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PURYEAR HIGH SCHOOL |
The Blue and Gold
| Members of the Puryear High School Class of 1955 gathered July 2 at the Hinchey Cemetery Road home of classmate Thomas Bratton for a 50th-year reunion. Janice Bratton helped her husband host 15 of the original 26 classmates and their spouses. Three former classmates who attended Puryear but graduated from other schools also attended. They were Joan H. Underwood, Tommy Dan Story and Bobby Joe Lattimer. Appetizers were served as the guests mingled before the meal. |
Memorabilia of school years was
on display and John Alexander provided a video of past class reunions. William Watson Atchison gave the welcome. Gary H. McSwain gave the blessing before the meal. Following the meal Donna Rhodes Cooley led a memorial service for the five deceased classmates. They are Almeda Nanney Stamps, Norma Williams Dillard, Myra Wilson Valentine, Jimmy Lamb and Derrel Wilson. Ann Snow Alexander furnished door prizes for everyone. Mrs. Cooley provided mugs to the classmates. |
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| Among those attending the Puryear High School Class of 1955's 50th-year reunion were (seated, from left) Joan Humphreys Underwood, Donna Rhodes Cooley, Nelda Anderson Hopkins, Ann Snow Alexander, Dan Clement, Thomas Alexander; | (standing) Tommy Dan Story, William W. Atchison, Robert E. Oliver, Gary McSwain, Donald Rhodes, Bobby Lattimer, John Alexander, George H. Hudson, Shirley Linsman Flanagan, Ann Harding Jones and Thomas Bratton. |
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Reprinted from The Paris
Post-Intelligencer
Paris, Tennessee
July 26, 2005 Edition
Used by Permission, The Post-Intelligencer retains full rights.
