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- Robert Agnew (Bob) [last updated February, 2003] [E-mail address updated January, 2007]
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In November 2002, my wife and I moved to western Pennsylvania in order to be active participants in our grandchildren's lives. We are truly enjoying our experiences! I would love to hear from each of you!
- Bob Borda [last updated September, 2004]
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I reluctantly signed up for e-mail, but here we go! I'd
love to hear from East High alumni. I'm still in private practice in
clinical neuropsychology, with offices in Arcola (at Houston Southwest
Airport), Sugar Land (in a neurologist's office), and Austin (another
neurologist), Texas. Drive a lot, fly some. My wife, Eleanor, has
transformed our small acreage 25 miles south of downtown Houston into a
rose/native plant nursery and wildlife preserve. It appears that I
(finally) have developed a work ethic, so I get to enjoy our place less
than I would like and then it typically involves yard work or
remodeling. Cheers to all.
- Ronnie Borod [last updated September, 2004]
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I am a partner in the law firm of Brown Rudnick, a Boston-based firm with additional offices in New York, London, Dublin, Washington, DC, Providence, and Hartford. I head the Structured Finance Group at the firm, which specializes in structuring and closing asset-backed securities transactions. I live in Boston but spend most weekends in Rhode Island with my wife, Doris Licht, who is an estate planning lawyer with another firm which is headquartered in Providence. We also own a beach house on the Rhode Island coast and spend as much time there as possible. I have 3 children, Gail (35), Emily (31) and Adam (27), all of whom live on the West Coast. Gail is married, has a baby daughter, Isabella, age 8 months, and is a project manager at Microsoft in Seattle. Emily was just married in August of this year, and lives in Portland, OR where she attends medical school. Adam is a consultant living in San Francisco.
- Sarah Bradford [last updated April, 2003]
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Decided to surface and say "hey y'all" from Georgia!!! Planning to retire for real in a few months if the world doesn't stop turning!! Retired from Eastern Air Lines in '87 and moved to the country from Atlanta. Life's been the proverbial "Wild Ride of Mr. Toad" every since..but boy it's been fun as well as challenging...
Made a good living in horticulture and landscape after real estate took up too much of my time..Then as age began to think it could creep up on me, I decided I'd best get somewhere with insurance and benefits, so until freedom is once again mine, I work in the company of 4 million
books for a distributor called Baker and Taylor.
I've raised two sons and a couple of foster kids..mostly by myself after a 14yr marriage almost spelled disaster. Both sons are married and I have 2 and 1/4 grandkids plus 3grandkids from a foster son that I am still very much in touch with.
I live, by choice, in a very small trailer on my land where I generally have a garden and make attempts to grow flowers.
In both cases though, the weeds seem to always prevail..so every spring I go at it again....
Nothing earthshattering...just life on a rollercoaster..hehehe
Y'all email me and I'l try to answer....would love to hear from ya.
- Fred Brinkmann [last updated April, 2008]
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- Sidna Brower [last updated September, 2004]
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I attended the first 20th reunion and hope to make the
45th.
In 2002, I retired as deputy director of the NJ Council on Affordable
Housing. My husband, George, and I lived in Bernardsville, NJ,
(Somerset County)for almost 30 years; there I was active in politics,
church and the library. I really got involved when we moved to a
retirement community in Middlesex County almost five years ago. I ran
for the NJ State Assembly last year and almost won in a heavily
Democratic district---just missed by about 700 votes out of 54,000
cast---so I may run again next year. I'm president of the Rossmoor
Republican Club, GOP Monroe Township municipal chair, Middlesex County
GOP committeewoman, vice chair of GROW Republican women, vice
president of the Middlesex County Women's Political Caucus and
diversity chair of the state caucus.
Church remains a big part of my life. A former elder and Sunday School
superintendent in the Presbyterian church, I now serve as chair of our
church council and president of the Women's Guild for the Rossmoor
Community Church.
George and I sold our weekly newspapers about three years ago but I
still write a weekly cooking column---this by someone who only knew how
to fry bacon, eggs and a hamburger when she moved to New York City in
1963. We have one daughter, Meredith Mascitello, who works for a
commodities broker; she and her husband live about an hour away. My
mailing address is P.O. Box 6007, Monroe Twp., NJ 08831.
- David Bryant [last updated March, 2006]
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In December of 2005, I sent out some e-mails to my business associates of the past 41 years to announce my retirement. One of the responses stuck in my mind. Well, David, you finally figured out what you wanted to do when you grew up. How right he was.
We retired on our small acreage in Spring Texas.
