From JD (Dayton) and Peggy McPherson Lang)
Hello everyone and Merry Christmas
Ok, we know last year we just couldn’t seem to get cards or the letter out. This year, we are trying to get this done earlier. This year has really been busy, wonderful, and stressful. I must say we love Waycross and still happy to be in a smaller and less stressful city. We have a
new granddaughter, born October 21st, and of course we are very proud. Her name is Sara, named for my mom, which is very special to us. Jeremy loves his baby sissy, but did not know he would have to share her with Papa and Mima. We have to make sure he gets his
attention. John and Lilly and kids live in Jacksonville which is a one hour drive so we are happy. John works for the railroad now and seems to have handled being retired from the Navy just fine.
David and Lucy are doing well. They have now started a shelter for farm animals like goats, pigs, chickens, etc. Their present this year should be animal food.
Kimberly and Jason are doing well. They did experience sadness in the loss of two of their pets Katy and Jacque. However, they now have a new addition and a playmate for Grommet. Molly is also a Chinese crusted but instead of being hairless, she is full of fur and should
be an interesting and fun experience as they have decided to let them breed.
Now we get to us. J.D. and I remain very active and enjoy our jobs. We seem to be destined to be very physical in our choice of work. J.D. has had a reoccurrence of a condition we saw about four years ago called atrial fibrillation. This is an electrical problem with the upper
chamber of the heart that seems to misfire occasionally causing an irregular heartbeat. As before, all the tests done show a very healthy heart and arteries so like he says, “My problem is electrical not plumbing”. There is a new procedure called a catheter ablation that was
available four years ago, but he wouldn’t let them do it until hundreds instead of dozens were being done. One of the other benefits of living so close to Jacksonville is Saint Vincent’s hospital. They are the best at this procedure and specialize in it. We will be having it done on
the 18th of this month. Depending on how it goes, he should be released to go home the next day and back to work immediately. This will be good for us because all who know J.D. know how he dislikes being on medication. So we are just leaving all this in the hands of the
doctors and the Lord. Worrying about him, I have had some problems with unexplained symptoms such as rashes on my face and swollen eyelids. We both seem to be a mess, however we are still laughing about it all. Being able to work and play with the grandkids is what
is keeping us sane.
We pray everyone has a blessed Christmas, and a wonderful New Year.
Love,
Peggy and J.D. (Dayton)
From Diane Cope Phillips:
I don't have any pictures to contribute, but I wanted to tell you what a good time I had at the reunion. It was wonderful to see friends and get a chance to catch up with their lives since I had seen them last. I'm already looking forward to our 50th!
Since graduation in '64, I attended FSU for 3 years and, after marrying Tom in 1967, got a BA in English from Valdosta State University in 1969. After graduation I was hired by the District School Board in Madison and began to teach 7th and 9th grade English. I taught 7th and
8th grade English at our middle school for 20 years and then transferred to our county high school where I taught honors and gifted English and Advanced Placement Literature for the next 15 years. Tom and I both retired from teaching in 2004. He taught biology, anatomy &
physiology, and microbiology at our local community college for 37 years. We both continue to work part time--he with our local hospital handling the micro in the lab where he's worked for almost 40 years, while I work part time with the gifted students at our high school. We
both enjoy that and it keeps us connected with our friends.
We have two sons Scott (36) and Todd (31) who are married and they have given us two of the most wonderful granddaughters ever--Cadence who is 6 and Olivia who is 3 months old. Both boys and their families live in the Orlando area so we get to visit them when we go
down to Orlando to see my mom. Scott is the drummer for Creed (reunited for a summer tour this year) and Alter Bridge and Todd works for Starwood Resorts and drums in his band 4 Years Past in his spare time.
We are avid Seminoles attending all the home games and, although our team has fallen on hard times in the 2000s, we have to believe that we'll regain our glory days of 14 seasons of top 5 finishes at some point in time!
My dad passed away in Orlando earlier this year of Lewy Body Dementia and that has been such a tough transition for my mom and me. We travel to Orlando at least once a month to spend time with her, and both of the boys and their wives are very helpful to her as well.
