RABUN GAP HOME COMING 2006 - HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!

 

 

BILL KELLY WITH LINDA MEANS KELLY AND ROBBIN SHOPE HOUSTON.


 

PAT PHILLIPS MILLER WITH JIM AND DALE.


 

LINDA, HAZEL, BILL, AND ROBBIN. 
HAZEL MUST BE TALKING TO CHARLIE AND BILL AND ROBBIN SHARE A JOKE. 


 

HAZEL, ALICE, AND BILLIE BERT SHOPE HARRELL LISTEN AS JIM HARRELL, MITCH HOUSTON,
AND CHARLIE TALK ABOUT WHAT ELSE?  GOLF.


 

 


MITCH AND ROBBIN WITH PHIL AND LINDA.  


 

CAROL AND DON SAY HELLO TO MALCOLM DILLARD.


 

DENNIS AND LINDA GREET PAT WRIGHT MCNULTY.


 

JANIE, DENNIS, AND HAZEL.


 

PAT STANDS BETWEEN HUSBAND KEN MCNULTY AND JIM LOUGHER.  KEN AND JIM CAN TALK TRAVEL FOR
HOURS AND FROM THEIR LOOKS - MAYBE THEY DID.  

 

FRIDAY AFTERNOON MANY CLASSMATES TOOK OFF TO EXPLORE, SHOP, OR TAKE A BREATHER.  DENNIS DICKERSON,
CAROL AND BILL DUNBAR WITH JAMES AND LEE SMITH DROVE UP TO WAYAH BALD.  CAROL AND BILL
 STAND AT THE LOOKOUT ON TOP OF WAYAH BALD.


 

JAMES AND LEE AT WAYAH BALD.  HURRICANE KATRINA VIRTUALLY DESTROYED THEIR HOME AND THEY HAVE
 ENDURED SO MUCH TRYING TO GET IT REPAIRED. WE ARE SO GLAD THEY COULD COME TO HOMECOMING
AND FORGET ABOUT SHEETROCK, PAINT, FURNITURE, APPLIANCES, TILE, CARPET, AND ALL THAT WATER DAMAGE
 FOR A WHILE. IT HAS BEEN AN UPHILL CLIMB FOR THEM.  


 

DENNIS AT THE LOOKOUT ON WAYAH BALD.


 

BARBARA, DALE, AND YOURS TRULY TOURED WOLFFORK VALLEY AND DROVE TO PERSIMMON WINERY. 
 BARBARA WANTED TO GET A BOTTLE OF WINE FOR CHARLIE BUT THE WINERY WAS CLOSED.  


 

THE BEAUTIFUL BUTTERFLY BENCH HAD BEEN MOVED TO THE WINERY ENTRANCE FROM THE MAIN ROAD.
SINCE WE COULDN'T GET THE BENCH IN BARBARA'S VAN, WE DROVE TO CLAYTON FOR LUNCH AT THE BLUE WILLOW
CAFE AND HAD THE FRIED GREEN TOMATO SANDWICHES AND WE CAN RECOMMEND THIS TREAT.  


 

THE RECEPTION AT THE ALUMNI HERITAGE CENTER DREW A NICE CROWD INCLUDING THIS GOOD LOOKING GROUP.
 L-R PAT PHILLIPS MILLER, BILLIE BERT SHOPE HARRELL, LINDA DAVIS LEDBETTER, BILL KELLY, NAIDA DEES TANNER,
 DON KELLY, OLIVIA DEES GILLIS, TERRE KELLY, AND LINDA MEANS KELLY.


 

DARLENE AND CLAUDETTE PREPARED A WONDERFUL BUFFET FOR THE RECEPTION.  ALICE TELLS THEM HOW GOOD IT LOOKS. 
 ALL THE FOOD FOR HOMECOMING WEEKEND WAS PREPARED BY THESE TWO LADIES AND IT WAS VERY GOOD. 
 OUR APPRECIATION TO THEM FOR STEPPING IN AND FEEDING US SO WELL.


 

AFTER THE RECEPTION WE ALL WENT BACK TO THE FARMHOUSE FOR AN EVENING OF FUN.  HERE WE HAVE FORD,
JIM, JIMMY, AND MITCH DISCUSSING WHY MALE PATTERN BALDNESS AFFECTS SOME FAMILIES AND NOT OTHERS.


 

ALICE HEADS STRAIGHT TO THE HORSES THAT CONGREGATE UNDER THE TREES AT THE FARMHOUSE.  ALICE AND FORD
RAISE AND TRAIN HORSES WHILE WORKING FULL TIME - SHE AS A NURSE AND HE AS A COLLEGE TEACHER. 
 THEIR RETIREMENT DREAM IS A HORSE RANCH.


 

JERRY MCCRAY'S WIFE CAROL SUE.  A VERY INTERESTING LADY WHO RECENTLY RETIRED AND IS NOW
CHAUFFEURING JERRY AS THEY TRAVEL THE COUNTRY.


 

PHILLIP STANLEY OBVIOUSLY ENJOYING HUGGING PAT AND SUSAN.


 

PHILLIP OBVIOUSLY ENJOYING DALE AND MARTHA ANN ALSO. 


 

NOT TO LEAVE THE GUYS OUT, PHILLIP GIVES JIMMY AND PHIL A HUG.


 

MARTHA ANN AND CAROL TRY TO GET WARM.  THE RAIN DURING THE DAY HAS DROPPED THE TEMPERATURE
 AND IT WAS CHILLY.  I THINK CAROL IS HOGGING THE COVERS.  THE DAY HAS BEEN FILLED
WITH FUN AND REUNIONS AND THE BEST IS YET TO COME.


 

JUNE 3, 2006
SATURDAY MORNING BREAKFAST IN THE DINING HALL -  BARBARA AND DEL WITH ANNA AND PHILLIP. 


 

ED STOCKTON, BILL, JIMMY, AND JIMMY STOCKTON.  THE STOCKTON'S WERE FARM FAMILY.


 

B. J. DOUGLASS WITH WIFE, EVELYN, AND THEIR GRANDSON.  B. J. WANTED HIS GRANDSON TO SEE HIS
HIGH SCHOOL AND ENJOY HOMECOMING WITH THEM. 


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