Mar 18 12:24:48 2000
To the Class of 1960
LYNN (JACKSON) COMPTON kcompton@dixie-net.com
To the Class of 1960: Lynn Jackson Compton passed away January 13, 2000.
Mar 20 12:18:29 2000
Jeff Knight died 3-10-2000 at his home from heart failure. Anyone wishing to contact the family may call Bettye
Knight 388-4421. From: DAVID KENNETH KNIGHT daveknightrider2000@yahoo.com
1968 Death - Richard Gurley
I noticed an obituary in the CA for a Richard D. Gurley, 49, of Eads, CPA. He passed away from pancreatic
cancer. I remembered when I lived in the Oaks Apts. that Rickey Gurley who graduated in 1968 lived in the Oaks
for awhile in the apt. next door. Ruth Ann (Sisk) Ray 5/26/00
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"Marty Barton"
TheBartonFamily@peoplepc.com
Date:
Fri, 13 Oct 2000 15:39:21 -0500
Carol Bryson Turner – Class of ’66, died on July 22, 1993 from a stroke. Her birthday was June 15, 1948. She
left two daughters, Mindy Turner Huntzicker and Christy Turner. She was my aunt. My mom, Lou Bryson (Class of
1968), was her sister and my uncle, Wayne Bryson (Class of 1970), was her brother. She worked for FedEx. If
you need anymore information, just let me know.
Rebekah Barton
Lynn Jackson '60 , daughter Kelly informed me Lynn died January 2000 of a liver disease. Did anyone know?,
…..Marie Brown
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JOHN CHESTER UCHANSKY (Class of ’65) – 53, roofer, of Memphis, died 10-10-00 of heart failure at Methodist
Healthcare North. Graveside services and burial were in Upper Cemetary in Rich, Ark. He was a member at
Grimes Methodist Church. He leaves his mother, Virginia Gross Uchansky; a sister, Janet Suzanne Mills and 3
brothers – Richard V., Steve A., & David J. Uchansky. Memorials can be sent to Upper Cemetary Fund or KHS
Alumni Association.
From:
CAROL STREVEL 1966 (CSTREVEL1)
Jan-22 2001 3:10 pm
Billy Rasbach was in a one-car accident one mile out of Milan, Tn. He was coming back from a Father/Son Event at
UT Martin with his youngest son. He apparently fell asleep at the wheel and his truck left the road, crossed the
median and flipped several times. The classmates of 1966 will miss him dearly. To know Raz was to love him.
Everyone loved "Puttyhead". Let's remember his family in our prayers.
WILLIAM ARTHUR `RAZZ' RASBACH JR., 52, of Savannah, Tenn., formerly of Memphis, medical salesman and
former teacher, coach and owner of the Quick Pick Convenience Store, died Sunday 1/21/01 at Methodist Hospital
in Milan, Tenn., of injuries sustained in an auto accident. He was a member of Savannah First United Methodist
Church, the Faith Link Sunday school class and church finance board. Burial is in Memory Gardens of Hardin
County. He was a member of Smith-Nephew Presidents Club, Hardin County Hospital Board, Team Hardin
County, a former county commissioner, former TVEC board member, former member and chairman of the Hardin
County Board of Education and former member of the UT-Martin baseball team. Mr. Rasbach, the husband of Rita
Gurley Rasbach, also leaves two sons, William A. Rasbach III of Memphis and Benjamin Edward Rasbach of
Savannah, and his parents, William A. and Mary Swilley Rasbach of Memphis. The family requests that memorials
be sent to the Bill Rasback Baseball Scholarship Fund at UT-Martin or the KHS Alumni Association, Inc.
Scholarship / Financial Assistance Fund (see below).
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------BOBBY HATHCOCK – DIED 1999 Lung Cancer
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------Heather (Chandler) Deveney – ’93 Died 12/00, daughter of Mike (’71) and Mona (Walton ’73) Chandler
From a web site bulletin board -- “In high school, … My most vivid memory? I think prom is the one memory that will
stay with me. It was a wonderful night. I'm in Abilene, TX., married to a wonderful man in the Air Force and I have 3
beautiful children. I'm a stay at home mother ...enjoying every minute of it. I plan on going back to school when the
children get a little older. Eventually I want to work with troubled children. I would love to hear from everyone. It
would be nice to play catch up.”
