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--Jimmy Harkey

1934
--Wilson Roddye Caudle (11/09/2009)
Obit. in Charlotte Observer 11/10/2009
--Virginia Hicklin (03/06/2010)
Virginia Hicklin Fogle Fisher obit in The Charlotte Observer 03/07/2010
--Logan V. Pratt (02.25/2010)
Logan V. Pratt Sr. obit in The Charlotte Observer 02/28/2010

1938
--William Aubrey Federal (12/03/2009)
Obit. in the Charlotte Observer 12/08/2009
--Kathleen 'Bonnie' Samonds (12/2/2009)
Kathleen "Bonnie" Samonds Funderburke Eldredge, obit in the Charlotte Observer 12/6/2009

1940
--J. W. Morgan (02/18/2010)
obit in The Charlotte Observer 02/21/2010

1941
--Mildred Smith (2009)
Mrs. Wolfe of Charlotte, NC passed away on Sunday, October 25, 2009. She graduated Valedictorian from Central High School Class of 1941. Mrs Wolf worked for Dr. Elmer H. Garinger at the Board of Education and then as assistant to her former Central High School teacher and mentor, Dr. Bonnie Ethel Cone.

1943
--Robin Smith Kirby Jr. (11/10/2009)
Obit In The Charlotte Observer 11/11/2009
--Beatrice Arnold Whitney (02/23/2010)
obit for Beatrice Arnold Whitney Myers in The Charlotte Observer 02/25/2010
--Latimer (Lat) Williams III (11/25/2009)
obit in Charlotte Observer 11/27/2009

1946
--Will Hon (March 1, 2008)
Submitted by his sister, Charlotte Hon Hall, class of 1950. Will was with U of Ga Marine Institute in Savannah for 20+ years.

1948
--Charles Hicks (May 26, 2009)

1949
--Anne Simpson (January 30, 2010)
Charlotte Observer obituary 2/17/2010

1951
--William 'Bill' Disher (March 27, 2004)
--Adrienne Norman (03/25/96)
She was one of the most classy, beautiful, and strongest woman I have ever met. I'm sure she had many friends here, so I thought I would let people know.
--Mary Price Phifer (11/12/2009)
Mary Price Phifer Conder obit in the Charlotte Observer 11/14/2009
--James Small (MAY 2007)
a wonderful friend
--Jim Thornhill (11/16/07)
brother of '54 alum jane and '57 alum claire

1952
--Don Connell (12/03/09)
--Donald Knell (September 8, 2003)
--Robert Allen Smith (June 3, 2005)

1953
--Jacqueline gilbert stroupe Gilbert (2009)
--Betty Holbrook (2008)
--Bryan Horne (February 28, 2000)
--Robert Mincey (January 30, 2006)
--Miriam (Penny) Smith (2009)
--George Solada (August 1, 1997)

1954
--Alma Burton (12/03/2005)
--Joan Dalton (05/2006)
--Nancy Davis (August 27, 2000)
--Jerry Garmon (October 14, 1999)
--Wayne Hart (1987)
--Tom Hasty (2005)
--Bill Huntley (2005)
--Harry Joyner (June 11, 2000)
--Joe Kirkley (2005)
--Anne Kirkpatrick (2009)
--Bradford Mills (September 23, 2000)
--Carolyn Minogue (09/2006)
--Samuel Ernest Phipps (JAN 15, 2004)
ERNIE WAS ON THE PLANNING COM. FOR PLANNING THE REUNION IN 2004. HE WAS THE OWNER OF ERNIES RECORDS FOR 40 YEARS IN CHARLOTTE.
--Larry Ray Price (10/17/2006)
--Lewis Robinson (05/2007)
--Guy Soule (10/2006)
--Betty Wells (10/2004)

1955
--Clarence Austin (January 7, 2007)
--Mary Annette Bright (May 3, 1990)
--Craig Brown (September 12, 1990)
--Patricia DeArmon (3/27/3009)
--Floyd Ray Felmet (7/2005)
--Mildred Janet Garrison (January 9, 2007)
--Robert 'Bob' Harkey (7/2005)
--William Hudspeth (August 18, 2006)
--Morris Lawing (August 25, 2008)
--Jack Meek (August 9, 2006)
--June Paxton (4/4/2009)
--Jimmy Richardson (May 1, 2001)
--Carolyn Spears (10/12/2008)
--Mary 'Mimi' Steele (June 16, 2000)
--David Trull (1985)
--Ralph Williams, Jr (2005)
--Marpessa Yandle (April 12, 2007)

