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April 14, 2007 - Robert Bryan (Bob) Fink 59, of Memphis died Saturday, April 14, 2007 at Baptist Memorial Hospital .  He was the owner of Bryans Carpets, veteran of the US Marine Corp, and was a member of Cherokee Baptist Church .  Bob is survived by his loving wife of 36 years, Melanie, daughter Troy Elise Fink, mother Bernice Fink, and sister, Sandi McCutcheon. He was buried with full military honors at the West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery .

January 2, 2007 - Mrs. Galloway Obituary.  Mildred Stanley Galloway, 78, passed away Tuesday, January 2, 2007 at Baptist Memorial Hospital-Collierville.  She was retired from teaching in the Memphis City Schools and from owning Miss Muff'n Bake Shoppe in Germantown, TN.  Mildred is survived by her husband, Rex; her sons, David Galloway of Okinawa, Japan and Stephen Galloway of WIlliston, TN; her grandchildren, Morgan, Ashley, Heather and Miller Galloway; her brothers, Lonzo Stanley of Russellville, AR, Bill Stanley of Marked Tree, AR, and James Stanley of Cordova; her sisters, Margaret Love of Jackson, TN, and Novella Short of Blacksburg, VA.  Mildred is remembered by her students and numerous brides, as "Miss Muff'n;" and more importantly, as a loving and nurturing wife, mother, grandmother, and sister.  Her visitation service will be on Sunday, January 7 from 2:30-5:00 p.m. at Memorial Park Funeral Home on Poplar Ave.  Services will be at Collierville United Methodist Church Sanctuary on the Square on Monday, January 8 at 11 a.m.  In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorials be sent to Collierville United Methodist Church.

December 30, 2007.  Carol Ann "Kay" Krause, 68, of Germantown died Saturday, December 30, 2006, at Kirby Pines Manor.  Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Wednesday at Colonial Park United Methodist Church where she was a member.  Visitation will be held on Tuesday evening from 5-7 p/m/ at Memorial Park Funeral Home.  Kay was a graduate of Southwestern College, taught school at Overton High School for over 30 years, and was an avid bridge player.  She was preceded in death by her parents, Floyd and Thelma Krause, and two brothers, Ron Krause and Gerald Krause.  She leaves her sister-in-law, Pat Krause, of Germantown; four nieces, Kara Krause Raburn, of Cordova, Lee Ann Krause-Henry, of Houstin, TX, Kary Krause, of Florida, and Kathy Krause, also of Florida; a nephew, David Krause, of Florida; and great-nieces and great-nephews.  The family requests that any memorials be sent to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital.

April 21 - Stop in and view the new web site for the early years at Overton....classes of '62, '63, '64.

November 20 - Leonard Zimmerman is located.  Removed from missing list.

November 5  - Pamela Dale Ditto added to the deceased list.

PAMELA D. MARKLE, 58, of Memphis, died Sunday, September 18, 2005 at the home of her sister Nancy Ditto Alter in Clinton, SC. Pam had been an employee in the linens department of Goldsmith's Oak Court for 15 years. A memorial service will be held at the Family Funeral Care at 2 p.m. Friday, October 28, 2005. Pam and her husband, Jay Markle, had been married for 25 years, before he preceded her in death on September 13, two years ago. They had met when Pam was organizing a Star Trek fan club, a genre they both continued to enjoy through the years. Pam is survived by her mother, Mary Anne Blackman; her father, Robert Ditto; a sister, Nancy Ditto Alter; a niece, Rosemary Alter; a nephew, Basil Alter; an aunt, Martha Blackman; and an uncle, Stephen Ditto. Pam attended Overton High School and Lambuth College. Memorials may be sent to a charity of the donor's choice. Family Funeral Care 901-761-8000

If you have photos, memorabilia, etc. please send a digital scanned photo to OvertonReunion65@comcast.net and we will post on the website.

Additionally, please help out the 1966 Overton Class by visiting their website and helping them locate their classmates.

The following is a listing of recent site changes/additions. 

July 28.  Many reunion photos and other items added to the website.

July 18th.  Added Bobby Cook bio and 2005 photograph.  Also added 2005 photo of Marcia Goodson McAlister.

July 11th.  Added Paul Richardson bio and 2005 picture.  Also added Harry Russ Steele 2005 and Carol Medling Weems photos.

June 29:  Added biographical data/2005 picture of Ben Zaricor

June 15:  Missing classmates section updated.  Added photos of Colonial, Sea Isle, and Sherwood Elementary Schools in the Memorabilia section.  Updated Tony Rossine from info he posted in Guestbook.

May 25: Missing classmates section updated.  Posted the link to the 1965 yearbook - click here to view the yearbook.

May 20: Added Doris Garrigan Schonoff, Coach Duncan and Catherine Wilkins to the Overton Teachers section.

May 18.  Missing classmates section updated.  Terry Foote and Cacky Wilkins updates.  Teachers -- Then and Now section created but no entries yet.

April 19 - Added recent picture of Linda Clark.

More classmates added to the Missing Classmates list on March 15, 2005.  Please review and help us locate them.

Updated pictures and/or biographies added to the various Photo pages for John Barden, Zeb Carnes, Mike Heffernan, Bill Holt, Lee Joyner, Mike King, Kermit Lee, Richard Lewine, Roy Myers, Joe Peczi, Leslie Smith, Ralph Stagg, William Wade, Barry Wilson, and Emmett Wilson.

Updated picture of Jimmy Moss posted in the Photos section March 11, 2005.

December 29, 2004

- Danny Mohundro biography and recent photo added to his page (linked by clicking on his picture in the Photos section of the website or on his name above).

- Knox Martin biography and recent photo added to his page (linked by clicking on his picture in the Photos section of the website or on his name above).

December 27, 2004

Added the names of those people not pictured in the yearbook on the main Photos page

Previous Changes/Additions

- Several pages have been updated over the past weeks.  Specifically several photos added to the Memorabilia section.  Also changes have been made to the Missing Classmates page.

- The following classmates have been located (11/16/2004):

Pricilla Chism

Patricia "Pat" Rossini

Kathy Hoyle

Louise Shufford

Patricia "Patty" Pond

Harry  "Russ" Steele

- Linked the 1966 Overton Class websiteWe're asking the class of 1966 to help us find graduates from 1965 and we want to reciprocate and help the '66 graduates locate some of their lost students.  (Index and Missing Classmates pages)

- Added picture of Overton basketball jersey #25 with a request to help identify which player wore during that season (Memorabilia section)

- Sonja Ungren biography and recent photo added to her page (linked by clicking on her picture in the Photos section of the website).  She encourages all graduates to submit a photo and/or biographical sketch and join in the fun of the upcoming reunion.

- Mike Elam located in Alabama.

Overton High School Class of 1965