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                                                  LHS Alumni Info

                                                         Class Of   1970

                                                                             

     E J Bennett                                                Picture

                 join service 1970 - 1972, lived in atlanta for a while moved back to valdosta and went to

                 work for bearings and drives in 1976 , i am still with that company and now live in

                 savannah ga.. i have open up three branches one in gainesville fl , ocala fl. and  the

                 savannah branch. got married at the old age of 31 to a lovely lady from w. virginia and we

                 have one kid. still love to keep up with the vikings and often think of the good friends and

                 times at lhs.

                                                                        10/10/2003

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     Sheryl  Brewer [Abercrombie]                   Picture                                                 Mssha@aol.com

                 I am in the Orlando Fl area.  I have been to 2 of the reunions.  I only went to Lowndes 1

                 1/2 years and then moved soon after graduation.

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     Theresa T Clark [Tucker]                                                                                   ttc79@yahoo.com

                 Bachelor's Degree from VSU.  I have worked State Division of Public Health since October

                  1977.  Married, 4 children, 6 grandchildren.

                                                                         12/8/2005

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     Marsha Ann Dokey [Landers]                     Picture                                      mdokey2002@yahoo.com

                 I live in Thomaston, Georgia and work with Upson County Commissioner's Office as

                 Finance & Human Resources Administrator.  I have been married for 34 years and have

                 two daughters and one son.  I have one granddaughter and one grandson.  I love to keep

                 up with the status of the football team and the band.  I still have the Viking Fever.

                                                                         2/27/2005

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     James  Drazdowski                                    Picture                                     jdrazdow@surfsouth.com

                 I now live in Valdosta.  (Moved back 2 1/2 years ago.)  I am a math teacher at Cook High

                 School in Adel.  I'm married to a counselor and we now have two kids in High School at

                 Adel.

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     Vickie Marie Flaherty [Crabtree]                Picture                                           jjflaher@bellsouth.net

                 Please keep me updated on the date scheduled for our 30 year reunion.  I haven't been

                 notified of any dates in the past and am looking forward to attending Class of 1970's next

                 reunion.  I currently live 10 miles south of Daytona Beach, Florida and have  ecently

                 remarried in May.   My new name is Vickie Marie Flaherty.  I attended LHS from 1968 thru

                  1970, graduated as a married student, going by the name of Vickie Marie (Crabtree)

                 Kelly.  Just ran across this web site a few days ago and was glad to know I can now have

                 easy access to information related to LHS, past friends and current events.  Looking

                 forward to hearing back from you.  Thanks a million.

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     Roger L Folsom                                         Picture                                          rlfolsom@bellsouth.net

                 Graduated with a B.S. in Biology from Valdosta State University-1975

                 Graduate work-Univ. of GA.  1978-1985 Pharmaceutical Specialist-The Upjohn Company. 

                 1985-1994 Vice-President of Development/Marketing/Government Relations-Lutheran

                 General Healthcare Systems-Chicago.  1995-Present Med1st (Folsom Healthcare,Inc.)-

                 President/Owner

                 President/Owner Dublin, GA.

                                                                           6/9/2007

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     Charles D Frost                                          Picture                                            scifipa@hotmail.com

                 I spent 23 years in the Air Force, retiring in 1998. I spent a lot of time in Europe, where I

                 met my wife. I have my BS from the University of Oklahoma as a Physician Associate,

                 and my Masters from the University of Nebraska. Currently in private practice with a group

                 in Virginia Beach

                                                                         1/31/2006

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     Debra  Graves [Simmons]                          Picture                                            graves@tesser.com

                 I WOULD ENJOY finding out about former class mates. I was in the class of 70, maiden

                 name was Simmons. Hi from beautiful state of Colorado , home of the Stanley cup and

                 Superbowl champions. But will find ourselves cheering for the braves this year as our

                 favorite Rockies are now Braves.

