Happy New Year Classmates!

The one and only Dick Clark!

He will be sadly missed this year!

Merry Christmas Classmates!

May God shine afresh in our hearts
His miracle of love at Christmas 
and in the new year.

Lori Rae Logue Roberts Obituary

STARKVILLE - Mrs. Lori Rae Logue Roberts, 50, died unexpectedly Wednesday at her home in Starkville.

Lori was born in Columbus in 1962, attended elementary school in New Orleans, junior high at Warren Central in Vicksburg, her early high school on the island of Bahrain and graduated from London Central High School in London, England.  She attended Mississippi State University.

Lori and her husband and family lived in Germany for eight years.  Her husband, Marty, was a commissary manager with the DOD (Department of Defense) Commissary System.  Lori and her family moved back to Mississippi nine years ago.

She was the secretary for the Starkville Church of Christ on the Mississippi State campus when she died.  Currently, Lori's husband works for the DOD Commissary System in Biloxi.  Her daughter, Brigitte, attends Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas.  Her son, Brian, attends Starkville High School, where he participates in cross country; and her son Brandon, is stationed in San Diego, California, with the Navy.

She was preceded in death by her grandmother, Rachael Finkie; her grandfathers, Harold Logue and Cyril Andrews; and her sister-in-law, Paige Douglas Logue.

She leaves behind her husband, Marty Roberts; her three children, Brandon Roberts, Brigitte Roberts, and Brian Roberts; a grandmother, Gladys Andrews; her mother, Wanda Logue; her father, Louis Logue (Class of 1959); her brother, Layne Logue; and nephew, Forrest Logue, all of Vicksburg.  Additionally, she leaves her sister, Dawn Logue Lundien and her husband, Matthew; niece, Hannah Lundien; and nephew, Josh Lundien, who live in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Visitation for Mrs. Roberts was scheduled Friday, December 21, 2012, from 5 until 7 p.m. at Welch Funeral Home in Starkville.  Funeral services were at 10 a.m. Saturday, December 22, 2012, at Welch Funeral Home.  Burial was in Memorial Garden Park Cemetery.

Classmate's Daughter Dies

I am truly sorry to announce that our classmate, Louis "Sonny" Logue's daughter passed away.  His wife and family are in Starkville, MS, today burying their daughter, Lori, who died suddenly leaving her husband and three children. Please keep Louis and his family close in prayer and we are very sorry for his loss.

Obituary will follow~

Verreen Prewitt McNamara Obituary

Verreen Prewitt McNamara died , December 9, 2012, at her home.  She was 94.

Mrs. McNamara was a communicant of St. Michael Catholic Church. She was a member of the Business and Professional Women's Organization.  She served as the president of the Knights of Columbus Women's Auxiliary.

She was preceded in death by her husband, Thomas A. McNamara; a son, John Patrick McNamara; her father, Yancy Prewitt; and her mother, Fair Lena Jones Prewitt.

Survivors include her children, Sue Fowler, Mary Carol Lundberg, Thomas R. McNamara, Barbara McNamara, Albert L. McNamara and Debbie McNamara; a brother, Billy M. Prewitt; six grandchildren; and 10 great grandchildren.

Services will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at St. Michael Catholic Church with the Rev. P. J. Curley officiating.  Burial will follow at Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the service Thursday at the church.

Paulbearers will be David McNamara, Michael McNamara, Lonnie Smith, Douglas Sims, Dave Ellison and Don Whittenberg.

Memorial may be made to St. Michael Catholic Church building fund, 100 St. Michael Place, Vicksburg, MS  39180, or Vicksburg Catholic School, 1900 Grove St., Vicksburg, MS  39183, or St. Joseph Hospice.