1956
--Edward 'Ted' Bennick (November 8, 2003)
Ted's dad owned Bennicks Drug Store at Central and Louise Avenues.
--David Harry Cadell (March 24, 2004)
--Ronald Culp (1991)
--Sally Kendrick (2006)
Sally was married to David Trull who passed away in 1985
--Frankie Little (2004)
--James Rimmer
--Martha Smith (May 8, 1989)
--Jimmy Stassinos
--Tommy Straugn (05/2007)
--Frank Templeton (May 21, 1998)
--Richard Vogel (November 23, 2003)
--Bob Ward

1956 ?
--James 'Jimmy' Stassinos (1990 )
I just wanted to add some information for my dad. James Stassinos passed in 1990. He was a career FBI agent and is survived by his wife Helen and his two children, his sisters Bessie, Mary and Connie and their families. He attended UNC Chapel Hill and Duke University Law and is buried with his parents in Charlotte, NC.

1957
--Nellie Ayers
--Diane Ballard (1999)
--Floyd Black
--Lemly 'Poochie' Blackwelder (2005)
--Buddy Blakney (dont know)
--William Boaz
I don't know the year, but Bill died many years ago...may have been in the '80s
--Bill Boger (01/07/10)
--Albert Bolick (09/2007)
--Barbara Boyce (1991)
--L.C. Boyles (7/2006)
--Sandra Brown (2005)
--Eugene Cadieu
--Janice Chesser (12/05/07)
Moved from Central in the 10th grade
--Jim Clark (2008)
--John Clifford.
--Albert Connolly
--Sylvia Cowan (1990)
--Marilyn Darden (2/2006)
--Allison Davis
--Martha Dees
--Sue Carolyn Drake
--Conrad Wells Edwards (8/21/2007)
--Donald Ray Fowler (01/05/10)
--Jerry Fowler (03/2005)
--Jerry Gerrard (1/25/2008)
--Thomas Grey
--Nancy Gay Griswold
--Carolyn Haney
--Herbert Haskin
--Elizabeth Hayes
--Richard Henderson
Although I don't recall the date, Richard died in a freak accident not too many years after graduation.
--Chuck Henkel (1995)
--Fred Hicks
--Kelly Hill
--Betty Carolyn Hipps (12/09/09)
--Sandra Hoke (2005)
--Bob Holland (2004)
--L.C. Hudson
--Carolyn Hudson (05/03/2003)
Married Name: McKinnon
--Billie Huntley
--Mickie Isenhour (December 7, 2004)
Ms. Isenhour, 65, passed away at home, December 7, 2004.
--Tom Karras
--Charlotte Kendrick (1995)
--Carolyn Kennington
--Jane Kinard
--Paul Kirkley
--Robert Kirkpatrick (2004)
--Robert (Bob) Kiser
--David Liles
--David Little (3/2006)
--Denny McKinnon (6/1/2009)
--Richard Edward McMahan (Nov 29, 2008)
'Big Ed'
--Don Medford (July 30, 2003)
--Johnny Miller, Jr.
--Norma Morrow
--Carolyn Mullis
--Pat Mullis (5/2004)
--Emmit Myers
--Eleanor Nabors (2009)
--Archie Niven (1997)
Heart attack during sleep
--James 'Jim' Norman (12/08/2008)
--Sallie Pickard (01/06/10)
--Betty Place (1999)
--Jimmy Edgar Plott
Deceased according to Danny Sells who talked with his wife Carolyn. M. Darden
--Ernest Privette (9-15-07)
Taught Business courses. Obituary in Charlotte Observer 9-17-07.
--William (Bill) Reitan
--Don Reitan
--David Riley (1/2004)
--Fredrick Ritch
--Harry Robinson (2003)
--Sandra Rowe (1984)
--Gail Russ (May 17, 2007)
--Linda Schubert (2002)
--Barbara Secrest
--George Seegers (1993)
--Anne Sholar (Ward)
--Phil Shouse (6/23/06)
--William Simpson
--Taliaferro Simpson (09/2008)
--Jack Sizemore (13 Jul 1991)
--Fred Skaff,Jr. (2006)
lived in Fernandina Beach,Fla.(on Amelia Island) Passed away in Jan. or Feb.2006
--Mary Elizabeth Spittle (05/2005)
--Nancy Lee Tarlton
--Merrimon Wennifred 'Wendy' Ward (2003)
Married a "Dabny"
--Bonnie Warden
--Joan Webb
--Milton Williams, Jr. (3-17-07)
Death Notice was in Charlotte Observer 3-20-07. Milton was living in Wendel, NC and passed away after a brief battle with cancer.
--Jerry Wilson
--Anne Zachary (2005)

