Photos from past Buckner Orphans Home Homecomings. Photos by George Camppbell

3. Doris Hill 64’
Barbara
Stephens 61’
Virgie Kirby 74’ Vernon Horsley 50’
Mary
Turner 51’
Eva Nell
Turner 50’ Jerre Simmons & Mr. Hyden
1950

4. Beverly Don Ritchie Tom
James 67’ 1958 Garefalos 53’
Sunday Service 2007

6. Laverne Pingel Mary Allen Virginia Day Ken Norman
4th Grade Teacher
Barham 59’ 1946 1961
James Lauren Wanette Dave Peel
McMillen 41’ Holloman 70’ Holloman 72’ 1961

7. Dessie
Hardin 50’
Gracie Hunter
Distinguished Alumnus Award Mr. & Mrs. Neal Knighton
Distinguished Employee 2007
2007

8. Marie Cearley 1961 Bob Newsom 56’
[award for her cooking]
Sunday Speaker 2006

9. Linda Kay Claudine Frances Fulton Jack Ballard
Owens 1967 1954 1951 1952
Nell
Hancock 55’
Mary Belle Robert
Hal Golden Arla Adams
Seal 60’ Hancock 61’
1961 1975

11. Hal Golden
Marie Cearley Inez Cearley Marie Cearley
1961 1959 H L Bangs
Wint Seal Louise Dancer Class of 1960
1957 1957

12. Bob Gulley Charles Cindy Don Jones
1956 Annis 1965 Bednarski 64 1959
Floyd Ed Ray
John Packrat Robert
Hutson 59’ Miller 1958
Ballew 60’ Bleakley 50’

13. Buell Johnson “Cotton” Dorothy Pitts Frances
1960 Barfield 57 1958 Weber 1958
Ella Harper Jimmy Sims Susanne Sims J D Griffin
1972 1958 1956

14. Fern Mitchell Joe Gordon John Jimmy Allen
Teacher Powell 1958 Ratcliff 55’ 1966
James Charles Eary
Rayford Lewis Sammy Sims
Hawkins 55’ 1956
1959 1955

15. Mary Curda Ralph Mary Ramsey Betty Smith
1949 Ramsey 57’ 1964
Fern Horsley Billie Joe Edward Bob Ritchie
46’ Stanley 48’ Stanley 52’ 1956

16. Mr. and Mrs. Weldon
McElreath “Distinguished
Alumnus of the Century”
Bobbi Richardson 50’
Michelle Oswald
Bobby Baker 50’
Thomas Oswald
Jerri Graves
1972
50’

17. LuLu Roman Doris Ridge Garland Puitt George
1964 1944 1956 McLeod 44’
Peggy Ms. Barham
Emma Pollard Verda Giles
Briscoe 64’ Houseparent
1964 1954

18. Cindi Bednarski Bea McKeehen
Cheryl McKeehen Allen Hartless
Jimmy Smith Emma Pollard
Sally Hawkins
Class of 1961
James Newsom, H L Bangs,
Roy Powell, Linda Wilcox, A D
Hawkins, Cheryl McKeehen,
Plethora of Inmates Bessie Dancer, Ken Norman, &
Barbara Stephens

19. Billy Ed Geary Laird Leonard Mildred
Taylor 50’ 1970 Corcoran 56’ Mallette 49’
Little Martha Joy McLeod Milnor Oswald Hattie Gibbs
Terry 60’ 1944 1975 1959

20. Sitting: Beverly Rose and husband, Ann Watts and husband (Harold)
Dorothy Pitts & husband (Darryl) 2nd Row: Jimmie Burkhalter, Marilyn
Pilkington, Frances Weber, Ed Ray Miller, Bobby Gulley, Jimmy Sims,
James Lunday and wife, Patsy Edmondson and husband. 3rd Row:
Jimmie's husband, Patty Johnson, Donald Ray Ritchie, Ed Ray's wife.

