Happy 2026

Tommy Towery

LHS '64

Like most of you, I was shocked with the news of Jim McBride's death. There is not enough space or time to give Jim the tribute he deserves. I venture to say he is the most beloved and bragged about member of the group composed of the Lee High School Classes of '64-'66. He was a friend to all. We will alway remember him sharing his songs with us at one of our class reunions, and many of us attended one of his many songwriter's sessions. I once drove over to Jackson, Tennessee, one Friday night to see him perform, and he sang "Dixie Boy" in my honor. I remember the great bond between him and our other classmate, Terry Preston, LHS '64. Our hearts go out to his wife and our classmate Jeanne Ivey McBride, LHS' 66, in her loss. We share with her the grief of losing a friend and classmate. 

Email Address Problems

The following email addresses were not able to receive last week's notice:

cmcmahon331@charter.net

mateudam@aol.com 

These were returned because their email boxes were full:

jimjohnson98@gmail.com

mecdajmykiki2850@gmail.com

Last Week's Questions, Answers, And Comments

Delores McBride Kilgore, LHS '66 , "Thank you."

Kathy Harris Jones, LHS '66, "Jim McBride  passed away today.  As soon as his obit comes out I will forward it.   But I wanted to let you know so that you can say a prayer for Jeanne.  They had taken a walk on Monday and gotten  back to the house.  Jeanne picked up the mail and went in the house to sit down.  Jim apparently fell off the porch somehow and never regained consciousness.  His cousin is a good friend of ours and that's how I learned of it..  They took him off life support today.  So it may have been some kind of medical emergency that caused the fall.  I don't know how far off the ground their porch is.  I did see a little blurb about his death on channel 19 (CBS) tonight.   No details of course....only that we lost a country music icon today."