Sunday, December 4, 2011

The wonderful class of 79 had a birthday/Christmas get together on Saturday, December 3. We meet at Rolling River Estates in W.N. 19 classmates on hand for hours of great stories, laughing till every muscle was aching...and tears flowing. We celebrated with Sherrie Nail Burns as she will be retiring after 34 yrs of working with the SBA in Jan 2012. Congrats to Sherrie on becoming a full time grandmother! Sherrie also had the oldest grandchild of those who were in attendance. Out little group also had 7 grandparents...some one told us we were old..since they didn't have grandchildren yet...and there was a reply of NO, the 7 grandparents just started having sex earlier! it was a good laugh :)
We all are looking forward to our next get together really soon..what a great group of life long friends we are!!





Gordon, Boo (Robert), Cookie, Jeff, Robbie
Travis, Steve, Randy and Greg




The Ladies
Cynthia, Kay, Angela, Lisa, Cindy
Sherrie, Sherry, Terri, Debi, Becky
"Plotting"

And Some things NEVER change...

Tuesday, November 29, 2011

It's Party Time


    • So let's end this milestone year for the Class of 1979 with a Christmas/Birthday Party. And yes, your special someone is welcome to come.

      We are asking that you please bring a finger food to share, and your choice of beverage.
      Please let us know what your planning to bring, so that we have a good choice of foods. Also the club house has a microwave and convection oven if things need to be heated.

    • Saturday, December 3, 2011

    • 5:00pm until 9:30pm



  • Rolling River Estates Club House
    7348 Rolling River Parkway
    Nashville, Tennessee 37221




Saturday, October 29, 2011

Nashville Trash Tour


So a few of the Over the Hill women went on a great Pink Bus Ride. If you have never taken this very funny bus ride around downtown Nashville...well you have missed out!

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Homecoming 2011


Last night was the 5th annual Cohn High School Alumni Homecoming. From what Don said this was the largest turn out...with around 300 in attendance.
The Class of 1979 had 11 classmates to come..This was our best yet.
Those who came to celebrate turning 50 this year...
Sherrie Nail-Burns, Travis Ford, Terry Pruitt, Greg Street, Jeff Smith, Lisa Morrison, Lisa Faulkner-Wilkins, Cindy Ware-Wilson, Debi Vernon-Eaton, Kay Binkley-Merritt and MIA from the picture Donna Wilson-Woodlee..
Donna went MIA right before we were able to get everyone together for the picture. We had a great time and will be looking forward to next year and more classmates being able to come.

Thursday, September 1, 2011

More fun facts about 1961

Welcome to Retroville! It's 1961!

IN THE NEWS:

  • John F. Kennedy becomes the 35th President
  • Lyndon B. Johnson is sworn in as Vice President
  • The Berlin Wall goes up between East and West Germany
  • U.S. breaks diplomatic relations with Cuba
  • Peace Corps is founded
  • Freedom Riders are attacked in Birmingham, Alabama
  • Jimmy Hoffa becomes president of the Teamsters Union
  • Soviets put the first man into orbit when Major Yuri A. Gagarin orbits the Earth on April 12
  • U.S. launches Commander Alan B. Shepard, Jr. into space sending him 116.5 miles up on a 302-mile trip
  • U.S. gets a second astronaut, Virgil Grissom, into space sending him 118 miles up on a 303-mile flight over the Atlantic Ocean
  • Soviets send Gherman Stepanovich Titov into space on Vostok II achieving 17.5 orbits in 25 hours during a 434,960 mile trip
  • Soviets test a 50-megaton hydrogen bomb creating the biggest explosion in history
  • The U.S. now has 2,000 military advisors in Viet Nam
  • Baseball legend Ty Cobb dies
  • Roger Maris hits 61 home runs to take the home run record
  • NY Yankees defeat the Cincinnati Reds to take the World Series
  • A.J. Foyt sets a new land speed record (139.130 mph) at the Indianapolis 500

ON THE RADIO:

ON TELEVISION:

