Miles Armon McCombs.
I have only seen Miles a few times and each time was at a Rockport Reunion. He was in his nineties at the 2016 reunion and looking very well. I think that he has been to the last three or four reunions. He always seems to be happy.
Miles was the son of Mr. and Mrs. "Shim" McCombs. I knew "Shim" well in the fifties, but by then, Armon had graduated and left Rockport. I am not aware of ever seeing him until I saw him at one of the Rockport Reunions. Don't know much about him, thus if you have any knowledge. please share and i will update this page. Thanks.
Aubry Baun Everley
Baun Everley was born and brought up in the Ceralvo area. After graduation, he left the Rockport area like so many of those before him. Jobs were just not available in this area, thus one must earn an income, even if it means leaving the area where you were born and raised. By the time that I was able to get out and roam the Rockport area, Baun was long gone. I never knew or met Baun until the 2010 Rockport Reunion. I know I missed knowing a wonderful person.
Picture of Baun was taken at the 2010 Rockport Reunion.
Ellen Bernice Wilson.
Sorry, but I do not have a picture of Ellen Wilson. Maybe one of her children will see this and send me a picture. Of all of the students in this class of 1938, I knew Ellen well, as well as anyone in this class. Ellen Wilson married Walter Dortch and they settled down in Rockport to raise a family and also for a retirement place. They have been a Rockport fixture as long as I can remember. Their oldest son was only a few years younger than me, and Larry and I, along with many others managed to play, fish, and hunt with each other. Lots of good times in the forties and fifties in Rockport and surrounding areas, including Ceralvo.
Ellen Bernice Wilson was the daughter of Sandy and Mamie Wilson, born and grew up in Rockport. The elder Wilson's lived just below, and on the opposite side of the road from Rockport Cemetery. A son, John was killed in World War II and is buried in that cemetery. Not sure if there were any more children or not, but both Ellen and John graduated from Rockport High School. There grandchildren would have done the same if the high school had still been in Rockport.
Naomi Mae Maple.
Again, my apologies for not having a picture of Naomi. Hopefully someone will
send me a picture which will be added to this section.
Naomi Mae Maple was born on May 6, 1919 in Rockport, Kentucky, the daughter of George
Ruben "Rube" and Myrtle K. Maple. She was blessed with two sisters, Pauline and Rubie
Maple. In Naomi's early years, the family lived on Main Street, or Highway 60 in
Rockport. I think this was State Highway 60, which later became US Highway 62. Some
time later the family moved "Cross Town" where Rube and Myrtle lived out their retirement
years. Naomi Mae graduated from Rockport High School in 1938 and soon after graduation
became an employee of the big Ken Rad Manufacturing Plant in Owensboro, KY, a manufacturer
of vacuum tubes. General Electric would purchase this vacuum tube plant in 1945, but
that is another story. After settling in as an employee of Ken-Rad, Naomi moved to
East 7th. Street in Owensboro and was courted by Patrick M. Chancellor, a 1936 Rockport
graduate. Patrick was working and living in Louisville and long range courtships are
not conducive to young romances and Patrick and Naomi were married in 1941. Some time
after the marriage and move to Louisville, Naomi was employed by General Electric in
Louisville and eventually retired from GE, spending her retirement years in Louisville.
Patrick passed away in 1970. To my knowledge, there were no children from this marriage.
I can remember Patrick and Naomi visiting Naomi's parents in the late forties and early
fifties, but my memory is very vague in this area.
Some seven years after Patrick Chancellor, Naomi's first husband passed on, Naomi
married Norton C. Lawson in 1977. This senior couple continued their retirement years
in Louisville until Norton died in 2/25/1995. Naomi died on 3/26/2008 and was buried
in Evergreen Cemetery beside her husband Norton C. Lawson.