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     Debbie K Griffin [Lumley]                          Picture                                          dandm8@bellsouth.net

                 Hello everyone. I would love to hear from all of you. I was married to Alan Simpson for 19

                 years and then divorced. I am married now and have been for five years.  I have two

                 wonderful children.Michelle is 29 and Ray is 25. I do not have any grandchildren but there

                 is still hope.  let me hear from you.  I am still living in Valdosta.

                                                                         6/13/2004

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     William ' Liam E Griffith                            Picture                                           liamgriffith@juno.com

                 Air Force officer from graduation until the mid-1980's.  Bounced around from Colorado, to

                 Missouri, to Texas,and finally back to Colorado again.  Have spent most of my waking

                 hours doing analyses, working with databases, and crunching numbers of one sort or

                 another.  Currently the founder, President, doorman, and chief gopher for my small

                 databases consulting firm, Crescent Moon Partners.  Recently remarried to a wonderful

                 Colorado woman and delight of my life, Helen Broderick Griffith, who is taller than I am,

                 has more hair on her head than I do, and can generally kick my butt in everything we do in

                  the Colorado mountains - - snowshoe, hike, bike, and cross country ski.  Looking to

                 move to Oregon, Texas, or the Yukon one of these days soon to retire to the wilder side of

                  life raising goats and cabbages and writing my half-assed poetry.

                                                                                                                   www.theyankeecowgirl.com

                                                                         7/26/2003

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     Terry M Hambrick                                      Picture                                      hambrick@peakpeak.com

                 I am currently living in Northern Colorado, practicing as a Doctor of Chiropractic

                 specializing in Applied Kinesiology. I am married to a lovely lady named Jan who had two

                 children prior to our marriage. We have no children of our own and none at home.  I

                 graduated from Life Chiropractic College in Marietta, GA in 1983 and practiced in the

                 Atlanta area for about 13 years before relocating to Colorado in 1995.

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     Judy  Hesters                                             Picture                                jhesters@okefenokeetech.edu

                 since 2004 completed a MS-Post Secondary Education and currently working as the

                 Director of Continuing Education & Customized Training at Okefenokee Technical College.

                   Twenty years of DHR was enough...teaching and working as a Certified Economic

                 Developer for Ga. at the college level is great.  Two beautiful gradchildren keep me busy

                 when I'm not working.

                                                                         11/6/2008

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     Kenny  Hutchinson                                     Picture                                                   kh@planttel.net

                 I am teaching school at Hahira Middle School. This school is located in Lowndes County.

                  I have been at H.M.S. for 26 years. I am single but have been part of the Foster Care

                 program for many years.

                                                                           9/6/2000

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     Rena Alice Hutchinson [White]                  Picture                                          jhutch@surfsouth.com

                 I am the mother of two son's Jason who is a senior systems engineer for a group of banks,

                  Justin 10th grade LHS. Happliy married to James for 28 years.I am a retired certified

                 phlebotomist.Our family enjoys camping and visiting Jason when we can.We are members

                  of the Tin Man Camping club. I was so happy to find this web site.

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     Pat  Klaus                                                  Picture                                    melrosefl@worldnet.att.net

                 Another old old dear friend has found me through your email already.

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     Deborah J Knighton [Deloach]                   Picture                                        bluemoon5320@aol.com

                 I have been married for 29 years and have 3 daughters.  We have been living in the Atlanta

                  area since 1988.  And just reently moved to Winder, GA into a 101 year old home.

                                                                         8/16/2003

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     Wilma F Moorehead [Franklin]                  Picture                                          mawilma@vwavw.net

                 Since graduating I have been in the Nursing field,Teacher Assistant, Boat repair and for

                 the last 18 years I am the Owner of a Home Childcare Business in my home. I have a

                 daughter and a son. I have been married for 27 years.

                                                                        11/22/2003

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     Kitty  O'neal [Sims]                                    Picture                                   kathryn.oneal@moody.af.mil

                 I work at Moody AFB, Ga for 28 years and have plans to retire 2010 with 30 years. My

                 husband and I live in Quitman, Ga. We have 5 grown children with 9 Grandchildren. We

                 love going to Tennesse and North Ga. mountains.

