Class of 67 holds its 50th reunion

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1967 WOODBURY CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL 50th CLASS REUNION -- Front row, left to right: Marie Thomas, Peggy Campbell Starnes, Glenda Markum Harris Davenport, Kathy Gannon Lack, Lynda Sue Harris Simpson (teacher), Billie Jean Chrisman (teacher), Joe D. Davenport (Guidance Counselor), Regina Jennings Ray, Danny Ray Sissom, Judy Mullinax Duke, Judy Osment Wright, Nell Parsley Moore, Joyce Green Burns, Betty Sue Murphy Todd, Eddena Nokes Hale. Middle row, left to right: Tommy Hancock, Donald Preston, Edward Sissom, Roy Gann, Linda Sue Smith Edmunds, Ola Leeman Duggin, Steve Duke, Melba Wood, Peggy Sullens Scott, Betty Williams Hicks, Judy Nichols Pitts, Barbara Merriman Holt, Freda Davis Cummings, Barbara Hayes, Treva Prater Warren, Arlene Armstrong Carmouche, Kathy Parker Robertson, Kathy Tenpenny McDowell, B.K. Ham, JoAnn Hollandsworth, Bobby Summers. Back row, left to right: Larry Ferrell, Marilyn Alford Jennings, Ronny Burks, Andy Bryson, Penka Parker Coseo, Tommy Davis, Judy Vanatta Varner, Bill Bryson, Bill Bogard, Florene Stacey Hindman, Carolyn Duggin Schwartz, Jim Lancaster, Glen Wimberly. - Photo by Candice Jones Photography

The Woodbury Central High School graduating class of 1967 held their 50th reunion Saturday, April 29, 2017 at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall in Woodbury.

Class president Danny Ray Sissom welcomed the 46 class members and guests to the occasion and recognized three former teachers who also enjoyed the evening. The teachers included School Guidance Counselor Joe D. Davenport, Miss Billie Jean Chrisman and Mrs. Lynda Sue Harris Simpson. The late Norman Blair served Cannon County as Superintendent of Schools and WCHS Principal was the late Gentry Mayo.

B. K. Ham led the invocation and recognized the 18 deceased class members prior to meal catered by Jim & Nick's Barbeque in Murfreesboro. B.K. also added some colorful comments and thoughts that occurred during the four-year period at WCHS during the meal.

Candice Jones Photography of Woodbury took a group photo. Photographs from the 1967 Senior Trip to Washington, D.C, New York, New York and other historic sites were on display with a large collection school memorabilia and music from the 60's.

Deceased class members include: Deborah Ann Barrett, Ronnie Gale Barrett, Rebecca "Becky" Brown Haynes, Wanda Davis Patrick, Hershel Austin Foster, Gerald Gannon, Claude Glimps, Sandra Harris Travis, Shalia Goins Holt, Wayne Harlan Jennings, Brenda McBride Pickett, Billy Melton, Joe Donald Milligan, Larry Dwight Nichols, Dave Northcutt, Ellen Kay Sadler Davis, Ricky Clyde Todd and Jimmy Ray Young.

Graduation day for the class was Friday, May 12, 1967 and was held in the Woodbury Central High School Gymnasium. The Home Economics building, which now serves the community as the Senior Citizens Center and the Gymnasium are the only remaining buildings that once comprised the campus of WCHS.

Members of the reunion committee began meeting in October 2016 and met monthly until March of this year. The committee included Nell Parsley Moore, Judy Mullinax Duke, Carolyn Duggin Schwartz, Judy Vanatta Varner, Glenda Markum Harris Davenport, Danny Ray Sissom, B. K. Ham, Andy Bryson and Steve Duke.

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