Newton Alabama High School Alumni Association


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Let's join our Hands & Hearts in Prayer For National Concerns & Special Requests Below
	Don Turner Billy Outlaw Pete Williams Lamar Glover Shellie T Hanks Sherman Benton Richard Chapman Louis Allen Mullins	Shirley McKnight Burgess Margarette Avant Grimes Frances Shepherd Scott June Adcock Mclain
*If you have a need for Prayer and wish your name added to our list,*

Sara Stembridge Perry
Class of 1950, Passed away December 1, 2023 in Hoover, AL (Age 91)
She was predeceased by: Her Husband; James Perry
Parents; Walter and Sallie Mae Beckham Stembridge
Survived by: Son; David (Sharon) Perry
Brother; Dr. J.D. Stembridge of Dothan
Sister; Angeline Stembridge Rainwater of Jonesboro, AR
Grandson; Dr. Brandon Perry and Three Great-Grandchildren

Discontinuing future Reunions is being considered.
We desire to hear from everyone concerning this decision.
Since NO ONE has responded as of October 21, 2023, We assume there is NO interest in continuing..
Committee will remain in place for any needs that may arise.

COMMITTEE MEETS MARCH, JUNE, SEPTEMBER AND DECEMBER
Next meeting (None planned)

(We still need funds to meet expenses - Please consider sending a donation)
Mail to: NHS Alumni
3980 Highway 273
Graceville, FL 32440
Balance in Bank as of September 30, 2023 - $1,565.24
We are IRS Certified as "Non Profit" - Donations are Tax Deductible
$20 Donation received May 5, 2020 - $100 Donation received May 7, 2020
$50 Donation received May 14, 2020 - $25 Donation received November 23, 2021
$50 Donation received February 18, 2022

$50 received February 18, 2022 (Memorial for Bettye Ruth Dossett Ronning)
$25 received November 23, 2021 (Memorial for Dorothy Dossett Jongebloed)
$100 received April 21, 2010 (Memorials for Sue Clark Lee & David W. Benton)
$50 received April 30, 2010 (Memorial for Sue Clark Lee)
Notices mailed to next of kin April 22, 2020, May 1, 2020, November 26, 2021 & February 19, 2022

Make Check payable to NHS Alumni and mail to:
NHS Alumni
3980 Highway 273
Graceville, FL 32440-4736
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Projects

Memorial
or
Honorarium

Click Here for Memorial Page since beginning of Association Click on Name to view "Find a Grave" Information Italic = Maiden Name We have lost 243 members in death since 2000. That's an average of 10 per year. (Average age=77) The below memorial listing is for deaths (47) since last Reunion (2019)
JUNE 2023 - MAY 2024 *(4)*
Sara Stembridge Perry December 1, 2023 (Age 91) Class of 1950		James Larry Everett October 18, 2023 (Age 79) Class of 1962

Emma Frances Parrish Richardson August 25, 2023 (Age 92) Class of 1949		Susanna Dillard Blocker August 16, 2023 (Age 86) Class of 1955

JUNE 2022 - MAY 2023 *(8)*
Claud Jackson King May 23, 2023 (Age 98) Class of 1943		Sally Ann Williams Simmons May 2, 2023 (Age 84) Class of 1957 (Alumni Committee Member)

James Kenneth Potts April 4, 2023 (Age 92) Class of 1949		Frances Anita Hall Hanks March 15, 2023 (Age 78) Wife of Committee Member Shellie T. Hanks (Graduate of Cottonwood High School) Loyal attendee to NHS Alumni Reunions

Henry Hollis Judah February 28, 2023 (Age 81) Class of 1959		Louise Watson Lamb January 10, 2023 (Age 90)

H. Arthur Word February 3, 2023 (Age 96) Class of 1944 Click Here for Obituary		Dorothy Inez Tomlin Burton September 24, 2022 (Age 88) Class of 1952


JUNE 2021 - MAY 2022 *(11)*

		Travis Wayne Avant April 15, 2022 (Age 80) Class of 1960

Fay Marchman Vaughn March 16, 2022 (Age 96) *Class of 1945*		Donald Floyd "Don" McKnight February 12, 2022 (Age 85) Class of 1954 (Alumni Committee Member)

R. Nolan Williams, Jr. February 12, 2022 (Age 80) Class of 1959		Bettye Ruth Dossett Ronning February 10, 2022 (Age 89) *Class of 1951*

