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Hello Again! I went for an X-Ray at the Hospital on Thursday, and they said my Pelvis is healed , but they told me it will take 3 more months before I will have the balance & stamina I had before my "Slip & Fall." So maybe we'll schedule our next trip to Richmond for Springtime! My attack of Covid is also over! I saw your photos of the "80th Birthday Party" for Tee Jay's "Class of 1962!" I hope everybody had a good time! Have a wonderful Thanksgiving & Holiday Season & we'll plan for another attempt sometime in 2025 !!!

10/26/24 07:19 PM

#1189

Anne Ferrell Smith (Lanier)

Marilyn, I'm glad to hear you are over COVID and healing from your fall. I felt it was a terrific reunion. Melvin was a great host at HCC and MC, Bobby and Frank shared wonderful memories and a blessing. For one of the first time I got to chat with everyone. I hope others will share photos. They can upload them to the '62 Turns 80 photo gallery or send them to me as attachments to an email..

Mike.floyd@ Va. metrocast.net

10/28/24 08:19 AM

#1190

I just loved seeing the pictures you posted! Especially with the captions telling us who the people were. For those of us who couldn't make it, but were there in spirit, i thank you for that! We were a lucky class to have those who have kept us together and I am so thankful for that!

10/28/24 01:34 PM

#1191

Today, I have a special message for the class. As Frank Louthan pointed out during our reunion farewell breakfast, we are blessed to be part of this group of friends called the Class of 1962. Jon Armstrong, the husband of Brenda Jenkins Armstrong, was operated on for a brain tumor last week. The doctors feel good about the surgery, but they are waiting for the MRIs and CT scans to verify that all went well as planned. I ask that you pray for good results and hold Brenda and Jon in your thoughts and prayers.

Please, if you know of a classmate who needs prayers or assistance, use the website to let us know.

Thank you,

Mike Floyd, Webmaster

Thomas Jefferson High School

Class of 1962

11/15/24 02:19 PM

#1192

Brenda Hollins (Grubbs)

Thank you for all the birthday wishes and for the wonderful get together for all of us who turned 80!

11/16/24 04:10 PM

#1193

Hello, Again, Classmates! Well, I survived my 3 Kidney Stones in June, my "Slip & Fall" & "Rehab"in July-August-September, COVID in October, & in November, I had a Root Canal at a local Dentist's Office here in Yuma, plus that of an Oral Surgeon! They tell me next on the list will be the Removal of ONE of my Widom Teeth! I guess "Growing Old Has Its Drawbacks!"

"The Secret to my Survival" has been some delicious Homemade Soup made by my Daughter's friend, who managed the Kitchen at the Elementary School which Sammy attended & where Rachael worked as a Teacher-Aide. This lady throws a bunch of different Vegetables & Chicken in a pot on the stove and the soup is LOADED with Vitamins! I think, to date, she has probably made 4 BIG pots of Soup for me to enjoy between September & November! Her recipe is MUCH BETTER than "The Meds" I was taking! I think maybe she should market it!

My Granddaughter, Sammy, passed on her Title of "The First Miss Ocean to Ocean" to one of her Colleagues a few weeks ago. "The New Young Lady" to hold that Title is one of Sammy's co-workers at the Yuma TV- Station! Another Tradition has begun!

It's 50-60 degrees at night here and 70-80 degrees in the afternoon. Winters here don't get colder than 30 degrees, just like they were in Richmond, long ago!

I hope the Thanksgiving Holiday ahead is filled with love and laughter for all my Classmates, and that everyone will be happy & healthy when they sit around the table together!

Thanks for all your good wishes! I am still working on my "Art Book" and hope to have AT LEAST the section about Richmond done by December! Progress has been slow with all these interruptions, but I am "back at work again!"

PS - Our Daughter Amy has a New Job Raising Funds for "The Food Bank of Tucson!"

Mar-

11/27/24 02:36 AM

#1194

This 4-Day Weekend will be very busy, so I wanted to take the time to say to everybody: "I hope you have a Happy Thanksgiving with your Family & Friends!" Our Kids will all be here in Yuma, & we ALL need to take some time to Rest & Revive, because this has been "A Long Year!" I hope things are going well for ALL OF YOU!

