The Gala Banquet

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The big event Saturday night at the Capitol Club
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Diane Watkins Jackson .	Pam Frazier Lovelace .
Craig Cotten .	Carol Ann Heiden Poore .
Don Lancaster and his wife Jan .	Wayne Divine .
Pam Whitfield Angelle .	Peter Scott Hatten and Linda Campbell Graham (Class of '77) .
Jeff White, courtesy Gary Geiger .	Gary Geiger and Al Eldridge, courtesy of Gary .
The Goatee Boys Ride Again: Phil Posey, Gary Geiger, Scotty Robertson, Wayne Divine and Dave Ross. Courtesy of Gary. .	Lecia Powell Beckman and Leigh Anne Leech, courtesy Gary Geiger .
The coaches are "in the house"...Billy Templeton, Ed Harden and Ronnie Channell. Now, drop and give me 20. Courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith.	Greg Patterson and his wife Melinda .
Georgy Porgy puddin' pie kissed the girls and made them cry. Jerry Ainsworth, all the while, kisses girls and makes them smile. See how Jerry has a ball, planting one on Candy Hall. (Candy Hall Parker, that is. Courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith.) .	Melvin Griffin, courtesy Angie Gambrell .
John White, courtesy Angie Gambrell .	Gary Geiger and Jeff White, courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith .
David Shirley, courtesy Angie Gambrell .	Scotty Robertson, courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith .
Theresa White Ehninger and her husband David. Courtesy Angie Gambrell. .	Greg Patterson, Mary Rae Howe Ziegler and Gary Geiger. Wayne Divine is at back left. Courtesy Bill Barton. .
Connie Pace and Theresa White Ehninger, courtesy Bill Barton .	Kristi Gray Stapleton reads the poem she wrote for the occasion while Mark Ellis and Steve Wilson (l-r) look on. Courtesy Bill Barton.
Wayne Divine and Dave Ross, courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith .	Sherry Pillow Smith, (Coach) Ed Harden and Cindy Lents Murray, courtesy of Sherry .
Dave Ross is the Sultan of Leisure while his attending harem -- Linda Prechtl Pierce, Sherry Pillow Smith, Candy Hall Parker and Mary Rae Howe Ziegler -- attends to his every need. Pam Frazier Lovelace is at front left. Celecia Cochran Covert is front right. Cindy Lents Murray is peeking out just behind Linda, flanked by Pam Gibson Anglin and Barbara Hardin Barkes (l-r) in the 2nd row. Courtesy of Sherry. .	Jim Davis .
Richard Lewis with Linda Campbell Graham (Class of '77) .	Candy Hall Parker and me, Jim Ayers .
Doug Dickey and Beth Quarles Dickey, courtesy Angie Gambrell .	Scott Houston, courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith .
Billy Giardina, Bill Barton, Jerry Craig and Lecia Powell Beckman, courtesy Angie Gambrell .	Pam Gibson Anglin and Chuck Smith, courtesy Gary Geiger .
Ron Thomas & his wife Margie, courtesy of Ron .	Greg Dotson, courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith .
Sherry Pillow Smith, Mary Rae Howe Ziegler, Linda Prechtl Pierce and Candy Hall Parker, courtesy Angie Gambrell	There were at least 11 couples who attended together in the class of '78 who would later marry, including Candy Hall Parker and Rickey Parker, above. Other such couples attending included Ken & Cathy (Cleveland) Alsup, Bill & Connie (Pace) Barton, and Doug & Beth (Quarles) Dickey. Courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith. .
Chuck Smith and Dave Ross, courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith .	Steve Wilson and Al Eldridge, courtesy Sherry Pillow Smith .
Jocelyn Bourn Doran .	Dave Ross with his wife, Cheryl .
Pam Gibson Anglin with her husband, Dent. My camera battery was starting to fail by this point. .	Chuck Smith and Chris Campbell, before my camera battery died .
Randy Baker and Shirley Thomas Merritt, courtesy of Shirley .	.
	The Capital Club provided an oppulent backdrop for the Saturday night festivities, as well as a great overlook of downtown. What a nice meeting place for a special occasion like this. Have any photos to share? Please e-mail me!