Thanks for all the work you did on the reunion and this wonderful website. I'll keep looking for Sandra Stonebreaker and let you know if I can track her down.
Love,
Dianne Cope Phillips
Eddie Albine's passing as taken from the Orlando Sentinel
Charles Edward Albine, "Eddie", passed away Saturday, Sept. 26th at the age of 63 at his home in Orlando surrounded by family, after fighting brain cancer for the last fifteen months. After leaving his family's loving arms he was received by his Heavenly Father, his parents,
John and Ruth Albine, who passed away some years ago and a brother, who died in childbirth prior to his birth. Eddie was a great animal lover and was also met at the Rainbow Bridge by all of the pets he had loved and lost over the years. Born in Connellsville, PA on March
31, 1946, he and his family moved to Central Florida when he was three months old. He attended school, lived and worked as a computer engineer in Orlando all of his life. Eddie met his wife, Linda while attending college. They were married on Aug. 19, 1967 at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Orlando and celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary this past August. They had two children, Mike and Shayne. Eddie was always a "hands on" Dad and loved to travel with his kids who were involved with BMX and motorcycle racing. In fact, when he
was in his fifties, Eddie took up racing bikes also. The family also loved to take their boat to the Keys in the summer and did so for the last twenty four years, where they would meet up with friends for several weeks in Islamorada. Captain Ed and Mike worked on and acquired
their captain's license together After retirement, he and his wife (and sometimes their children and their families) spent time between Islamorada and their other home in the mountains of East Tennessee. When his wife, Linda retired two years ago and before he started
having health issues, they purchased a larger boat they could live on and go back and forth to the islands and around the coast of Florida. Family, his pets, friends and fishing were his greatest loves. He was Saint Francis on earth and helped various rescue organizations.
Both of his boats, Tuxedo Spike and War Dance, were named after pets. Eddie was a member of the Central Florida Offshore Fisherman's club and Reformation Lutheran Church. In addition to his wife and children; he is survived by one granddaughter, Gabriela (he would
say "I've got only one granddaughter, but I have the best one " ); his son-in-law, Mark Daly and daughter-in-law Lori Albine- both of whom were like his own kids; his wife's parents, James and Marilou Humphreys; brother-in--law, Lynndel Humphreys; and his pets, Buzz and
Daisy. In fact, Buzz, a large yellow cat, he took in as a kitten, was his constant companion and spent the last nights of Eddie's life here on earth lying next to him on his bed. The Good Lord saw it fit to reel Captain Ed back to Heaven while he was in the process of fighting an all
too common fish called cancer. We are going to miss our husband, father and friend, but we are comforted by the fact that he will no longer have to endure the life that cancer had left him with and rejoice that he is with his Lord and heavenly family. The family will receive
friends on Friday, Oct. 2nd from 6 to 8 p.m. At Woodlawn Funeral Home, Gotha, 407-293-1361. Funeral Services will be Saturday, Oct. 3rd at 2 p.m. At Reformation Lutheran Church, 800 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL. In lieu of flowers, the family would request that
donations be made to the SPCA of Central Florida, 2727 Conroy Road, Orlando, FL 32839 in honor of Charles Edward Albine.
Classmate comments:
Thanks for the update. I remember “Eddie”, vaguely, but I do remember him from my time at Colonial and I thank you for your updates and this one in particular.
God Bless and take care,
Dwight Hale
Thank you so much for sending this and the attached link. It was a sweet tribute and a full picture of a life lived well.
I so appreciate your loving attention in keeping us all close despite the years and the distance.
Linda Murdaugh Ward
From John Edmunds, CHS Band Director- Re: Ken Dickson, Class of 1965
Lee Ann:
Last November I emailed to Rochelle the attached documents about Ken Dickson's death that I received from his wife. I asked her to pass this info on to the CHS alums. It may have escaped my notice, but I don't recall seeing Ken's name listed among recent decedents in
your report this year. If I'm wrong, please forgive. Otherwise, you might want to use this info in a subsequent report.
