West Orange High School Alumni

Class of '60

• Melanie (Stalnaker) Bacon, 2703 Windsor, Pasadena, TX 77506
  Occupation: GMAC retired.
  
  
• Beverley Brumfield Dowdy, Rt. 4, Box 119JD, Rusk, Tx. 75785
  Occupation:  Retired
  Date Updated - May 7, 2002
  
  
• Wanda Copeland Langley, P.O. Box 477, Point Blank, Tx. 77364
  Occupation:  Retired
  Date Posted - September 6, 2006
   
• James A. Slatter, 428 East North H, Gas City, IN 46933
  Occupation:  Retired from Saint-Gobain Corporation
  Personal Information:  Married 43 years. Wife's name is Jayne. We have three children. Retired Manager, Communication.
  Date Posted - August 23, 2005
   
• Michael Frank Trahan (Mike), 1504 Mission Hills Lane, Corinth, Tx. 76210
  Occupation:  Airline Pilot (Retired)
  Personal Information:  I have been married for 35 years to the former Sheila Niedzwiecki of Fort Worth. We have three children and one grandchild. We live in Corinth, Texas near Denton. I still own the old family home place on Lansing Street and get down there as often as I can. Would love to see my old friends from WOHS. Come by for a cup of coffee or a tall frosty tea.
  Date Updated- October 10, 2002
  
  
• Jude Duhon Turley, 2120 Crockett, Orange, Tx. 77630
  Occupation:  Legal Secretary
  Personal Information:  I am married to Monty Turley. I have three children:   Debbie Turley Johnson, who is a secretary at the District Attorney's Office in Orange; Tim Turley, who owns Bike Works on Western Avenue in West Orange and who also is a country music singer; and Lee Turley, who is a financial consultant at Merrill Lynch in Beaumont. I have six grandchildren. I am a legal secretary and have been for 38 years.
  
  
• Donald R. Walker, 3411 62nd Street, Lubbock, Tx. 79413
  Occupation: Associate Professor of American History
  
  
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Class of '61

• Emily (Colburn) Beckmann
  Occupation:  Retired Secretary/Office Assistant
  Personal Information:  After HS worked for Dupont for three years then moved to Toledo, Oh in 1965. I have been married 30 years to Pat Beckmann, a retired electrician. I have two sons, Scott Nunamaker who is 35, an electrician who has an eight year old son, Ian Nicholas. My other son Christopher Nunamaker is 31, a graduate of University of Toledo and works for The Toledo Hospital in the computer field. He also is in the Ohio Air National Guard. I have been retired since June of 2000.
  Date Updated - April 27, 2001
  
  
• Anita Smith Bryan
  Occupation:  Semi-retired WIC Director
  Personal Information:  I regret not graduating with the Class of '61. I quit school my senior year and got married. I finished school later and went on to college and received a BS and M Ed. Then I taught Home Economics and science for a few years in Kennard, Tx. Yes, I was a Mrs. Pretz (not exactly). I am now a WIC Director and Nutritionist at East Texas Community Health Services in Nacogdoches, Tx. Herbert and I have been married 34 years and we are still enjoying country life in Nacogdoches. We have four grown children and seven grandchildren, all living in N. Tx., Oklahoma and N. Louisiana. Hi, to all my classmates. E-mail me.
  Date Updated - May 2, 2001, January 4, 2005
  
  
• Charles D. Cirilo,3211 Crawford St., North Las Vegas, Nv. 89030-4601
  Occupation:  Retired (Disabled)
  Personal Information:  I graduated in '61 in California after we moved in June of '60. I spent 20 years in the USAF, retiring in '81. I was then a maintenance engineer in Binnion's Horseshoe Hotel & Casino.
  Date Posted - April 17, 2001
  
  
• Buddy (John B.) Henriksen
  Occupation:  Retired geologist, now classic British car mechanic
  Personal Information:  Just opened my classic British motorcar maintenance business,
  1 CAAT LIMITED, CO. (1 car at a time is all that I can do.) Been in Maryville, TN for past 20 years. Married to Carolyn Walling & have one kid, Katey, living in Memphis.
  
