July 15, 2008
Jesse T Nettles (Class of '42) died
March 24, 2008. If you require further information, contact his wife at
navyjjn@aol.com
July 7, 2008
Calvin Chewning (class of '48) has
been in the hospital with congestive heart failure for the past three weeks.
In addition, he has cancer on the leg, lung problems, and diabetes.
His address and phone number are:
988 N. Old Cummings Road
Buford, GA 30518
678-617-8223
July 2, 2008
Name:
bill green
EmailAddress:
sportscenter594_8@hotmail.com
Phone: 706 7339648
Am seeking info on Charlie Jackson he did not graduate but was a JR in 65
played
basketball for Mr Cornett and stayed in Ms. Michaels Dorm I have info on
Wayne Goins Ray
Seward Tommy Poe & Jimmy Hall $ Reese Daley Have info on TC WARR Jr Betty Jo
Rose and
Peggy Rose also info on Charlie Ginn him and his sisters were there at
the last classes
at ASI These were all dormitory children THANKS BILL GREEN
June 10, 2008
Larry Jaynes (Class of '69) died
May 31. He was the owner of LTE Express Trucking company. He is
survived by his wife, Theresa Riggan Jaynes, P.O. Box 309, Townsville, NC
27584.
May 29, 2008
Brooks Piercy Sr., 93, (Class of
'32) died Tuesday May 27 at Crowley Memorial Hospital. The funeral was
Thursday, May 29 at Boiling Springs Baptist Church; and burial was at
Cleveland Memorial Park.
May 22
Ray Everett Goins died Tuesday, May
20th. On Friday, friends will be received at McMahan's Funeral Home in
Rutherfordton between 1 - 2 PM. The funeral will be at 2PM, officiated
by Reverend Donald Hollifield. Following this is the internment at Oak
Springs Baptist Church.
May 9, 2008
I would like for any my former class mates to get in
touch with me I was in the class of
49 and my address is 1003 Elmwood Ave. # 119 Columbia, SC
29201
Billie Lou (Sutton) Vermillion
vermillionb@midlandstech.edu
May 4
Union Mills, N.C . - Nancy Ferguson, 75, (class of '51)
died Sunday, May 4, 2008, at Hospice House in Forest City. The funeral
service will be at 11 a.m. Tuesday at McMahan's Funeral Home. Visitation
from 6 to 8 p.m. Monday at the funeral home.
March 7
Albert Boyles Coltrane
Passed away: 28 February 2005
February 13
Harry Edward White (class of '37) died on February
13 at Presbyterian Hospital in Charlotte. Friends will be received on
Saturday, February 16th at the McEwen Charlotte Chapel. Contact McEwen
Funeral Service at 704-334-6421 for more information.
February 11
Mrs. Eris Allen, who now lives at Oakland Living
Center, would like to get in touch with Mary Esther Wells. She and her
husband used to take her to their house some week-ends and holidays
According to the records Mary Esther Wells was born in '45 and was at
the school from '49 to '51.
She came here from Surry County , Her father's name was Ed Wells and
her mother was Mary York.If you have any information about the
whereabouts of Mary Esther Wells, please leave a message on the ASI
Contact Page.
January 25, 2008
Hugh Simpson (class of '40) died. The following is his Obituary from
the Daily Courier:
William Hugh Simpson, 84, of Hodge Street, Rutherfordton, died Friday,
January 25, 2008, at Hospice House in Forest City.
A native of Rutherford County, he was a son of the late Claude Simpson and
Ima Guffey Simpson. He was a member of the First Baptist Church of
Rutherfordton, a retired Rural Mail Carrier, and owned and operated Simpson
Auction and Real Estate Company for over 50 years.
Mr. Simpson was a World War II veteran and a prisoner of war during the
Battle of the Bulge. He was an avid fisherman who enjoyed spending time with
family and friends. Mr. Simpson was also preceded in death by a son, Michael
M.
Simpson of Asheville, who died in 2002.
He is survived by his wife, Lucille Fincannon Simpson; two sons, Bill
Simpson of Columbia, S.C., and Joe Simpson and wife, Reba, of
Rutherfordton;one brother, Harold Simpson of Union Mills; four
grandchildren, Charlie Simpson, Brooke Simpson, Josh Simpson, and Zach
Simpson, and two great-grandchildren, Andrew and Catie Funeral arrangements
are being handled by McMahan’s Funeral Home Inc., 249 South Main Street,
Rutherfordton, where the family will receive friends Sunday, January 27,
from 5 to 7 p.m.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday, January 28, at the First
Baptist Church of Rutherfordton with the Rev.
Dean Baughn officiating. The body will lie in state 30 minutes prior to
the service.
Interment will follow in the Round Hill Baptist Church cemetery with
military honors provided by the Rutherford County Honor Guard.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336,
Forest City, NC 28043.
