Photos = 1000+ Words

"We take photos as a return ticket to a moment otherwise gone."

They say a picture is worth a thousand words.  Enjoy browsing through the photo albums below and help capture and share the memories and history of our school days by submitting your favorite photos of those years.  Just click on the "Upload Your Photos" buttom at the bottom right of the album you'd like to add to. Be sure to give each photo a caption, put the year, and name names! Share the fun! Share the memories!

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Thomas Wolfe said "You can't go home again!"

The RMSHS Class of 1970 came home in 2015 and it was wonderful! 
Forty-five years melted away for a few hours we all became kids again. Old friendships were renewed and new ones were made.

We're getting ready to do it all again the weekend of
October 7th and 8th 2022.  Don't miss it!

 


Click here to view the slideshow shown at the Main Event.


The First Gryphons Reunion Band videos.
Featuring classmates band members Winston Lea, guitar & lead singer; Pam Davis Taylor on keyboard and her husband Earl on drums; Scott Hartness on bass; Rick Evans on lead guitar, and Ernie Murray's wife Becky on vocals - performing with, and as back up to, Woodard, Holt and Taylor
 
Click here for "Be Young"
Click here for "Get Together"
Click here for "Bring The Harvest Home"
Click here for "Have You Ever Seen The Rain"
Click here for "If I Had a Boat"
Class of '70 50th/52nd Reunion--October 7-8, 2022, Part 1
Class of '70 50th/52nd Reunion, October 8, 2022--Main Event, Part 2
Alumni Lunch Gathering - April 16, 2016
Alumni Lunch Gathering - February 20, 2016
Alumni Lunch Gathering - January 2, 2016
Class Lunch, Rocky Mount, January 2, 2016
Class Lunch, Rocky Mount, January 2, 2016
Class Lunch, Rocky Mount, January 2, 2016
Class Lunch, Rocky Mount, January 2, 2016
Class Lunch, Rocky Mount, January 2, 2016
Class Lunch, Rocky Mount, January 2, 2016
Class Lunch, Rocky Mount, January 2, 2016
Alumni Lunch Gathering - November 13, 2015
Classmates Lunch in Raleigh on Nov. 13, 2015. Linda Dawes Lee, Donna-Gayle Bullock Thompson, Emily Ballance, Christine Harrison, David Matthews, Isla K. Hill Wesner, and Johnny Low.
Alumni Lunch Gathering - September 11, 2015
The Triangle Area First Gryphons (name created by Emily Ballance) lunch get together in Raleigh 9.11.15 - 
Reid Homes, Emily Ballance, Christine Harrison, Audrey Kates Bailey and John Low
Alumni Lunch Gathering - June 5, 2015
Lunch in Raleigh at ShabaShabu on June 5, 2015 - Emily Ballance, Audrey Kates Bailey, Isla K. Hill Wesner and Leigh White Gautreau had an all womens lunch which turned into 4 hours of laughter and great stories not to mention the great food!
June 2015 Lunch in Raleigh at ShabaShabu - Isla K. Hill Wesner, Leigh White Gautreau, Emily Balance & Audrey Kates Bailey
Alumni Lunch Gathering - February 2015
February 2015, lunch in Raleigh at ShabaShabu with Reid Homes, Emily Balance, Christine Harrison, Audrey Kates Bailey, Scott Hartness, Isla K. Hill Wesner & Nancy Jordan
Alumni Lunch Gathering - December 2015
Alumni Lunch Gathering - November 2014
November 2014 in Raleigh at ShabaShabu.
John Low, Scott Hartness, Reid Homes, Emily Balance, & Isla K. (Hill) Wesner
Alumni Lunch Gathering - December 2012
Lunch Get Together in Rocky Mount - December 2012
Lunch Get Together in Rocky Mount - December 2012
Lunch Get Together in Rocky Mount - December 2012
Lunch Get Together in Rocky Mount -  December 2012
Lunch Get Together in Rocky Mount - December 2012
Lunch Get Together in Rocky Mount -  December 2012
Lunch Get Together in Rocky Mount -  December 2012
Lunch in Rocky Mount -  December 2012
45th Class Reunion - Cookout - Part 1
45th Class Reunion - Cookout - Part 2
45th Class Reunion - Main Event - Part 1
45th Class Reunion - Main Event - Part 2
45th Class Reunion - Main Event - Part 3
45th Class Reunion - Main Event - Part 4
45th Class Reunion - Walk
45th Class Reunion - Bus Tour
Hospitality Room
Breakfast and great conversation in the Hospitality Room was the perfect end of a wonderful Class of 70 Reunion weekend.
~ Audrey Kates Bailey
40th Class Reunion
The Early Days
Grade School
Photo Credit: Calvin Allen
Ms. Rigsbe and Ms. Ophelia Holland were the troop leaders of this troop on the doorsteps of Holland School. 
Troop members include: Belinda Pippins, Raye Edgerton, Valerie Batts, Brenda Cox, Angela Bryant, Patricia Debnam, Ida Dew, Brenda Walker, Gloria
Grade School
Photo Credit: Stewart Edwards
Midget Football
Photo Credit: Stewart Edwards
Baseball
Photo Credit: Stewart Edwards
Before High School
Edwards Jr. High Football
Edwards Jr. High
Football at Edwards Jr High
Photo Credit: Stewart Edwards
Edwards Jr. High
Edwards Jr. High
High School Days
Gym floor being replaced. Best that I remember it was because of a roof leak. 
(Photo Credit: Craig Stallings)
Marching Band Trophy
(Photo Credit: Craig Stallings)
Decal from 70
(Photo Credit: Craig Stallings)
Civic Club Award Winners
RMSH CHEERLEADERS
Proms & Dances
Jr. Sr. 1970
Jr. Sr. 1970
Jr. Sr. 1970
Debbie Harris with date, Grady Brown, at the Debutante Ball in the 9th grade.
Performing Arts
Suzanne Winston (misspelled as Winstead in article) was the first Rocky Mount Sr. High School student to win an acting award from the Carolina Dramatics Association for her performance as Agnes in Ludlow Fair. She also won an acting award when the distric
A very faded program from Ludlow Fair, and Christopher Columbus.
(Photo Credit: Isla K. Hill Wesner)
Classmates Remembered
Classmates' Families & Miscellaneous Photos
The 2 men in my life. Grandson, Cody and my son, Rick. Picture take 2013. Cody is in his 3rd yr at Wake Tech and plans to transfer to NC State next yr and Rick is Captain w/Raleigh Fire Dept.
The Wesner Family - Christmas 2015.
Me with my husband, Tony, and daughters - Julie on the left, and Jennifer on the right.