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CLASS OF 1939 Thanks to Sue Lee Johnson, T-51, for scanning the 1939 yearbook photos and Maureen Thoni White, honorary T-69, for scanning the 1939 yearbook.

ADAMS, Lorayne (Fleet)

Born: 7 May 1921 Died: 28 February 2017 Philosophy: “A winner never quits and a quitter never wins.”

AGNEW, Louis Mervin

Born: 12 August 1922 Died: 8 February 1954 (aged 31) Philosophy: “Never do it when you don’t have to.”

ALLEN, William Eugene

Born: 4 June 1920 Died: 5 November 1958 (aged 38)

ANDREINI, Eva M. (Ferloni)

Born: 7 February 1921 Died: 7 November 1998 Philosophy: “Love me forever or leave me alone.”

ANDREWS, James Tucker

Born: 24 July 1921 Husband of Marjorie Arlene Cornell, T-39 Died: 8 July 1987 (aged 65) Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone.”

ANGLIN, Roy Marvin

Born: 10 August 1921 Died: 15 January 2018 (aged 96)

ARMOUR, Mary Evelyn (Norfleet)

Born: 15 December 1921 Died: 26 August 2002 (aged 78) Philosophy: “Never explain; your friends don’t need it your enemies wouldn’t believe you anyway.”

ARMSTRONG, Frances Geraldine (Jacobson)

Born: 4 March 1921 Died: 6 May 1988 Philosophy: “Live, love, and learn.”

ARMSTRONG, Virgil Bell, Jr.

Born: 3 May 1922 Died: 22 August 2018 (aged 96) Philosophy: “Don’t let work interfere with your pleasure.”

ARNOLD, Beverly Louise (Ray)

Born: 22 August 1921 Wife of James Clark Ray, T-39 Died: 2017 Philosophy: “To make the best of everything.”

BAILEY, Hugh Robert

Born: 24 September 1919 Died: April 1983 (aged 63) Philosophy: “Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.”

BAKER, Benjamin Patrick “Ben”

Born: 28 March 1920 Died: 1 July 2005 (aged 85) Philosophy: “Live and learn.”

BAKER, James Austin

Born: 2 January 1921 Husband of Anna B. Leatherwood, T-42 Died: 19 November 1987 (aged 66) Philosophy: “Do unto others before they do unto you.”

BAKER, Martha Jane (Gornek)

Born: 8 February 1921 Died: 31 March 1993 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

BALDRIDGE, Warren George

Born: 31 May 1921 Died: 7 May 2007 (aged 85)

BARFIELD, Charlotte Varina

Born: 12 April 1921 Died: 18 August 2016 (aged 95) Philosophy: “Crape Diem (make the most of each day).”

BARHAM, Charles Russell

Born: 22 December 1920 Husband of Margaret Eleanor Riggins, T-38 Died: 6 January 2000 (aged 79)

BARRY, Mary Elizabeth (Foster)

Born: 26 March 1921 Died: 20 August 1991 Philosophy: “Wish for something long enough and you’ll get it.”

BAUER, Glenna E. (Smith)

Born: 9 November 1921 Died: 4 July 2014 (aged 92) Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you.”

BAUSCH, Charles Thomas

Born: 13 December 1920 Died: 30 May 1985 (aged 64) Philosophy: “There is a sucker born every day. I hope I catch one.”

BEARDEN, Henry Eugene “Gene”

Born: 5 September 1920 Died: 18 March 2004 (aged 83)

BEATON, Nelle Elizabeth (Hayles)

Born: 16 September 1921 Wife of Foster Paul Hayles, T-38 Died: 5 January 1998 Philosophy: “You can only get out of life what you put into it.”

BECKER, Katherine Gertrude

Born: 28 January 1922 Died: 17 May 2014 (aged 92) Philosophy: “That which isn’t worth working for isn’t worth having.”

BEESON, Clarence Oliver “Buddy”

Born: 13 April 1919 Died: 4 February 2007 (aged 87) Philosophy: “If life is a gamble, I want plenty of sevens and elevens.”

BELLUOMINI, Mary Margaret (Williams)

Born: 3 April 1921 Died: 2012 Philosophy: “Live, love, and go crazy.”

BENNETT, Russell Eugene

Born: 15 July 1920 Died: 15 July 1997 (aged 77) Philosophy: “Never put off today what you can do tomorrow.”

BERFIELD, Frank Hale

Born: 1 February 1921 Died: 2 December 2009 (aged 88) Philosophy: “Be big, don’t be bothered with trivial things.”

BIRCHFIELD, Leslie Emmit

Born: 22 November 1920 Died: 15 August 2003 (aged 82) Philosophy: “Try to like everybody and more people will like you.”

BLACK, Jay Coleman

Born: 2 July 1922 Died: 23 June 1999 (aged 76) Philosophy: “Take all you can get for nothing.”

BLACKWELL, Evelyn (Moss)

Born: 6 August 1920 Died: 11 February 2000 Philosophy: “Live and let live.”

BLAISS, Amiel Lee

Born: 12 October 1921 Father of Marcus Blaiss, T-67 Died: 6 April 1999 (aged 77) Philosophy: “Get all you can.”

BLANCET, Doris Wilson (Thompson)

Born: 2 January 1921 Died: 7 March 2011 Philosophy: “Never do today what you can do tomorrow.”

BLATT, Elmer Edwin

Born: 19 June 1920 Died: 7 February 2000 (aged 79) Philosophy: “To smile and the rest of the world smiles with you.”

BLOCKER, Virginia Lorayne (Castanedy)

Born: 12 July 1920 Died: October 1991 (aged 71) Philosophy: “To live the life I love.”

BOBO, James Herbert

Born: 15 September 1921 Died: 6 December 1986 (aged 65) Philosophy: “Think of the future, dream of the past, but live the present.”

BOMAR, Evelyn Nancy (Hastings)

Born: 11 October 1921 Died: 15 October 2020 Philosophy: “Friends are few, enemies should be.”

BOWEN, Clyde Hunter

Born: 1 October 1918 Died: 2 August 1972 Philosophy: “A dollar in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

BOWMAN, Wanda Jane (Smith)

Born: 17 February 1920 Died: Unknown Philosophy: “Actions speak louder than words.”

BREWER, Harry Perkins

Born: 10 September 1919 Died: March 1993 Philosophy: “Two can live as cheap as one if only one eats.”

BRIGHT, Virginia Elizabeth (Golden)

Born: 21 October 1920 Died: 10 September 2004 Philosophy: “Live for today; tomorrow never comes.”

BRIM, Mary Lily (Raulins)

Born: 29 December 1919 Died: 30 December 2008 (aged 89) Philosophy: “Smile and you will get a smile.”

BROOKS, William Bennett

Born: 4 May 1920 Died: 9 September 1999 Philosophy: “Live and learn and maybe you will get somewhere.”

BROSS, Mary Margaret (Rose)

Born: 28 September 1922 Died: 21 February 2008 (aged 85) Philosophy: “Strive to reach the top, but enjoy life as you travel.”

BROWN, Betty Jo (Daubs)

Born: 28 October 1921 Died: 26 October 2009 Philosophy: “Happy is the man that expects nothing for he is never disappointed.”

BROWN, Carter Paul

Born: 8 August 1920 Father of Betty Carolyn Brown, T-67 Father of Charles Thomas Brown, T-67 Father of Pamela Ann Brown, T-69 Father of Margaret Lucille Brown, T-73 Father of Patricia Allene Brown, T-75 Died: 30 December 2005 (aged 85) Philosophy: “Strive to reach the top but make it a pleasant journey.”

BROWN, Joseph Henry

Born: 20 October 1920 Died: 18 December 1964 (aged 44) (New Orleans LA) Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone.”

BRUCE, Robert Newton

Born: 29 December 1921 Died: 18 May 1998 Philosophy: “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

BRYAN, Viola Frances (Woodward)

Born: 3 September 1922 Died: 5 September 2017 (aged 95) Philosophy: “Anything worth having is worth working for.”

