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BILL
HOOVER -
After graduation, I attended Howard College, graduating in '65 with a BS in
Biology. Worked for almost 2 years at Baptist Medical Center Princeton, where I
met my first wife. In '67, I joined the USAF and spent 4 years as an
avionics officer, responsible for maintenance of the electronics working with
F-102 and F-106 aircraft. I was stationed for 2 years at Clark Air Base in The
Philippines and 1 year at McChord Air Force Base in Tacoma WA. After leaving the
AF in '71, I returned to the Birmingham area where I went to work for a large medical
laboratory. In '78, I moved to Mobile, where I worked at the U of South Alabama
Medical Center. In '80, I returned to Birmingham and began working at UAB in the
hospital laboratory, where I am still employed. I have 3 sons (Rick 33, John 28
and Jason 25). I had 2 marriages that ended in divorce. I have been married to
my third wife, Charlotte, for 12 years and couldn't be happier. We live in
Ashville AL in the middle of 33 acres of woods.
JIMMY
JOHNSON -
After graduation, I attended
Birmingham Southern and dated Mary Beth Hanbury from '65-'69. I enlisted
in the Army in '66, served in Viet Nam from '67-'68, then was stationed at
Walter Reed Army Medical Center. I met and married a girl that worked
there in '69 and came back to Birmingham after completing my service time. We
divorced after 7 years. I have one son who lives in VA. I have been
employed as an insurance underwriter and had my own business for a period of
time. I am now retired. After being single and alone for 20 years,
Mary Beth came back home to Birmingham, we reunited and married in '98. We both
know that this was God's plan all along and life together now is so much better
and happier than it would have been in our younger years!
MIMI
JONES -
I just celebrated
my 3rd anniversary of marriage to Ward Watson (Ramsey '64 and U of Alabama '68). We have 2 daughters each. 2 work in Family Owned Business, 1 is an Air
Force Capt and 1 is a Flower Child. 5 grandchildren, 4 precious girls and
1 ALL boy, ages 1 to 13. I have been employed with BellSouth for 30+ years
and plan to retire in 18 mo. Ward is a Real-estate appraiser. The
Birmingham area has been my home most of my life and we now live in Hoover. My
favorite memories of the WEHS days are trips to Panama City and dancing at the
"Hangout" at Long Beach Resort. FUN!!
JEAN
KENT -
I'm not
sure anyone will remember me as I left Birmingham shortly after graduation and have
not been to any reunions. The timing just never worked out for us. After a not so good first marriage in AL, my infant daughter, Tammie, and I
moved to TX in '64. I met and married my wonderful husband Darwin Marsh in
'66. Boy, that means this Dec we'll have been married 35 years. We
added 2 more daughters to our gang and they are all great! Tammie is a
single again mom raising 3 children (who just happen to be the most wonderful
grandchildren ever!) We have a daughter, Sherri 30, who lives in Dallas
and is a computer software specialist. Our youngest, Stacie 29, lives in
Chapel Hill NC and is a veterinarian. The last 2 are still single. Just no time for marriage yet, but each have serious boyfriends so I'm crossing
my fingers that more grandchildren are around the corner. Darwin and I
owned and operated an outdoor advertising co in Houston until '85 when we sold
out and moved to the country (Huntsville TX) and just traveled and did enough
with a few remaining billboards to keep us occupied until about 3 years ago when
we started building communication towers. I'm ready to sell out and be
retired for good this time! We live on 360 acres with an 8 acre lake and
really know how to relax! I love working in my flower and herb gardens (at
least 100 different herbs) and just enjoying my kids and grandkids.
DAN KING - (deceased) - I work as an engineer for Norfolk Southern Railroad. Been there since Aug '63. Was married to Brenda Farmer for 11 years and we
had 2 boys. Had Allen in '66, Chris in '71. Divorced in '75 and
still single. Allen is a captain with the air guard, flying all over the
country. Chris is with a consulting firm in Dallas. I enjoy fishing
on the gulf with my brother and my kids.
RUBY LeBOUEF - I
am a Counter Manager for Dillards/Lancome Cosmetics in Biloxi, MS. Same
job for 15 years. I was married to John Parker ('62). Don't remember
a lot of my classmates, but wish you'll the best life has to offer!
