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News and Announcements 2003


Ronnie Harris Loses Battle With Brain Tumor...

Ronald (Ronnie) Carter Harris, Class of 1967, lost his terrible battle with a brain tumor in the wee hours of the morning on Friday, November 21, 2003.

Ronnie was honored with a 2 1/2 hour service on Sunday, November 23, with 16 speakers at Bellevue Church of Christ.
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Pete Brown dies...

Howard "Pete" Brown, class of 1963, died of a heart attack on September 29, 2003.  Pete was buried on October 3rd at Veteran Cemetery off McCrory Lane in West Nashville. Pete's sister, Judy, was in the class of 1968.   Pete was a pitcher on the baseball team at Cohn.>


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Sarah Ann (Blair) CAPPS
Nashville, TN
Age 55
November 7, 2003 November 7, 2003. "Devoted Wife and Loving Mother".
She is survived by her husband, Searcy Capps; son, Kevin Mitchell Capps; brother, Michael Blair; nephew, Canaan Blair; uncle, Fred E. Woodard; cousins, Vicki Woodard and Sandy Ford, all of Nashville.   Funeral services were held at 11 a.m. Monday, November 10, from the chapel, with Bro. Mike Rickenbaker officiating. Interment followed from Woodlawn Memorial Park with family and friends serving as Pallbearers.
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The following is the obituary of Shannon Holt.  Mr. Holt was the father of Bonnie Holt Bibbee and Linda Holt Lynch, both graduates of Cohn:

Shannon HOLT
West Nashville, TN
Age 81
October 16, 2003
October 16, 2003. Mr. Holt was preceded in death by his parents, Ernest Holt and Sarah Frances Myers; step father, Cornelius "Pappy" Myers. He retired from NC and STL, and L and N Railroad as a Switchman and Yard Master after 41 years of service.  He is survived by his wife, Clara Myers Bolt; son, Ronald Wayne (Jo Allyn) Holt; daughters, Bonnie (John) Bibbee Sr. and Linda Lynch all of Nashville; grandchildren, Shane Broadway, Kevin Broadway and Kimberly Lynch; five great grandchildren. Funeral services were held on Saturday, October 18, 2003 at 1 p.m. from the Chapel of West Harpeth Funeral Home with Rev. Gene Parton officiating. Interment was at Johnson's Cemetery in Thompson Station. Family and Friends served as Pallbearers. Honorary Pallbearers were Members of NC and STL, and L and N Railroad, Kayne Avenue Yard.
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SR., George Christie WALTERS
Nashville, TN
Age 53
May 29, 2003
Mr. Walters is preceded in death by his wife, Wanda Walters.  He is survived by loving wife, Christie Walters; son, Chris and Heather Walters, Jr.; and stepson, Hampton Evans; daughter, Cheryl and Gary Walters Martin; sisters, Sandra and Ray Cothron and Rita Miles.  Mr. Walters was a member of the Moose Lodge and the Harley Davidson Association.  Services will be conducted from the chapel of Spring Hill Funeral Home, 2 p.m. Saturday, May 31, 2003. Friends and family to serve as Pallbearers. Family will receive friends 4 - 8 p.m. Friday & 9 til service time Saturday.   Interment to follow in Spring Hill Cemetery. SPRING HILL FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY, 5110 Gallatin Road at Briley Pkwy., Madison, TN 615-865-1101.


The class of 1967 recently lost two classmates:
Buford Stokes (survived by wife - Diana Sutton '67)
Ernest Harris
(I am unclear as to the details of the deaths of these classmates.   If any of you have any details, I would greatly appreciate your emailing them to me at fcombs@comcast.net.





RE: THE COHN HIGH ALUMNI ASSOCIATION SCHOLARSHIP FUND

Applications can be requested from Marcia Taylor Wainman after January 1, 2002, and are due back in to Marcia postmarked by May 1, 2002.  The scholarship is open to any Cohn High School graduate, Cohn Adult High School graduate, or the child of a graduate.   The scholarship is awarded at the end of May but the check is not mailed out until the beginning of the fall semester of college.  The scholarship is for a minimum of $500.  The 2001 scholarship recepient was awarded $1000.  This was our fourth scholarship to award and the first for more than $500.  The scholarship is given only out of the interest on the money we have made from selling the Phil Ponder prints of Cohn.  We still have many prints left in the $100 and $30 price ranges.  If we could sell more prints, then we would be able to award more than one scholarship. All correspondence should be sent to Marcia at:

Marcia Taylor Wainman
1260 Highway 12 N
Ashland City, TN 37015

Requests for prints can be mailed to Jack Horner at:

Jack Horner
244 Andover Way
Nashville, TN 37221




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