More pictures!

Thanks for coming!

It was great seeing all those who came! I know there were lots of you who couldn't make it so maybe next time!

Ginger Tucker (La Grone)

Dear Mark and Kayla,
Thank you for your efforts to locate and communicate with the class of 1980. Your pictures are wonderful on the blog. Your daughter is as beautiful as I remember you being, Kayla. I have taken on a new role as the Executive Director of Curriculum and Professional Development at Canyon ISD, which is more time consuming than I anticipated, in addition to my school training business. So, I am unable to attend the homecoming celebrations.
But your notice has caused me to reflect on the cherished memories I have of HSU. I am so grateful for the opportunities that my time at HSU have given me. With my HSU degree I was able to return to my hometown as a teacher and to work on a master's degree. That opened a door of opportunities that I could never have dreamed. God has blessed me beyond measure, in spite of my stumbling and bumbling along the way. When I think back to the people who touched my life during those times, I am always thankful for Charlene Archer who was the HSU registrar for many years. I worked in her office during all my years there. Her encouragement and support allow many young people to pass through that office, working and earning degrees. I included a piece about her and my experience at HSU in one of my books. And, without the great teaching and encouragement of Dr. Robert Fink, I would have never written a page. Our closest friends at HSU were Sam Buddin (who has gone to be with the Lord) and Kathy Farmer Dent. Kathy (another homecoming queen) and her husband served as missionaries and now direct a Baptist campground.
My two children, Amy and Chuck, who were 4 and 6 when we came to HSU, are now wonderful adults who serve the Lord and who have given me 6 beautiful grandchildren. (Pictures below.) Sadly, they neither chose HSU; Chuck went to that little school near Bryan... and has a degree from Texas A&M and Amy is finishing hers at West Texas A&M.
[FYI: Doug Hooker and I divorced 4 months after graduating from HSU in 1980. He had served as the college minister at FBC while we were there. He now lives in Corpus Christi and has a guide boat business. I will forward the homecoming information to him.]
Sorry...I'm not a good "blogger"...

Thanks and God Bless,
Ginger

3536 Marsh Place
Amarillo, Texas 79121
806-353-6422
you may visit my website at http://www.gingertucker.com/

Ashby & Fowler kids @Beltway Park Baptist Church

This is Jay and Carly Ashby, children of Phillip Ashby and Cathy Fisher Ashby. Also, Bethany and Randall Fowler. Taken outside of Beltway Park Baptist Church in Abilene. Our kids have been real involved together in youth group and discipleship group activities at church.

Fowler kids all grown up!

I didn't show a picture of our kids on the previous post and Kayla let me know that I needed to fix that. Bethany is now a freshman at Baylor. She's shown here in her "Baylor Line" jersey before the first home football game. She's hanging on our 16 yr old son, Randall. He's a sophomore at Abilene Wylie High School and is really busy with football.

HSU Satellite view

From Google Earth

Where we are now

We are Mark and Kayla (Price) Fowler and we live (still) in Abilene. Kayla teaches music to K-2nd grade at Dyess Elementary, part of AISD. Mark is a Information Technology Director for Texas Health & Human Services.
Our daughter, Bethany, just graducated from Abilene Wylie High School and is headed to....I'm can't belive this is happening.. to Baylor this fall. We thought all along she was going to HSU but she changed her mind. Bethany had a great senior year at Wylie. She was Homecoming Queen and had many other honors. Some of you may remember that Kayla was University Queen in 79. Mark is now two for two in escorting Queen nominees!
Our son Randall will be a sophmore at Wylie HS. He's looking forward to playing football and a exciting year in Academics. He's excited about football because Wylie has a state championshihp to defend! Last year, his UIL Academic team won state in current events.
We are looking forward to seeing everyone from our class. Those days at HSU were some of the best years of our lives. Sometimes, it just seems like it was yesterday. And then other times, it seems so long ago.