1958
--Jerry Ashton Baker (7/10/1993)
--Martha Abigail Barnett Brown (12/12/2007)
--William Garland Batts (10-26-1994)
--Mickey Allen Beheler (2-6-1981)
--Patsy Black (April 14, 2007)
--William Loring Blackman (7-11-2003)
--James Davis Blackwelder, Jr. (9-23-2003)
--Jacquelyn (Jackie) Evetta Bogan-Ranson (10-23-2007)
--Buddy Brogden (June, 1987)
--Ernest Lee Campbell (1-25-1998)
--Julie Marelene Clary (10-6-2003)
--Irvin Nathan Cox (8/4/2005)
--Carolyn Faye Daniels (9-12-2006)
--William Joseph Dearmon (4-14-2004)
--Paul Lee Dellinger (7-24-1996)
--Wayne Morris Donoho (March, 1994)
--Joel (Joe) Osborne Edwards (6-9-2003)
--Charles Henry Fink, Jr. (3-23-2005)
--Robert Henry Frazer (9-7-2006)
--Dale Elaine Garmon (3-17-2003)
--Kaye Goodson (2008)
--Thomas Worth Hagler (7-27-1996)
--Carol Irene Harries (9-4-1994)
--Arlene Carolyn Hartsell, Hunt (7-29-2007)
--Bobby Frank Hill (8-16-1985)
--Riley Kelly Hill (3-23-2000)
--Don Eugene Hoglen (1997)
--Celia W Hoke Jones (9/22/1993)
--Donald Cooper Hollowell (2-3-1987)
--Harriet Hoyle Houston - Jenkins (7-9-2001)
--Peggy Rose Huguley (8-11-1999)
--William Allen Johnson (10-26-1966)
--Donald Ivey Lawing (4-6-2001)
--Charlotte Faye Layton (September 15 2007)
--Sarah Lee (July 4, 2008)
1958 Editor of Alumni newsletter "The Rambler."
--Sarah Frances Libes - Price (6-15-2006)
--Peggy Jean Lingle Barfield (2/27/1997)
--Carl Gene Little, Jr. (7-9-2001)
--Jerry Long
--Bob Marlowe (11-28-2006)
Bob died following surgery for an aortic aneurysm in Atlanta, Georgia. (Submitted by his sister, Nancy Marlowe Clifford, Class of '57.)
--Daniel (Danny) Edward McShane, Jr. (5-20-1992)
--Jerry Baxter Merritt (4-19-2007)
--Rex Warren Mills (1-2-2003)
--Jerry Banks Moore (2-11-1995)
--Charles Ray Pearce (6-4-1995)
--Judith Louise Purser Bartlett (2/20/2008)
--John Neal Ranson (3-14-1973)
--James Garreaux Roberts (9/9/2000)
--Betsy Lou Silverstein - Kirkpatrick (4-20-1989)
--Jack Cannon Sizemore (9-13-1991)
--Joseph Mangum Thomas (4/9/1989)
--Margaret Rose Walker - Welch (11-22-1985)
--Thomas McGinn Wellons (10-16-1996)
--Murray Wilson White, Jr. (2-18-1980)
--Sonja Marie Whitley Helms (5/171998)
--Lloyd Allen Whitmire (11-1-2003)
--James Renwick Wilkes, III (October, 1982)
--James Avery Witter (December, 1974)