BRYANT, Myrtle Rose (Allenbaugh)

Born: 23 December 1921 Died: 14 May 2012 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and the shadows will fall behind you.”

BRYARLY, Virginia Neale (Pfautz)

Born: 3 January 1921 Died: 5 June 1994 Philosophy: “Love me, love my dog.”

BURGESS, James Louis

Born: 6 March 1919 Died: 29 November 1992 Philosophy: “Early birds get the worms, but who likes worms.”

BURING, Ralph

Born: 12 March 1920 Died: 22 May 2005 Philosophy: “A little bit goes a long way.”

BURKE, Alelaide Boyte (Solimine)

Born: 5 December 1921 Died: 28 November 2006 Philosophy: “You get out of life what you put into it.”

BUSBY, Virginia Lois “Vickey” (Weaver)

Born: 22 May 1921 Died: 28 November 2001 Philosophy: “Don’t take life too seriously, you’ll never get out of it alive.”

BUSS, Emma LaVerne (Elder)

Born: 7 June 1921 Died: 15 June 2008 Philosophy: “To get what you want you must work for it.”

BUTLER, Addison Eugene

Born: 13 March 1922 Died: 11 May 1987

BUTLER, Robert Earl “Bob”

Born: 16 January 1920 Died: 4 July 2015 Philosophy: “Be a self-starter-but not a crank.”

CALHOUN, Mary Hal (Hoagland)

Born: 15 November 1920 Died: 10 January 2014 (aged 93-94) Philosophy: “Do better in the future than you’ve done in the past.”

CAMBRON, Robert Thomas, Jr.

Born: 14 March 1922 Died: 1 May 1992 Philosophy: “Success is a high climb so build your ladder now.”

CAMMACK, Jack Beasley

Born: 23 October 1921 Died: 19 February 1983 Philosophy: “One wrapped up in himself gets old.”

CAMP, Nathan B., Jr. “Bob”

Born: 9 October 1919 Died: 19 June 1992 Philosophy: “He who hesitates is lost. To be are not to be is the question? To be is the answer.

CARPENTER, Eleanor (Ottomeyer)

Born: 7 November 1920 Died: 10 March 2011 Philosophy: “If every man had a tenth as much sense as a woman this wouldn’t be a woman’s world.”

CARRINGTON, William “Bill”

Born: 9 October 1920 Died: 26 February 1978 Philosophy: “Many men smoke but Fu man chu.”

CARSON, Sarah Ophelia (Vaiden)

Born: 29 March 1921 Died: November 1995 Philosophy: “Anything worth having is worth working for.”

CARTER, George Joe

Born: 24 January 1920 Husband of Madge Barbara Wilmoth, T-40 Died: 8 January 2008 Philosophy: “Better late than never.”

CHAPMAN, Charles Taylor

Born: 1 September 1920 Died: 18 January 1988 Philosophy: “Honesty is the best policy”

CHILDS, John Thomas, Jr.

Born: 19 May 1920 Died: 15 March 1998 (aged 77) Philosophy: “A person who sits on a tack is better off.”

CHIPMAN, Martha Elizabeth “Betty” (Need to find) Ora Chipman (1878 Lamar) Born: 18 June 1921, La Grange GA Died: Philosophy: “It pays to think three or four times before acting.”

CHITWOOD, Roy Harris

Born: 6 August 1918 Died: 21 August 1987

CLARK, Bivens Guthrie

Born: 18 June 1918 Died: 15 May 1973

CLAYTON, Eugene Leroy

Born: 13 September 1921 “Died non-battle WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 1 September 1942 (aged 20) Philosophy: “The early worm catches the poor fish.”

CLIFT, Robert Lee, Jr.

Born: 23 May 1920 Father of Elizabeth Helen Clift, T-63 Died: 7 November 1982 Philosophy: “Life is just a bowl of woo, so pitch while ye may.”

COCKRELL, Jerry Lee

Born: 31 August 1920 Died: 20 March 1994 Philosophy: “Do others before they do you.”

COCKROFT, Rosa Mae (Nixon)

Born: 4 April 1918 Died: 27 March 1998 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

COMER, Travis Lattner

Born: 22 April 1920 Died: 14 March 1992 (aged 71) Philosophy: “When in doubt call ‘em out even if they’re on the line.”

CORCORAN, Mary Elizabeth (Salles)

Born: 17 February 1920 Died: 15 February 1999 Philosophy: “Always thinking of others makes others think of you.”

CORNELL, Marjorie Arlene (Andrews)

Born: 2 July 1922 Wife of James Tucker Andrews, T-39 Died: 29 October 2001 (aged 79) Philosophy: “We build the ladder by which we climb.”

COSBY, Norma Virginia (Carlson)

Born: 11 December 1920 Died: 11 January 1988 Philosophy: “To live the life I love.”

COTHRAN, Agnes (Davis)

Born: 14 November 1920 Died: 11 July 2005 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you.”

COTTON, Frances Annette (Carpenter)

Born: 20 August 1921 Died: 2 January 2009 (aged 87) Philosophy: “To live the life I Love.”

COURTS, Annette Lancaster (Gates)

Born: 30 September 1922 Died: 7 December 1999 Philosophy: “Worry not for worry gets you no where.”

CRAIGO, Robert Clay, Jr. “Bobby”

Born: 19 October 1920 Died: 8 August 1968 Philosophy: “Where there’s a will, there’s a way.”

CRAWFORD, Julius Patterson

Born: 15 February 1922 Died: 28 October 1995 Philosophy: “Never let anything interfere wth your pleasures.”

CRIDER, Katherine Lillian (Trenthem)

Born: 10 August 1920 Died: 30 August 2002 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you.”

CRISP, Betty (White)

Born: 8 February 1920 Died: 24 March 2013 (aged 93) Philosophy: “To live my own happy life.”

CROWDER, Warren Carman

Born: 8 November 1921 Died: 14 November 2007

CROMWELL, Clara Nell (Duffy)

Born: 27 November 1920 Died: 6 May 2003 (aged 82) Philosophy: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”

CUMMINGS, Roy Bertram

Born: 8 August 1918 Died: 16 May 1980 Philosophy: “Do your best and then don’t worry.”

DAVIS, Carl Turner

Born: 21 May 1921 “Killed in Action WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 25 September 1944 (aged 23)

DAVIS, Edmund Pettus, Jr.

Born: 8 August 1922 Died: 21 July 1989 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you.”

DAVIS, Mary Louise (Need to find) Arthur L. Davis and Effie M. Davis (2111 Evelyn) Born: 20 June 1920 or 21 June 1920, Memphis TN Maybe the Aunt of Richard E. Davis, T-59 Died: Philosophy: “Believe it when you see it.”

DAVIS, Mary Virginia (Cunningham)

Born: 6 January 1920 Died: 8 March 2004 Philosophy: “Life is what you make it.”

DAVIS, Margaret Eleen (Nason)

Born: 19 October 1919 Wife of Harry Allen Nason, T-39 Died: 1 May 2010 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Every cloud has a silver lining, so smile.”

DAYTON, Clinton W.

Born: 19 December 1921 Died: 16 January 2010 Philosophy: “Early to bed, early to arise, let the girls go out with the other guys, not much!

DeBROSSE, Francis Patrick

Born: 23 February 1921 Died: 10 February 2002 (aged 80)

DENT, Henry Minor, Jr.

Born: 4 January 1922 Died: 4 December 2002 Philosophy: “To do unto others as you would have them do unto you, but do it first.”

DICKEY, Nina (Haven)

Born: 26 June 1921 Died: November 1983 (aged 61-62) Philosophy: “Better late than never.”

DIXON, Dorothy Mae (Roper)

Born: 10 March 1922 Died: 17 January 1991 Philosophy: “Winners never quit and quitters never win.”

DIXON, Frank Wilton

Born: 14 December 1920 Died: 29 May 1994 Philosophy: “Never carry stones in glass baskets.”