  
• Wayne Henry, 4719 Fairmont, Pascagoula, Ms 39581
  Occupation:  Design Specialist at Ingalls Shipbuilding
  Personal Information:  Married to Jeri Henry. She is employed with the U.S. Navy. I have two step-children:  David, 28, and Cammie, 23.
  
  
• Bobby Dan Hughes, Pflugerville, Tx.
  Occupation:  Supervisor, Network Administration and Systems Support, State of Texas
  Personal Information:  From 5/31/61 thru 5/31/87, served in the USAF, 13.5 years overseas: Misawa, Japan; Berlin, Germany; Sinop, Turkey. Other assignments included two years at the US Special Communications Center at Kelly AFB, TX, 4 years at the National Security Agency at Ft. Geo. G. Meade, MD, and 5 years at the Goodfellow Technical Training Center at San Angelo, Tx. My last six years were in the grade of Chief Master Sergeant/E-9. After retiring, I went for the "big bucks," first as a management consultant for the Nuclear Energy industry and then as a Training Manager with the Associates Corporation of N.A. Disappointed with the monetary illusions and to regain command of my soul, I went to work for the Texas Attorney General in January of '92. I'll retire from that agency in January '03. My first marriage of 33 years resulted in two wonderful sons and three beautiful granddaughters. In April of 2000, I married Merry Poteete of Huntsville, Tx. We plan to retire somewhere north of Houston on or near good sailing waters.
  Date Updated - June 25, 2001
  
  
• George Prejean, Orange, Texas
  Occupation: DuPont chemist
  
  
• Linda Dragulski Premeaux, 700 Westbury, Orange, Tx. 77630
  Occupation:  Mortgage Banker
  Personal Information:  Still in West Orange. We have two married children and three grandchildren. We're not retired, but, are sure wishing we were.
  
  
• Carolyn Kay Hooper Shoemake, 972 Spring Hills Drive, New Braunfels, Tx. 78130
  Personal Information:  Married 32 years, 4 children, 13 year old @ home
  Date Posted - July 2, 2001
  
  
• Bonetta Adams Smith, Rt. 2 Box 403-2, Jasper, Tx. 75951
  Occupation:  Director of Human Resources and Risk Management
  Personal Information:  Married to Arnold Smith, two grown children, five grandchildren. Currently working as Director of Personnel (HR) and Risk Management for the City of Jasper. We have a farm, cows and few llamas which take up pretty much of our time. Also, would like to mention how much I have enjoyed the yearly get-to-togethers in Orange.
  Date Updated - September 9, 2003
  
  
• Lloyd and Patricia (Pat), (Harding) Thomason, 8003 N. Hwy 62, Orange, TX 77632
  Occupation: Retired
  Personal Information:  Well after 33 years of service Lloyd retired from Chevron this past August. He is really enjoying all the free time he now has to hunt and saltwater fish. We are also happy now to have more time to see friends and family. We have two great kids and a lovely son-in-law. Please call or write us anytime.
  
  
• Rita Kay Watson-Hicks, 709 Westbury Street, Orange, Tx. 77630
  Occupation:  Retired
  Date Posted - August 18, 2003
  
  
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Class of '62

• Charles M. Gunter, Retired
   

• Rose Mott (Premeaux), 3940 W. Park Ave., Orange, Tx. 77630
  Occupation:  Part time at Jones Ed. Center, Substitute, Education
  Personal Information:  Married Lonnie Mott and have three children and six children. Love them all, and hope to have more
   

• Don Truitt, 3557 State Line Road, Logansport, La. 71049
  Occupation:  Retired School Teacher
  Personal Information:  I retired this last May from teaching after 26 years. I have two sons from my first marriege, Allen (31) and Andy (29) and a daughter Kelly (13) from my second marriage to Gwen. I have one granddaughter, Lanie (Delana) who is 18 months old. She is the daughter of Lorrie and Allen, my oldest son. My hobbies include the three F's: fishing, flying, and football. I own my own plane (a Falconar AMF-S14) and have a grass landing strip out in my pasture.
   

