The Reunion Pictures - 4
The Reunion Banquet
SATURDAY EVENING AT JIM HOLLAND'S HOME
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On a perfect cool June Saturday evening, we gathered at Jim Holland's home where Jim had prepared a huge dining tent for the steak dinner grilled right there on the grounds.
All our events had a vintage 56 vehicle as decor. Here, Bobby Glover and wife Margaret pose in front of a 1956 rust and beige Chevrolet Bel Air sedan--the exact same car that Jim Holland's dad bought his family the year we graduated.
The Chevy was parked on the lawn behind the dining tent, adding to the Fifties decor for the evening.
There wasn't a bad table in the house (or make that "tent"). Here, Austin and Annie Mae West share the table with John and Betty Collins and Ron and Pat Pace
Ron and Pat Pace pause for Leslie.
Ron and Doris Ann Newborn and Jim and Patsy Bell Congleton find themselves drawn to the Chevy.
Nancy Snyder and husband Ben Stevens sit with Eleanor Morrison and husband Harrison Herron at a table featuring Nancy's floral handiwork. Jim arranged for an elegant wait staff to serve us for the evening.
Lindsay Nathan Reese and Gayle Steverson Kent
Peggy Forsythe Hammack, Bobbie Cornett Caudill and Barbara Laughlin South
Joyce Horton Johnson and husband Duane
The 1956 Chevy was a photo op for Peggy King Bishop, Margaret Glover, Joann Marsh Gargis, Irelle Dunning Vann, and Patsy Bell Congleton
Brenda and "Hooty" Crittenden. "Hooty" was a member of our class for most of our high school years, so we claim him. His wit, perpetual optimism and friendliness along with his sincere Christian witness make him a standout!
Rebecca Malone Floyd strikes a special pose for Leslie the Photographer just after the group photo.
While we cavorted on the hillside, Whole Hog Caterers staff were seriously grilling the steaks that we feasted on.
Jean Gardner Estes, Austin Woods and wife, Annie Mae and others are in the background, while Glenda Craft Lindsey and Evelyn Caudill Ellison are making pretty faces for Leslie.
Dot Smithson Maloney poses with Jim Kimbrell and his wife, Bette.
Duane (the "nice young man who jumps out of perfectly good airplanes,") Johnson and wife, classmate Joyce Horton Johnson
Judy Locke (foreground), Sue Sugg Neyman and husband, classmate Johnny Neyman
Farley Vaughn and wife Tommie. You can see why his nickname is "Sunshine." That smile is infectious and warming.
The view from atop the Sheffield bluffs at Jim Holland's home is spectacular at sunset. Here, Janelle and Bob Proctor strike a pretty pose.
Sue Sugg Neyman, Judy Locke and Johnny Neyman are also enjoying the sunset.
Jim Holland, host of the reunion banquet presided over the program. It wasn't really as late as Jim's countenance appears to say it is.
Give that Host a Great Big Kiss! Jim Holland receives well earned congrats from his daughter, Karen, and granddaughter, Hollin.
Joe Frazier, Eleanor Morrison Herron and Bill Bundy (classmate Barbara Bundy Occhipinti's little brother)
My apologies to those of you whose pictures did not make it to this page. I had a tough time narrowing the selections down from the 85 images of Jim's party on Saturday evening. I will probably rotate or add to these, because there are many, many equally great shots of almost all of us in the collection that Mr. Powell has provided us on the CD.
Leslie's Photos -- Reunion Breakfast