  • The Defenders
  • Dennis the Menace
  • Lassie
  • Candid Camera
  • Bullwinkle Show
  • Car 54 Where Are You?
  • The Rifleman
  • Ben Casey
  • I've Got a Secret
  • The Price is Right
  • Bugs Bunny
  • Dick Van Dyke Show
  • Dobie Gillis
  • Steve Allen Show
  • Naked City
  • Bob Newhart Show
  • Donna Reed Show
  • The Untouchables
  • Dr. Kildare
  • Hazel
  • Route 66
  • The Flintstones
  • The Andy Griffith Show
  • The Avengers

FADS & FASHION:

  • Non-dairy creamers
  • Valium
  • Slip-n-Slide
  • Frosty the Sno-cone Machine
  • Dick Tracy Wristwatch Radio
  • Lie Detector (the game)

WHAT THINGS COST:

  • Car: $2,275
  • Gasoline: 31 cents per gallon
  • House: $18,800
  • Bread: 21 cents per loaf
  • Milk: $1.05 per gallon
  • Postage Stamp: 4 cents
  • Average Annual Salary: $6,471
  • Minimum Wage: $1.15 per hour

ACADEMY AWARD - BEST PICTURE:

  • West Side Story - romantic musical drama by Robert Wise starring Natalie Wood

TONY AWARD - BEST MUSICAL:

  • Bye Bye Birdie - based on the book by Michael Stewart, music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Lee Adams, choreographed by Gower Champion, starring Chita Rivera, Dick Van Dyke, Kay Medford, Paul Lynde, and Dick Gautier

PULITZER PRIZES:

  • To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee (fiction)
  • All the Way Home by Tad Mosel (drama)
  • Between War and Peace: The Potsdam Conference by Herbert Feis (history)
  • Charles Sumner and the Coming of the Civil War by David Donald (biography)
  • Times Three: Selected Verse From Three Decades by Phyllis McGinley (poetry)

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE:

  • Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjold, Sweden, 1905-1961, United Nations Secretary General (awarded posthumously)

TOP SONGS:

  • The Lion Sleeps Tonight by The Tokens
  • Take Good Care of My Baby by Bobby Vee
  • Let There Be Drums by Sandy Nelson
  • Tossin' and Turnin' by Bobby Lewis
  • Big Bad John by Jimmy Dean
  • Runaway by Del Shannon
  • Pony Time by Chubby Checker
  • Blue Moon by The Marcels
  • Runaround Sue by Dion
  • Travelin' Man by Ricky Nelson
  • Hit the Road Jack by Ray Charles
  • Surrender by Elvis Presley
  • Can't Help Falling in Love by Elvis Presley
  • Stand By Me by Ben E. King
  • Bristol Stomp by The Dovells
  • Twist Again by Chubby Checker
  • Crazy by Patsy Cline
  • Pretty Little Angel Eyes by Curtis Lee
  • Please Mr. Postman by The Marvellettes
  • Will You Still Love Me Tomorrow by The Shirelles
  • There's a Moon Out Tonight by The Capris
  • Dedicated to the One I Love by The Shirelles
  • Hello Mary Lou by Ricky Nelson
  • Spanish Harlem by Ben E. King
  • Crying by Roy Orbison
  • Raindrops by Dee Clark

Wednesday, August 31, 2011

1961

wow...

  • U.S. Population: 183,691,481
  • Life expectancy: 70.2 years
  • Average yearly income: $5,735
  • Cost of a new home: $12,500
  • Cost of a new car: $2,850
  • Federal hourly minimum wage: $1.15
  • Cost of a first-class stamp: $.04

  • In the World: Construction began in August on the Berlin Wall, which acted as a clear boundary between East and West Germany.
  • In the US: President John F. Kennedy announced the creation of the Peace Corps in a speech given at the University of Michigan on October 14th.
  • In the White House: The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution, which allows residents of Washington, D. C. to vote in presidential elections, was ratified.
  • In Space: Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human being to travel to outer space.
  • Also Born in 1961: George Stephanopoulos (February 10), Eddie Murphy (April 3), George Lopez (April 23), George Clooney (May 6), Michael J. Fox (June 9), Princess Diana (July 1), Barack Obama (August 4), Sean Hannity (December 30)

