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OUR REUNION LUNCHEONS ARE NOW BEING HELD AT "GRAND BUFFET" NORTH OF GOODMAN ROAD IN THE AREA OF HOME DEPOT....UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE THIS WILL BE THE MEETING PLACE....



WITH SINCERE SADNESS WE HAVE LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF FRANK CALVI OF THE CLASS OF 1957, WHO DIED NOVEMBER 2nd.
FRANK WAS BORN IN HORN LAKE…GRADUATED FROM HORN LAKE HIGH AND HAD A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS DISTRICT SALES MANAGER FOR NOVARESE GROCERS AND LATER WITH THE MALONE AND HYDE CO. AFTER RETIREMENT HE PURSUED HIS LOVE OF GARDENING, AND HIS FAMILY LOOKED FORWARD TO HIS FIRST TOMATOES LANDING ON THEIR TABLES. THOSE OF US WHO WERE SCHOOLMATES RECALL THAT FRANK GREW UP ON HIS FAMILY'S VEGETABLE FARM ON HIGHWAY 51 JUST NORTH OF RASCO ROAD.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS WIFE MARGIE..SON VINCE (KIM);... DAUGHTER MARGO CALVI STOVER…SISTER, MARIAN GUASCO..DAUGHTER-IN-LAW JURAN NEAL…TEN GRANDCHILDREN AND EIGHTEEN GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN. FRANK WAS A FAVORITE OF ALL OF US WHO WERE HIS SCHOOLMATES, AND WILL BE GREATLY MISSED BY US AND ALL WHO WERE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO CALL HIM "FRIEND".
FRANK WAS PRECEDED IN DEATH BY HIS PARENTS ALEX and RENA...BROTHERS LEE and ALEX, JR....SON BENNY NEAL JR....SON-IN-LAW BRIAN STOVER AND GRANDSON CHRISTOPHER
VISITATION WILL BE FROM NOON FOLLOWED BY A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 5th, BOTH AT BRANTLEY-PHILLIPS FUNERAL HOME, 2470 HWY. 51 SOUTH, HERNANDO. THEN INTERMENT WILL BE AT NEW BETHLEHEM CEMETARY ON CHURCH ROAD IN HORN LAKE.
THIS HORN LAKE ALUMNI GROUP EXTENDS ITS SINCEREST SYMPATHY TO FRANK'S FAMILY.



WITH SINCERE SADNESS WE HAVE LEARNED OF THE DEATH OF RICHARD WRIGHT OF THE CLASS OF 1964, WHO DIED OCTOBER 11th AT HIS HERNANDO HOME, SURROUNDED BY HIS LOVING FAMILY.
RICHARD WAS BORN IN MEMPHIS…GRADUATED FROM HORN LAKE HIGH AND SERVED 32 YEARS AS THE DISTRICT MANAGER OF THE DESOTO COUNTY INTERCEPTOR SEWER DISTRICT.
HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS DAUGHTER VICKY BARHAM (ELLISON); SON JEFF (FIANCE’ GRACE SIMMONS)…SISTER, EMMA JEAN McMASTER,…GRANDCHILDREN LINDSEY, PERRY, JORDAN, JENNAMARIE, JESSE, ANDREA, ANNA, and ARIANNA., PLUS NINE GREATGRANDS..KALLIE-ANN, SYDNIE, ELLA KATE, ANNIE, ADDIE, CHARLIE, WADE, EMBREY and LYNLEE. HE WILL ALSO BE GREATLY MISSED BY ALL WHO WERE HIS FRIENDS.
THERE WAS VISITATION AND A CELEBRATION OF LIFE SERVICE SATURDAY, October 14th, FOLLOWED BY INTERMENT AT NEW BETHLEHEM PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH IN HORN LAKE.
THIS HORN LAKE ALUMNI GROUP EXTENDS ITS SINCEREST SYMPATHY TO HIS FAMILY.


IT IS WITH GREAT SADNESS THAT WE HAVE LEARNED OF THE DEATH ON SEPTEMBER 15th OF OUR BELOVED "COACH" DONALD.....THE MAN WHO TRAINED, TAUGHT, AND LOVED US IN OUR TEEN YEARS. ALSO, THE MAN WHO HAS CONTINUED TO BE A VITAL PART OF OUR ALUMNI GROUP FOR SO MANY YEARS.

COACH DONALD'S FUNERAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE AS FOLLOW: VISITATION WILL BE WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 20th FROM 10:00 AM UNTIL NOON AT HIGH POINT FUNERAL HOME, 3788 SUMMER AVENUE, MEMPHIS.

IN MEMORY OF HIM THE FOLLOWING SLIDE PRESENTATION BEGINS WITH HIM AS A KOSCIUSKO HIGH SCHOOL 'WHIPPET', THEN AS A STARTER FOR DELTA STATE COLLEGE(AS IT WAS THEN) AND ON TO THE DEDICAATION OF THE HORN LAKE TRACK AND FIELD COMPLEX.



ENJOY THIS SLIDESHOW OF PICS FROM THE BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION TAKEN BY PATSY WILSON....(GIVE IT SOME TIME TO APPEAR AND 'RIGHT CLICK' WITH YOUR MOUSE TO HAVE OPTIONS FOR THE PLAYBACK OF THE PICS....)


VISIT THE GOLF PAGE FOR PICS FROM THE 2023 GOLF TOURNEY AND ALL OTHER YEARS...


