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Caren Reynolds (Cates) (1965)

Dear Classmates,

Sadly, on this beautiful September morning, I have been asked to let everyone know how much your prayers have been appreciated by the Liles family.

Message from Bobby Liles:  Terry left Texas this morning at 1:30 am on a one way flight to heaven.  His passing was very peaceful and he's not having any trouble breathing.  

Blessings and peace to the Liles family and all of our Tiger friends,

Caren

Caren Reynolds (Cates) (1965)

Janet Frenchmeyer (Tatom) #4712

Your sister, JoAnn, was not in this class picture.  I looked at all of the homeroom groups and could not find her.  I am wondering if she was absent??

JoAnn's friendship was very special.  I remember having sleepovers at your house, dancing in your living room, and the kindness of your mother.  I was able to dance on the Larry Kane Show because of JoAnn.  She, also, was the first one to "tease" my hair for the Burbank Fall Festival and fixed my hair for the Houstonette Mother-Daughter Banquet in 10th grade.  I am sad that we lost track of each other.  She was a beautiful girl!

Caren Reynolds (Cates) (1965)

Shirley Lunsford:

You requested the picture of your homeroom - Ms. Gordon

Terry Liles is standing next to you:

Paul Hoffart (1972)

Caren Reynolds (Cates) (1965)

Dear Classmates:

Services for Terry Liles are as follows:

Viewing - Sunday, Sept. 27, 2:00-5:00pm, Rosewood Funeral Home, Humble. TX

Funeral Services - Monday, Sept. 8, at 11:00am, St. Mary Magdalene Catholic Church, 527 S.Houston Ave., Humble, TX

Graveside immediately after services, Houston National Cemetery, 10410 Veterans Memorial Dr., Houston, TX

Judy Maxwell (1971)

It's with a Sad Sad Heart, that I post this morning that our dear Friend and Classmate, John (Dennie) Lucas passed away yesterday at his home. Darlene called and she is on her way there now. I will keep you updated on any arrangements made. My thoughts and Prayers go out to the Family~~

JOHN DENNIS (DENNIE) LUCAS

CROLEY FUNERAL HOME

305 W. HARRISON ST. GILMER TX 75644 (903) 843-2555

VISITATION: THURSDAY

OCTOBER 8, 2020 12:00 NOON

GRAVESIDE SERVICE

1:30 FOLLOWING VISITATION

Kathy Culpepper (Gunderson) (1968)

Shirley Maxwell (Pace) (1970)

Darlene I'm so sorry to hear of Dennie.s passing, Please call me if you need anything, Prayers for you & the family

Judy Maxwell (1971)

Kathy,

Yes, so sad, He joined the Marines and was sent to Viet Nam and gave it his all as he always did. Even though he was badly wounded, he recovered, came back home and servered for years on the Houston Swat Team.  

He was a good guy and will be missed ~

Judy

Bonnie Artale (1971)

 Oct. 5,2020

Sad to hear of one more of us passing.  Seems we have had  a lot more loss this year. Is it covid, or our age that is the culprit ?  I, for one am too young to feel this damn old.   RIP Terry and John, may their memories be a blessing.    

Judy Maxwell (1971)

JOHN DENNIS (DENNIE) LUCAS

CROLEY FUNERAL HOME

305 W. HARRISON ST. GILMER TX 75644 (903) 843-2555

VISITATION: THURSDAY

OCTOBER 8, 2020 12:00 NOON

GRAVESIDE SERVICE

1:30 FOLLOWING VISITATION

Judy Maxwell (1971)

James Wiggins (1972)

Hi Judy, I talked to my Dad today who is 86 years old and told him about John Lucas. 

My Dad was a Swat office for HPD for over 20 years and  worked with John. I did not know

John but my Dad remembers him well and told me some great stories about him and working 

and working with John. I use Johns name as that is how my Dad remembered him.  My Dad

worked for HPD for 36 years and most of those were with Swat.  Oother years he worked

the North Side.  My Dad is contacting his other Swat contacts to let them know about John 

as well.

Shirley Maxwell (Pace) (1970)

James

Thank your Dad for all his services! John had a beautiful funeral with friends & family. The Northside still pulls togeather when needed. 

Judy Maxwell (1971)

Hi James,

Tell your Dad thanks~ The service yesterday was very emotional ~ It was a Military service with 21 gun salute and taps. His Brother-in-law, Bill Ward,  Darlene's husband is the Humble Police Dept. Chaplain so he did the service.

We called him Dennie, due to growing up togther and close with the family, he is a Jr. and his Dad went ny John so he was Dennie to us, Here are a few of us that were in Gilmer yesterday that grew up woth him. Shirley Maxwell Pace, Bobby Hopper, Me, Jackie Lucas, Darlene Lucas

Hope your doing good James, 

Judy

James Wiggins (1972)

Thanks Judy, My Dad got real quite when I told him about John, he thought a lot of John,  My Dad was so much older than most of the SWAT team, I dont know how he kept up with all of them back in the day.  Must be the East Texan in him.  We are doing good here in Bossier City, La.  My son is also a SWAT officer here in Bossier City. We have been here 41 years now and still have my business, might retire one day but you know that self employed people dont retire, we just move on.  I took my grandsons to San Augustine Tx to watch them play Joaquin on Saturday, always feels good to get back to Texas.  You are right about Northside folks, we can do just about anything.  I am blessed to have grown up on the Northside, just did not know that at the time.