- Joe Davis [last updated September, 2004]
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After a career in banking, I chose to leave the working world in late 1996 after my bank was purchased. It was a great decision as I finally learned what I do best. Nothing! Well, that is not entirely true as I love to plan and take trips. Still married to Diane Dean of Memphis, we have two grown children, one married and living in Memphis and the other single and living in Denver.
- Jane Dowdy
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Reported deceased.
If anyone has a copy of the obituary and would like to supply a copy, we would like to post it on The East High Alumni Page.
- Tom Faber
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Deceased. An obituary is available. Click here to read the obituary.
- Jack Fisher [last updated May, 2008]
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I retired in 2000 and am single and living on a small island off of the southwest coast of Florida. It is about 6 miles long and a half of a mile wide at its largest point and just a little slice of paradise.
I have two children, Jay who lives in a suburb outside of Chicago with his wife Jill and my two terrific grandsons, Jacob and Alex. My daughter lives in Victor, Idaho which is just across the Grand Teton pass from Jackson Wyoming. She has her own businesses which keeps her very busy, when she is not sking or mountain bike riding.
I still love to play golf, travel the world, drink fine wine(some things do not change) and dabble in painting and photography from time to time.
I can be reaches at Jack.Fisher@live.com or by phone 941-964-0813
LIFE IS NOT A DRESS REHEARSAL, THIS IS THE PLAY! ENJOY.
My hope is to be happy and healthy until the day I die.
- Jane Fransioli [last updated June, 1999]
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I had a wonderful time at our 40th reunion. Everyone looked great, and we had lots of hugs and laughter.
I went to MSU after high school, and became a teacher in the city
school,before meeting my husband at Pickwick, in the ole swimming hole. We
moved to Dallas, where I taught 6th grade in Richardson, Tx. We moved back
to Memphis in 1967, I taught one more year, and then we started our family,
which includes 3, Jeffrey,30, getting his PHD at Yale this September in
nueropsychology, Hunter,27 degree in environmental science, manages
Outdoors,Inc. on Union, and Meredith Jane, 22, a senior at Auburn, in
graphic Arts. I stay busy as an independent travel consultant,gardening, and
painting. Nick just retired from a medical firm after 25 yrs, and enjoys
playing golf and projects that I think up on his do list. My folks are both
gone now, Daddy 3 yrs, ago, and Mother last year. My brother,Steve is in
Dallas and is looking forward to retireing soon to his house in Panama City
Beach. My brother, Bill lives in Germantown with his family. Linda Newell
is my sister-in-law having married Larry, Nick's younger brother. Small world
isn't is? God Bless you all, and send me e-mail at 
- Ames Guyton [last updated June, 1999] [E-mail address updated August, 2005]
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Ames Lee Guyton, Class of '59, East High'57-'59, left Memphis about 1962, when my family moved to New York City. I went to Columbia University in New York; served as an officer in the Air Force; have lived in New York, Atlanta, and Miami; and now live in Jacksonville, FL, about eight blocks from the beach. I'm living with Kathe Kasten who has been my companion for about ten years. We have no children. I'm an architect who has just opened my first web site.
www.AMESGUYTON.com
- Kay Killebrew
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Deceased. An obituary is available. Click here to read the obituary.
- Donna Locke [last updated June, 1999]
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Hello, everyone, it's Donna Locke McNees here. After East I went to William Woods College, Fulton,Mo. for 6 months. Returned to MSU for spring, then went to So. Meth. U. in Dallas, Tex. for 2/3 yrs. Returned to MSU and graduated a teacher. Taught in Memphis City schools for 21 years (Oakhaven, Porter Jr. and Corry Jr.) In 1987 moved with then husband, Mickey McNees and son, Chris to B'ham, Ala. for one yr. Then to Jacksonville, Fl. Substitue teacher now for over 10 yrs. Divorced in 1991. Remained in Fl., but moved down the road to Middleburg. Currently going back to college to return to classroom to teach Science in jr. high. Also am a "people greeter" at WAL-MART, the largest retail discount store in the world, still cheering the world on. Son recently married Easter weekend, lives in Jacksonville. I am also a MARY KAY beauty consultant, yea the girl who wore no makeup is now selling it and sure is fun and profitable. Our number is in our book.! Can always use another team member. That's all folks!!!!
- Andrea Lynn [last updated November, 2000]
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My husband David, a graduate of Kingsbury High School, have lived in
Lindsborg, Kansas, for 30 years. David is self-employed in the music field (a violist), and I am a clinical social worker and marriage and family
therapist.