21. Mary Lou Billy Carolyn Buddy Mayo Curtis Troy
Griffin 64’ Wood 57 & 59 1960 1962
Mike Martin
1971 Patsy Adams Harold Tommy
1956 Campbell 50’ Vaughan 56’

22. Johnnie Wayne Patty Eliz Barfield
Donelson 70’ Hamrick 49’ Johnson 58’ 1956’
Bessie Dancer Bill Annis Bill Fulton Judy Griffin
1961 1967 1959 1960

23. Raymond
H L Bangs “Super Baby” Wanda King Margie King
1961 Lewis 65’ 1961 1959
Pete Campbell Roger Richard Jimmy Smith
1952 Herrington 64’ Bednarski 67’ 1960

24. Class of 1959
Jimmy Smith, Carol Sikes, Orene Watts,
Buena Herrington, & Buddy Mayo Suspicious Inmates
Gracie Hunter 64’
Church Service Ken Norman 61’
Cindy Bednarski 64’

25. 1st: Jimmie Burkhalter , Beverly
Rose, Patty Johnson.
Yes, this is our own
2nd: Dorothy Pitts & Ed Ray Jack Ballard 1952
Miller.

26. Class of 1959 Mast Sisters
Cheryl
McKeehen
Roy Powell 1961
Style Show of 2003 1961

27. McElroy

28. Football Champs 1937
Inmates of 1938
District Champs 1937 District Champs 1938

29. Letter Jacket Winners 1946 Buckner Choir 48’
Class of 1947 1947-48

30. 1952 1953
Class of 1952 District Champs 1951

31. 1940
District Champs [8-2 Record]
Backfield: James McMullen, Henry Curl,
Raymond Wood, and Carl Farris.
1949 Line: Sherwood Beauchamp, Prentice
[8-2] Outscored District Opponents 173-20 Phemister, Earl Dukworth, Jesse Farris,
1ST Row: L. Tate, L. Mangum, Jerry Nash,
nd
Robert Bearden, Marvin Burns & L. Brown.
Thurman Shurtleff, C. Bland, W.L. Smith. 2 Row:
R. Trantham, J. Lookadoo, I. Henslee, E. Stanley,
C. Cutshall, C. May, F. Hardin. 3rd Row: R. Stevens,
B. Houston, Vance Horsley, Willis Grayson, J.
Taylor, F. Day, B. Baker, M. Alexander. 4th Row: H.
Campbell, E. Smith, Vernon Horsley, C. Corcoran,
R. Bleakley, C. Day, R. McKinney. 1st Team All
District: Vance Horsley, Bobby Baker, Harold
Campbell. 2nd Team All District: Vernon Horsley,
Billy Houston 1951
[6-2-1 Record] District Runners-up
1st Row: Rice McLeod, James Lookadoo,
W. L. Smith, Robert McKinney, Jack
Ballard, Charlie Corcoran, Carroll Day.
2nd Row: Thurman Shurleff, Jerry Joe
1941 Nash, Willis Grayson, & James Graves.

32. 1947
Kneeling: Vernon Horsley, Prentice Ward,
Billy Houston, Vance Horsley, Charles May,
1948 Ira Henslee, Billie Joe Stanley, Coach
Greenwood. Standing: Jessie Hardin, Ed
Stanley, Red Stephens, Bob Baker, Harold
Campbell, Obert Long, Wayne Hamrick,
Tommy McWhorter, & Kenneth Thompson.
Pep Squad: Betty Clark, Jimmie
District Champions 48’ Sherrell, & Judy Miller 1948

35. Last Girls Team 60’
1956
District Champs 1958 District Runners-up 59’

36. Last Boys Team 1960 Class of 64’ in 1994
District Runners-up
State Mile Relay Record
Cheerleaders 1940s [3 min., 36 sec. 1956]

37. Cheerleaders 1957 6th Grade 1956
Judy Griffin, Patty Johnson, Frances
Weber, & Beatrice Hamm
James Pritchett, Tommy
Green, & Billy Chipman
Hauling Hay Mr. McKee inspects Watermelon Time

38. Virginia Gilbert, Carolyn Wood, Judy Griffin, Ken Norman,
Mary Lou Griffin, Little Martha Terry, and Gracie Hunter.

39. Got to get
away from
Joe Wood!