Charles Parker, '47 has been listed as deceased based on an Obituary from the Ledger Enquirer on April 13, 2002.
Ann Christine Schartner, '62 Updated her contact information.
Gary Bender, '65 Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page.
David "Dave" Deno, '65 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page.
Janice G. "Jan" Pait Bolles, '66 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures. I like the new sign in program. Glad we can checkup on one another and remain Baker Lions forever.Thanks for all the hard work our main Lions have done to keep us together.
Mark Timothy "Tim" Weaver, '66 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
Roy Turner "Sunshine" Cook, '68 Revised his @Baker page. Updated personal information. Career change.
Karen L. Horan Gallagher, '68 Updated her e-mail address. Revised her @Baker page.
William R. "Randy" Achey, '70 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures. Randy Achey '70' finally updated his profile after six years.
William E "Bill" Adams, '70 Updated his e-mail address. Revised his @Baker page.
Carolyn Leora Hall Tidd, '70 Updated her e-mail address. Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
George Burns, '72 Updated his contact information.
Virginia Arlene "Gini" Duke Morgan, '72 Uploaded some new pictures.
Billy Kotulan, '72 Updated his e-mail address.
Jennifer Warren Duncan, '73 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Clarence L. Johnson, '74 Updated his e-mail address. Revised his @Baker page.
Mary McKee Cannon, '74 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Wendi Segrest Adkison, '82 Updated her contact information.
Sharon Janelle "Jan" Hudgins Hudgins Clauson, '83 Updated her e-mail address. Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
David B. Otis, '83 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
David Reed, '83 Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. David Reed '83 updated his web page.
Mrs.Dorothy "Dot" Cheatham, We have lost a mother, good friend, and scholl administrator.
.David R. "Catman" Katz, '52 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
David Frederick "Dave" Barth, '62 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
Skip Joiner, '62 Updated his contact information.
Sherry Miller, '62 Revised her @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures. SHERRY MILLER '62 - Updated information recorded with the help of Bob Brown. Photos blurred...but, 'in'! Due to complications of program's that is amazing!!! CLASS OF '62 REUNION COMING UP....GET READY, SHERRY MILLER HAS PULLED OUT THE BATONS AND PLANS TO TWIRL FOR ALUMNI AND CLASSMATES. SHE'S PRACTICING UP! Two fire batons? Maybe.
Bob Herrington, '64 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures.
Pamella J "Pam" Duke Duke Varnon, '65 Updated her e-mail address. Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures.
Cynthia "Cindy" Rush Preston, '65 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Joe Donald Bacchus, '67 Updated his contact information.
Sidney "Sid" Welch, '67 Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Sid Welch checked in with an updated information on his Bio
Shirley Ann Goon Ramsey, '69 Updated her e-mail address. Updated her contact information.
Robert A. "Bob" Allport, '70 Updated his contact information.
Sherry Jackson Jenkins, '70 Revised her @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures.
Jesse "Ray" Gunn, '71 Revised his @Baker page.
Mansfield "Snooky" Bias, '72 Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page.
Marilyn Joyce Todd Flatt, '72 Updated her contact information.
Mary McKee Cannon, '74 Revised her @Baker page.
Nita "Nita" West Jennings, '74 Updated her contact information.
Nina Appleby Koetter, '78 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Kenneth Foxworth, '78 Updated his/her e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
Tami Studenwalt Lucas, '83 Updated her e-mail address. Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Richard Manglona, '84 Updated his contact information.
Young Won, '84 Updated the e-mail address. Updated the contact information. Revised the @Baker page.
.Pamella J "Pam" Duke Duke Varnon, '65 Uploaded some new pictures.
Jacquelyn "Jackie" Johnson Tucker, '66 Updated her contact information.
James "Jim" Pierce, '66 Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page.
James Patrick McCann Burke McCann, '67 Revised her @Baker page.
Debora A Taylor Wood, '70 Updated her e-mail address. Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Virginia Arlene "Gini" Duke Morgan, '72 Uploaded some new pictures.
Linda Carol Williams, '72 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page. I'm a Mommy, again! "Breon Camille" is a two month old (on 5/6/02), one pound black and tan Chihuahua.
Aura Blanco Lawver, '74 Updated her contact information.
Willie Blanco, '77 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
Allen Brown, '77 Updated his contact information.
Gerald L. Clauson, '81 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
Tami Studenwalt Lucas, '83 Revised her @Baker page.
Tami Studenwalt Lucas, '83 Revised her @Baker page.
Richard Manglona, '84 Revised his @Baker page.
Randy Hilton Stinson, '87 Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page.
Nathan "Coach Rustin" Rustin, '-1900 Posted on Sun, May. 12, 2002
Nathan Rustin played football at Alabama for Bear Bryant and looked the part of the nickname himself.
With wide shoulders and an even wider smile, he was equal parts grizzly and teddy bear.
Rustin, 57, died of a heart attack Saturday while cutting his mother's grass. Although he'd had heart problems in recent years, Rustin's death shocked and saddened the high school coaching fraternity on both sides of the Chattahoochee River.
"The thing that bothers me the most," said David Smart, a Columbus High assistant baseball and football coach, "is that I don't know if he really knew how much he meant to me."
Rustin, a starting defensive tackle on Alabama's undefeated 1966 SEC championship team, coached high school football and wrestling for 34 years. He spent the last 27 at Pacelli, where he was head football coach for 24 seasons.
"He was so strong, you'd almost have to kill him to whip him," said Henry Gresham, his football coach when he played at Central-Phenix City.
