Many of you have probably heard about the recent deaths of three old-time Sugar Land residents. A few weeks ago, Johnnie Stephenson Guajardo (SLHS '51) passed away. Here is an obituary.
Earlier this week her sister, Louise Stephenson Hall (SLHS '44), died in Bryan, Texas. She and her husband Wayburn Hall (SLHS '43) retired to Franklin, Texas several years ago. Many will remember Louise as our school nurse and Wayburn as the owner/operator of the first Exxon service station in Sugar Land. Here is an obituary.
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| Photo from 1959 Sugar Land School yearbook |
Photo from 1963 Sugar Land Elementary yearbook
The Kelly and Hall families were close friends before I was born, so it's a sad time for the Kelly family as well as the Halls.
Dot Hightower passed away last week, which added to our family's sadness. Dot's daughter Scotty is married to my cousin Bob Bass, but like many other Sugar Land residents we knew Dot and her husband Dugan as mainstays in Sugar Land schools. I learned to appreciate Dot's skills as story teller in later years. I heard a lot of good stories about Sugar Land from her.
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| Photo from 1959 Sugar Land School yearbook |
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| Article on Hightower's love of Sugar Land |
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| Sugar Land School faculty basketball game in late 1950s |
These old timers are in a much better place, but we'll still miss them.
