It was roughly sixty years ago when the young men and women turned their tassles, gathered their diplomas and walked out of Jonesboro-Hodge High School for the last time as a student. For the 23 members of the graduating class of 1961 and 35 from the class of ‘62 and their spouses that gathered at the Family Life Center of the First Baptist Church in Jonesboro this past week, after the long forgotten stories got retold and memories started to be relived, it seemed like just yesterday.

Those attending from the Class of 1961 were: Ann Price Caskey, Virginia Stewart, Theresa Mary Baragona Fortenberry, JoAnn Cummings Reeves, Carolyn Robison, Pat Arender Kent, Linda Freeman, Harriet Irving Halley, Ronnie Carson, Dude Turner, Butch Matthews, Ann Cox Hill, Minne Rasbury Hammons, Carol Ann Gibson Hodges, Marion Rasbury, George McCain, Gary Walsworth, Fred Newman, Mike Brown, Ruth Jordan Hall, Linda Foster, Patricia Heron and Rose Schmidt White

Representing the Class of 1962 was: Enid Barr Melton, Martha Sneed Goza, Charlotte Cooper Harvey, Barbara May Lodge, Karen Keith Compretta, Jolene Hogg Carson, Carole Cruell Fullerton, Carol Butler Massey, Betsy Spell Weatherford, Mary Jean Caraway Standifer, Dianne Odom Davison, J. W. Fain, Wynell Walker Walker, Gilbert Pickens, Chesley Rockett, James Earl Gibson, Chris Holly Newman, Ronnie Michaud, Sonny Hathaway, Dorinda Spurlock Hathaway, Bill Traina, Carla Etter Smith, Edward Caskey, Lynette Culpepper Sandidage, Joyce Arner Jones, Randy Ewing, Gary Black, Mark Kinman, Jim Phillips, Jim Mixon, Jerry Robinson, Prentice Norred, Bill Coorpender, Jimmy Greer and Donnie Womack.