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---BARBARA GAIL (BRITTON) HALE, 54, (KHS ’64) of Bartlett, retired preschool teacher from Raleigh-Methodist
Day Care, died of cancer 6-15-01. Services were at Faith Baptist Church in Bartlett with burial in Memory Hill
Gardens. Mrs. Hale, the wife of Philip Hale ‘64, also leaves two sons, Cory Hale and Keith Hale, both of Bartlett;
her parents, Vernell and Max Britton of Memphis; a brother, Jerry Britton of Atlanta, and three grandchildren. The
family requests that memorials be sent to Faith Baptist Church of Bartlett Missions Offering.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Jackie Vance – KHS ‘70 Sun, 5 Aug 2001 09:27
From: "J. S. Nunes" jsnunes@netdoor.com
I wanted to post this information for your class, but I'm not a member of Classmates. My sister, Jackie Vance
(Jacqueline Claire Vance) was a member of your class. She died May 26, 2001 in New Orleans, of complications
related to breast cancer. Jackie had lived in New Orleans 25 years and was the owner of Jacqueline Vance Rugs
on Magazine Street, and was the foremost woman Oriental rug dealer in the world. She had served on the board of
several professional organizations, and had appeared on PBS and HGTV. She was beautiful, smart, and funny,
and leaves an unfillable hole in our lives. She leaves her husband, R. Allen Eskew, a well-known architect, her
parents, her sister, Linda Vance Nunes (‘67) and her brother, David W. Vance (‘86.) The store is still in operation
until next year, and friends can look at www.jvancerugs.com to see a wonderful picture of Jackie. Anyone can
email me here or at linda.nunes@usm.edu. I'd appreciate your help in getting this information to her old friends.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------JUDY (Bowers KHS ‘66) GOOLSBY, 52, of Memphis, registrar at Harding Academy for 20 years, died of cancer 824-01. Services were at White Station Church of Christ with burial in Memory Hill Garden. Judy was the wife of
Freddie Goolsby for 35 years, leaves a daughter, Kim Richardson of Bartlett; a son, Kurt Goolsby, and her parents,
Audrey and Marshall Bowers, all of Memphis; two sisters, Marsha (Bowers ’72) Pyron of Memphis and Becky
(Bowers ’75) Henry of Bartlett, and two grandchildren. Memorials can be sent to the White Station Church of Christ.
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KINGSBURY VIETNAM casualties:
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Danny Archer (class of ‘64 or ‘65) may have been the first KHS Alum killed in Nam.
Steve Bullard – 1966? paralyzed from an injury in Nam; passed away some time
later.
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Bill Kennedy – 1967?
Elvis Mullen - did not graduate
Gary Smith Jerry Turner - (unknown class).
Kelly Patrick Vaughn - killed March, 1969
Harry Wells – 1965
Wayne Wilburn - ('65?)
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FACULTY / ADMINISTRATION passings:
Polly Anderson –
Dr. John Crothers – March 2000 – 1960’s Principal, Kingsbury High
....before the bridge was built over Harris Creek, Mr. Crothers would meet us "little ones" there on rainy days, take
us in his arms, and jump the creek with us to make sure we were safely over on dry ground.
Lee (Bishop) Thompson – Class of 1965
Arlene Cutler
- died in 1996
Jack Foster – 10/8/98 - 1st band director at KHS and lifelong friend of Allen Goldsmith, who succeeded him.
PERSONABLE JACK FOSTER `LIKED TEACHING PEOPLE TO FLY'- Oct 10, ‘98, The CA, by Dave Hirschman:
James Jackson `Jack' Foster of Somerville, Tn., was a natural pilot who made flying demanding Navy fighters of WWII
seem effortless. After the war, he remained a civilian flight instructor & taught hundreds how to fly. "There are dozens of
pilots at FedEx & the airlines who learned to fly from Jack," said John McCollum, former student & close friend of Mr.
