In Memory Of....

We honor you

because we were classmates,

and we miss you

Barbara Cliatt

Milton Hightower

I remember Robby always begging for my peanut butter ball!  As much as I loved them myself, I would end up giving it to him.  As a joke, Sharon Commander and I also hung a "huge" bra, that we found, on the antenna of his Jeep.  At first he was a little upset (after riding around town before noticing) but afterwards, we laughed about it for years.  

- Teresa Clark Shelley

"I remember roller skating at the Skate Center every weekend."

-  Libby Shaw Bowen

Chris and I were best friends at Daniel Jr. High.  First off, my mom use to think he was a girl when he called the house, due to him having such a soft and sweet voice.  He was a kind individual who loved to have a good time!  I know he is missed by his family and friends but yet we know he's in a better place.   Chris, you will always be in our memories!

"I was on the track team with him.  We became an unlikely friendship."

-  Libby Shaw Bowen

Beth Stockton - Helms

Born: 

Beth was born on July 7, 1964.  She was born with a hole between the two atriums (upper chambers) of her heart.  That was repaired in June 1994.  She begin to experience some of the same symptoms two years later.  She was diagnosed with secondary pulmonary hypertension in August 1997.  She was put on the waiting list for a double lung transplant at the UAB Hospital in Birmingham in 1999.  She was on the waiting list for a year and a half, during that time she made seven trips to Birmingham only to be turned away due to the organs not matching or various other reasons.  She passed away on January 31,2001 never having received the transplant that she needed so badly.  She left behind her husband of 18 years, David Helms, who is also a former classmate.  She had two sons, Nick who is now 15 years old and Chris who is 11 years old.  They attend Smith Station School in Smiths, AL

I remember talking to Beth on the phone for hours at the time. Sometimes it would be after midnight before our mothers discovered us still talking and would make us hang up.

 - Kay Johnson Walker

I grew up with Beth from River Rd. School, to Daniel Jr. High to High School, what a wonderful person..never a cross word about or to anyone.  When we were very young her mother always gave her great birthday parties.  We now have and Angel watching over us..God Bless her family

I first met Beth in kindergarten at River Road Elementary and we were always in each others class.  We grew to be best friends and always did everything together.  I grew up in the neighborhood with Beth and Kay Johnson Walker.  We were like the 3 musketeers going to school together from River Road to graduating together!  It is truly a miracle that you can tell someone that you have been friends ever since kindergarten!  It was so hard to say good bye to Beth but I know that God has a special Angel among him...  So long Beth you will always be in our memories.  

Beth was the sweetest, truest friend I ever had. We went to school together from River Rd Elementary all the way up to graduation from Jordan. From the 4th grade up we lived down the street from each other and spend some great summers together at each other's house, and had a blast with all the other neighborhood kids. I was able to get in touch with her several months before she died. As weak as she was from her illness, she spoke nothing negative. Instead, she spoke of how wonderful her husband and sons were to her, and how wonderful the churches and people in the community had been to her throughout her illness. Beth was a very loving and unselfish person. I will always cherish the memory of her and her friendship.

- Tina Batson Boyett