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DCHS class of '67 marks golden anniversary
4 Class of 67
Photo courtesy of Loving Touch Portraits & Designs in Smithville Celebrating its golden anniversary, the DCHS class of '67 are, first row from left, Tom Tidrick, Donnie Elledge, Doyle Curtis, Donald Wayne Page and Ronnie Davenport. Second row, Katherine Wright Pack, Frances Pinegar Johnson, Susan Clayton Driver, Larry Cripps, James Mason, Larry Davenport, Jerry Paul Vanatta, Judy Mathis Craig, Peggy Barrett Scott, Eddie Malone and Melinda Cantrell Young. Third row, Susan Jones Young, Wanda Malone Tramel, Wanda Spence Cripps, Patricia Redmon and Jane Ervin Parsley, Linda Herndon Armistead, Sue Owens Thacker, Diane Neal Evin and Diane Knott Mays. Fourth row, Linda Cook Clemons, Robbie Cook Frazier, Margaret Vandergriff Jones and Linda Good Clark. Bottom row, Freddy Martin, Joyce Evins Norred, Vivian Banks Hill and Robert Joins. Not pictured, Mary Evins Overton.

Fifty years after graduating from DeKalb County High School, members of the Class of 1967 gathered for their golden anniversary reunion August 19 at the New Life Connection Center to reminisce about the good old days.

This class began as freshmen when DCHS came into existence after the consolidation of Smithville and Liberty High Schools and was the first to complete all four years at the new consolidated school.  There were 110 students who graduated on May 26, 1967 of which 21 are now deceased.

Other members of the class are Virginia Adcock Smotherman, Jimmy Alexander, Janie Anderson Armstrong, Brenda Arnold Bates, Joan Arnold Hamilton, Austin Atnip, Jean Bain Hackett, Ammon Billings (deceased), Harold Blankenship, Michael Burton (deceased), Kathy Buterbaugh Klasek, Mary Ann Byars Knight, Gail Cantrell Poss, Wanda Cantrell Taylor, Angela Conway May, Brenda Cook Hibdon, Eddie Crips (deceased), Judy Crook Driver, Roger Davis, David Dickens, Aubrey Driver (deceased), Jeloy Driver (deceased), Brenda Ellis Stewart, Donna Felt (deceased), Wayne Flemming, Martha Frazier Brown, Paulette Fuson Keith (deceased), Wayne Fuson, Lois Griffith Christensen, Roger Griffith, Robert Hale, Wanda Hale Byford, Paulette Hathaway Stevens, Sherry Hawker Smith, Judy Hendrixson Johnson, Harold Hill (deceased), Diane Hooper Kirby, John Inglis, Phyllis Jaco Norrod, Yolanda Joins (deceased), Carl Judkins (deceased), Linda Judkins, Bennie Lou Keith Turner, Carolyn Keith Maynard (deceased), Joan Keith Washer, Joyce Lewis Meadows, Jane Trig Loring Morris, Dwight Malone (deceased), Judy Martin Mathis, Johnny Mason, Michael Maynard, Sharon Nichols Beaty, Donnie Pack, Lonnie Pack, David Parsley, David Peck, Dennis Reeder (deceased), Jo Ann Sherrard Gravely, Tyree Smith, Dixie Lou Smithson Crook, Roger Snyder, Peggy Squires Fuson, Jerry Stokes (deceased), Barbara Taylor, Delane Taylor, Jean Maxwell Taylor (deceased), Paul Taylor, Doris Thurman, Martha Thweatt Rowland, Terry Trapp (deceased), Sue Marie Truitt Brown, Judy Vaughn Anderson, Dwayne Vickers (deceased), Dwight Vickers (deceased), Dorothy Waggoner Bratcher, Larry Webb, Patricia White (deceased), Tony White, Marie Wright (deceased), Iris Young Bauerschmidt and Joe Mason Young (deceased).