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Mike Floyd

Russell requested that I post this for him.  It is a YouTube video.  You will have to wait to skip the preceeding commercial. The link it below.

Mike

Hi folks, this morning as I was finishing breakfast, this song poped up on Jackie's telephone.  Given our age, this song which just was released last month, has special meaning to me and others our age.  The voice of Eddie Dalton the singer is touching. Enjoy!

Russell

Another Day Old (Offical Lyric Video)  Eddie Dalton

Anne Ferrell Smith (Lanier)

Yesterday I posted on Dickie Laster's page, asking him if he is O.K. and is still surviving over there in Jerusalem.   Now I realize that there is probably no internet connection there for him to even GET that message.  It takes me awhile to think things through . . .  

Dickie and I were good friends and when Billy Hatfield, my late husband, was going through many troubles while enrolled in TC Williams law school,  Dickie, also a student there,  was so supportive and kind to him .  I will never forget it.  

If anyone in the class knows about Dickie, I sure would like to hear from them.  

I send my love to all of the members of our class who are still with us . . . .       Anne Ferrell Hatfield Lanier    

Mike Floyd

Sady, I just learned that Billy Collin's older brother Bobby, TJ Class of 1961 passed away on June 25, 2026.

Russell Flammia

      I knew Billy's older brother (Bobby, TJ '61) since we all ran track together. At that time there were four runners on the mile relay team with the name Collins, Billy & Bobby,  and twins Bill & Jim. So when the paper printed the results it would print Mile Relay team of Collins, Collins, Collins, & Collins. Kinda neat!

      I saw Bobby about 2 months ago and I could tell from his apperance that he was having some health issues. From time to time we would see Bobby & his wife Jean at the Mathews Yacht Club. 

Rest In Peace Bobby.

William Anderson

The Collins brothers were neighbors or ours and were fine gentlemen.

Rest in peace friends.

Frank Louthan

Bobby Collins, Billy's older brother, encouraged Billy and me into a number of things.  Johnny Bogan (TJ 1960?) lived next door to Bobby and Billy on Toddsbury Road, and Johnny had a stop watch.  In the spring of 1959 they marked off 50 yards on Toddsbury, and Bobby encouraged me to try.  Johnny was the fastest, Billy and Bobby next fastest.  Come to find out our times were competitive with guys on the TJ track team!  A few weeks later in a phys ed class I entered the quarter mile and qualified(?) for a meet at Douglas Freeman HS  for people like me who were not on a track team.  It was a disaster:  I went our too fast and collapsed on the track 40 yards short of the finish line.  But things got better, and I am so glad that I entered that race on Toddsbury Road, due in part to Bobby Collins' encouragement.

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

Hello, Everybody!  I can't believe it's my Birthday & I am STILL here to celebrate it!

This has been a very strange year!  I've been going to Physical Therapy twice per week, & for each visit,                something else hurts!   "Growing Older" is NOT my favorite Pastime!"

Rachael is 58-1/2 years old & neither I nor my Sister in New York can keep up with her. She recently             caught a plane to NYC to see "The Final Concert of Jon Bon Jovi," and then back again in a few days.

Amy is busy organizing Fundraising campaigns for "The Food Bank of Southern Arizona, and she & her                Team drive around to the little owns near Tucson, Arizona,  to deliver the food so people won't starve.            Grocery Prices here in Yuma have TRIPLED recently & I'm glad I only shop once per month, because            TWICE per month would use up "A Big Hunk" of my Social Security Check.

My Granddaughter, Sammy, has been working in Public Relations for the past several months.  She has              her own clients and handles their Event Publicity.

Last Fall, Sammy met a new Boyfriend on an online "Matching Site," and he is ADORABLE!  They have              visited Yuma together several times & we have seen his HUGE family of 3 Generations about 4 times            already!  We are SO FORTUNATE that she found him and them!  Sammy is now Job-Searching, so                she can move to California to be near him. ("Leaving Las Vegas" was NOT "Just the Title of a Movie!")

Nothing much is new with me, except "Trying to get from Day to Day!!!"

We went to California for our Annual 4th of July Trip, & enjoyed it very much. If things go well for Sammy,           we will be making A LOT MORE visits there!

(She will fulfill the dream I had of living there, since I was about 10 years old !                                                   Joel & I attempted that move in 1988, but we were both told that our NATIONAL CERTIFICATION in our         several Professions would NOT be accepted there, and after 40 years of work, we would have to be "Super-   vised ALL OVER AGAIN!  California has very strange requirements to live there!)

