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1950-60s McKenzie High Alumni Reunion is Huge Success

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From the Sep 30, 2025 e-Edition
Photo courtesy Lauren Hickman/MHSAA
McKenzie High School graduates from 1951-1960 (L to R) Front row: Sarah Mebane Brown (Class of 1960), Marilyn Rich Vinson (‘60), Karen Webb Camp (‘60) and Thelma Kelley Delaney (‘57); Back row: Joan Bush Robertson (‘60), Catherine Dinwiddie Argo (‘59), C. Roland Argo (‘56), Dr. Charles Herron (‘59), Bruce Britton (‘58), Dr. Hugh Scarbrough (‘59), Dwayne Delaney (‘57) and Doyle Chandler (‘57). Also in attendance, but not pictured, were Kent Jones (‘56), Barbara Clark (‘52) and Nola Hobbs (‘55).

McKENZIE (September 20) — 45 graduates of McKenzie High School from the 1950s and 1960s gathered for a casual reunion at the fellowship hall of First United Methodist Church in downtown McKenzie Saturday morning as part of the McKenzie High School Alumni Association Decades Reunion weekend.

Refreshments and time to reconnect with friends from their days at McKenzie High were enjoyed by all.

Special thanks to the many volunteer members of the MHSAA who helped decorate the venue as well prepare and serve food, and to FUMC for hosting the event.

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McKenzie High graduates from 1961-1970 (L to R) Front row: Kesley Colbert (Class of 1965), Diane Stoner Stafford (‘63), Paula Pinson Watkins (‘63), Genia Gill Sherwood (‘68), Deborah Murphy Davis (‘68) and Becky Shooter Scates (‘68); Middle row: Mary Nolen Newson (‘66), Patricia Rich Eubank (‘64), Kay Brown (‘64), Gayle Johnson Britton (‘62), Barbara Elinor Cozart (‘63), Rutha Crocker Williams (‘62), Frieda Aden Lesser (‘63), Pamela Garrett Hudson (‘65), Ruth Ann Wiley Hall (‘65), Anne Alexander Mitchell (‘65) and Kathie Hudgins Parish (‘67); Back row: Margaret Guill Brakebusch (‘66), Judy Hickerson Davis (‘66), Emily Archer Young (‘65), Dennis Sutton (‘67) and Dr. Phillip Cook (‘65). Also in attendance, but not pictured, were Glynda Finley Rich (‘63), Donna Ward (‘65), Martha Mebane Peters (‘64), LaRenda Bradfield Scarbrough (‘65), Jill Holland (‘70), Jerry Lewis (‘65), Joyce Ridley Hayes (‘70) and John Camp (Rebel basketball coach from 1961-63).
Barbara Clark of the MHS Class of 1952 was the earliest graduate in attendance. A retired school teacher at Henry County High School, she began her career at MHS in the early 1960s and taught many of the alumni who were in attendance.
Nola Hobbs was the sole attendee from the McKenzie High School Class of 1955, celebrating the 70th anniversary of her graduation.
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