  • Board games became more innovative, with games like Operation taking advantage of new electronic technology.
  • Another innovative new game was Twister, the first game to use human bodies as the playing pieces. This radical concept led Milton Bradley’s competitors to accuse Twister’s manufacturer of selling “sex in a box.” Despite this initial controversy, the game has enjoyed steady popularity even to this day.
  • Originally invented in Franch in the late 1950s, in 1960 The Ohio Art Company brought the “L’Ecran Magique” over to US shores and sold it by its more familiar name - Etch A Sketch.
  • Stereotypes of young boys and girls were prevalent in the new toys of the 1960s. For girls, the Easy Bake Oven was introduced, furthering the “homebody” image that was being pushed on girls of the time. For boys, there was the GI Joe, a militaristic twist on dolls that catered to boys’ wild ambitions and curiosity about the war.
  • Best-selling children's’ books included The Giving Tree by Shel Silverstein, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle, and Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak. Dr. Seuss continued to release popular children’s books as well, and his contributions to the decade included Green Eggs and Ham, One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish, and How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
  • The Silver Age of comic books was going strong, and many popular Marvel comics characters were introduced in the early 1960s. These include Spider-Man, the Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Thor, Daredevil, and the X-Men.
  • Prime time cartoons became very popular because they could be enjoyed by children and adults alike. Famous cartoons of the 1960s include The Flintstones, Alvin & The Chipmunks, The Jetsons, and Mr. Magoo.
  • Things were changing in American schools. They were steadily becoming more crowded, thanks to the post-WWII baby boom; and more racially integrated, thanks to 1953‘s landmark supreme court case Brown v. the Board of Education.


  • Tuesday, August 23, 2011

    Up date on Cindy

    From Cindy...

    Hello FB friends I found out today that I Won't behaving surgery on Thursday. The doctor I seen today suggest I have chemo first,because the cancer is not attached to the chest wall and its not in the other breast. It may be in one lymph node though and he thinks chemo would shrink the tumor...

    Sunday, August 21, 2011

    Jeff Bunday


    Hey fellow Black Knights,
    Please if you will visit Jeff's blog, his blog is a great way to keep up with his progress and also a great way to drop him lines of encouragement as he continues to battle cancer. The link is to the right of this post..

    This picture of Jeff was taken a few months back when he went on a great US tour..

    Sunset in the Grand Canyon

    Sunday, August 14, 2011

    Thoughts and Prayers

    Hey guys,

    Connie Story passed away this weekend. Her services will be Wednesday, August 17. Visitation 9am to 2pm at the Methodist church on Robertson Road.

    Connie had colon cancer about 20 yrs ago and had emphysema. The family requested an autopsy done.

    Saturday, August 13, 2011

    Prayers needed

    Guys, we have a classmate that is need of our support...please see the below message from her which was posted on Facebook yesterday.
    Cindy Ware-WilsonTo all my Fb family and friends, I found out today that I have breast cancer. I kind of already knew. But I haven't given up, the lord will give me strength and comfort me. I have go on the 23rd for a MRI to see if its in the other breast and in my lymph nodes. The 24th is my surgery. I have to have a mastectomy. I encourage all my female friends to have their mammograms every year. I missed 2 yrs. and now have cancer.

    Wednesday, August 10, 2011

    Alumni Homecoming Bar B Que...

    The Cohn Alumni Association will be sponsoring its annual Homecoming Bar-B-QUE and FUNDRAISER, on Friday, September 30th, in the Cohn High gymnasium. Doors will open at 5:30pm and food will be served at 6:30pm. Cost is $15 per person. Please come early and visit the Alumni Center, which is located beneath the gymnasium. Improvements continue to be made on the Center. The Alumni Association is always in need of volunteers for our Homecoming event, so if you can help at the front door, clean up, etc. please reply back to me. If you would like to pre-pay, your name tag and tickets will be available at the door. MAKE CHECK PAYABLE TO COHN ALUMNI ASSOCIATION and mail to: Judy Redmond 304 54th Avenue North Nashville, TN 37209. Farrell Owens ‘63 2011-12 Alumni President

    Sunday, July 31, 2011

    Painting with the Over the Hill Ladies



    So Sunday, July 31st we had a great time at Wine and Easel in Cool Springs. For 3 hours we painted out one of a kind "Masterpieces" Not bad for a group who all claim to have not one ounce of talent at all. Each one is unique in it's on right. Angela and her youngest daughter Leah, Cynthia and her daughter Morgan and Debi and daughter Megan along with Sherry, Sherrie, Freda, and Lisa all came..we even had a "wanna bee" Cohn Head Debra. It was truly a great time. These get together's are great...and we have decided to keep them up way past all the big "50" birthdays are over.