CAROL
LEMLEY -
After reading the bios on the WE website, my life (thus far) looks depressing
like most everyone's: 2 husbands, 4 kids, 3 grands, 3 advanced degrees, extra
pounds and a house at the beach. I married Hank Gary, Sally's brother,
went to Hollywood, made a movie, got rich and famous and found a new husband
whose life as a career army officer fit in with mine - no, wait that is Patty
Duke's life. OK, so I didn't go to Hollywood or make a movie. I did
marry Hank, we did split, I did marry a cool army guy and I did get a PhD from
the U of CA, really. Now I sit on my front deck, drinking iced tea and
study wave formations of the Atlantic Ocean in Kure Beach (Hurricane Capital of
the World), NC. I am working on getting a grant to pay me to do this, but until
that comes through, I do it as a consultant. One of my favorite memories
includes Ms Ezell, the Hallway Nazi, and her band of Hall Monitors. I,
desiring the thrill of authority, was one for a short time - unfortunately it
was during my watch that the great Chicken Hunt took place. Someone with a
great sense of justice secretly placed dead chickens in empty lockers, then
locked them. It fell to the hall monitors to go up and down the locker
line, sniffing to locate the dead chicken. And the way she patrolled the
halls in the morning to make sure no couples were actually touching each other
as they went from class to class. I also have a very fond memory of what
Barbara Cork and I did the day Coach Roy caught us talking in class and made us
write 500 times "I will not talk in Coach Roy's class." and I also
remember with the greatest fondness the one brief moment that Gerald Kesler
allowed me to drive his motorcycle.
HELEN
LIKIS -
I
graduated Auburn in '65 with a BS in Elementary Education. I lived in
Birmingham for 2 years and taught 3rd grade at Lipscomb Elem (a great intro to
teaching on the front steps - a large red KKK). Married in '67 to Russell
(Rusty) Foxhall, also graduated Auburn. We lived in Dallas, Atlanta,
Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Buffalo, Hampton SC (pop 2000) and finally settled in
Greer, between Greenville and Spartanburg, and have been here for 31 years. Rusty is a Staff Research Engineer for a plastics company (Mitsubishi) and we
have 3 wonderful sons. Scott 30, is an asst baseball coach at the
College of Charleston where he played during his college years. Chris 26,
graduated from Auburn and is an internal auditor for Holder Construction in
Atlanta. Joey 24, also played baseball at the College of Charleston as an
undergraduate and is now a 2nd year law student at Wake Forest. I returned
to teaching 14 years ago and am still in the 3rd grade. We're way behind
every because there are no daughters-in-law or grandchildren, but do keep
hoping. It's been great reading all the updates!
SHARON
McANALLY -
After graduation in '61, married my Ensley
high school honey, Robert Glaze in '62. We have 2 daughters, Robin, 37,
who has 2 beautiful daughters, 12 and 10. Other daughter is Heather, 30. Both are married living in Atlanta. We lived all over, but called Atlanta
home until June '00 and then moved to paradise, Destin FL. We had been
coming to the area since Panama City days (oh boy!) We owned property here for
many years and decided to make it our full time home. Robert retired from
corporate America in December and started his own business in Destin. He
is an avid scuba diver, so we travel often. I am a mortgage broker and try
to fit it in between the beach, golf and tennis, when my knees hold up!
GEORGE MEDLYN - Attended WEHS fromSept '57-Jun '59 but
graduated in Jun '61 from Castle Heights Military Academy in Lebanon TN. Got
dumped by "IDES of March" - thanks JECB. I enlisted in the US Army in June '62,
met and married the most wonderful woman in the world, Jeanette (JVHS '63) in
Aug '64. We have 2 sons, Michael and Robert, born in '65 and '69. In service, I
was stationed with the 101st Airborne Div (Fort Campbell KY) after jump school
at Fort benning, GA, then was assigned to the 508th Infantry Batallion and 8th
Special Forces Group (Green Berets) at the Panama Canal. Other overseas
assignments included Korea '75-'76 and West Germany '77-'80. Retired in '84 with
rank of Staff Sergeant (E6) after 20 years of service. Entered Federal Civil
Service in '85 as an Electronics Enginner and retired as an Information
Technologist (GS11). in 04 with 21 years of service. My wife retired the same
day with 25 years of Federal Civil Service. A year later, we sold our townhome
and bought a home in Trussville, AL. in 07. After 50+ years away from
Birmingham, it's great to be back. Until I stumbled across West End Online, I
wasn't sure I would be able to locate and contact classmates. Thanks to the
great work and effort put forth by Cliff, that process has been made a lot
easier.
