RABUN GAP NACOOCHEE SCHOOL
HOMECOMING 2004 PHOTO ALBUM
June 6, 2004
Sunday - Homecoming 2004
Sunday
morning starts with the Prayer Breakfast in the Dining Hall. The
alumni love
to gather for food and fellowship. Janie Owens' husband, Steve,
gave a very inspirational devotional at
the breakfast.
Angie Brack Parkerson -photographer
Our
chapel, which holds so many memories for us, awaits in the early
morning mists.
Today we worship together again, as we did as students,
and we sadly honor all
the alumni that we have lost in the past year.
A chance for a visit
before the service starts. Bill Kelly visits with Terre and Don
Kelly.
Charlie Underwood muses while Hazel Guthrie Underwood chats with
Barbara Lewis Estes. Lee and James Smith study the program.
Irvin and Barbara Dean Hallford and Viola Robbins Starr are seated
in the background.
Our Sunday service starts with Jeff Reynolds, the Presbyterian Chaplain, calling us to worship.
The alumni choir blessed us
with beautiful music.
Cathy Kelly Parker,
Angie Brach Parkerson, Bob Welden behind Angie, Rose Chastain, Dale
Denham Shaffield,
Linda Means Kelly, Pat Chastain, Glenda Voiles Arrowood, Broward
Strickland, unknown lady in red,
Susan Houghtaling Odom, Gene Vinson behind Susan, Pat Wright McNulty
and Carol Dickerson Dunbar.
Jeff Reynolds led the choir. With very little practice,
they sounded wonderful.
The scripture was read by Pat Chastain, Gene Vinson, Bob Welden, and Broward Strickland.
Remembering Friends Already Home
We said goodbye to Harry
Bingham, Ronald Coleman,
Anne Grist Dickerson, Alice Brown English, Harold J. Henslee, Andy
McBee,
Gerald Lamb and a beloved teacher - Lois McClintock
Ellis.
The loss of Ione Thurmond Dickerson touched many hearts.
The ceremony for
remembering the alumni who have passed away in
the past year is very moving. Susan Houghtaling Odom read the
name and
a memorial bell tolled. Anyone having a connection with the person
named
stood up in honor. A carnation was placed in the
chancel vase at the
front of the chapel and Susan said, "For the gift of this
life..." and the congregation
responded, "We thank you God".
The Alumni Choir sang a beautiful rendition of "In the Garden".
Dess Oliver and some of his shop students crafted the
beautiful cross.
The Rev. Dr. Ken
Meeks of the Northeast Georgia Presbytery delivered the Sunday
message, "You'll Never Walk Alone". We
sang our school hymn "God's Keeping", then
Jeff
Reynolds closed the service and bid us goodbye until next year.
A wonderful Homecoming
service.
After the chapel service, Don
and Terre Kelly stroll down to the dining hall for
lunch.
Dennis Dickerson, on the right, walks with them.
Jack Ayers and June Grist
Coleman
stopped to chat after the service.
Two old friends - happy to see each other.
Carol Dickerson Dunbar - photographer.
Susan
Houghtaling Odom stopped to give her old friend, Broward Strickland, a
hug.
What a nice suit Broward! In the background, on the
right, Viola Robbins Starr,
Martha Ann Cornette Mann,
Barbara Lewis Estes.
Cleo Dodson and Bill
Kelly relax and visit before lunch.
J. Harold Thurmond - photographer
Don Strickland, Phillip
Stanley and Broward Strickland.
Anna Stanley - Photographer
Once again Teresa did a
fabulous job and lunch was delicious. We enjoyed the good food
surrounded by friends, old and new. Dennis Dickerson in the foreground.
Sarah Garner Bondurant,
Terre and Don Kelly, Carol Dickerson Dunbar and Bill Dunbar.
Dale Denham Shaffield
standing in the background. James and Lee Smith and
Viola Robbins Starr with Alice Hempel Kamin and
husband, Ford.
A closer photo of this
table of friends Sarah Garner Bondurant, Terre Kelly, Don
Kelly,
Carol Dickerson Dunbar and Bill Dunbar. What a fine group.
Carol's picture - Joe Bondurant - photographer?
Angie was taking a well deserved break from selling cookbooks.
Ann Mays Brooker - photographer
Harold took a very nice picture of his wife Gail and Dennis Dickerson
A beautiful picture of
Bill and Carol Dickerson Dunbar. Carol is holding a carnation
that she and Dennis Dickerson placed in the vase for their mother - Ione
Thurmond Dickerson, class of 1931
J. Harold Thurmond - photographer
Dr. Kathy Sparks Breithaupt came by to hug her favorite basketball rival, Dale Denham Shaffield.
Homecoming weekend
was a great success, thanks to this wonderful lady, Janie
Owens.
Here she introduces our oldest alumna who was celebrating her
birthday.
We are give Miss Ruby Brown van Rooyan '25 a big hand and sang Happy Birthday to her.
Janie Owens and Bill
Kelly.
Two friends who work tirelessly for love of the alumni of Rabun Gap. We treasure these two.
Homecoming
2004 was a great success. We had so much fun - can't wait till
Homecoming
2005.
J. Harold Thurmond - photographer (Great picture Harold)
Not wanting Homecoming to
end, a few of us gathered at Jimmy's Spring Ridge Creamery
before heading home. A dish of Jimmy's ice cream topped
off the weekend.
Harold and Gail
Thurmond. Dale Denham Shaffield with Lee and James Smith.
Are they all deciding what flavor to get?
Hazel Guthrie Underwood - photographer
Barbara Lewis Estes had
no trouble with choosing a flavor. Jimmy Moore gave her a
sample
of every flavor. Just check out all those spoons. She appears
to have enjoyed each and every one.
Hazel Guthrie Underwood - photographer
Harold and Gail Thurmond
are having a hard time choosing.
Let's see chocolate, no lemon, no butter pecan, no....
Pat Wright McNulty and husband, Ken were enjoying the ice cream and the antics.
Dale Denham Shaffield gave James one last hug - to last until Homecoming 2005.
Hazel Guthrie Underwood
quickly got her final hug from James Smith as well.
James had a great time at Homecoming without a doubt.
Jimmy Moore convinced
Barbara Lewis Estes that it was good luck to kiss his bear.
Can't believe she fell for that.
Pat Wright McNulty and
Ken share a table with Beverly Guthrie Lougher who is giving a hug
to her favorite new alum - Charlie Underwood.
J. Harold Thurmond - photographer
Homecoming 2004 is now
history. We have many memories to share
and pictures of dear friends to treasure. We gathered for our annual
meeting and we said goodbye to Gregg Ziegler and welcomed
John Marshall. We worshiped together on Sunday. We ate, we
partied,
we hugged, we cried and we all want to do it again. Thank you
Addie Corn and Andrew Ritchie for giving us this wonderful heritage
that we can share year after year. We are blessed.
See you in June, 2005.