Gathering of the Classes III Reunion Celebration in Bishopville, South Carolina

(NOTICE: WE ANTICIPATE THIS EVENT TO BE STANDING ROOM ONLY SO GET YOUR RESERVATIONS IN EARLY)


October 2009  

Dear Former Students of Bishopville High School,

You are cordially invited to attend the widely anticipated Gathering of the Classes III Reunion Celebration in Bishopville, South Carolina, the weekend of February 12, 13 and 14, 2010.

Celebration activities are as follows:
Friday - February 12, 2010
Early Bird Mixer - Cotton Museum 6pm-9pm
Registration, Music by JP the DJ (John Patterson Class of 1960), Food buffet style
Saturday – February 13, 2010
Registration and Gathering of the Classes Reunion Celebration at the historic Opera House on main street downtown Bishopville - 6pm-12pm, Entertainment by B J Caughman and the Creations, Surprise Guest Entertainment, Wet Bar, Food Buffet style
SUNDAY – February 14, 2010
Memorial Worship Service in honor of our deceased classmates… Location to be announced

Reservation Fee: $35.00 for singles; $55.00 for couples.
Make checks out to: 
Gathering of the Classes


Mail to:
John Reames
10 Long Barn Court
Sumter, SC 29154-4667

All reservations must be prepaid and postmarked no later than February 1, 2010. (Tickets to be held at the door) NO ADMISSIONS AT THE DOOR. Please make your reservations early. Prepaid reservations will be refunded, minus 10 % of the ticket price if cancelled before February 1, 2010.

Note: For our golfer classmates (ladies and gents) we invite you to join with other diehard golfers on the links at the Bishopville Country Club, Saturday morning February 13. Please let us know at the time you reserve your tickets to the reunion if you plan to golf.

Direct any questions to:

Johnny Reames
Phone: 803.720.5007
E-mail:
johnreames@sc.rr.com
Official Internet Website:
http://natives-of-lee-county-south-carolina.blogspot.com/

2010 Gathering of the Classes Reunion Gala

2010 Gathering of the Classes Reunion Gala

The following dates have been set for the upcoming Gathering of the Classes Reunion Gala in Bishopville, SC. 

Feb 12, 2010 Early Bird Mixer - Cotton Museum - Bishopville, SC; 

Feb 13, 2010 Gathering of the Classes Reunion Gala - Opera House - Bishopville, SC 

Feb 14, 2010 Memorial Services for our deceased classmates - Location tba - Bishopville, SC

The fees for the three day event are as follows:
$35 Singles
$55 Couples

Make your checks payable to Gathering of the Classes.

Mail to: 
John Reames

10 Long Barn Court

Sumter, SC 29154

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: 

BHS Class leaders from all years (1937 - 2000), it is your responsibility to get this information to your fellow classmates. 


If you ever walked the halls of Bishopville High School as a student, administrator, teacher or employee you are invited. It doesn't matter if you were only there for a short time we want you to attend. There are so many missing people ! ! ! We are struggling to locate them and we really need your help. If you know of someone who has ties to BHS and they are roaming around in or near your neighborhood tell them about the Gathering or let us know so that we can contact them. 




If you need more information e-mail me at:
johnreames@sc.rr.com 


You may also call me at: 803-720-5007

Where Are They Now?

Bishopville Native Dan F. Laney, III is a partner in the law firm Rogers & Hardin located in the International Tower on Peachtree Street, NE in Atlanta, Georgia. He attended Bishopville High School in the years 1968 thru 1970, and graduated from Robert E. Lee Academy in 1973.

Dan has practiced law since 1980 with a practice emphasis in complex business litigation, including trial and appellate work, arbitrations and mediations. He represents clients in securities actions and arbitrations, insurance and insurance brokerage disputes, securities regulatory matters, employment restrictive covenant disputes, shareholders derivative actions and complex business litigation.

Mr. Laney is admitted to practice in Georgia, New York and South Carolina. He spent the first five years of his legal practice with a major New York City law firm, focusing on complex securities, insurance and business litigation, before moving to Atlanta and joining Rogers & Hardin in 1985. He has been a partner at Rogers & Hardin since 1988 and serves on the Firm’s Management Committee.

Mr. Laney is recognized in The Best Lawyers in America, Commercial Litigation category. Atlanta Magazine has selected Mr. Laney to its list of Georgia Super Lawyers every year since 2004. Mr. Laney is a Master of the Bench in the Lamar Inn of Court at Emory University School of Law.

Named The Best Lawyers in America
Commercial Litigation

Named Georgia Super Lawyers
Business Litigation, Securities Litigation, Insurance Coverage

Education

		University of South Carolina (J.D., cum laude,&nbsp1980)
			Order of the Coif
		South Carolina Honors College, University of South Carolina (B.A., magna cum laude,&nbsp1977)
			Phi Beta Kappa
			Phi Eta Sigma

Professional Activities

		State Bar of Georgia
		State Bar of New York
		South Carolina Bar
		Securities Industry Association (Member, Compliance & Legal Division)
		American Bar Association
		Federal Bar Association
		Atlanta Bar Association
		Association of the Bar of the City of New York
		American Judicature Society

Where Are They Now

William 'Bill' Horton

aka

Henry Horton

BHS class of '58

This former Bishopville High School class of 1958 student grew up in the Cyprus area of Lee County near Grant’s store. 

After high school, he attended Wingate College in Wingate, N.C.; The University of Hawaii in Hawaii and in 1982 graduated from the University of Georgia. He served in the United States Air Force for twenty years retiring in 1980. 

In 2005 he retired from his second career after 23 years as a high school history teacher at Morgan County High School in Madison, Georgia.

In 1963 he married Peggy Anderson whom he met while both were students at Wingate and they have three wonderful daughters, one grand daughter and three grandsons. They reside in Athens, Georgia. 

His daily life now revolves around volunteer work at Athens Regional Medical Center, helping to feed the homeless, his wife and two Shih Tzu puppies who have managed to spoil him completely. 

His favorite quote is from Pogo the Possum: "We has met de enemy 'n day 's us"

2010 Gathering of the Classes Reunion Gala

The following dates have been set for the upcoming Gathering of the Classes Reunion Gala in Bishopville, SC. 

Feb 12, 2010 Early Bird Mixer - Cotton Museum - Bishopville, SC; 

Feb 13, 2010 Gathering of the Classes Reunion Gala - Opera House - Bishopville, SC 

Feb 14, 2010 Memorial Services for our deceased classmates - Location tba - Bishopville, SC

The fees for the three day event are as follows:
$35 Singles
$55 Couples

Make your checks out to Gathering of the Classes.

Mail to: 

10 Long Barn Court

Sumter, SC 29154

Watch your mail for additional details. Class leaders from all years, it is your responsibility to get this information to your fellow classmates. We still are searching for missing classmates so if there is one roaming around in your neighborhood let us know. For addition information e-mail: johnreames@sc.rr.com

Welcome

Hello and welcome to the Gathering of the Classes blog site where former students of Bishopville High School will be coming together online to share and exchange interesting stuff about themselves. This will be a fun site and hopefully we will get to see a lot of old photos as well as recent ones.

This is your site, however I will post a few notices of interest from time to time and monitor the site to make sure that it is not being abused. If you have a suggestion as to what you would like to see on this site let me know.

Let's get started and have fun as we continue our BHS journey together!