Farmville High School classmates reunite
Published 5:44 am Thursday, August 25, 2016
- Earl Mottley, of the Class of 1947, and Edna Clabo Wood represented the Class of 1949.
By Flora Woodson Bolt
Members of the Farmville High School classes of 1947, 1948 and 1949 reunited at Merk’s Place in Farmville on June 28.
Twenty-one former students and their guests attended.
There were four classmates from the Class of 1947: Dorothy Brisentine Campbell, Kenneth Brisentine, Woodrow Townsend and Nolan Skinner.
Kenneth and Bettye Brisentine were recognized for being married the longest out of the reunion attendees. They have been married for 65 years.
Seven classmates from the Class of 1948 attended: Alice Linkins Senger Bartlett, Flora Woodson Bolt, Martha Alice Wilson Thompson, Betty Day Frank, Zella Scruggs Penel, Joyce Smith Pitttman and Sydnor Newman.
Members of the Class of 1948 are, from left, seated, Martha Alice Wilson Thompson, Alice Linkins Senger Bartlett, second row, Zella Scruggs Penel, Betty Day Frank, Joyce Smith Pittman, Sydnor Newman and Flora Woodson Bolt.
Two members from the Class of 1949 attended: Edna Clabo Wood and Earl Mottley.
The table arrangement included orange flowers in a black container, which were the school’s colors, made by Rochette’s Florist in Farmville. They were presented to Kenneth and Bettye, who had been married the longest out of the group — 65 years. Woodrow and Dora Towsend came in second place, having been married 64 years.
Bolt read a list of the 14 classmates who had died since the last reunion was held in 2011.
Members of the Class of 1947 included, from left, seated, Dorothy Brisentine Campbell, Kenneth Brisentine; standing, Woodrow Townsend and Nolan Skinner.