11/27/24 02:42 AM

#1195

12/14/24 08:50 PM

#1196

Sadly, I lesrn today that Jon Armstrong, husband of Brenda Jenkins Armstrong, has passed away. Brenda and Jon had planned on attending the '62 Turns 80 Reunion Birthday, but unfortunately Jon's health prevented this. Jon was a wonderful person and we will miss him. Please keep Brenda and her family in your thoughts and prayers.

12/25/24 06:59 PM

#1197

Brenda Jenkins (Armstrong)

I hope everybody has a Merry Christmakah & Happy Hanukakas!

12/26/24 07:33 AM

#1198

I would like to thank all who expressed their condolences upon the passing of my husband, Jon.
There is a huge void in my life I need to learn to live with . Fifty nine years of marriage preceded by a five year courtship, we were blessed.
Happy New Year to everyone coast to coast and abroad.
Brenda Jenkins Armstrong

12/26/24 01:44 PM

#1199

Dear Brenda,

I just want to extend my condolences regarding the loss of you husband. Your marriage of 59 years was certainly built on a foundation of love and understanding. How wonderful to have had such a long relationship. Please know you are in my thoughts and prayers.

12/28/24 10:08 AM

#1200

Hi folks, Happy New Year's to everyone. Please update my email to rflammia7303@gmail.com

01/04/25 02:04 PM

#1201

Linda Fiske (Wehrle)

Had to get a new phone and figure it out . Wishing everyone a very safe and Happy New Year .
Linda

02/08/25 06:35 PM

#1202

This website somehow sent me a message just now from 4 years ago, so I guess that means I should write something more current! For the past 10 months, I have been inspired by several TJ classmates who have published books, to write one of my own. In between 3 Kidney Stones last June, a Broken Pelvis in late July through October, and my first case of Covid in November, I have managed to put together about 85 pages of photos and writing about my beautiful Home Town, Richmond, and each time I think I am done, my Associate Professor at Arizona State University tells me I'm NOT, and many changes and edits need to be made! I have a fantasy in my head of finishing this thing, graduating from ASU, coming to Richmond for a visit, and distributing copies of my book, which will be printed there. But that won't be happening for a while, because I "need to do more work," according to my Supervisor!

(It's my 3rd rewrite for her, and probably the 10th rewrite for me! It's probably a good thing that I never sought a Master's Degree in Art History, because this has been a long, long ride of 10 years, DOUBLE the time I spent on each of my previous University Degrees. "I'm just doing this for fun, to fill up my Senior Years!" I said. But it seems to be "A Never-Ending Story!" Maybe someday, it will end, and I can "have fun again, instead!")

Our beautiful Granddaughter, Sammy, has accepted a new Job in Las Vegas and will be moving there in March. We will have to drive there & back - 4 hours each way - to see her, because there is no airplane from here to there. She will give up her position as "Anchor" for the local TV News, which she has held here for the past several years, and will spend her first year there doing "Produc-tion," instead of showing her pretty face in front of the camera. Then later, she will learn how to do News Reports "their way," and we will probably have to watch her on the Internet again.

But she will receive a higher salary, and she will be living in a bigger city with a young population, so she is eager to leave her hometown. I guess she is "my opposite," because "My Heart is STILL in Richmond."

I wish I could just "wave a magic wand" & get on a plane right now, but fate has other plans for me. I will be "in touch" with any other news as it happens!

Our Older Daughter, Rachael (age 57), is working on another local Fundraising Project in Yuma, and her Sister, Amy (who just turned 55 on Wednesday), is happy as the new Fundraising Director the Tucson Food Bank, while her husband, Martin, is doing the same kind of work for the Jewish Museum of Tucson.

Stay Healthy, Everybody, until I see you again!

All's well here! What's new out there?

04/17/25 03:09 AM

#1203

How come nobody has written on this page this year, except Linda and me?

At age 80-1/2, I survived the Removal of my Upper Right Wisdom Tooth, but it took 4 weeks to recuperate! My "Reward" was "A Weekend in Las Vegas" with my Older Daughter and my Granddaughter! It was like traveling to Europe in 3 days! Thursday night, we ate a Chinese Dinner and took a long walk on the "Strip" by "The Dancing Waters." Friday morning, we toured the TV News Studio, followed by a light Lunch, and later, an Italian Dinner, followed by a visit to a magnificent Garden, surrounded by water falling down like rain into several pools, and "Flying" sculptures of Birds, Butterflies, and Bees, each created out of Flowers! And on Saturday night, we ate at a Restaurant on the Landing of the "Close-to-the-Real-Thing-Eiffel-Tower," then took an Uber from an Imitation- "Arc de Triumph," to see a "Music Concert" in a HUGE Theatre with 4 balconies. The Star was "Carrie Underwood," and it was a loud & peppy Concert to remember! On the way home, we visited an Israeli Store and bought some "Goodies" for Passover, then ate lunch in a Jewish Deli. We indulged in the menus of Four Different Cultures over 4 different days. And since "The Younger Generation" does not appreciate "The Oldies," my Daughter and I listened to songs by "Smokey Robinson" on the radio, all the way home in her car!