    Our next fun day is tentatively Saturday, August 20th at The Pottery Place at the Avenues in Murfreesbro. 10 am we will either make a glass pendent, or paint some cool pottery then eat lunch. Please if you would like to join us, come ON..we love to visit...
    Here's some more awesome candid shots from Sunday..







    Sunday, June 19, 2011

    The Over the Hill Women


    Yesterday, June 18th 7 of us old timers took to the streets of downtown Nashville. We had lunch at Margaritaville..after eating a wonderful lunch we hit Broadway to take in some of the many sights, and there was plenty to see. For some reason every time we plan a lunch it seems to rain...matter of fact it pours cats and dogs. But we did get lucky yesterday when the water bucket ran out and the sky cleared..I think just for us!

    So our next ladies outings are as follows..
    Sunday, July 31st we are going to
    Wine/Diet Coke and Easel "Sand and Shore" located in Cool Springs if you would like to join us please click on the red link.

    Then Saturday, September 10th we will doing the Nashville Trash Tour..we have 10 butt spaces reserved so if you would like to join in on the fun you will need to post a comment here. We really do have a good time, we are a very colorful group, as if you didn't already know that :)



    Sunday, May 29, 2011

    Stalker or not


    Ok guys..some of you have responded to the idea of a reunion cruise and some are just hiding and stalking facebook...I know that not all from our class we be able to do this, but for those of you that like the idea and would like to go along for the ride...we need to know that your interested so that when the time comes to start planing and getting the numbers together we will have the correct information.

    I know that most who have responded is more interested in a 5 day cruise. I understand that a Monday-Friday would work for most. Who knows by the time the 2014 travel dates come out there might be some good prices for Thursday-Monday..We just have to wait and see. And if there is a really AWESOME rate for a 7 day..well we have to look at it too. Again what we're asking is for you to let us know if your interested and to start a "cruise fund"...I know that sounds crazy since most are stressed about just filling up the gas tank right now.

    If your not on FaceBook...please join we have a page just for our class...

    Thursday, May 12, 2011


    Who's turning 50? We have to party

    Hey there ladies of the Class of 79...if you would like to attend please just reply to this post so we can count you in when calling for seats...Hope that all the beautiful ladies, which by the way...think we're all almost old enough for the RED HATS now...will come.

    Time
    Saturday, June 18 · 2:00pm - 5:00pm

    Location
    Jimmy Buffett's Margaritaville Nashville
    322 Broadway
    Nashville, Tennessee

    Created By

    More Info
    We need to get a head count so that I can call for priority seating. After eating we can enjoy some extra girl time checking out Broadway. Hope everyone can come and if you missed the last one please make plans to attend this wonderful day with good "old" frends

    Wednesday, May 11, 2011

    35th Class Reunion
    2014

    So the Class of 79 is planning a Class reunion …yep, time to start planning for our 35th. So Travis has ask that I fill you in on the advantages of a 7 day cruise. So here goes….

    First the price for a 7 day is really the better deal. Most of the time you are able to get 7 days for the price of what a 3 or 5 day cruise cost. With a 7 day cruise you have more time to relax and enjoy being away from home, work, and the “real world” Plus you have more choices in the ports of call you can visit. If there is something you would like to ask, please feel free to e-mail me or call.

