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From: robert mcdonald rmcdonald10@nc.rr.com
Date: 06/27/05 17:36:23
To: joel@rockinghamremembered.com
Subject: RHS classmate no longer with us
Joel,
I'll make an effort this week to inform you this week what's been going
on with me since ' 66 but that you should know that Buck Blakley [ ' 66 ]
passed away a couple of years ago.Buck worked as a fireman at Camp
McKall. I think cancer or tb was the cause of death. His sister, Betty
[Blakley] Gilstrap is on your Email list. I'm sure she would give you
details to share with others.
Buck and I started together at Roberdel in the 1st grade. Buck and I
didn't have any classes together in high school buy I knew he had my
back and I had his.There was no slip knot in the Roberdel tie that
binds! He'll always be the tall [in fact, the tallest in my class @
Roberdel] skinny kid with the perfect jet-black flat-top I could always
count on.The buck always stopped with Buck. Once a dear friend; now a
dear childhood memory from growing up in Rockingham !!!
I live in Hope Mills, have been married to the same wonderful woman for
33 yrs. 7 mos. and 24 days [but who's counting]. Sally is a country girl
from Deep Run. I am fortunate to be so happily married since she is a
Regional Consultant with the North Carolina Child Enforcement Program.
We have 3 beautiful daughters. Natalie is a 23 yr. old college student;
Meredith, a 15 yr. old high student and Robin a 12 yr. old middle school
student.
I graduated from N.C. State with a B.S. in Textile Technology. Never
thought the textile industry would basically disappear from NC. I've
been a car salesman for the last 10 yrs. with Crown Ford in Fayetteville.
Send all our classmates my way; I still have two who haven't started
college. My motto: WALK IN, RIDE OUT!!!
Bob
Date: 06/27/05 17:36:23
To: joel@rockinghamremembered.com
Subject: RHS classmate no longer with us
Joel,
I'll make an effort this week to inform you this week what's been going
on with me since ' 66 but that you should know that Buck Blakley [ ' 66 ]
passed away a couple of years ago.Buck worked as a fireman at Camp
McKall. I think cancer or tb was the cause of death. His sister, Betty
[Blakley] Gilstrap is on your Email list. I'm sure she would give you
details to share with others.
Buck and I started together at Roberdel in the 1st grade. Buck and I
didn't have any classes together in high school buy I knew he had my
back and I had his.There was no slip knot in the Roberdel tie that
binds! He'll always be the tall [in fact, the tallest in my class @
Roberdel] skinny kid with the perfect jet-black flat-top I could always
count on.The buck always stopped with Buck. Once a dear friend; now a
dear childhood memory from growing up in Rockingham !!!
I live in Hope Mills, have been married to the same wonderful woman for
33 yrs. 7 mos. and 24 days [but who's counting]. Sally is a country girl
from Deep Run. I am fortunate to be so happily married since she is a
Regional Consultant with the North Carolina Child Enforcement Program.
We have 3 beautiful daughters. Natalie is a 23 yr. old college student;
Meredith, a 15 yr. old high student and Robin a 12 yr. old middle school
student.
I graduated from N.C. State with a B.S. in Textile Technology. Never
thought the textile industry would basically disappear from NC. I've
been a car salesman for the last 10 yrs. with Crown Ford in Fayetteville.
Send all our classmates my way; I still have two who haven't started
college. My motto: WALK IN, RIDE OUT!!!
Bob
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