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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)

 


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/ 


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