DORSETT, Hazel Juanita (Ailion)

Born: 29 January 1921 Died: 11 April 2019 (aged 98) Philosophy: “Fools call a mistake a mistake—to others it is a lesson.”

DOUTHIT, Verle A. (Fry)

Born: 29 December 1920 Died: 10 August 2005 Philosophy: “Live today to the fullest and let tomorrow take care of itself.”

DOWNING, Fred Holmes

Born: 4 September 1920 Father of Penny Downing, T-61 Died: 20 January 2016 Philosophy: “Live and learn if you live long enough.”

DUGARD, Ralph S.

Born: 16 February 1921 Died: 7 July 2005

DUNAVANT, Hazel (Bryant)

Born: 12 January 1920 Died: 9 September 2008 Philosophy: “To give and to get the best out of life.”

DUNAVANT, James Don

Born: 26 September 1921 Died: 21 March 2014

DURHAM, Bunnie Marie (Wood) (Need to find) Born: 12 February 1922 Died: Future gravestone, her name on same stone as husband, 1910-2006. Philosophy: “Live and learn.”

EDWARDS, Marie Adelle (Need to find) E. N. Edwards (908 Raynor) Born: 31 January 1921 Maybe m. T. F. or T.T. Boyd, 13 Nov 1938 in AR Died: Philosophy: “Live, love and learn.”

EDRINGTON, Mary Jane (Sierra)

Born: 23 June 1921 Died: 6 December 1981 Philosophy: “Work is work and work must be done, but while I work I have my fun.”

EASTMAN, John William

Born: 30 October 1921 Died: 24 December 1986 Philosophy: “Let your mind rule your heart, and not your heart your mind (where women are concerned).”

ENZENSPERGER, Joseph Wilford

Born: 4 October 1921 Died: 13 July 1951 (aged 29) Philosophy: “Don’t take life too seriously because you’ll never get out of it alive.”

Lawler Alumni

EPSTEIN, Maynard

Born: 9 January 1922 Died: 6 October 1978 Philosophy: “Better to be late and keep the other fellow waiting than to be early and keep yourself waiting.”

FARRELL, Charles Edwin

Born: 4 March 1921 Died: 3 May 1990 Philosophy: “Always look on the bright side of life, even if it is raining.”

FINLEY, Evelyn Anne (Payne)

Born: 1 September 1922 Wife of Arthur Franklin Payne, Jr., T-38 Died: 1 May 2010 (aged 87) Philosophy: “There is a thorn with every rose, but ain’t the roses sweet.”

FISHER, Russell Exum

Born: 29 October 1919 Died: 14 May 1976 (aged 56)

FISHER, William Albert (Need to find) Guardian: Mrs. J. L. Fisher Born: 17 December 1920, Forrest City AR Father of of James “Eddie” Fisher, T-61 Died:

FORD, Margaret Lee (Cotter/Stock)

Born: 18 August 1920 Died: 8 November 1978 (aged 58) Philosophy: “If you want your life lived, live it yourself.”

FRAZIER, Lucille G.

Born: 15 September 1921 Died: 30 April 2009 Philosophy: “Success is where you find it.”

FREEBURG, Nelson Fraser

Born: 12 February 1920 Died: 14 May 2012 Philosophy: “Take things as they come.”

FRENCH, Speed Lightburne “Buddy”

Born: 29 July 1921 Uncle of David Sisley French, T-69 Uncle of Charles Speed “Chuck” French, T-70 Died: 20 June 1978 Philosophy: “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.”

FULGHUM, Dorothy Mae (Farmer)

Born: 17 March 1921 Died: 4 January 2021 (aged 99) Philosophy: “Don’t worry when you stumble; remember, only a worm can’t fall down.”

GARDNER, Faye Anne (Taylor)

Born: 7 April 1921 Wife of John Lewis Taylor, T-39 Died: 10 September 1988 Philosophy: “If you want anything bad enough you can get it.”

GARRONE, Ceasar, Jr.

Born: 16 March 1921 Died: 2 July 2008 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you.”

GASSER, Mary Frances (Kirk)

Born: 16 June 1921 Died: 17 February 2015 (aged 93) Philosophy: “To do unto others as you have them do unto you.”

GAULT, Winefred Elizabeth (Corder)

Born: 15 August 1921 Died: 7 October 2013 Philosophy: “Where there’s a will there’s a way.”

GIBSON, Leonard Grover, Jr.

Born: 10 April 1921 Died: 11 September 1975 Philosophy: “Take it easy, live to a ripe old age.”

GIEHLER, Iola Jessie (Brower)

Born: 1 December 1921 Died: 1 December 2012 (aged 91) Philosophy: “Every cloud has a silver lining.”

GIFFORD, Doris Elizabeth (Kee)

Born: 16 December 1921 Died: 27 December 1984 Philosophy: “Don’t take life to seriously for you’ll never get out of it alive anyway.”

GIPSON, Veda Marguerite (Bomar)

Born: 29 July 1920 Wife of William Burrow Bomar, T-36 Died: 16 June 2005 (aged 84) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

GOFORTH, James Alvin “Jack”

Born: 8 July 1921 “Died non-battle WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 8 December 1943 (aged 22)

GOODMAN, Maury Sidney

Born: 4 March 1921 Died: 5 November 2006 Philosophy: “Make hay while the sun shines.”

GOOLSBY, Virginia Eason (Leonard)

Born: 6 July 1921 Died: 29 June 1997 Philosophy: “To love your neighbors as you would want them to love you.”

GRANDI, Geno

Born: 30 July 1921 Died: 16 December 2004 Philosophy: “If life is just a gamble, let me have seven’s and eleven’s.”

GRAY, Jesse Mac

Born: 9 March 1920 Died: 5 November 2000 Philosophy: “Be a friend of all.”

GREAR, Vernon Milton

Born: 5 November 1921 Died: 2 November 1989 Philosophy: “Never spot a guy 4 games unless you can beat him six-love.”

GREEN, Allen Farnifold

Born: 22 September 1920 Died: 30 May 1999 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, snore and you sleep alone.”

GREEN, Betty Nell

Born: 11 June 1922 Died: 21 March 2008 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone.”

GREEN, Jane Elizabeth (Patten)

Born: 12 March 1921 Died: 17 September 1993 Philosophy: “Although unpleasant things may come your way, always keep smiling.”

GRIFFIN, Allene Clara (Need to find) John W. and Clara L. Griffin Born: 9 November 1919, Ruleville MS Died: Philosophy: “There is no elevator to success; take the stairs.”

GRIFFIN, Anne Eloise (Tackett)

Born: 22 July 1921 Died: 19 August 2011 Philosophy: “Be sure you’re right, and then go ahead.”

GRIFFIN, John Montgomery

Born: 7 July 1920 Died: 22 January 2011 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Live today, for tomorrow you may die.”

GUY, Virginia Adaline (Young)

Born: 3 May 1921 Died: 14 September 2004 Philosophy: “The world is yours, so take it.”

HALFORD, Mary Frances (Jones)

Born: 21 December 1921 Wife of Thomas Beecher Jones, T-37 Died: 5 November 1997 (aged 75) Philosophy: “Live and learn.”

HALL, Alice Louise (Smith)

Born: 4 November 1921 First Maid of Cotton (Nice full photo in 1939 Review) Died: 16 July 1991 Philosophy: “Where there’s a will there’s a way.”

HAMLET, William Andrew

Born: 5 April 1921 Died: March 1973 Philosophy: “You can’t keep a good man down.”

HAMM, Margaret Lanelle

Born: 13 December 1921 Died: 2 October 2008 Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”

HAND, John Luther, Jr.

Born: 5 August 1922 Died: September 1979 Philosophy: “Never let your studies interfere with your high school education.”

HANKINS, Pearl Harriet

Born: 23 November 1921 Died: January 1979 Philosophy: “Anything goes.”

HARDISTER, Robert E., Jr.