Best,
John
Hello everyone and Merry Christmas
Ok, we know last year we just couldn’t seem to get cards or the letter out. This year, we are trying to get this done earlier. This year has really been busy, wonderful, and stressful. I must say we love Waycross and still happy to be in a smaller and less stressful city. We have a
new granddaughter, born October 21st, and of course we are very proud. Her name is Sara, named for my mom, which is very special to us. Jeremy loves his baby sissy, but did not know he would have to share her with Papa and Mima. We have to make sure he gets his
attention. John and Lilly and kids live in Jacksonville which is a one hour drive so we are happy. John works for the railroad now and seems to have handled being retired from the Navy just fine.
David and Lucy are doing well. They have now started a shelter for farm animals like goats, pigs, chickens, etc. Their present this year should be animal food.
Kimberly and Jason are doing well. They did experience sadness in the loss of two of their pets Katy and Jacque. However, they now have a new addition and a playmate for Grommet. Molly is also a Chinese crusted but instead of being hairless, she is full of fur and should
be an interesting and fun experience as they have decided to let them breed.
Now we get to us. J.D. and I remain very active and enjoy our jobs. We seem to be destined to be very physical in our choice of work. J.D. has had a reoccurrence of a condition we saw about four years ago called atrial fibrillation. This is an electrical problem with the upper
chamber of the heart that seems to misfire occasionally causing an irregular heartbeat. As before, all the tests done show a very healthy heart and arteries so like he says, “My problem is electrical not plumbing”. There is a new procedure called a catheter ablation that was
available four years ago, but he wouldn’t let them do it until hundreds instead of dozens were being done. One of the other benefits of living so close to Jacksonville is Saint Vincent’s hospital. They are the best at this procedure and specialize in it. We will be having it done on
the 18th of this month. Depending on how it goes, he should be released to go home the next day and back to work immediately. This will be good for us because all who know J.D. know how he dislikes being on medication. So we are just leaving all this in the hands of the
doctors and the Lord. Worrying about him, I have had some problems with unexplained symptoms such as rashes on my face and swollen eyelids. We both seem to be a mess, however we are still laughing about it all. Being able to work and play with the grandkids is what
is keeping us sane.
We pray everyone has a blessed Christmas, and a wonderful New Year.
Love,
Peggy and J.D. (Dayton)
From Diane Cope Phillips:
I don't have any pictures to contribute, but I wanted to tell you what a good time I had at the reunion. It was wonderful to see friends and get a chance to catch up with their lives since I had seen them last. I'm already looking forward to our 50th!
Since graduation in '64, I attended FSU for 3 years and, after marrying Tom in 1967, got a BA in English from Valdosta State University in 1969. After graduation I was hired by the District School Board in Madison and began to teach 7th and 9th grade English. I taught 7th and
8th grade English at our middle school for 20 years and then transferred to our county high school where I taught honors and gifted English and Advanced Placement Literature for the next 15 years. Tom and I both retired from teaching in 2004. He taught biology, anatomy &
physiology, and microbiology at our local community college for 37 years. We both continue to work part time--he with our local hospital handling the micro in the lab where he's worked for almost 40 years, while I work part time with the gifted students at our high school. We
both enjoy that and it keeps us connected with our friends.
We have two sons Scott (36) and Todd (31) who are married and they have given us two of the most wonderful granddaughters ever--Cadence who is 6 and Olivia who is 3 months old. Both boys and their families live in the Orlando area so we get to visit them when we go
down to Orlando to see my mom. Scott is the drummer for Creed (reunited for a summer tour this year) and Alter Bridge and Todd works for Starwood Resorts and drums in his band 4 Years Past in his spare time.
We are avid Seminoles attending all the home games and, although our team has fallen on hard times in the 2000s, we have to believe that we'll regain our glory days of 14 seasons of top 5 finishes at some point in time!
My dad passed away in Orlando earlier this year of Lewy Body Dementia and that has been such a tough transition for my mom and me. We travel to Orlando at least once a month to spend time with her, and both of the boys and their wives are very helpful to her as well.
