Updated 05/06/06

1962 MHS Classmate Bios

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Jerry Gloyd Bawcom (Vicky)

I completed my bachelors and masters degrees at Texas Tech in 1967 and 1969. Vicky and I were married in 1965. She is from Levelland. I taught and coached in Lubbock; then we moved to Fort Worth in 1969 where I started working at Texas Wesleyan University. I completed my Ph.D. at the University of North Texas in 1976 and did one year at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in 1978. I went from managing a men's dorm, teaching P.E., and coaching baseball and soccer to dean of students, then a couple of vice president positions, and finally president there from 1984-1990. In 1991, I became president at the Univ. of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton (much like Monahans). We have just completed our11th year at UMHB. Enrollment, sports teams, endowment, and number of faculty/staff have doubled in that time. It's a great place to work! Although being a univ. president is a 24 hour/7 days a week job, I do enjoy playing golf and reading. Vicky and I enjoy being involved at church and in the community. Our daughter Amy is 31, is Asst. Registrar at UMHB (and teaches English on occasion), and is completing her doctorate at Baylor Univ.

Donald Ray Blair (Sue)

After graduation from Monahans high school Don, along with David O'Dell, went to Fort Worth to attend a computer operations school. After finishing his training, Don went to work for the Permian Corporation in Midland. He met his wife, Sue, in Midland, and they were married there in 1967. Don later graduated from Southwest Texas State University and became sales manager for a medical supply company in San Marcos. Don and Sue lived in San Marcos until 1978 when they moved to Odessa, their current home.

Don worked for McVean & Barlow, Inc. until 1984 when the company closed its doors. He went into the insurance business and currently operates his own independent insurance and investment agency. Don is active on the board of the Permian Basin Fair & Exposition and served as president of that group in 1992. He is also an active Rotarian and is a past president of his club. He has worked in boy scouts, youth sports, United Way, Chamber of Commerce and other community service activities. He and Sue are active members of First United Methodist Church in Odessa.

Don and Sue have two children Bevie (Jeff) Downing and Brian (Kelli) Blair. Both children are graduates of Texas A&M University and live in the Dallas area. Their granddaughter, Elizabeth Blair Downing (11-07-01) is the apple of Don's eye.

Don and Sue enjoy traveling, the activities of their children, and various outdoor activities-fishing, hunting, snow skiing, etc.

Mark Anthony Carlisle

Recently, I celebrated my 35th year with State Farm Insurance Company where I am currently designing/architecting information technology systems. All computer system development work for State Farm is done at Corporate Headquarters, in Bloomington, Illinois.

I was married in 1968, divorced in 1983 and have one son, Chase, age 22 who is starting his 5th year of undergraduate work and should earn his bachelor of arts degree in art and design next spring.

Reclusive and introspective by nature, I purchased some densely wooded hills next to a river about 20 miles from town, built a modest, rustic home there in 1973 and enjoy living in nature among the 'other' critters.

My job and maintaining the homestead keep me occupied. I manage to get into Gold's Gym at least 3 times a week, enjoy the outdoors at every opportunity, practice martial arts, ride motorcycles and play with my guns at every opportunity.

Spiritual growth is the primary goal and focus of my life and I spend a couple of hours each day meditaing, practicing Tai Chi, Qi Gong, yoga and studying scripture from the world's religions.

The past 5 weeks were spent in Monahans/Odessa where I did the best I could to comfort and serve my Mother, Lucille, who lost her battle with cancer on August 10.

Linda Ophelia Cunningham (J D "Don" Brown)

Shortly before graduating I married J.D. "Don" Brown. We met in the summer of ’59 when I was just 15 and he was 18. I was going into high school and he had just graduated. We have known each other for 43 years now, and recently celebrated our 40^th Anniversary in January. We were truly meant to be together.

We have three wonderful children and three grandchildren who are very special to us. You could say visiting with my kids and grandkids is one of my hobbies.

After I graduated, Don and I moved to Odessa where we stayed until 1979. Don worked in the electrical business and eventually started his own business. After having my children I took classes at Odessa College and became a floral designer. I worked for Mark Knox Flowers while living in Odessa.

In the summer of ’79 we moved to Arlington, Texas. Don continued to work in electrical business in management and sales, and I continued working as a floral designer at Iva’s Flowers. A fews year later I started working as a silk floral designer for Sanger Harris (now Foley’s) and I have been with the company for 20 years.

I am an avid collector of fine china, crystal, dolls, and antiques. I also freelance as a floral designer and interior designer/decorator. I plan to retire in a year to open my own antique and collector’s store. Don is still working for an electrical utility company.

Lindy Jeanne Douglas (Truett Isbell)

Truett and I married in June of 1962. We have been in Denver City, Texas, since 1970. We have three children, Douglas Carl, Buddy Dean, and Shelly Jeanne. Doug is an electrician for Arco Permian and lives in Denver City. He is married to Carla Renae, who works for Wilson ALS. They have two children. Chad is in the fourth grade and Kayla is in kindergarten. Buddy is a diesel mechanic for West Texas Cat in Lubbock. He is married to Jodi, who is disabled with M.S. They have two children. Kassi is in the fifth grade and Kristin is in the fourth grade. Shelly is a hair dresser and is married to Lin Sanford. Lin is a 1984 graduate of Monahans High School. Lin works for Arkansas Western Gas. They have two children. Justin is in the fourth grade and Hannah is in kindergarten. They live in Ozark, Arkansas. Truett is an oil field electrician and works for Kay and Kompany Electric. He has been there for the last 24 years. He loves to fish and hunt. I am an admission clerk in the emergency room at the Yoakum County Hospital. We enjoy doing anything with the kids and grandkids.

Stephen Eugene Fambrough (Jan)

I am an investment broker for Edward Jones in Stephenville, TX. I have been with the firm for 20 years. I enjoy fly
fishing with my sons. Jan and I enjoy traveling and visiting our growing family. I also enjoy working on my ranch in
Stephens County. I received a BS from Texas A&M. and a MS from Texas Tech. 

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David Marion Fox (Eva)

I quit Odessa Jr. College to join the work force. I was in a hurry to get married to a girl from Odessa. We ended up in Casper, Wyoming in the oil field where we raised 4 pretty good kids. We divorced and the ex and all the kids ( and grandkids ) are still in Casper. I transferred to Canada where I eventually married a big shot with my company from our California office. We then transferred to New Orleans for 10 years. It was there, at my age of 45,that we decided we were making too much money and having too much fun, so we had a baby, her first, my last. We transferred to Houston in 1991 and shortly after I finally left the oulfield bidness. I am now in the environmental business harassing all those polluters I used to work for. We have a weekend house on Lake Livingston where we spend all our free time boating and fishing. We are looking forward to retirement as soon as we get this 7th grader through high school.

Gregorio "Greg" Gonzales (Virginia)

There were six kids in our family: my two older sisters, myself, two younger sisters, and then the "accident"–my younger brother. We were all three years apart except for the youngest brother, born seven years after the youngest sister. My Dad passed away in January, 1969, and my Mom died in October, 1999.