Born: 28 December 1919 Died: 15 November 1987

HARDY, Theodore Lynn “Ted”

Born: 16 July 1921 Died: 23 March 1980 Philosophy: “Go as slow as possible so you can be sure.”

HARRIS, Dorothy Mae (Foreman)

Born: 30 September 1921 Died: 9 August 2005 Philosophy: “I live the life I love.”

HARRIS, Dorothy Verneil (Scott)

Born: 19 December 1921 Died: 4 April 2005 Philosophy: “He who laughs last laughs longer.”

HARRIS, Jo Marion (Elliotte)

Born: 11 January 1922 Died: 1996 Philosophy: “Give me everything you’ve got, life, but wrinkles.”

HARRIS, Reuben Earle

Born: 17 March 1921 Died: 19 March 2012 Philosophy: “Don’t be afraid of hard work, it never hurts anyone.”

HARWOOD, Thomas Harvey III

Born: 31 March 1921 “Killed in Action WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 22 April 1944 (aged 23)

HAYNES, Evelyn (Warren)

Born: 20 November 1922 Died: 31 December 2000 Philosophy: “You never know how much something means to you until you lose it.”

HEDMAN, Herbert Lee

Born: 12 July 1921 Died: 22 January 1988 Philosophy: “Life is just a path of roses if you avoid the thorns.”

HENDERSON, Jo Ann (Perryman)

Born: 25 November 1921 Died: 12 December 1993 Philosophy: “Believe nothing you hear and half you see.”

HELSLEY, George Richard, Jr.

Born: 1 June 1921 Died: 20 May 2012

HERRINGTON, Helen Gene (Svane)

Born: 31 July 1921 Died: 6 March 2001 Philosophy: “Make hay while the sun shines.”

HIGGINS, Rosemary Patricia (Webb)

Born: 13 December 1921 Died: 25 March 1985 (aged 64) Philosophy: “Into each life some rain must fall; some days must be dark and dreary.”

HIGHSMITH, Mary Virginia (West)

Born: 29 December 1921 Died: 19 February 1987 Philosophy: “Get happiness out of life, regardless.”

HILD, Arthur John

Born: 7 May 1921 Died: 1 November 1999 Philosophy: “You only live once, and if you do it right, once is enough.”

HILDEBRAND, Shelby Jacob

Born: 16 April 1919 “Killed in Action WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 11 August 1944 (aged 25) Philosophy: “To listen and learn, then act.”

HILL, Albert Wallace

Born: 25 March 1920 Died: 20 March 2001 Philosophy: “To live and learn if I live long enough.”

HOAGLAND, Fred Griffis

Born: 17 August 1921 Died: July 1983 Philosophy: “Keep your head in the clouds but your feet on the ground.”

HODGES, Warner, Jr.

Born: 13 September 1921 Died: 10 April 2021 (aged 99).

Philosophy: “Have your fling while you’re young because you’re only young once.”

HOLLOWAY, Leo Dolton, Jr.

Born: 1 December 1921 Died: 10 December 2016 Philosophy: “Do unto others as they would do unto you, but do it first.”

HOLMES, James Hugh

Born: 10 December 1920 Died: 15 June 1995 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

HOPKINS, Mary Elizabeth (Case)

Born: 28 July 1921 Died: 25 October 2014 (aged 93) Philosophy: “Be moderate in all things.”

HORN, Lillian Marcelle (Mims)

Born: 5 June 1920 or 1921 Died: 6 October 2007 Philosophy: “The elevator to love isn’t running, so take the steps.”

HUNT, William Grayden

Born: 12 October 1920 Died: 21 February 2021 (aged 100) Philosophy: “Act tough and be tough; treat the girls rough and you will get along all right.”

HYER, Chris Partee “Buck”

Born: 6 October 1921 Died: 18 October 1992 Philosophy: “Never do today what can be done tomorrow.”

IRBY, Robert J., Jr. “Bob”

Born: 24 January 1920 Died: 3 September 2010 Philosophy: “Happy is the man that expects nothing for he is never disappointed.”

IVY, Ulysses Sid

Born: 7 August 1920 Died: 24 October 1958 (aged 38)

JACK, Opal Ruth (Schaeffer)

Born: 27 June 1920 Died: 9 March 1999 Philosophy: “If you want a friend, be a friend.”

JACKETT, Robert White

Born: 16 October 1921 Died: 25 February 2000 (aged 78)

JACOBS, Herman Edmond

Born: 19 March 1921 Died: 3 January 2014 Philosophy: “Walk with kings, but keep the common touch.

JACOBS, Richard Harry

Born: 6 November 1922 Died: 16 November 2009 Philosophy: “Laugh and the world laughs with you, weep and you weep alone.”

JAMES, Fred Morrison

Born: 29 April 1918 Died: 22 May 1991 (aged 73) Philosophy: “Keep one jump ahead of everybody.”

JEFFRIES, Sara Estelle (Walker)

Born: 11 June 1921 Died: 29 December 1999 Philosophy: “All work and no play makes jack.”

JEHL, Mary Joy (DaCosta)

Born: 14 October 1922 Died: 16 November 1946 (aged 24)

JENNINGS, Hollis Eugene

Born: 17 April 1921 Died: 30 November 2011 Philosophy: “Why cry when there are so many beautiful things to laugh over.”

JOHNS, Joseph Burns

Born: 12 November 1920 Died: 14 February 2003 (aged 82) Philosophy: “A fool and his money are some party.”

JOHNSON, Cornelia Woods (Pittman)

Born: 22 December 1920 Died: 5 March 2000 Philosophy: “To live, to love, and not to labor.”

JOHNSON, Donald Thompson

Born: 11 August 1920 Died: May 1977 Philosophy: “To do unto others as they do unto you but do it first.”

JOHNSTON, DeWitt Parker

Born: 6 May 1921 Died: 9 December 2009 Philosophy: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”

JONES, Eddie Sue (Need to find) Walter Jones and Claudia Jones Born: 4 September 1921, Memphis TN m. Delton R. Moore Died: Philosophy: “Although the tide may be rough, always stay on top of the waves.”

JOLLY, William D. “Billy”

Born: 5 October 1920 Husband of Eloise L. Haire, T-42 “Killed in Action WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 2 June 1944 Philosophy: “A foo without the fooer is gooless.”

JORDAN, Margaret Elizabeth (Baker)

Born: 18 July 1921 Died: 31 March 2000 (aged 78) Philosophy: “Never do today what can be put off until tomorrow.”

JORDAN, Joseph Arnold “Joe”

Born: 28 April 1921 Died: December 1979

KAHN, Samuel Clifford

Born: 21 September 1921 Died: 25 December 2005 Philosophy: “If anybody can, Sam Kahn.”

KEE, Martha Celine (Gabriel)

Born: 12 February 1921 Died: 14 October 1993 Philosophy: “You get a thorn with every rose, but ain’t the roses sweet.”

KEE, Mary Roberta (Horton)

Born: 21 July 1919 Died: 13 August 1999 Philosophy: “Do unto others before they do unto you.”

KENDALL, Kennie, Jr.

Born: 25 January 1922 14522 Royale Via Delray Beach FL 33446 (561) 637-0431 Philosophy: “To have a good time while you are young because you can’t when you are old.”

KENNEDY, Mickey Loyce (Whitaker)

Born: 12 September 1920 Died: 20 October 2001 (aged 81) Philosophy: “To never be a disappointment to those who believe in me.”

KENTERA, George Richard

Born: 15 July 1922 Died: 4 October 1997 (aged 75) Philosophy: “A good record (moral and scholastic) is your best diploma.”

KERNELL, Samuel Houston “Sam”

Born: 26 March 1921 Died: 28 August 2016 Philosophy: “To use the least possible energy to get the most out of life.”

KILPATRICK, Irene (Young)

Born: 25 December 1921 Died: 4 October 2006 Philosophy: “Cry and you cry alone.”

