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From Roberta Walker Butler    27 July 2006

This is what Rudy mailed in to be included in the reunion book of 2005:
Dr. James Rudolph Singletary, Jr.* (married)
3504 Lakebrook Drive   Murfreesboro, Tenn 37130
home: 615-430-9698  cell: 615-430-9699
spouse:  Patti Ann Taylor
children: 2 daughters, 4 grandchildren

After the Army, I graduated from Campbell University, the Medical University of SC, and the graduate school of the University of Cincinnati. I decided to put my knowledge to use so I taught classes at the Univ. of Cincinnati. I am now self-employed and hope to retire within the next 2 years. I would really like to attend this reunion, but I will undergo eye surgery this month to keep from going blind.

NOTATION: Because of his health from the eye surgery, he sold his business and was employed by Eckerd's. He had donated his organs, but they could not be accepted as they revealed Rudy had Agent Orange, which he must have picked up in the Viet Nam War.  He certainly accomplished alot in his short life time, as he acquired much education and he put it to use.

Rudy died June 23, 2006. 

PART OF HIS OBITUARY

Rudy Singletary, 64, went to be with the Lord suddenly on Friday, June 23, 2006. Graveside services will be Wednesday at Manning Cemetery in Manning, SC with full military honors.  Dr. Singletary was a very well-respected Pharmacologist for more than 30 years and a member of the Northside Baptist Church.  He proudly served multiple tours of duty as a Green Beret in the US Army Special Forces during the Vietnam War, was a 32nd Degree Mason and a member of the Masonic Lodge in Hamlet, NC.

August 4, 2005 Added 1995 group reunion picture

July 7, 2005  Added two Fairview Heights School class pictures

July 6, 2005  Added two more Pansy Fetner School pictures

June 8, 2005  Added senior class photograph.  Thanks to Bonnie Anderson Batton for sending. 

31 October 2004 from Diana Holland Faust

A new Pansey Fetner School picture was added.  It is not our class, but you may have brothers or sisters or other that you recognize in it.  It is 5th grade in 1948.  The picture was sent by Steve Baggett of Rockingham, North Carolina, and by Charlotte Cowan of Rice Street, Hamlet.  If you can help add names to any of the Pansey Fetner pictures, that would be nice.  --Diana

From Roberta Walker Butler    February 17, 2004

dear classmates, i have not written in quite a while, but today i do have news to report.  first, warren calloway has a new email address. it iswcalloway@nc.rr.com.

also, we will start planning our 45th reunion next winter. the reunion will be here before you know it.

in conclusion, please send me suggestions for the reunion and dont forget to look at our hamlet site that diana keeps up so well.  until next time. love, roberta

11 February 2004
new email address for Warren Calloway and link to his SCL photo site

26 February 2003 from Roberta Walker:
i saw warren's message.  i might as well get on the band wagon too. i have written 5 books, but they were genealogy books. my first one was  THE MASSENGILLS OF JOHNSTON CO. NC.  then within a year, i had enough more infor for volumn 2.  then later i wrote book, my best one yet , about the size of a catalog, called THE SNEADS OF JOHNSTON  CO. NC.  this won an award.  those were on my mothers side. then i wrote THE NOAH CHANEY FAMILY ALBUM on my daddys side. i called it an album as i had pictures of everyone mentioned.  my last book was THE THOMAS JACKSON WALKER,, SR FAMILY OF CASWELL CO. NC.  this w as catalog thickness also.  i have been doing research for 30 years and finally one day decided i would put info together.  the comments from people who didnt know their families were amazing.  it was all a labor of love. you certainly dont get rich, not with expenses to traveling to cemeteries, hall of archives, etc.  by the way, all five books are in raleigh at the archives and in most state libraries, including new york and especially the mormon library in utah.,  i also did those on a typewriter, you know those things before computers. i am not working on my husbands side, the PATES, BUTLERS, SNEADS, AND OTHER RELATED FAMILIES OF SCOTLAND, ANSON, AND RICHMOND COUNTIES. 

24 March 2003 from Warren Calloway:

I have done two books, but mine are Railroad history/motive power oriented books. My first book was published in 1988 on Seaboard Air Line diesel locomotives. The second was published in 1993 and titled "Atlantic Coast Line- The Diesel Years". Both are basically railroad locomotive histories and are more photography/pictures that a lot of text.

These were written for the train fans and were sold by the Hamlet Station museum. Both first printing have since sold out.

I became interested in the railroad locomotive history during the summer months when working for Seaboard. Began taking lots of pictures and have amassed a large collection.

Thousands and thousands of railroad subjects available in Black & White 5 x7 or 8 x 10 photographs from my personnel collection. No list available. E-mail me with your wants. B&W photos of roads all across the US available both class ones and short lines, many dating for 1960s to present.

Also check out my web pages:

PULLING FOR YOU: A PICTORIAL HISTORY OF SEABOARD COAST LINE'S MOTIVE POWER

http://members.tripod.com/warren_calloway/index.htm 

Check out my SAL Web Page:

http://hometown.aol.com/callowayw/Seaboard_Air_Line.html 

23 March 2003 from Joe Hogan:

I would like you to visit my web site www.jbhogan.com and see if you think you might like the book, if you do buy it and refer it to your friends.