After school, I went to work at the Coca Cola Bottling Co. in Monahans. I got married in 1963 and my divorce was final in 1989. I then remarried in August, 1989, to the most wonderful wife a guy could ask for.

In 1966 I was drafted into the Army, and in November, 1967, I was sent to Viet Nam. I was there for the big TET OFFENSE of 1968. I was wounded once while I was there.

After I got back, I went back to work at the coke plant as a line supervisor. Then in 1973 I went to work for T.U. Electric at the power plant just west of town. I worked there over 19 years and took early retirement in 1992. I then went to work for Stevens Transport out of Dallas, driving an 18-wheel transport. I traveled to all the states and Canada in the one year I was there. (I also went to the Hawaiian Islands of Oahu and Maui on vacation.)

Then I went to work driving for Basic energy out of Kermit. On 8/4/2000, I turned over in my 18-wheel tanker truck near Carlsbad, N.M. I was badly hurt and almost didn’t make it–but God didn’t want me yet. The most serious injury was a crushed 6^th vertebra that left most of my body paralyzed. After 8 surgeries and 15 total months in the Lubbock hospital, I am able to move my arms, left leg, and make some small movements in my right leg. I’m in a wheel chair and living temporarily in a foster home in Slaton. I also have a handicap equipped van that I drive to and from Lubbock for therapy. (I also go anywhere I want to–Midland, Monahans.) In therapy I’m still trying to learn the hardest thing to do–WALK. It’s a long road back and I hope that I can be back on my feet by Reunion time. But I may still may be going to therapy in Lubbock so I may not be able to attend the reunion.

[note: Greg has 5 children, 9 grandchildren, and 1 great-grandchild.]

Carla Dee Graham (Frank Wells)

After graduation I attended Odessa College where I began dating Frank Wells (MHS '61). I went to Baylor for a year, then transferred to U.T. Austin to join Frank. We married in 1965, graduated from U.T., then moved to Sacramento, CA, where Frank began work in the then-brand-new computer field. We had our daughter and son there, and loved the natural beauty of the state and wonderful people. In 1974, Frank had an opportunity to go to work at Odessa College, so we came back to West Texas. In 1976 I began teaching Home Economics & Child Development classes at OC. It took 7 1/2 years (working full time & chasing kids), but I finally got my Master's in Child Dev & Family Living in 1984 from Texas Woman's University.

I was Director of Community Service Programs in Continuing Education for several years, and now I'm currently teaching Child Psychology and Lifespan classes at Odessa College, both traditional and internet. Some days I think I would like to retire, and other days I think, "I can't believe they actually pay me to do this job. It's great!"

We enjoyed the years that our children were home, and since 1988 we've enjoyed the Empty Nest! We enjoy traveling--we've been to Hawaii several times (...love that Aloha Spirit! I hear it calling me now!), Victoria, BC, Vancouver, Whistler, & Montreal in Canada, many trips to California, visits to other states, US Virgin Islands, Spain, & a trip to England in June '01. We made many shorter fishing/camping trips with our children, and now the grandkids (girl,6; boy,4) love to go fishing with "Poppy" too. We just need more time & money for travel. Our son is single and lives in Lubbock. Our daughter is married, has two children, and lives in Lufkin--far too far away to suit us.

We love water, snorkeling, etc. So why do we still live in the middle of the desert?! Odessa has been good to us and our kids. We do hope to move to greener pastures (literally!) when we retire someday. We belong to a local Rose Society--Frank grows about 120 rose bushes in our yard. Come take the Garden Tour at our house between May and October--it's really delightful when 100's of blooms are showing off at once.

I enjoy reading, checking out antique shops and flea markets, attending concerts, visiting museums, old houses, and public gardens, collecting lots of things--teapots, old jewelry, glassware, buttons, etc. I attend First Baptist Church and have sung in the choir on and off over the years. My father, Dee Graham, died in 1995. My mother, Vera, moved close to us in 1997, and I enjoy having her nearby. I enjoyed Frank's class reunion (MHS '61), and I'm looking forward to seeing my classmates at our MHS '62 gathering.

Randy Kyle Hachtel (Kay)

Having been shamed by Carla into writing my bio, since I am on the organizing committee of the reunion, I though I would keep it short and sweet. Here it is: I climbed Guadalupe Peak; I won an arm wrestling contest in a bar in Mexico City; I caught a 140 pound sail fish. Now I’m not sure that Frank will type this into his data bank or my wife will allow my life to be summed up in such a pithy sentence. So…I will give you the longer version, with humiliations, embarrassments, and gross failures thankfully omitted. This way, if some one comes up to me at the reunion and asks what I have been up to, I can simply refer them to the bio and will not have to remember all these trivial details.

Considering the last forty years has been a definite blur, I will have to skim over the early years. After being asked to leave several esteemed colleges and universities, I ended up at Sul Ross where I worked my way through school as a disc jockey. I fast-talked a very naive young woman into marrying me. After thirty-six years (or whatever) she is still philosophical about the whole thing saying "I was going to buy a dog but married Randy instead". After graduating summacumareyoukidding the three of us, our new daughter Kelly included, got the hell out of Alpine.

I tried my hand at teaching, but my tenure as a coach (football 0 and 8, basketball 7 and 7) was not what Midland ISD wanted. Besides, the thought of another year of teaching 7^th graders gave me hives. So, I bid a fond farewell to those noble teachers in the trenches and went on my merry way with my wife, daughter, and new son, Robert. I went into sales. I sold toilet paper. This was one of the most gratifying jobs I have ever had. I held all the sales records and was made sales trainer for Texas. When anyone asked how business was, I told them "Our tissue hit a new bottom in Tahoka last week". To clear the matter up, we sold paper products to the wholesale markets.

Having worked summers and holidays in the oil field, during college, I said never will I get back into that nasty business again. Never say never. I went to work for a heavy equipment manufacturer in beautiful Pampa, the arm pit of Texas. Being the junior "executive", when travel was necessary, I went north in the winter and south in the summer. The senior guys got just the opposite for their assignments. That’s when I decided I wanted to be the boss and send the young guys to Casper Wyoming for the winter. From that point, still in the oil business, I moved to a couple of "executive positions" until I became CEO. I quickly found out that it was more fun to be a flunkey than to be the boss. Those were heady times, closing multi-million dollar international and domestic deals and watching money flow like water. I got rich in the oil business…for a while…at least till the bottom fell out in ’82. The second thing I learned in the oil business is that rich is better than poor.

Vowing never to get into a volatile business again, I entered the real estate development business. We built apartment houses and shopping centers in Phoenix and Southern California. Man, the money was rolling in…that is until the IRS revised the tax code in 1986. Again I discovered that rich is better than poor.

