Reunion Recap

The long awaited day has come and gone, and after debriefing everyone, I can get back to the regular posts of sharing family updates or other information. First and foremost, THANK YOU for your attendance once again and for being a part of our special celebration. From the many compliments, cards, and calls I have received, it seems the majority of you had a wonderful time and that is thanks enough for me and for those who helped plan the event. Of course the one thing that we all could have done without was the construction and traffic nightmare on the freeway and surrounding roads. Did any of you just give up and go back home?

Attendance: By our registration count, we ended up having 270 people who stayed the course, endured the traffic frustration and finally arrived at the church. I wish that I would have had the opportunity to visit with each and every one of you and that we would have been able to officially have Roll Call but since we got a late start, you will at least find a list of those that attended at the end of this post.

DVDs/Directories/Programs: We still have plenty of these items available if you forgot to get your copies. If you weren't able to attend, maybe having a copy of these materials would be the next best thing to being there. The DVD includes two photo shows: 1) "My Favorite Things" was a sing along slide show because one of the reasons why we had the reunion in the first place was because we aren't getting any younger. My comment was that if this presentation wasn't already too up close and personal for you, it would be one day! We rewrote the words from the original song from the "Sound of Music" and it was led by some of Sun Valley's former song leaders and/or those who were "Sound of Music" fans. 2) the Reunion slide show is a 16 minute presentation which broadly covers the years 1961-1997 in addition to current day photos of "Sun Valley." We really would like everyone to have a DVD that wants one. We had hoped to give everyone in attendance a free one, but when we had to postpone and reschedule, we weren't able to extend that offer since we then had double postage and mailing expenses. Although we are unable to refund any money, DVDs are $5 each unless you were not able to attend and had already made a previous donation to cover that cost. Email me if you are interested in getting a DVD.

Photos from the Reunion: I have set up a new link on the right side of this home page to view photos from the reunion all in one place. I encourage you to set up a free Shutterfly account with your email address and a password to upload and share any photos you may have taken. I'm not sure if this is the easiest way, but we'll try it. You can order prints from any of the photos and even add comments. Check it out. If you only have a few photos and don't want to set up an account, email them to me and I'll upload them.

And now for Roll Call. How many of these people did you talk to? Who did we miss?

Pam Aaron
Jean (Priestley) and Gary Adams and son, John
Lucille and Lynn Adams
Karen (Vinson) Aldridge
Lucretia and Robert Alexander
Marilyn and Jack Arnold
Mark Arnold and sons, Joshua and Samuel
Leita Rue Baten
Donna and Al Bayer
Marijane and Dale Beene and sons, Tyler and Dakota
Delwin Beene
Dorothy Beene
Gail and Ken Berry
Brittnie and Brandon Blackburn
Debbie (Richter) and Jack Blackburn
Jamie and Jay Blackburn and son, Josiah
Diana and Rick Bradshaw
Odessa Brewton and grandson, Michael Smith
Sharon and Tim Brinthaupt and children, Kristyn, Trentyn and Mikayla
Paula (Zoet) Brown
Leslie (Everett) Buffington
Cheryl (Gibbons) Burke
Sue and Don Burke
Pat Burke and sister, Billie Coleman
Lori and Terry Burke and daughter, Emma
Tena and Steve Bynum
Candy (Jones) Campise
Barbie (Cooper) and David Carlisle
Roy Carlisle
Norma Carter
Alice Cooper
Jackie and John Cooper and sons, J.C., Cody, Tommylee and Dakota
Euvonne (Davis) and Johnny Cooper
Jordan Cooper and friend, Stormy Tucker
Blake (White) and Brett Cross and daughter, Lily
Nancy Darland
Cammie (Everett) and Randy Doyal
Paula (Wynn) and Mike Drachenberg and daughter, Lauri
Leonard Driskell
Elaine Ebersole and son, Rowland Craig
Ruby and Johnnie Eddins
Diana (Mayhew) Eignus and her mother, Nadine Cochran
Lauri (Campbell) Enocksen
Alan Evans
Linda (Adams) and Greg Fabian and son, Matthew
Cindy (Day) Fletcher
Brenda (Richter) Flewellen
Staci (Burke) Flury and children, Melissa and Nathan
Glenda and Cliff Fridge
Margie (Morris) and Morris Fulks
Sharon (Brinthaupt) and Jack Galbreath. Daughter, Heather and grandson, Kaleb
Kathy and Gary Gibbons
Thelma and Lindsay Gibbons
Holly (Campbell) and Randy Gibbons and children, Benjamin and Justin
Karen (Aven) and Dave Gibson
Jo Gremillion
Paula (Day) Guillory
Dolly and Tony Gullo
Sharon and Dale Haines
Dianne and Garry Henderson
Carolyn Hicks
Pat and Ron Hill
Loyce (Grubbs) Horn
Betty and J.R. Hunt and son, Jay
Marsha and Joe Ickes
Sandy and Tom Jennings
Barbara and Marion John
Barbara and Les Johnson
Mary and Jack Jones
Kelsi (Aaron) Kenney and children, Karlee and Kylee
Lea and Jim Kimbrell
Gretchen and Brent King
Cristen and Jason Kirksey
Virginia and Jerrel Kirksey
Debi (Baten) and Mike Kirksey
Allison and Ryan Kirksey and daughter, Jordan
Annie and Everett Laas
Lavern and Allan Landin
Laura (Alexander) Magers
Chet Marston
Rebecca (Johnson) and Patrick McArdle. Children, Christopher & Timothy and grandson, Skyler
Jan (McCurdy) and Dennis McBee and granddaughter, Aubrey
Juanita and Harold McBee
Mike McBee
Joyce and Bill McCurdy
Diane (Landin) McDowell
Carolyn (Johnson) and Bill McFadden
Gloria and Brooks McKelroy
Pam and Keith Medford
Kelly and Darryl Morris and daughter, Kendra
Diane and Ronnie Morris and sons, Matthew and Jonathan
Dorris (Evans) Mosley
Terrie (Morris) Nichols
Sandra Niemeyer
Carol Northam
Kim (Roll) Padgett
Lillie Pearce
Janice (Priestley) Pearson
Phyllis (Grubbs) and Charles Powell
Billie (Everett) Preston
Eugene Priestley
Sharon and Randy Rainwater and grandson, Lincoln
Holly (Baten) and Ismael Ramirez
Loraine and James Ray
Jean Rhodes
Mary and Gary Richards
Johnnie Richey
Betty and Tom Richter
Linda (Gullo) Rodriguez
Millie Root
Jeraine Root
Joanne and Ronald Rusch
Ashley (White) and Ronnie Seals and daughter, Evie
Richard Sharp
Barbara and Herbert Shepherd
Brenda (Wells) and Kirk Shirk and children, Daniel, Emily Duet and Emily Shirk
Bobbie and Stacy Shott
Susan (Brewton) Smith and Haley
Dorothy Solomon
Karen (Burke) and Lyndall Stubblefield and children, Kendall and Kinsey
Helen and Boyce Tate
Bonnie and Marvin Vantrease and daughter, Marcie
Karl Vinson
Holly and Kent Vinson and sons, Matthew and Mark
Marilyn Vinson
Carolyn and Glenn Wells
Ryan Wells
Bonnie and Lance White
Marian and Jerry Williams
Billie and Raymond Williams
Nelda (Campbell) Winkler
Dora and Lester Wynn
Doug Young

Again, thank you for a wonderful day.