There are so many people to thank for
helping to make the Centennial Reunion such a great success. My greatest fear
is that, in listing them all, I will inadvertently leave someone out. If you
know of anyone who should be included in this list, please let me know.
The Committee
Chairman: Nancy Corbin Deviney
Committee Members: Sally Foster, Marilyn Birchett Moerbe, RoseMary
Brooks Sheldon, Cyndi Chesser Walker
Special Consultant: Barbara Mertens Perkins
Area Businesses and Individuals
Dolores Price and Kairos Gallery, King’s Inn,
King Ranch, King Ranch Museum, Henrietta Memorial Center,
Texas A&M University – Kingsville, Sodexho Catering and Sara
Barrera, The Club at NAS Kingsville and Matt Barrs, Barth’s
Restaurant, B Bar B Ranch Inn, Macareno Signs, Linda’s
Main Street Cafe, Main Street Florist, First United Methodist
Church, L.E. Ramey Golf Course, Sylvia Woelfel and Cactus Flower,
Martha Hornsby and Lizards & Ladybugs, John Conner Museum, Wild
Horse Lodge at Baffin Bay, Phyllis Simpson Elsik (’60) and Phyllis’
Special Events & Gifts, Kingsville Woman’s Club, Jack Beauchamp (’66)
and God’s Kreatures, Maria Cerda and Comfort Inn,
Kingsville-Bishop Record News, and L&F Distributors, and Kathryn Evans
The Road Trips
Red Arce, Micki Elder Argall, Carolyn Gossett Arnold,
John Atterbury, Rome Pena Berg, Jim Dougherty, Bob Fitch, Clifford Fry,
Cynthia Harris Huddleston, Johnny Huddleston, Ella Jenkins, Donny Kloster,
Doris Clark Leadbetter, Adan Munoz, Carol Sharp Stripling, Louis Stripling,
Rodney Trant, Sylvia Cavazos Tyson, Anita Ulatoski, Richard Ulatoski
The Cash Donations
John Atterbury, Jimmie Ann “Sug” Bowman, Claudia Harrel
Edgerton, Sally Foster, Peggy Barton Genz, Sonja Haggerton Hightower, Marilyn
Birchett Moerbe, Debbie Dembski Shelton, Rodney Trant, Mary Chesnutt Turnbull
The Golf Tournament
Hosts: Tem Miller
Prize donors: Tem Miller, L&F Distributors
The Hospitality Room
Gaston Alvarez, Gloria Canales Alvarez, Micki Elder Argall,
Carolyn Gossett Arnold, Carolyn Connaway Bade, Lynn Bailey, Beverleigh Connaway
Carpenter, Darlene Scott Dauphin, Phyllis Simpson Elsik, Kathryn Evans, Marvin
Filla, Ron Florence, Skip Frazier, Sonja Haggerton Hightower, Cynthia Harris
Huddleston, Johnny Huddleston, Liz Miller Johnson, Steven Leggett, Adan Munoz,
Middy Alaniz Munoz, Joan Dougherty Myers, Jacque Ramey, Gilbert Reyes, Velma
Trevino Reyes, Carlene South, Rodney Trant, Mary Chesnutt Turnbull, Francis
Youngblood, and Suzy Dodillet Youngblood
The Bands
God’s Kreatures
Jo Ann and The Geezers
Johnny Dee and the Rocket 88s
The Emcees
Clifford Fry
Adan Munoz
The Silent Auction
Chairman: Kati Bareis West
Committee Members: Carolyn McTaggart Arnold, Margaret Rabon Childress,
Carolyn Pack Delecour, Doris Clark Leadbetter, Nancy Gregg Morrow, Sandy
Johnson Nix, Marilyn Weeks Pettitt, Toni Leslie Rich
Donors: Allen Furniture/Pineapple Shop, Arnold Alvarez, Gilbert
Alvarez, Micki Elder Argall, Carolyn Gossett Arnold, Marina Garcia Banegas,
Rome Pena Berg, Jerrie Lee Rogers Bethel, Cactus Flower, Gary Chesnutt,
Mary Chesnutt Turnbull, Jan Brown Chesser, Nancy Corbin Deviney, Phyllis
Simpson Elsik, Kathryn Evans, Bill Ewert, Doris Walters Franke, Clifford Fry,
Gail Garland, Alan Hausler, Pruyn Clement Hildebrand, Bobbie Horn, Cynthia Harris Huddleston,
Johnny Huddleston, King Ranch Saddle Shop, Kingsville Convention and
Visitors Bureau, Sally Kleberg, Donny Kloster, Peggy Saunders Lancaster,
Doris Clark Leadbetter, Tom Mathews, John Miller, Marilyn Birchett Moerbe, Lee Fugate Nelms and Hall of Frames,
Dwayne Nix, Judy Lindsey Oberkrom, Marilyn Weeks Pettitt, Dolores Price, Xavier Rodriguez, Sharon Scott, Debbie Dembski Shelton, Rodney Trant,
Sylvia Cavazos Tyson, Richard Ulatoski, Kati Bareis West, Cyndi Chesser Walker,
Judy Sanders Williams
The Door Prizes
John Dembski, Nancy Corbin Deviney, Jeannie Harris Eckart,
Clifford Fry, Jim Geary, Sonja Haggerton Hightower, Gloria Hinojosa Johnson,
Tres Kleberg, Doris Clark Leadbetter, Lee Fugate Nelms, Tommy Nelms,