At that point, in time, in Southern California and Arizona, sexual harassment began to be a big problem with businesses. It always was a problem but it just gained publicity and notoriety. Realizing this was something I was good at, I began to do a lot of research on the other side of the problem. I had some articles published and to a few law firms became an "expert". Lawyers are really easy to fool, I found. I began to consult with these guys and their clients on the problem and with $500 and a wife who taught school started my own consulting business. I specialized in sexual harassment and discrimination investigations and later became competent in employment law. I found that companies will pay exorbitant prices for someone to revamp and reorganize their companies to be in compliance with the law and to teach their employees to be civil to one another. So, not being one to look a gift horse in the mouth, I played along as the "expert" and happily took their money to tell them what common sense would have told anyone else. As a consultant, I ran a few companies as an interim CEO and played human resource manager on the side. During slow periods, I went back to school out of boredom and got a couple more degrees including my masters.

This brings us to the present. My daughter is a graphic designer in Seattle, and my son is a financial analyst in Austin. My wife is still teaching and will continue until we win the lottery. Some insane people consider me a gourmet cook, but it is hard to find gourmets to cook any more. I am an amateur back yard astronomer (I have an 8-inch light bucket). I enjoy gardening especially my bougainvilleas. I do pro bono HR work for local not for profit organizations with the Non Profit Management Center in Midland. I have been published in human resource and other industry journals. I am currently working on a children’s book for my yet to be born grandchildren….if that situation ever occurs. My resume says semi-retired consultant so I can take jobs if they sound interesting. Several years ago, my dad was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s so I have been managing his real estate holdings and both our portfolios, which at this writing are going down the dumper.

To say the least, my life has been exciting…chickens today…feathers tomorrow. If I ever do really retire, I plan on finishing my doctorate or going to law school. Who knows, I may realize my life long dream and open the "Randy Hachtel Home for Wayward Women".

My wife has been nominated for sainthood for putting up with me for lo these many years. And believe me, she deserves it .There are a couple of things I have learned in the last 40 years. There is only one thing important to me. Without the love and 100% support of the three most important people in my life, my life would have been a miserable failure. Also, rock and roll music has been going down hill since Buddy Holly died. And yes, I’m still crazy after all these years.

Susan Gay Haught (Adam Knight)

Upon graduating in 62', I made my way to Tulsa, Ok to live with my sister and her family (I was still trying to figure out my purpose in life). After six months of enjoying my freedom, I decided that enrolling in the College of Cosmetology in Odessa was the thing for me to do, so I became homeward bound. One week after returning home I met my future husband Adam Knight, (a Louisiana Cajun boy), at the famous "Dingo" drive in. He was an Airman 1st class, stationed at Pyote Air Force Base. We were married in July of 1963, shortly afterwards we got orders to move to the beautiful town of Lewistown, Montana. Our first son, Kenneth was born there. After a two year stay in Montana, we were shipped out to Minot, North Dakota, not a fun place. One year in Minot was enough for Adam to decide that eight years in the service was too much. We were discharged from the Air Force in July of 1966. We moved to Odessa, Tx, where Adam was a police officer for a year. Our second son, Michael was born in Odessa. Then we heard about this wonderful place across the Red River, so off we went again. Adam became a police officer in Oklahoma City in 1967 and this became our permanent home. For six years we owned and operated Knight-Time Videos, it was a fun business, but very time consuming. We sold the video store in 1991. Adam retired as a Captain from the police department in 1987 and now enjoys his golf game everyday. I began working for Southwestern Bell Telephone in 1978 as a secretary and office manager (thank goodness for the shorthand and typing skills that I learned at MHS). I retired in September 1999. (Never did get around to using that knowledge that I received in Cosmetology). I enjoy going to the gym, walking, volleyball, bowling, traveling, volunteer work, shopping for antiques, shopping of any kind and most of all, I enjoy baby sitting my 2 year old grandson, Cooper, he is a "hoot" and so adorable. Our granddaughter, Ashley is 13 years old, and enjoys cheer leading, pom, skating, Karate, and sometimes boys. Our oldest son, Kenneth is a second line manager for Southwestern Bell Telephone, is single and lives in Dallas. Our youngest son, Michael is a Sergeant on the Oklahoma City Police Department; he is married to Sherri, a very loving and sweet girl. The boys followed in their parent's footsteps as far as careers. I believe that growing up in the small town of Monahans set down the ground rules (along with my parents) for the wonderful life that I have experienced. I have no regrets nor would I change anything. I'm looking forward to seeing everyone at our 40th MHS class reunion.

Delbert Ivan Hawkins

I've had a great life but I'm not sure I've had much to do with it, I just sorta got on and rode. I got my senior annual from my mother not long ago. Most of you who wrote in my senior annual were very kind but still the most frequently used term was booze followed by self-destructive (with the phrase "a lot of potential if" appearing occasionally as well). Frankly when I think back on what a self-centered jerk I was, I am amazed that I was tolerated at all. Hopefully, I’m a bit better these days. I left Monahans for UT, joined a frat (see the movie Animal House), and continued most of my high-school behavior patterns except that I fell in love with school. Somehow (blind date), I met a beautiful girl who was dumb enough to marry me (near the end of our sophomore year), tolerant enough to stay with me, and strong enough to straighten me out (more or less). We have 3 kids (boy, girl, girl) who turned out to be interesting, nice people and 4 grandchildren (2 from each of the girls). They all live nearby so we have an active family life. Even more shocking than my successful family life has been my career. I got a Ph.D. in marketing and psychology from UT. Taught at southern Illinois for a year  and then here  at the U. of Oregon for 30 years. I wrote a bunch of academic articles, three text books (one of which is in its 8th edition, has been translated in to Spanish and Chinese, and actually makes some money), served in a lot of academic administration positions, and did a bunch of consulting for companies. I am now serving as the Director of the U. of Oregon Museum of Art (long story). The great thing about my career (other than getting paid to do mostly fun stuff) is that it has allowed me to work and live all over the world (Germany, Italy, Holland, China, Japan, Indonesia, etc.). I am blessed with good health and virtually all my hair (still mostly the icky brown it was in high school). I work out a lot (running, biking and some lifting) but there is still more of me than in '62. I love to travel, eat (and cook), drink (beer and wine), skiing, ocean sailing, mountain biking, gardening (flowers of all things), hiking, canoeing, and anything that involves the outdoors or adventure. Surprisingly, I don't kill things anymore (no longer hunt). Here you have my life story. I have been blessed with a much better life than I have deserved.

Lana Kaye Hearron (Payton)

Immediately after graduation, I attended Lubbock Christian College, where Barbara Ueckert and I were roommates the first year. Illness, marriage, and family interrupted my education for almost 25 years, but I returned in 1990. I completed my undergraduate degree in English at East Texas State University, now Texas A&M - Commerce. I also completed the coursework for my master's degree, but that's as far as I made it before financial necessity pushed me into the workforce. I have taught English as an adjunct and part-time in several universities in several states before landing in the Houston area. I was the Corporate Academic Director for a proprietary school in Houston before moving to Clear Lake to be near my son and his family. I am now the Contract Affiliation Administrator for the School of Nursing at the University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston and get many opportunities to baby sit my grandson. I thoroughly enjoy being a grandmother and watching my children "parent." My daughter lives in Uvalde and has two children, 6 and 4, and my son lives in Seabrook and has a son who is 4 and a second due in October. I'm an avid reader, like to garden, and anticipate the next 40 years to be as rich, full, and rewarding as the last 40!

