Mrs. Bell

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The Plan

20 years ago, a class of 150 17-19 year olds walked the make-shift stage of the gynasium of M. D. Collins High School in College Park, GA, with plastic red graduation gowns and matching cloth cap, most after spending 5 years together, from the lowly Sub-freshman(8th grader) in 1983, to the mighty, exalted Senior. Little did any of us know, as we started jobs and adult living, joined the military, or enrolled in college, that we would never see each other at a 5 or 10 year reunion. Our only reunions over the years would be a chance meeting along Old National Highway, or somewhere around Atlanta. Miraculously, a group of classmates decided the wait was over and that no matter what, it was time for the "MD" Class of 87 to meet again.

A photo of some of the planning committee and other classmates from one of the 3 "pay-in-person" meetings, so cleverly organized by the Class of 1987 Reunion Planning Committee:

Brian Campbell

Tracie (Gardner) Reid

Tony Gaines

Renee (Jones) Smith

Nicole Turner

Keyna (Watson) Leach

Erin Wales

Bonita "Sue" (Clark) Jones

A Very Special Thanks to this group for not giving up on getting us all together!!!!

Reunion Day One- Meet and Greet

After 3 pay-in-person meetings around Atlanta's Southside, countless email communications with updates, and actual mailings of the itinerary, etc., the night of June 22nd had finally arrived. A miraculous 58 of us paid our reunion fees and were about to "meet and greet" each other, exactly 20 years and 2 weeks later. To walk into the Sydney Bowling Alley in Union City and see a facility full of area teenagers doing their Friday night thing, and then to be directed around the corner to a private room and all of a sudden see all these familiar faces from 20 years ago, was truly surreal. There was a lot of hugging, laughing, eating, bowling, drinking and catching up to do. After you hugged a good 20 people, you had to sit down and take it in, because of the disbelief that you were in a room with all these old friends. A consensus of the comments heard, were "Wow, " "Oh my God," and "Everybody looks so good." Time had been very good to this class!!!

We were all warmly greeted by the planning committee, who bestowed us each with a red and gold backsack that had our name tag, t-shirt for Sunday's picnic and an MD Collins pen. Many classmates stayed until the 2am closing of the bowling alley, catching up over a Senior yearbook.


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Kim and Candy embrace after being classmates since S.L. Lewis Elementary


The red and gold was in true effect.






Vernal, Erin and Monica

Brian, Andy, Kim and Dionne

Erin, Trina, Yupine, Vernal and Deirdra

Kim

Tim and Valencia



Melanie


Yupine and Cheri


Robert and Bonita "Sue"

Tangie and Shon





Chauncey, Cedric and Horatious

Doniver


Derek, Erin and Vernal


Chauncey, Erin and Cedric






Renee, Tracie, Yolanda, India (88), Erin and Cheri


Angie and Rosalind

Anita and Richard



Bridget and Tim







Keyna, Clifford and Nicole



Nicole, Shon and Twanda



Dierdra, Valencia, Yupine and Trina

Tracie, Renee, Kevin and Erin


Wyqueta, Machen and Beatrice

Yupine and Trey

Dionne, Tammie and Tangie

Monica and Darlene

Shon and Horatious

Ricky and Angie

Wyqueta and Machen

Anton and Tim

Bonita "Sue" and Cheri

Yolanda "Birdie"



Dierdra and Keyna




Vernal, Tara and Rod


Rosalind and Anita


Angelia and Vernal

Gabrelle and Tracie


Archie and Tammie




Andy and his family came all the way from Oklahoma City, OK



Angelia and Kevin

Yupine and Candy

Tangie and Erin


Kevin and Rod

Yupine