Gresham recalled an incident one night when Rustin was bringing the Pacelli wrestlers back home from the state tournament. They stopped at a McDonalds and two drunk customers started harassing Rustin. One man in particular kept bothering Rustin, who tried to ignore him.
Then the man started bothering one of the kids. That kid was Smart. That's when Rustin warned the man to leave his boys alone.
"The man took a swing at him and I'm telling you Coach Rustin just leveled him," Smart said. "Then he told the manager, 'You better get him out of here or I might kill him.' "
The McDonalds employees applauded.
"The other guy said, 'Fred, you done picked the wrong one,' " Smart said.
The man foolishly took another swing. Rustin leveled him again. The police came and arrested the drunk.
"Coach Rustin didn't want any trouble," Smart said. "He was just protecting his kids."
Rustin was remembered as a coach who could drive his players hard one minute and the next minute be singing "The Old Rugged Cross." Gresham recalled him as fiercely loyal, once even at his own expense. He was an assistant with Gresham at Baker in 1974 when LaGrange High offered him a similar position.
Baker countered by offering him the head coaching job.
"He wouldn't take it because he'd already given his word," Gresham said. "If he gave you his word, it was as good as a signed contract."
Rustin coached numerous state champions in wrestling. Pacelli lacked the resources to be consistently competitive in football. But he did produce some strong teams. The Vikings finished second in Region 5-A to Greenville in 1985 and to Brookstone in 1987.
"Work ethic and integrity, that's how I knew him," Smart said. "He was such a strong person, but you knew he cared about you."
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Contact Guerry Clegg at (706) 571-8502 or gclegg@ledger-enquirer.com
Sam Leming, '60 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
James C. "Jim" Welch, '60 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures. Just added from the ancient class of 1960.
Glenna Lee Ray Simmons, '62 Updated her e-mail address. Revised her @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures.
Pamella J "Pam" Duke Duke Varnon, '65 Uploaded some new pictures.
Marilyn "Mari" Carpenter Martindell, '66 Revised her @Baker page.
Carl D. Whitehurst, '67 Revised his @Baker page.
Bobbie Jean Ainsworth Whitehurst, '68 Revised her @Baker page.
Steven "Steve" Crawford, '68 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page.
Shirley Ann Goon Ramsey, '69 Uploaded some new pictures.
Charles William "Bill" Land, '70 Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page.
Gunther R. "Bob" Swecker, '72 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
Shirlene Jackson, '80 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Joanne Elizabeth Harbin Brulc, '88 Updated her e-mail address. Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
.Charles Frederick "Fred" Butler, '49 Updated his contact information.
Jolane Leming Crane, '58 Updated her contact information.
Ann Christine Schartner, '62 Updated her e-mail address. Updated her contact information.
Chester "Chet" Pasko, '65 Revised his @Baker page.
Billy Thomas Thornton, '69 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
Michael Taylor, '70 Updated his contact information.
Donald Glenn "Donnie" Burns, '71 Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Ahh...those wonderful Baker memories.....!! Wonderful friends and unforgettable experiences.... I even remember...
The first time I officially fell in love was in the ninth grade. I was fourteen. What attracted me to her was the fact that Jay, a friend of mine, said he saw the girl--her name was Jewyl (not her REAL name, mind you)--shopping for a training bra in a Columbus department store with her mother. It stood to reason that if she needed a training bra, there must, in fact, be something that needed training.
I'm not certain when girls actually begin developing breasts, but it seemed to me that some of the girls in my class sprouted theirs overnight. One day they were as flat as a boxer's nose, and the next day their sweaters had come alive right before my eyes.
That didn't happen to all the girls, however. Jewyl comes to mind as a perfect example of the exception to the rule..... (to be continued in Don's homepage, coming to local PCs everywhere in December)
Married to my lovely wife, Jewyl. Sons Austin and Michael; daughters Brynn and Alyssa. Residing in Dunwoody, Georgia.
email: DGBurns@msn.com
Michael David Harris, '73 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page.
Patti Jo "pj" Potter, '73 Revised her @Baker page.
Robert Dobarzynski, '77 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page.
James Kerce, '79 Revised his @Baker page. Updated email address
Connie Peterson Thorpe, '79 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Rodney Womack, '79 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Updated since we have moved...again!!!
Timothy "Tim" Sanders, '80 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information.
Letty Marie DeVera, '88 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Wanda Y. Jenkins, '89 Updated her contact information. Revised her @Baker page.
Frances Trawick Keil, '58 Updated her e-mail address. Updated her contact information.
Carlton "Curly" Harman, '62 Updated his contact information.
Johnny Breed, '65 Revised his @Baker page.
Deborah "Debbie" Simmons Kolb, '68 Revised her @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures. Updated contact info. Announced upcoming marriage to Vince Collier ('68) and added a picture of both of us.
Rebecca Ann "Becky" Harrison Craig, '69 Updated her e-mail address.
Robert A. "Bob" Allport, '70 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Updated Web Page June 18, 2002
Kathryne "Kathy" Tatum Herring, '70 Updated her e-mail address.
William D "Bill" Johnson, '72 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures.
Gunther Robert "Bob" Swecker, '72 Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures. Revised my @Baker Page and added current picture.
Richard Foucher, '73 Updated his contact information. new email - falcor023@mchsi.com
Daniel J. Hill, '78 Updated his e-mail address. Updated his contact information. Revised his @Baker page. Uploaded some new pictures.
Jason Delamater, '92 Updated his contact information.
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