2025.07.03 THROW BACK THURSDAY - GOING ON VACATION PLUS CLASS NEWS
THROW BACK THURSDAY - GOING ON VACATION PLUS CLASS NEWS
By the time you are reading this I will be in the DC/MD/VA/WVA area visiting a son, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Next Thursday I won't be around any computers, so don't look for TBT again until Thursday, July 17. HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!
1956 CLASS NEWS
Happy Anniversary to JUDY STOUT McCarthy and Mike McCarthy!
Dave Duggan had a stroke in April and spent some time in the hospital and then 43 days in a nursing home. "I am home now doing
a lot of physical therapy. Lost the use of my left hand, fingers and arm, but the use of all came back close to normal. My left leg and foot are
hard to control. Working on getting my left leg and foot. I'm using a walker to get around Getting home was great. Brenda has been an angel.
She takes great care of me."
Sadly we have lost Jo Lynn Hill's husband, John Van Wert. John passed away June 19. He was 93. Jo Lynn and John
had been married for 68 years. As you can imagine, they were joined at the hip. Although they lived over 1,000 miles from
Little Rock, they jumped in their Lincoln and came to every Reunion or big affair our Class had. Jo Lynn does not feel like a
lot of phone calls right now, but I'm sure she would enjoy receiving a card or note from you. Her address is:
Jo Lynn Van Wert
8705 Westwood Forest Lane
Vienna, VA 22182-5055
Carol Lee, Betsy and Wickie, we won't get together for lunch this trip. Jo Lynn is just not up to it. I know that you two, Carol
Lee and Betsy, know exactly how she feels and what she is going through right now.
1957 Class News
Catherine I Rodgers Anderson
Listen to Obituary
Catherine Idamae Anderson “Granny,” 85, went to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday, June 29, 2025. She was a resident of North Little Rock, Arkansas. She was born in Palestine, Arkansas on December 31, 1939 to Rev. Irby and Jewell (Reeves) Rodgers. Catherine graduated from Little Rock Central High School, Class of 1957. After graduation she went to work for Blue Cross Blue Shield for two years then went to work for Workers Compensation as a court reporter for 47 years. Catherine attended First Assembly of God in North Little Rock. She loved to watch General Hospital and the Razorbacks. She also attended every sporting event of her daughter and grandchildren. She was their biggest fan. She is preceded in death by her parents, loving husband of 58 years, A.J. Anderson and her sister, Lillian Clark. She is survived be her daughter, Cathy Dillon (Randy) of Sherwood; grandson, Ryan Dillon of Cabot; granddaughter, Caitlyn Lockwood (Aaron) of North Little Rock; great-grandchildren, Andi Dillon, Peyton Lockwood, Logan Lockwood and her precious dog, Twiggy. During the past two years, she was a resident at Woodland Heights in the memory care unit, where she was nicknamed P.K. (preacher’s kid). Thank you to the staff that loved and cared for her. Visitation is 9:45 AM, followed by the Funeral service at 10:30 AM on Monday, July 7, 2025 at Smith North Little Rock Funeral Home (1921 Main Street) with burial following at Rest Hills Memorial Park.
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To all of you who have so generously donated to the Swing Band Reunion helping defray a lot of our cost playing at Dreamland Ballroom July 25. If I haven't gotten to you
individually, THANK YOU!!!!!
ML