Funeral Announcement For Mrs. McNamara

Mrs. Verreen McNamara

Funeral Mass

11 a.m. Thursday

December 13, 2012

St. Michael Catholic Church

Interment

Greenlawn Gardens Cemetery

Visitation

9 a.m. Thursday

until the hour of service

Memorial

St. Michael Catholic Church

Building Fund

100 St. Michael Place

Vicksburg, Mississippi  39180

Vicksburg Catholic School

1900 Grove Street

Vicksburg, Mississippi  39183

St. Joseph Hospice

In Memory/Celebration Of Classmate

Our dear friend Katherine Meyer Turcotte, Class of 1959, passed away recently. In her memory, and in celebration of her wonderful basketball career at St. Francis Xavier, her sons are donating retro uniforms for the girls’ team at Vicksburg Catholic School. Once each year a scheduled game will be played in which the current girls’ team will wear the retro uniforms. The fun part for all of us who cherish our memories of great high school basketball is we are to be the invited guests at this game! The date chosen for this season is January 11th, 2013 against Natchez Cathedral, at 6:00 PM.

PLEASE, if you have phone numbers and/or email addresses for anyone – especially girls from the 50’s and 60’s who would have known Katherine – PLEASE give them the above information OR contact Myrtle Loviza Curro Alvarado at mlcurro@att.net or 601-661-0847.

We’ll have a pot-luck get together for all former players on Thursday night, January 10th in the School Cafeteria at 6:00 PM. It will be fun sharing memories with Katherine’s boys and each other. St. Francis Xavier has an enviable history of girls’ basketball – AND they have a very good team this year, so ALL FORMER SFXA and VCS GIRLS’ basketball players, managers and coaches are invited and encouraged to join us.

Please let us hear from you.

Another Classmate's Mother Passes Away

So sad to get news within a week that another classmate's Mother has passed away.  Sue McNamara's Mother, Mrs. Verreen McNamara, died yesterday afternoon and arrangements are incomplete at Frank J. Fisher Funeral Home, 1830 Cherry Street, Vicksburg, MS.  Her obituary will follow.
www.fisherfuneralhome.net
601.636.7373

Garden Donation

St. Aloysius Dean of Students Mike Jones, second from left, stands with children of John J. and Mabel H. Loviza at the future site of the Loviza Garden in the courtyard at St. Aloysius, where two 5-foot-tall statues they donated will be installed. Jones said the statues will be of St. Francis Xavier and St. Aloysius Gonzaga and will arrive in about three months. From left, Myrtle Loviza Curro Alvarado, Jones, Joseph Loviza and Blanche Loviza Irby. Other siblings are the late Dottie Loviza Vedros and John W. Loviza.  

Classmate's Mother Dies

Elizabeth C. Melsheimer ~ Elizabeth C. "Libby" Melsheimer died Wednesday, December 5, 2012, at the Vicksburg Convalescent Home.  She was 90.

Born in Vicksburg, Mrs. Melsheimer was the daughter of the late John Ira Cronin and Harriet Katherine Metzger Cronin.

She was active in community service, including serving as chair of the Arthritis Foundation of Vicksburg, chair of the Vicksburg-Warren March of Dimes and other service organizations.

She was a longtime "Pink Lady" with the Mercy Medical Center and ParkView Medical Center Auxiliary.

Mrs. Melsheimer was a past member of the Mother's Club of St. Francis Xavier Academy and St. Aloysius.  She was a member of the PAK Alpha Chapter Sorority and the Green Hills Garden Club.  Mrs. Melsheimer was an avid bridge player and the last surviving member of the "Twenty Dinner Club."  She as a communicant of St. Paul Catholic Church and a member of the St. Paul Altar Society.

She is survived by a daughter, Jacqueline "Jackie" Melsheimer Doiron (Class of 1959) of Vicksburg; three grandchildren, Julie Lizabeth Doiron Sosebee (Craig), Jacqueline "Danielle" Warnock (Brad) and Phillip L. Doiron (Kara); and six great-grandchildren, Jack Sosebee, Elizabeth Sosebee, Mary Bradley Warnock, Wes Warnock, Anna Kate Doiron and Ally Doiron.

In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her husband, Julius Daniel Melsheimer; and a brother, A. J. Cronin.

A funeral Mass will be at 11:00 Friday at St. Paul Catholic Church with Monsignor Patrick Farrell, pastor, as celebrant.  Burial will be at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riles Funeral Home.  Visitation will be at the church from 10:00 a.m. Friday until the hour of the service.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the Vicksburg Convalescent Home, 1708 Cherry St., Vicksburg, MS  39180 and to the Vicksburg Catholic School, 1900 Grove St., Vicksburg, MS  39182.