 

It would be nice to hear from you and what's going on in your life. Give me some feedback on the site, OK???

Joe Hogan <jhogan@carolina.rr.com> wrote:

Hi Roberta, I am pleased to announce that my book, The Forcesome, has been published and is now in the process of being turned over to the distributor. In about two month it will be available in over 25,000 locations.

 A summary of the book is available by accessing www.1stbooks.com and it may also be purchased by simply entering my name, Joe Hogan, as the author.

Hopefully, you could foward this information to our classmates. Thanks.

Note:  Joe's book is also available from Amazon.com.

23 October 2002 from Roberta Walker
hi classmates, please notice 2 changes in email addresses. jimmy brittingham and judy melton.

also, on sad note, arthur martin's father, carl martin, died last week-end. the funeral was last monday. he lives on rollins ave. in hamlet if you would like to send him a card.

again, please keep me up-to-date on email changes or address changes. i should have more email addresses, but i am not notified of changes. if you know of any other email address, please send to me.

thanks again. hope to see some of you at our seaboard festival this saturday.

love you all, roberta

23 May 2002  
received a nice email from joe hogan who states he found our hamlet class of '60 website. his address is jhogan@carolina.rr.com  and he stated he is retired and spends much time in florida. his florida address is hoga2928@bellsouth.net and he enjoys golf, the beach, and is writing a book.          roberta

19 May 2002  
I received this note and article about Gwen Raby Mansini:  

Gwen accomplished incredible things in the inner city of Richmond./  Gwen is on the Board for the ROC (Richmond Outreach Center)

May 18, 2002  

Christians' e-mail list helps people in need

BY ALBERTA LINDSEY
TIMES-DISPATCH STAFF WRITER
The family - mom, dad and seven children ranging in age from 3 years to 7 years - lived in one motel room.

The father, a musician, was out of work. The family had gotten behind in its bills and been evicted from its rented house.

Tracie Adams, a member of Mechanicsville Christian Center in Hanover County, knew some of the children because they attend a 4-H Club at the Richmond Outreach Center, a community center in South Side. Adams is a volunteer leader of the club.

She befriended the family and talked with the parents.

"They had no idea how to get out of the hole they were in," said Adams, who prayed about the family. "I talked with them to see what they needed to work out to get out of their situation."

The family also had gotten behind in paying to store its possessions. The storage facility auctioned the family's furniture and other belongings to one person for $600.

"God started working things out," Adams said. "The money to buy back the family's possessions became available, and we talked the man who bought the things into selling them back to the family. The father is working on a CD. The mother got a job. They got a house."

But there were still many needs, Adams said. "Some of their things were ruined in storage. They needed mattresses and a sofa."

Adams turned to Gwen Mansini, director of urban ministries at the Mechanicsville Christian Center, for help. Mansini e-mailed a list of items the family needed to an e-group of about 800 people. Within two days the family had the mattresses and sofa.

E-mailing special needs of people and prayer requests is something Mansini does often. "We put out the word and God responds through people," she said. "Just the right people seem to respond. I've never not had someone respond."

Adams said: "I like to hear about needs people have. I love to pray for specific things. But we hardly have time to pray about something before you get an e-mail saying it's done."

Mansini received an e-mail about a handicapped young man who wanted to ride a bicycle, but it had to be a bike with three wheels.

"Immediately a woman responded: 'My dad can build one. He had to do that for my brother.' The Bible says to bear one another's burdens, and people are doing that," she said.

Since the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on the United States, she has received many e-mails about people needing employment. Now people who know of job openings notify Mansini and she informs the e-group.

Not only have people found work, but those needing cars to get to and from jobs have received them. A church needing a plumber found one. A woman needing clothes for an infant was given them.

Mansini started the e-group after the Convoy of Hope was in Richmond in 2000. More than 1,000 volunteers helped with the giveaway program that was aimed at telling people about Jesus.

"About 800 of the volunteers had e-mail addresses and I thought it was a way to stay in touch. I had no plan for anything like this," she said.

"All of these people have a connection: the body of Christ," she added. "God just blows me out of the water."


Contact Alberta Lindsey at (804) 649-6754 or alindsey@timesdispatch.com
This story can be found at : http://timesdispatch.com/news/religion/MGB5ONPPC1D.html

New picture:  Diana Holland and Roberta Walker in 1st grade 
12 April 2002

Dear Roberta and "Class of '60,"
     Thank you so very much for your thoughtful note.  Your caring means a great deal to me as we all grew up together and knew each other's families.
    My mother lived to be almost 99. I will miss her, but her life was long and full.
     Warm regard to all,
     Hoda

Roberta, my email address is HLBlau@aol.com
WARNING: i do not check it regularly.

