920 North Murphy
Plano, TX 75074
(214) 424-3979
rthorpe1@peoplepc.com
617 Lloyd Lane
Baytown, TX 77521
(281) 422-8791
ED: Mary Margaret lost her husband, Kenneth, in 2008
Retired from the Army after 20+ years. Worked for the Dept. of Corrections. Has some "mobility" problems, his brother say he is very independent. He is living in East Texas but no address is available. Deer hunting and turkey shoots were great past times for him. He has several children
Went into the Air Force in 1955 as an Aviation Cadet. Married Nancy Caldwell (class of ‘55) in ’57, the day I received my wings and commission as a 2nd Lt.. Had 2 boys and 2 girls. Got Bachelors degree from South West Texas State while in the AF. Played flight instructor & fighter pilot. Flew 220 combat missions in Viet Nam in F-4 Phantom fighter jets. Received two Distinguished Flying Crosses. Only lost one plane. Got to live and travel around the U.S. and the world. Toured the Far East, Europe, Canada, etc. Lived in Germany for 4 years. The kids learned to speak German but all I could do was order a glass of wine or a mug of beer. Retired from the Air Force in ‘75 as a Major. Divorced in ‘78. Got into Real Estate. Was the Regional Manger for the Better Homes and Garden’s Real Estate service for TX and 4 surrounding states so traveled constantly.. Got interested in computer networking in ‘81 while in real estate. Started going with Georgann Bynum (our class) in ‘86 and got married in '88.
Went to work at Johnson Space Center in ‘89 as a computer Network Engineer and then 5 years later company shifted me to civilian contracts.
Moved to our retirement home in Richards in ’95, and finally retired in 2001. Now have 8 grandchildren. With Georgann’s 8, we have 16! Both Georgann and I each have a great-grandchild. Christmas is getting expensive.
She is survived by one daughter, Allison Newton of Onalaska; brothers, Edward Trchalek and wife Winnie of Tomball and Floyd Trchalek and wife Shirley of Baytown; sisters, Evelyn Guidry and husband Charles of Baytown, and Avis Irby and husband Buddy of Mt. Belvieu; sister-in-law, Virginia Trchalek of Carmel, IN, and her beloved cat, Prissy.
2008: Lost my friend and wife, and our classmate, Georgann Bynum Walker in December after a long illness.
139 E. Mirrow Ridge Circle
The Woodlands, TX 77382
(281) 681-1814
16213 Lakeview Dr., Jersey Village, TX 77040-2027
(713) 466-4508 BWells367@att.net
I went to business school for a year after high school. Married in July 1955. Worked while my husband was in the army. We have 2 children and 5 grandchildren. Over the last 20 years, I have worked in insurance and for a while in real estate. I am currently working in and insurance agency. As I enjoy what I do, I will probably be here for a while. Ramon and I have been married 44 years in July. We have lived at our current address for 28 years. Prior to moving to our current home, we lived in Dickinson for 4 years, Beeville, TX for 7 months and Texas City for 5 years.
22802 Baneberry
Magnolia, TX 77355
713-594-8007
The thing I remember is being in the choir! I loved it. I married Calvin R. Jennings in '53; had three children, Calvin Jr., 53; Sherry, 50; Tami, 47. I have six grandchildren and seven great grandchildren.
I have 3 children, Calvin Jr. who has 1 son Sean Jennings; Sherry Lynn Jennings, Kingsbury, has 3 children Shaina 21, Michelle 13, Mariah 11; and my youngest Tami Faye Jennings, Doyle has no children, but has 2 step children: Stacie, has 2 children Kyla and Zane, and expecting in Sept or October and Christel has 5 Marky, Alexus,Dominic, Xavier, and Ariel.
2009: I lived in Friendswood for 23 years, I was working for Amoco refinery in Texas City. I worked in the lab running quality control samples to keep refinery within specifications. I retired in May 1998, and watched 10 babies for surrounding neighbors and my grandchildren while parents worked. I had worked for Sears for 10 years as division manager before that.
I like to garden and raise flowers. I help my daughter watch her grandchildren. I have a job now sitting with my pastor's sister who has Alzheimer's. I work from 7pm to 7am then come help my daughter with housework. I also take care of my son who was crippled for years. I finally got him up out of wheelchair after 5 years. Yeh!
Tami's father-in-law is a preacher so we go to church a lot. I help her in children's church so parents can hear message from pastor.
I was so glad to see my friend Betty and get in touch with all the others from our class. I really enjoyed myself.
7102 FM 1942
Baytown, TX 77521
281-839-1419 jconnealy@peoplepc.com
2616 Twinport, Irving, TX 75062
June 29.1998 I lost my beloved Cindy to cancer. We had owned a home in Dallas and an apartment in Tampa, Florida for 10 years. We had been together for 16 years.