An online guest register is available at
www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com.
January 21, 2008
James McDaniel (class of '40) died. The following is his Obituary from
the Daily Courier:
James Madison McDaniel, age 86, of Rutherfordton, NC, died on Monday,
January 21, 2008, at White Oak Manor Nursing Home in Rutherfordton.
A native of Rutherford County, he was the son of the late Rector McDaniel
and the late Sally ( Lynch) McDaniel, and the widower of the late Joyce
Lillian Pendergrass. He was a member of Pleasant Grove Baptist Church. He
served in the US Army during World War II, and was a Charter Member of the
Gilkey Ruritan Club and a member of Woodmen of the World.
He is survived by his daughter, Peggy M. (McDaniel) Saunders of Morganton,
NC; a sister, Elizabeth M. Hendrix of Rutherfordton; and a grandson, Cecil
James (Jake) Saunders of Morganton.
Arrangements are being handled by McMahan’s Funeral Home Inc., 249 South
Main St., Rutherfordton, NC, where the family will receive friends from 1:00
pm to 2:00 pm on Wednesday, January 23, 2008. Funeral service will be at
McMahan’s Funeral Home Chapel at 2:00 pm on Wednesday. Interment will be at
Round Hill Baptist Church Cemetery in Union Mills, NC.
Memorials may be made to Hospice of Rutherford County, P.O. Box 336,
Forest City, NC 28043 or to Round Hill Baptist Church Cemetery, 6611 Hudlow
Rd., Union Mills, NC 28167.
Online condolences may be left at
www.mcmahansfuneralhome.com.
December 28, 2007
Don Palmer (class of '50) died last night. The family will receive
friends on Saturday
from 5:00 - 8:00 at the:
Davidson Funeral Home
301 N. Main Street
Lexington, N.C.
The family’s phone number is (336) 248-2311
The funeral will be on Sunday at 3:00 at:
First Baptist Church
404 Welcome - Arcadia Rd.
Welcome, N. C.
In lieu of flowers - memorials may be made to the Don Palmer
Scholarship fund,
with the check being made to:
Davidson County Education Foundation
P. O. Box 444
Lexington, N. C. 27292
December 14, 2007
I have so many wonderful memories of the school and
growing up there with my parents and
brother. I am now living in Wilmington with my husband, Laney, and daughter,
Lauren. I'm
head librarian at Laney High School (Michael Jordan's alma mater). I would
love to contact
some of my classmates. Are there any names, address, etc., available?
Thanks so much for
starting this web site!
Name: Lyvonne Vogler Harrill,
class of '67
Email:
jharrill@nhcs.k12.nc.us
September 21
Charlotte Anne Wann passed away August 28, 2007 in
Chatanooga, TN. She attended ASI for five years until 1956.
June 17
Wanda Gayhardt Best (class of '72) passed away Friday
night, June 15. She was sister of Tommy Gayhardt
(class of '68).
Frances Rigsbee (class of '42) died June 2, 2007 at
Atrium Convalescent Center in Jacksonville, FL. She is survived by 3
daughters and one son. Her daughter, Becky Handlee, who lives in
Jacksonville, was her caregiver during the time of her illness.
May 12
Eugenia Scoggin Flack
(class of '37) passed away yesterday afternoon (May 11). Funeral services will be held on
Sunday (May 13 - Mother's Day) at Round Hill Baptist Church at 3:30 PM with
the family receiving friends after the service.
May 10
Herbert "Bruce" Byers (class of
'55) died on Sunday, May 6th.
May 5
Maxine Hargett Deal (class of
'76) passed away during the first week of May. She died of ovarian cancer.
April 19, 2007
Grant
Lloyd, Sr (class of '62) passed away on
Sunday (Mar 25). Grant was the son of Lucille and brother of Iris.
Lucille ran the store there on campus. Iris is the only one living now out
of that family.
Thelma Bowie Fox
died in October 2006 at her place in Maine.
She was in
the first class to graduate from Alexander in 1929.
Azylee White,
the secretary of Alexander School, Inc. died Thursday, April 12 at approximately
10 pm. Azylee had Alzheimer's and has been going downhill for the past year or
two. She died at home. She was the wife of Don White and mother of Mark and
Mike White. Those who went to school there should remember her as a loving,
caring, happy person She was always ready to help anyone. She will be sorely
missed by her family and friends even though towards the end she didn't know too
many people.
Azylee Guffey White graduated from ASI with the class of 1952. In case you
would like to send a card, her address was/is:
Mrs. Azylee White (husband: Donald)
1850 Centennial Road
Union Mills, NC 28167-9794
Telephone: 828-286-9648
She was the ASI Secretary from 1966 to 1976.
March 19, 2007
Jesse Nettles ('42) will turn 82
this May. He has had back surgery, and recovery is painfully slow.
Charles McDaniel ('52) died March
16th.
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