Albert E. Hewett (Nancy)

Employed by Victoria Independent School District, Victoria Texas as a mechanic (Oil & Tire Tech.) for 11 yrs. Attended Southwestern Assemblies of God College. Then went to San Jose, California for 1 1/2 yrs. Went back to Monahans and re-acquainted myself with my wife and eventually married her Oct. 23, 1965. She was from Grandfalls. Her dad operated the salvage yard between Royalty and Grandfalls. Moved to Victoria by transfer with Halliburton Services from Monahans in August 1972. Worked for Big Three Industries and then I.E. Du Pont both in Victoria, Texas.

My number one hobby is my computer. Call me the World's #1 Novice on this machine. (for that's what I am)

My son (Albert) was preparing for his high school senior year when on a weekend scout trip to Bastrop Lake, Bastrop, Texas, he drowned while swimming. He was my drumming drummer. Played a drum trap set like any professional could. Shae plays the flute and Laura played the bassoon. I have ventured into the harmonica and the musical saw. The only type of music I play is gospel. My grandchildren are:

Ranilla Shae's son:
#1 is Eric Christopher- notorious survivor of a open-heart surgery at age 22 months. Increased his energy to three times of what he already had, which was a lot. He's eight years old now with A.D.D. Has more energy than four barrels of monkeys. He is afraid of little and adventurous as a monkey.

Laura's children:
#2 Leah Mechel Haynor - Brilliant youngster, has a passion for anything that is Barbie. Seven years going on twenty-five. Love child

#3 Patrick Dean Haynor - Also a very brilliant child, loves anything that is fire truck. His other G-dad has been a volunteer fire fighter. He is now six.

#4 Layla Mechel Haynor - Have never met this sweetheart. Just over a year old and thriving like a real celebrity (so says her parents) Wife was there when she was born and talked about how observant she was even at three & four wks old. Now she is walking and climbing and talking some.

I have no degrees except my normal 98.6. I have attended air conditioning college classes, and other short courses to work in the different chemical plants around Victoria.

Nancy (my wife) is in poor health now and is considered handicapped. We would desire retiring, but like all others, that is still on hold.

E'ddye Eileen Johnson (Bob Renner)

This photo is a picture of my husband Bob and me on the day we married six years ago. He’s a wonderful man. We have had our ups and downs. We retired in 1998 and in 1999 Bob lost both his kidneys. He was very sick but has a new kidney now. I have had sugar diabetes for 15 years. I do ok but have trouble keeping my weight down.

We have extra real estate to help supplement our retirement. One property we own is on the Beach in Daytona, Florida. We get to go there quite often plus traveling other places. I guess you could say that traveling is our favorite hobby.

I have two lovely children. My son is 38 and is in heating and air with a degree. My daughter Zondra Renee is a high school teacher, teaching mostly senior social studies. She just turned 30 and is trying for a child. My son Ty has blessed me with three grandchildren–Jacklyn, Justin, and Jenna.

I also have a stepson, Rob, at Ohio State becoming an oral surgeon but dentist first. My stepdaughter Erica is in Business Finance and graduating this fall!

After high school I lived in the Dallas-Ft. Worth area, went to Patricia Stevens and did some modeling. Later I lived in Miami and Homestead, Florida. I returned to Monahans for a year before settling in Dayton, Ohio. I had a great job at NCR–National Cash Register for 20 years before retiring.

In the 70's we owned two boats and I learned to water ski and fish. I joined many fishing contests. My partner and I got money and trophies several times. I won some catch-&-release patches from the State of Ohio, which was fun.

Many years ago I was in the Jaycees in West Milton, Ohio. My husband was secretary there. That was fun.

My husband and I love movies and traveling. We love to dance even though we’re not great–we have fun. We met at a dance.

I collect a few things such as Charles Dickens Christmas Village pieces, antique doll head vases, ceramic shoes and purses, and small clocks.

Thanks! Eileen

Carol Annette Jones (Robert Woodard)

Hello, gang! Sounds as if all who made it to the reunion now have a memorable occasion to savor. Sorry I was unable to be there. You may not remember or may never have known; my mother, Paula Jones, died of acute leukemia in August 1960. My life since high school is not one of achievements but of overcoming - testings and trials. I have to say life along the way has been interesting. Though I attended Abilene Christian College from 1962-1966, I did not finish my degree in education. In July 1965 I married Jeryl Richard "Rick" Schmidt from Pampa, Texas. We moved from Abilene to Dallas. It is hard to be married to someone that is mentally ill. This was apparent while we were dating or when we first married. We were married seven years and had two sons, Bryan Clayton and Kelly Jerome. I have never regretted that we married because I have Bryan and Kelly. I have always been sad that they did not have their father in their life but he never was able to be a father to them. Eventually I moved to protect my sons from being exposed to the fringe mafia people with whom their father eventually became involved.

I won't go into detail but my life in many instances has been stranger than a soap opera. Following the divorce, I remained in Dallas another six years. I worked in the admitting office at Baylor University Medical Center four of those years and then went back to college, attending University of Texas at Dallas for one semester and Dallas Baptist College for one and one-half years. Again, I did not complete enough credits for a degree. My in-laws, Elsie and Jerome Schmidt, left an inheritance to my sons in a trust. They died within a month of each other while I lived and worked in Dallas. My sons' father never provided child support but the trust covered the cost of rearing both so his not sending child support was not a hardship.

In the summer of 1978 I moved to Conroe, TX to be near my father, Harrell Kelly Jones. He was an assistant secretary in the Gulf Oil Corporation office headquarters in Houston, TX. Six months later I relocated to Lubbock, TX to attend Sunset School of Missions. I completed the six months of studies in Bible and received a certificate of completion in July 1979. The rest of that summer after my maternal grandmother's funeral, my sons and I traveled with an older christian couple, visiting several churches across central and eastern states and in Ontario, Canada. We communicated by CB while on the road; our handle was "Grace Wagon." We were traveling in a 1978 Delta 88 Oldsmobile station wagon. We spent several days in Benton Harbor, Michigan. Both my sons, ages 12 and 9 at the time, confessed Jesus as Lord and Savior, and were immersed into His death where the blood He shed washes away sin. From there we visited a church in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. After several days there we headed for Buffalo, New York, stopping to take in the sight and sound of thundering Niagra Falls. From Buffalo we visited a church in Staten Island, New York and had the opportunity to make contact with an Italian grandfather with whom we communicated by referring to Bible passages and he was able to read the scriptures in Italian and understand; to tell a young teenage girl of Jewish descent that Messiah is coming again; to discuss the book of Romans with a young Catholic woman who was questioning the teaching that a Roman Catholic may live any way they choose and still enter into eternal life; discussing salvation in God's only son Jesus with a young man who was a "Moonie," a disciple of Sun Yen Moon. We stayed in a dorm at Warren College on Staten Island; fresh linens and towels for $10.00 a night. From the rooftop above the 13th floor was the panoramic view of the New York Harbor; the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge linking Staten Island and Brooklyn; Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty; and across the harbor, Manhattan with the twin towers of the World Trade Center in the foreground. You could hear the ships and barges sounding as they made their way in and out of the harbor. We took the Staten Island ferry at night to Manhattan, passing close to Ellis Island and the lighted "Lady of Liberty;" then took the subway to a stop near the Empire State Building and rode the elevator to the viewing deck. In the golden glow of the streetlights below, the squallor of the streets did not exist. We also had the opportunity to take the Circle Line, which glided up the East River around to and down the Hudson River. On leaving New York, New York, we traveled to Washington, D.C. and stayed overnight at the Hyatt Regency on New Jersey Avenue. In the evening we dined in a hotel restaurant high above the streets with a nightime view of the lighted dome of the Capitol Building. The next day before leaving, we visited several monuments and Smithsonian exhibits.