Foster's for 8 years. "I know he took a lot of pride in that & in the accomplishments of all of his students."
Mr. Foster, 74, died of heart disease. Mr. Foster was a retired Memphis City Schools teacher, an accomplished trumpet player,
a locksmith and owned a variety of aviation-related businesses over the years. He never married. "Jack Foster didn't want to
have a boss or a schedule - and he was that way his whole life," said Sol Radford, a pilot who knew Foster more than 20 years.
"He liked teaching people to fly & going places. And everywhere he went, he made friends."
Mr. Foster flew a variety of planes ranging from single-engine trainers, high-performance Navy fighters to multi-engine
transports. "He was the best instructor," McCollum said. "..always complimenting his students & never intimidating them. ..a
real gentleman." 5 yrs ago, he began teaching aerobatic flying at Fayette County Airport in Somerville. He said that it instilled
confidence in pilots to know they could control an airplane upside-down as well as right-side up. "I'm from the old school," he
said, "When I learned to fly, every student learned how to loop and roll and spin. I wouldn't trade that experience for anything."
Mr. Foster was an aircraft dealer in the 1960s-70s. When he became ill, McCollum and wife Faye cared for him. "He was like
the father I never had," McCollum said. He left most of his possessions including a collection of historical aviation
photographs to the McCollums. Burial is at Forest Hill East. He leaves a niece, Barbara Foster of Collierville, who helped care
for him. Send memorials to a charity of the donor's choice. Dave Hirschman 529-5874 or hirschman@gomemphis.com
Allen Goldsmith - July 99, Band Director
Maxine Manning – 57, math teacher, Kingsbury Jr. High
From the Commercial Appeal, (circa 1973) - “Mrs. Maxine Manning, longtime mathematics teacher at
Kingsbury, suffered a cerebral hemorrhage and died at Methodist Hospital. She was 57 and lived at
4344 Tutwiler. She was the wife of Cletus E. Manning with Vanguard, a fire alarm firm. She attended
Henrix Arkansas College. She earlier taught at Kingsbury Elementary. She leaves her husband, 2
daughters, Mrs. Carol VanDenBos and Judy West, both of Dayton, Ohio and 5 grandchildren.”
Ruth McCormick – 89, 9/19/2000 – Home Economics
“of Memphis, retired Memphis City Schools home economics teacher after 38 years, died of heart failure
Tuesday (9/19/00) at Allen Morgan Nursing Home. Services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at Memphis Funeral
Home Poplar Chapel with burial in Memphis Memory Gardens. She was a member of Macon Road
Church of Christ. Mrs. McCormick, the widow of Robert H. McCormick, leaves a daughter, Rosemary M.
Walls of Oakland, Tenn.; a son, Robert R. McCormick of Stilwell, Kansas.; a sister, Winnie Beasley of
Lansing, Mich.; a brother, Franklin Kennedy of Germantown, four grandchildren and a great-grandchild.”
Louise (Verdel) Moore – 91, 4/19/1996 - Principal, Kingsbury Elementary
Mrs. Moore, of Nashville, formerly of Memphis, retired Memphis City School teacher and principal at
Kingsbury Elementary, died of heart disease in Hermitage, TN. Services were at Christ Episcopal in
Nashville with burial in Woodlawn Cemetary in Sharon, TN. She was a graduate of the University of
Memphis, a member of Delta Kappa Gamma sorority and a communicant at St. John’s Episcopal. The
widow of Thomas L. Moore, she leaves a daughter, Jessica Moore Younger of Madison, TN; a brother,
E.F. Verdel of Ash Flat, Ark., and a granddaughter. Send memorials to Christ Episcopal Church in
Nashville.
