Reunion deadlines extended: Reserve room by Aug. 5, register by Aug. 12!

1981 CLASSMATES - There is still time to register for the 30th reunion! Deadlines have been extended into early August.

AND - We are inviting those from classes '79 through '83, so if you know folks in those classes please extend the invitation! (Refer folks to the link below)

TEACHERS are also invited and can come to the party for free.

***RESERVE HOTEL ROOM by AUGUST 5 to get special rate***
***REGISTER FOR THE REUNION by AUGUST 12***

Reunion party: Saturday, August 27 at the Clarion in downtown Raleigh, 8pm to midnight
Golf tournament: Friday, August 26 at Eagle Ridge - shotgun start at 10:30am

See this link for full details and info on how to register (online or by mail):
http://www.gshs81.com/reunion.html

See who's already signed up to come, and see what songs have been suggested for the DJ to play:
http://www.gshs81.com/reunion2011updates.html

Great Article in Garner News about our Reunion!

The Garner News ran a really great article about our upcoming reunion!
(August 27 evening event, August 26 golf outing, all in Raleigh)

http://garnernews.net/view/full_story/14678960/article-A-night-of-friends--fun-for-Class-of-1981?

As they mention in the article, reunions are not a "given" and many classes do not have them. We are lucky that we've been able to have reunions every five years and stay connected, with such a large class! Please consider attending, even if you've never done so!

Registration deadline is coming right up!! See our official website to register online or print/mail a form (and please tell us it's on the way when you mail it in).
http://www.gshs81.com/

At the website you can also view the running list of who has registered so far and what songs folks have suggested for the DJ to play. ("Ce----le-brate good times, come on....")

Reminder: Register for 30th reunion events by July 15!

Friendly reminder...Please register by July 15 for our 30th Reunion party and/or golf outing! [Click here to see who's coming so far plus what songs have been suggested to be played by the DJ...]

SATURDAY, AUG. 27, 2011 - REUNION PARTY!
(Cocktail party with DJ)
8pm to midnight
Clarion Hotel State Capital
320 Hillsborough St, Raleigh, NC 27603
$35 per person (event & food; cash bar available)
Lodging: Special rate of $75/room plus tax available for attendees; reserve room by July 27 to get the discount. Call (919) 832-0501 www.raleighclarion.com

FRIDAY, AUG. 26, 2011 - GOLF TOURNAMENT!
4-person scramble with shotgun start
10:30 am
Eagle Ridge Golf Club
565 Competition Road, Raleigh, NC 27603
(919) 661-6300
www.playateagleridge.com/er-golf.cfm
$38 per person (pay on day of event but reserve spot by July 15 please!)

Register for events by July 15!

How to register:
- By mail (click here to download materials)
- Online (with PayPal) at www.gshs81.com

Full details available at www.gshs81.com

SONG LIST for reunion party in August! Your suggestions?

The song list for our 30th reunion party is taking shape! Have YOU thought about what songs YOU'D like to hear from our school days? Send your ideas to our class email (gshs81@gmail.com) or post on the class Facebook group if you're a member of that. Include artist if you know that. Doesn't have to be from 1981, just things you listened to back then. Here are some of the ones we have received so far, in no particular order...

Centerfold (J. Geils)
Double Vision (Foreigner)
Life in the Fast Lane (Steve Miller)
Piece of the Rock (Mother's Finest)
Play That Funky Music (Wild Cherry)
Never Gonna Take Your Lies (Nantucket)
Heartbreaker (Nantucket)
Baby Love (Mother's Finest)
Juke Box Hero (Foreigner)
Peace of Mind (Boston)
You Look Wonderful Tonight (Eric Clapton)
Champagne Jam (ARS)
Let’s Groove (Earth Wind & Fire)
Green Grass & High Tides (The Outlaws)
Dangerous (The Doobie Brothers)
Carolina in My Mind (James Taylor)
Stay (Jackson Browne)
A Pirate’s Look at Forty (Jimmy Buffet)
Happy Anniversary (Little River Band)
Lovin’ Touchin’ Squeezin’(Journey)
The Joker (Steve Miller Band)
Renegade (Styx)
Blue Collar Man (Styx)
Take It on the Run (REO Speedwagon)
You May Be Right (Billy Joel)
Sometimes a Fantasy (Billy Joel)

Gary Ivey's mother passed away

Our condolences to classmate Gary Ivey and his family on the death of his mother.

Obituary:

Sheila Godwin Ivey
Nov. 16, 1937 – May 10, 2011

RALEIGH – Sheila Godwin Ivey, 73, of 7737 Rock Quarry Road, died Tuesday.

Funeral Service will be 2:00 PM Thursday at Mount Moriah Baptist Church. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.

