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    Wayne Porter
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Received this email from Kay today and I'm treating it as news to the web site.
Kay still lives in Florida. (edited)

Dear Gene,

Have not heard from you in a while. I just wanted you to know that my brother George T. Parker died January 8, 2008. He was married to Helen Lemonis who remarried this past Sat. to Travis McCulley.

We are fine here, Mother will be 90 this Dec. Linda and I think she may out live us all.

I have a new grandson born in B;ham on 6/30. My 6th grandchild and my son's first. My daughter has 5.

Stay in touch.
Take care

Kay (Parker) Murray

FROM THOMAS SAHM

I thought that I would say hello. I'm Thomas Sahm from the class of 64. We were the last of the War Kids, born before April 1946 like myself, and the first of the Baby Boomers. That means that only the other half of my class is in Bill Clinton's Generation. I graduated from the U of A in 1968 and beat my draft notice into the Air Force. I spent most of the next 22 years far from Tuscaloosa, over half of it in other countries. I retired from the Air Force in 1990 here in Goldsboro North Carolina and had to start working for a living. (Actually it is like a vacation compared to much of my time in the Air Force, and I even get paid overtime when I have to work weekends and holidays.)

I have three children. My oldest daughter, Sandra, is 28 and lives in Tuscaloosa as does my mother. My son, Thomas, is 14 and my daughter, Rebecca, is 12. They are, of course, still in school. My wife, Somlim, and I have been married for 15 years. We only have one serious point of contention. Computers are my hobby and she hates computers.

I made it to my 35 year reunion last year. I would have loved to have come to the mega reunion, but work interfered. They should try having the next one around July 4. My company closes down for maintenance then, so work would never interfere. Say hi to the coaches for me. I still remember Coach Henderson's driving class and all the HOT Football practice sessions.

If anyone runs into Ralph Hayden or Tommy Guin, also class of 64, say hi for me to them too.

I enjoy any praise that is given to our teachers and I recently got this email from a classmate,and in not using a name, this is the text of that email..................................

Sorry to diasppoint you, but I know NOTHING about web pages, setting one up, etc. I do not have one single photograph of school friends other than school pictures and annuals.

I keep in touch with several other Class of '64 members. However, other than those few, I doubt that anyone else in the class would have any interest whatsoever in my life, my daughter, my accomplishments, my anything for the last 36 years.

I love THS for the marvelous teachers we had. I am truly thankful that I went to school there and had wonderful teachers like Louise Cary, Anna Brown, Mrs. Vibbart, Martha Adams, Mrs. Phelps, Irene Little, Janice Rankin, Janelle Burroughs, and on and on. I think we got a top notch education - especially by today's standards!

I left Tuscaloosa in 1970 after I graduated from U of A. I went to one reunion - 1984 I think. It is difficult for me to get to Tuscaloosa - the motivation would have to be REALLY good.

Things do change and if the motivation and timing are right, it is a possibility that I might make the drive for a reunion.
Thanks for your interest and sorry not to be of any help.


OBITUARY

BOTELER

James Knox Boteler, Jr., born April 6, 1946 in Tuscaloosa, AL passed on Wednesday, November, 16, 2011 at the W.F. Green Veterans Home in Bay Minette, AL.

Jim served in the United States Navy during Vietnam. He was a graduate of Livingston University and served as the college's SGA President. He was a member of Tau Kappa Epsilon.

A resident of Mobile for the majority of his life, Jim was a member of Central Presbyterian Church where he served as a Deacon and an Elder. He and his family owned Boteler Meat Distributors on Halls Mill Road for many years. Jim was an avid outdoorsman and coached several local youth baseball and softball teams. Jim was a member of a Mardi Gras society. He was a supporter of all athletic programs at the University of Alabama. Jim never missed the opportunity to share a meal, story, and a laugh with friends and family. This joy carried over later in life during visits with his grandchildren.

Jim is preceded in death by his mother, Ola Dean Roberts Boteler, and brother John Myron Boteler.

He is survived by his father, James Knox Boteler; sister, Susan Boteler Caples (Bruce); children, James Knox Boteler, III (Marian) and Linnie Boteler Pawlek (Andrew); grandchildren, Anne Gliddon Boteler, James Knox Boteler, IV and Reed Elliott Pawlek; and other relatives and friends.

Burial at Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, Tuscaloosa, AL.

Donations can be made in lieu of flowers to Central Presbyterian Church, 1260 Dauphin Street, Mobile, AL 36604 or W.F. Green Veterans Home, 300 Faulkner Drive, Bay Minette, AL 36507.

In Memory of
David Earl Goodwin
December 11, 1944 - September 10, 2011

David Earl Goodwin, age 66, of Tuscaloosa, died Sept. 10, 2011, at DCH Regional Medical Center. Services will be 11 a.m. Monday at Sunset Funeral Home Chapel with Rev. Richard Bowers officiating. Burial will follow in Sunset Memorial Park with Sunset Funeral Home, a Dignity Memorial Provider, directing. Visitation will be one hour prior to services at the funeral home.

He was preceded in death his wife, Alla Jeanette Goodwin, and his parents, William Arvis and Lela Keebler Goodwin.

Survivors include his former wife, Mavis Goodwin; his daughters, Melissa Hicks of Centreville and Betsy Herron of Cottondale; his sister, Martha Myers (Nick) of South Carolina; his brother, Bill Goodwin (Carolyn) of Tuscaloosa; and four grandchildren.

David loved his family and friends dearly and was dearly loved in return.

Pallbearers will be Ronnie Harless, Jason Harless, Scott Barton, Walid Kanso, Ronnie Pugh, and Gary Anderson.

Honorary pallbearers are Gail Harless, his special little buddy Landon Harless, Judy Kanso, Stacey Harless, Kathy and Lindsey Pugh, Sandra Anderson, Jimmy Pryor, Chad Christian, David McIntosh, Raymond Junkin, Ronnie Taylor, and Wayne, Janet, Michael, and William Wayne Puckett.

Add your words of friendship and say howdy to other classmates on these pages. Thank you for visiting our pages at THS 1964. Please come back and visit again!

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