On returning to Lubbock, Texas, I enrolled in some additional Bible classes at the Sunset School of Preaching. No, I had no intentions of becoming a pulpit preacher; I just want to study the Bible in greater depth. During this time of study, I volunteered as a secretary for the church prison/jail ministry, Christ's Prison Fellowship. Little did I know when I began to help with managing the office that I would be marrying the prison/jail minister, Bob Woodard. He and I have been happily married for 22 years now. Before Bob's health forced him to quit the prison/jail work, our home was open to those just released from jail or prison who would otherwise have been homeless. We also worked with the youth in the Lubbock County Youth Center, in the past referred to as the dentention center. We corresponded with prisoners and were of assistance to their family members as needed. On several occasions TDC prison unit wardens allowed Bob in to visit inmates with whom we corresponded and had enrolled in Bible correspondence studies. During one Thanksgiving visit to the Coffield Unit near Palestine, Texas, the warden made an exception and allowed Bob in after dark, after regular visiting hours to see the men there with whom we kept in touch. Bob was given similar exceptional privileges by the Lubbock County Jail staff, at times being locked in with the inmates and teaching the Bible and praying until after midnight. Bob was the first chairman of the Religious Advisory Board of the Lubbock County Youth Center and was a chaplain at the Lubbock County Jail.

Today he is disabled, confined to a motorized wheelchair and on oxygen 24 hours day and night. He stays busy with building computers, updating computers, diagnosing and correcting computer configuration and software problems, building web pages and web sites. We have a religious publication on the web - "The Winnower." The stated purpose of the site - "to sift and separate kernels of truth from the chaff of error." Additionally, we have three commercial sites. I am grateful that Bob occupies himself in this way. The way he keeps on amazes me; he is my hero! Between us Bob and I have five children. The three from his first marriage - Michael John "Mike" Woodard, Wendy Lee (Woodard) Burkett, and William Robert "Bill" Woodard. The two from my first marriage I have already mentioned. Between us we have eight grandchildren, two of them girls - Robert Michael "Bobby" Woodard (He is a freshman at UT-Austin); Katie Brooke Woodard; Kelly Jerome Schmidt II; Aaron Christian Schmidt; Ronnie Woodard; Virginia Lallonie "Gini" Woodard; Caleb Christopher Harold Schmidt; and Nathaniel Dean Schmidt. Except for my eight plus years of employment at Texas Tech University, that pretty much brings you up to date.

Charlotte Marie Jones (Ronnie Hall)

After graduating from MHS, my family moved back to Louisiana. I attended Northwestern State College in Natchitoches, La. for 2 years. I was working towards a degree in Nursing. I made a mistake and tried to go straight thru by attending in the summers also. I burned out after 2 years and decided to rest for a year before going back. I got a job working at Sears in Alexandria, La. and there I became good friends with one of the ladies I worked with. She introduced me to her son who had come home on leave from the Marines and it was love at first site. We got engaged after 28 days. After waiting for him for a year while he was in Vietnam, we married and settled down in Alexandria. There we began our family. Renee was born in 68 and Lance was born in 69. Guess we were trying to make up for the year he was gone. I was a homemaker and Mom until we moved to Ruston, La. in 1976 and started our own business and then I had to go to work. We owned a carpet cleaning business for 20 years. In 1996 , Ronnie (that goodlooking Marine I married) decided he wanted to live on a Lake in East Texas. We move to Mineola and never looked back. We love it here in the piney woods. Ronnie loves to fish and we live on Lake Holbrook right out of Mineola. We are also about 20 minutes from Lake Fork. Our Daughter Renee has 3 beautiful children. 2 girls and 1 boy. Our son Lance has 1 boy. They are 14, 12, 9, & 5. I never went back to Nursing school, but I did start a new career at age 56. I became an insurance agent. I love it. We are very involved in community service. Ronnie is in the Kiwanis and I am a very active Pilot Club member. My hobbies are collecting tea pots, cooking and traveling. I am looking forward to the reunion and seeing old (Did I say that?) friends.

Eula Faye King (Bob Billups)

I moved from Monahans to Midland in 1967 and worked for various oil companies for 22 years. I then spent four years traveling over Texas closing down banks for the F.D.I.C.

After our 25th class reunion I started dating Bob Billups and we were married in May 1988. We continue to have our home in Midland and have lived overseas in Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Azerbaijan for 12 of the past 14 years. We moved back to Midland in 2000 and Bob continues to travel and work overseas on a 28/28 day rotation. He is now working in Equatorial Guinea off the west coast of Africa.

My hobbies are gardening, sewing, decorating and traveling. I spent 14 years in the AMERICAN BUSINESS WOMEN'S ASSOCIATION, holding every office available and 9 years in the DESK AND DERRICK CLUB. I was elected A.B.W.A. "Woman of the year" for Midland in 1976 and 1985. While overseas I spent many hours participating in the PETROLEUM WIVES ASSOC. and THE INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S ASSOC. Since moving back to Midland I have joined the NEWCOMER'S CLUB. Helping newcomers adjust to living in Midland. I now spend most of my time keeping up our yard, home and cars and playing "nickles" with the neighbor ladies.

Mitchell H. Kugle (Janis)

I met Janis while I was stationed on independent duty in New Orleans with the Marine Corps after returning from VietNam. We married in 1970. I graduated with a degree in management from the University of New Orleans. Janis and I then attended Loyola University in New Orleans where she got a Masters in Guidance and Counseling and I got an MBA. I became a CPA in 1975. I worked for Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms for a few years then I transferred to the IRS Criminal Investigation Division (CID) as a Special Agent. In 1977 we moved to Shreveport. In 1981 I started a CPA practice directed to fraud litigation. I also was an oil and gas operator. In 1987 I returned to CID. My career was not the "audit" type work that people usually associate with IRS. I worked with the FBI, DEA, SEC, U.S. Customs, U.S. Marshals and other federal and state law enforcement agencies.

In June 1999 my brother Stephen died of cancer after an 18 month battle for his life. It reminded me not to waste extra years seeing how long I could work. Janis and I both have retired in the last year. Janis was a high school counselor and native of New Orleans.

We have two daughters who have both graduated from Baylor University. They are both married. We have two grandchildren.

I enjoy fishing, hunting, cooking, travel, good friends and family. I still enjoy the fantastic restaurants of New Orleans and its culture whenever we visit family and friends.

I am looking forward to seeing my high school friends and classmates. I have no idea until I get to the reunion as to how well the memories will resurface.

