Saturday, May 21, 2011

Pat Yarber Vincent

In a relationship with Jeff Albritton. Has 3 children, Scott, Kelly, and Chrystal and 4 grandchildren, Andrew, Olivia, Kayla, and Kate.
Presently retired from Sales Management position to enjoy hobbies which include gardening, square dancing, and bowling. Receives much joy from helping others in need.
A cancer survivor of 8 years. Praise God!

Thursday, May 19, 2011

Janis Bivens Brock

Janis Bivens Brock
Spouse: Doug "Dud-Do" Brock
Married 40 years on June 30 and reside in Englewood.
Two daughters - Paige lives in Pensacola, FL and is 37. She has two children - Grace, 12 and Aidan, 7. She is married to Lee Irving and is an 8th grade Language Arts teacher. Kerry is my younger daughter and is 35. She lives in Somerset, KY and is married to Allen Brimer. They have two sons - Ben, 9 and Eli, 3. Kerry works for Red Cloud Indian School on Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in South Dakota. She is a grant writer and development officer and works from home except for a few visits a yr. to SD.
My husband retired from Alcoa after 40 years and I worked for Tennessee Wesleyan College as Secretary to the Academic Dean for 15 years, retiring in 2006 from Athens Utilities Board. Through the years we enjoyed camping, trips to our favorite vacation destinationi - New Smyrna, FL, and other family activities. We took our family vacation traveling the Western States in 1989. In 1995, I went on a study tour of Northern England and Scotland with TWC and both my daughters also went. This was one of our best trips ever. Last fall we went on a bus trip to the Northeastern states--something we had always wanted to do.

Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Douglas Bryan

Added by Jo Anne Bryan Hooper
Doug was born on December 25th 1948 and passed away April 9th, 1963, our freshman year. He attended Goodsprings School from 1-8th grades. He was my cousin and best friend. Doug loved history and politics. If Doug was alive today I'm sure he would be a good, honest political leader.

Jo Anne Bryan Hooper

I attended Goodsprings School from 1-8 grades. After graduating in 1966 from Etowah High I worked at Alverson's drug store for several years before moving to Cleveland. In Cleveland I attended and graduated from Cleveland State Community College while working at Gibson's pharmacy. After Cleveland State I attended Lee University while working as a Lab tech at Duracell Battery Company. I received a BS degree in Natural Science from Lee. Duracell transferred me to Lagrange Ga. I stayed with Duracell until 1988 and then accepted a job with Belden Wire and Cable in Richmond IN. After 15 years of very cold winters I decided it was time to move back South. Moved to Chattanooga and then to Decatur GA. I am semi-retired but do consulting work from home and I also have my Real Estate License. Plan to stay here for a long time. I am glad to be back in the south and closer to my family and friends.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Margaret Culpepper

Margaret Culpepper Doar married to Robert S. Doar We live in Kernersville,N.C. Married for 43 years.

Daughter Tia Doar Emmite, husband,David Emmite Portland Oregon

Two grandchildren, Grace Margaret Emmite, and James Joseph Emmite

Favorite vacation places: Cape Hatteras where we have a cottage and St.Thomas

I taught school for 19 years teaching biology and chemistry. The last ten years I was a Middle
School Assistant Principal. Bob and I are both retired. We travel a lot including Delano where Mother lives and Portland where the kids are. We have remodeled several homes for rental My bucket list is good. My life has been a very happy one.

Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Janis Harris Morel

Janis Harris and Gary Morel married August 2nd 1975 at Goodsprings

Children: Janna age 33 married John McGregor they have daughter Alana, age 5 years and son James age 8 months
Paul age 30 married Brooke and they have 2 daughters, Ava age 3 years and Alexandria age 3 months.

I retired from the VA Medical Center as a Medical Technologist Supervisor in 2004 and Gary works for the VA Regional Office.

I feel very fortunate and blessed to have not kicked the bucket yet. I thoroughly enjoy my family all living in Nashville, nearby and getting to see the grandchildren often. There is one thing that I have realized again and again this past year (especially after losing my dad and infant grandson in the span of 3 months). The fact that God is good all the time. All the time, God is good. I pray that each of you will rely on the Father to see you through any and all situations of life.

Sunday, April 3, 2011

Bob Taylor

Bob Taylor
My Address: 2306 Providence Ln. NW
Cleveland, TN 37312
email: InMyRV@aol.com
wife: Harriet
Son: Rob Taylor and wife Courtney. Married Oct. 2010.
Daughter and family: Tamara Taylor Humphres, Ellis and 1st. and only Granddaughter, Hattie.

After graduating EHS Class of 66 I continued to work at Doug's IGA and eventually enrolled at Lee College (now, University). But after finishing my first year there, I was drafted into the US Army and left for Basic Training along with Bobby Slack in July of 1968. My Army career, 3 years and 6 days was basically uneventfully although, I do have some stories I could tell.
About 3 months before I left the Army, I married Harriet French (Bradley County High School class of 66). Harriet finished her requirements for her degree at Tennessee Technological University just before we were married and began working at Cape Fear Valley Hospital in Fayetteville, NC after our honeymoon to California. We stayed in Fayetteville and additional 5 months after I was released from the Army and worked at Dupont.

An opportunity to become a Letter Carrier became available and I took advantage of it and we moved to Cleveland, TN in late November of 1971. I stayed a letter carrier for 32 1/2 years but did perform some other functions, such as Local Union President for 12 years, Health Benefits Representative for 16 years and other functions.

As a family we found out that we liked to be outside. This led to camping, first in a tent, then pop-up, a couple of travel trailers and now a 5th Wheel. We also found out that, except for Harriet, we enjoyed skiing. Rob has tried about everything from guiding on the Ocoee River, kayaking, mountain biking, selling Land Rovers, working in ski resort. Rob and Tamara are great friends there has been some competition. Their favorite ski locations is Utah but Tamara has skied in the Alps and in Reno, NV and Rob has skied at Whistler, BC near Vacouver, Canada to keep the competition going. They both spent a semester in Cambridge, England while in college but Tamara did a Missions trip to Bulgaria and to Istanbul, Turkey. Tamara has been the Director of the After School Programs for Cleveland City Schools for several years now.

Since retiring, Harriet and I have spent 3 summers in Yellowstone National Park working there and living in our RV. We have also managed to finish our goal of visiting each of the 50 states and 26 of the 54 National Parks. I have also encouraged the RV Lifestyle by selling RV's in Florida and N. Georgia. I worked 2 winters in Park City, UT as a driver doing Airport runs and driving people during the Sundance Film Festival and a Celebrity Hockey Shootout.

For the past year, I have spent most of my time visiting with my Granddaughter, Hattie. She spent her 1st night in the RV last Halloween. She is now 15 months old and you can view her picture on my or her facebook page, Bob Taylor or Hattie Humphres.