We celebrated Passover with about 2 dozen others, some from the State of Israel, some from California, and some from Yuma. I'm enjoying several boxes of Matza this week, along with a few jars of Beet Borscht and Gefilte Fish! When I finally finish my "Gastronomical Adventure," it will be Sunday, and time to greet the Magical "Bunny!" Happy Easter, Everybody!

04/17/25 02:48 PM

#1204

Carlin Hudgins (Hanzas)

Marilyn, no one has posted lately because they don’t have any exciting news like you do. The last six months I have had Shingles and Kidney stones. I don't travel anymore and am really feeling my age now. I enjoy reading your posts. Happy Passover!! Keep on posting!!

Carlin (Cokey)

04/17/25 04:27 PM

#1205

Hi Cokey & Marilyn, I had both shingles and a kidney stones and know what it's like. It wasn't fun. After my cousin's wife had an extremely bad case of shingles, I decided to get the shingles vaccine. No side affects. I hope all is well. I've read that one of things you can do to prevent kidney stones is to drink plenty of water.

I hope bothe of you are now doing well.

04/17/25 05:02 PM

#1206

Hey folks, we are beginning to sound like really old people talking about their ailments. Just before Christmas, I was in Williamsburg and started to have chest, then back, and then jaw pains. Harriette took me to the emergency room. The stress test done three days later showed my heart was in great condition with less than a 10% chance of having a cardiac issue. But a CT scan showed a mass on my lung. Since then, I have been undergoing various tests to determine if I have lung cancer.

My Pulmonologist is Dr. Dan Grinnan, Jr., our classmates Dan & Kay Grinnan's son. They did a PET scan on 2/27 and a CT scan on 4/4 to guide a Bronchoscopy on 4/11. Dan and his partner compared the CT from 4/4 to the PET from 2/27 and called me on the afternoon of 4/10 to tell me the Bronchoscopy would not be necessary. The mass had shrunk, and the cancer doesn't shrink by itself. Dan had always suspected that it was a pneumonia scar and not lung cancer. They determined the area of concern was not cancer. This ended four months of not knowing, worring and wondering. What a wonderful Easter/Passover miracle. Thanks for your prayers to all of my friends on both coast and the few classmates and their spouses that knew.

04/17/25 07:57 PM

#1207

Carlyn - So sorry you are suffering with two things I suffered through! Russell is correct! Drinking lots of water would have saved me a trip to the hospital ! (I didn't figure it out until it was "too late!") I caught Shingles once long ago, & gettting the shot would have prevented that also! Hope you feel better soon! . . . Mike, I'm so glad to hear you are "out of danger!" I never know what is going on there in Richmond, unless somebody sends me an email or writes on this page! Please stay well !

04/18/25 10:27 PM

#1208

Bob Bayliss

Message to Mike Floyd. I was a teammate with Dan Grumman, Sr. (TJ basketball). Decades later I recruited Dan, Jr. for my Notre Dame tennis team, but lost out to Davidson. Not surprised to learn that he is an excellent doctor! Small world.

04/19/25 12:01 PM

#1209

Carlin Hudgins (Hanzas)

Thanks, Russell , Marilyn and Mike for your informative posts. Update, I have an appointment on Thursday to have a stent put in my urethra to widen it to make sure the passage of kidney stones easier to pass. This getting old stuff is not for sissies. Glad you guys are feeling better.

Carlin

04/19/25 12:41 PM

#1210

We will keep you in our prayers. I've only had one kidney stone, but they really hurt when they are moving. Sounds like your doctor want to keep you healthy and safe. Bobby Bayliss it is great having Dan as my Doctor. Not many Doctors will give you the personal cell phone number in case of an emergency. First time I used it I texted his Dad by mistake. We miss his mom.

Mike

04/19/25 05:46 PM

#1211