Linda Fay Langston (Virgil W Coffee)

Linda and her family.

Earlene Law (John L Russell)

(Photo is Earlene and Linda Cunningham) I was married June 23, 1962 to Billy Tom Parker, together we had one daughter. I Moved from Monahans in 1964 to Dallas, went to work for Braniff International Airlines in 1966.Traveled extensively during sixteen years before they declared bankruptcy in 1982. My travels included these cities and wonderful memories: Munic, Germany; Copenhagen, Denmark; Rome, Italy; Madrid, Spain; Lima, Peru; Machu Picchu; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Maui, Hawaii; Acapulco, Mexico; Nassau, Bahamas; Seattle, Washington; New York, New York; New Jersey; Tennessee; Louisiana; Missouri; Kansas; New Mexico; Arkansas; Colorado; Mississippi; Alabama; Kentucky; California; Oregon; Indiana; Florida; Oklahoma

I divorced in 1978. In 1979, I became engaged to John Russell, then in 1980 we flew to Las Vegas and were married in a chapel.

I am now employed at Metal Mart, a subsidiary of Mcelroy Metal, as an assistant manager for the Weatherford store.

My husband is now retired from Tri County Electric Coop. We raise Black Angus cattle for fun and Profit.

Sheron Rose Lovell (Billy Graham)

I am department manager of the seafood section of the Wal-Mart Supercenter of Brownwood, Texas.
I enjoy reading, cooking, playing card and domino games with family.

Elias Jaimez Marin (Anita)

After graduation, I moved to Midland where I met my wife Anita. I later moved back to Monahans where I found a job as a machine operator. I married my wife on June 13,1964, raised 2 beautiful girls and 1 handsome boy.

In the summer of 1967, I started working for the Texas Highway Dept. in the engineering dept. I worked there for 9 yrs. and then went to work for Gulf Pipeline Co. in 1976, which was bought out by Chevron in 1986. I worked there until my retirement in August of 1999.

I guess my bio is kind of dull, but in reality, I had a great time raising my kids and becoming a grandparent to 7 grandkids that seem to be underfoot most of the time. We also adopted a nephew with downs snydrome who has been a blessing to my family.

I was ordained a Deacon on July 1984, and am still active in church activities.

My hobbies are mostly playing golf with my son and going fishing with my friends and family.

But God has been good to me and my family and I hope that he has blessed each and everyone of you, my classmates.

Maria Martinez (John Martinez)

I actually didn't graduate from Monahans High. In my senior year, I transferred to Permian High School in Odessa. Our high school required more credits than their school system so I graduated after mid-term.

My parents moved to California and I stayed behind. I left Texas in January 1964 and moved to the LA's San Fernando Valley. I was pretty home sick for a long time. It took a while to make friends. It seems people are not as friendly as people from Texas.

I met my husband through a friend. He was from Santa Barbara and truly a wonderful guy. We married in 1971 and had a 30 year anniversary party this past last year. My husband retired 1999 after 30 years with University of California Santa Barbara. I retired this past year after 28 years with Raytheon Systems formerly Hughes Aircraft Company.

We have lived in Goleta eleven miles north from Santa Barbara and it truly is a beautiful area. We have the best of both worlds, the ocean and the sea. There is always something to do. Santa Barbara and Goleta have art, music, and food festivals almost every week. I guess you could say if there is any reason to have a party, we'll have it!

We plan to travel in our RV. We have met several interesting people in our travels and have plans to go to the British Isles this coming year. We also plan on taking a cruise to Alaska sometimes in the summer which is my husband's dream.

James Thomas (Tom) McCone, Jr. (Mary Jo)

I was a teacher (P.E.)/Coach for 27 years in Ft.Worth ISD and Crowley ISD. I retired in May of 200l. Crowley instituted the "Tom McCone Coaches Hall of Honor" in my honor. I worked in Alaska during the summer of 200l for the BLM surveying trails. My hobbies are fishing, hunting, camping, traveling, reading.

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Picture is Tom McCone and his wife Mary Jo.

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Charles William Melton

After 38 years of marriage and raising 3 children, educating them and working mainly in the automotive field, time has come to start life all over and so far it has been a ball... Living here in Hot Springs, AR. Is fantastic... live on Lake Hamilton and there are lots of single ladies and some with money....and that don't hurt a thing...

Glenda Sue Moore (John W Gross)

My husband, John, and I are full-time RVers now. After a year of traveling, we joined a ministry called SOWERS, which stands for Servants on Wheels Ever-Ready... for retired or semi- retired RVers. We still travel all the time, but now we are trying to "sow some seeds of kindness" along the way while enjoying our travels around the country. We work at churches, youth ranches, Christian retreats, etc. doing maintenance, repairs, odd jobs, office work, most any area where help is needed. That can include construction of building from the ground up, ora swimming pool being built, but mostly general maintenance. We work 5or 6 projects a year, each project lasting a month... so we stay busy, yet have time to travel also. A GREAT LIFE!

Clarence David O'Dell (Jane King)

David and I (Jane King) were married on July 3, 1965 and stayed in Monahans. That was the year David started his career with US Postal Service. We had three wonderful children (Trisha, Bubba, and Dede). David was very involved with his kids and other youths. He coached little league and girls softball for years. He was a recipient of the Monahans outstanding youth leadership award. In 1980, our daughter (Trisha) was killed in an accident. While trying to get our lives together, David became a member of the Masonic Lodge. He went on to become Master of the Monahans Lodge. Then, with the support of the people of Monahans, he became the Postmaster. He also helped organize the Desert Storm group of Monahans while our son was in the Navy and involved in Desert Storm. In January, 1994, David was given the opportunity to be the officer in charge of the Big Spring post office for one year. He was very excited with this new challenge. Then, in July, he became very ill and died on August 26, 1994. David was a very caring and good man and is greatly missed.

Johnnie Peveto

As some of you might remember, I quit school three months before graduation and joined the Air Force. But I did get my GED and later a BSET in 1971 (took ten years). Moved to Houston and climbed the Engineering ladder to VP level at a couple of companies, then partnered up with some others and started OIL, Inc. Well we got wealthy and then broke in 1983 (along with a lot of others in the Oil Patch). Went to Chrysler and made Director level, didn't like management... so came back to Houston where I am designing Drilling rigs again... love it! Should never have left. Have three kids and three grand kids... John Jr. is a subsea Engineer, Tana is finishing her RN education this fall and the youngest is just about to start college. As you can see from the pictures, I spend as much time fishing in the Gulf as possible... If you get around the NASA/Galveston area, give me a call. If I can get off, we might just go catch a big red. I would love to hear from anyone I grew up around! Lot's of good memories from MHS... and damned few bad ones!

