They’re still here: Members of the Class of ’58 stick around
Published 11:33 am Sunday, June 4, 2023
- Members of the Davie High School Class of 1958 at a recent reunion, from left: seated - Nora Smith, Ann Hamrick, Becky Brown, Jean Rothrock, Judy Collette and Alice Barnette; middle - Velda Myers, Alice Hendrix, Connie Brinkley, Janie Spry, Peggy Dillon, Harold Wayne Myers, Margaret Jo Brock, Ticy Miller, Carol Wagner; back - George Mabe, Johnny Lowery, Wilson Merrell, Gene Harris, Allen Bailey, Leon Carter, Don Spry, Duffy Daniel. Not pictured: Jim Gregory, Joe Smith.
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It has been 65 years since the second class of Davie County High School left the campus.
Although those students had been at four schools in Davie County for their ninth and 10th grades, they became one class – and friends – in the 11th grade. Many of the classmates still live in Davie County.
Classmates meet once a month.
“When it started several years ago, we discussed having a set day, time and place to meet,” said Alice Barnette. “Harold Wayne Myers suggested since we were the second class to graduate, that we meet on the second Tuesday.”
Meetings are currently held in the private dining room at Mocksville Family Restaurant.
The class has lost about 40 percent of its members, and Connie Tucker Brinkley keeps classmates notified when one dies. Peggy Wall Dillon takes donations to send a memorial.
“Since we are all over 80 years old, it was decided to have a reunion every year.” That will be on the last Friday in April.
