CHS Class of 1985

Members of the Class of 1985

July 3, 2010 - There is a city-wide high school reunion planned for October 1, 2010 for all classes of Dale County High School of Ozark, D.A. Smith High School, Ozark High School and Carroll High School. For details click on this link.

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The 20th class reunion was held on August 26th - 27, 2005.

Sophia "Bowman" Buchanan

William (Bill) Braun E-Mail Me

Juan Broussard E-Mail Me

Darren Cannon

James Clark

Damita "Coley" Garcia E-Mail Me

Steven Compton

Donny Davenport E-mail Me

Tom Gassett

Lee Anthony (L.A.) Harris
Web Address: http://www.bullochsheriff.com

Darren Helms

Jim Hughes

Wesley Kilpatrick

Anthony Lewis
Web Address: www.lewisclan.net

Keith Lucky

Tracy "Marsh" White E-Mail Me

Maurine "Matthews" Dubose

Wendy McLendon

Angela "Nickerson" Ruffin

Dawn Paramore

Sherri "Parker" Flowers

Scott Patterson

Laurel "Prince" Smith

Gary Rhode

Keith (Rich) Richardson

Yetta Rodgers

Hildy "Rudd" Conder

Bobby Shaw E-mail Me

Timothy Sheehan

Marcia "Spodeck" Green

Debra Stacey

Robert Suckow

Stephen Sumner

Raymon Sweezey

Janet (Jan) "Szczepanski" Denney

Phoebe "Tatum" Coaker E-mail Me

Freddie Taylor

Shannon Thompson

Sheri "Viles" Vogel

Dirk Volmer

Debbie (Twinlet) "Ward" Casey
Web Address: www.serenityhomes.biz

Lynn "Ward" Hohensee

Paula "Watson" Silavent

Diana Wells

Paul Wesley

Rockie Widner

Amy "Woodham" Saliba

Special thanks to Mr. Dennis Ezell, an art teacher at CHS, for allowing me to post this work of art from the Class of 1985. (Click on the picture for the full scale version)

Here's what was happening in the community, the school, and the world when this class was setting off on their future endeavors.

Watch for updates to this section!

Local Events

Schools had an opening enrollment of 3,654 students in the Ozark City School System.

WalMart signed a lease with Martindale Plaza to occupy the old Rose’s Store vacated building.

CHS head football coach Paul Terry was cited for his 150th career victory.

A group of 23 people sought financing assistance to renovate the Emma P. Flowers auditorium for use as a performing arts center.

The Bank of Ozark observed their 50th anniversary.

Miss Bronze was Tecia Garrett and Little Miss Bronze was Monique Ward.

Pam Rivenbark was crowned homecoming queen.

The CHS band took top honors at the Southland Band Classic at Bates Field in Enterprise.

Joanne P. Knight was named Teacher of the Year at CHS.

Bryant Mixon and Carol Parker were named Ozark’s Man and Woman of the year.

The Country Market grocery store opened at Martindale Plaza.

Construction began on the Holiday Inn.

Millie Murphree was crowned Miss Dale County Agriculture.

Dan Faust was sworn in as Chairman of the Dale County Commission.

Temperatures dropped to 2 degrees in January.

Patty Allen and Pam Hester won state honors from the Alabama DECA conference in Birmingham.

$90,000 was raised to convert the Flowers School auditorium into a theater for the performing arts.

CHS presented "Bye Bye Birdie" at the Ozark Civic Center.

WalMart held their grand opening at Martindale Plaza.

The Dairy Queen located at Hwy. 231 and Deese Road held a grand opening.

Pam Hester became CHS’s first National DECA winner.

Fred Steagall was sworn in as the new District Judge in Dale County.

216 students graduated from CHS.

National Events

The Coca-Cola Co. announced it was changing the secret flavor formula for Coke (negative public reaction forced the company to resume selling the original version).

241 U.S. Marines and sailors in Lebanon were killed in a suicide truck-bombing at Beirut International Airport; a near-simultaneous attack on French forces killed 58 paratroopers.

Hurricane Alicia slammed into the Texas coast, leaving 22 dead and causing more than a billion dollars worth of damage.

Democratic presidential candidate Walter F. Mondale announced he'd chosen U.S. Rep. Geraldine A. Ferraro of New York to be his running-mate; Ferraro was the first woman to run for vice president on a major-party ticket.

A suicide car bomber attacked the U.S. Embassy annex in north Beirut, killing a dozen people.

Space shuttle Challenger astronaut Kathy Sullivan became the first American woman to walk in space.

President Reagan joked during a voice test for a paid political radio address that he had "signed legislation that will outlaw Russia forever. We begin bombing in five minutes."

The Vatican and the U.S. established full diplomatic relations for the first time in more than a century.

Astronauts Bruce McCandless II and Robert L. Stewart went on the first untethered space walk from the space shuttle.

Terry Anderson, chief Middle East correspondent for The Associated Press, was abducted in Beirut; he was released in December 1991.

In a legislative victory for President Reagan, the Senate voted, 55-45, to authorize production of the MX missile.

Bernhard Goetz, a New York City resident, shot four black youths on a Manhattan subway, claiming they were about to rob him.

World Events

Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi was assassinated by two Sikh security guards.

More than 50 people died when a flash fire swept a packed soccer stadium in Bradford, England.

Soviet leader Yuri V. Andropov died at the age of 69, less than 15 months after succeeding Leonid Brezhnev. Konstantin U. Chernenko succeeded Andropov.

Konstantin U. Chernenko, Soviet leader for just 13 months, died at age 73.

Guest Book Entry

Name:: Jan Denney
Class_of:: 1985
Email_Address:
Date:: 19 May 2004

Comments

I am married to Thomas Denney (Class of 1983). I live in Sugar Land, TX (Houston) and am a member of Holy Cross Episcopal church. I have one human child, William (born 03-03-03) and one fur child, Rorke, a Rhodesian Ridgeback (born 01-05-98). I work for the Cameron division of Cooper Cameron in their Western Hemisphere engineering group. I have lived in Tejas since 09-01-1997. Prior to that, I was a design engineer in Shalimar, Florida and blew things up for a living.

I get home about twice a year and usually run into at least one former class mate (where else - at Walmart!).

After living here for awhile, I have to add the comment that people in TX don't know a d@*! thing about football rivalries. Aggies and Longhorns just think they hate each other - there is no real depth of feeling. War Damn Eagle!

Name:: Marcus van Riesen
Class_of:: 85
Email_Address:
Date:: 22 Mar 2002

Comments

Hi everybody!

I am still in Hamburg, Germany but I am back to Ozark next week, march 26th.- march 30th 2002. Hope that you are all well and see ya soon,

Marcus

Name:: Lynn Ward
Class_of:: 1985
Email_Address:
Date:: 30 Aug 2001

Comments

I forgot to add this.... What has happened to Donald Lisenby? Does anyone know?

Name:: Lynn Ward
Class_of:: 1985
Email_Address:
Date:: 30 Aug 2001

Comments

Hey everyone! I always think about you guys. I can't wait for 2005. WOW 20 years! We are SOOOO old! :)

Name:: Diana D. Wells
Class_of:: 1985
Email_Address:
Date:: 03 Aug 2000

Comments

This is a note from Diana Wells in the Class of 1985. This information is a wonderful source of information, if someone knows Hildy Rudd Conder's email or address or phone respond back....I'd like to hear from Freddy Taylor also...

Name:: Steve Compton
Class_of:: 85
Email_Address:
Date:: 10 Jan 2000

Comments

GREAT web site. It's nice to be able to see something from Ozark on the web here in Bellevue, Ne.

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