Martha Markline Hopkins

Harry & Martha Markline Hopkins

55th MHS Class of '58 High School Reunion, Oct. 18 & 19, 2013

Lynn Johnson Grimes, Judy Johnson Foil,
and Tee Mann Long

Sue Clinton Russell (Class of '57)

and Ouida Landreth Tomlinson 

 

Patsy Fisher McDonald, Louis McDonald,

and Peggy Sellers Rayzorr

Judy Johnson Foil and Nancy Collier Ranager

David James and Bob Chatham

 



Carlee Hamilton Whitaker and Sarah Gibson

 

Myra Merritt Mabry and Joe Mabry

Lady Walker Pfeifer & Ronny Pfeifer

Joe and Jane Burnett

Standing:  Tee Mann Long and Coty Huggins Tootle

Sitting:  Peggy Sellers Rayzor, Edwina Hubert, Jinny Curran Walz

and Mary McLemore Weaver

Peggy Sellers Rayzor, Coty Huggins, Tootle

and Phillip George

Peggy Sellers Rayzor, Coty Huggins Tootle, Phillip George

and Nancy Collier Ranager

Martha Markline Hopkins, Ouida Landreth Tomlinson,

Coty Huggins Tootle and Phillip George

Edwina Hubert, Will Hudson, and Jinny Curran Walz

Lynn Johnson Grimes, Edwina Hubert, Will Hudson,
and Jinny Curran Walz



Peggy Sellers Rayzor, Lynn Johnson Grimes,

Edwina Hubert, Will Hudson,  and Jinny Curran Walz



Tee Mann Long, Marty and Linda Davidson

Tee Mann Long, Marty Davidson, Nancy Collier Ranager,
and Linda Davidson

Lyle McLellan Morehouse and Peggy Sellers Rayzor

Band Members

 

Less Owen and Jim Dalton





The Scoop - John Lennon: Imagine him at 70

CLICK ON "The Scoop" below:

The Scoop - John Lennon: Imagine him at 70: "John Lennon: Imagine him at 70 London Media

John Lennon pictured in 1972, left, and an artist's interpretation of how the singer would look today.Google is using its logo to display Yoko Ono's sketch of John Lennon, and on the occasion of the ex-Beatle's 70th birthday, a mock-up photo of Lennon as he would look today was created by a digital artist. The photo is digitally aged, and assumes that Lennon would opt for a shorter haircut ... and the same old round-frame glasses."

What Were You Doing the Day They Walked on the Moon?

E-mail your answers for posting below. scribe564@bellsouth.net

JIMMY SATTERFIELD: I was working in NASA's Mission Control center in Houston on this day 40 years ago. I worked at NASA as an engineer for Ford (Philco-Ford) company during the Apollo program and especially remember working on the Apollo 11 and 13 missions. Feel very fortunate to have been able to work there from 1967 to 1972 and see history in the making. Have a great day, Jimmy

PEGGY EDWARDS: My Daughters were 2 and 9 and I was a stay at home mom. We lived in Bonita and I remember walking out on the porch that night and looking up at the moon, marveling that this had happened during my lifetime.

JAMES E. MINOR SMITH: Thoughts that come to mind on "Moon Walk Day". In 1969, I had completed my time in VietNam and was assigned as an instructor to the 5th Tactical Control Group at Clark AB. My family had joined me in Dec. '68. So, I watched (in awe) the moon walk on TV. My wife and my children Stephanie and Mike watched with me at our rented house in Angeles City, Republic of the Philippines. Anne was pregnant at the time and my son Douglas was born on my 30th birthday Dec. 11, 1969. Doug was born at the Clark AB Hospital. His birth certificate was recorded at the building in Angeles City which was used by General Douglas MacArthur as his headquarters during WWII. I later supported the space program during assignments to Thule, Greenland (74-75) and was more involved at Cobra Dane on Shemya Island, Alaska (77-78).

MARTHA MARKLINE HOPKINS: I was a Meridian High School English, French, and Spanish teacher who was visiting native friends in Honduras. I had left my 2 little children at home in the care of my husband, mother, and a housekeeper. I spent 6 weeks there, and believe me, by the time I left, I was quite fluent if I hadn't been before! I listened to the moon walk in Spanish on a short wave radio while lying in a hammock (hamaca), looking at the green parrots in the grapefruit trees. The experience was quite surreal from many aspects.