MARY
MEMORY -
I married Harry Deffebach, Ensley '59, and will celebrate
42 years of marriage in Sept.
We lived in Auburn for 11 years while Harry earned BS, MS and PhD electrical
engineering degrees and produced 3 children, Memory, Jamie and Bud (III).
We moved to Indialantic FL 30 years ago and I earned BS and MS and taught
school (librarian) for 14 years, quitting 10 years ago. Harry retired in
'96 and that lasted less than 2 years.
He is retiring again this month. We
enjoy our 6 grandchildren (all in FL), golfing and traveling together.
Memory is a physician; Jamie a stay-at-home mom; and Bud a patent
attorney. We went to Ensley '50-'59
reunion in April.
As of Harry's
summer 2001 retirement, we are at our home in Highlands, NC, for half the year
and winter in Indialantic, Fl., our home of 32 years.
Update 2019: I’ve been very lucky in having had and
having a wonderful life with a loving family. Harry and I will celebrate our
60th anniversary in September with a week trip to Nova Scotia that includes our
3 children and their spouses, all of whom live here in Florida and have been
married for 32+ years. My otherwise pleasures include friends, painting and
gardening. This will be our 17th summer in our Highlands, NC, home, where I
enjoy golfing with Harry and friends in the mountain coolness. I have gratitude
for the love, both given and received, of the people in my life, the
experiences, adventures and the happiness in my life.
MINA
MIZE -
After WEHS, I married Jim Jordan ('56) and we moved to Auburn U. Jim
completed his Engineering degree and I worked for the Auburn Athletics Dept. Our son Steve was born in the Opelika hospital. After leaving Auburn, we
spent 2 years with the Army, mostly in Savannah, where Lisa was born. When
she was 6 weeks old, Jim went to Okinawa where he finished his military duty. Then it was off to Mobile and here we have been for 37 years. Lisa has
blessed us with 3 granddaughters, Jordan, Julia and Jana and they live 3 houses
from us. Steve has blessed us with a grandson, Josh and they live in
Douglasville GA. My parents moved from Birmingham to Mobile and
live next door to us, so we have created a family compound, as such. I
sang with the "Sweet Adelines" for 15 years and traveled the US with them. I spend 5 years teaching kindergarten, then became principal of our church
school. When the children became older, I worked with a CPA firm and have
been there for 24 years. I am Co-Chairman of the Advisory Board of the
Salvation Army Women and Children's Shelter. Jim and I are active in
Springhill Baptist Church and teach a couples class. We were big into
camping and have had all sorts of sleepers from tents to trailers to motor
homes. It seems the older we get, the more work camping has become, so we
put it on the back burner to get in a total relaxing mode. Our vacations
now are by airplane and we choose only resort hotels (I don't miss camping at
all). Jim is a retired Army Colonel and retired from the Corps of
Engineers. I am still working with Lawrence and Lawrence CPA and have not
given retirement much thought. I love working and being involved in the
good things that are happening to our city. I chuckle to myself sometimes
when I think of the business math class that I attended in the basement of WEHS. The pipes were exposed and the floor was dirt. Coach Short taught class
and when we got bored or needed a stall tactic, we asked him something about
football and that took up the rest of the class. Maybe it was his
influence that makes the game of football so exciting for me now!
TOMMY MOONEY -
After WEHS, I attended Howard College for 2 years then Auburn where I graduated
in Mechanical Engineering in '66. I was in the co-op program at Rust
Engineering in Birmingham starting '64, went to work full time for Rust in '66 and
resigned in '96. That was 31 years service in the design of heating,
ventilating, air conditioning and process ventilation systems for industrial
facilities. I married Lynn Fullilove in '67 and we have 4 children: Leslie
30, Brian 27, April 20 and Paul 17. Leslie and Neil have a son, Sam, 3 (Katy is
due in Aug). They live in Cookeville TN. Both are pediatricians. Brian
and Mechelle live in Nashville, no children and none planned. Brian aligns
truck front ends and is an aspiring musician. April is a student at Montevallo. Paul will be a senior at Pinson Valley HS in Sept. For the past 5 years I
have been working with GE Financial Assurance, helping people buy long term care
insurance, the type that will pay for nursing home bills, assisted care facility
bills and home care. Does anyone have a 1961 WEHS man’s class ring they
would sell? I lost mine in '61. Please contact with details.