KIRBY, Parnell

Born: 22 November 1920 Died: 21 July 1965 (aged 44) (Chicago IL) Philosophy: “Do unto others before they do unto you.”

KLINE, Albert Frederick III

Born: 10 September 1921 Died: 14 December 2003 Philosophy: “The shortest distance between two points is a straight line.”

KNAPP, Samuel Boyd “Sam”

Born: 26 April 1921 Died: 17 March 2007 (aged 86) Philosophy: “Why?”

LAMBERT, Eugene Marion “Gene”

Born: 26 April 1921 Died: 10 February 2000 Philosophy: “Never talk with a man on third base.”

LaROSE, Cecelia Rita (Todd)

Born: 28 March 1921 Died: 15 July 2011 Philosophy: “To get as much as you can for as little as possible.”

LEAGUE, Daniel Phillip “Dan”

Born: 29 December 1920 Died: 13 July 1988 (aged 67)

LEAKE, Farrer Fields, Jr.

Born: 23 October 1921 “Died non-battle WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 30 November 1944 (aged 23) Philosophy: “A bird in the foo is worth two in the goo.”

LEGGETT, Carl Murry

Born: 8 July 1920 Died: 10 March 2000 Philosophy: “Don’t foo if you can’t woo.”

LINCOLN, Esther Mae

Born: 22 May 1921 Died: 5 March 2003 (aged 81) Philosophy: “Life is what you make it.”

LOWRY, Edna (Cox)

Born: 22 December 1921 Died: 13 September 2000 Philosophy: “To improve my character by means of two things my mental attitude and the way I spend my time.”

LUCCHESI, Albert Silvio

Born: 9 June 1920 Died: 3 March 2013 Philosophy: “Do the best with what you have while you have it.”

LUTON, Edgar Frank

Born: 3 March 1921 Died: 16 September 2004 Philosophy: “Be not overcome with evil but overcome evil with good.”

LYNCH, Sarah “Sallye” Frances (Scott)

Born: 7 August 1920 Died: 11 June 1987 (aged 66) Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you.”

MANGHAM, Thomas Grady, Jr.

Born: 21 September 1922 Died: 7 July 2011 Philosophy: “There’s always room at the top for the fellow who’s willing to pay the price.”

MANNING, Donald Vance

Born: 18 November 1920 Died: 28 March 2010 Philosophy: “Don’t be too serious and never let school worry you.”

MARSHALL, Maurice Phelan

Born: 10 February 1922 Died: 16 January 2010 Philosophy: “There’s nothing so great that a good night’s sleep won’t shrink it.”

MARTIN, Ruth Beverly (Jacobs)

Born: 28 October 1921 Died: 4 November 1986 (aged 65) Philosophy: “If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again.”

MARTIN, Ruth (Osborn)

Born: 16 April 1921 Died: 11 June 2006 (aged 85) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

MASSEY, Leslie Thomas, Jr.

Born: 21 June 1921 Died: 30 June 1967 (aged 46)

MASSON, Wilbur E.

Born: 5 September 1920 Died: 31 January 2003 Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow.”

MAXEY, Albert Lamar, Jr.

Born: 17 December 1920 Died: 23 May 1971 Philosophy: “Whatsoever a man soweth that shall he also reap.”

MAYNARD, Elizabeth (Eggleston)

Born: 16 December 1921 Died: 26 December 1990 Philosophy: “Life is what you make it.”

McCALLA, Sammie Louise

Born: 10 June 1921 Died: 16 April 1939 (aged 17)

McCALLEN, Martha (Kennedy)

Born: 11 December 1921 Died: 12 December 1970 (aged 49) Philosophy: “If life is a gamble, give me plenty of sevens and elevens.”

McCULLAR, Edwina (Chandler)

Born: 6 September 1921 Died: 19 October 2002 Philosophy: “Never trouble trouble till trouble troubles you.”

McDANIEL, Floyd

Born: 16 October 1920 Died: 26 December 2009 Philosophy: “To do my best and hope for success.”

McGOLDRICK, Arthur Roy, Jr.

Born: 30 September 1920 Died: 1975 (aged 54-55) Philosophy: “Do the best you can.”

McKINNEY, Michael Haley “Mike”

Born: 8 September 1920 Died: 10 January 1996 Philosophy: “Make the best of your opportunity.”

MEAD, Herman E.

Born: 11 November 1920 Died: 2 July 2000 Philosophy: “Live today as you might die tomorrow.”

MEADOWS, Cora Elizabeth “Beth” (Need to find) Guardian: Miss L. Mae Robinson Born: 13 August 1922, West Point MS Died: Philosophy: “You get out of life what you put into it.”

MEEK, Betty A. (Cota)

Born: 17 March 1921 Mother: Birdie Meek (two homes down on Williford) Died: 18 March 1994 (aged 73) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

MENIETTO, Thomas Pete

Born: 14 March 1921 Died: 23 November 1980

MILLER, Martha Lorraine (Jones)

Born: 14 June 1920 Died: 20 January 2003 (aged 82) Philosophy: “There is always a better until the best is reached.”

MILLER, Thomas H. “Tom”

Born: 10 March 1921 Died: 16 December 2014 Philosophy: “Forget yesterday; do your best today.”

MILLS, Rosalie “Mitsy” (Hall)

Born: 29 June 1921 Died: 24 April 2010 Philosophy: “Youth is flitting fast away, so gather moonbeams while you may.”

MIMS, Trilby Ardell (Goforth)

Born: 1 December 1920 Died: 4 November 1996 Philosophy: “If you can’t get there one way you can another.”

MINOR, Calvin Raymond “Wing”

Born: 6 November 1921 Died: 19 January 1988 Philosophy: “All great men are dead and I don’t feel so well myself.”

MITCHELL, James Malcolm “Jimmy”

Born: 9 June 1921 Died: 28 November 2008 Philosophy: “Anything worth doing is worth doing right.”

Lawler Alumni

MOCABEE, Edna Ellen

Born: 15 October 1921 Died: 8 February 2006 Philosophy: “Many times troubles are only a blessing in the sky.”

MOORE, Frances Harriett (Philip)

Born: 9 December 1921 Died: 10 November 2004 (aged 82) Philosophy: “Never explain; your friends don’t need it and your enemies wouldn’t believe you anyway.”

MOSER, Julian Frederick

Born: 10 June 1921 Died: 1 July 2007 Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”

MOSS, Billy Fred

Born: 30 November 1920 Died: 1 March 1995 (aged 74) Philosophy: “The early bird gets the worm, and the hard worker gets the gravy, but who likes worms and gravy.”

MUEHL, Mary Helen (Graves)(Clifton)

Born: 4 January 1921 Died: 8 October 2009 Philosophy: “Always look for the finer things in life.”

MUEHL, Susie Elizabeth

Born: 4 January 1921 Died: 26 April 2004 (aged 93) Philosophy: “What you do, do it well or not at all.”

MUNDAY, William Bryan

Born: 5 May 1921 Died: 28 June 2002 Philosophy: “Laugh at life or life laughs at you.”

MUSCARI, Jeanette (Boutwell)

Born: 4 November 1920 Died: 23 February 2008 (aged 87) Philosophy: “Always be square and you’ll never be cornered.”

NASON, Harris Allen “Shorty”

Born: 14 March 1920 Husband of Margaret Eleen Davis, T-39 Died: 25 October 1995 Philosophy: “Pitching won.”

NELSON, Eula McGehee (Chapman) (Jordan) (Need to find) Albert Edward and Cornelia Nelson (730 Evergreen) Born: 9 July 1920, El Paso TX Boynton Beach FL Sister of Frances Virginia Nelson, T-44

Died: Philosophy: “Don’t add age to life; add life to age.”

NEWING, Arlene Norma (Parks)

Born: 11 July 1921 Died: 10 March 2006 Philosophy: “Life is not a goblet to be drained; it is a measure to be filled.”

NICHOLAS, William Elijah

Born: 22 December 1921 Died: 23 May 1983 (aged 61) Philosophy: “We study, not for school, but for life.”

