NNHS Class of 1968

(This page is woefully incomplete.)
 

NAME BIRTH DEATH CAUSE OF DEATH

Sandra Dye  11 Dec 1949 04 Sep 1975  Cancer
       
Fall of 1965

Gary Hancock 1951 24 Dec 2005  Cancer
      http://www.nnhs65.00freehost.com/
12-28-05-NNHS-Gary-Hancock.html
Fall of 1965

Jerry Hicks

About 1950

4 July 1970
Madison, NC

 Crushed by Collapsing Walls While in a  Car Wash

Senior Band: Color Guard

United States Marine Corps: Vietnam

It dawned on me just this week that
Jerry Hicks ('68) passed away in 1970.
He spent 1969 in Vietnam; much of his
time there was spent in combat. After his year in Nam he came home and less than a week after getting back was on his way to visit his grandparents in North Carolina. He stopped to wash his car and while he was washing it, the car wash walls collapsed and killed him.

He was a great guy and is missed by all who knew him.

- Bob Parrish ('68) of VA - 07/14/04
Thanks, Bob.

 


I noticed that Bobby had given you some information concerning the death of Jerry Thomas Hicks, class of 1968.  Jerry was in the US Marines, not the US Army as listed.  Jerry was killed on July 4, 1970 in Madison, North Carolina.  If memory serves me correctly, Jerry had pulled into the car wash to get out of a storm with high winds and the storm caused the car wash building to collapse and a steel beam and wall fell on him.  Actually, he had been home for several months recuperating from wounds suffered in Viet Nam, which ultimately led to his discharge from the Corps.  Jerry had called me and wanted to go the the NCO club at Langley Air Force base, but I already had a date and had to decline.  The next morning, I flew out for a year on the Korean DMZ, that was in March.  In July, I received the newspaper article of his accident.  I wish I had canceled the date, Jerry was a good friend and is sadly missed.  His year in Nam was especially hard, physically and mentally. 

 - Jay Styles ('68) of VA - 01/27/06
Thank you, Jay.
 

Fall of 1964

Paul Randolph

 15 Oct 1950
Bay St. Louis, MS

12 Jan 2001
Yorktown, VA

 Heart Attack

Christopher Newport University

United States Navy

 

http://www.vpnavy.com/vp68
_memorial.html

Fall of 1964

Cindy Sawyer Wren    Before 2006  
  Honor Council
Student Council
SCA House Committee
SCA Dance Committee
Friendly Typhoon - 10th Grade
   
Fall of 1965

Marcia Wasserman Lawrence   29 July 2004
Hampton, VA
 Cancer
     
Fall of 1964


Johann Sebastian Bach's Prelude No. 12 from Book 2 of the 48 courtesy of http://www.mfiles.co.uk/other-funeral.htm - 03/14/06

Animated Military Flag clip art courtesy of http://www.angelfire.com/ny4/KevsGifsGalore/Patriotic.html - 06/18/03

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