ROGER
MOORE - (deceased) - After WEHS I graduated from Auburn with a BS in accounting. In '64, married Judy Aycock, Phillips '61. We have lived in Homewood and
now Vestavia. We have 5 children, Donna, Tommy, Dana, Diane and Haley; and
7 grandchildren with 1 on the way. Much of our time is spent with them. I have owned my own CPA firm in Shelby County for 20+ years.
HORNSBY
MORGAN -
After moving to Houston in '62, I attended the U of Houston. My wife's
name is Piper. I've work for US Filter for 30 years selling high purity
water treatment systems, mostly to the oil industries and the medical market. I have 2 daughters, Kelly and Karen from my previous marriage to Janet Veazey
(class of '61). My wife and I like to travel and we do a lot of RVing and
boating. Prior to my marriage to Piper, I lived on a 40 foot sailboat for
about 10 years (what a life) and sailed it to places like Cosmal, Mexico and the
Bahamas. I plan to retire next year, buy a bigger RV and we are going to hit
the road for a few years!
ANN
MORRIS - (deceased) - I married Charlie Patterson ('60) in '65 after we both finished
Auburn. After 35 years of service, Charlie retired from GA Power Company
in Feb'00 and we presently live in the Atlanta area. Our daughter Dana and
her family live about 30 min from us and our son Alan and his wife live in
Dublin, GA. I enjoy tennis, while Charlie stays active with running,
swimming and biking. We both enjoy our 5 year old granddaughter. We
also are busy with church and community commitments.
BOB
MORRIS - Married Jill Neal, class of '62. After moving several
times, Jill and I settled in St Louis in '79. We've had a wonderful life
and are living proof that Auburn and AL grads can survive together. Our 2
sons, Scott and Jason live here too. Scott was in NY for 5 years and
Indianapolis for 4 years before coming back here. We have 1 grandson,
Robert Scott III and another grandchild on the way. We are retired; Jill
from teaching at Rossman School and me from 34 years with Monsanto. We are
enjoying travel and charity work as well as a lot of golf and tennis.
JULIAN
MORRIS - I spent 4 years in the USAF both overseas and stateside. After getting out of the AF, I worked at various automobile dealerships
throughout AL in sales management. I am now a sales mgr at a Chevy
dealership in Hartselle. My wife, Ronnie, and I have 2 children and a
grandchild.
JUDY
MYERS - After graduation, I went to work, dated 2 guys and married
both of them! Sound odd? Well, I married one in '62 and we have 2
children, Mark 38 and Leslie 35. But sadly, after 17 years, we divorced. I
was working at BMC Princeton when I was surprised with a visit from my other
beau. After some time, I left BMC to join him in MD where we were married
in '89. We share a combined family of 4 children and 8 grandchildren. My husband, Jim, graduated from Hueytown HS and the US Naval Academy and flew
Maritime Patrol Aircraft for many years, ultimately retiring near Patuxent River
MD. In '93 we moved to Panama City Beach. You can't get a Navy man
too far from the water! We are active in our church and we love living
near the beach with our grandson Chris, our 2 Chihuahuas, 2 cats and a
cockatiel. I remember with much love Central Park, the neighborhood and
the elementary school; hot-fudge sundaes from Lane's Drug Store at Five Points
West; Friday nights at Lowe's skating rink, Sky Castle with Tommy Charles and
2-door '57 Chevys!
JANICE
NORMAN -
I
majored in Elementary Ed at Auburn University and received my masters from the
University of Montevallo, teaching for 30 years in the Birmingham area. I
married Jim Alderman, have two daughters and four grandchildren. We retired in
'96 and moved to Lake Logan Martin. Currently, we have our house for sale and
are moving to Charlottesville VA, where our youngest daughter and family live.
SANDRA
OGLETREE -
Divorced after 48 years from Ronnie Ranson. Am living in
Alabaster and raising a 13 year old granddaughter. Retired from RN position as
an OB nurse and then went from little babies to big babies working as ADON in a
nursing home. I have 3 sons 49, 47, 39 and we all live within 15 minutes of each
other. I have 5 beautiful granddaughters and 3 handsome grandsons. I stay busy
with the 13 year old involved In competitive cheerleading and sewing kids
clothes in a business with a friend.
