to the Senior Citizens’ Center.
We have two children, a daughter and son. Our daughter and husband and three grandchildren live in Illinois, our son and wife live in California.
After my husband of 45 yrs, Sidney, retired at Alpharatta GA in 2002, we relocated to Mountain Home AR. We have been active in the local Gem & Mineral Club. I have made many wire wrap pendants and gem trees from colorful natural rocks. We were the club’s and MWFS’s “2006 Rock Hounds of the Year.” We host the meetings of Micromount group from the club. We enjoy rock hunting field trips to IL, MO, FL, TN, KY and AR (Arkansas Quartz, Dolomite, etc. mines). We enjoy the quiet lifestyle of the Ozark Mountains and live two miles outside of the town. We also like fishing, wood crafts (I asked for and got a wood turning lathe for Christmas a few years ago). We do lots of gardening. I ’can’ much of our vegetables and fruit (5 apple trees, plus peach, pear, cherry, plum, pecan & walnut trees), and also take a large quantity of the garden produce to the Senior Citizens’ Center.
We have two children, a daughter and son. Our daughter and husband and three grandchildren live in Illinois, our son and wife live in California.
Denman Powers - Autobiography
Gulfport MS
After high school I played in a band (Flares) and didn’t attend college until 1960. I went one year to MJC and the next two years at Orlando College in Orlando FL. I did work at the Meridian Star as an ad layout man/sales for about two years, and then moved to Jackson where I worked as an Engineer’s Aide. This is my second marriage (new wife Connie), to whom I’ve been married for 35 years. I have four children and three grandchildren. After Orlando College I spent the next 25 years with a company based out of Houston, TX where I was a Board ops/coordinator. At age of 62 (2002) I retired to Gulfport MS where we bought an acre of land, which is covered with trees, and put a small house right in the middle. I spend my time now with hobbies such as astronomy, motorcycle adventures, recording in a small studio I have in my house, and play the sax on spot gigs in the many casinos we have on the coast. And, currently, I hope to live happily ever after.
After high school I played in a band (Flares) and didn’t attend college until 1960. I went one year to MJC and the next two years at Orlando College in Orlando FL. I did work at the Meridian Star as an ad layout man/sales for about two years, and then moved to Jackson where I worked as an Engineer’s Aide. This is my second marriage (new wife Connie), to whom I’ve been married for 35 years. I have four children and three grandchildren. After Orlando College I spent the next 25 years with a company based out of Houston, TX where I was a Board ops/coordinator. At age of 62 (2002) I retired to Gulfport MS where we bought an acre of land, which is covered with trees, and put a small house right in the middle. I spend my time now with hobbies such as astronomy, motorcycle adventures, recording in a small studio I have in my house, and play the sax on spot gigs in the many casinos we have on the coast. And, currently, I hope to live happily ever after.
My South
Shhhhhhhh, don't tell anyone from the north about this!!
This was written by Robert St. John, executive chef and owner of the Purple Parrot Cafe, Crescent City Grill and Mahogany Bar of Hattiesburg , MS . (Chef, Author, Restaurateur & World-Class Eater)
Thirty years ago I visited my first cousin in Virginia . While hanging out with his friend, the discussion turned to popular movies of the day. When I offered my two-cents on the authenticity and social relevance of the movie Billy Jack, one of the boys asked, in all seriousness; 'Do you guys have movie theaters down there?' To which I replied, 'Yep. We wear shoes too.'
Just three years ago, my wife and I were attending a food and wine seminar in Aspen , Colo. We were seated with two couples from Las Vegas . One of the Glitter Gulch gals was amused and downright rude when I described our restaurant as a fine-dining restaurant. ' Mississippi doesn't have fine-dining restaurants!' she insisted and nudged her companion. I fought back the strong desire to mention that she lived in the land that invented the 99-cent breakfast buffet.