    All the below is included in any length of your cruise.
    You arrive at the ship, receive your key card and unpack for the full week. Then just sit back and enjoy all the food you could ever dream of eating.
    There is a huge selection of on board activities that are included in the price of your cruise, pools, hot tubs, state of the art gym, mini golf, basket ball, and depending on the cruise line the list goes on. There also are activities that will be charged to your sale and sign card (your on board credit card) These cost are Bingo, gambling in the casino, going to the spa, golf simulators. Pictures are taken just about all day every day and you will have them to take home at the end of your cruise. If you need to stay in contact with family all ships now have internet service it does cost you a little but then what’s better than being on Facebook while at sea? There is laundry services if you need it. On Carnival there is self service along with valet laundry services.
    Now how cool is it to be jogging or taking part in a spin class while sailing? I can tell you it’s pretty cool. Plus having a world class spa to really unwind while at sea…again awesome.
    Remember that your cabin will be cleaned 2 a day. You will have turn down service at night with a little mints on your pillow..
    You can choose to eat full 7 course meals or dine on the Lido deck in more of cafeteria style. Either way the food is great and it’s all you care to eat.

    So what sound good to you?
    Baja Mexico
    Mexican Riviera
    The Eastern Caribbean
    The Southern Caribbean
    The Western Caribbean
    Alaska
    Alaska Glacier Bay
    The East Coast

    Friday, May 6, 2011

    Looking ahead to 35 years


    Hey there all you members of the class of 79...Travis wants our class how ever many of us that can to take a 35th reunion cruise. We have have 3 years till that big date rolls up on us. So start really saving that loose change. We need to get some idea of how many would like to go and then start working on a 3, 5, or 7 day cruise. From experience you will need to have a deposit of at least $250.00 per person to hold your cabin...with the balance paid in full 90 days prior to the sail date. So just e-mail us so we can get started on this party at sea.

    Email cohnclassof1979@gmail.com

    Debi

    Sunday, May 1, 2011

    Tina Summers-Forrest


    Services for Mike and Tina Forrest will be Tuesday, May 3 at World Outreach Church, Oneonta, Alabama. Private family viewing from 11 AM till 12 PM, funeral services will be at 2:00 PM. The family will receive guests after the funeral service. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations may be made to the Mike and Tina Forrest Memorial fund at Regions Bank.

    Saturday, April 30, 2011

    More info on Tina

    This is from Mike's sister Linda Forrest...being passed and shared. Reading this has lifted my heart, ---brought comfort in knowing the strong faith both Tina and Mike shared with our Lord.
    Thank you Dawn Goodwin-Spann for sharing with us all..
    Debi Vernon-Eaton


    As most of you have seen, horrific tornadoes ripped through northern Alabama Wednesday evening...and you may have, as I usually do, expressed sorrow for lives lost, and then life moves on. But, Thursday morning, my heart was crushed and and my life came to a halt as I learned that my older brother Mike, and his wife of 31 years, Tina, were killed as an F4 tornado crashed into their house as they huddled together with their 2 dogs, in the bathroom. The entire home was ripped from it's foundation and strewn into the lake down the hill behind their property in Ohatchee, Al. Mike and Tina were texting our family to let us know what was going on, and we assumed when we didn't hear from them anymore after Mike's last transmission at 6:56pm Wed., that the power was just out.

    I've never known anyone in my life who was always enthusiastically resolved to see Jesus as Mike. At many family gatherings, in the midst of wonderful meals and belly laughs, Mike would say, "Wow, this is how it's going to be in heaven, and we get to do this all the time!" He tailored all of his responses and interactions with people to reflect his love of the Lord, or to give the Lord credit and glory for everything. Tina and Mike were so excited to learn about the deeper things of the Lord and to have known, in the last 5 years the power and giftings available to them through the Holy Spirit. Tina read every book she could get her hands on to learn more and more about her abundant life through Jesus and Holy Spirit.

    I am so comforted to learn that Mike and Tina both had smiles on their faces as they crossed over, and that is their daughter's last view of them, on this earth. I can hear Mike chuckling, "Haha, I'm so glad to be out of that shell of a body!" It gives me peace to talk to Jessica, their daughter, (my first, "sweet baby.") and to hear hope in her voice, and to feel the bubble of grace around her as she walks a difficult road for a 28 year old. Her husband, James, and his family have stepped up beautifully these last 24 hours. Their daughter, Ariel, who is 5, was the apple of Mike and Tina's eye, and she will wonder in days to come why she can't see Papa and Nana anymore.

