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Don McLain from Dora High School Class of 1973Passes Away Don McLain, age 56 of Sumiton, formerly of Calera passed away on Friday, January 20, 2012 at his residence. Graveside services will be 2:00 p.m. Wednesday, January 25, 2012, at Davis Cemetery with Sister Pearl Shelton will officiate. Visitation will be 12:00 to 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the funeral home. Bell Funeral Home Sumiton has been entrusted with the arrangements. Preceding him in death were his mother, Alma Freeman; father, Otto McLain; and sister, Kathy Utley. Survivors include his wife, Patty McLain of Calera; son, Jonathon McLain of Calera; stepfather, C.W. Freeman of Burnwell; brothers, Leon McLain of Burnwell and Tommy Freeman of Corner; sisters, Glinda Darty of Curry, Sadie Cooper of Olive Branch, MS, Nadine Hendrix of McHenry, IL, Cordelia Robinson of McHenry, IL, and Annie Denise Freeman of Burnwell; and a host of aunts, uncles, nieces, and nephews.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ George Beersdorf Sr. from Dora High School Class of 1957 Passes Away
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Joseph Houston Minor from Dora High School Class of 1955 Passes Away Wylma (Merle Taylor) Wilkie Class of 66 Profile Well, right after graduating I went into the Navy where I served as a Communications Yeoman. I served as the personal secretary to the Communications Officer and the Washington Navy Yard and later the personal secretary to  the Commanding Officer of the Washington Naval Station. I also met and married my children's father, Glyn Bailey, there. We eventually moved from Northern Virginia (Washington D.C. area) to here in Houston. We divorced in 1999 and I am now married to, Richard Wilkie who is a semi-professional Gospel Music Singer Entertainer. He is employed by the Metro Transit Authority. After the Navy, I went on to go to college and received my degree in Business and minored in Accounting. I spent 40+ years working in business administration and accounting. I retired in 2007 due to arthritis of the spine; my body just would not allow me to sit in a chair 8-10 hours a day. I have one son & one daughter and one step-son. I have 8 grandchildren and that is where my fun begins :-). I am also a 16-year survivor of breast cancer, which explains the format of my facebook page. |
Virtual Wall adds Photos of Virgil Eugene "Bean" Childers Who Died in Vietnam  Lacy Barnett who is a Dora Graduate (1944) and Veteran recently, with the help of Dora High School Librarian Sara York who is also a Dora High graduate, helped The Vietnam Veterans Association get a picture of Virgil Eugene "Bean" Childers, Class of 1965, who died on March 17, 1968, to post on The Virtual Wall. The medals shown on the Virtual Wall were recently donated to the Sumiton Area Veterans Monument by Childers' aunt who lives in Walker County. The Virtual Wall has undertaken the ambitious project of locating photographs of all 58,000 soldiers killed in Vietnam to post on the Virtual Wall. To visit the Virtual Wall, Click Here. Thanks Lacy and Sara. |
 Dora Bulldog T-shirts Offered Faith Moore has designed new T-shirts for Dora. Below is a description of the shirts. The color is navy blue (sometimes the color doesn't show up correctly on some screens) These are $13 for short sleeve & $16 for long sleeve. ($2.50 extra for 2x & 3x) Money is due Oct. 1st. It takes 10-14 days for shirts to be finished after I place my order. Contact me here on fb "Faith Moore". e-mail: famo8866@gmail.com. Phone: 205-532-1756. |
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Class of 1991 Seeking Help in Locating Class Members |
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Sign ups for Dora High School Alumni Website Bruce Moore bwmoore44@hotmail.com (65) Michael Prince MICHAEL.PHARM1975@gmail.com Janene (Sargent) Symms janenesymms@hotmail.com (91) Sarah Skelton Pate pate1991@att.net (74) Robert Upton uptonr09gm@gmail.com (88) Nina (Kelley) Henderson nina@discountdub.com (71) Lindsay Stone Rice lindsayrice07@bellsouth.net (95) Cathy (Williams) Edwards cathyegbc@att.net (71) Belinda (Riley) Sanders belindarsanders@yahoo.com (85) Bruce McDonald : Brucemc165@aol.com (71) Katherine (Kathy Bailey) Haynie katherinehaynie@comcast.net (71) Robbie (Roe) Grasser GNASCAR@YAHOO.COM (85) Judy McLeroy Knotts neema825@yahoo.com (63) Priscilla (McLeroy) Smith kzpower@msn.com (82) |
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| Local speech therapist named Dora High Alumnus of the Year by Nicole Smith Sandy  Combs Amerson, a speech therapist at Sumiton Christian School, recently received an award for Alumnus of the Year from her alma matter, Dora High School. Amerson is the daughter of the late Pete and Helen Combs of Dora. She graduated from Dora High School, double majored in speech therapy and psychology at the University of Montevallo, and worked for more than 25 years as a speech therapist for children in Walker County. Amerson also has cerebral palsy. Cerebral palsy is a condition that impairs movement, and can often result in involuntary movements. At a young age, Amerson was a theme child for the United Cerebral Palsy telethon. When she was in high school, fellow students would often help Amerson to and from class. Now, more than 40 years later, her peers have given her the honor of being Alumnus of the Year for Dora High School. Amerson received her award at the school's banquet earlier this year. According to Amerson, the recipient of the Alumnus of the Year award is someone who is doing positive things in his or her community. "This award is so special to me . . . because it came from my peers," Amerson said. The Alumnus of the Year award is not the first award Amerson has received. In 1988, Amerson won the Walker County Professional Handicap Woman of the Year award, and the Alabama State Professional Woman of the Year award. While Amerson is humbled by the awards that she has received, her experience teaching is especially rewarding. Amerson retired in 2000, but she was later asked to teach part-time at Sumiton Christian. Amerson has worked for years with children to help them improve their speech skills. "We do fun activities that lead to improved conversational skills," she said. Amerson also works closely with parents, making speech packets, so that speech training conducted in the classroom, can be reinforced at home. She has even done private therapy, where she works with children one on one, outside of the classroom. "When I realize what I've done . . . to be able to hear them say their words correct . . . it's very fulfilling," Amerson said. When Amerson is not teaching, you may find her working on her book, "A Smile from Heaven," where she tells her story, including the effect that cerebral palsy has had on her life. She said that she has never felt that her condition is a struggle. "The character they (Amerson's parents) instilled in me to strive to be better at what you're doing, that's how I'm doing life," she said. Amerson lives with her husband, L.J. Amerson, and continues teaching at Sumiton Christian. "Life's been great for me, and I wouldn't change any of it," she said. |
Dora High School Alumni Annual All Class Reunion The Dora High School all class reunion was held on Saturday evening on the Bevill State campus. A new slate of officers were elected -- Floyd Burton is the incoming president, Dan Nix is the vice president, Jimmy Sue Sides is the secretary and Nelson Robinson is the treasurer.
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DHS Class of 1961 Celebrates 50 Year |
ReunionThe Dora High School Classes of 1965-1970 Click here to see videos from the event |
Johnny Capps Looking for a 1961 Dora High School Yearbook |
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