Union City HIgh School Class of 1960

Posted: Wednesday, December 12, 2012 8:00 pm

BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION — Members of the Union City High School Class of 1960 recently celebrated their 70th birthdays, with 35 members present. The festivities began on a Friday evening in the home of Jenny and Robert Kirkland in Union City. As guests mingled and reminisced, they enjoyed hors d’oeuvres, beverages and music from the 1950s and ’60s. On that Saturday, the classmates met at Sassafraz Restaurant for lunch, followed by a guided tour of Discovery Park of America. The weekend culminated on that Saturday evening in the Union City home of Paula and Brooks Duncan, with a barbecue dinner. The group serenaded themselves and enjoyed ice cream and cake for their “70th birthday.” Among those attending were (first row, from left) Judy (Pewitt) King of Union City, Brenda (Guthrie) Lupo of Memphis, Virginia Ann (Jernigan) Jonsson of California, Cile (Bramham) Grasfeder of Martin, Paula (Covington) Duncan of Union City, John Dixon Williams of Paducah, Ky., Barbara (Cottrell) Williams of Texas, Margaret (Davis) Fluty and Montez (Haynes) Parr, both of Troy, Dorothy (Daniels) Dodson of Union City, (second row) Glenda (Carmical) Danby of Roan Mountain, Terrell Johnson of Memphis, Jenny (Darnall) Kirkland of Union City, (third row) Kenneth Brooks of Union City, Alice Dunlap of Memphis, Jerry Rice of Brentwood, Sylvia (Hudson) Sparkes of Memphis, Brenda (Thornton) Williams of Paducah, Frances (Burnett) Adams of Texas, Martha (West) Boyer of Alabama, Frank Fox of Pensacola, Fla., (fourth row) Grover Schleifer of Union City, James Royce Covington of New York City, Carolyn (Askew) Moseman of Ohio, Scott Thompson of Georgia, Bill Sparkes of Memphis, Charles Herman Dietzel of California, Alan Jackson of Virginia, Frank Luton of Georgia, Hardy Graham and Markey Davis, both of Mississippi, Robert Garrigan of Hickman, Ky., and Lanny Callicott of Union City. Also attending were Peggy (Craig) Woodward of Union City and Randa (Moore) Bransford of Atlanta.

Published in The Messenger 12.12.12