New information for Billy Knowles

 Billy now has a new address.  He is near family and friends.

Please try to remember him at this special time of year. He still loves getting mail. 

Billy Knowles

Brookdale Centre Pointe

1980  Centre Pointe Boulevard

Tallahassee, FL

32308

More information about Joe

 The funeral for Joe is planned for December 1, 2022 at Pleasant Hill Methodist Church on Andrews Avenue in Ozark. Visitation is at 10 a.m. and funeral at 11 a.m.

https://holmanfuneralhome.com/tribute/details/15198/Joe-Walker/obituary.html#tribute-start

Sad News

 I am sorry to report that Joe Walker died. I don't know more than that at this time. I will keep you posted as more information comes in.

Information about a couple of classmates

 Don McCall sent in the following information:

Hi Jan, I have had some classmates contact me regarding the health status of Ann Byrd Butler and Billy Knowles. Could you please post the below update on both on the Blog.  Don

Ann Byrd

     After battling open heart surgery, Covid 19, blood infection, 3 hospital stays, 2 Nursing home stays and 2 or 3 stints in rehab, Ann is finally home with full time oxygen. She is optimistic and thankful for being able to be home. She loves classmate contact and would appreciate a card or note of encouragement.  Her address is:

Ann Butler

121 Wilson Ave

Ozark, AL 36360

Billy Knowles

      Billy is not doing as well as we had hoped. He has had some issues that required a couple of hospital stays. He is presently back at:

Madison Heights

109 Chaney St

Enterprise, AL 36330

Personal visits are accepted, and cards & letters desired. 

Both of our classmates believe in prayer and would appreciate you lifting them up.

Our classmates are special and now that they can't contact us; let's each of us make 

it a priority to contact them. Don McCall, member of Carroll High Class of 1960

Check this link for photos

 https://photos.app.goo.gl/uQXSYAJN8fp548CNA

Try the link above to hopefully view a few photos and videos from the 60 +2 reunion in 2022.

 CLASS OF 60 DECEASED MEMBERS ALPHABETICAL

Date: 18 March 2022

1. Jessie Adams
2. Patricia Adkins
3. Grady Brantley
4. Carol Casey
5. Shirley Chancey
6. James Cotton
7. Bobby Flournoy
8. Billy Ray Gassett
9. Bobbie Hancock
10. Henderson Holman
11. Louis Earl Hughes
12. Jill Jackson
13. Arthur Lindberg
14. C. Mathison
15. B. Miller
16. Pat Miller
17. Shelby Miller
18. Wendell Miller
19. Mary Newsome
20. Janice Outlaw
21. Geraldine Preston
22. Charley Pridgen
23. Charles Sheffield
24. Jimmy Sheffield
25. Cratus Sketoe
26. Carolyn Smith
27. Murray Snellgrove
28. Linda Spears
29. Larry Stephens
30. Linda Stubbs
31. Lucy Summers
32. Ann Tarter
33. Janis Tharpe
34. Billy Thrasher
35. Homer Walker
36. Roy Watson, Jr.
37. Robert Whitlock
38. Linda Williams
39. Sonny Young

We had 133 members in the Class of 1960. If any of the above are incorrect or if you know of a class member passing that is not listed, please contact Don McCall at:

334 -790-0707 or e-mail  don@hlh3.com

Class of 1960 celebrates 60 years but it was actually 60 + 2 !

front row, L to R
Anne Byrd Butler, Linda Deloney Batchlor, Anna Walker Watson, Anne Sessions Smith, Ann Norris Adams Knowles, Myra Granthum O Byrne, Earl Childree, James Lisenby.

second row, L to R
Jessica Collier Sammons, Mencie Powell Walden, Linda Richardson Scott, Carolyn Snell Nolin, Gail Strickland Bankston, Elaine Newsome Woodham, Wendell Payne, Edward Peters,

third row, L to R
Don McCall, Walter Dyson, Woody Head, Martha Cordell Williams, Mickey Andrews, Jimmy Grimes Robert Shaw, Joe Walker 

 A good time was had by all and the food was delicious! We are planning to add a list or two that we have plus we have an address for Billy Knowles who has been diagnosed with CTE by a neurologist at UAB. If you are not familiar with CTE it is mostly related to people who received hits to the head while playing sports. His symptoms came on fast and he is presently in a facility in Enterprise, Alabama. He loves getting personal mail and of course visits. He may or may not know you but he likes both anyway.

His present address is:

Billy Knowles 

Madison Heights Memory Care

109 Chaney Street

Enterprise, Alabama 36330

60 +2 reunion this week

 The class of 1960 is going to host a reunion on June 18th. We have attempted to contact everyone and certainly hope to see you there.

June 18th

10:00 a.m. there will be a tour of the new high school. You must arrive promptly or they will not let you in. The entrance on the side (Eagle Way) is the entrance were we will be.

