About Milan High School Alumni Association

P.O. Box 223
Milan, Tn. 38358
www.milanalumni.org
mhsaa@milanalumni.org

Lurla B. Daniels Keith Alumni Room at Milan High School, home of the Milan High School Alumni Association

Our Mission

To promote, advance and encourage interest among the alumni of Milan High School to solicit, collect and otherwise raise money for the promotion, development and advancement of MHSAA activities;

To award scholarships as determined by the officers and/or directors of the MHSAA corporation;

To encourage fellowship among those interested in MHSAA activities and their development;

To generally do such other things necessary to promote interest in and develop the alumni activities of Milan High School.

Lurla B. Daniels Keith

The headquarters for the Milan High School Alumni Association was dedicated in 1999 and named in honor of one of the organization's most devoted members - Lurla B. Daniels Keith.

Mrs. Keith served as secretary of the MHSAA for approximately thirty-four years, from 1958 until 1992.

Selected valedictorian of her Milan High School class of 1932, Lurla B. Daniels Keith later taught school in Gibson Co. for thirty-five years.

She served as president of the alumni association in 1965-66. But it was "Miss Lurla B's" tireless service as MHSAA secretary for over three decades that proved essential to the success of the association's annual reunions.

Lurla B. personally compiled and updated names and addresses of over 5,000 graduates from 1894 onward. For years, Mrs. Keith collected boxes of school documents and photographs and stored them in her home. She eventually saw the need for an alumni office, and the our headquarters at Milan High School is named in her honor.

Mrs. Keith died May 20, 2006.

Milan High School Alumni Association Board of Directors:

Pam Gaskins Butler ('88) - President
Dana Ayers Marshall ('79) - Vice President
Dianne Price Thompson (’65) - Secretary
Julia Davis Robinson ('87) -Associate Secretary
Gwen Overall Blackwell ('79) - Treasurer
Debbie Ownby McManus ('79) - Communication Director
Bob Parkins ('47) - Publicity Chairperson
Steve Short ('70)-Website and features writer
Sarah Jenkins Robbins ('74) - Screening Committee
Bobbie Sue Pratt Priddy ('54)
Marcelle Stevens Moore ('60)
Glenda Houston ('67)
Lacee Jacobs Mallard ('67)
Alan Taylor ('81)
Wayne Minton ('74)
Alton Coleman

Past and Present MHSAA Presidents
Year	President	Year	President
1955-1956 James Dedmon 1956-1957 Irby Jones 1957-1958 Milton Mayo 1958-1959 Rankin Mathis 1959-1960 Johnnie Hale Metcalf 1960-1961 Hervey Dickey 1961-1962 Jean Denney 1962-1963 Mary Virginia Bryant 1963-1964 Leonard Ramsey 1964-1965 Wylie Wheeler 1965-1966 Lurla B Daniels Keith 1966-1967 Ralph Holt 1967-1968 Billy Clark 1968-1969 Lynn Jones 1969-1970 Najanna McCartney Coleman 1970-1971 Sandra Hughes Pickens 1971-1972 Peggy Garner Haney 1972-1973 Kay Tatum 1973-1974 Danny Jones 1974-1975 Jack Cunningham 1975-1976 Fred Collins 1976-1977 Bob Parkins 1977-1978 Ben Huey 1978-1979 Bill Pitt 1979-1980 Nancy Powers Pitt 1980-1981 Phyllis Arrington Stephens 1981-1982 Deborah Parkins Whitby		1982-1983 Joyce Reynolds Doyle 1983-1984 Joyce Cordle Smith 1984-1985 Martha Dedmon Wilson 1985-1986 Lynn Arnold 1986-1987 Joann Pillow Pickard 1987-1988 Liz Keaton Ownby 1988-1989 Glenda Houston 1989-1990 Rex Tatum 1990-1991 Farris Lowery 1991-1992 Tommy Blow 1992-1993 Tommy Belew 1993-1994 Lacee Jacobs Mallard 1994-1995 Johnny Jones 1995-1996 Wayne Minton 1996-1997 Sam D. Jones 1997-1998 Mark Dodson 1998-1999 Sarah Jenkins Robbins 1999-2000 Tim Blackwell 2000-2001 Floyd Flippin 2001-2002 Ruth Shoaf 2002-2003 Lisa Bolerjack Springer 2003-2004 Debbie Ownby McManus 2004-2005 Cindy McCartney Milligan 2005-2006 Alan Taylor 2006-2007 Julieanne Johnson Hart 2007-2008 Pam Gaskins Butler

Past and Present MHSAA Secretaries
Year	Secretary
1955-1958 1958-1992 1982-2007 2007-	Vergie Mae Martin Lurla B. Daniels Keith ('32) Marcelle Stevens Moore ('60) Dianne Price Thompson (’65)

The Bulldog Wall of Honor recognizes 206 donors who contributed $100 or more to the purchase of the MHSAA office located in the west wing of Milan High School.	This glass display cabinet containing memorabilia from MHS was contributed to the alumni room by graduates Linda Ramsey Schoonover ('57) and Kenneth Ramsey ('60). Another cabinet (not pictured) was donated by Jack Cunningham ('54).

Lewis Baird, a member of the Class of 1968, has served many years as the official photographer of special classes on Alumni Day. Special Class Pictures Displayed on Lewis' Web Site	A bulletin board in the alumni room displays photographs and memorabilia documenting the history of Milan High School.