Anna Sue DeYoung Edwards

LHS '65

? - January 2, 2024

Anna Sue Edwards, 75, passed away peacefully surrounded by her loving family on Tuesday, January 2, 2024.

Anna Sue was born in Huntsville, Alabama, and graduated from Lee High School in 1965. She went on to graduate from Tennessee Temple University with a bachelor’s degree in English. Anna Sue taught and encouraged students all over the South including areas in Alabama, Georgia, and Florida.

After returning to Huntsville, Anna Sue worked for Integraph Corporation until she decided to start her own business. She loved graphic design and created Webs2Impress, a business she operated by herself until 2022. 

Anna Sue loved the beach, anything purple, and most importantly, her family. She adored her grandchildren, Joanna, and Robby, whom she cared for often. She had a strong faith in Jesus, and she enjoyed singing and playing the piano in church. 

She is preceded in death by her parents, James and Lucille DeYoung and her son, James Edwards.

She is survived by her daughter, Becky Darden (John) and two grandchildren, Joanna Morris (Micah) and Robby Darden.

A Lot of Baloney

Tommy Towery

LHS '64

Every so often Sue and I are buying groceries and while in the lunchmeat department we remember it has been a while since we had balogne (Baloney) sandwiches so we pick up a pack. We eat it for about a week and then forget about it for a long time until we repeat the process at a later time in our lives.

As a kid, baloney was a staple at our house. I never bothered to look up exactly what it was made from (the same as I was about hot dogs) and still don't bother. All I know is that basically, I grew up eating baloney. One funny fact stays with me, and that is the fact that I lost two of my baby teeth while eating baloney, one time eating a baloney sandwich and the second time eating boloney and crackers.

My favorite way of fixing it is to cut slices in it to keep it from curling while I fry it in a frying pan. My favorite condiment is mayonnaise, but I  like it just as well with mustard. Baloney and crackers (topped with cheese) is still a great snack in our house. Though I do not care what or how it is made, I was curious about balogna itself, so I looked it up on the web.

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia: 

Bologna sausage, informally baloney, is a sausage derived from the Italian mortadella, a similar-looking, finely ground pork sausage, named after the city of Bologna. Aside from pork, "bologna" can be made out of chicken, turkey, beef, venison, a combination of meats, or soy protein. U.S. government regulations require American bologna to be finely ground, and without visible pieces of fat.

Rag bologna is a long stick, or "chub", of high-fat bologna native to West Tennessee and its surrounding area, unavailable elsewhere. It is traditionally sold wrapped in a cloth rag, and has a higher content of filler than that of regular bologna. Milk solids, flour, cereal, and spices are added during processing, and the roll of bologna is bathed in lactic acid before being coated in paraffin wax. It is generally eaten on white bread with mustard and pickles, but is also a staple of family gatherings, where thick slices are smoked and barbecued along with other meats.

The bologna sandwich is a sandwich common in the United States and Canada. Also known as a “baloney sandwich”, it is traditionally made from sliced bologna sausage between slices of white bread, along with various condiments, such as mayonnaise, mustard, and ketchup.

The bologna sandwich is a regional specialty in the East, Midwest, Appalachia, and the South. It is a sandwich served at lunch counters of small, family-run markets that surround the Great Smoky Mountains, and fried bologna sandwiches can be found on restaurant menus in many places in the South.

I know I am not alone, considering the many classmates I grew up with eating baloney, but I am a little curious about what the kids who moved to Huntsville during the Space Race thought about this lunch meat. Was it new to you? 

J.R. Brooks, LHS '64, posted his New Year's Resolutions on Facebook. Thought I would share them with you.

I've got a date set for my cataract surgery finally. I will be going in on January 24 and have my left eye done and then when that heals up they will do my right eye later. I hope a few of you might have some boloney memories to share with your classmates. Using my psychic powers, I am expecting a certain classmate to respond.