Sabrina Stewart

I would just like to take the time to thank Marion Woodfork (Simmons) for a job well done as the McKinley Tech Web Site Administrator.  You did a superb job and I wish you nothing but the best regarding whatever your future plans may be.   

I can only imagine how much time it takes from your personal schedule to maintain this wonderful web site so I want to thank Tonya Thompson and Charmaine Franklin for stepping up and assuming this role.

I may not be able to make it to many of the events leading up to our 40th Reunion, but I definitely plan to attend the Reunion dinner and dance and am looking forward to seeing all of you from the class of 79.

Continued blessings to all of you!

Pamela Nixon (Nixon-Mckisset)

Marion, Many thanks for all of effort and countless time of assisting me I'm sure the class of 79 with a new password for our Mckinley Web-Site. Job well done!!! May peace and blessing follow you throughout your journey!! You'll be missed, Many thanks.  

Thanks Charmaine and Tonya for taking the helm.  Many blessing to you both.

Pam

JoVonne Jones (Lane)

Good Morning

Marion thank you so much for all that you have done in maintaining this website.  You created something so needed for the class of 79.  Charmain and Tonya thank you 2 ladies for taking on this task.

  Much love Class of 79

Ricardo Fleming

Bruce Holliday

Thanks for holding it down all these years Marion!

Charmaine Thrower (Franklin)

Marion -

I absolutely ditto everything that has been said... Your creation of this website allowed ALL of us to go back down memory lane ... to remember the road we have travelled ... to remember the teachers who helped us to get to this place ... to renew friendships and acquaintenances ... (and in some cases, to allow the past to stay in the past) ... and last but not least ... to weep over those who are no longer with us. THANK YOU!!!

And to Sabrina, Pam, JoVonne, Ricardo and Bruce ... thank you all so much for the vote of confidence!!! 

Tonya and I have HUGE shoes to fill!  When you think of us, please just whisper a prayer that God will orchestrate our efforts, our time and our eyesight  ...  so that we can do half as good a job as Marion did!

We love you!

Jed Dudley Worrell

Marion,

You created and maintained, as Site Administrator, a website which has served as a portal from the present to the past keeping so many of us in touch and involved in one another’s lives. Generally, every past year becomes a souvenir which slowly fades away.   Now; however, our high school years and new memories of things experienced forty-years hence, will last a lifetime {forever}.  

Forever Grateful

Jed Dudley Worrell

CO-1979

Rhonda Moore (Holder)

40 Years!!!!  McKinley Tech, Tech 79!!!  Happy Anniversary Classmates.

Pamela Nixon (Nixon-Mckisset)

Hip Hip Hooray, What a way to say Congratulations to us, the class of 1979!!!  June 5, 1979 "40" years and counting....May God continue to bless us all, and to those who have transition, with their spirit watching over all of US!  Thank you classmatesl for being apart of my life, that I will never forget!

In Solidarity for the Class of 1979

Pam Nixon

Kennetha Bolding

GOD is AWESOME - 40 yrs, continued blessings classmates!!!

Charmaine Thrower (Franklin)

Hello Class of '79 -

We recently learned that we've lost another one of our classmates.  Matthew Brinkley passed away on July 9, 2019.  I don't think I've seen him since we graduated.  

Rest in Heavenly Peace Matthew!

JoVonne Jones (Lane)

Rest in Peace, Matthew, R.I.P.

Bruce Holliday

Rest In Paradise Matthew

Ricardo Fleming

George Branch Jr

Rhonda Moore (Holder)

Heavenly Peace.  RIP Matthew. 

Donald Davis

Rest Easy Brink. Sleep in Peace.

Regina Anderson

Rest In Peace Mathew.  

Pamela Nixon (Nixon-Mckisset)

Many blessing to the family of Mathew Brinkley and Mr. Horace Thompson. May their souls rest in peace.

Sabrina Stewart

I just received what appears to be a broadcast email from James C. Grayton advising that our upcoming 40th Class Reunion will be the last event that he will Chair for the class of 1979.

I just wanted him to know that he has done a magnificent job over the numerous years of his committed service and dedication to our class.  I realize he did not do it alone and that he along with each one of the other committee members strived together to make each event unforgettable for us. 

Although I was not able to attend many of the events, the reviews provided by those that did attend told of the grand time had by all that were there and spoke to the labor of love that the entire committee provided.

In reading his email, he too is to be commended "for the many contributions that he made throughout the years" and for his personal time and energy sacrificed for the preparation of each event.  As he so eloquently stated in his email, and I agree, "McKinley Tech Alumni--Class of 1979--The Best Class to Ever Represent our Alma Mater"!!

Thank you James...and I wish you nothing but the best in whatever the future has for you.

Charmaine Thrower (Franklin)

Hello Class of '79 -

My heart is heavy.  With sadness I want to let you know that we have lost another classmate.  Please pray for the family of our dear brother, George Branch, who transitioned today.  We will provide the funeral arrangements once we receive that information.

Rest in Heavenly Peace George! 

We Love You!

Monica Carter

Hello Classmates. Rest In Paradise George, my condolences to his family.  Condolences to the familes of classmates who passed this year.

Bruce Holliday

REST IN PEACE MY BROTHER. MY CONDOLENCES TO THE BRANCH FAMILY.

Sheila Lyles

So sorry to hear of this news!   Wishing the Branch family grace during this time of bereavement.

Be well everyone!!

Gloria J Wilder (Magruder)