especially when old friends can get together for visitation and the

sharing of memories of times gone by.

Floyd Davis brought his two sons and their wives, along with three

members of Floyd's musical group.  Floyd and his group members brought

their instruments to play and sing a number of songs for the assembled

group. Floyd's efforts were greatly appreciated by all, as this was the

first time we'd had live entertainment at any of our past picnics.

Floyd's sister, Wyona (Class of '52 or '53), was also in attendance and

this represented her first time attending any alumni function.  Rita

Hatcher-Bureman and husband, Mike, were en route to their winter home in

Los Cruses, New Mexico, also attended.  This is the first time I had

seen Rita in almost 45 years.

Everybody brought a covered dish and we enjoyed a great lunch,

especially those terrific desserts.   

Attendees:  Eldon Box; Rita Hatcher-Bureman and husband, Mike; Maurine

Cozart; Floyd Davis with 7 guests; Reta Arnold-Dill and husband, Rodney;

Donna Duke; Terry Hendricks-Gornichec; Ronnie Joe Hamilton and wife,

Sandy; Chessie Hogue; Jim and June Holbrook; Frank Jensen; Jerrel

McAlister and wife, Linda; Gail Hatcher-Patterson; Janie

Duggins-Pilkington and husband, Thomas, Nancy Robertson, Lynda

Pitts-Stewart; Joy Haught-Umbarger, Wyona Davis-Watson; Kay Cooke-Wolfe

and husband, Bobby; Jim Zellmer and wife, Connie.

A special "thank you" to Janie Duggins-Pilkington and Joy

Haught-Umbarger for being our planning committee for this picnic.  I

look forward to seeing more of you when we have our next picnic (in

probably May of 2012).  I'll try to get a planning committee put

together within the next three months and get started putting things

together for our next get-together.

Jim Zellmer