1959
--Jean Ashcraft
--Bonnie Badame
--Eugene Barnett
--Elizabeth Bell
--Robert Bell (July 2008)
--Ashby Bell
--Mike Black
--Tommy Black
--Sammy Blackburn
--Buddie Blackmon (July 18, 2007)
CONCORD -- Mr. Blackmon, age 66, died at his residence Wednesday, July 18, 2007.
--Gerald Bonti
--Richard Bowers
--Phil Bunn (April 12, 2009 )
Philip Edward Bunn Mr. Bunn, 68, of Matthews, passed away Sunday, April 12, 2009 at his home. The family will greet friends from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. Tuesday, April 14, 2009 at McEwen - Mint Hill Chapel. A funeral service will be held at 10:00 a.m. Wednesday, April 15, 2009 from the Worship Center of Hickory Grove Baptist Church. He was a 1959 graduate of Central High School
--Jimmy Cammer
--Charlie Capps
--Robert Chambers
--Linda Church
--Donna Cooke
--Wayne Davis
--Larry Deese
--Lonnie Dellinger
--Thomas Doster
--Carolyn Durham
--Edward Eason
--Bill Edwards
--Vicki Fidler
--Vicki Fidler (October 16, 2002)
--Dan Fite
--Charles Fite
--Paul Foster
--Steve Frazier
--William Frickhoeffer
--Dixie Gordan
--Charles Griffin
--Jimmy Harkey
--James ( Jimmy) Harkey (March 15, 1999)
--Gene Henderson
--Nancy Hoard
--Becky House
--John 'Tommy' Ipock
--Clarence Lejeune
--Donald Lemmond
--Brenda Joyce Livingston
--Judy Lomax
--Betty McAteer
--Richard McCall
--Carolyn McCorkle
--Kirby Miller
--Anne Mungo
--Ken Newcomb
--Pat Padgett
--Patrick Payseur
--Kabecca Polk
--Robert Preslar
--Robert Presler (March 20, 2002)
--Gus Roberts
--James Allen Roberts
--Maxie Robinson
--Larry Rosenstein
--Jack Schachner
--Eugene Simmons
--Martha Sink
--Jimmy Smith
--Linda Snead
--Jimmy Stevens
--Marion Summerland (2001)
--Sissy Swinson
--Barbara Ann Taylor
--Joe Thompson
--Joseph Thompson (October 9, 1998)
--Jake Underwood
--Lib Wagoner
--Alfred Eugene Wallace
--Judy Watts
--Steve Watts
--Daphne Webb
--William 'Butch' Webb (November 13, 2008)
Mr Webb was a licensed real estate broker & auctioneer.
--Carolyn Williams
--Barry Williams
--Janet Wilson (November 8, 2008)
Sister at Poor Claire's Convent
--Brenda Winecoff
--Rebecca Wooten (February 12, 2010.)
Published in Charlotte Observer from February 15 to February 16, 2010
--Rebecca (Becky) Wooten (02/12/2010)
Rebecca (Becky) Wooten Morris, Obit in the Charlotte Observer 02/16/2010

Bible Teacher
--Janet Robinson (2004)

Teacher
--Mary Balle (200? (uncertain))

Teacher
--Mary Hayes Barber (08/2008)
--Donald Newman (February 7, 2010 )
He first taught at Piedmont Junior High School and Central High School. Then he served as Principal at Piedmont Junior High School, Ranson Junior High School, Olympic High School, and Tuckaseegee Elementary School.
--Rena Cole Parks (11/23/1992)
--Ernest Privette (9-15-07)
Taught Business courses. Obituary in Charlotte Observer 9-17-07.
--Philecta Reinhardt (March 2, 1999)
37 years of teaching English at Central and Garinger High Schools.
--Mr. Karl Sawyer (December 16, 2001)
--Karl Sawyer (Unknown)
Confirmed by Charlotte-Mecklenberg School System. M. Darden
--Mr. George Sawyer (March 5, 2001)
--Mr. Jack Stern (January 8, 2002)

Teacher, Girls Dean
--Nancy Abell (2005)

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