Thelma Nichols, 70 – 8/13/2000 – Jr. High Principal
“..of Memphis, retired personnel director for Memphis City Schools, died of cancer at St. Francis
Hospital. Burial is in Memorial Park. She was a graduate of Southwestern College, member of Delta
Gamma Educational Fraternity, clerk of the session for Bethel Presbyterian Church in Olive Branch, MS.,
and a former principal for Colonial Junior High and Kingsbury Middle/High School. Ms. Nichols leaves
two cousins who cared for her, Imogene Johnson of Olive Branch and Susan Nichols Mitchell of Destin,
FL. The family requests that memorials be sent to Bethel Presbyterian Church in Olive Branch.” Ms.
Nichols was a supporter of the KHS Alumni Association serving on the Scholarship committee and
attending many of the regular meetings & the Golf Tournament/Scholarship fund raiser each June.
You can choose to remember any of these Faculty / Administration members by
donating to the KHS Alumni Association Scholarship Fund at:
KHS Alumni Association, Inc.,
6589 Country Bluff Drive,
Bartlett, TN. 38135.
Coach Richard L. Brock, 62 – March 15, 1994
'66 FALCONS SURPRISE COACH - Published 4/30/92
“In 1966, Bill Rasbach was part of a Kingsbury High baseball team that won the state championship. Now Rasbach
has made sure that the players and Richard Brock, who coached that team and now coaches Craigmont's baseball
team, will never forget their special season. In December, Rasbach decided to visit Kingsbury in search of the longforgotten state championship trophy and a team photo from that season. The items were located, and after
Craigmont beat Melrose in an April 21 game, Rasbach and…..”
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ILLNESS FORCES CHIEFS COACH OUT: 'BROCK'S BOYS' KEEP WINNING AT NO. 1 CRAIGMONT, BUT
PLAYERS MISS THEIR MENTOR
Published 4/12/93. “This is not the way Richard Brock imagined it. If he were allowed to dream a little, he would be
leading the Craigmont High baseball team to the TSSAA Class AAA state title this spring, riding off the field on the
shoulders of his players - and into retirement. But things have gone terribly awry. There will be no championship
rides for Brock, 61. Because of chemotherapy resulting from an October surgery in which he had part of his
stomach and esophagus were removed….”
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Brock, Kilpatrick join Hall of Fame for baseball roles - Published 2/10/94.
When Richard Brock was introduced as one of four inductees for the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame
three weeks ago in Knoxville, he couldn't help but remember a quote he kept on his office wall while coach at
Craigmont High: “A boy does not need a mark on the wall to measure up to as long as there is a man around about
the size he wants to be.'' “I am such a great believer that that's the role of the coach, especially since so many kids
are coming from single-parent families,'' .
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Published 3/16/94. “Legendary Memphis high school baseball coach Richard L. Brock, who died Tuesday of
cancer, was remembered as a man who loved his players and the game. Brock, 62, of Brighton, Tenn., coached at
Kingsbury and Craigmont high schools and was a member of the Tennessee Baseball Coaches Association Hall of
Fame. He will be buried in Highland Cemetery in his hometown of Greenfield, Tenn. Memphian Allie Prescott, who
played under Brock…”
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Published 6/2/95. “Kingsbury alumni are raising money to put up a monument - at Craigmont High. The monument
will honor the late Kingsbury and Craigmont coach Richard Brock, who died March 15 last year of cancer at age 62.
''He was a great baseball coach and a great teacher of young men,'' said Kingsbury alumnus Jim Martin, who
helped organize the effort. The monument will be dedicated at 2 p.m. Sunday, and will be followed by a slow pitch
softball game between members of Brock's teams. Brock coached in 1959…”
Coach Jack R. Lewis – 66, 9/20/99
Jack Russell Lewis, 66 of Memphis, retired Memphis City School teacher and coach, died of heart failure
at Baptist Hospital in Camden, TN. Services were at Forest Hill East with burial in Forest Hill East. He
was a member of Lindenwood Christian Church, founder of Wolfpen Hunting Club and head football
coach at Kingsbury High School from 1960 to 1970. He leaves his wife of 47 years, Ruth Lewis; a son
Ned Lewis of Halls, TN and a grandson. Send any memorials to Lindenwood Christian Church.