Senior members and coaches of the 1984 Calhoun Red Devil
football team (L-R) Coach Wayne "Pokey" Hardway, Richard
Welch, John Stemple, Coach Lee Evans, Coach Marcus
McPhail, Herb Bell, Joe Goodrich, Rick Radar and Lee Reip

Submitted by Nicole Ritchie Hopkins

The Calhoun County High School class of 1984 held its 25th reunion Friday and Saturday, August 28th and 29th, 2009.

Class members and their families gathered at the home of Lisa Price Buchanan at Mt. Zion on Friday afternoon.

Class members and guests meet at the home of Lisa Price
Buchanan (L-R) Sherry McKown Brown, Lesa Hall Mercer, Lisa
Price Buchanan, Debra Heiney Rasnick, Rick Radar, Patty Stull
Sims, Pam Metheny Godfrey, Anita Rose Bailey, Sherry Knotts Wade,
Herb Bell, Fred Nicholas, Angela Johnson Ellis-Miller, Loretta
Freshour, Doug Dye, Mike Virden and former coach, Marcus McPhail

After visiting and reminiscing, they proceeded to Calhoun Middle-High School to watch the Red Devils in their season opener against Gilmer County.

The class released balloons as the current team came onto the field. Members of the 1984 Red Devil football team were honored with John Stemple tossing the coin for the evening's game.

In 1984, John presented then-coach Marcus McPhail with a signed and dated football. Coach McPhail saved that football and returned it to John once again at the game that evening.

The former classmates met at the home of Pam Metheny Godfrey Saturday, for a catered dinner and several games of "Cornhole."

Attending as well as class members were former teachers, Jack Downs, Donnie Price and Marvin Stemple as well as former principal, Bob Bonar.

Classmates gather at the home of Pam Metheny Godfrey
(Sitting L-R) Doug Dye, Herb Bell, Scott Whytsell,
Anita Rose Bailey, Joe Goodrich; (Middle L-R) Debra
Heiney Rasnick, Mike Virden, Patty Turner Laughlin,
Loretta Freshour, Becky Moles Hanshaw, Lisa Price Buchanan,
Kelli Yoak Whytsell, Lisa Hupp Reip, Pam Metheny Godfrey, Lee
Reip, Lisa Welch Gregory, Nicole Ritchie Hopkins; (Back L-R)
Sherry McKown Brown, Rick Radar, Susan Lantz Tripp, William
"Charlie Brown" Kerby, Richard Welch, Angela Johnson Ellis-Miller

Everyone enjoyed watching a music DVD put together by Nicole Ritchie Hopkins featuring old photos of classmates from grade school to graduation and previous class reunions.

After some discussion, it was agreed to meet again on the same weekend in 2014 for the 30th reunion.