As Tonja Nunnally from the Class of '83 generously works with other American High classmates to prepare for the July 23 picnic, which begins at 8am at Amelia Earhart Park, I had to look for the names of our classmates from the Class of 85 who have passed away as a tshirt is being made for our now-gone cherished friends. I realized I never did a salute to
Lisa Jones Gutierrez who passed away in 2018. She was on our Lady Patriots basketball team which was the only team to go undefeated in regular 84-85 season. The starting players were Nilka Carter, Carol King, Lisa Starks, Lisa Jones and Fatima LaFond. I later saw Lisa Jones at the University of Miami where we were both students. We also attended Lake Stevens at the same time. Rest in power, Lisa.
Rest in peace to all of our classmates who have crossed over including Lisa, Delone Mathis, Warren Burney, Keevin Gillard, Bryce Dudley, Mark Raines, Anthony Crawford, Linda Dorn, Willie Graham, Milton Ivory, Greta Jordan, Terry Houston, Wanda Lamar, Dorothy Myers Bolm, Monica Poole, Derick Stanley, Alfred Heaton, and likely more. Here's to our shared past together.