Sandra Sue Pillans (Roy Goodloe)

I have been in Lubbock since 1977. After high school graduation I attended Texas Tech and graduated from Methodist Hospital School of Nursing in Lubbock in 1966 and received my RN license. I met my husband, Roy while attending Tech and we married in 1965. After he graduated from Texas Tech in August 1966 we moved to Cuero, Texas in South Texas where he sold animal feed for a national company and I worked as a nurse. We moved to Uvalde in 1969 and San Antonio in 1970 before retuning, by choice, to Lubbock. I have worked in most areas of nursing in the past 36 years including hospitals, home health, industrial, and school nursing. From 1987 to December 2000, I worked as Director of Quality and Risk Management at St. Mary Hospital, now Covenant Health System after merger with Methodist Hospital. I began part-time work as a project specialist in Quality Management 18 months ago as I prepare to move into retirement.

Carla, most every weekend I go to Comanche to help care for my folks during these long and progressive illnesses from which they suffer. I am desperately trying to make it through this last school year and retire in June of 2003. Should the situation become that Mother can no longer take care of Dad, I will have to retire on the spot. We do plan to move to Abilene (my husband has already retired) where my son and his family live. How I do envy you and Frankie being involved in such an exciting event and I would ask that you please keep me informed of any pictures I could purchase (including videos) after this bash has taken place. Even though I won't be able to come to the reunion, let me thank you both for all the time and effort you have put forth on our behalf. To answer your question, I am secretary of Midland Lee High School. My husband retired as a teacher/coach from Alamo Jr. High School. We have one son, Jimmy Ray Frazier. He is the proud parent of our grandson Lleyton Ray Frazier (age 2). Jimmy and his wife DeDe are both paramedics in Abilene.        Diana Pittman Frazier

Lucianne Price (Wade Tigelaar)

After graduating from Baylor, I taught College Prep English IV and Creative Writing in LaMarque, TX, for 6 years. I moved to Miami, then Atlanta, back to Miami, Columbus, OH, Norman, OK, and finally to the mountains just west of Denver. During that time I worked as an Office Manager or Legal Administrator in a number of different companies. The last 10 years I was a Supervisor, then Manager, of the Main Cage in a couple of casinos west of Denver (that’s where all the casino money is kept.) Last year I retired (hopefully for good).

Wade, whom I met in Colorado, works for the Forest Service at Mount Evans part time each year. I spend most of my time gardening, reading (mostly fantasy), hiking, studying spirituality (yoga, meditation, shamanism, etc.), herbology, Reiki and other energetic healing modules. Also, since we are now vegetarian, I spend a lot of time finding/trying new recipes. We live at 9000 feet in a log cabin built by miners in 1871, with additions in 1921 and 1999 and we are off-grid (use solar energy). We live with 1 dog, 2 wolf-hybrids, 2 cats, and about 50-60 hummingbirds each summer. It’s a little slice of heaven to be able to step out your front door and in less than 2 minutes be deep in a conifer or aspen forest!

[I won’t be coming to the reunion but I would love to see all the pictures and bios. Tell everyone "hi" for me.]

Judith Ann Reeves (Eugene N Heatly)

I graduated from Baylor University in 1966 with a BA in English and Speech. In 1967, Gene and I moved from Waco to Austin where he worked for the Attorney General and I taught English in a middle school. When the County Attorney's job in Vernon, TX, Wilbarger County, became available--Gene was appointed, and we moved to Vernon with two children (Mike was two weeks old) in 1969, and we have been here ever since. When my children were young, I worked at home and was involved in community activities. We are members of First Baptist Church here. In 1986, I started teaching English at Vernon High School. Some things never change--I always liked school and people, and I still do! I will probably retire when most of us are 60 years old in 2004. I enjoy family, friends, traveling, bridge (although I haven't gotten to play in forever), exercising (nothing too strenuous, mostly walking), and reading. I am especially proud of my three sons. Gene, the father of the two grandchildren, is a CPA in Dallas. Mike, a mechanical engineer, works for Dell (he travels to Taiwan a lot--says it's one big factory) and lives in Round Rock. Staley, a lawyer who is working for a large firm in Washington, D.C., wants out of the rat race and will be going into the Peace Corps (his wife also) in February of 2003; they will be in Ecuador. Oh, yes, I'm still married to Gene. At this point in time, he practices mostly real estate law.

Richard K Rogers (Mildred)

It is great that Frankie and Carla and others have reunited old friends. I have often wandered what happened to____? After graduation from MHS, I went to UT Austin, finished in 1968 with a BS in Pharmacy. Immediately drafted after graduation, I entered the Army and low crawled as a PVT E-1 over the dirt in El Paso. After about 2 months I was allowed to be a pharmacist at William Beaumont Hospital in El Paso at the Army base. After 6 months there I was transferred to Nurnberg Germany, where I again worked as a pharmacist at the 130th Army Hospital. I was married at this time and was able to take the spouse. During my stint in the service, my father died suddenly at age 54 of a heart attack. My mother is still alive at 88 and lives in San Antonio near my sister, and she is still in reasonable health living on her own. After the service I entered retail pharmacy and spent 11 years here in Austin working for various retailers. Growing tired of the corporations, I accepted a job as a pharmacist with the state (a state school). Eventually in '96 the school closed and I spent 4 1/2 years at the State Hospital (as a patient?), then retired from the state with about 20 years service in Feb. 2001. After 6 months of that I decided to do some part time pharmacy work, where I am at present a staff pharmacist at a neurorehab center in South Austin. When I am not working I am playing golf or working on my fat body (at this stage, throw away the full length mirrors). My sons are both computer nerds, the eldest working at the Pickle Center here in Austin, and the youngest is in Oakland, CA, working for Send-mail.com (what the hell is that?). That's enough of my bull, let's hear it from the rest of you. RKR

Linda Faye Vessels (Rex Hitchcock)

I Married Rex Hitchcock (MHS ’59) in June after graduation. Rex worked for Sinclair and we transferred to Midland in 1965. Our oldest daughter, Lori was born in Monahans in May ’65 and Cindi in ’67 in Midland. Sinclair became Atlantic Richfield and we were some of the lucky ones and transferred to Farmington, NM in 1969. Our son, Randy was born in 1970 and completed our family. I kept myself busy with church activities and volunteering at the school. I joined Beta Sigma Phi in 1970 and I have been very active in my chapters since.

Rex’s work took him out of town often and I decided I needed to join the work force in 1977 when Randy started to school. I became a manager of a foreign car dealership, okay; I was a personal friend with the owner’s wife. I had attended our local college for a few classes but the best education was that JOB for five years. I was offered a job with our children’s orthodontist as office manager in 1982 and I have been there since. He is the best employer and I am allowed to take the staff on trips…cruise and learn…it is a hard job, but somebody has to do it.

I have been active in local and NM state politics and I was an active member for several years in our Business and Professional Women’s Organization. I lobbied our legislators in Santa Fe each year and loved it. I served on our hospital board for 10 years.

Lori married Mike Sanders and after college joined the Marines and after officers candidate school entered flight school and flew EA6B Prowlers. They now live in Keller, TX and Mike flies for American Airlines. My grandchildren, Garrett 12, Nathan 10 and Emily 4 live with them.

Cindi is employed by our local hospital in administration. Cindi married Chris Berhost and combined her son Dillon 9 and Chris’s children, Tylan 12, Kyler 10 and Shea 8. Then Arynn joined this family in 2000. They are a busy family.

