Redskin's Remember
The McLoud Alumni Association recognizes past Teachers, School Personnel and/or Board Members each year at the annual Alumni Reunion. These honorees are added to the Redskin Remember Program. This program was started in 2004 with two elementary teachers that taught at McLoud in the thirties. They attended the annual reunion every year, up into their nineties. Three to five people have been honored every year since. The honoree is given a plaque and their names are added to the plaque that sits in the J.E. Walker Fieldhouse trophy case.
The following Teachers, School Personnel and Board Member were honored at the Alumni Reunion, July 8th, 2023.
Zella (Stacy) Wright – Administration: Mrs. Wright served as a High School and Junior High School Secretary from 1970 to 1974. She had two children to graduate from McLoud, Mickey and Edena. She herself was a 1949 McLoud graduate. She passed away May 16, 2023, but was well aware of this honor before her death.
Sarah Reed Oliver and Edena Wright Harris.
Gene & Kay Abney - Coach/Elementary Teacher: Mr. Abney was a teacher and Coach for McLoud from 1972 to 1976. He had many winning football teams. Mrs. Abney was an Elementary Teacher from 1972 to 1977. They had two children, Kirby and DinaKay, that attended McLoud. Mrs. Abney passed away some years ago.
Rick Fredman, Randy Ledbetter, Mike Anglin and Gene Abney
Earl Powell - History/ Government/ Yearbook Teacher: Mr. Powell was a 1967 McLoud graduate and taught at McLoud his whole career or 29 years and 2 years part time after retirement. He taught US History, Advanced Placement US History, American Government, and Yearbook Production and Photography.
Gerald Reust, Mary Reed Brown and Earl Powell
Bill Goddard - Board of Education: Mr. Goddard served on the Board of Education for one term in 1972-73, before moving to Tipton, Oklahoma. He had three children, Paul, LaDeana, and Tom that attended McLoud Public School. After moving back to McLoud in 1993 he served as a substitute teacher for McLoud and Dale for twenty years.
Mark Adams and LaDeana Goddard Peden
More retired teachers or school personnel will be added to the Redskin Remember program in 2024. Their names will be announced in the Reunion letters mailed in May, 2024.
If you know where one of your retired teachers are and would like to honor them please send their contact information to mcloudalumni@gmail.com so their name can be added to a list of teachers. Only three to five teachers are honored each year. Please review this list of past honorees.
The following teachers have been honored in the past:
Edna Holmes - 2022 - English Teacher
Steve Tipton - 2022 – Band/Music Appreciation
Gary Hodde - 2022 – Teacher/Coach/Asst. HS Principal/Athletic Director
Val & Tracy Gokey - 2022 - HS Counselor/Reading Specialist
Willis McCoy - 2021 - Band/Music Appreciation
Harold Scott - 2021 - HS Principal/Coach
Dawna Green - 2021 - Elementary Teacher
Donna Magruder - 2021 - Elementary Teacher
Rick Ray – 2021 - Sr. High Principal
Pamela Griffin - 2020 - Teacher /Coach
Joe Dale Nolen - 2020 - Board of Education
Jessie Palmer - 2020 - Bus Driver
Mike & Judy Harrell - 2019 - Coach/Science /Alumni President
Clayton & Debbie McCoy - 2019 - Coach/Health /Business Teacher
Dickie M. Smith - 2019 - Principal/ Teacher/ Coach
Warren & Lynda Boles - 2018 – Teacher/ Vice Principal/ Athletic Dir./Photographer
Janice Stotts - 2018 - English Teacher
Dorothy Porter - 2018 - English Teacher
John & Pam Ables - 2017 - Math/Elementary Teacher
Betty Carver - Houtz - 2017 - Elementary Teacher
Harold & Barbara Hartman - 2017 - Principal/Teacher’s Aid
Francena Wahpepah - 2017 - Director Indian Education
Steve & Maris Ward - 2016 - Coach/Teachers
Elfridge Nikkel - 2016 - Elementary Teacher
Eddie Blevins -2016 - Math Teacher
Eula Ross - 2015 - Cook
Jerry Bird - 2015 - Custodian
Bula Bird - 2015 - Cook
Richard & Carolyn Hendricks - 2014 - Coach/English Teacher
J.E. & Sarah Rooker - 2014 - Coach/Teachers
Leo Nowakowski - 2014 - Board of Education
Charles Florence - 2013 - VoAg Teacher
Joan Walker-Jones - 2013 - Elementary Teacher
Richard Brown - 2013 - Custodian
Millard Basinger - 2013 – Custodian
Jim Walker - 2012 - Board of Education
Dean Cagle - 2012 - Board of Education
Iris Dial - 2011 – Elementary Teacher
Phyllis Foster - 2011 – Elementary Teacher
Vernon Ebert - 2010 - Teacher/Coach
James Gordon - 2010 - Science Teacher
Victor & Norma Adams - 2009 - Teachers / Math/Elementary
Robert & Mary Lou Nunn - 2009 – Teachers/ Vo.Ag/Elementary
Marie Wilkins - 2009 - Commerce
Leon Ross - 2008 - Teacher/Coach
Ralph & Jackie Long - 2008 - Teacher/Coach/Commerce
Juanita (Lawson) Mosier - 2007 - Administration
Norma (Summers) Higdon - 2007 - Administration
Sonja (Winkler) Starkey - 2006 - Administration
Jerry Dowell - 2006 - Principal/Teacher
Ruth (James) Walker - 2006 - Administration
J.E. Walker - 2005 - Superintendent
Paul & Pauline Rooker - 2005 - Principal/Counselor/Teachers
Herman Hodde - 2005 - Bus Driver
Dorothy Rankin Gay - 2004 – Elementary Teacher
Blanche Cochran - 2004 – Elementary Teacher
Erwana Ferrell - 2004 - Vo. Home Economics Teacher