Pallbearers will be Craig Sosebee, Jack Sosebee, Mike Jackson, Philip Doiron, Brad Warnock and Jerry Cronin.

Old Time Radio Shows To Enjoy!

Here's an unbelievable collection of all the old time radio shows.  This is a chance  to go back in time, and listen to radio. Find your favorite, click on it, and listen to all the episodes. Comedy Al Jolson Show Alan Young Show Aldrich Family Alka Seltzer Time Amos & Andy Avalon Time Baby Snooks Bergen & McCarthy Bickersons, The Bing Crosby Bob & Ray Breakfast In Hollywood Bright Star Burns & Allen Cavalcade Of America Command Performance Couple Next Door Curtain Time Danny Kaye Show Dennis Day Show Duffy's Tavern Easy Aces Father Knows Best Fibber McGee & Molly First NighterProgram Frances Langford Show Fred Allen Show Fred WaringShow Gasoline Alley GI Journal Glenn Miller Goldbergs Great Gildersleeve Guest Star Halls Of Ivy Harold Peary Harry James Show Hollywood Barn Dance It Pays to Be Ignorant Jack Benny Life Of Riley Lum And Abner Mail Call Mayor of the Town Mel Blanc Milton Berle Misadventures Of Si and Elmer My Favorite Husband My Friend Irma Our Miss Brooks Phil Harris & Alice Faye Red Skelton Story Lady, The Westerns American Trail Cisco Kid, The Fort Laramie Frontier Fighters Frontier Gentleman Frontier Town Gene Autry Gunsmoke Have Gun Will Travel Hopalong Cassidy Horizons West Lone Ranger A Lone Ranger B Roy Rogers Show, The Six Shooter Tales Of The Texas Rangers Detective Barry Craig Boston Blackie Broadway Is My Beat Casey, Crime Photographer Chase, The Crime Classics Crime Club Crime Does Not Pay Danger, Dr.Danfield Dick Tracy Dragnet Falcon, The FBI In War And Peace, The Federal Agent Frank Race Gangbusters Guilty Party I Was A Communist For The FBI Jeff Regan Let George Do It Lineup Mr. District Attorney Mr. Keene, Tracer of Lost Person Nero Wolfe Night Beat Pat Novak Philip Marlowe Saint, The Secrets Of Scotland Yard Sherlock Holmes This Is Your F.B.I Yours Truly Johnny Dollar Mystery Adventures By Morse Arch Obler's Plays Beyond Midnight Black Museum Cloak and Dagger Clock, The Creaking Door Dangerous Assignment Dark Fantasy Dark Venture Darkness David Harding Counter Spy Diary of Fate Dimension X Escape Five Minute Mysteries Frankenstein Ghost Corps Green Valley Line Hall Of Fantasy Haunting Hour, The Hermits Cave I Love A Mystery Incredible, But True Inner Sanctum, The Lights Out Macabre Man Called X, The Molle Mystery Theater Mysterious Traveler Mystery In The Air Quiet Please Sealed Book Shadow, The Strange Dr. Weird Suspense Weird Circle Whistler, The Witch's Tale X Minus One Drama Academy Award Theater Adventure Theater Adventures By Morse Air Adventures Of Jimmy Allen Archie Andrews Audio History Avenger Avengers Big John & Sparky Big Town Bill Sterns Sports Reel Birdseye Open House Blackstone, The Magic Detective Blue Beetle Box 13 British Shows 1 British Shows 2 Campbell Playhouse Captain Midnight Chandu The Magician Chesterfield Chicago Theater Of  Cinnamon Bear Columbia Workshop Commercials Corsican Brothers Damon Runyon Theater Dangerously Yours Family Theater Fifth Horseman Fighting AAF Fire Fighters Flash Gordon Ford Show Ford Theater Frank Merriwell Future Tense Goon Show, The Grand Hotel Grand Marquee Hallmark Playhouse Heartbeat Theater Hollywood Star Playhouse Hop Harrigan Horizons West Humphrey Bogart I Love Adventure Information Please Jungle Jim Lets Pretend Little Orphan Annie Lux Radio Theater 465 Magic Island Matinee Theater Mercury Summer Theater Mercury Theater Michael Shayne Miscellaneous Music Moon Over Africa Moon River Mr. President Railroad Hour Sears Radio Theater Smilin Ed's Buster Brown Gang Soap Operas Soldiers of the Press Speed Gibson Sports Thrills Superman Tarzan Treasury Star Parade Treasury Star Salute Vic & Sade World Adventures Club World War II Shows WSJV Complete Broadcast Day Your Army Air Force