I wanted badly to defend my state, my region, and my restaurant with a 15-minute soliloquy and public relations rant that would surely change her mind. It was at that precise moment that I was hit with a blinding jolt of enlightenment, and in a moment of complete and absolute clarity it dawned on me -- my South is the best-kept secret in the country. Why would I try to win this woman over? She might move down here.
This is my South: My South is full of honest, hardworking people.
My South is the birthplace of blues and jazz, and rock n' roll. It has banjo pickers and fiddle players, but it also has BB King, Muddy Waters, the Allman Brothers, Emmylou Harris and Elvis.
My South is hot. My South smells of newly mowed grass. My South was kick the can, creek swimming, cane-pole fishing and bird hunting.
In my South, football is king, and the Southeastern Conference is the kingdom.
My South is home to the most beautiful women on the planet.
In my South, soul food and country cooking are the same thing. My South is full of fig preserves, cornbread, butter beans, fried chicken, grits and catfish.
In my South, our transistor radios introduced us to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones at the same time they were introduced to the rest of the country.
In my South, grandmothers cook a big lunch every Sunday, so big that we call it dinner (supper comes later).
In my South, family matters, deeply. My South is boiled shrimp, blackberry cobbler, peach ice cream, banana pudding and oatmeal cream pies. In my South people put peanuts in bottles of Coca-Cola and hot sauce on almost everything.
In my South the tea is iced and almost as sweet as the women.
My South has air-conditioning.
My South is camellias, azaleas, wisteria and hydrangeas.
In my South, the only person that has to sit on the back of the bus is the last person that got on the bus.
In my South, people still say 'Yes, ma'am,' 'No ma'am,' 'Please' and 'Thank you.'
In my South, we all wear shoes....most of the time.
My South is the best-kept secret in the country. Please continue to keep the secret....it keeps the idiots away!
This was written by Robert St. John, executive chef and owner of the Purple Parrot Cafe, Crescent City Grill and Mahogany Bar of Hattiesburg , MS . (Chef, Author, Restaurateur & World-Class Eater)
Thirty years ago I visited my first cousin in Virginia . While hanging out with his friend, the discussion turned to popular movies of the day. When I offered my two-cents on the authenticity and social relevance of the movie Billy Jack, one of the boys asked, in all seriousness; 'Do you guys have movie theaters down there?' To which I replied, 'Yep. We wear shoes too.'
Just three years ago, my wife and I were attending a food and wine seminar in Aspen , Colo. We were seated with two couples from Las Vegas . One of the Glitter Gulch gals was amused and downright rude when I described our restaurant as a fine-dining restaurant. ' Mississippi doesn't have fine-dining restaurants!' she insisted and nudged her companion. I fought back the strong desire to mention that she lived in the land that invented the 99-cent breakfast buffet.
I wanted badly to defend my state, my region, and my restaurant with a 15-minute soliloquy and public relations rant that would surely change her mind. It was at that precise moment that I was hit with a blinding jolt of enlightenment, and in a moment of complete and absolute clarity it dawned on me -- my South is the best-kept secret in the country. Why would I try to win this woman over? She might move down here.
This is my South: My South is full of honest, hardworking people.
My South is the birthplace of blues and jazz, and rock n' roll. It has banjo pickers and fiddle players, but it also has BB King, Muddy Waters, the Allman Brothers, Emmylou Harris and Elvis.
My South is hot. My South smells of newly mowed grass. My South was kick the can, creek swimming, cane-pole fishing and bird hunting.
In my South, football is king, and the Southeastern Conference is the kingdom.
My South is home to the most beautiful women on the planet.
In my South, soul food and country cooking are the same thing. My South is full of fig preserves, cornbread, butter beans, fried chicken, grits and catfish.
In my South, our transistor radios introduced us to the Beatles and the Rolling Stones at the same time they were introduced to the rest of the country.
In my South, grandmothers cook a big lunch every Sunday, so big that we call it dinner (supper comes later).
In my South, family matters, deeply. My South is boiled shrimp, blackberry cobbler, peach ice cream, banana pudding and oatmeal cream pies. In my South people put peanuts in bottles of Coca-Cola and hot sauce on almost everything.