Barbara Mertens Perkins, Xavier Rodriguez, Carold Sharp Stripling, Louis
Stripling, Kati Bareis West, Gail Garland Wilkes
The Brahma Roundup CD
Creator/Programmer: John Miller
Assistance: Sally Foster
Special thanks to Carol McDaniel Gerwick for distributing the CDs on Friday
and Saturday nights, and to more prototype testers than I can begin to name
The Sounds of the 60s CD
Production and Recording: Alan Hausler, Patti Key
Creative Directors: Heather Deviney, and Nancy Corbin Deviney
Contributing Bands: Dr. Fry’s Texas Medicine Band, Gail
Garland, The Flying Underwear Brothers, The Kings, The
Mystics, The Split Ends, Pio y el Grupo Majic,
Sandy’s Six-Pack
The Videos
John “Rusty” Chesser, Bill Forister, Billy Hayes,
John Miller
The Caps and Tee Shirts
Chairman: Barbara Mertens Perkins
Assistance: Debbie Patillo
The Saturday Early Bird Breakfast
Chairman/Coordinator: Barbara Mertens Perkins
Volunteers: Jim Boyer, Doris Clark Leadbetter, Debbie Patillo, Scott
Tyson, Sylvia Cavazos Tyson
The Memorial Service
Chairman: Jack Beauchamp
Committee Members: Phyllis Simpson Elsik, Harriet Wines McLeod
Donors: Cynthia Harris Huddleston, Doris Clark Leadbetter, Adan Munoz,
Jacque Ramey, Rodney Trant
Music: God’s Kreatures, Judy Wilson Chesser, Betty Kaye Cureton
Perkins
Pastor: Mike Alvarez
Volunteers: Gaston Alvarez, Gilbert Alvarez, Gloria Canales Alvarez, Thomas Arthur
Lynn Bailey, Aurelia Moreno Bazan, Earl Chesser, John “Rusty” Chesser , June Cress, Ken Cress, Maria
Elena Perez Crowley, Ann Beauchamp Darwin, Phyllis Elsik, Sally Foster, Skip
Frazier, Jim Hocker, Linda Ham Hocker, Henry Hodge, Tonye Hodge, John Howe,
Cynthia Harris Huddleston, Marva Lee Burris McConnell, Bob McCreight, Harriet Wines McLeod, Marsha
Locke Muskiet, Dan Newman, Dwayne Nix, Sandy Johnson Nix, William O'Conner, Linda Patton Quandt,
Jacque Ramey, Susanne Hock Scott, Jacob Smith, Carlene South, Carol Sharp Stripling, Louis
Stripling, Charlotte McTaggart Swoboda, Dorina Alaniz Thomas, Kitty Walker,
Bettsie Isaacs Zolondek
The John Conner Museum Tour
Host: Hal Ham
The King Ranch and King Ranch Museum Tour
Host: John Howe
The Kayaking Trip and Skeet Shoot
Host: Marilyn Moerbe
The Style Show
Chairman: Cyndi Chesser Walker
Models: Bryce Birdwell, Maria Elena Perez Crowley, Claudia Harrel
Edgerton, Austin Faust, Emily Faust, Barbara Burns Honaker, Ella Jenkins,
Cody Kohutek, Alex MacMillan, Adan Munoz, Sydney Munoz-Miller, Victoria
Munoz-Miller, Lee Fugate Nelms, William O’Connor, Barbara Mertens Perkins,
Laura Case Pollard, Bobbie Beyer Ryan, Debbie Dembski Shelton, Sandra Amacker
Smith, Sylvia Mendoza Villarreal, Dolores Twist Hundley Zimmer
The King’s Inn Lunch
Host: Lynn Bailey
The Decorations
Decorations Provided By: Phyllis Simpson Elsik
The Greeters and Registration Tables
John Dembski, Bill Ewert, Sally Foster, Barbara Burns
Honaker, Ella Jenkins, Marilyn Birchett Moerbe, Marilyn Weeks Pettitt, RoseMary Brooks Sheldon, Cyndi Chesser
Walker, Kitty Walker
Technical Support, Miscellaneous Help, and Just Darn Good
Suggestions
Gaston Alvarez, John Dembski, Joan Dougherty, Bill Forister,
Carol McDaniel Gerwick, Gloria Badillo Hill, John Howe, Ken Hunt, Dan
McClanahan, John Miller
The Sunday Champagne Brunch
Coordinator: Barbara Mertens Perkins
The Parade
Car Coordinator: Gene Rogers and Barbara Burns Honaker
Cars Provided By: Alton Brown, Dave Ingrham, Red Klassen, Bob Neely,
Roger Pollard, Arthur Rogers, Sandra Wiley, A.Z. Zapata
Parade Participants: Baudelia Galindo Alvarez, Mike Alvarez, Nelda Martinez Basaldua,
Gerald Boyer, Peggy Price Braun, Candi Clark, Class of 1962, Margaret Rabon
Childress, Maria Elena Perez Crowley, Nancy Corbin Deviney, Sally Foster, Tonye
Hodge, Ella Jenkins, Carl Korges, Mary Perry Rabon Miller,
Marilyn Birchett Moerbe, Adan Munoz, Middy Alaniz Munoz, Jack Myers, Dwayne
Nix, Sandy Johnson Nix, Rosa Ena Garcia Rodriguez, Bobbie Beyer Ryan, Carol
Sharp Stripling, Mary Chesnutt Turnbull, Sylvia Cavazos Tyson, Cyndi Chesser
Walker, Emily Bridgers Wenzel