5:00 p.m. at Hoppergrass Restaurant in Ozark for Mix and Mingle

5:30 we will have a program that might last about one hour. It is something you all will enjoy.

6:00 Dinner will be served buffet style and all good.

Please stay and visit as long as you like.

$15.00 cash or check at the door and all events are casual.

Special Prayers needed

 Kay Walker, wife of Billy, was involved in a terrible automobile accident yesterday the 16th. It also happened to be their 58th wedding anniversary. She is presently in ICU. Once we know more, it will be reported. 

 Well, we are on again for doing our best to see each other and celebrate our 60th high school reunion. We actually met in 2019 to plan a reunion for our 60th in 2020. As you all know 2020 didn't go as previously planned. As a result all was put on hold. 

  Several of us got together to do our best to select a date to celebrate that which we had planned a couple of years back. 

 June 18, 2022 is a Saturday and our hope is that you will get back in touch with us so we can get a close head count as to how many might be able to come. 

 Hopefully we will be able to tour the new high school and maybe get together early on Saturday for some type of breakfast or brunch. Later that night on the 18th of June we will meet for a meal at Hoppergrass for a buffet. Please let us know if you might be able to come. Depending on the circumstances our Treasury may be able to pay for each of our meals. Of course we won't know that until we know how many to plan for.

  Please let us hear from you by May 25, 2022. No matter what your answer may be, please contact us. We actually want to know what you have been up to and everything.

  The date we have set up for your return contact will help us a great deal in setting up our plans for the best reunion we can.

  We look forward to hearing from you and hopefully see you in June.

                                                                                  Ann (Norris) Adams Knowles

                                                                                  184 Nomad Circle

                                                                                   Kinsey, Alabama 36303

                                                                                  ann@adamsmoh.com

Wendell Payne                                                                                   256-438-0178 

3119 County Road 64

Skipperville, Alabama 36374

monksmill1942@gmail.com

334-618-3993, 334-774-3162                          

Another sad notice, Janice Outlaw Sellers

 Janice Sellers, 80, of Hueytown passed away on March 15, 2022. Janice was preceded in death by her parents James and Marie Outlaw, an infant son, and her sister Fronnie Culverhouse. She is survived by her children Hollie Burgner and David (Katsy) Sellers, her grandchildren Daniel (Abby) Sellers, Katelyn (Alex) Sellers, Sarah Burgner, and a great granddaughter Emma Katelyn Sellers. She is also survived by her brothers Holman (Skeeter) Outlaw and Junior (Eleanor) Outlaw, and her sisters Christine Knight and Belinda (Mark) Buckinger. She leaves a special friend, Wendol Corley as well. Janice and Wendol have been constant companions for over 30 years. Their great love for each other was evidenced by how they cared for each other and their families. 

Janice was an active member of North Highland Baptist Church in Hueytown. She retired from Bruno’s Inc. Her retirement years were spent enjoying her hobbies like gardening, antique collectibles, supporting her church and community, and most of all, caring for the family she loved so much.The family would like to express their gratitude to Dr. Joseph Wu, Dr. Rudolph Navari, the Palliative Care Team at Brookwood Baptist Princeton, and Kindred Hospice for the kind and compassionate care during her illness. 
Our Mom now knows fully the great love of the Savior. Our loss is Heaven’s gain. A graveside service will be held on Saturday March 19, 2022 at 2:00 P.M. at Rock Creek Church of God Cemetery, Carl Brown officiating.

Sad News about Jill Wilson

 

Obituary of Jill Wilson

Mrs. Matha Jill Wilson, a resident of Pike Road, Alabama, died Tuesday, February 15, 2022 at her home at the age of 79. Funeral services for Mrs. Wilson will be 11:00 A.M. Friday, February 18, 2022 in the Chapel of Holman Funeral Home and Cremations in Ozark with Reverend Kenneth Hale Officiating. Interment will be in Fort Mitchell National Veterans Cemetery, Holman Funeral Home of Ozark directing. The family will receive friends at the funeral home in Ozark Friday from 10:30 A.M. until service time. Mrs. Wilson was born August 26, 1942 in Fort Gaines, Georgia and grew up in the Echo Community. She graduated from Carroll High School in 1960. She met and married her husband in 1970 and worked at Fort Rucker until she started to raise her family. Mrs. Wilson loved her flowers and puzzles but especially loved her family. She was preceded in death by her mother, Lorene Bell Spears and her brother, Jimmy Jackson. She is survived by her husband, Timothy John Wilson of Pike Road; one son, Hanan Wilson (Kelly) of Pike Road; four grandchildren, Lauren Wilson, Zachary Wilson, Michael Wilson Drew Whitehead and Henry Whitehead.

Visitation

10:30 am - 11:00 am

Friday, February 18, 2022

Holman Funeral Home Chapel

995 South Union Avenue

Ozark, Alabama, United States

Visitation