Our two children are grown; our daughter, Becky and family live 30 miles
away; our son Zach lives in Michigan. We have two grandchildren, our
daughter's children, Nick, currently age 6, and Kendra, currently age 20
months.
- Toni Madden [last updated February, 2001]
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I came to the 30th and 40th reunions of the class of '59, and had a great
time at both of them. Looking forward to a 45th, maybe??? After high
school, I married my high school sweetheart and traveled the world with
him, thanks to the US Air Force. We divorced in 1965 and I returned to
Memphis with 2 children. In December, 1966, I married Mel Peters (an Arkansas boy) and spent the next 12 years traveling the world, thanks to the US Navy! We are still together, living happily in Washington State. We raised three wonderful children - daughter Christine is married and living with her husband, Calvin, and two daughters in Covington, LA, - son Stephen is a computer programmer living in Seattle in a state of single bliss, - and youngest son Troy is the conductor of the Vermont Youth Orchestra in
Burlington, Vt, where he lives with his wife, Anne. My husband recently
retired after 23 years at Childrens Hospital in Seattle and I am still
working for Tacoma Public Library, where I am supervisor of two of the
library branches. I don't get back to Memphis very often, but when I
do, I always drive past East High and remember fondly my 11 years there,
from the year it opened until I graduated in '59. Great place back then. Yeah Mustangs!
- Ann Macdonald [last updated June, 1999]
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My husband, Don and I are semi-retired on our 14 acres just outside of Millington, TN where we have a huge garden and I grow herbs and flowers for a little cottage business that is a great hobby. We have 3 children and one grandchild. Just finished lunch with about 12 1959 graduates whom I had not seen in a number of years. Looking forward to our 2nd 20th class reunion the weekend of June 11th.
- Bob Mason [last updated August, 1999] [E-mail address updated March, 2008]
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I do not have many roots in East because I attended four different schools for grades 9-12. Band was my major activity, with photography as a hobby. My flying career (soloed in 10th grade) was in limbo at East, but I built flying models from kits and from my drawing board.
I was longer at Memphis State, where I continued playing the Sousaphone
(Tuba) and tryed to learn to play Hearts in the Student Center.
My Army "career" as advanced aircraft mechanic took me to the west coast,
Korea, and finally the D.C. area in time for the JFK assasination. I
finished my Private Pilot license there, as well as my SCUBA certification.
I married a wonderful young lady, Betty Bates, from Milan, TN, and worked
in consumer finance and insurance while finishing my Commercial Pilot,
Instrument Rating, and Flight Instructor Rating. This led to becoming an
air traffic controller at the Memphis Air Route Traffic Control Center on
Democrat Road in Memphis, where I attained journeyman level radar
controller. I also added a Multi-Engine rating, and continued to instruct
and fly commercially part-time. The best rating of all was becoming a
father to two great kids.
I lost my 2nd Class Airmans physical in 1975, which was necessary for both
air traffic control and commercial flying. I went to International Bible
College in Florence, Alabama to begin preaching, and did commercial
photography part time. I made a number of trips to the Caribbean islands
during school, and we moved to Aruba, Netherlands Antilles, after school.
We had to return early to St. Jude when our son got Leukemia. The
treatment was successful, and I preached in Oakland, TN for that period.
Later, I preached in Red Bay, AL, and in North Carolina since late 1983.
We moved to Pinebluff, NC in 1994, and preach in Aberdeen, NC. (2.5 miles
north.) We live 8 miles from the "No. 2" golf course where the 1999 Open
was played.
Betty does volunteer work at our 450 bed hospital once a wee, and I am a
volunteer chaplain. Our daughter, Elon College and Appalachian State
Graduate School grad, is married and lives in Raleigh. Our son, Auburn and
Florida State Law School grad, is married and lives in central Florida.
- Heather Mathieu [last updated January, 2000]
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I have been living in Houston since my marriage to Jack Amuny in 1972. Our daughter,
Heather Elizabeth, who just married in September is now Heather Amuny Dey and lives in Portland, Oregon where she and her husband are both designers for NIKE. My husband Jack has a graphic design studio and is the Managing Director of the Wings Over Houston Airshow. We are doing well, thinking about retirement and how we can do it.
- Linda Newell [last updated September, 1999]
- Howdy! from Dallas,Texas!
Linda Newell Browndyke wants to say hello, and so sorry that she could not be
with everyone at the reunion, but Larry and Linda were in Nottingham, England
visiting their oldest son, Chip and his wife Brandi, and 4 yr. son Travis.
