Benny Williams:
CLASS OF 1975
Rochester High SchoolClass of 1975
Rochester, TX
Dallas Institute of Funeral ServiceClass of 1976
Dallas, TX
Benny's Story
I haven't changed too much...I like to have a good time with friends and family. I am still a nut, love to play practical jokes, no one is exempt.
When I graduated from dear old RHS I went to mortuary school. I married Lu Ann Dodson at mid semester (June '76) We have moved and worked at many places in Texas, Dallas, Big Spring, Wichita Falls, back to Rochester, and then to Vernon, and presently in Merkel. Presently, we own Starbuck Funeral Home and Abilene Professional Services (a mortuary and crematory service). Lu Ann and I have a daughter Courtney she is married to Logan Stanley and they have a son Weiss. He is the cutest and smartest kid there is! Well that is enough about me. If you want anymore you will have to ask.
When I look back it is amazing that I am still alive. Growing up in Rochester we took chances kids today don't have. We drove in cars without seatbelts, had chemistry lab without masks, goggles, gloves and all the safety precautions. Our class lived over having a classma...Expand for more
te involved in the biggest STD outbreak in Haskell County history. Having a wild gambling episode in english class betting that Tony Adkins would not kiss Miss Wright to gain a wealthy 12 dollars...only to find out that the pot was handed back to the bettors as he was getting up his courage to do the dangerous task and he getting the board of education issued for his dangerous mission. Our shop class making an electricution chair while Mr. Freeman was showing calves. The chair didn't perform the way it was supposed to so we ground off all of the stops. Whoever was the lucky one was watching us they would sit down and it would fall apart. Mr. Simmons received that award.
Oh, the stories that I could tell...and these are stories about happenings DURING school hours.
You may view my blog at 3 w's dot bumsteadsworld dot blogspot dot com
or you may e mail me at starbuckco at
windstream dot net
I had to do my addresses this way because classmates does not allow web addresses or email addresses.
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