Happy Engagement To Walter & Nancy!

Our classmate, Walter P. Little, is engaged to Nancy Tucker Thompson. Congratulations to both of them!  Their smiles says it all!

In Memory of Tommy

Carr Central High School Football Reunion

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Former members of the Carr Central High School football team - players from 1942 through the school's last year in 1958 - were honored during the school's reunion in October.  Players and the years they graduated are, seated from left:  

First row - Thomas Logue ('53); Bucket Joseph ('50); Richard Price ('57); Coach Gene Allen; Billy Shaw ('57); Durwood Graham ('51); and Miller Mathews ('56). 

Second row - George Nasif ('51); Leland Ferguson ('58); Charles McBride ('57); Phillip Bass ('58); unidentified; Selby Parker ('52); Ray Roberts ('57); Bobby Temple (56); Freddy Abraham ('53); Bill Fenwick ('54); unidentified; Eddie Fowler ('59); and George Hunt ('51).

Third row - David Speyerer ('48); Billy Shirley ('43); Eddie Lee Jeter ('43); Erwin Baylot ('47); George Rogers ('44); and Leroy Wells ('48).

Fourth row - Russell Curry ('55); Jimmy McGowan ('55); Jimmy Harris ('57); Skippy Speyerer ('51); Thomas Arnold ('53), J.M. Stanley ('55); Jack Carter ('57); Eugene Hampton ('57); Edgar Simpson ('58); Bill "BoRob" Robertson ('53); George Cronia ('44); Bobby Potts ('55); and Wesley Lominic ('49).

Run Forrest Run!

St. Aloysius' Forrest Logue carries the ball earlier this season against Hinds AHS.  The Flashes host Mount Olive Friday in their season finale. Forrest is the grandson of our classmate Harold "Sonny" Logue.  

Channing Curtis - For the Vicksburg Post

Mr. Blue

TV - Before Remote Controls

Wow, what a trip down memory lane...somebody put a lot of time and effort in this video.  Enjoy!  Click here to watch!

Rev. James Brendan O'Riordan Dies

The  Rev. James Brendan O'Riordan, former pastor of St. Michael Catholic Church and canonical administrator for Vicksburg Catholic School, died Saturday, October 13, 2012, at the age of 72.

Rev. O'Riordan was born July 18, 1940, in Killarney, County Kerry, Ireland.  He was ordained on June 6, 1964, at the Cathedral of the Assumption in Carlow, Ireland, for the Diocese of Natchez-Jackson.

During Rev. Riordan's ministry, he served as associate pastor of Our Lady of the Gulf in Bay St. Louis, Our Lady of Fatima in Biloxi, Immaculate Conception in Laurel and St. Mary Cathedral in Natchez.  He served first as substitute vicar and then as administrator at St. Charles Borromeo in Picayune.  He served as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi in Shaw, Annunciation in Columbus, St. Michael in Vicksburg, All Saints Church in Belzoni and its mission, Our Mother of Mercy in Anguilla.  He also served as an extraordinary confessor to the Sisters of Mercy at McAuley Home in Vicksburg.  He retired from active ministry in January 2009, at which time he returned to Vicksburg and made his home.

He was preceded in death by his parents, James and Catherine Moriarity O'Riordan; and a brother, Michael Riordan.

Rev. O'Riodan is survived by a sister, Joan O'Riordan O'Shea (John); three brothers, Dan Riordan (Mary), Charlie O'Riordan (Noreen) and Timmy O'Riordan (Katie); 12 nephews and nieces; and 17 grand-nephews and nieces.