    Of utmost importance to me is Mike and Tina's son, Blake. He as been deployed for 9 months, the last 3 being in Afghanistan with the marines. Mike and Tina had bought him a new truck, and were welcoming him home next Friday May 6th, in North Carolina for Mother's Day weekend. We are waiting to hear when he will be flown home, to Birmingham. He will come home to no parents and no belongings. His dog, Cuz, was found wondering around, yesterday, and Jessica's in-laws will keep him for Blake.

    My Mom is doing remarkable well, as she trudges through waves of emotion at different moments. My sister, Millie is

    flying in from Wisconsin, this afternoon, and all of her children are making their way here in the next couple of days from Colorado, California, and Wisconsin. Uncle Mike loved to tease all of them. My brother Steve is dealing with the new, "man of the family," title, with grace and humility, and much sooner than he ever planned. He and his wife, Kathryn, are in Alabama today, with Jessica, working out details, and meeting with funeral home staff.

    Anyone who was a friend to Mike, through Facebook, knew of his amazing sense of humor...unmatched, corny, and hilarious. As they prepared for the impending storms, Mike posted that it looked like they might be going to visit the land of Oz this afternoon...and as the tornado was upon them he mentioned the wind stopping, and in the eye of the storm, two of his last posted comments were of his trust in the Lord: "Thanks. Jesus is callin' the shots-AMEN! ;<) We have angels to protect us, or usher us into heaven. HA! No fear here!"; "If I drop off line...either our power has gone off, or I'm with the ONE who holds all the POWER ;<)" Mike and Tina would want their testimony to be of their total dependence, love, and desire for each of us to know the One who loves more than life itself, and that life is always and only worth living, when we know, trust, and depend on Jesus Christ.

    Thank you so much to my awesome beautiful friends and family for the most comforting, unbelievable outpouring of love, and prayers...it's the body of Christ, the way it's supposed to be, and I am undone as a recipient of your heart-felt extensions of God toward me and my family. This is a trauma, but not a devastation. A sadness, but not without comfort because of a love that is unfathomable and immeasurable. Jesus has a good track record with me of His faithfulness, and it won't waiver.



    love to all,

    Linda

    The only fact I have, at this point is Lemley Funeral Home in Onenta, Al, which is the town where the church is: World Outreach Church

    Friday, April 29, 2011

    Working hard, loving God

    Working hard, loving God

    Neighbors and friends remember Michael and Tina Forrest as a lively, happy pair who worked hard and loved God.

    “They were two of the most incredible people you will ever meet,” Gadsden resident Gina Coggins said Thursday as she stood next to the cinderblock foundation of her friends’ old home — the only part of the structure still intact.

    They moved from Hoover to their lakeside home on Neely Henry Lake in Ohatchee a year ago.

    The Forrests’ neighbors — Kim and Mark Thompson — also recalled the couple’s dedication to the Christian faith and their hardworking ways.

    Mike Forrest was the kind of neighbor who always said hello, Mark Thompson said, the kind of guy who waved when he saw you.

    Mike Forrest worked long hours at a Publix grocery store in Birmingham, Coggins added. But his first love was graphic design, she remembered. Before the economy went sour, Mike helped design pages for a contracting company with Southern Living Magazine.

    The Forrests leave behind a daughter who works in Birmingham and a younger son, stationed as a Marine in Afghanistan, Alabama Deputy Fire Marshal Tommy Wiggonton said.

    Coggins attended church with the Forrests at the World Outreach Center in Oneonta, and Tina Forrest worked as a paralegal at Coggins’ Gadsden law firm.

    “Tina and I left the office together yesterday. We walked out together at the same time, saying we were going to go home and take cover,” Coggins said through tears. “And she did; they posted on Facebook later that they were hunkered down in their house with a pot of coffee. They were two of the most wonderful people.”

    Tina Forrest, 49, was found dead under a tree near the banks of Neely Henry Lake Thursday morning.

    First responders had pulled Mike Forrest from the lake sometime late Wednesday or early Thursday morning. Forrest was alive when emergency workers found him, but he died from his extensive injuries at a hospital in Gadsden Thursday morning, Wiggonton said.