Survivors include her husband of 56 years, Bennie Ivey; sons, Craig Ivey and wife, Teresa of Raleigh, Gary Ivey and wife, Cheryl of Wilson Mills; sisters, Pearlie Johnson of Dunn, Edith Fields of Raleigh, Frances Jernigan of Chester, SC and Lydia Warren of Raleigh; grandchildren, Elizabeth Ivey Henderson and her husband, John, William Ivey and Thomas Ivey.

Visitation will be 6:00 - 8:00 PM Wednesday at Bryan-Lee Funeral Home, Garner.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Mt. Moriah Baptist Church, 3000 East Garner Road, Raleigh, NC 27610 or SECU Hospice House, P.O. Box 1376, Smithfield, NC, 27577.
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~ Visitation ~
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
6:00-8:00 pm
Bryan Lee Funeral Home
1200 Benson Road, Garner, NC 27529

~ Funeral Service ~
Thursday, May 12, 2011
2 o'clock in the afternoon
Mount Moriah Baptist Church
1300 East Garner Road, Raleigh, NC
(Interment immediately following the Funeral Service
Mount Moriah Baptist Church Cemetery)

Donna Hardin's mother passed away

I wanted to let you all know that Donna (Wilkinson) Hardin's mother, Nora Gower Crabtree, 73, passed away May 7 as a result of lung disease. (please see link to obit below).

Please keep Donna and her family in your prayers.

Visitation:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
11:00 AM until 12:45 PM
L. Harold Poole Funeral Service and Crematory
944 Old Knight Road
P.O. Box 489
Knightdale, NC 27545

Service:
Wednesday, May 11, 2011
1:00 PM
L. Harold Poole Funeral Service and Crematory
944 Old Knight Road
P.O. Box 489
Knightdale, NC 27545
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Nora Gower Crabtree, 73, of 6208 Rock Quarry Road, passed away on Saturday, May 7, 2011 at Wake Med. Nora was born February 6, 1938 in Wake County to the late Ebon Bernard Gower, Jr. and Virgie Wall Gower. She retired as a truck driver from BP Oil Company.

Funeral Service: 1:00 pm, Wednesday, May 11, 2011 at L. Harold Poole Funeral Service, 944 Old Knight Road, Knightdale, NC 27545.

The family will receive relatives and friends prior to the service from 11:00 to 12:45 pm and other times at the home, 6208 Rock Quarry Road.

Burial: Bethlehem Baptist Church Cemetery

Surviving:
Son: David Lewis Thompson of Phoenix, AZ

Daughter: Donna Lynn Hardin of Raleigh

Brother: Donald Nelson Gower (Pamela) of Raleigh

Grandchildren: Dena Wrigley Dang
Jason Wrigley

2 Great-Grandchildren

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, John Joseph Crabtree.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Hospice of Wake County, 250 Hospice Circle, Raleigh, NC 27607.

Donna's address is 6220 Rock Quarry Road, Raleigh, NC 27610.

http://www.funeralplan2.com/LHaroldPoole/obituaries?id=221199

Sympathy to Meg, Libby and all the Phillips family on the loss of Claude Phillips

Claude D. Phillips
Apr 23, 2011
Claude D. Phillips
RALEIGH—Claude Douglas Phillips, Sr., 70, of Rock Quarry Road died Saturday. A native of Wake Co. he was the son of the late, Douglas and Margaret Bagwell Phillips, and a 1958 graduate of Garner High School. Claude drove his dump truck for 10 years after farming tobacco for 26 years. Even though he was a successful farmer he would be the first to tell you that the best crop he ever helped raise was his 5 children and 12 grandchildren. He loved the land and he loved his family. Claude was preceded in death by his step daughter Wendy Rose whom he loved very much.

Funeral services will be 6:00 PM Tuesday at Ebenezer United Methodist Church. The family will receive friends following the service. Burial will be Wednesday.

Surviving are his wife of 30 years, Patricia Phillips; his four children, Suzanne Mitchell and husband, Brian of Goldsboro, Libby Pearce of Clearwater Beach, FL, Meg Dare and husband, Mike of Garner, Doug Phillips and wife, Stephanie of Garner; sister, Anne Holland and husband, Henry of Raleigh; grandchildren, Matt, Megan and Roscoe Pearce of Clearwater, Beach, FL; Luke, Phillip and Ben Mitchell of Goldsboro, Mitch, Montana, Jeremy and Claudia Dare, Jacob and Sam Phillips; nephew, Deuce Wall and wife, Kathy all of Garner and his faithful dog, Cocoa.

Contributions may be made to The Salvation Army, 215 S. Person Street, Raleigh, NC, 27604, Attn; Wake Co. Tornado Relief.