NORRIS, James Eugene

Born: 28 April 1920 Died: 19 March 2013 (aged 92)

NORRIS, Kathleen (McRee)

Born: 25 July 1921 Died: 29 June 1997 (aged 75) Philosophy: “Work is work and must be done, yet as I work, I have my fun.”

NOYES, Natalie A. (Hall)

Born: 25 February 1921, Helena AR Her brother Harry Joe Noyes, T-38 Died: 24 June 2020 (aged 99) Philosophy: “Always be as good as your word.”

NUSSBAUM, Fritz Sigfried

Born: 10 September 1921 Died: 18 May 2019 (aged 97) Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you.”

O’BRYAN, Sara Jane (Springer)

Born: 12 October 1921 Died: 1997 (aged 75-76) Philosophy: “To have a friend, be a friend.”

ODOM, Margaret “Peggy” (Dambrino)

Born: 9 June 1921 Died: 2 July 2011 Philosophy: “A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches.”

OLIVER, James Page

Born: 16 November 1920 Died: 4 September 1980

OLSWING, Herman Morris

Born: 24 January 1922 Died: 19 June 1993 (aged 71) Philosophy: “Never do today what you can do tomorrow.”

OSWALT, Evelyn Louise (Moore)

Born: 2 December 1921 Died: 9 March 2015 Philosophy: “Walk with the kings and keep the common touch.”

OWEN, Raymond Hartwell, Jr.

Born: 3 November 1919 Died: 25 April 1969 (aged 49) Philosophy: “Do unto others before they do unto you.”

PADAWER, Joseph K.

Born: 1 September 1920 Died: 22 July 2000 (aged 79) Philosophy: “Take life easy or you won’t last long.”

PANKEY, William Louis “Bill”

Born: 6 June 1921 Died: 22 December 2013 Philosophy: “Work is work and must be done, but while I work, I have my fun.”

PATTERSON, Earnest Milstead

Born: 20 April 1920 Died: 1984 (aged 63-64) Philosophy: “You only get out of life what you put in it, therefore learn to take life easy.”

PATTON, Betty Sue (Sullivan)

Born: 12 March 1922 Died: 23 May 2015 Philosophy: “Laugh and the world laughs with you; weep and you weep alone.”

PAYNE, Woodrow Wilson

Born: 29 November 1920 Died: 6 August 2001 (aged 80) Philosophy: “If self-satisfied, do not be bothered, by the opinion of others.”

PEGG, Carolyn Elizabeth (Byrd)

Born: 27 November 1922 Died: 4 April 2008 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star then get out and push and you won’t fall short.”

PERRY, Maude Elizabeth (Mills)

Born: 19 October 1921 Died: 29 November 1983 Philosophy: “If you can’t have what you like, try liking what you have.”

PFANDER, Mildred Ann (Jerome)

Born: 19 August 1921 Died: 2 May 2015 (aged 93) Philosophy: “To never disappoint those who trust in me.”

PHELPS, Mary Genelle (Duncan)

Born: 17 July 1921 Wife of William Burton Duncan, Jr., T-35 Died: 24 October 1995 Philosophy: “The happiest people in the world are those that make the most out of life.”

PICKLE, Davis Paul (Need to find) Nannie. V. Pickle (46 Cooper) or Nicholas Victor Pickle Born: 29 November 1921, Belden MS Maybe m. Dorothy Elizabeth Wilkins Died: Philosophy: “Don’t take life too seriously because you can’t get out of it alive.”

PIEL, Alice Adelia (Tobin)

Born: 28 August 1921 Died: 8 May 2009 Philosophy: “Life is what you make it.”

PIGUE, Virginia (Holloway)

Born: 5 December 1920 Died: 1 August 1991 (aged 70) Philosophy: “Be silent always when you doubt your sense.”

PITT, Virginia Elizabeth (Need to find) Thomas L. and Joy B. Pitt (3165 Lyndale) Born: 20 March 1922, Cordova TN m. William Powell Appling Died: Philosophy: “Better to remain silent and be thought dumb than to speak and remove all doubt”

POOL, Edward

Born: 30 July 1920 “Killed in Action WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 5 October 1944 (aged 24) Philosophy: “All work and no play makes Jack”

POSEY, Mary Frances (Walker)

Born: 10 January 1921 Died: 10 June 2007 (aged 86) Philosophy: “Live, love, and learn.”

PRINCE, Lois Jane (Need to find) Oliver N. and Mary Prince (632 Walnut) Born: 25 August 1921, New Orleans LA m. Wilmer Wilkins Holland Died: Philosophy: “Take life with a smile.”

RALSTON, Muriel Jeanne (Wilkerson)

Born: 8 October 1921 Died: 7 August 2018 (aged 96) Philosophy: “To live the life I love.”

RAY, James Clark

Born: 25 March 1920 Husband of Beverly Louise Arnold, T-39 Died: 21 May 2007 Philosophy: “Make life a pleasure.”

REAVES, Jules Mark

Born: 24 December 1919 Husband of Frances Irene Newberry, T-44 Died: 1 April 2014 Philosophy: “Life is what you make it.”

REBER, Charles Vincent

Born: 1 April 1921 Died: 28 January 1991

REEVE, Dorothy O’Dell (Slater)

Born: 23 September 1920 Died: 1 April 1994 (aged 73) Philosophy: “Be not the first to try the new, and not the last to put away the old.”

REID, Ray Hearn

Born: 15 April 1920 Died: 25 July 2018 (aged 98) Philosophy: “Self-confidence is the best key to success.”

RHODES, Catherine Anna (Ivy)

Born: 4 April 1921 Died: July 1989 Philosophy: “People who live in glass houses shouldn’t.”

RHODES, James R. “Dusty”

Born: 25 April 1920 Died: 7 May 1998

RHODES, Millard D., Jr.

Born: 6 August 1922 Died: 13 June 1994 Philosophy: “Nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

RICHARDS, John Wray, Jr.

Born: 27 January 1920 Died: 27 February 2003 Philosophy: “Live and let others do the same.”

RICHARDSON, Bertha Lillian (Haisch)

Born: 27 December 1921 Died: 26 June 1983 (aged 61) Philosophy: “I live the life I love.”

RIDDICK, Notre Quinton

Born: 5 January 1920 Died: 29 May 1996 (aged 78) Philosophy: “Smile and the world will smile with you.”

RIGGINS, James Robert, Jr.

Born: 13 March 1921 Died: 10 December 2004 Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”

ROBBINS, Florene Geneivieve (Lerch)

Born: 28 December 1920 Died: 17 February 2003 (aged 82) Philosophy: “If you think you can, you can; if you can’t, you can’t.”

ROBERTSON, James W. (Need to find) N. C. Carr (3633 Douglas) maybe Robinson Born: 21 December 1917, Maury KY or Maury City TN Son of George and Nannie Roberson Died: Philosophy: “Let every day take care of itself.”

ROBINSON, Edith Alline (Webb)

Born: 10 December 1921 Died: 15 December 1984 (aged 63) Philosophy: “Always be cool, quiet, and collected.”

ROGERS, Frederick Ross (Need to find) W. C. Rogers (316 Waldran) Born: 4 September 1921, Auburndale FL Maybe m. Elizabeth Mastronardi Died: maybe 6 Jan 2008, if so, add International Harvester Army Air Force

ROSE, Oliver Karl

Born: 11 September 1921 Died: 31 May 1941 (aged 19)

ROSENGREN, Bill George

Born: 29 November 1921 Died: 23 May 1993 Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”

ROSS, Edna Mae (Long)

Born: 22 June 1920 Died: 14 June 1981 Philosophy: “Live and learn and die and forget it all.”

ROSSER, Alice Rogers (Brady)

Born: 30 December 1920 Died: 14 March 2016 Philosophy: “Live, love, and be merry.”

ROWE, Margaret Oneida (Withers)

Born: 29 January 1921 Died: 16 November 2003 (aged 82) Philosophy: “Do as you please and let others do the same.”