CHECK OUT CLASSMATE'S NEW BLOG

Our classmate David James, an author himself, has an ongoing and lively blog collection of prose, poetry, good music, and cartoons, which I'm sure many of you will enjoy. Here's his email about it and the web address (copy and paste into the URL box):

"Martha Ann, thanks for your editing help with my blog, I think it's time to take the training wheels off and have it suffer the "slings and arrows" of our classmate peers. They really helped shape the class blog. To that end, I'd appreciate it if you'd post my blog's link on the class blog. I'm looking for critical feedback from any and all... anonymously, if need be."

http://mhsclassof58thenandnow.blogspot.com

BIRMINGHAM DOLL CLUB BLOG - CHECK IT OUT!

I have created a blog for the Birmingham Doll Club, of which I am President. We are interested in education concerning collecting and preserving dolls, and their history and appropriate costuming for the period in which they were made. The doll pictured is a reproduction of a French Bru doll;Brus were made in the late 1800's. Our members have many types of interesting dolls - antique and modern, and new posts will appear all along. Check out the site if you're interested.

http://www.bhamdollclub.blogspot.com

OBITUARY FOR JEANETTE FERGUSON NOE

Jeanette Ferguson Noe
Former Congressional Staff Member Services for Jeanette Ferguson Noe will be held Wednesday at 11 a.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Stephens Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements. Mrs. Noe, 68, died Sunday, Dec. 14, 2008, at Guardian Angel Hospice. She served as the Meridian district representative for Congressman G.V. "Sonny" Montgomery from 1967 to 1995. Prior to that, Mrs. Noe was a teacher at Meridian and Oxford high schools and was a reporter for the Associated Press, Memphis Commercial Appeal, Jackson Daily News and The Meridian Star. Mrs. Noe was a graduate of the Mississippi University for Women, where she was a member of the Hall of Fame, was editor of The Spectator and a member of the Mortar Board. She later received her master’s degree in public policy and administration from Mississippi State University, where she was selected as the outstanding in-service graduate student. Mrs. Noe was a past president of the Meridian Community College board of trustees, served on the executive board of Mississippians for Educational Broadcasting, was a member of the advisory group of the Retired Senior Volunteer Program (RSVP) and was a past administrator of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church Chamber Music Series. She was the recipient of numerous honors, including the 1982 Mississippi Press Women’s “Woman of Achievement” award, the 1968 “Silver Inky” award from the Mississippi University of Women’s department of journalism and various writing honors from the Mississippi Press Women. Survivors include her husband, Harold; her son, David, of Tampa, Fla.; sisters Nancy F. Malcolm of Greensboro, Ga., Emily F. Newell of Hattiesburg and Mae F. Johnson of Ft. Worth, Texas; and her excellent companions Hattie Terrell, Christine Russell, Evelyn Edwards, Pearl Gordon and the caregivers of Guardian Angel. She was preceded in death by her father, Eddy Thompson Ferguson, and her mother, Jeanette East Ferguson. The family requests memorials be made to St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 1116 23rd Ave., Meridian 39301, or a favorite charity.

2003 HAPPY REUNION PHOTO AT MARY ANN'S

Here is a photo I took at Mary Ann's during our 2003 Reunion.

Row 1: Carole, Mary Ann, Mary Alice, Jewel, Eula Faye, Myra, and Rita Monette
Row 2: Joyce, Charlotte alexander, Gail Cunningham, ?, Sue, Charlotte Belk, Patsy, ?, Rita Ward

Of course four are no longer with us - Mary Ann, Gail, Mary Alice, and Rita Monette.

I remember it as a very happy day, and this is one of my favorite pictures.

"To Her Bravery"

For James and Rita:

To Her Bravery

In tears I saw you sinking,
I watched you fade away.
You suffered much in silence,
You fought so hard to stay.
You faced your task with courage.
Your spirit did not bend,
And still you kept on fighting
Until the very end.
So when I saw you sleeping
So peaceful, free from pain.
I could not wish you back
To suffer that again.

Anonymous

"Parade"

"Parade"

Trees are marching along the fence,
Red flags flying.
Where's the band?

"Imprint"

"Imprint"

I remember you.
You fluttered through my life
And left your imprint on my soul.

MORE FALL PHOTOS

Here are some more fall leaves (what's left of them) that I couldn't help photographing for the blog. This land belongs to Jack Warner, and used to be his horse farm when he was into that. This is a block from our house in Tuscaloosa. Warner owns a museum of American art that he has collected, and it is considered one of the major collections of its type in the world. He makes loans to major museums throughout the world.

MORE FALL PHOTOS

Here is a Bradford Pear tree and some kind of vine, whose berries I found extremely colorful. Anyone know what it is?

FALL LEAVES

Have you been for a walk with your camera the last few days? Everywhere you look is a photo opportunity! Hope you enjoy these. Sometimes these fall trees take my breath away.