In my South the tea is iced and almost as sweet as the women.
My South has air-conditioning.
My South is camellias, azaleas, wisteria and hydrangeas.
In my South, the only person that has to sit on the back of the bus is the last person that got on the bus.
In my South, people still say 'Yes, ma'am,' 'No ma'am,' 'Please' and 'Thank you.'
In my South, we all wear shoes....most of the time.
My South is the best-kept secret in the country. Please continue to keep the secret....it keeps the idiots away!
Thanks, Classmate Bloggers
We recently added many new posts to our MHS blog. Thank you for sharing your bios. We truly enjoy hearing from each and every one of you. Now we have a real feast of life stories. If you haven't posted or sent yours in yet to Ouida, let us hear from you, classmates!
(Thanks to Martha for this idea and the text)
Thursday, August 7, 2008
Ronny Pfeifer - Autobiography
Married to Lady Walker Pfeifer. We are looking forward to seeing everyone. We are still living in Pineville, LA, retired and enjoying our family. We became great grandparents last year. It doesn’t get any better than this - God is so good. Thanks for all the hard work.
Mary Anthony McLemore Weaver - Autobiography
Akron OH
Immediately following graduation, I completed a degree at University of Mississippi and later completed graduation hours at OSU and KSU. In 1970, I moved to Ohio when my previous spouse, Bob Weaver, joined an Ohio law firm after completing law school and 6 years in the USMC. I currently reside in Akron, Ohio.
Since 1994, I have owned and managed Mary Anthony Weaver Administrative Services. Long-term clients are 2 foundations, the downtown Rotary Club and Mobile Meals, Inc. Before 1994, I worked as Director of Training in the corporate world after working as a private and public school teacher when my children were young. I have 2 sons and 2 grandsons.
Currently I serve as a CASA/GAL for the Juvenile Courts, in a women’s leadership organization raising money for local not-for-profits and as a Chalice Bearer and Eucharistic minister for my church. I recently purchased a villa in a local retirement resort complex where I will reside when I retire. I dislike January and February weather in Ohio but have decided to remain in the area which will allow me to be near my SO of the past 9 years. My last bit of news is I have a 5-pound toy Yorkie who is the ‘best of the best’ roommates - she does not borrow my car, eat out of my fridge or ask for a loan; yet, she is always there to greet me and follow me around any time of day or night.
Immediately following graduation, I completed a degree at University of Mississippi and later completed graduation hours at OSU and KSU. In 1970, I moved to Ohio when my previous spouse, Bob Weaver, joined an Ohio law firm after completing law school and 6 years in the USMC. I currently reside in Akron, Ohio.
Since 1994, I have owned and managed Mary Anthony Weaver Administrative Services. Long-term clients are 2 foundations, the downtown Rotary Club and Mobile Meals, Inc. Before 1994, I worked as Director of Training in the corporate world after working as a private and public school teacher when my children were young. I have 2 sons and 2 grandsons.
Currently I serve as a CASA/GAL for the Juvenile Courts, in a women’s leadership organization raising money for local not-for-profits and as a Chalice Bearer and Eucharistic minister for my church. I recently purchased a villa in a local retirement resort complex where I will reside when I retire. I dislike January and February weather in Ohio but have decided to remain in the area which will allow me to be near my SO of the past 9 years. My last bit of news is I have a 5-pound toy Yorkie who is the ‘best of the best’ roommates - she does not borrow my car, eat out of my fridge or ask for a loan; yet, she is always there to greet me and follow me around any time of day or night.
I'll do a personal video for you
For the first five people who send me 10 to 15 photographs plus three music choices to select from (Youtube source if you have), I will make a 30 second video for each. If you have your music preference in mp3 format, send it. There is no cost to me for 30 seconds. The program requires a minimum of ten photos to produce the free 30-second video. Cannot promise that the program will allow any above ten but may. It will be similar to Millie's. You will be able to download the video to your computer which I will post on our blog.
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