Classmates

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You can add your “now” photo or send it to me and I can add it for you (kim@bailey-family.org).  I can also add your “then” photo from your 1959 PHS yearbook.  In your profile, you may include interesting information such as marital status, number of children, profession, etc.  Thanks for adding to the site!

Lynne Barber

Then Then
Now Now

Michael Belcher

Then Then
Now Now
Children: 2
Comment:

1964 ConcordCollege BS Chemistry/Math


1965 Married, worked 2 years for DuPont, Martinsville


14 years in Hospital Laboratory Beckley/Bluefield


2 years assistant plant manager – Celtite


2 years drug store manager, got teaching certificate


1990 MA Secondary Education


Taught 9 years in Bluefield and 9 years in Princeton


Retired 2004 Widowed 2006


I have a 50 acre farm in Princeton, like to read, do yard work, and sing in church choir.  I am chaplain of MercerCountyGideon’s.


Founder/first president of Ghent Area Volunteer Fire Department.

Peggy Belcher (Oaks)

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Now Now

Gypsie Blankenship (Shumaker)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 2
Occupation: Retired-Magistrate Court Clerk
Comment:

I have two daughters, Mitzi O’Dell – age 37, Tammie Blankenship – age 33, they live in Mooresville, NC.  Mitzie is Find. Consultant with Novant and Tammie is an LPN with a Neurologist.  I have 2 grandchildren, Jason O’Dell, age 12 and Jodi Lynn O’Dell age 9.  I retired from Magistrate Court here in MercerCounty in 2004 and I love my retirement, for once, doing what I want to do. I enjoy time with my family, going to our cabin and going to my church and serving the Lord.

Wilma Bowling (Davidson)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 3
Occupation: retired/tax preparer
Comment:

Jim and I have three children and seven grandchildren.  In 1980 we bought Bensey’s Texaco after Jim retired from the Allied Chemical Corporation as a miner with 22 years.  In 1998 we sold the station and retired.  Two years later I became a tax preparer for H&R Block and have been working during tax season since then.  I am active in my church (First United Methodist) and a member of the Red Hat Society.  We enjoy going to our farm with the grandchildren and taking trips with our family.

June Bradbury (Brown)

Then Then
Now Now
Children: 2
Comment:

I have been married for 50 years.  I have raised 2 daughters and I have 4 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.  I love to work in my flower garden, sew baby quilts, cook for my family, and look after my neighbors and friends.  I worked as a waitress, at North American Rockwell and the best job I’ve ever had is running a day care.  My greatest achievements are:  I am a 12 year cancer survivor and raising my family.

Janet Bratton (Shrader)

Then Then
Now Now

Charles Brooks

Then Then
Now Now
Children: 1
Comment:

Retired USAF CIV 40 years “Environmental Scientist”


Married 35 years to Lyndia Brooks – no children


1 daughter and 2 grandchildren all of Princeton


Hobbies: reading, fishing, walking, TV, sports.


Detroit Institute of Tech. BS Humanities: Central


Michigan University MSA; Wayne State University MSE

Barbara Christian (Ayers)

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Now Now

Juanita Coleman (Reed)

Then Then
Now Now
Marital status: Married
Children: 1
Occupation: Retired
Comment: 1963 - Graduated from Lee University, Cleveland, TN.   1964 - Moved to North Carolina.   1996 - Retired from IBM, Charlotte, NC.   2008 - Retired from Bank of America, Charlotte, NC.  One daughter, three grandchildren, Asheboro, NC.   Happily Retired!!