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| Recent Year Losses Over the past years, information has been provided us about classmates who are deceased. Each time a new name surfaces, it is a personal loss for us. These people were good friends that we grew up with. We defnitely will miss them.
Very sorry to report to you of the death of our classmate, Sarah Elizabeth “Betty” Turnage Raffanti. I’m told that Betty (as she was known to us back in 1956) suffered with cancer for nine years before passing away on April 15, 2010. She is survived by her husband of many years, Jimmy; daughters Denise Santucci and Vicki Clark; brothers Mark and Bill Turnage; her son Christopher Raffanti; and numerous grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Betty was buried in Memorial Park Cemetery in Memphis.
Ruth (McWilliams) McCormick reports that Carolyn (Blackwell) Blackburn died over twenty years ago in Arlington, Texas. Ruth had no additional information. Though this is very old news, all of us can join in the remembrance of Carolyn
George Monroe Moreland II, 71, was born in New Orleans, LA, December 1, 1937 to Anna Benandi Moreland and George R. Moreland. George graduated from Central High School and Memphis State University. He was a member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity at Memphis State. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Carol Ann Moreland, daughter, Cindy Zamora, son, George M. (Chip) Moreland III, Daughter-in-Law, Cindy Moreland, his four grandchildren; Alaina Geissler, Averie Kunz, Meredith Moreland, George Hays Moreland, sister, Marlene Nagel, brother-in-law, Bill Dowdy, and his wife Linda. George spent his career in the insurance industry beginning with General Adjustment Bureau and later continued his career as an executive with E. H. Crump and Companies. One of George’s passions was baseball. He began coaching little league baseball at Mullins United Methodist Church and continued through his long time association with Memphis Tiger Youth Baseball. He served as President of the Tiger organization for 14 years and was serving as President Emeritus at the time of his death. His pride and joy was keeping Gagliano and Sowell baseball fields in tip top shape. George was also very active in Civitan International serving as Club President, Valley District Governor, Area Director, and was currently Governor-at-large. He was also Field Representative for Civitan International. He was responsible for building many Civitan clubs including; Collierville, Germantown, Olive Branch, Southaven, Mt. Juliet, Ohio County, Pleasant View, and Martin. He was currently working on a new Cordova club. George was a member of Alpha Delta Kappa Men’s Association and had many loving friends in Alpha Delta Kappa Honorary Teacher’s Sorority. George was a long time member of Mullins United Methodist Church. He was a great husband, father, grandfather, and friend. His warm, friendly, outgoing personality and positive attitude will be remembered always
We also learned that Robert “Buddy” Green, 71, of Collierville, passed away suddenly on July 20, 2009. Buddy was a proud member of Collierville United Methodist Church where he was an active part of the Men’s Prayer Breakfast and the Open Door Sunday School Class. He was also a very involved member of the Collierville Civitan Club where he served as past-president. Buddy graduated from Central High School and attended Memphis State University. He worked dutifully for Dover Elevator for 43 years which took him to Kansas City, MO, St. Louis, MO, Lexington, KY and finally back to Memphis. Buddy also enjoyed a second career selling real estate for John Green Realtors. Buddy leaves behind a treasured wife of 48 years, Sandy Green. He is also survived by their daughter, Melinda Stidham (Ray) of Strafford, MO and son, Mark Green (Susan) of Collierville, TN as well as six cherished grandchildren: Heather, Ben, Taylor, Hannah, Jack, and Jacob and three great-grandchildren Zoey, Bailey, and Alison.
Sadly, David also informed us that our classmate, Jay Horne is deceased. This information came to David from Diann Davis, Jay's ex-wife, who, incidentally, is a member of the CHS Class of 1957. If anyone has more details on Jay's death, please let us know. Our condolences go out to Jay's family and friends It's hard to learn about these events, however, most of us would like to know. |
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