ENJOY THE FOLLOWING PICS OF THE 2021 CLASS RECEIVING THEIR CERTIFICATES WITH THOSE WHO PRESENTED THEM......YOU WILL NOTICE THAT JOYCE GARTRELL BOONE WAS NOT ABLE TO BE PRESENT, AND THAT MACK AND MIKE GILBERT MADE THE PRESENTATION AND ACCEPTANCE FOR THEIR DAD....

JOYCE GARTRELL BOONE DON EDWARDS BILL FLYNN CAROLYN DANIELS GARCIA LARRY GIDEON

BOBBY GILBERT/MACK & MIKE REIDA DAVIS HAYES LARRY RAY CHARLES RICE TIM SEXTON

A SPECIAL PRESENTATION WAS MADE TO COACH W. S. 'BUD' DONALD...AS HE RECEIVED THE THE GIDEON AWARD--AS A TRUE 'MAN OF VALOR' PRESENTED BY RICHARD MILLS, WHO REPRESENTS ALL OF US WHO LOVE THIS MAN...THERE IS NO WAY TO MEASURE THE IMPACT 'COACH' HAS HAD ON THE LIVES OF YOUNG WOMEN AND MEN FOR DECADES AT DIFFERENT SCHOOLS....AT AGE 92, HE IS STILL GOING, AND FOREVER WILL BE 'OUR COACH'!.....PHOTO JUNE 4, 2021..


ENJOY THESE SLIDESHOWS OF EARLY BANQUET CROWD & GOLF TOURNAMENT GROUP...

 


WINNERS OF THE 2021 GOLF TOURNAMENT


COACH W. S. 'BUD' DONALD...AND A FRACTION OF THE STUDENTS OF HORN LAKE HIGH WHOSE LIVES HE TOUCHED, AND HAS BLESSED FOREVER....HE HAS BEEN OUR COACH...OUR MENTOR...OUR FRIEND FOR OVER 60 YEARS.....PHOTO JUNE 3, 2017


THIS WEBSITE IS DEDICATED TO THE HARD-WORKING, SELF-GIVING TEACHERS, COACHES, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SUPPORT STAFF OF THE HORN LAKE SCHOOL SYSTEM IN HORN LAKE, MS. IT IS ALSO DEDICATED TO THE EQUALLY HARD-WORKING, LOVING, PARENTS AND ORDINARY CITIZENS OF OUR COMMUNITY WHO, WITH THEIR SACRIFICES AND SERVICE, SHOWED US HOW GENUINE SUCCESS IN LIFE IS ATTAINED....


THERE IS NOW A NEW PAGE NOTED IN THE ABOVE LINK AS.....'IN MEMORY'.... WHICH WILL PROVIDE AN ALPHABETICAL LISTING OF THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN A PART OF THE HORN LAKE SCHOOL EXPERIENCE, BUT WHOSE 'EAGLE'S WINGS' HAVE TAKEN THEM BEYOND THE BONDS OF THIS EARTH.....THE NAMES HAVE COME FROM THE NEWSLETTERS SINCE THE FIRST EDITION IN 2003, AND FROM LOCAL NEWSPAPER OBITUARIES THAT I HAVE NOTED OVER THE YEARS....IT WILL NOT BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST, BUT WILL ENABLE US TO REFLECT ON, AND GIVE THANKS FOR, THOSE WHO HAVE GONE BEFORE US.....


THERE ARE OVER FIVE (5) YEARS OF PICTURES FROM THE FIRST FRIDAY LUNCHEONS....TAKE A FEW MINUTES TO VISIT THAT 'PAGE' AND SEE HOW YOU/WE HAVE AGED AND HOW MANY OF OUR GROUP ARE NO LONGER WITH US.....


CHECK OUT THIS PARAGRAPH FOR SOMETHING 'NEW'!

I HAD A RECENT VISIT WITH THE HLHS PRINCIPAL, ANDY ORR. DURING OUR TIME TOGETHER HE VIEWED OUR HORN LAKE EAGLE NEWS WEBSITE AND ASKED IF HE COULD LINK IT TO THE SCHOOL'S WEBSITE, WHICH HE CAN, AND WILL DO, SHORTLY. HE LOVES HIS ROLE AND RESPONSIBILITIES THERE...HAS A REAL PASSION FOR THE SCHOOL....
HE THEN TOLD ME ABOUT  HORN LAKE TV  WHICH IS BASICALLY A TV STATION WITHIN THE SCHOOL,  RUN BY STUDENTS,  AND, OF COURSE,  MONITORED BY THE ADMINISTRATION (FOR THOSE OF US IN THE CLASS OF '58, CAN YOU IMAGINE A VIDEO CAMERA IN THE HANDS OF....SAY....BOBBY GILBERT WHERE HE COULD HAVE CHANNELED ALL OF HIS CREATIVITY?)....ANYWAY, THEY 'BROADCAST' THEIR PROGRAMS THROUGHOUT THE SCHOOL.....YOU WILL JUST HAVE TO CHECK IT OUT (AND NOT TAKE MY WORD FOR IT) THAT IT REVEALS THE HIGH QUALITY OF STUDENTS WHICH STILL WALK THE HALLS OF OUR GREAT SCHOOL!......('CLICK' ON THE LINK BELOW AND 'CLICK' THE 'RETURN ARROW' IN THE UPPER LEFT CORNER TO GET BACK TO THIS WEBSITE.)

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