Barbara Hartley:  

Hope to be remembered: As a naturally happy person who loved to dance. Craziest thing done in school: Got in trouble for going to school after my Dad told me to stay home. Long and pretty unbelievable story underlies this, but I can honestly say that I'm the only one I've ever known whose father showed up at the high school (Rogers) in full uniform, and actually marched me out of the school, through the halls, in front of God and Everybody, and put me on indefinite restriction for GOING TO SCHOOL, against "direct orders." Lived in several places and moved more often than I would have liked. My father served in the Marine Corps for 30 years: WWII, Korea, & Vietnam. He retired when I was a freshman in college, sent me packing off to the the dorm, and moved from Virginia to Louisiana without telling me, until after the fact. Letter: "Dear Barbara, we have moved...." What in life has surprised you: Are you kidding? Everything is life is a string of surprises! Teacher I'd like to see again: Dr. Ben Wright - my faculty advisor and oboe teacher in college. Unfortunately, he died suddenly at the ripe old age of 46, in his office ...Expand for more