Note from Joan

Dru:

 

Since I am so happy to still be here, would you add my Nov. 3, 1941 birthdaty to the birthday list???

 

Thanks, Joan (Varner Gay)

 

Again, thanks for the effort you (and others) make to keep us informed about our classmates.  I am always excited when Cactus says “You have a CHS e-mail!!”

I can’t imagine anyone from our class speaking negatively about anyone. Certainly we’ve all “outgrown” petty differences and disputes. I don’t know who sent the message or who it was about, but I certainly reflect George Derryberry’s comments…

Paul Robere

Dear Friends and Classmates,

I stand in support of George Derryberry’s response to the mailing targeting a class member. The spirit of the CHS Class of 1959, and the integrity of its members rise above the vicious attack of one individual. In our gatherings through the years the care and concern for all has been evident, especially with the celebration of our 50th reunion and 70th birthdays.

It was at Chattanooga High School that we found a common thread. In many ways we are woven of the same cloth: similar roots, a firm foundation in the 50’s, a time when life was simple, wholesome and memorable. Now, we have come together again, having traveled many pathways, but, always there is the memory lane, which we never tire of traveling.

We’re making new memories, too, and keeping them alive with our avenues of communication.

Our CHS Alma Mater has some poignant words: ‘proud, purity, power, love’. The third stanza seems fitting: “Now, hope points us onward to life while proud voices blend in happy chorus.” This spirit is alive and well among us. Three other words appear in the last stanza: strife, conquerors, victorious.

We are concerned for and protective of each other. We will rise above the ashes of slander.

Consider yourself loved today.
-Sharon Barker Tunnell

To ’59ers

Today I received an anonymous mailing insulting one of our classmates whom I like and respect. Because the scurrilous piece obviously was sent to several other class members, I would appreciate your posting this message on the Class of ’59 Facebook page or website, whichever is in existence. I strongly feel that the subject of this vicious slur deserves our strong support.

I have just received at our home an anonymous (read “cowardly”) and incredibly cruel and hurtful mailing that unfairly attacks a very fine and talented member of our class. If this was in fact sent to me by or at the request of any classmate, then whoever you are, you deserve to be drummed out of the class, and worse. The lady you so despicably demeaned does not deserve such a slanderous assault from anyone, and least of all, from you. You are directed to remove my name and address
immediately from your mailing list. 

If you have a problem with what I say in all sincerity to you, you know where I live. 

George Derryberry,
Saturday, July 30, 2010

***

George speaks for me as well.

Susie Turner Crouch

Mary Dove Crumbliss’ husband & Bill Cross’ brother-in-law Terry Crumbliss has died

For more information and to leave a condolence message:  http://www.heritagefh.com/

Name: Robert Terry Crumbliss Date: December 14th, 1935 – July 26th, 2011 Obituary: Robert Terry Crumbliss, 75, of Chattanooga died Tuesday, July 26, 2011 in a local healthcare center. Mr. Crumbliss was a longtime employee and retired Director of Sales and Marketing with Spencer Wright Industries. He was a member at Oakwood Baptist Church, Chattanooga. He is survived by his wife, Mary Crumbliss; two daughters, Kerry (Joel) Denton, Chattanooga and Karen Suzanne Crumbliss, Nashville; son, Rob (Paige) Crumbliss, Ringgold; four grandchildren, Alex and Caroline Denton , Maggie and Sam Crumbliss. Services will be held Friday at 1 PM in the chapel with Rev. Ken Clark officiating. Burial will follow at Greenwood Cemetery with Rob Crumbliss, Sam Crumbliss, Alex Denton, Joel Denton, Jerry Hendricks,Allen Wilson and Russell Collins serving as pallbearers. Memorial contributions may be made to Oakwood Baptist Church, 4501 Bonny Oaks Drive, Chattanooga 37416. Visit http://www.heritagefh.com to share words of comfort to the family. The family will receive friends Thursday from 4-8 pm at Heritage Funeral Home, 7454 E. Brainerd Road.  Memorials: Oakwood Baptist Church, 4501 Bonny Oaks Drive Chattanooga, TN 37416 Visitations: 4:00PM to 8:00PM on Thursday, July 28th, 2011 at Heritage Funeral Home & Crematory – Chattanooga (map/driving directions) Services: 1:00PM at Heritage Funeral Home Chapel – Chattanooga on Friday, July 29th, 2011 (map/driving directions) Cemetery: Greenwood Cemetery 1954 Greenwood Road Chattanooga, TN 37406 (map/driving directions)

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    Gloria Haney

    Cindy Wilson’s daughter is giving her a Surprise Birthday Party tonight….she was really surprised and we are enjoying a lovely dinner at this moment!

    

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    Dru Fuller

    Happy Birthday today to Carolyn Grant Anderson our ’59er friend

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Thanks for the birthday wishes.  I loved what Sharon Barker Tunnell put on Facebook by using Smilebox.  The wonderful emails and notes on facebook were great. 

Our son John, daughter-in-law, and 5-1/2 month old grandson came from CA to visit and Bill and I then took the three of them to Charleston, SC for John to be in a wedding.  They were here a few days and then we were away for eight days and just returned last night. 