Miss Evelyn Myrtle Collier January 31, 2022 (Age 79) Class of 1960		Dorothy Zelena Dossett Jongebloed November 19, 2021 (Age 91) Class of 1948

James Allen Mullins September 20, 2021 (Age 66) (Son of Alumni Louis Allen Mullins and the late Patricia Rosser Johnson) Dale County Class of 1972		Mardell Pauline Hawkins Dell September 13, 2021 - (Age 98) (Mother of six (6) NHS Alumni) Danny, Sandra, Sue, Helen, Ethel & Millie Dell Married Broward Dell in 1938

Samuel Franklin "Sam" Covington September 6, 2021 (Age 77) *Class of 1962*		Gerald Max Harden August 18, 2021 (Age 80) *Class of 1959*


JUNE 2020 - MAY 2021 *(12)*

Claude Marion Nelson, Jr. January 15, 2021 (Age 95) Class of 1943		Mary Chellie Clark March 2, 2021 (Age 91) Class of 1948

Cynthia Thomley Parker December 20, 2020 (Age 77) *Class of 1959*		Margaret Ruth Clark November 23, 2020 (Age 89) *Class of 1949*

Maxine Parrish McIntyre October 22, 2020 (Age 91) *Class of 1947*		Bertha Sue Holder Turner October 17, 2020 (Age 74) *Class of 1964*

Bill Brandon Glover September 19, 2020 (Age 98) *Class of 1942*		Doris Haisten Enfinger September 11, 2020 (Age 89) *Class of 1950*

Rex Summers August 25, 2020 (Age 75) *Graduated from Dale County Class of 1963*		Margaret Elaine Snellgrove Daniel July 26, 2020 (Age 81) *Class of 1957*

Annie Griffin Williams June 24, 2020 - (Age 95) Mother of Alumni Kaye Williams Johnson, Ann Williams Delaney & Larry Williams		Charles Edward Wallace June 16, 2020 (Age 78) *Class of 1960*


JUNE 2019 - MAY 2020 *(13)*

		Jean Newsome Hunter April 21, 2020 (Age 80) *Class of 1957* *(Alumni Committee Member)*

Betty Sue Clark Lee March 19, 2020 (Age 82) Class of 1956		Mildred Dean Avant Grimes March 3, 2020 (Age 75) Class of 1962

Ida Mae Hanks Harris February 26, 2020 (Age 75) *Class of 1962*		Harold Lee McKnight February 17, 2020 (Age 90) *Class of 1950*

Barbara Aplin Bush December 30, 2019 (Age 79) *Class of 1958*		Frank Allan McLaney December 9, 2019 (Age 80) Class of 1957 (Graduated from Dothan HS)

David W. Benton November 29, 2019 (Age 91) Class of 1949 (Alumni Committee Member)		Johnny Mitchell Turner October 24, 2019 (Age 86) *Class of 1951*

Patricia Ruth "Patsy" Rosser Johnson October 12, 2019 (Age 87) *Class of 1950*		William Malone "Bill" King August 8, 2019 (Age 92) *Class of 1944 or1946 ?*

Rev. Jerry L. Glover July 20, 2019 (Age 76) *Carroll HS Class of 1961*		Betty Tredaway Beasley July 19, 2019 (Age 84) *Class of 1953*

Newton School new construction

PreK Playground, Fencing, newly Paved Bus Lane & New wing of Classrooms

Great things are happening at Newton School


New Library Tables	New Floors / Paint	New Bookcases / Furniture	New Librarian Center

Governor Kay Ivey visited Newton Elementary School Monday January 30, 2023 in Newton, AL
to offer congratulations and to speak to students and staff.
Newton Elementary School recently received the National Blue Ribbon School Award
and the National Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA) Distinguished School Award

We are IRS Certified as "Non Profit" - Donations are Tax Deductible

2019 Reunion Archive
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2020, 2021, 2022 & 2023
Reunions Cancelled
Notices Will NOT be Mailed -

2018 Reunion Archive
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Hail, Hail for Ole Newton High!

Hail, Hail for ole Newton High! Hail, Hail for ole Newton High!
We get our lessons awfully good And say that we’ve done the best we could.
We make some D’s but we never fail. Makes us want to chew on our nails
Say again we’ll try and try For the glory of Newton High!

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Note: Graduation from Newton High School is NOT a Membership requirement. If you attended and would have graduated with any particular class, you should consider yourself part of that class and a member of the Alumni Association.