I graduated from SMU, where I was a Chi O, and met and married Larry Browndyke in 1963. We lived in Norfolk,Va. for 3 yrs, while Larry served in
the Navy. We returned to Dallas, and started our family as civilians . Our
children are "Chip", 34yrs, who now lives in Boise, Idaho with his family.
David 31yrs, and wife "Angie". live in West Harrison, Indiana. Todd 26 yrs.
lives in Huntington Beach, California.
I work for a group of psychiatrists, enjoy Bible Study, gardening, antiques,
and we enjoy being "empty nesters"!!! Hope we can make it to the next
reunion.
Our e-mail address is 
- Tommy Nichols [last updated July, 1999]
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I have been in the computer industry since being discharged from the Air Force in l964. I've been married to Patricia (Williams) since 1966 and we have one son, Todd. We have been living in Georgia for about 25 years and the 40'th reunion was my first which I really enjoyed.
My thanks to all who made it possible.
- Ben Reisman
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Deceased. An obituary is available. Click here to read the obituary.
- Ron Rich (Ronnie) [last updated November, 2007] [E-mail address updated March, 2008>
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 2008 has been a year of wonderful changes. I married Virginia DiMare in April of this year in San Francisco. We went to Jamaica and France for our honeymoon. We sold both our homes in San Francisco this summer and moved to a new home in Rancho Santa Fe near San Diego. We love it here. The weather is perfect year round and we're able to use our pool and BBQ whenever we want. Our home overlooks the Bing Crosby National Golf Course and a beautiful lake. Still fully retired since selling my business and have been traveling with Virginia a lot, taking in concerts, reading and enjoying being married for the first time. Virginia is a fabulous woman, gourmet cook and terrific companion. If you are also retired, you know the day fills up quickly with things to do and you wonder how in the world you got anything done while working full time. Hope you are all healthy and happy. The clock keeps ticking and I look forward to the next reunion. Contact me if you get to the San Diego area.
- Dale Richardson [last updated September, 2004]
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I graduated from Harvard in 1963. After working briefly as a reporter for the New Orleans Times-Picayune, I went up to Charlottesville to get an M.A. degree in English at the University of Virginia. Then I taught English at Washington and Lee in Lexington, Va., for three years.
During the years in Lexington I married Leslie Buchman from Memphis (Hutchison, 59; Rhodes, 63) who was doing graduate work at UVa. We went up to Princeton, where I got a Ph.D. in English and then moved to L.S.U. in Baton Rouge where I taught before moving to Sewanee (The University of the South) in 1973. We've been there ever since. I teach English and Leslie teaches Italian and film studies. I usually teach courses on Shakespeare, eighteenth-century satirists, and the history of literary criticism and theory.
We have three daughters: Gabriel Lear of Chicago; Leslie Long of New York City; and Dana, a student at Savannah College of Art and Design.
- Sylvia Scyster [last updated September, 2004]
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Hi Everyone:
It certainly does not feel as if we could possibly be this old! I prefer to describe us as being like "fine wine." I have been blessed with great health, and like the wine-full bodied. Where has the time gone?
After graduating from East, I attended Ole Miss for 2 years. I then worked for Delta as a stewardess for 9 years. I married and moved to North Carolina where both my children were born. In 1975, I moved to Paducah and finally got around to completing my degree at Murray State. After my divorce in 1983, I became a travel agent. After 20+ years, I closed my travel agency and retired. That did not last long. I began a part-time jobe as an insurance adjuster, and still do private consulting for former clients. In my spare time, I still love to read, travel, and spend time with my 2 schnauzers.
I have 2 children. Carolyn (33) is a dentist and Jim(31) is a biomedical engineer. Both live in Dallas and neither are married. If they do not hurry, I will miss the grandma bit. I do spend a lot of time in Dallas, and am thinking of moving to Georgetown, TX.
I hope all of you are well and happy.
- Randall Shepard [last updated October, 1999]
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Tulane, Rhodes(Southwestern), OCS, Damage Control School,US Navy, Vanderbilt, Holiday Inn University, Memphis Advertising, Stark Raven, Inc.
From the sublime to the ridiculous, but all quite serious. And home again
Flannigan.
You may have heard some of my radio spots. Stark Raven was the first
creative advertising boutique to develop humorous ads for agribizness, then parlay that talent into work for acute care hospitals. As Monty Python put it, "always look at the bright side."
During Navy I married Martha Hunter, a Southwestern gal from New Orleans.
No, she's a preacher's daughter, not an entertainer.
Have one son and my own business, one of which is well past adolescence.