Randy joined the Marines for six years and served our country in the Persian Gulf War. He and his wife Nicole live in Farmington and Randy works for BP. Haley is 5 and Justin is 3.

I have enjoyed Northwest NM and raising our family here. Our children completed all their schooling at the same schools. Our high school colors are green and white! We built a home in the country in 1995 and traded our boat and camper for the farm life. We have a Tennessee Walker mare and a few Angus. We are visited by ducks and birds at the pond and really enjoy it. Rex has more than enough work to keep him busy since retiring in 2000 from Vastar Resources. I plan to retire in June 2003. I have been oil painting for several years and I want to learn to use all of Rex’s wood working tools.

I am really looking forward to the reunion and seeing everyone again.

Bobbie Weehunt

Hello everyone...seeing the names on the list really brings back a lot of memories. Even though I didn't graduate, I still think back and wonder about MHS and Wickett. I live in Oklahoma City and have for several years and have one daughter, that is my best friend and light of my life. She is a race horse trainer/rider and lives here, also. The years have been good to me and I know the solid West Texas up-bringing helped. I would love to hear from anyone and have some contacts, thanks to this wonderful internet (Bob Cook, Morris Ussary, Jerri Stephenson, Susan Knight (Haupt)) and would love to pass on address and info. I think it would be great to see everyone again and visit. Life be too short to miss much... Bobbi

Thomas L. (Skip) White

I received my BBA and MBA Degrees from the UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN. I have  2 businesses: (1)  www.goodstuffhappens.com - We provide residential and commercial mortgage money for individuals and companies. We can also help you sell your business or find a business for you to buy. (2) www.dsstexas.com - We provide accounting, distribution, and manufacturing software for small to medium sized businesses.
Don't be dismayed at good-byes.
A farewell is necessary before you can meet again.
And meeting again, after moments or lifetimes,
is certain for those who are friends.                Tom White also known as Skip.

Waymon David Williams (Judy)

I'm still married to my high school sweetheart, Judy Hughes (MHS Class of '63). We live in a 1940's-era house on Eagle Mountain Lake in Azle, about 15 miles northwest of Ft. Worth.

For the past five years, my partner in Houston and I have been attempting to commercialize and promote a patented piece of equipment to be used in the oil and gas industry and several other applications.

Our son is 30 and is in ministry school in California, having left a successful business career in Dallas. Our daughter and her husband live in Dallas. They both received their degrees from Baylor. She works for an advertising agency and he is a programmer.

We attend HighPoint Church in Arlington, a fast-growing church that is gifted in evangelism and healing. We travel to Monahans and Wickett often to visit Judy's dad. I thank God for His grace and His presence with Judy and me and the kids over all these years. And I'm thankful for the good foundation available to us growing up in West Texas. After having kids in several school systems in three states, we were continuously reminded of the good school system that we were privileged to have in Monahans. Judy and I had a good time at the Class of '63 reunion last year and we understand they plan to have their 40th next year.

In the last forty years, I have had lots of jobs and entrepreneurial efforts and lived in Kentucky and Oklahoma in addition to Texas. I began at North Texas State University (now NTU), where I completed my BBA and MBA in Accounting and Finance. I served six years in the Texas National Guard during the Vietnam War. As a CPA, I worked on the audit staff of Arthur Andersen for two years. I left in '72 in order to avoid involvement in their problems in 2002 - just kidding. Actually, I decided I'd rather work with Steak and Ale in their corporate office in Dallas, which I did for ten years. About half of that time was spent in the expansion effort, supervising real estate acquisition and construction of restaurants nationwide. I spent several years in the real estate brokerage and development field before moving to Kentucky to work with Chi Chi's Mexican Restaurants as Senior VP of Real Estate and Construction. I left Chi Chi's and moved to Oklahoma with three partners with the franchise rights to Outback Steakhouse Restaurants for eight states from Oklahoma to Missouri and north to the Canadian border. After opening nineteen Outbacks, three On the Border Restaurants and several other new concepts, I decided to get back to the great state of Texas. My first project after returning to the Dallas-Ft. Worth area was to build a large preschool with a partner who is a long- time friend.

Judy and I spend most of our time working on our investments and watching the ducks, etc., on the lake. I enjoy golf, fishing, and pursuing new investments.

Inice Ann Womble (Preston E Beeks)

I moved to Midland following graduation to attend Business College, upon completion I moved to Seminole where my parents had moved. I went to work in March 1963 for Seminole State Bank and have been in banking for 30 years. I stayed at home for 10 years to raise our children and enjoyed every minute of it.

I married Preston E. Beeks in December 1967 in Seminole, TX. We will celebrate our 35th anniversary this year.

We are very proud of our 4 children: Sherrie, Carolyn, William and Camille. Sherrie has blessed us with 2 grandsons and Carolyn has blessed us with 2 grandsons and 1 granddaughter. At the present time our two youngest children are single and working on their careers. All of the children have made wonderful young adults and are very active in their careers and their churches.

We lived in Texas from 1967 until June 1993 where my husband was pastor of churches in Wayside, Crosbyton and Odessa following his graduation from Wayland Baptist University. In 1993 the medical doctors advised us to move away from the oilfields of Texas because of health reasons and we choose the beautiful Ozark Mountains of Northwest Arkansas where Preston’s parents lived. I must say it was a wise decision because his health has improved and we love it here. All of our children have moved from Texas to Arkansas and we spend a lot of time together.

I am still involved in banking, church work and do genealogy research and fish with the grandson's for fun.

Marilyn Woods (Don Andjulis)

Greetings to all of you in our MHS Class of '62!

I attended Odessa College and graduated from Sul Ross State U. with a degree in Elem. Ed. and Speech. I did graduate work at Texas Tech. I started my acting career early in church programs, second grade as Gretal with Max Howorth('61)in Hansel and Gretal at Wickett Elem. Then on to numerous plays at MHS under the directions of Andy Smith. I continued with drama at O.C. and Sul Ross Summer Theater. My biggest acting production was thirty-two consecutive years of teaching elementary students in Monahans(7) and Odessa (25). I retired in May 2000 and worked under a grant with an at-risk program teaching third grade math and reading this past year. It was a different pace for me and was terrific!

I am a member of Texas Classroom Teachers Association and held numerous offices, including Pres., of the local affiliate, OCTA, and served as a state delegate many years. I was selected by a former fourth student, when she was a senior, as her favorite teacher. She had received the Awards of Excellence. This was a tremendous honor for me during my teaching career.

I married Don in Nov.'71. He graduated in '62 from Odessa High and we have one son, Todd, a graduate of Texas A&M--Proud Aggie Parents!!

We are active in our church and community. Our hobbies are traveling and attending theater productions. We owned motorcycles when we were first married and rode across the London Bridge and around Grand Canyon. We've done the Carribean bit and our last long trip was to Hawaii for both our retirements. Now we are heading North to Alaska for two weeks. We'll be back in time for the reunion!

I have enjoyed working with the committee of five for our 40th class reunion this past year. We've had some great laughs remembering the times at MHS. WOW! 40 years--see ya there!!! Marilyn