A Mass of Christian burial will be at 11:00 a.m. Friday at St. Michael Catholic Church, followed by interment at Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riles Funeral Home.  Visitation will be at the church from 5 until 7 p.m. Thursday with a wake service at 7.

Pallbearers will be members of the clergy.

Memorials my be made to the St. Michael Catholic Church Building Fund, 100 St. Michael Place, Vicksburg, MS  39180

Anything But Bleak at SCHF

Mark Bleakley, owner of Mark Bleakley Stained Glass, works Tuesday to restore the windows of the Southern Cultural Heritage Center's (formerly SFXA) chapel to their previous glory.  Center director Annette Kirklin said the Southern Cultural Heritage Foundation, the parent organization of the center, is paying for the renovations with money it has collected over a couple of years.  Bleakley is expected to finish 19 of the lower windows before the Hobbs Freeman Arts and Nature Festival November 3.

Homecoming 2012 ~ St. Aloysius

Senior maids, front, from left, are Adria Piazza, the daughter of Donald and Norma Piazza; Anna Grant, the daughter of Thomas Grant and Rosemary Ashley; Mary Hannah Campbell, the daughter of Jerry and Joan Campbell; and Katelyn Jones, the daughter of Mike and Karen Jones,  Back left, are Ann Garrison Thomas, the daughter of Gary and Dani Kay Thomas; Mallory McGuffee, the daughter of Barry and Renee Mcguffee; Madeline Thornton, the daughter of Thomas and Joan Thornton; and Alexa Engel, the daughter of Richard Engel and Odie Sijin.

Maids, from left, are freshman Shelby Bottin, the daughter of Bobby an Amy Bottin and Elizabeth Counts, the daughter of Chris and Lisa Counts; sophomores Cameron Curtis, the daughter of mike and Denesha Curtis and Laura Phillips, the daughter of Greg and Eleanor Phillips; and juniors Julie Mabry, the daughter of Steve and Karen Mabry and Camille Bexley, the daughter of Bill Bexley and Weesie Biedenharm.  

Laura Phillips, granddaughter, will be in the Saint Aloysius Homecoming Court.  The court will be presented and a queen crowned October 5 at halftime, during the Flashes' 7:30 p.m. game against Resurrection Catholic. A parade will roll along Washington Street at 5 p.m. on Oct. 4.  Our congrats to Laura!  We are so proud of you! 

Members of the honor court, from left, are seniors Stephanie Riveros, the daughter of Guillermo and Evelyn Riveros; Clara Grace Turner, the daughter of Mike and Renee Turner; Elie Welp, the daughter of Tim and Nan Welp; Blakele Palmertree, the daughter of Barry and Andrea Palmertree; and Madison Lumbley, the daughter of Ken and Anita Sue Lumbley.

Laura Phillips (Step-granddaughter)

Laura in a 2007 Porsche Boxster as Sophomore Maid in the Homecoming Parade.

Prayers for Charlie Marshall

Our classmate, Vera Marshall Brown's brother, Charlie, is having his toe amputated this morning because of melanoma.  He is in surgery now at Woman's Hospital in Jackson.  Please keep him in your prayers that it will be a successful operation and he will be on the road to recovery very soon.  UPDATE:  Came through the surgery and on his way back home to Vicksburg per Vera.  He's in good spirits and please continue your prayers!

Katherine Meyer Turcotte's Obituary

Katherine Meyer Turcotte died Thursday, September 13, 2012, at River Region Medical Center.  She was 71.

Mrs. Turcotte was the daughter of the later Edward C. Meyer and Dorothy Jones Meyer and the widow of Roy V. Turcotte, Jr., who died on June 18, 2012.  She was a graduate of St. Francis Xavier Academy in the class of 1959.  She was a Chemical Dependency Counselor, Level II at Marian Hill Chemical Dependency Center in Vicksburg for the past 18 years and served as counselor at Pine Grove Chemical Dependency Unit in Hattiesburg and St. Dominic Chemical Dependency Unit in Jackson.