RUSHING, Marguerite Virginia (Hardy)

Born: 31 July 1921 Died: May 1987

Philosophy: “Work is work and must be done, but while I work I have my fun.”

RUSSELL, Lottie Bernice (Pickard)

Born: 12 September 1921 Died: 5 May 2011 Philosophy: “To overcome all obstacles, no matter what the effort.”

SALLER, Marian Blanche (Fleischman)

Born: 9 December 1921 Died: 1 September 1991 (aged 69) Philosophy: “Work is work that must be done, yet while I work I have my fun.”

SAMFORD, Jack Shores

Born: 6 January 1921 Died: 2 April 1997 Philosophy: “Put off today anything you can do tomorrow.”

SAMUELS, Henry

Born: 27 July 1921 Died: 28 November 2008 Philosophy: “The secret of success is constancy of purpose.”

SCHNEIDER, Gretchen (Hunt)

Born: 15 August 1921 Died: 23 December 1986 (aged 65) Philosophy: “Don’t take life too seriously you’ll die in the end.”

SCHUBERTH, John Louis

Born: 11 July 1919 Died: 7 May 2010

SCOTT, Mary Elector (Rawlings)

Born: 26 February 1922 Died: 30 June 2013 (aged 91) Philosophy: “With every rose you get a thorn, but ain’t the roses sweet.”

SCOTT, Mary Katherine (Need to find) J. E. and Martha Scott (548 Cooper) Born: 13 May 1921, Macon TN Died: Philosophy: “One never knows does one.”

SHACKELFORD, E. Hugh, Jr.

Born: 8 November 1921 Died: 8 April 2010 (aged 88) Philosophy: “You get out of life only what you put into it.”

SHAW, Frances (O’Neill)

Born: 24 April 1921 Died: 5 April 1986 (aged 64) Philosophy: “Tomorrow is another day.”

SHERMAN, Kenneth Merle

Born: 30 September 1921 Died: 30 May 2010 Philosophy: “A pleasing countenance is a silent recommendation.”

SHORT, Alice Katherine (Goldsmith/Bongart)

Born: 25 December 1920 Died: 5 May 1950 (aged 29) (accident) Philosophy: “The world is before you, put it behind you.”

SHROYER, Marjorie Lee (Benner)

Born: 24 May 1921 Died: 3 October 2008 (aged 87) Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone.”

SCHUBERTH, John Louis

Born: 11 July 1919 Died: 7 May 2010 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Opportunity, knocks once, so take the chance while you can.”

SHUMATE, Edward Hampton

Born: 18 June 1918 Died: 16 February 1989 (aged 70)

SINCLAIR, William Adams (Need to find) Born: m. Maxine Shannon Died: Philosophy: “To get out more than what is put in.”

SMITH, Bryant George

Born: 10 January 1920 Died: 2 January 2008 (aged 87) Philosophy: “Take life easy.”

SMITH, Charles A. (Need to find) J. R. Smith (3231 Given) Born: 29 September 1918 Died: Philosophy: “Enjoy life wherever you may be.”

SMITH, Eugene Bausman (Need to find) Born: 27 February 1920, Jamestown OH Died: Philosophy: “You only live once, so make the best of your life.”

SMITH, Katherine Clare (Werne)

Born: 7 August 1920 Died: 19 August 1990 (aged 70) Philosophy: “Fight to win, but if I lose do it with a grin.”

SMITH, Lawrence Clifton “Larry”

Born: 17 October 1919 Died: 5 July 1983 (aged 63) Philosophy: “Do others before they do you.”

SMITH, Patrick Joseph

Born: 17 March 1922 Died: 12 September 1981 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

SOFGE, Charles Ernest

Born: 25 November 1920 Died: July 1980

SOUTH, Mary Elizabeth (Maddox)

Born: 7 June 1921 Wife of Solon Gilbert Maddox, T-36 Died: 27 February 2011 (aged 89) Philosophy: “Anything worth having is worth working for.”

SOWELL, Mildred Elizabeth (Ely)

Born: 18 May 1921 Wife of Richard Thomas Ely, T-38 Died: 31 March 1972 (aged 50) Philosophy: “Never let anything get you down.”

SPARKS, Katie Lee (McAlexander)

Born: 29 November 1920 Died: 4 April 1997 (76)

Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alove.”

SPENCER, James Francis

Born: 21 November 1920 Died: 27 January 2004 Philosophy: “Never tell a girl the truth and take anything you can get.”

SPENCER, Robert Everett

Born: 18 October 1920 “Killed in Action WWII - Forever Honored” Died: 20 March 1944 (aged 23) Philosophy: “The wise, through the excess of wisdom, is made a fool.”

SPILLER, John Delaney

Born: 16 January 1921 Died: 29 July 1989 Philosophy: “Always look for a silver lining in every cloud.”

SPRIGGS, Evelyn Marie

Born: 5 June 1915 Died: 12 February 1973 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star then get out and push.”

STALCUP, Gwendolyn Irene (Bailey)

Born: 4 June 1921 Died: 26 August 2016 (aged 95) Philosophy: “Be true to your own heart.”

STARR, Clinton Worsley

Born: 7 February 1922 Father of Clinton Lee Star, T-69 Died: 15 January 1994 Philosophy: “Never do today what you can put off until tomorrow.”

STATHIS, Mary Theodora (Baker)

Born: 4 December 1920 Died: 8 April 2013 (aged 92) Philosophy: “To live the life I love.”

STEGMAN, Stanley

Born: 28 September 1920 Died: 4 November 1991 (aged 71) Philosophy: “Never take advantage of a man when he’s down.”

STEINKAMP, Harold Lee

Born: 12 December 1921 Died: 12 June 1982 Philosophy: “Let your mind rule your actions.”

STEPHAN, Elfrieda Kate (Brown)

Born: 17 April 1921 Died: 25 April 2005 Philosophy: “Anything worth having is worth waiting for.”

STEPHERSON, Kenneth R.

Born: 7 April 1921 Died: 27 August 2017

Philosophy: “The fatalistic view; don’t work too hard, if you are going to get anywhere you’ll get there anyhow.”

STONE, Zelna Thorpe (Padgett)

Born: 9 September 1921 Died: 24 September 1984 (aged 63) Philosophy: “Let’s be gay while we may, seize life with laughter. I’ll be true as long as you are and not a moment after.”

STRATTON, Barton Franceway

Born: 26 September 1919 Died: 13 December 2011 (aged 90)

STRATTON, Stella Brooks (Need to find) Curry K. and Leona Stratton Born: 21 July 1921, Vicksburg MS Died: Philosophy: “Never be a disappointment to those who believe in me.”

STROH, Dorothy Ann

- Born: 7 January 1922 Died: 10 May 2013 (aged 92) Philosophy: “Never disappoint those who believe in me.”

SUMMERS, Mary Ellen (Cooke/Powell)

Born: 10 June 1921 Died: 16 January 2000 (aged 78) Philosophy: “If you want it—get it.”

SUMMERS, Thomas Leland

Born: 26 August 1921 Died: 27 September 1998 (aged 77) Philosophy: “To make the most out of life.”

SWITZLER, Claude Carl

Born: 27 July 1920 Died: 16 March 1978

TANQUARY, Ray Lawrence

Born: 16 June 1922 Died: 25 June 2006 Philosophy: “Nothing succeeds like success.”

TAVEL, George Gartley

Born: 1 February 1921 Died: 27 September 2009 (aged 88) Philosophy: “A foo in the hand is worth two foos in the bush.”

TAYLOR, Allen Robert (Need to find) Born: Died: Philosophy: “Do not unto others as you would not they do unto you.”

TAYLOR, John Lewis

Born: 23 April 1920 Husband of Faye Anne Gardner, T-39 Died: 10 November 2010 Philosophy: “Work is work and must be done, but while I work I have my fun.”