Thanks for all the work you did on the reunion and this wonderful website. I'll keep looking for Sandra Stonebreaker and let you know if I can track her down.
Love,
Dianne Cope Phillips
Eddie Albine's passing as taken from the Orlando Sentinel
Charles Edward Albine, "Eddie", passed away Saturday, Sept. 26th at the age of 63 at his home in Orlando surrounded by family, after fighting brain cancer for the last fifteen months. After leaving his family's loving arms he was received by his Heavenly Father, his parents,
John and Ruth Albine, who passed away some years ago and a brother, who died in childbirth prior to his birth. Eddie was a great animal lover and was also met at the Rainbow Bridge by all of the pets he had loved and lost over the years. Born in Connellsville, PA on March
31, 1946, he and his family moved to Central Florida when he was three months old. He attended school, lived and worked as a computer engineer in Orlando all of his life. Eddie met his wife, Linda while attending college. They were married on Aug. 19, 1967 at Trinity
Lutheran Church in Orlando and celebrated their 42nd wedding anniversary this past August. They had two children, Mike and Shayne. Eddie was always a "hands on" Dad and loved to travel with his kids who were involved with BMX and motorcycle racing. In fact, when he
was in his fifties, Eddie took up racing bikes also. The family also loved to take their boat to the Keys in the summer and did so for the last twenty four years, where they would meet up with friends for several weeks in Islamorada. Captain Ed and Mike worked on and acquired
their captain's license together After retirement, he and his wife (and sometimes their children and their families) spent time between Islamorada and their other home in the mountains of East Tennessee. When his wife, Linda retired two years ago and before he started
having health issues, they purchased a larger boat they could live on and go back and forth to the islands and around the coast of Florida. Family, his pets, friends and fishing were his greatest loves. He was Saint Francis on earth and helped various rescue organizations.
Both of his boats, Tuxedo Spike and War Dance, were named after pets. Eddie was a member of the Central Florida Offshore Fisherman's club and Reformation Lutheran Church. In addition to his wife and children; he is survived by one granddaughter, Gabriela (he would
say "I've got only one granddaughter, but I have the best one " ); his son-in-law, Mark Daly and daughter-in-law Lori Albine- both of whom were like his own kids; his wife's parents, James and Marilou Humphreys; brother-in--law, Lynndel Humphreys; and his pets, Buzz and
Daisy. In fact, Buzz, a large yellow cat, he took in as a kitten, was his constant companion and spent the last nights of Eddie's life here on earth lying next to him on his bed. The Good Lord saw it fit to reel Captain Ed back to Heaven while he was in the process of fighting an all
too common fish called cancer. We are going to miss our husband, father and friend, but we are comforted by the fact that he will no longer have to endure the life that cancer had left him with and rejoice that he is with his Lord and heavenly family. The family will receive
friends on Friday, Oct. 2nd from 6 to 8 p.m. At Woodlawn Funeral Home, Gotha, 407-293-1361. Funeral Services will be Saturday, Oct. 3rd at 2 p.m. At Reformation Lutheran Church, 800 East Michigan Street, Orlando, FL. In lieu of flowers, the family would request that
donations be made to the SPCA of Central Florida, 2727 Conroy Road, Orlando, FL 32839 in honor of Charles Edward Albine.
Classmate comments:
Thanks for the update. I remember “Eddie”, vaguely, but I do remember him from my time at Colonial and I thank you for your updates and this one in particular.
God Bless and take care,
Dwight Hale
Thank you so much for sending this and the attached link. It was a sweet tribute and a full picture of a life lived well.
I so appreciate your loving attention in keeping us all close despite the years and the distance.
Linda Murdaugh Ward
From John Edmunds, CHS Band Director- Re: Ken Dickson, Class of 1965
Lee Ann:
Last November I emailed to Rochelle the attached documents about Ken Dickson's death that I received from his wife. I asked her to pass this info on to the CHS alums. It may have escaped my notice, but I don't recall seeing Ken's name listed among recent decedents in
your report this year. If I'm wrong, please forgive. Otherwise, you might want to use this info in a subsequent report.
Best,
John
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