Fair Park Class of 1961 Blog

Mary Frances Kelly Morris

2012-01-25T09:29:00.001-06:00

This lady is the wife of classmate Roy Morris. Please keep Roy and his family in your prayers. ________________________________________________ Mary Frances Kelly MorrisVisit Guest Book Mary Frances Kelly MorrisBorn 10-29-1952 Shreveport, LouisianaMember of St. Pius X Catholic Church, Shreveport, La. Blanchard, LA - Francis was born on October 29, 1952 and passed peacefully at Grace Home on

Frances Carroll

2012-01-20T09:24:00.001-06:00

Mrs. Carroll is the Mother of classmates Connie and Donnie Carroll. Please keep them and their families in your prayers. _______________________________________________ Frances CarrollVisit Guest Book LONGVIEW, TX- Memorial services for Frances Carroll, 92, of Longview will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, January 28, 2012 at the Greggton First Baptist Church with the Reverend Bobby Moore

Marjorie Ford Rinaudo

2012-01-17T21:00:00.001-06:00

This lady is the Mother of classmate Mary Rinaudo Fertitta. Please keep Mary and her family in your prayers. _____________________________________________ Marjorie Ford Rinaudo (1924 - 2012) Visit Guest Book SHREVEPORT, LA- Funeral services for Marjorie Ford Rinaudo, 87, will be held at 12:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 18, 2012 at Rose-Neath's Southside Chapel. Officiating will be Father Charles

Great Wallpaper Images For Your Computer

2012-01-14T23:37:00.001-06:00

https://plus.google.com/u/0/105237212888595777019/photos Do you like to use different photo images as “wallpaper” on your computer monitor? If so, check out the photos of a professional photographer at the link above who lets folks download his photos free for their own personal use. If you aren’t interested in changing the wallpaper on your monitor you still owe it to yourself to see the great

Charles Jerry Cagle

2012-01-10T21:14:00.001-06:00

This obituary is from the Dallas Morning News and is for the brother of classmate Fay Cagle Tooley. Please keep Fay and her family in your prayers. Thanks to Mary Palmer Strange for letting me know about this. ______________________________________________ Charles Jerry Cagle Visit Guest Book Charles Jerry Cagle was born December 5, 1933 and passed away January 6, 2012. He was a member of

William Aubra Arinder

2012-01-07T10:34:00.001-06:00

This obituary is for the husband of classmate Melba Boggs Arinder. As you may know Melba was killed in an automobile crash on Christmas Day. Melba’s sister, Glenda Boggs Cornell, was seriously injured in the accident and died 5 days later. Mr. Arinder was also injured in the accident, but his injuries were not initially thought to be life threatening. However, he died in the hospital on January 4

The Johnsons Are Home

2012-01-07T09:38:00.001-06:00

Friends, We are safely home and glad to be back. Always are after a lengthy trip. Always appreciate the USA even more with our travel. Our flight back was uneventful...a good thing. On the way over the pond we had a screaming tot in our section of the plane who rarely stopped. No rest! On the way back, no “ankle biters,” a term we learned from our British friends. The flight over took 8 hours; we

Music Link Update

2012-01-07T00:49:00.001-06:00

Next time you open the Music link on the class web site you may think that Google has installed a completely new process for playing music. However, what they have changed mostly is the way the music pages look. If any questions do come up drop me a note. I’m no expert on this stuff but I will do what I can to help. One of the changes I like most is that you can now start a playlist and turn on a

Another Email From Mary Lynn

2012-01-04T06:40:00.001-06:00

Hello everyone, We are on our last day of the sea journey and thank goodness it will be over at 7am our time tomorrow. We have been on rough seas since we left Cadiz, Spain. Phillip did not leave the stateroom for over 24 hours. We are both wearing our wrist bands, but for some reason he is experiencing light headedness. He has been eating bread mostly and an apple earlier today. We are out of

Gladys Barbara Teresa

2012-01-03T08:44:00.001-06:00

This lady is the Mother of classmate Gayle Teresa Goodyear. Please keep Gayle and the other members of her family in your prayers. ____________________________________________ Gladys Barbara Teresa Visit Guest Book Gladys Barbara TeresaARLINGTON, TEXAS - Gladys Barbara Teresa, age 92, entered eternal life Saturday, December 3, 2011. Graveside Service: 1 p.m. Saturday, January 7, 2012 at Forest

Email From Mary Lynn Tuminello Johnson

2012-01-01T07:13:00.001-06:00

Classmates Phillip and Mary Lynn Johnson spent their holidays on a cruise and have kept in touch occasionally by email. Here is Mary Lynn’s latest email. If you want to see the location Mary Lynn mentions in her email click HERE and choose one or more of the 14 available webcams. ___________________________ Happy New Year, everyone!We are at sea today, January 1, 2012. Last night we were anchored

Melba Jean Boggs Arinder

2011-12-29T07:36:00.001-06:00

This obituary from the Shreveport Times is for classmate Melba Jean Boggs Arinder. Please keep her family in your prayers. _____________________________________ Melba ArinderVisit Guest Book Haughton, LA - Celebration of life service for Melba Jean Boggs Arinder will be held at Stockwell Road Missionary Baptist Church (SRMBC) on Friday, December 30, 2011 at 1:00pm. Pastor Jason Hebert and former

