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Ada Mae (Wakefield) Taylor graduated in 1940. Passed away August 23, 2003. Gladys Marie (Gray) Dickinson, Class of 1940, Passed 5/13/2009 Christine Baccus DeFoor, Class of 1948, Died December 24, 1999 Orville Dennis Steele, Class of 1948, March 24, 1929 - July 5, 2014 Louise Wallace Curtis, Class of 1949, Passed October 1992 Coach Oliver Woodard died May 5, 2010 at Cullman, Al Kenneth Carroll, Class of 1952, Died in 2002 Ruby Covington Williams, Class of 1952, Died March 3, 2010 Ted Godsey, Class of 1952 Frances Graves Frazier, Class of 1952, Died 2009 Virginia Hampton Bradberry, Class of 1952 Bob Hood, Class of 1952 Bill Killen, Class of 1952, Died 2008 Carolyn Self, Class of 1952 James Sutherland, Class of 1952, Died December 2008 William Horace Killen (Bill), Class of 1953 dies September 2008 Hubert Godsey, Class of 1954, Passed September 12, 2001 Donald Singleton Posey, 1954 Graduate, 1934-2000 Kenneth Beasley, Class of 1954 passed October 3, 2012 in Royal Palm Beach, Fl. Glenn D. McKeever, Class of 1955 Passed February 6, 2014 Earl Frank Lyle, Class of 1957, Passed March 1, 1973 Marie Brock Fowler, Class of 1957, Passed February 2010 John Snoddy, Class of 1957 Kenneth Shaddix, Class of 1957 Larry Gene Comeens, Class of 1957, August 12, 1938- December 11, 1997 Zora Dephnie McCullar Denard, Class of 1958, Passed April 6, 2007 John Lamar Comeens, Class of 1958, August 12, 1940-August 09, 1991 Pat Shaddix, Class of 1960 Charles Wayne Little, class of 1960, passed away Feb 22, 2005 - He is missed by all his family for his sense of humor and love! Athel Clinton (Bub) Shaddix, Class of 1960 Roger Dale Guthrie - Class of 1961 Passed July 25, 2000. Nelda Bull Burgess, Class of 1961 and died on January 14, 2009 Janie Moody Sedenquist, Class of 1961 Larrie Godsey, Class of 1961, Passed December 1990 Bobby Wallace, Class of 1961 Charles W. McKeever, class of 1962, passed away April 8, 2006. Dotty White Waid- Huskey, Class of 1962 Luther Wayne Comeens, Class of 1962, Passed October 7, 2008 Judy Turner Vickery, Class of 1962 Jimmy Vickery passed 1/29/10 Camilla Shewbart Williams, Class of 1962, Passed 3/23/2009 William Adams, Class of 1963, Deceased August 8, 2012 Terry Benson Waid, March 26, 1946-April 15, 2012 Wayne ("Chicken") Cockrell, Class of 1965, Passed away Dec 2006 Gary Patton, Class of 1965 Larry Webb, Class of 1965 Paulette Hood, Class of 1965 Sue Whitman, Class of 1965 Sammy Bailey, Class of 1965 Glen Ford, Class of 1965 Spurgeon Grace, Class of 1965 Ken Williams, Class of 1965 passed 12/4/2011 Milton Tidwell, Class of 1965 passed 3/6/2012 Norma Jean Prater McGee, Class of 1965, Passed 2011 Ronnie Godsey, Class of 1966 Danny Noblett, Graduated in 60's Billy McCullar, Class of 1966 Ben Jerry Brock, Class of 1966 (deceased April 22, 2012) Palmer Jackson “P.J.” Moody Class of 1968, Passed January 26, 2008 Larry Robins, Class of 1968, Passed September 2007 Alton Taylor, Class of 1969 Passed 2007 Donald Edward Bell, Class 1971 Passed 12/5/81 Marcus "Allen" Barnes-Class of 1971 John "Rick" McNutt, Class of 1972 Waylon Brewer, Class of 1972 Mike Gilbreath, Class of 1972 Mike Mayhall, Class of 1972 Rowland Freeman, Class of 1972 Debra Blanton, Class of 1972 Darryl Watson, Class of 1972 Donna Moody Pearson, Class of 1972 Ricky Lewis Dec. 7, 1954 - March 12, 2005 Kenny Ergle Graduated in 1973 Mark D. Taylor, Class of 1973, Passed on March 16, 2011 Johnny Paul Spain, Class of 1974 Johnny D. Godsey, Class of 1974, Passed 2008 Dianne Lewis Stidham Class of 1974 Sue (Bailey) Pate, Class of 1974, died on September 20, 2008 Robert Powell, Class of 1975 Preston R., Curtis, Class of 1976, passed away February 6, 2007 (born November 18, 1957) Jay Whitehead, 1959-1977 Patricia Bailey Hood, Class of 1977-She was a precious friend and classmate. Martha Gail Cagle, Class of 1979 Brent Howell, Class of 1979 Mike Corbin, Class of 1979 Jeff Lester, Class of 1979 Paul Godsey, Class of 1979 Eddie Watson, Class of 1979 Tony Eugene Cole, Class of 1978 Sandra Baldy Hollaway, Class of 1980, passed 8/12/2011 Anthony Ayers, Class of 1980 Phillip Shell, Class of 1980 Pam Thompson, Class of 1980, Passed 2008 Mandy Tidwell, Class of 1980, Passed 2010 Toby McCullar, Class of 1981 Wally Reichelt, Class of 1981 Marlon Thompson, Class of 1981 Mike Echols, Class of 1981 Randy Adams Class of 1982 Scott Key Class of 1982 Michelle Lovett Class of 1982 Connie Brockway Class of 1982 Doug Noblett Class of 1982 Lisa Roberts Larsen Class of 1983 Keith (Buford) Harris Class of 1983, Passed July 1998 Lisa Williams Lewis Class Of1983, Passed 1993 Sheila Jackson Moorhead, Class of 1984 David Brooks, Class of 1985- Died July 25, 2010 Sharron Fowler, Class of 1986 Randy Gates, Class of 1986, Passed June 6 2014 Russell Mckeever, Class of 1987- Passed