ARTHUR
"BUSTER" PATTERSON - I was 1 of 5 Patterson children to move through
the halls of WEHS. After finally finishing college, on the career plan,
I've worked for a number of retailers around the country. This has given
me the opportunity to enjoy life in Nashville, Cincinnati, Clearwater, Boston,
NYC, Washington D.C., Detroit and Memphis. After all that, life in the
South looks very attractive. At this point I have been blessed with 2
daughters, 3 step-children and 6 grandchildren with 1 more on the way in May. Never thought I was the benevolent grandfather type, but we all fool ourselves. Despite the US Army, divorce and the IRS, life has in general been good for
me. A little remembrance for one of WEHS more unique teachers. There
probably has been only one time in all the years Mr Baughan terrorized chemistry
students that everyone managed to pass one of his quizzes. We're all
sitting there, scratching various parts of our anatomy, trying desperately to
figure out just what a molal solution was, when divine intervention occurred. We had a fire drill and all got to stand around outside for about 15 minutes
before going back in to finish the exam. It must have been the sun shining
on our heads that caused knowledge to grow that time!
SHIRLEY POWELL - Went to MSCW (Mississippi
State College for Women) after graduation from WEHS and finished in 1964. Married Larry Chapman (61) in 1964 and lived in Auburn until his graduation in
1965. After Auburn, we lived in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Florida
and Alabama. Our longest tenure was in the Charleston, SC area, specifically
Summerville, SC. Both of our children, Scott and Susan, graduated from
Summerville High School and went on to graduate from Auburn University. Needless
to say, we spend a lot of the football weekends in Auburn tailgating and
supporting our favorite team. See Larry Chapman BIO for more info.
JUDY
RATLIFF -
My husband, Jerry Gentry, and I attended the
'81 20 year reunion, had a great time! I have 1 son, Glenn and 3
grandchildren. I'm very lucky that they live less than a mile from me and
I love being a grandmother. I am retired from American Airlines. I
have kept in touch with Nancy Pigg Rinks and Bill. I see them several
times a year. Nancy and I talk often. I really enjoy the web site. I have a photo, somewhere, ha-ha, of the 20 year reunion girl picture. I
will try and find it and send a copy for the site.
WAYNE
RAY -
After WEHS,
I graduated from college - twice. Married Elaine Dockery (Auburn) from
Decatur AL and have spent 41 years living all over the world: CA, TN, MI, TX,
SC, FL, Vietnam, Germany, Egypt. We retired on Lake Jordan in Titus AL
where I am an itinerant fisherman and golfer. We have 2 daughters, 2 grandsons
plus a granddaughter born this summer. I am now a firefighter with the
Titus Volunteer Fire Dept and a volunteer with the American Red Cross. I
worked the Abbeville and Carbon Hill tornados just before Thanksgiving. Get yourself a tornado shelter before you need one. Looking at all the
pictures at West End Online, seems nobody has aged but me!
CAROL
REAGAN -
I married Lee McKinstry from Homewood in '64. We
have 3 children, a son and 2 daughters, and 2 grandchildren (soon to be 4). We moved to Atlanta when we married and have only happy memories of the 40 years
of my life since WEHS. I was always a stay at home mom putting my all into
all areas of my children's lives. My husband built a wonderful business in
Atlanta and I supported him by being very involved in business entertaining. 4 years ago we sold that business and bought a home on the bay in Pensacola. We kept our home in Atlanta and still spend a lot of time there since our
children live there. When I think of my high school years, the Senior year
stands out. The joy of cheer leading for WEHS will always be a favorite
memory of my youth!
NORMAN
RIDENHOUR -
I married Jackie Parker from
Shades Valley. We have 3 children, Leigh Ann (deceased), David and Laura,
and 3 grandchildren. I was publisher for Prattville Progress ('66-'82),
St Louis Globe Democrat, Birmingham News/Post Herald, Montgomery Advertiser and
Valley Times News. I currently live in Murfreesboro TN and am a sales rep
for Village Square Cabinet Supply in Nashville, working throughout Alabama,
Mississippi and Tennessee.
JOE
ROBERSON -
I married Joan Samuel '60. I graduated from the U of Alabama with a BS
degree in Commerce and Business Admin. I was a career Special Agent with
the US Secret Service until retirement. We have a son, Timothy, a senior
at U of Alabama. Joan and I did not know each other at WEHS. We were
introduced by my sister in the '70s when I was transferred to Birmingham from Austin
TX.
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