WE ARE MARSHALL
My Alma Mater
1975
I meant to post this on Nov. 14th but did not get it done.
Please forgive me for not posting in such a long time. We are still remodeling and many days I have gone without touching the computer. All I could do was paint, saw, or empty boxes. Things are winding down and life is returning to some stage of normal. My family is arriving from all over the southeast for Thanksgiving Holidays. Thus, my need to get this remodel finished!
Springhill Cemetary Graveside Memorial for the 6 unidentified bodies
killed in the Nov. 14th, 1970 Plane crashed that killed the Marshall University Football Team, Coaches,
Booster Club members, and plane crew... Total of 75 people lost their lives on that cold rainy night when a Southern Airways plane few into the side of a mountain, missing the runway by 100 ft. due to a broken Altimeter.
My husband was recruited after the crash to play football and his team, The Young Thundering Herd, is the focus of the movie, WE ARE...MARSHALL starring Matthew McConaughey, Matthew Fox, etc... We were consultants on the movie and even got to be in some of the crowd scenes. I encourage you to rent the movie. It's a great story and ALL TRUE. FYI: the church scene is where we were married! Let me know if you saw the movie.
Read the story HERE
In the middle of Huntington, West Virginia there's a river
. Next to this river there is a steel mill. And next to the steel
mill there is a school. In the middle of the school, there is a
fountain. Each year on the exact same day, at the exact same
hour, the water to this fountain is turned off. And in this
moment once every year, through out the town, through out
the school, time stands still."
Opening lines in the 2006 Movie, WE ARE...MARSHALL
IN MEMORY OF:
- Abbott, Capt. Frank, pilot
- Adams, Jim, team member
- Andrews, Mark, team member
- Arnold, Charles “Red”, insurance executive
- Arnold, Rachel, wife of insurance executive
- Blake, Mike, team member
- Blevins, Dennis, team member
- Bluford, Willie, team member
- Booth, Donald, game film
- Brackett, Deke, assistant coach
- Brown, Larry, team member
- Brown, Tom, team member
- Carelli Jr., Al, assistant coach
- Chambers, Dr. Joseph, team physician
- Chambers, Peggy, wife of team physician
- Childers, Roger, team member
- Cottrell, Stuart, team member
- Dardinger, Rick, team member
- DeBord, David, team member
- Deese, Danny, charter coordinator
- George, Gary, sports information student assistant
- Gilmore, Kevin, team member
- Griffith, Dave, team member
- Hagley, Dr. Ray, team physician
- Hagley, Shirley, wife of team physician
- Harris, Art, team member
- Harris Sr., Arthur, father of player Art
- Harris
- Harris, Bob, team member
- Heath, E.O., business executive
- Heath, Elaine, wife of business executive
- Hill, Bobby Joe, team member
- Hood, Joe, team member
- Howard, Tom, team member
- Jarrell, James, supporter
- Jarrell, Cynthia, supporter
- Jones, Ken, WHTN-TV 13 sports director
- Kautz, Charlie, athletic director
- Lajterman, Marcello, team member
- Lech, Rick, team member
- Loria, Frank, assistant coach
- Morehouse, Gene, sports information director and radio announcer
- Moss, Jim "Shorty", assistant coach
- Nathan, Jeff, The Parthenon student newspaper reporter
- Nash, Barry, team member
- Norrell, Pat, team member
- O'Connor, Dr. Brian, director of admissions
- Patterson, Bob, team member
- Poat, Charlene, stewardess
- Prestera, Michael, former Big Green president and delegate-elect to the W.Va. legislature
- Preston, Dr. Glenn, team dentist
- Preston, Phyllis, wife of team dentist
- Proctor, Dr. H.D., team physician
- Proctor, Courtney, wife of team physician
- Ralsten, Murrill, Huntington City Councilman
- Ralsten, Helen, wife of Huntington City Councilman
- Reese, Scottie, team member
- Repasy, Jack, team member
- Sanders, Larry, team member
- Saylor, Al, team member
- Schroer, Jim, head athletic trainer
- Shannon, Art, team member
- Shoebridge, Ted, team member
- Skeens, Allen, team member
- Smith, Jerry, first officer
- Stainback, Jerry, team member
- Tackett, Donald, student trainer
- Tolley, Rick, head coach
- VanHorn, Robert, team member
- Vanover, Roger, team member
- Vaught, Patricia, stewardess
- Ward Sr., Parker, automobile dealer
- Weichmann, Norman, game film
- Wilson, Freddy, team member
- Young, John, team member
- Zborill, Tom, team member
Blessings
