North Iredell High School Class of 1969 celebrates 55th class reunion

Posted on by Mike Fuhrman
Pictured are members of the North Iredell High School Class of 1969: (front row from left) Carl Williams, Bill York, Judy Blackwelder Foster, Cynthia Bailey, Danny Pennell, Norman Hope, Donna Oswalt Goodin, Dale Lands, Sylvia “Syl” Morrison Mulrooney, Penny Hedrick and Carolyn Hall Sherrill; (second row, from left) Terry Miller, Rena Williams Turner, Cathy Padgett Mills, Teresa Sloan Brown, Sharon Smith Johnson, Lane Daniels Thevaos, Joyce Lewis Stroud, Leonard Millsaps, Jimmy Cook, Robert Donaldson and Dale Trivette; (third row, from left) Richard Guffy, Rex Cockerham, Curt Englebert, Kent Messick, Jeffrey Watt, Jerry Rhyne, Keith Hix, William Summers, Jimmy White and Reggie Weisner. Not pictured: Jeannie Davis Barfield, Susan Sherrill Hare, Cynthia Lamberth Liles, Lonnie Nichols and Richard Whitley.

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The North Iredell High School Class of 1969 recently held its 55th class reunion at Twisted Oak American Bar and Grill in Statesville. Members of the class shared school memories and talked about the feeder schools. These feeder schools that made up this 1969 class were Central, Cool Spring, Harmony, Scotts, Union Grove and Unity.

They also remembered those classmates who have passed away since graduation in May of 1969 with a moment of silence. A tree of remembrance was lit featuring their classmates’ graduation photos. Classmates who have passed away include Bobby Eugene Bess, Robert “Bobby” Wayne Blevins, James Eugene Bunton Jr., Roy Lee Baldwin, Rikki Barker Shoemaker, Laura Ann Bellamy, Nora Lynn Cash, Wayne Gibson Clanton, Adrian Bernard Crosby, James Richard Draughn, Marsha Englebert McLelland, Robert Wayne Evans, Mary Patricia Faughnan, Kathy Louise Frye Baity, Carl Ceil Gaither, Ellen Copeland Goodin Fox, Phillip Larry Godfrey, Bonnie Kay Hager, Linda Harris Richards, Tony Roger Head, Michael William Holland, Rose Ann Ireland Allen, James Raye Jarvis, Allen Dent Johnson, Roger Lee Johnson, Patricia “Pat” Jolly Guy, Peggy McLain Lambert, Richard Loop, Elizabeth Ann McLelland Hill, Peggy Meredith Elder, Sandra Kay McCoy Van Hoy, James Carrol Miles, Lamar Scott Millsaps, John Danny Oakley, Dennis Lee Mitchell, Lewis Melvin Mitchell, Roy Weldon Parker, Sharon Elizabeth Pope, Phillip Raye Pettit, John Ranson Redmon, James F. Rickert Jr., Malcolm Rance Roy, Johnny Robert Robinette, Jerry Thomas Sloan, Edward Dale Snow, Steve Keith Somers, Jeannie Diane Steele, Thomas Joe Stroud, Carolyn Talley Steelman, Steven Ronald Summers, Lon Claude “L. C.” Weisner, Randy Raeford Welborn, Jerry Wall Williams, Harry Bruce Tomlin and Danny David Talbert.

The work of the Reunion Committee helped create this special gathering. The committe members are William Summers, Jeffrey Watt, Penny Hedrick, Jeannie Davis Barfield, Carl Williams, Susan Sherrill Hare, Joyce Lewis Stroud, Jimmy White, Robert Donaldson and Cynthia Bailey.

The Class of 1969 Reunion Committee announced that a 60th class reunion will be held in 2029.