The festivities began on Friday night as more than 35 classmates traveled from more than 23 destinations to be together to celebrate the weekend to congregate at the Buckboard Steak and Seafood Restaurant for wonderful dining and reminiscing. Special guests for the evening were former Coach and teacher, Shelby Searcy, and his lovely wife, Rachel.

Many of the students and spouses spent the night at the Hickory Ridge Lodge and the beautiful Cottle House Bed and Breakfast.

On Saturday, the group gathered at the Hickory Ridge Lodge in Andalusia where all enjoyed a delicious feast prepared by George and Brenda Gantt, owners, managers, and chefs of the Lodge and the Cottle House. Special guest of the day was another former teacher, Mrs. Mal Browder, who also attended the 2009 reunion.

After lunch, the group gathered in the main dining room where Nikki Martin Bodie led the group in remembering the 20 deceased classmates. As each name was called, all who wanted to contribute special memories did so. Many stories, smiles, laughter and tears were shed bringing the class to a better understanding of their old friends and each other. The class decided to hold a reunion annually, and continue this tradition each year. Classmates remembered were Lamar Barton, Marilyn Cagle, Ed Dannelly, Bob Dickinson, Gerald Dunn, Joan Estep, John Fleming, Claude Frazier, Jimmy Gatlin, Nancy Hofstetter Carreno, Kent Johns, Terry Johnson, Donald Kelly, Linda Leslie, Larry Moulton, Harold Newby, JoAnne Peterson Harrison, James Pursell, Travis Sutton and Ronnie Turner.

The classmates attending this year’s reunion were Shirley Harrington Barbaree (Pace, Fla.); Kay Stephens Barnett (Springville); Nikki Martin Bodie (DeFuniak Springs, Fla.); Nell Carnley Brooks (Calera); Judy Windham Cooper (Pike Road, Ala.); Linda Sue (Susie) Hodges Dozier (Falls Church, Va.); Larry Godwin (Slidell, La.); Gloria Wilson Holcombe (Pensacola, Fla.); Danny and Kathy (King) Little (Ft. Walton Beach, Fla.); Larry Jordan (Inverness, Fla.); Susan Donaldson Melo (Taunton, Ma.); Jordon Morgan (Beaumont, Texas); Kip Pine (Huntsville); Ramona Jordan Pritchett (Theodore); Linda Powell Jones (Statesboro, Ga.); Mike Ray (Birmingham); Phil Raley (Opelika); Lindal Taylor Smith (Wetumpka); Ken Sharpe (Alexander City); Lucy Newman Thompson (Chelsea, Ala.); Dale Ward Whatley (Alabaster); Norma Garvin Allred (Kingston, Tenn.); Angie Rabren Miller, Gordon Moore, Annette Thomas Stauch, and Diane Southwell Williams (Montgomery); Linda Rabren Dubose, Dianne McLelland Franklin, Suzy McGraw Hedges, Gayle Williamson Howell, Dewayne Locklier, Lynn Cooper Knowles, Larry and Gail (Woods) Mullen, Pete Stone, David Moore, Cheryl Boom Edwards, Caroline Cumbie Picking, Annaline Fussell Williamson and Sue Bass Wilson [‘65] (all of Andalusia).