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                   HINES FAMILY PHOTO GALLERY  Golden 50 th anniversary for Red Hines and Debbie Bearden Hines   Debbie Bearden Hines, Class of 1973, and Jerome “Red” Hines, Class of 1968, who live in Fairmont, celebrated their 50 th wedding anniversary April 13.   Their daughter, Tami Danette Winston, hosted their celebration party at the Oasis Rec Center in White Hall.   Debbie gushed: “It was an amazing party.”   Red and Debbie’s other child is Nakia Jerome Hines.   Tami gifted Debbie and Red with 4 children: Taylin Dobbs, Printess Winstn IV, Knight-Shawn Winston and KaShylin Winston.   Nokia’s children are DaRius Hindes, Aubreyel Hines and Zylan Hines.   Red and Debbie are from Carolina where they attended grade school. They first got together in 1969.   Red played basketball, football and track for Monongah High.   Red retired from Blacksville #2 mine after 42 years.   Red rod...

                        LINDA AND DAVE WILLIS   59 th  wedding anniversary  for Linda & Dave Willis Linda Nottingham Willis, Class of 1964, and Dave Willis, Class o 1961, celebrated their 59 th wedding anniversary. They live in Worthington. Linda posted: “Happy Anniversary to my wonderful husband and best friend. I am proud to say that it is 59 years today. I love you now and forever. “ They first met at Worthington Beach.  Linda and Dave have sons Shawn and Kevin (married to Christa) and 3 grandsons. Shawn is the widower of Melissa, a victim of Early Onset Alzheimer's Disease. Linda was born to  Virginia Minardi Nottingham and Russell J. Nottingham. Linda, who worked for State Farm Insurance after being a majorette and class officer at Monongah High, married Dave Willis in 1965. Linda’s brother,  John Tommy Nottingham, Class of 1968, married Victoria Blocker Nottingham, Class o...

                            JOHN YOKAY III, WIFE ANGIE 39 th wedding anniversary for John Yokay III & wife Angie   John Yokay III , a Barrackville High and WVU grad from Monongah whose father is John Yokay, Class of 1953, and wife Angie are celebrating their 39 th wedding anniversary in Sacramento, California, where they live.   They wed after dating for 4 years.   John III is a retired Sacramento City Unified School District in California teacher. John III and Angie have a daugher, Petrina,   podiatrist.   John III was a student at California State University in Sacramento, Fresno Pacific Univeristy, University of San Diego, University of Nevada-Los Vegas before graduating from WVU.   Allie Tarkington, John III’s cousin, is a granddaughter of Leatrice Yokay Greaser, Class of 1950, who lives in Fairmont. The connection is through Bill Talkington, Leatrice’s first...

                           LORI HAWKINS ICE & TERRY ICE 32 nd anniversary for Lori and Terry Ice Lori Hawkins Ice and Terry Ice celebrated their 32 nd wedding anniversary. Lori posted: “32 wonderful years...hard to believe he has put up with me this long. I'm so grateful and blessed. Has it been easy ....no have we had ups and downs....yes, but I wouldn't want to do this with anyone else. “Two awesome sons, two wonderful grandsons and a sweet daughter-in-law. “Terry is not on Facebook but wanted everyone to know I appreciate and love him more everyday.” Terry’s parents were the late Guy Ice and Irene Yuhas Ice, Class of 1946. His siblings are Guy Thomas and Todd Ice and Wilda Kelly. Irene is connected to the Claire Yuhas and Steve Kerekes families, as am I through my dad’s sister, Helen Olesky Kerekes, who married Steve. 

                                                    STAN CAMEON AND SHERI SLAMEN CAMEON ON THEIR WEDDING DAY                   From left: Evan Cameon, Drew Cameon, Sheri Slamen Cameon, Stan Cameon       34 th wedding anniversary for Stan Cameon and Sheri Slamen Cameon 1981 North Marion High graduate Stan Cameon and wife, 1980 North Marion grad Sheri Slamen Cameon, are celebrating their 34 th wedding anniversary and Sheri’s birthday. Stan is owner/agent at Stan Cameon Insurance in Fairmont. He attended Monongah High before it merged into North Marion with other Marion County high schools.   Stan posted: “ Help me wish my bride of 34 years a Happy Birthday and Happy Anniversary! Not only is she the matriarch of our family, she’s the rock we all depend on. I love you!” Virginia Cameon M...

              PREVIOUS MONTAGE FROM EARLIER WEDDING ANNIVERSARY  55 th wedding anniversary for Linda Lopez Gandy and Jim Gandy   Long-time Monongah High Alumni Association president Linda Lopez Gandy , Class of 1965, and Jim Gandy, Class of 1964, celebrated their 55 th wedding anniversary Thursday, August 24.   Linda posted:   “On this date 55 years ago I married a young man who became my best friend. Happy Anniversary, Jim.” Their address: Jim & Linda Gandy 10613 NW 60 th Terrace Alachua, FL 32615 Linda took her first plane ride in 1968 to Scotland to move in with Jim in Dunoon, Scotland. When both were young Linda eyeballed Jim washing his mother’s windows. Linda was one of coach Gene Kenzior’s softball players on the 1960 Marion County champs from Monongah. And, for one year, under coach David Van Meter. Linda father, the late Sam Lopez, Sr. survived the 1945 sinking of the USS Indianapolis, i...

                    ROSEMARY AND CARMEN ON THEIR WEDDING DAY               ROSEMARY WITH JOHN OLESKY AT MONONGAH HIGH ALUMNI BANQUET 57 th wedding anniversary for Rosemary Raymond Pagliaro It seems like only yesterday that Rosemary Raymond Pagliaro, Class of 1958, was Monongah High three-sport athlete Bobby Raymond’s peanut-sized sister. But on Saturday, July 16, Rosemary and Carmen Pagliaro celebrated their FIFTY SEVENTH wedding anniversary in Fairmont.   Rosemary is the only daughter of Mary Dudiak Raymond and Angelo Raymond and the only sibling of Bob Raymond, Class of 1951, whose widow, Susan Russell Raymond, lives in White Hall.     Rosemary and Carmen’s children are Melanie Ann Pagliaro, policy analyst for the Majority Leader in the West Virginia House of Delegates, who lives in Charleston, and C.J. Pagliaro.   Rosemary’s mother’s siblings were Anna Dudiak Ko...

            Brenda Manzo & Danny Manzo  60 th wedding anniversary  for Danny and Brenda Manzo Danny Manzo, Class of 1957, and Fairmont East graduate Brenda Manzo celebrated their SIXTIETH wedding anniversary.   Brenda is busy with the Bees hive, organizing reunions of Fairmont East alumni.    Brenda and Danny have lived in Monongah since 1967.     Danny was on the 1955 Monongah High state champ football team and was co-captain with Joe Meffe of the 1956 Monongah High state football title game runnerup team.   There has been a Manzo at Monongah High in at least four decades -- from 1935 through 1949 and 1969 through 1978 (the year before the final 1979 MHS graduation class that preceded the consolidation into North Marion High).