This site has been designed for the Charlotte Central High School class of 1957. It will be maintained in conjunction with the alumz.com home page for Central High School. We strongly suggest that you register on the alumz site to give you full advantage in connecting with your classmates.

Hopefully we will have lots of information about what the 1957 classmates have done over the years and are doing now. There are already pictures up in several sections letting you travel down Memory Lane and look at the Present.

As with most things, this web site will continually be under construction and changing to benefit our Class of 1957. I hope you enjoy and help in making this a place to frequently return.

The obituary appeared in the Charlotte Observer on Sunday3/7/10 and is as follows:

Virginia Hicklin Fogle Fisher

Virginia, 93, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, March 6, 2010. Virginia was born on June 2, 1916 in Chester, SC, a daughter of the late James Albert Hicklin, Sr. and Sarah Elizabeth Hicklin. She has been a resident of Charlotte since 1925 and graduated from old Central High School in 1934. Virginia has been a devoted member of Faith Presbyterian Church on East Seventh Street for most of her adult life. Virginia retired from Hajoca Corporation in 1981 after 29 years of service. Since then, she has filled her time loving and caring for many of her own grandchildren and great-grandchildren, along with the many other children she baby sat for over the years. She will be remembered always by these children and their families. In addition to her parents, Virginia was preceded in death by three brothers, Jim, George and Albert Hicklin and her sister, Judy Hicklin.

Virginia will be lovingly and deeply missed by her four sons and daughters-in law; David and Mary Fogle, George and Judy Fogle, Glenn and Jean Fogle and Walter Gerry and Nancy Fogle. She will live forever in the hearts of her thirteen grandchildren and twenty-four great-grandchildren. Funeral service for Virginia Hicklin Fogle Fisher will be held 2:00 p.m. Monday, March 8, 2010 in the Dilworth Chapel of Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service. The family will receive friends one hour prior to her service at the funeral home. Interment will be 10:00 a.m. Tuesday, March 9, 2010 in Sharon Memorial Park. Arrangements are in the care of Hankins & Whittington Funeral Service 1111 East Blvd. Please share condolences online at www.hankinswhittington.com.

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I received he following email on 3/6/10 from Cathrine Steagall Peeler. I am sure all of us are pleased to see her well and seeing things better.

When we returned from Cambridge, MA on Feb 19, I went to my retina specialist expecting to have laser surgery that day. Instead he discovered I had a detached retina. He told me to be at Presbyterian Hospital Eye Center on Tuesday, the 23rd for a vitrectomy and whatever else he decided to do. I had known I did not want that surgery as Don had had it five years ago. Anyway I was in surgery 2-1/2 hours. The vitrectomy is a surgery where the vitreous of the eye is removed and a gas bubble is put in the eye to push the retina against the retina wall. Then he put in a schlera buckle that keeps the retina in place. The body eventually replaces the gas bubble with more vitreous. He also did five laser surgeries. I had some bleeding blood vessels. Dr. Antoszyk said I was doing fine when I was there last Monday. I go to see him again next Monday. The worse part for me was the first nine days. I had to be face down. We rented a chair (like a massage chair) with a toilet seat for putting your head in. It had a shelf where I put a mirror they provided for a price. I could watch TV. The chair came on Saturday. Also I got this wedge for the bed that went from my chin to my knees. Trying to get on it was very difficult for me. Don and I thought I probably could win "America's Funniest Home Video" if anyone had been filming. I kept sliding off it. I had to be on stomach with my face at the top so I could put my face in the toilet seat looking contraption. For larger bosomed persons they provided a triange that velcroed onto the wedge. I didn't need to use it. Thank goodness yesterday was my last day of face down.

Seriously, I feel blest that these procedures were not life threatening and that my eye was repairable.

Hope to see some of you on Mar. 20 (Classmates Luncheon).

Catherine

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Thanks to Barbara Barger Harelson for letting me know of a delightful article from the Greensboro News & Record (01/31/10) concerning an annual Christmas Party hosted by Lundee Williams Amos. There was apparently a nice picture of Lundee in the printed copy that did not make the online version. You can see the article by clicking HERE.



Anyone have any news, interesting stories and items you would like to share with your classmates, please let me know.

70 Birthday Party

A new page has been developed (see tabs at left) for our Birthday Party and pictures previously posted will appear on that page. All photos were taken by Mickey Connell except where noted. I have some pictures but need many more. Please send them to me!

Jim Bennett and ?.

Pat Yandle Guise and ?.

PRAYER REQUESTS

Hearing of several of our classmates having problems, I have decided to add a section on our site that will allow you to read and note of those that would desire our prayers. Nothing will be posted without the permission of either the person or family approval. Also, a name without any details may be the only thing noted to keep anyone from any embarrassment. Thus, if you desire to be placed on a prayer list for either health and/or other reasons please let me know. Names will remain on the list for as long as desired but will be removed if additional information has not been forwarded to my attention within a few weeks time.

Please see Prayer Requests page for older but current requests.

I am sorry that I can not remember all faces. Please let me know of any names of those that are not identified.


Danny Sells, Jim Barnett, Patsy Boyte Ratchford, and Barbara Barger Harelson.


Don Peeler. Patsy Boyte Ratchford, Barbara Barger Harelson, Hoover Harelson and Rudy Passons (husband of Gayle Powell Passons).

Thanks to Barbara Barger Harelson for some music we all loved by Joni James. Other songs of her can also be played from the list. To listen click HERE.

MONTHLY CLASS SOCIAL LUNCH GATHERING

The monthly class luncheons will be held at 12:00 noon on the third Saturday of each month. Come on out and join the fun.

The next Class of '57 Luncheon and Fellowship will be held on Saturday, March 20, 2010, 12:00 noon at Jimmie's Restaurant. Jimmie's is located in downtown Mint Hill, (7024 Brighton Park Drive, Phone: 704-545-7750) South of the intersection of Lawyers Road and Highway 51. Directions from I-85, exit off I-85 onto I-485 and continue to exit 43 (Hwy 51), turn right (Hwy 51 South) and travel approximately 2.5 miles. At Wendy's turn right into shopping center. Turn first left and Jimmie's will be on your left.

No reservations are necessary.

Anyone having items of interest, please send them to me!

HELP!

The Reunions Database & Search Team has done an outstanding job in locating our classmates but a few still have not been located. Your help is much need in locating these remaining classmates. Those which we have not been able to find are listed on the Rambler page and if you have any information on any of them, please send it to Danny Sells, David Dennis, or Doug House.

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This site has been developed and is maintained by MIckey Connell for his friends from the Charlotte Central High Class of 1957. If you have any stories, photographs, memories, current news, etc. of our classmates, contact Mickey