Glenda Montague (Williams)
Don was a very valued member of our Reunion Committee. But beyond that, he was a super nice man. I know several of us are friends with Deborah on Facebook and were trying to keep up with how he was doing before and during his surgery and post surgery hours. It is very sad that he is gone too soon. He was our "photographer", and we never knew when he might snap a photo. I just reset my password for this site and pledge to check it a little more often to keep up those who may not be on Facebook. I commented about Deborah's homemade pickle on Facebook last Spring, and at the next reunion meeting, he brought me a jar of her delicious pickle. I thought it was so nice of him. We were unable to make his memorial gathering at the home, but Jimmy and I did go out to the house the day after he passed and took some items and visited with Deborah. She said he had not felt well in some time and had several health issues, but the surgery was on a condition they were not aware of until just a few days before he passed. She said Don did not feel good even last year at the reunion meetings and at the reunion. I think it is to be appeciated that he was there, and helped with the reunion even though he probably did not really feel well. We need to keep Deborah and their daughter, Crystal, in our prayers.
We had some people come to our 50th that had not been in a while, and it was great to reconnect. For those that did not make it, we missed you. High school can have lots of good memories, but it can also have painful ones for many. I am sorry anyone ever felt badly or excluded in high school because they were not from Oxford. If I ever was unkind to anyone from Stovall (or Oak Hill), it would not have been intentional. I attended church every first Sunday at Stovall Methodist. Mama often parked near your house. My mother was from Stovall, and the town cemetery has my grandparents and several uncles. After church, we ate Sunday lunch with Miss Mary Taylor, had the coldest Pepsi's in North Carolina at Linda Harris' store, and stopped by to visit either my aunt and uncle, or Mrs. Daisy O'Brien or Virginia Burch. It is an interesting side note that many parents drive their children from Oxford to Stovall to attend its excellent school of choice. Times do change. We all change. We are at the age where we have all had to deal with lifes ups and downs. We are the Class of '69. Let's always live up to our motto,"None so fine as 69" and be there for each other. Thank you Kathy for the reminder,
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