away April 2010 James Bonner, Class of 1987 Martin Young, Class of 1987, Passed February 15, 2011 - Loved by all Tim Steele, Class of 1988 Michael Caudill, Class of 1988 Richard Humphries, Class of 1989, Passed 2009 Michael McCullar, Class of 1989, Passed 2007 Johnny Young, Class of 1989 Sandy Armstrong 1974-1989 Chad McClain Reid Bonds, Class of 1990 Sandy "Renay" Daniel Class of 1990, died 1/12/1989. Loved by all. Terrence Boyd Dempsey Class of 1990, passed away Sept. 6, 2009 Edmon Randolph Class of 1991 Chanda Chambers , Class of 1991, Passed 1989 Tracie (King) Bartlett, Class of 1991 Passed June 10, 1998 Jeremy Hall, Class of 1992, Passed February 19, 2009 Christopher Wesley Bartlett, Class of 1993 Teresa Alexander Curtis, Class of 1993 Ricky Allen Rice, Class of 1994 Shanda Fuller, Class of 1994 Roy Jones, Class of 1994 Jimmy Ingram, Class of 1995, Passed 2007 Jeremy "Cornbread" Cornelius, Class of 1995, Passed 2008 Tiffany Crowson Miles, Class of 1996 Jeremy Sutherland, Class of 1996, Ben Turner, Class of 1997, Passed away April 2011 Larry Shifflett, Class of 1997, Passed June 2008 Jeremy Winkles, Class of 1997 Justin (Marty) Martin, Class of 1997, Loved dearly by his family and friends Jonathan Breed, class of 1997, Passed 2007 Scott Cornelius, Class of 1997, Passed 2013 Melissa Cashwell, Class of 1998, Passed June 2004 Lisa Flanigan, Class of 1998 Mallory Seymour, Class of 2001 Michelle Kilgore, Class of 2002 (passed 1998) Justin Stice, Class of 2003 Kyle Alford, Class of 2004, Passed July 2008 Rex Allen Chastain, Class of 2004, Passed March 18, 2010 Bradley Wakefield, Class of 2005, Passed November 2009 Toni Corbin, Class of 2006, Passed October 4, 2015 |
Thomas Malcolm Blake was born on Wednesday, July 18, 1917 in the old Blake house in Double Springs, the son of Thomas Morgan Blake MD of Cleburne County and Docia Hill of Winston County. He attended Winston County Elementary and Winston County High School, where he was an outstanding End and Right Halfback for the Yellow Jacket Football Team. Upon graduation in 1935 from WCHS, Dr. Blake attended Jacksonville State Teachers College in Jacksonville, Alabama and then attended Alabama Polytechnic Institute (now known as Auburn University) in Auburn, Alabama. In 1939, he taught health, science, and history at Lynn High School, Lynn, Alabama, in Winston County. He was also an assistant coach for several sports. He graduated from the University of Tennessee Medical School, served his internship at Norwood Hospital now known as Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham, Alabama. Dr. Blake started his medical practice in Double Springs on Thursday, July 1, 1943 in the medical office building that had been used by his father. Dr. Blake married Sarah Jayne Weldon of West Point, Georgia on Saturday, May 1, 1943. They had one daughter, Frances Ann Blake Murphy and three granddaughters, Brandy Jayne, Clancey Rae, and Linsey Blake Murphy. Jayne Blake, a Registered Nurse in Double Springs practice for many years, died on Saturday, August 2, 1969. After the death of Jayne, Dr. Blake married Iveen Berry Callahan of Haleyville, Alabama on Saturday, June 1, 1974. Dr. Blake was honored by the town of Double Springs as "Man of the Year for 1952". The Winston County Alumni Association honored him as Outstanding Alumnus of 1962. The Winston County High School yearbook, the Winsaga, was dedicated to him. In 1981, the WCHS Football Stadium was officially named Malcolm Blake Stadium in honor of him. Dr. Blake also served the town of Double Springs as a councilman. In July 1997, Dr. Blake was inducted into the Winston County Sports Hall of Fame. Dr. Blake was an old fashioned "country doctor". He traveled all over Winston County making house calls. During his medical career, Dr. Blake had patients from all over Winston, Cullman, Walker, and Marion Counties. In an article written about him in the Northwest Alabamian in 1981, he was reported at that time to have helped deliver more than 7,000 babies. Dr. Blake also served as the team doctor for the WCHS Yellow Jacket football team for 44 years. Doctor Blake served the people of Double Springs and surrounding counties until he died of cancer on Saturday, August 26, 1989. In 1994, a permanent black granite monument honoring him was erected and dedicated in front of his birthplace in Double Springs, part of the inscription on the monument reads, "Dr. Malcolm Blake was the perfect model for the legendary country doctor. Day or night, in fair or foul weather, he spent his entire adult life providing medical care for the citizens of this area. This memorial is dedicated to Dr. Blake's life and work." This story is from the History of Winston County from the WCGS. More history can be found at the website
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