James Wiggins (1972)

Thank you Judy and Shirley, I will let my Dad know your thanks.  

Caren Reynolds (Cates) (1965)

Hello Burbank Jr. High Eagles - 1960-1962

My husband, Ronnie Cates, has been wanting to reconnect with a couple of friends for our Burbank Jr. High days.  These individuals would be in their mid 70's.

Mike Daughtery, I believe he enlisted in the army and upon his return, became a firefighter.  He dated and perhaps married Ellen Ragsdale.

Donnie Lobue, went to Catholic schools and lived on Eubanks Street

Any help in this quest will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you in advance for your assistance and many blessings to you and your family,

Caren Reynolds Cates

Pamela Audas (Smith) (1969)

Sam taught American History and was my homeroom teacher, and provided a character reference for me when I joined the Army after high school.

Sam Victor Sarao
1943-2019
Sam Victor Sarao, 76, passed away Tuesday, December 24, 2019. He was born in Houston, TX to parents, Mary Ann & Andrew J. Sarao, Sr.
Sam graduated high school from St. Pius X, and received his BA and MED from St. Thomas University in Houston, TX. He was a teacher at Sam Houston High School for 30 years. Sam was also a member of the Knights of Columbus, council 2917.
He is survived by his siblings, Andrew J. Sarao, Jr., and Ann Marie Sarao Deason (Jerry); nephew, Stephen Deason (Mel); great-nephews, Nathan Deason and Drew Deason.
Visitation will be held Wednesday, January 1, 2019 from 5-8 PM at Heights Funeral Home. The funeral service will be at 10 AM the following morning at Christ the King Catholic Church. Interment will follow at Forest Park Lawndale Cemetery.

Robert Hinson (1969)

I am saddened to hear of the passing of Sam Victor Sareo. I was in his history and geography classes. He made history come alive to me. Things that I learned in his class I still remember. I always try to learn things about history at this late state of my life. My wife Kathy (Buntin) Hinson has a problem with my memory. I can remember what happened or what 50 years ago and I can't remember what I did yesterday. My love of history, geography and government come from great teachers like Sam Sareo and James Lyons. Sheila Darst and Louise Adams also taught me things that helped me to want to learn more about English and Music. I hope that most of us have still have a desire for learning and have passed it along to our children.

Robert Hinson
Class of 1969

Nancy Harantcavage (1969)

I was also a student of Sam Sarao.  I remember the classroom learned of his upcoming birthday and we took up a collection to buy him a gift and I was the one responsible for choosing the gift.  I picked a pair a shorts and wrapped and we presented to him in class.  He opened the box and held them up and boy did I get a size guess wrong.  When he held them up they were so big three of him would have fit in that one piece.  He blushed and I was so embarrassed that I thought he was that big.  Of course, I can laugh now.  But he was a sweetheart of a teacher.

Lawrence Tracy Lott (1976)

So sad to read that Sam Sarao has passed. He was an inspirational teacher and a real character, had him for American History and would have taken any other class he taught. RIP

Elizabeth Ann Baranowski (Painter) (1974)

Mr. Sarao was the best teacher.  I had him in '73.  Always a smile on his face, always enthusiastic.  He clearly loved teaching history.  Every day he would read Leon Hale's column from the chronicle.  After. I graduated and settled down, I read Mr. Hale's column everyday until he retired.  I miss his column.  Recently I was in Round Top and remember Mr. Hale  writing about him going to the post office there to get his mail. I hope he and his dog (Charlotte) ?  are doing well.

Duncan McDowell (1968)

I met Janie at the Napoleon Square apartments.  They had a good club there.  On our first date we went to Savaggio's Club on 34th street where Roy Head was performing that night.  3 months later we were married, and we recently had our 47th anniversary.  It was a good place to go on a date.

Can anyone remember Savaggio's and give me some history of the place, and maybe when it closed?  Who some of the other name entertainers were?  Was the owner's name Lee?

We are staying home as much as possible due to Covid and so far we have been lucky and not caught it.  I hope all of you can keep from getting it.  At our age it is a serious risk.  When I read these posts it is sad to see so many obits.  We have already lost too many of our classmates and all of them were good people.  

Bruce Allen Weber (1974)

I really enjoyed Mr. Sarao's Class. Very positive about America. We could use his wisdom now. And great blackboard graphics; really exploited that colored chalk. He had the entire school talking about his in-room "Current Events Sweepstakes" every Friday; the competition generated a lot of interest in world events.

Time marches on.