Linda Gae Crawford (Reynolds)

Dear Shirley,

Thank you for the update for Beth.  Using the new address, I will send a card immediately.  At ages 81 and 82, all classmates are in my daily prayers for good health and happiness. 

Some of our classmates may remember meeting my brother-in-law, Charles "Skip" Driver (Sister Karla's husband), from the Oxford luncheons.  Skip went to his heavenly home on August 16, 2024.  Friends and family miss him, but his health due to heart and diabetes was so bad, we know God did what was best for him. Skip did not have the childhood I was blessed with in Conyers.  His family moved a lot.  Some of the stories he told were scary.  He said they seldom had candy, when once in a blue moon they had a treat, they dare not drop any.  If they dropped some, they picked it up, dusted it, KISSED IT UP TO GOD, and ate it.  Just before he passed, I looked at the still, comatose face of the man who had been the best uncle to my children.  With tearful eyes I KISSED HIM UP TO HEAVEN.  In my head, at that moment, I heard him laugh, a light-hearted, happy laugh, free from pain.

My husband, Ron, was joyfully released from his cancer surgeon on August 23, 2024, the following Friday after Skip's passing.  So, while it may sound strange, Skip's heavenly journey, Ron's and Beth's recovery are, in their right-of-time, the grandest of blessings.  I don't know why I am amazed at what Beth's daughters accomplished so quickly, after all, they learned from their amazing Mom.

LOVE TO ALL!

Shirley Moon (Parker)

Hi classmates:                                     January 16, 2026

Happy New Year to all. I hope you have survived this terrible flu and virus that seems to linger forever. I have been absent from this site longer than usual and I apologize. 2025 was not kind to me. I had several hospital visits due to pneumonia and flu, scare of another stroke, accident at CVS with automatic doors malfunctioning and tossing me out on the sidewalk landing on my front side. I was fortunate a heafty gentleman was there to pick me up, Nothing broken but a trip to urgent care and then to hospital. Still in Physical Therapy but doing great. Looking forward to Ladies Retreat in March with my Church. Myrtle Beach here we come.

Prayers needed for Melvin Christian. He graduated a year before us. He has had several surgeries and at home recovering. Libby is asking for prayers for him to improve. I'm sure many others need prayers. pray for the Bradford family. Maggie's husband Herman had cancer. Their granddaughter who just started a new job in Atlanta last year was in an accident (not her fault) that paralyzed her and she is confined to a wheelchair. Put Olivia Bradford on you prayer list. Her Christen spirit is remarkable and she is determined to walk again. Always has a beautiful smile.

Please let us hear how you are doing . Keep me posted of news you might want me to share

Love to all

Shirley

Coleman Ricks

Thanks Shirleyf or the info. Sorry to hear about all of that, we are getting older (OBESUSLY ). Did we ever have spelling, I think I missed it if we did. A lot of you that read this might have missed this, Edward Waldrep class of 59 passed away Nov 26.

Someday someone will writing abou us, what will they have to say.

 Yall becarfull

Coleman

what ever happened to spell check