Our daughter gave me a hat to wear on my birthday.  The attached picture is of our CA kids with me on my birthday and I do have my birthday hat on in front of Outback Restaurant in Knoxville on our way to Charleston.

Love,

Louella Cherry Spencer

Thank you note from Anita Balfour Collins

Just wanted to say THANK YOU for the great 70th Birthday Greeting! You all are The BEST Friends EVER!

I love being a 59er and having grown up in Chattanooga. The years there and the friends I made are with me forever.

Fondly,

Anita

P.S.   Sharing the 12th with Trudy is very special~Happy Birthday Trudy! 

Wishes for Many More…

Anita Balfour Collins


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CHS ’59er veterans: They also serve who only stand and sing!

From: marti brown (“Lt. Col.” Marti Brown or the GS 15 civilian equivalent)

Sent: Monday, July 11, 2011 5:19 PM

From 1965 to 1968, I was an entertainer for the USO out of NYC.  When you do USO Shows (at least back then) you go on orders from the military and start out with the rank and privileges of a second lieutant, only with a civilian GS rating.  I made so many trips overseas, that the last one I made I was a civilian GS 15, which I understand is equivilent to a full bird colonel (I used to love to get on those Military Airlift Command contract flights and have the protocol officer cater to me, much to the dismay of captains, majors and lieutenant colonels!!) LOL

Anyway, as you know, there are troops stationed all over the world who need to be entertained. My first assignment was the Alaskan Command where I had to go to Survival School and learn how to jump out of airplanes and make tents out of parachutes, among other things. Thank goodness I never actually had to do that. We flew around in a Gooney Bird (C-47) for three months, playing every little base we could find protecting the U.S.  from Russian missiles, etc. I still have a certificate for “flying in USAF aircraft #222 in the Arctic Circle and becoming a Fraternal Member of the Arctic Empire.”

The next assignment was the Caribbean Command … from the Panama Canal Zone to Cuba where I happened to be when Castro cut the water lines to Guantanamo Bay. It was a great adventure and although not a war zone, more bases than you could shake a stick at and many shows. I was almost kidnapped in the Dominican Republic, but that’s another whole story.

Next came the Asian Command. We would start in Korea then go to Japan, Okinawa, Taiwan, Philipines, Thailand and Vietnam, Guam, and Hawaii.  I thrived on entertaining these wonderful guys and gals who meant so much to me and my country. Words cannot express the heartfelt pleasure and what it meant to me to do these shows. We would fly up and down this circuit entertaining the troops wherever needed. The second Asian trip was the hospital circuit where we were allowed one hour in each ward.   Started out doing a 40-minute show and visiting 20-minutes which soon changed to a 20-minute show and visiting 40-minutes. I would return home loaded with phone numbers to call and letters to send, etc.

(I returned to the Far East with a private booking company and played the military club circuit and lived on the economy (as opposed to USO shows) where we lived on base or in the sergeant major’s tent in the jungle.  Did that circuit for almost a year with basically the same itinerary as the USO shows. In 1968, a couple of days before Tet Offensive, it was time for me to go. There was one seat on a flight to Hong Kong and I took it. So many memories and so many wonderful people. Hopefully I did some good. I think so.

I could go on forever, as I have also done shows at military bases in Iceland, Greenland, Labrador, Germany, Spain, Italy and Turkey. My utmost respect goes to all who have served. Thanks for letting me ramble … maybe I should write a book.

Love, 


Marti Brown


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CHS ’59ers

From: Anne Johnson
Sent: Friday, July 08, 2011

Congratulations and happy birthday wishes to Bob Stott, a Dickinson “dude”!

Thanks to Sharon Tunnell for such a great job. She is a Dickinson “darling”!

Both of you Dickinson grads do the rest of us proud.

Anne Johnson
Dickinson Junior High, 1956

JULY 4TH GREETINGS!!!

From: “Marsha Moore Cunningham“
Subject: JULY 4TH GREETINGS!!!

As we see the Red, White and Blue of our flag all around us this 4th of July, let us not forget the words of our Star Spangle Banner…”Oh long may it wave o’er the land of the free and the home of the brave!”… and the wonderful freedoms we enjoy! May you have an enjoyable and safe Holiday.  “In God is our trust”,  Marsha & John

Christian Sanford Obituary

Born in Providence, Rhode Island on Apr. 1, 2006
Departed on Jun. 29, 2011 and resided in Stone Mountain, GA.

Visitation: Tuesday, Jul. 5, 2011
10:00 am – 11:00 am
Service: Tuesday, Jul. 5, 2011
11:00 am
Cemetery: Melwood Cemetery
Please click on the links above for locations, times, maps, and directions.

Christian Noah Sanford, age 5, passed away on June 29, 2011 in Atlanta. He is survived by his parents, James and Susan Sanford; 2 Brothers, Micah Sanford, James Sanford Jr.: Sister, Emma Sanford, Grandfather, Oden Woodward; Grandmother, Linda Yates and Grandparents, John and Gladys Sanford. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 am, Tuesday, July 5, 2001 in the Chapel of A.S. Turner and Sons with the Rev. James Lambert officiating. Burial will follow in the Melwood Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday July 5, 2001 from 10:00 am until the service time at 11:00am.