13 February 2002

New e-mail addresses for 
Vance Mann:  vance@screaminet.com 
Loleata Brooks Hayes JHayes11@carolina.rr.com 
6 February 2002 

From Roberta Walker Butler    26 November 2001

notice allyn cortright's email address. he decided to
join the living. he is doing much better. says he even
has hair now. give him a hello. roberta

Note from webmaster:  Allyn's email address is added to the address page and a snapshot of him, proving that he does again have hair, is on the Pictures page.  Take a look and shoot him an 'e.'

From Shirley Morse Guthrie   13 August 2001

Well, it has certainly been an interesting (!?) week.

Sat. a week ago (Aug. 4), I was typing an email to a friend, and all of a sudden, my computer cut off.  I called the "help" people, and it was determined the power supply unit quit working.  After some hassle with them (warranty stuff, etc.) they said they would send someone out to fix it.  They did not come until today (Aug. 13). I hope it is finally fixed, as this is the 2nd power supply they have had to put in since I got it last Sept.

On Monday, Aug. 6, I had to work at the State Emergency Operations Center (SEOC), thanks to our little (?) "friend" , Tropical Storm Barry.  I worked a 12 hour shift out there, providing resources for people impacted by the storm.  When I got home, needless to say I was tired, and ready to relax.  The first thing I noticed was my garage door remote opener did not work.  I thought maybe the power was off, so was not concerned.  However, when I got in the house, I had power.  Next, I picked up the phone to call my brother, and let him know I was O.K. - but the phone wasn't working.  I went next door to my neighbor's house, to see if her phone was working.  It was.  She said there had been a terrifically loud noise earlier in the day, and it was obvious lightning had hit somewhere close by, because you could smell it in the air.  Guess what!  It was at MY house. We went outside, and here is what we found.  Lightning hit a big pine tree that is about 20 feet from my house. There were wood pieces and bark all over the yard, and we could see where it had streaked down the entire length of the tree - approximately 60 feet.  It blew a hole in the ground at the base of the tree, then another hole in the ground where the lightning apparently exited.  My telephone wires were blown apart, as was my television cable line.  It blew the cover on the telephone connection apart, and bits of it were scattered over the yard, as far as 30 feet away.   The next day I managed to get the phone company come lay a new line (which they just buried in the ground today).  The cable company came on Wednesday and laid a new line (they haven't come to bury the new line yet).  Once I had phone service, I found that 2 of my phone had been "fried", and so had my VCR.  I had called my insurance agent, and he came out on Wed. to assess the damage and talk about my claim.  So, for the past week I have been dealing with phone/ cable/ electrician/ T.V./ insurance people.  I have a $500 deductible, so I get to "eat" the cost of removing the now dead pine tree (not yet removed  - hopefully next week.  Also, hopefully, it will not fall on my house before then!).  However, the Ins. Co. is picking up the cost of: having all the electrical in my house inspected, having someone check out the T.V. and VCR (T.V. O.K., VCR "dead"), replacing the VCR, and replacing the phones.  The garage door remotes were O.K., the opener just needed to be reset (for 3 days I would have to park outside, come in, open the garage, go back outside, pull the car into the garage, close the door.  Lots of fun when it is raining!).

Except for the reimbursements from the Ins. Co., the removal of the tree, and replacing my VCR (a 2-years old Christmas gift from my sons), everything else has pretty well been taken care of.  Some of you know that I was dealing with some other "problems" prior to this.  So - all of this has been a most "interesting" occurrence!!  One I could have happily lived without!

However, the bright side is: my house did not catch on fire, the pine tree didn't fall on my house (yet!), the electrical system in my house is fine, the other things are "things" that can be replaced, I have use of my computer again, the cable line will soon be buried, and the Ins. Co. is being both nice and cooperative.  Their payout will be less than mine, but it is better than nothing.  However, I'm going to have my deductible lowered!!  As to the prior "problems", they will also get worked out  - eventually.

From Shirley Morse Guthrie   12 June 2001

Boy did we ever have a storm for the past day and a half!  Almost 10 inches of rain yesterday!  Not much wind, thank goodness, so little damage that way, but so much rain that a number of streets were flooded,
some low-lying homes flooded, and cars flooded out that were caught on flooded streets (water up to the door handles!).  Several people hurt who were caught in flooded streets, including one person presumed
dead.  A woman and male companion tried to continue on a flooded street, in their car, it went off the road into a culvert, she managed to get out and almost drowned as the rushing water swept her to a storm grate.  The car (a KIA) was swept about a mile and a half through the culvert.  Someone heard her shouting for help, she was rescued, and later her car was found, but no sign - as yet - of the male companion. We had 4 separate tornado warnings in a span of an hour and a half.  The lightning was fierce = coming, going away, coming, going away, etc., for about 14
hours.  Glad that's over - and this was only a Tropical Storm - not a hurricane.  Makes us wonder what hurricanes will be like this year in this area!

From Shirley Morse Guthrie   10 June 2001
Just wanted to let everyone know - in case you decide to send me any "regular" mail, that as of July 1, my zip code is changing.  It will now be 32309.

I hope everyone is well and happy.

Shirley