Brenda Latham:  

I went to Guthrie Elementary School from first to eighth grades. My best friends there were Carolyn Bland, Katherine Price, Linda Carter and Mary Clemmer. I was very quiet and shy in elementary school. Well, most of my school years, except to my closest friends who knew me to be funny and crazy. I always liked having a good time! I spent my sophomore year at Argo High School in Summit, Illinois, after my daddy got transfered there. My best friend was Myrna Maureen Morris. She was short like me, a little shorter even, and we hit it off first thing. I had a lot of friends there who I still have fond memories of. I was in the Accapella Choir with Mr. Moritz and we put on the play 'South Pacific'. I played 'Liat', 'Bloody Mary's' daughter. I had a lot of fun that year. Hayrides and going sledding-- even if I did get frostbite which still affects me to this day!:( But the people were great. A photo of me as 'Liat' made Jimmy Latham meet me at the train station when I came back for a visit the summer of 1963---and ended up staying! We had a great time that summer and through the next:) I graduated in 1965 from Humes High School in Memphis, Tennessee. My best friend after graduation was Linda Hall who also graduated from Humes in 1965. We had a lot of fun together in 1965. Linda passed away in 2000 from cancer, but I'll always remember her as a really sweet person with a heart of gold. In 1966 I married the love of my life, Jimmy Latham, and we've been together ever since, though it has been a bumpy ride from time to time! We have two children, a son and daughter. Our son is on his third marriage and has one son who is 24 and in college studying criminal justice, but he is also working at UPS and is a supervisor there. Our daughter has been married twice and is twice divorced and has three daughters, ages 19, 16 and 3 years.! Jimmy served in the Army in Vietnam and received a shrapnel wound in his shoulder. He received a Purple Heart. I found out...Expand for more