• James W. Wheatley, Jr., Rt 1 Box 1478 W., Shelbyville, TX 75973
  Occupation: Retired from Chevron Chemical in '95. Now live on Toledo Bend Lake with my wife, Mae. Five children between us plus five grandchildren. Working in Center at East Tex Poultry Supply.
  
  
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Class of '63

If you are a graduate of  West Orange - High School Class of '63 or know of anyone who is, would you please email information to Mike Louviere. We are trying to obtain addresses, via email or postal service to plan a reunion.

 

• Howard W. Aaron, 984 Peafarm Road, Orange, TX 77632
  Occupation: Operator, Inland-Container. My wife's name is Debbie and I have two boys: Joey and Max.
  
  
• James (Eddie) Johnson, Huntington, Tx.
  Occupation:  Retired - State Service, 1996
  Personal Information:  Married, have two children and three grandchildren
  
  
• Spencer Jernigan, 23216 N. FM95, Garrison, Tx. 75946
  Occupation:  Poultry Farmer, contract with Pilgrim's Pride Inc.
  Personal Information:  Would have graduated from West Orange, but moved to Bridge City in 1960.  My wife, Myrna and I own and operate a poultry breeder farm in Garrison, Tx. We have two sons and six grandchildren. I would love to hear from any of my classmates or teachers.
   
• Mike Louviere, 825 Sudduth, Bridge City, Tx 77611
  Occupation:  Retired
  Personal Information:   I'm retired and not doing much. Married to my third wife, Audrey. Between us we have six children and 12 grandchildren. I guess you never stop raising kids. I'd like to hear from any "Old Chiefs," please drop me a line. I've heard from a few of the Class of '63, we seem to be scattered from Virginia to Utah.
  
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Class of '64

• Martha Siau Cole
  
  
• "Gay" Gradalyn Gallien, 2234 Bonham St., Orange, Tx. 77630
  Occupation:  Secretary, West Orange - Stark Career Center
  Personal Information:  I have worked for WO-S for 20 years and am a die-hard Mustang but my blood still runs purple. I have two sons, Grady and Cody, and one grandson, Dayn. In 1996, I married Joey Cormier, WO Class of '73 and still live in West Orange.
  
  
• Larry Henry, Orange, Texas
  Occupation: Retired
  Personal Information:  Retired in Feb. '04. Married to Theresa Anderson (LC-M). Have three grown children, one grandaughter (born Oct. '04). Hobbies:  woodwork, photography, and computers.
  Date Updated - May 2, 2005
  
  
• John Thomas "Tommie" Hubbard, 2604 Ryegate Lane, Alexandria, Va 22308
  Occupation:  Senior Financial Analyst to the Under Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
  Personal Information:  I have been with the Department of Energy since 1985, and getting close to retirement. I have one of the best work views around, I look out over the castle gardens of the Smithsonian Institution. I will hate to leave that view.
  Date Posted - September 11, 2007
   
• Kenneth Kemp, 5060 Beagle, Orange, TX 77632
  Occupation: Papermaker, Inland Container. Married to Patricia Conroy (Class of '67, Stark High). Have 2 sons and 4 grandchildren.
  
  
• Gloria Kittrell McKee, 3714 Edgemont, Orange, TX 77630
  Occupation: English Teacher/Student Council Sponsor, WO-S High School. Loving our school--still! Loving our school--still!
  
  
• Joe W. Peery, P. O. Box 866, Orange, TX 77631-0866
  Occupation: Mortgage Banker/Broker. Married to Karen (Boehme) Peery, Branch Manager of Allied Mortgage Cap. Corp., Orange.
  
  
• Brenda J. Lyttle Premeaux, 1401 Lydia, Orange, TX 77632
  Occupation: Grandma. Married, two kids, two grandkids, five dogs, three cats, one bird!
  
  
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