Class_of_1953 Sonny Cross's Step SonPosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 13:22, on Friday, April 29, 2005
On Wednesday, April 27, at about 11:30 a.m., Sonny Cross's (class of 53) step son, Mark Coleman, was robbed and shot at his business on the lot of Coleman's Motors at 2612 Lamar.
He was taken to the Regional Medical Center at Memphis for emergency surgery. Mark, age 40, is the son of Sonny's wife Helen. He has a wife and 2 boys. Ironically, another son of Helen's was killed in a car wreck exactly 20 years ago this very same date.
Keep this family in your thoughts and prayers.
Class_of_1947 Billy HayesPosted by KathalineHarbison47 at 15:38, on Thursday, April 28, 2005
Though we temporarily lost track of Billy Hayes, by contacting his brother we now have a new address for Billy. His address is now: 6676 Jessica Dr. Bartlett, Tn. 38135. His telephone number is 377-3696.
Since Billy is not in good health, let's cheer him up with some calls and cards. Billy was one of the original planners of our 1947 reunion group. We've missed seeing him.
Class_of_1947 Elizabeth ArmstrongPosted by KathalineHarbison47 at 15:33, on Thursday, April 28, 2005
We have been informed that Elizabeth Armstrong Tutor is in critical care due to bleeding in the brain. Her son, Jonathan, requests prayers for her.
Class_of_1947 Charlene DavisPosted by KathalineHarbison47 at 15:28, on Thursday, April 28, 2005
Following the death of her daughter, Jeanette Whitehead, Charlene Davis Norvell suffered a mild stroke and was hospitalized in Jackson, Tn. Charlene is now in rehab at the Baptist Desoto Hospital. Many of our classmates attended the funeral and visited Charlene in the hospital in Jackson. Our prayers,sympathy, and best wishes for a quick recovery are with Charlene.
General_News Information about the April 2005 Scrapper DinnerPosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 13:11, on Thursday, April 28, 2005
If you would like to see who came to the last Scrapper Dinner at the Piccadilly Cafeteria, go to the top of this page and click on Scrapper Stuff. Then click Events--then Scrapper Dinner and a list of those who attended the last Scrapper Dinner on April 26th, will be listed.
Below that news, will be a copy of the last letter that went out a week before the dinner. It will give you news about many of your classmates who are ill or who recently died.
If you have a question about any of this, contact Terry Williamson, 5530 Malone Road, Olive Branch Mississippi 38654, Phone # (662) 890-6068--email address is BigScrap51@centurytel.net
General_News Death of a ClassmatePosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 15:20, on Sunday, April 17, 2005
From Dudley Boston, class of 48-----
In the Sunday, April 17th, Commercial Appeal is an obituary on H.C. Fryar Jr, of Memphis, age 77. He died April 15th. Services will be at noon Wendesday, April 20 at Memphis Funeral Home Poplar Chapel. Mr. Fryar, the widower of Elizabeth Lee Fryar, leaves a son Thomas Curtis Fryar Of Memphis and seven grandchildren. I do not know the class year Mr. Fryer was in, but his age would indicated he was in the class of 1946 or 1947.
General_News Death of a classmates MotherPosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 14:57, on Sunday, April 17, 2005
In the Commercial Appeal obituries on Saturday, April 16th, was the notice about the death of Mrs. Lillie Myrtle Minton of Millington Tennessee, age 94. Services will at noon Monday at Memphis Funeral Home Germantown Parkway Chapel. Mrs. Minton, the widow of Robert W. Minton, leaves two daughters, Louise Miller of Millington and Martha Ann Minton Lawrence of Memphis who was in the South Side Class of 1951, a son, Marvin A. Minton of Cordova, who was in the class of 1955, 12 grandchildren, and 19 great-granchildren and four great-great-children. The family requests any memorials be sent to American Heart Association.
General_News Death of a ClassmatePosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 21:22, on Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Evelyn Smith Lawo of Memphis, age 92, died Sunday at St. Francis Hospital in Memphis. Evelyn must have been in the class of 1931 or close to that because of her age. She leaves a daughter, Patricia Lawo of Memphis
Class_of_1951 Death of a ClassmatePosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 21:17, on Tuesday, April 12, 2005
Martha Durham Richey, age 73, class of 1951, passed away on April 10, 2005. Martha was a Navy wife for 30 years, always on the move. She leaves her children, Donna, Mike and Laurie and her only grandson, Drew. She was a tireless worker recently at Overton Park Health Care Center until her health forced her to retire.
General_News Death of a ClassmatePosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 18:50, on Saturday, April 9, 2005
The following is a copy of an email from John McDonald, class of 1958
Dale McDonald Fink, of Memphis, age 66, widow of Harry (Bo) Fink died on the morning of April 9, 2005 at Methodist hospital in Memphis. Her death was from complications following by-pass heart surgery approximately two weeks previously.
Services will be at noon Wednesday at Forest Hill Funeral Home East.
Both Dale and her husband Bo attended South Side in the 1950's and lived in Fort Pickering. Dale's address is 1215 Gherald, Memphis, TN. 38122.
She leaves two sons, Terry Fink of Memphis and Barry Fink of Dallas; two brothers, John McDonald of Shreveport and Terry McDonald of Memphis, and two sisters, Margaret Louise and Marie, both of Memphis.
The family requests that any memorials be sent to the American Cancer Society.
Class_of_1960 Reunion 2005Posted by JaneGary60 at 11:50, on Friday, April 8, 2005
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Class_of_1947 Death of a ClassmatePosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 9:54, on Wednesday, April 6, 2005
David Lewis "Red" Garner, age 75, of Olive Branch Mississippi, died at his home April 4, 2005. Services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at Brantley Funeral Home with burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. He was an Air Force veteran, a graduate of South Side High Schol in the class of 1947. He was a member of Mineral Wells Methodist Church. He was the husband of Dorothy H. Garner for 55 years. He leaves a daughter, Debra K. Garner of Olive Branch, two sister, Laura Neil Garner Brewer of Memphis and Fay Garner Ellis of Braggs, Oklahoma who was in the South Side Class of 1955. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Mineral Wells United Methodist Church or Unity Hospice.
Class_of_1947 Death of a Classmates DaughterPosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 18:41, on Monday, April 4, 2005
Wendy Harbison Raburn, of Horn Lake Mississippi, age 49, registered nurse and bone marrow transplant coordinator for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, died Saturday at her home. Services will be at noon Tuesday, April 5th at Memorial Park Funeral Home in Memphis with burial in Memorial Park. She was a member of Central Church. Mrs. Raburn, the wife of Steve D. Raburn, also leaves two daughters, Morgan Virginia Raburn and Meagan Kathanne Deeb, and a son, Madison Lee Raburn, all of Horn Lake; her mother Kathaline Bigelow Harbison of Memphis, and two sisters, Debra Kay Harbison of Memphis and Tammy Fay Houghton of Cumming, Georgia. The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude.
Wendy's mother, Kathaline Bigelow Harbison is a class of 47 South Side graduate and her deceased father, Harold "Budgie" Harbison was also in the class of 47.
(default) Death of a ClassmatePosted by TerryWilliamson51 at 12:57, on Friday, April 1, 2005
Ruby Wall of Southaven Mississippi, age 87, died recently in March of 2005. I believe she was in the class of 36. Ruby has 3 sisters who attended South Side, Louise Wall Walker, of Southaven, class of 40, and twin sisters, Dorris Wall Wilkerson, of Olive Branch Mississippi, class of 53, and Dorthy Wall of Walls Mississippi, class of 53.
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