THANKS FOR THE BIRTHDAY WISHES!  Sorry I have been "Out of Touch" for so long!

Mar--

Russell Flammia

Hi Marilyn,

                I enjoyed reading about Rachael & Sammy, having met them several years ago when you all came to Richmond. Tell Rachel to keep on moving! I hope everything works out for Sammy, she's a wonderful young Lady.  Take care.

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

Thanks, Russell!  Good News!  Sammy has moved to California, to work as Assistant Director of Hillel, the Jewish Student Organization, at the University of California at San Diego. She & her Boyfriend don't have to travel from State-to-State anymore, & we are very happy for them!

After a 3-year "break," Rachael, Amy, & I made a 7-day trip to Chicago last week & we were lucky to see 7 of my Husband's Cousins, & 1 of Rachael's High-School Friends. We also visited the Art Institute of Chicago, The New Obama Center,& Ravinia Musical Festival, where they played the "1812 Overture."  We stopped to see Joel's plot, & the area is very well kept in perpetual care.  

Now I am  home again, drying out in the Arizona Desert, after a week of rain in Chicago!

Russell Flammia

Hi Marilyn, I'm sorry for taking so long to get back to you. I'm glad your trip to Chicago was so nice. I'm happy to hear about Sammy's new job. She's got a lot of potential & is such a nice young lady. Hope to see you at the reunion luncheon Oct. 24th. We can make Rachael an honary member of the class of '62.  Best Wishes

Peggy Smith (Robins)

To our fellow classmates: My dear friend, Jane Norwood Boykin had a stroke in the springtime.  She is in a nursing home and hoping to get some good rehabilitation for improvement.  If you would like to send her a card, I am sure it would uplift her spirits.  The address is: Spring Arbor of Salisbury, 14001 Turnberry Lane, Room 213, Midlothian, VA 23113.   Thank you in advance for your responses, love to all, Peggy Smith Robins

Russell Flammia

Thanks for letting us know about Jane. I know she will be glad to get the cards and the thoughtful messages.

Anne Ferrell Smith (Lanier)

Oh Peggy!  I am so sorry to read this.  I will cetainly send her a card.  thanks for letting us know.  I hope you and Alex are doing well.  love Anne Ferrell 

Mary Draney (Murray)

Sending a card as soon as possible. Let us know if we can send anything else.

Mike Floyd

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Judy Marmion (Gw '62) (Jones)

I enjoyed reading Bobby's trip down memory lane. I feel blessed that I was able to travel across the river to make new friends at Albert Hill and TeeJay. Lots of great people and memories. 

Anne Ferrell Smith (Lanier)

Oh how I wish I could come to the reunion lunch !   But we are a 5 hour drive away from Richmond and dont have the stamina any more to drive that far!  I know others are in the same boat.  My thoughts will be with you.  Please take lots of pictures and post them.  And if you do, identify who the people are!!  

This is a wonderful website in itself, and allows all of us who are still here to keep in touch.  It means a lot to me!!   Many thanks to those who make it happen!    Anne Ferrell  

Mike Floyd

The 3 Amigos having lunch at Urbanna Seafood & Raw Bar.  John McDaniel, Joe Tuck & Mike Floyd. We all went to Albert Hill and started Tee Jay together before they got moved to George Wythe.  We all also started working for Aetna at the same time.

Russell Flammia

Great picture! Keep rolling guys!

Bob Bayliss

Glad you cleared up the names on the photo, Mike. I had guessed it was from a previous issue of Playgirl Magazine!

Bobby 

Russell Flammia

Funny thing  Bobby, I thought the photo was the class of '62 Chippendale Dancers, retired.

Mike Floyd

We've got better looking legs, and a lot less hair.

Marilyn Wolfe (Ruben)

So sorry I will not be able to make the trip for the Luncheon next weekend!

I am still trying to get enough energy to get through an entire day without a nap!

If somebody is offering shots there to prevent Pneumonia or the Flu, get some!

There have been several cases in Yuma with results that were NOT GOOD!

Enjoy your Luncheon!!!

    -Mar-

Russell Flammia

I hope you are feeling better soon. We'll send you photos. Miss you, Russell

Russell Flammia

Just a reminder the address of the Olive Garden Resturant for lunch today is 7113 West Broad Street