Betty Carter Stokeld

2011-12-27T13:35:00.001-06:00

Classmate Betty Carter Stokeld has experienced health problems for several years now and her battle may be about over. Several classmates have let me know that she is hospitalized and that all life support systems have now been removed. Please keep Betty, her husband Jack, and their children and families in your prayers. If there are updates I will add them to this article. Update provided by

A Christmas Of My Childhood

2011-12-22T05:22:00.001-06:00

This Christmas story helped me remember what it was like to be a young child anticipating Christmas Day. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did. _________________________________________ VICKERS/A Christmas of my childhoodBy OVID VICKERS There were signs of the approaching Christmas season. At school, teachers began filling bulletin boards with pictures of deer standing in snow-covered forests or of

Note From Ronnie Middleton

2011-12-18T08:52:00.001-06:00

You may have heard that the Philippines had more bad storms recently. Helen Lindsey Rigg checked with Ronnie Middleton to see if he was okay. Ronnie sent Helen the following note. ___________________________________ Hi Helen,Thanks very much for the concern and contact. We are all fine as all the storm passed over 500 miles south of us. This area gets hit almost every year. Thanks again and keep

James Burton News Article

2011-12-17T10:04:00.001-06:00

Mickey Phillips provided a link to a Shreveport Times article titled - Burton among Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists. As you may know James Burton is married to classmate Louise Abbott. The article is presented below. __________________________________________ Burton among Rolling Stone's 100 greatest guitarists Rock guitar legend James Burton is listed among the "100 Greatest Guitarists

Jackie “Johnny” Jones – 10/28/1941 – 12/02/2011

2011-12-02T16:53:00.001-06:00

Linda Terry told me she received a phone call earlier today from Jackie’s Mom letting her know that Jackie passed away in the hospital about 2:00am today (12/02/2011). Private services will be held next week with burial in the Greenwood Cemetery. In accordance with Jackie’s wishes no obituary will be published. If you wish to send condolences to Jackie’s Mom I can provide her mailing address.

Improved Video Of Senior Class Photos

2011-12-01T13:54:00.001-06:00

During the summer of 2011 Google announced they had purchased a company with specialized software to make videos look their best. At that time I ran our class yearbook video in the new software and it did seem to make the Senior Class photos look sharper and the contrast levels were better. However, the video soon returned to its original look and I had no info on whether the process succeeded or

Article From Shreveport Times

2011-11-21T16:07:00.001-06:00

Helen Rigg: Work on 8th Air Force Museum pays off 11:17PM, Nov. 17, 2011 During a ceremony aboard the battleship Missouri on Sept. 2, World War II veteran Bruce Heilman said, "Honor the veterans while we are still alive." A member of the Greatest Generation Foundation, he spoke from the heart. Buck Rigg honored all veterans for 30 years at the 8th Air Force Museum. Named for the 8th Air Force of

Note From Mary Lynn Tuminello Johnson

2011-11-15T05:56:00.001-06:00

Friends, Thank you for your wishes and prayers. They worked. I had my surgery on Friday, November 11. Everything went very well. I took no pain medication, i.e., morphine (button to push) or oral pain pills. I didn’t feel that I really needed it. I was more sore than in actual pain. Although I was scheduled to stay in the hospital for two days, the doctor released me by 3 pm on Saturday. Then

New Tradition For 2011 American Christmas

2011-11-09T22:07:00.001-06:00

Mary Lynn Tuminello Johnson provided this. I think its an excellent idea. Hope you do too. _____________________________________ Are you one of those extravagant givers who think nothing of plunking down the “Benjamin's” on a Chinese made flat-screen? Perhaps that grateful gift receiver would like his driveway sealed, or lawn mowed for the summer, or driveway plowed all winter, or games at the

Spam News

2011-11-08T20:07:00.001-06:00

I received an email earlier today that supposedly was from a classmate. The tone of the email was cordial and invited me to click on a link in the email, but provided no details regarding where the link would take me. And you couldn’t tell any of those things by looking at the link. I noticed in the list of addressees there was at least one other classmate who received the same email. Contact

Letters To Teachers

2011-10-27T14:46:00.001-05:00

Camilla sent this note for the blog. ___________________________________ Hey Fair Parkers. This is Camilla Fulco Doughty writing to ask a favor of all you busy seniors. Some of you attended Lakeshore Junior High with me many years ago. We were fortunate enough to have been taught by some exceptional teachers all of whom were delightful people. I have remained in touch with some over the years.

Tribute To The Shuttle Program

2011-10-24T16:25:00.001-05:00

This is a video that NASA has created to honor the Shuttle program’s 30 year history. The video is long, a little over 17 minutes. However, the visuals and the music are stunning so I doubt you will mind the length. Be sure and expand the video to Full Screen and have your speakers on. Hope you enjoy it. Right Click HERE and pick "open link in a new tab."

Security Session

2011-10-15T14:40:00.001-05:00

There is growing evidence that spammers are using information from some of our Twitter, Blog, and Fair Park related web site addresses shown in the right margin of our Blog. The pace of this activity has increased over the past month or so and the spam emails I have received are looking very authentic. The only way to stop the Blog from being used by spammers is to remove the external links from