In 1994 she was awarded the Hilda Dehan Award, and in 2000, Mrs. Turcotte was awarded the MAADAC Counselor of the Year Award.  She served as SE Regional Vice President of the National Association for Addiction Professionals.  Mrs. Turcotte was an Internationally Certified Clinic Supervisor.  Since 2007, an award named after her has been given to the Addiction Professional of the Year.  Mrs. Turcotte was founder of the Mississippi Association of Addiction Professionals and had served as past president of the organization.  She was a member of the Pi Alpha Kappa Omega Chapter and the Vicksburg Lions Club.  The Turcotte was a communicant of St. Michael Catholic Church.

During her high school years she was known throughout the state as a premier athlete, highlighted by her outstanding basketball talents for the St. Francis Xavier Blue Streaks and was known as Katherine "Speedy" Meyer.

She is survived by four sons, Jeff Turcotte, and wife Doris, of Albuquerque, N.M., Greg Turcotte and wife, Sherrie, of Seminary, Tim Turcotte and wife, Lisa, of Lexington, KY, Steve Turcotte and wife Candy, of Vicksburg; a brother William Charles "Buddy" Meyer of Savannah, GA; 15 grandchildren; nine great-grandchildren; a sister-in-law, Rosalie Garner and husband, Jack, of Oxford, and a brother-in-law, Randy Turcotte of Vicksburg.

A funeral mass will be at 11 a.m. Monday at St. Michael Catholic Church with the Rev. P. J. Curley as celebrant.  Burial will be in Cedar Hill Cemetery under the direction of Riles Funeral Home.  Visitation will be Sunday from 3 to 6 p.m. with prayer service at 6 p.m.  Visitation will be from 1 a.m. until service time Monday at the church.

Memorials may be made to Vicksburg Catholic School, 1900 Grove Street,  Vicksburg, MS,  39183 or to National Council on Alcoholism and Drug Dependency, Central MS Chapter care of Jenny Crutchfield, 875 North Park Drive, Suite 600, Ridgeland, MS.  39157

Pallbearers will be Randy Turcotte, Tyler Turcotte, Tessa Turcotte, LaShay Meyer, Darrell Jones, Michael Jones, J.B. Edwards and Dr. Robert Lee Giffin, Jr.

Honorary Pallbearers will be members of the Vicksburg Lions Club and members of the Pi Alpha Kappa Omega Chapter.

Arrangements For Katherine

Arrangements via Caring Bridge

Written 9 minutes ago

Arrangements are as follows:

Visitation will be Sunday, September 16, 2012 from 3-6 at Riles Funeral Home:

Services will be at St. Michael's on Monday, September 17, 2012, with visitation from 10-11 with Mass at 11:00. 

Tentative Arrangements for Katherine

Via Caring Bridge

Here are some of the tentative arrangements for Katherine and as they are finalized I will post them.

The Funeral Home is:

http://www.charlesrilesfuneralhome.com/

Church:

http://www.stmichaelvicksburg.org/

Florists:http://www.helensfloristandgifts.com/

Tina's Flowers & Gifts LLC

• (601) 638-4747

Our Dear Classmate, Katherine, Has Died

Via Caring Bridge

Heaven just received another angel!!

Written 50 minutes ago

Katherine is now soaring with the angels in heaven with Roy. She passed away at 10:21 this evening... She was certainly one of a kind, that truly left this world and the people she touched a better place... 

With my Love and Respect! 





Katherine has now rejoined Roy, she is happy and at peace.  There are memories that are left with us left behind to comfort and bring smiles to us.  She will always be there to guide you as a mother. I will continue to keep the family in my prayers to guide them through this rough time.  
Bill Adams
Class of '59

I just knew God wanted her and Skeeter was watching over her. She just did not want to be without him.   
Patsy Glass Duncan 
(Former classmate)

Katherine will be missed by all of us who knew her.  She was a special person and always fun to be around.
Anita Zorn Hossley 
Class of '58

It was with deep sadness that I read Katherine had lost her long fight, but as we all know she is in a wonderful place with her dear husband, family and God.  My prayers are still continuing although I know that she is at peace, so not for her, but all those that she left behind.  Rest in Peace Katherine...
Lynda Kennedy Vince
(Former classmate)