                                                                         9/15/2008

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     Nancy Lynn Parr [Evans]                            Picture                                      framesart54@yahoo.com

                 Lived away from Valdosta 1978-1990; husband is in the food business and we lived in

                 Atlanta, Athens, Augusta Ga and also in Charleston and Columbia, SC.  He is now

                 managing partner of Texas Roadhouse Steakhouse here in Valdosta.  I own a custom

                 picture Frame shop in Hahira on Main Street.  We've been married for 30+ years and have

                 two grown daughters.

                                                                           6/6/2008

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     Dona  Phillips [West]                                 Picture                                      donaphillips@hotmail.com

                 I have been married to Edwin Phillips, class of 1970, for 29 years.  We are living in Fort

                 Mill SC and have been here for about 19 years.  We are both working in Charlotte ,NC. 

                 Edwin is a Design Engineer with a local Charlotte company. I am working for Bellsouth in

                 the Business Marketing dept and hope to retire in about 6 more years. We have 2 grown

                 children.  Laurie Sauls..26..married..living in Charleston WV. She has 1 son Alex 20

                 months and another due in September.  Steven..21..single..living in Rock Hill, SC.  We

                 hope to move back to South Georgia when we retire.

                                                                         6/21/2000

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     Edwin  Phillips                                           Picture                                      donaphillips@hotmail.com

                 Married to Dona West Phillips (class of 70) 29 years.

                                                                         6/21/2000

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     Deborah  Romero [Fletcher]                      Picture                        deborah@mardigrasproductions.com

                 I am currently in New Orleans, Louisiana I work at a company called Mardi Gras

                 Productions, we do Theme Decor for Special Events in New Orleans and around the

                 country. I am married to Edward Romero and we have one daughter, Alexandra she is 17

                 yrs old and will graduate high school this May.

                                                                         1/31/2001

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     Allen L Shepard                                        Picture                                        shep1953@hotmail.com

                 I'm CEO of my entertainment Company and pastor of Elizabeth Baptist Church in a small

                 community outside Texarkana.

                                                                         11/4/2001

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     Jimmy L Sloan                                                                                               sloanjl@hotmail.com

                 Joined the ARMY in May, 1969. Served in Germany and later had a tour in Viet Nam.

                 Returned stateside in 1971 and spent the final year in the reserves. Married in 1977. 

                 While we lived in Valdosta in the '80's, our daughters attended school in Faith Baptist and

                 S.L. Mason Elementary.   Our daughters are both college students - one attends the

                 University of Memphis and the other is a senior nursing major in the School of Nursing at

                 Tennessee Technological University in Cookeville. Our son will be a high school freshman

                 in the fall.

                                                                         9/15/2002

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     Peggy  Stauffer [Hiers]                               Picture                                        peggylee@bellsouth.net

                 Hello to the class of '70!  And everyone there during my years at LHS!  From Atlanta.

                                                                         5/26/2000

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     David J Sutton                                           Picture                                      dmsutton@surfsouth.com

                 BS in Political Science from VSC '74; worked for the Southwest Georgia Area Planning

                 and Development Commission (Camilla, GA)from '74 - '77; returned to Valdosta in '77 and

                 have worked for the South Georgia APDC/ Regional Development Center from then to

                 present as Valdosta/ Lowndes Planning Director and now Regional Planning Director with

                 a staff of 10; involved with Georgia Planning Association, currently serving as Secretary

                 and American Planning Association; received American Institute of Certified Planners

                 (AICP) certification in '94; President and CEO of David J. Sutton, AICP, Planning

                 Consultations and Expert Testimony; community involvement includes being a founding

                 member of the Valdosta Heritage Foundation and serving as President in 1986; was

                 instrumental in saving the Jones Kindegarten Building which is currently located in the

                 garden of the Crescent in Valdosta;named one of the Ten Heroes of Preservation by the

                 VHF in '96; wife of 29 years, Marty(Cook High, Class of '71 and VSC '75) and I have

                 restore