Carol Harris Johnson, 59, of Powhatan, Virginia, died December 23, 2009,
surrounded by her family. A graduate of Barrington High School, 1968. She is
survived by her husband, Wade K. Johnson, son Lance K. Johnson, of Fairfax
Virginia, daughter Allison L. Sampson and husband Eric, and granddaughter
Madison L. Sampson, of Colorado. Brothers H. William Harris, of Warwick,
and H. Craig Harris, of Riverside, sister Louise H. Boulton, Ft. Lauderdale, Fla.
Her funeral was held on December 28, 2009, at the Bennett and Barden
Funeral Home in Powhatan, Virginia.
Howie has been living in Salt Lake City for 35+ years and while he
knew he would be unable to make the reunion last year, he said that
he would be back in the summer of 2009. On Saturday, Howie &
his wife Leslee, plus Holly and Ted Furtado spent the day together
with George Crowell and his wife Bettyann in Little Compton
catching up on 40 years. A great time and Howie says hi to everyone.
Photo: Left to right: Ted, George, Howie
Howie (Forrest), his wife, Kaylon, his brother Steve, and the rest of the band made a return to Harry's House of Blue in Hyannis on July 17, 2009, and to Chan's Restaurant in Woonsocket on July 18. He brought Little Ronnie Owens, one of the best harmonica players in the United States, with him this time for a rockin' good time. Steve McDonald played and sang too, Howie was in better form than ever and showed us a great time. Among those rocking in the audience at Chan's: Nancy Mabey Brex, Connie Lally, Debbie Farina, Bob Holden, Ted Furtado, Bob Hanks, Sue Williams, Lynda Dykstra, and Glenna Collett.
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Steve writes that his vessel, the Nicole Leigh Reinauer/
RTC 135 is a 550-foot articulated tug-barge with a crew
of 7. She holds 5,712,000 gallons of gasoline. Steve is
the barge captain. The home port is New York, and he
travels from Canada to Carolina. He works two weeks
on and two off (which is why he could not attend
reunion). He says:
"The Queen and I live in Paradise, otherwise known as
Appomatox, VA. Far off the beaten path. We are the
de facto caretakers of her family's 636 acre plantation
(farm). We have 1 daughter, 6 sons, 3 granddaughters
and 2 grandsons. Several of them are housebroken.
Luckily for us, they all reside in New England."
"We want to thank you and the committee for all the hard work you did in putting our great reunion together.
We think that now that you have just about everyone's email address we should have an informal get together in a year or two. Five or ten years is too long to wait. We will be too old. It was such a great time. We hope to see you soon."
Can you recognize who's who from Mr. Kelly's fifth grade class at Maple Avenue School?