    Tina had spent much of her free time in recent days talking about how excited she was her son, Blake, was coming home from Afghanistan at the beginning of May, Coggins said. Tina planned to drive to Camp LeJeune in North Carolina next week, just so she could be the first person to hug her son, who’s been gone since last summer.

    “They were the best neighbors,” Kim Thompson said. “And now they’re gone and we’ve lost everything, too.”

    The Thompson’s mobile home was also destroyed in the storm, along with five other homes along the Eagle Cove Road stretch that overlooks Lake Neely Henry.

    Jessica Peterson, the Forrests’ daughter, cried when she arrived to see the wreckage that used to be her parents’ home. As she scoured the debris, searching for a photo album, a family Bible, a muddy picture of her brother in uniform, Coggins looked on, tears rimming her eyes.

    “This is so hard. I just can’t believe it,” Coggins said. “The last thing they posted on Facebook was, ‘It’s headed our way. We’ve got angels to protect us or angels to usher us into heaven. No fear.’ Yes, that was them.”

    from http://annistonstar.com/bookmark/13034290-Loved-ones-remember-those-taken-by-Wednesday%E2%80%99s-storms

    Thursday, April 28, 2011

    News paper

    click read From the Anniston Star Local news paper

    Tina Summers Forrest


    April 27, 2011, Ohatchee AL in Calhoun County Live Tina Summers and Mike Forrest. They live in a small ranch home with a lake across the street. Tina loved living in the country. She was a wonderful cook and was always making breads and jams..The simple things of life..just plant it, it will grow and then you can it, freeze and eat all winter long.
    In the past few month Tina had redone her kitchen. From stripping the cabinets and painting them. The walls, country tops it wall was posted step by step on Facebook. All was finished and she was so proud of her work. Just last week she had made Ariel a pillow case dress..oh how she loved that little girl.
    Tina was able to speak to Blake last weekend, Blake is serving in Afghanistan and was due to be home soon. Jessica lives in Birmingham not far away.
    My heart is breaking for Blake, Jessica and all the other family left behind...I hold in my heart that there is a reason for all things, and it's not my to ask why..God had other plans for Mike and Tina...
    Please hold them and the family in your hearts and prayers..

    Sunday, January 30, 2011

    Announcing the Over the Hill women of 79

    So since most of the women of the class of 1979 has just turned 50 or will be turning 50 this year...what would be better than to have 4 birthday parties...
    Our first party will be Saturday, March 5th. We will be meeting at Logan's Road House at 100 Oaks for a late lunch..then who know what we might get into..

    If you would like to attend, please leave a comment here and I'll get you all the details.

    Our 2nd party of the year will be in June...after looking at the calendar looks like Saturday, June 18th might be the date..We are going to plan on taking the Nashville Trash Tour. The time of this tour would be 2 pm with a cost of $32.00 + per person..it's a 90 minute tour of Down Town Nashville...So be thinking if this sounds like something you want to do..Click here for all the information.

    Then our next party will be in September and again in December..sounds like lots of great girl fun...

    Saturday, January 29, 2011

    Birthdays ....

    so I think have most of the one's who are on Facebook..if I have a date wrong or you know of another b'day please comment so I can correct it...

    December
    10 Terri Lynch Hale
    14 Tina Summers Forrest
    19 Laura Toller Dudley


    January
    04 Sherry Singleton Butts
    10 Cindy Ware-Wilson
    13 Cynthia O'Riley Neely
    27 Belena Bradford Hunt

    February
    07 Kathy Elrod Arnold
    27 Dawn Goodwin Spann

    March
    19 Cindy Jone McClellan

    April
    21 Judie Patterson Hand
    23 Cindy Sullivan Pitt
    26 Penny Brewer Crafton
    26 Sherry Wakham Miller
    May
    12 Sherrie Nail Burns
    29 Kay Binkley Merritt

    June
    28 Teresa Satterfield Harper

    July
    17 Cindy Siemer Moore

    August
    28 Vanessa Walker Petty

    BoldSeptember
    01 Pam Perry
    14 Debi Vernon Eaton

    October
    06 Donna Wilson Woodlee
    09 Freda Gardner
    18 Angela Kennedy Holly