I've given up most hobbies and outside interests in pursuit of mere health
which becomes more elusive every day.
By the way, I stumbled onto the East Alumnae web site via YAHOO. Here's a
hint of what caught my eye: www.easTHIGH.org.
- Mary Ann Styers [last updated September, 2004]
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My husband, Taylor, and I have been married 44 years; most of that time spent in Memphis. We have 3 children and 8 grandchildren who also live in Memphis (having a family business helps keep them at home). We both enjoy traveling (cruises esp.), grandchildren and our church (Germantown Baptist). I have my grandchildren around quite often and am a member of Germantown Women’s Club and the King’s Daughters and Sons. This keeps me very busy. Taylor is retired now and we look forward to our future together.
- Jim Tackett [last updated July, 1999]
- 99 Michael's Cove
Talladega, Alabama 35160
205-763-0147
205-913-3962
- Kay Valvik ("Peanuts")
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Deceased. An obituary is available.
Prior to her death, Kay Valvik was a participant with our alumni page. The following is her last posting, sent to us in May, 1999.
I'm excited to be the first '59er to register. I now live in
Germantown enjoying a partially empty nest with my husband. Our daughter
has come back home. She plans to teach (after pursuing other interests
since Ole Miss graduation.) My husband and I own a liquor store on the way
to Tunica. Stop in and say hello.
- Tom Wilson [last update November, 2004]
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The first four years of my career were spent with General Electric in finance, the next 20 with Celanese and Hoechst Celanese’s polyester business, and the last 21 in my own businesses restructuring large corporations and working with start-ups. In the 1980’s I commercialized a membrane business for Celanese. This division manufacturers membrane for the blood oxygenator and is used as the separator for the lithium batteries in your watch, computer, camera, etc. In 2000 a partner and I developed CSBFirst to out source human resource transactions.
In the mid-1980’s I began serving as a trustee for a local liberal arts university and I am currently completing my fifth term as chairman.
My wife of 40 years is Alice Ford from Owensboro, KY. We met at the University of Kentucky. We have two daughters and three granddaughters. Half the year we live on our farm on the Blue Ridge Parkway and the other half in Charlotte, NC.
My only tie to the Memphis area is farm land in Fayette County.
- Jerry Yancey
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Deceased. An obituary is available. Click here to read the obituary.
- Patia Young (Pat) [last updated December 3, 2000]
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Deceased. An obituary is available. An obituary is available. Click here to read the obituary.
Prior to her death, Patia Young was a participant with our alumni page. The following was her last posting with us.
[posted October, 1999]
I live in the small, rural south Georgia town of Ocilla, where I am the media specialist at the middle/high school. Widowed several years ago. Two daughters, both of whom live in suburban Atlanta. Stephanie VanHoosier Kandzierski, 34,who has a law degree from UGA. Her husband, Chuck,is a UGA grad and a computer exec. Stephanie is on hiatus with their 3 children-Emily , 5, Rachel ,3, and Peter, 11 months. Younger daughter, Kimberly VanHoosier-Carey, 31, and her husband, Greg, both have PhDs from Univ. of Texas and teach at Georgia Tech. I am a breast cancer and bone marrow transplant survivor and have 1
cat, Mittens.
OTHERS ASSOCIATED WITH THE CLASS OF 1959
People who attended East with the class of 1959 but were not graduated from East.
- Wayne McKinney - [last updated April, 2000]
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Served four years in the United States Navy as a radar technician, after which, I enter a bank management program in Philadelphia. Had difficulty counting higher than five, so I overcame that problem by becoming a golf professional in 1965. Helps with a low score! I now reside in Boca Raton, Florida and work as a consultant to corporations that conduct golf tournaments for their clients. For fun, I donate as much time as possible to two junior golf programs in the area, which have about 400 kids playing golf each week. When the golf chores are done, I relax by going deep-sea fishing and listening to Jimmy Buffet. Anyone can come join me for a round of golf (must give me strokes)or you can just send e-mail to
Footnote
* Entries with the "reported deceased" designation indicate a reunion committee or other persons believed closely associated with the class have indicated they have information they believe quite reliable about the death of the individual so designated. The East High Alumni Page has not received sufficient documentation to verify the information and therefore does not confirm the death or that the individual who died is the one of the same name who attended East High School. Such reports without confirmation should be taken with a degree of skepticism. Anyone with documentation to confirm the report or with information to refute the report is strongly encouraged to contact the editor of The East High Alumni Page at editor@EastHigh.org promptly. Please see our obituary policy.
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