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Ada Mae (Wakefield) Taylor graduated in
1940. Passed away August 23, 2003.
Mother of Lewis, Glenn, Roger Taylor, and Yvonne McCullar.
John Snoddy, Class of
1957
Janie Moody
Sedenquist, Class of 1961
Dotty White Waid- Huskey, Class of
1962
Passed February 17, 2005
Gary Patton,
Class of 1965
Larry Webb, Class of 1965
Ronnie Godsey, Class of
1966
Billy McCullar, Class of
1966
Passed February 2006
Larry Robins, Class
of 1968, Passed September 2007
Alton Taylor,
Class of 1969 Passed 2007
Mike Mayhall, Class
of 1972
Rowland Freeman, Class
of 1972
Debra Blanton, Class
of 1972
Darryl Watson, Class
of 1972
Kenny Ergle
Graduated in 1973
Dianne Lewis Stidham
Class of 1974
Jay Whitehead
1959-1977
Martha Gail Cagle
Class of 1979
Jeff Lester Class of 1979
Paul Godsey Class of 1979
Eddie Watson Class of 1979
Tony Eugene Cole Class of
1978
(1960 - 1981)
Anthony Ayers, Class of 1980
Pam Thompson, Class of 1980,
Passed 2008
Wally Reichelt,
Class of 1981
Marlon Thompson, Class
of 1981
Mike Echols, Class
of 1981
Randy Adams Class
of 1982
Scott Key Class
of 1982
Michelle Lovett Class
of 1982
Connie Brockway
Class of 1982
Doug Noblett
Class of 1982
Lisa Roberts Larsen
Class of 1983
Keith (Buford) Harris
Class of 1983, Passed July 1998
Sheila
Jackson Moorhead, Class of 1984
Sharron Fowler, Class of
1986
Michael McCullar, Class of
1989, Passed 2007
Johnny Young, Class of
1989
Sandy Armstrong
1974-1989
Sandy "Renay" Daniel Class of 1990, died 1/12/1989. Loved by all.
Edmon Randolph
Class of 1991
Christopher Wesley Bartlett,
Class of 1993
Ricky Allen
Rice, Class of 1994
Tiffany Crowson
Miles, Class of 1996
Jeremy Winkles,
Class of 1997
Jonathan Breed,
class of 1997, Passed 2007
Kimberly Callahan Lolley, Class of 1998
Melissa Cashwell, Class of 1998,
Passed June 2004
Joshua Callahan, Class of 2002
Michelle Kilgore, Class of 2002
(passed 1998)
Quentin,
Marshall, Maxine and Wylodene Pulliam (Marshall passed
in 1994)
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Dr. TM Blake
Thomas
Malcolm Blake was born on Wednesday, July 18, 1917 in the
old Blake house in Double Springs, the son of Thomas
Morgan Blake MD of Cleburne County and Docia Hill of
Winston County. He attended Winston County Elementary and
Winston County High School, where he was an outstanding
End and Right Halfback for the Yellow Jacket Football
Team. Upon graduation in 1935 from WCHS, Dr. Blake
attended Jacksonville State Teachers College in
Jacksonville, Alabama and then attended Alabama
Polytechnic Institute (now known as Auburn University) in
Auburn, Alabama.
In 1939, he
taught health, science, and history at Lynn High School, Lynn, Alabama, in
Winston County. He was also an assistant coach for several sports.
He graduated
from the University of Tennessee Medical School, served his internship at
Norwood Hospital now known as Carraway Methodist Medical Center in Birmingham,
Alabama. Dr. Blake started his medical practice in Double Springs on Thursday,
July 1, 1943 in the medical office building that had been used by his father.
Dr. Blake
married Sarah Jayne Weldon of West Point, Georgia on Saturday, May 1, 1943. They
had one daughter, Frances Ann Blake Murphy and three granddaughters, Brandy
Jayne, Clancey Rae, and Linsey Blake Murphy. Jayne Blake, a Registered Nurse in
Double Springs practice for many years, died on Saturday, August 2, 1969. After
the death of Jayne, Dr. Blake married Iveen Berry Callahan of Haleyville,
Alabama on Saturday, June 1, 1974.
Dr. Blake was
honored by the town of Double Springs as "Man of the Year for 1952".
The Winston County Alumni Association honored him as Outstanding Alumnus of
1962. The Winston County High School yearbook, the Winsaga, was dedicated to
him. In 1981, the WCHS Football Stadium was officially named Malcolm Blake
Stadium in honor of him. Dr. Blake also served the town of Double Springs as a
councilman. In July 1997, Dr. Blake was inducted into the Winston County Sports
Hall of Fame.
Dr. Blake was
an old fashioned "country doctor". He traveled all over Winston County
making house calls. During his medical career, Dr. Blake had patients from all
over Winston, Cullman, Walker, and Marion Counties. In an article written about
him in the Northwest Alabamian in 1981, he was reported at that time to have
helped deliver more than 7,000 babies. Dr. Blake also served as the team doctor
for the WCHS Yellow Jacket football team for 44 years.
Doctor Blake
served the people of Double Springs and surrounding counties until he died of
cancer on Saturday, August 26, 1989.
In 1994, a
permanent black granite monument honoring him was erected and dedicated in front
of his birthplace in Double Springs, part of the inscription on the monument
reads, "Dr. Malcolm Blake was the perfect model for the legendary country
doctor. Day or night, in fair or foul weather, he spent his entire adult life
providing medical care for the citizens of this area. This memorial is dedicated
to Dr. Blake's life and work."
This story is
from the History of Winston County from the WCGS. More history can be found at
the website http://wcgs.ala.nu/ |