After military service,’58-’60, I
After graduation worked at the Baytown Sun remainder of 1954. Trained for airline job in Kansas City and was hired by Pan Am - Houston in reservations, April, 1955. Married Pat Bowers after his return from Korea in Sept., 1956. Worked for PAA until we moved back to Baytown in Nov., 1957. Our son Tony was born Dec., 1957 and son Tim was born Dec., 1964. Remained homemaker and mother, earned Realtors License in 1979. Retired from Real Estate in 1986. Pat sold his interest in Petrochemical business and retired in 1981.
1999: Things are not really too different. The basics are still the same. I’m still married to the same handsome husband – 43rd anniversary due in September. Luckily we are both a ‘little’ older and hopefully wiser. Still enjoying retirement and an interesting and happy life. We are active in the First Presbyterian Church on Market Street in Baytown, where we grew up and married in 1956. Pat and I continue to spend some time each month at the ranch in Rocksprings, in the Hill Country. We have our family Thanksgiving there each year. Our sons enjoy hunting season there-occasionally they bag a big one.
Both grown sons live close by. Tony and wife and family live in Humble, raising teenage daughters. Son Tim works and lives near downtown Houston.
The past 45 years have indeed been a good journey along life’s way. As with some of our friends we have continued to live and work and grow in familiar surroundings. At times traveling to the ‘outside’ world to sample new sights and experiences. The last excursion we enjoyed San Francisco, Carmel, Yosemite and Lake Tahoe.
Our Baytown address remains on Hillhurst and we always enjoy friends who come for a visit. David McPhail and wife, Irene, surprised us. And Marlene and Harold visit when they come this way. It’s fun to have dinner with former classmates when we do that from time to time.
The way things are in the world today helps me to realize what a wonderful time we had growing up in the age of innocence. For the most part our teachers were dedicated and kind men and women, interested in making us contributing individuals
See you at the Reunion!!
2004: How can it possibly be time for our 50th Reunion????
I feel fortunate to be here for this one--as we have lost more of our dear friends and classmates since ‘99. Thankful we can all be together again.
Since last time: we still enjoy our time in the Hill Country, one week a month. Pat enjoys his tractor and raising Limousin cattle. I’m his Sidekick and partner.
Son, Tony (46) works for Ranger Steel in Houston. He and his family live in Humble in Fall Creek. One granddaughter, Kara graduated with honors in ‘02 and attends Kingwood College. Granddaughter, Crystal graduates this spring and will attend Kingwood. Son, Tim (39) lives across from Memorial Park and works for Fiber Link. Tony and Tim enjoy golfing together on weekends. We are fortunate they are nearby and doing well.
In January, 2004 Susie (Hooks) Vandervoort invited Marlene Stewart and me to visit for a week. We had a wonderful time in Phoenix and Paradise Valley, AZ. It was great fun for the three of us to be together again. One evening we got on the computer and spent hours on the Class website reminiscing. Thanks Asa Ray and Georgann
I am grateful for many blessings--life is good. Some of my fondest memories in High School were the lasting friendships made, happy times and Football games and parties. Also getting to be Senior Duchess at the Brigadier Ball in ‘54.
2009 Update---
Patrick and I enjoy each day as it comes. Feeling blessed to have reasonably good health and each other. Our grown children are wonderful to us. They both live and work in Houston, and we enjoy being with them frequently.
Tony, 51 and his wife Valette have a home in the Heights and he still works for Ranger Steel. Our granddaughter, Kara graduated w/honors from Texas State in Dec. '08 and lives in Austin.
Tim,44 finally found Ms. Right, Kelly Ryan and they married in Sept '05. They have a new home in the Heights and gave us 2 little grandsons. Calvin Patrick, 2 1/2 and Jack Ryan ,six months . A lively bunch. During "Ike" we all evacuated to our place in Rocksprings for several days until our power was restored at home in Baytown. "I had "survivors guilt" as our only damage was 3 fence boards from a neighbor's big tree limb. We had lots of fun all being together that week at the ranch. I felt really sorrry for our friends who were w/o power for weeks and suffered real damage to their homes.
We are very involved at St. Mark's United Methodist Church in Baytown. I belong to the Prayer Group,UMW--Susanna Wesley Circle and the Evangelism Committee. Also work with Church Women United, sponsors of both a Thrift Shop and The Child Care Center. I serve on both Boards. The Child Care Center cares for 107 children, some are children of Lee College students and the Leeway program. I'm proud of this endeavor. My hope is to open another Center as there are 100 children on the waiting list. There is a huge need for good child care.
I'm looking forward to seeing old friends at the Reunion. We have enjoyed the Summer picnics each year. We can renew friendships and have a great time.
Thanks to the Committee for their hard work in planning everything.
See Ya.