THOMAS, Anthony Joseph, Jr. (Need to find) A. J. Thomas (Jefferson) Born: 2 March 1919, New Orleans LA Died: Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

THRELKELD, James Gordon

Born: 8 October 1921 Died: 22 January 2006 (aged 84) Philosophy: “Live and let live.”

TOOMBS, Calvin Everett

Born: 16 April 1921 Died: 10 December 1992 Philosophy: “Do others before they do you.”

TISDALE, Dorothy Nell

Born: 29 March 1922 Died: 19 September 1993 (aged 71) Philosophy: “Honesty is the best policy.”

TOWNSEND, Richard Reed

Born: 9 May 1920 Died: 17 October 2012 Philosophy: “There is always room for one more.”

TURNER, William Burley

Born: 22 August 1919 Died: 24 September 1999 (aged 80) Philosophy: “Two can live as cheaply as one if one doesn’t eat.”

TURPIN, Gladys Lola (Petty/Rhoades/Kuykendall)

Born: 23 September 1921 Died: 15 August 1993 (aged 71) Philosophy: “I’ll live the life I love.”

UMFRESS, Mary Frances (Phillips)

Born: 15 July 1922 Died: 6 December 2008 (aged 86) Philosophy: “A winner never quits; a quitter never wins.”

VAIDEN, Warren Marve

Born: 20 October 1921 Died: 18 June 1989 Philosophy: “Live and be happy.”

VanCLEAVE, Clarence Roy, Jr.

Born: 30 September 1920 Died: 25 December 1965 (aged 45) Philosophy: “Eat, drink, and be merry.”

WALDEN, Lena Aileen (Strahan)

Born: 2 October 1919 Died: 10 March 2002 (aged 82) Philosophy: “Life is like a game of checkers.”

WALKER, John Murray

Born: 22 April 1919 Died: 18 March 1988 (aged 68) Philosophy: “Let tomorrow look out for itself.”

WALKER, Louis Nailing

Born: 22 April 1919 Died: 31 August 1986 Philosophy: “To do unto others before they do unto you.”

WALKER, Sara Fay (Need to find) Alford E. and Della Walker (Faxon) Born: 15 December 1920, MS Died: Philosophy: “To have a friend, is to be a friend.”

WATKINS, Ruth Juanita

Born: 7 July 1921 Died: 11 February 1999 (aged 77) Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you; weep and you weep alone.”

WALLACE, Hugh Vance, Jr.

Born: 20 September 1921 Died: 9 February 1980 Philosophy: “Make a star your aim.”

WALT, Robert Dabney

Born: 29 June 1919 Died: 20 January 2010

WALTON, Donald Floyd, Jr.

Born: 18 February 1921 Died: 31 January 1997 (aged 75) Philosophy: “If life’s a gamble, may my luck hold out.”

WARREN, James Lemuel, Jr.

Born: 18 December 1922 Died: 23 February 2015 (aged 92) Philosophy: “Never give a fool an even break.”

WEAVER, Edgar E.

Born: 24 January 1921 Died: 20 January 2010

WEBB, Milton Ashford

Born: 4 December 1921 Husband of Nena Jean Davis, T-40 Died: 29 May 1991 (aged 69)

Philosophy: “Treat the world right, and demand that they treat you right.”

Lawler Alumni

WEEKS, William Albert, Jr. (Need to find) William and Ida Weeks Born: 17 October 1921 Died: Philosophy: “Treat others right.”

WEST, Eloise (Need to find) Born: Is this Frances West, b. 7 Jan 1920, guardian Lessie Piercey West. She married William Myles and both living with her mom in 1940 census. Died: Philosophy: “To gain a friend carry lifesavers.”

WEST, John Edward

Born: 3 December 1921 Died: 30 November 2006 (aged 84) Philosophy: “You never get something for nothing.”

WHITTEN, Sarah Louise (Hobbs)

Born: 20 September 1920 Died: 11 April 1996 (aged 75) Philosophy: “Do unto others as you wouild have them do unto you.”

WICKER, Olive Marie (Need to find) John C. and Minta E. Wicker (Coleman) Born: 15 February 1921, Carruthersville MO Died: Philosophy: “You get out of life just what you put into it.”

WILLIAMS, Charlotte Virginia (Coopwood)

Born: 26 February 1922 Died: 2 April 2009 Philosophy: “Give of your best to the world and the best will come back to you.”

WILLIAMS, Esther Earline (Gonzales) (Need to find) Born: 21 April 1920 Living Sep 2017 per her sister’s obit, Eva Williams, T-44 Died: Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, cry and you cry alone.”

WILLIAMS, Elizabeth (Need to find) Florence Williams (Morrison St.) widow Born: 23 August 1920, Memphis TN Died: Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you, weep and you weep alone.”

WILLIAMS, John William “Bill”

Born: 31 January 1922 Died: 19 January 2008 (aged 85) Philosophy: “Everything comes to he who waits.”

WILLIAMS, Margaret Robin (Hudson)

Born: 21 March 1921 Died: 17 Feburary 1993 Philosophy: “Hitch your wagon to a star, then get out and push.”

WILLIS, Rebie Lynn (Need to find) Eular Willis (Sommerville) Born: 8 August 1921 Died: Philosophy: “Be loved, rather than to love.”

WILSON, Thelma Lorraine (Need to find) G. O. and Lillian Wilson (Nelson) Born: 25 February 1921, Anderson MO Died: Philosophy: “Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today.”

WINKLEY, John Frank

Born: 14 January 1921 Died: 28 January 1946 (aged 25)

WINN, Roy Eugene

Born: 3 February 1922 Died: 24 November 1992 Philosophy: “Never do today what can be put off until tomorrow.”

WITT, Roemer Adams, Jr. “Jack”

Born: 29 July 1920 Died: 20 December 1977 (aged 57) Philosophy: “Laugh and the world laughs with you.”

WOLF, Jacqueline Jane (Boggs)

Born: 28 October 1921 Died: 21 August 2004 (aged 83) Philosophy: “Find ‘em, fool ‘em, and forget ‘em.”

WOLF, Libby (Makowsky)

Born: 1 November 1921 Died: 10 December 2012 Philosophy: “Where there’s a will there’s a way.”

WOOD, Jewel Evelyn (Spear)

Born: 22 July 1921 Died: 25 July 2007 (aged 86) Philosophy: “Be yourself at all times under all circumstances.”

WOODWARD, Jerome S. “Rip”

Born: 2 November 1918 Died: 18 May 1993 (aged 74)

WRIGHT, Robert G., Jr.

Born: 17 May 1919 Died: 2 November 1992

WRIGHT, Walter Nelson

Born: 24 August 1922 Died: 20 January 2010 Philosophy: “Lost time is never found again.”

WRIGHT, William Curtis (Need to find) Guardian: Curtis C. Wright and Reta M. Wright Born: 22 July 1921 Died: Before Aug 1999 per his brother’s obit Floyd Parrish Wright 1926-1999. Philosophy: “Don’t do others unless they do you.”

WYNNE, Helen (Barrasso)

Born: 30 September 1920 Died: 23 September 2011 (aged 90) Philosophy: “Have your fling while you are young because you are only young once.”

WYNNE, Robert Lee

Born: 21 January 1922 Died: 16 February 2004 Philosophy: “If life is a gamble, give me loaded dice.”

YANCEY, Juanita Gladys (Reese)

Born: 13 May 1920 Died: 16 November 1983 (aged 63) Philosophy: “Think twice before you start your starter.”

YATES, Ella Jean (Curtis/Sims)

Born: 11 December 1922 Died: 30 September 2004 Philosophy: “Smile and the world smiles with you; weep and you weep alone.”

YOUNGER, Theda Mae (Woodall)

Born: 12 February 1921 Died: 3 March 2010 Philosophy: “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you.”

ZARICOR, Carl E.

Born: 1920 Died: 1974 (aged 53-54)

ZELLNER, Joseph Fillmore

Born: 15 March 1921 Died: 25 November 1985 Philosophy: “Let ‘em keep it over there; I’m happy.”