Roy Bowen:
CLASS OF 1955
F. T. Nicholls High School Class of 1955
New orleans, LA
Roy's Story
Life
FIRST LET ME SAY THE PICTURE IS ME, JUST A FEW POUNDS HEAVER THEN YOU MAY REMEMBER.
HI FELLOW REBELS :
I GRATULATED IN 1955 AND WENT DIRECT TO WORK FORCE FOR 37 YEARS, RETIRING IN 1995 FROM DOMINO SUGAR, WHERE I PUT IN THE LAST 30 YEARS.
MET WIFE LYNNE, ON BLIND DATE ON NEW YEARS EVE, AND WE WERE MARRIED IN 1959, HAD 3 SONS. LIVED IN ARABI AND CHALMETTE TILL KATRINA HIT IN 2005. OF COURSE HAD NOTHING LEFT SO WE MOVED TO N. C. WHERE OUR YOUNGEST SON LIVES WITH WIFE AND ONE OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN, MADELYN. WE ACTUALLY BOUGHT A HOUSE IN CONCORD, N. C., ABOUT 6 MILES FROM SON WHO LIVES IN HARRISBUR, AND ABOUT 15 MILES FROM CHARLOTTE. DON'T PLAN TO RETURN TO LOUISIANA.
MY FIRST CONDITION ON BUYING A HOUSE WAS THAT IT BE ON A HILL, WHICH WE GOT.
ONE OTHER SON, OUR OLDEST ROY,JR. DECEIDED TO FIX HIS HOUSE AFTER KATRINA IN ARABI, AND HAS DONE SO.
OUR OTHER SON KEVIN HAS ...Expand for more
LIVED OUT OF THE COUNTRY IN MANY FOREIGN PLACES WITH HIS JOB, PETROLEUM ENGENEER, AND NOW RESIDES IN DHAKA, BANGLADESH WITH HIS WIFE AND 2 OF OUR GRANDCHILDREN, AKEX AND ISABELLA.
WIFE AND I ARE MAKING THE BEST OF IT LIVING HERE, BUT REALLY MISS CHALMETTE, BUT REALIZE IT WILL NEVER BE THE SAME IN OUR LIFE TIMES.
SEEMS LIKE WE SPEND MOST OF OUR TIME GOING TO DOCTORS, AS I GUESS MOST OF YOU DO TO. AT OUR AGE IT IS A GIVEN, RIGHT ?
WE ALSO GIVE AS MUCH TIME AS POSSIBLE TO 6 YEAR OLD GRANDDAUGHTER, AND SHE LOVES THE ATTENTION AS MUCH AS WE DO.
NOT MUCH ELSE GOING ON IN OUR LIVES, BUT IS SURE IS PRETTY COUNTRY HERE, ESPECIALY A FEW WEEKS AGO WHEN ALL THE TREE LEAVES WERE TURNING COLOR.
SORRY I DON'T LIVE A MORE ACTIVE LIFE, BUT MAYBE YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT YOU ARE DOING AT THIS TIME IN YOUR LIFE.
WOULD LOVE TO HEAR FROM ALL OF YOU.
ROY L. BOWEN, REBEL OF '55
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