Retirees and Friends of Blair Elementary
08/28/2023
Our 12th year of our "Back to School" lunch for the John J Blair Elementary School Staff! Our group is growing but we aren't getting older just better. Our oldest retiree is 92! Fun day and lots of sweet conversations. Thanks to everyone that came. We especially missed our dear friend, Carol Loraine Bass Until next year!!📚✏️🚌✂️
12/23/2022
Blair photos compliments of Carol Bass and Cece. Maybe around 1991??
09/04/2022
Additional Kodak moments! Thanks Myra and Carol!❤️
08/29/2022
Superb "Back to School" celebration to celebrate retirement life, friendships, and delicious food! Blair family is the best! Olympia was great at accommodating 28 Blair friends.
08/27/2019
Back to school lunch for Blair Retirees! Everyone looked great! We truly missed the ones that couldn’t be there.
08/27/2018
Celebrating with a “back to school” lunch! 35 Blair Family Friends! Lots of catching up!
10/09/2017
The Blair Family is minus one now that our good friend, Anne Rooks, is rejoicing in heaven. We have all been blessed by her time with us. We love you, Anne.
​Anne Carolyn Rooks - Sep 20, 1934 - Oct 7, 2017 Anne Carolyn Rooks went to her heavenly home October 7, 2017. She was born September 20, 1934 in Burgaw NC. Anne graduated from Burgaw High School and attended her freshman year of college at East Carolina College. Anne married Fred, the love of her life, in 1953 and after having 3 daughters, comple...
08/28/2017
Retirees, Staff, and Friends Celebrate the first day of school at Olympia Restaurant! What a great group of friends! Blair will always be a big part of our lives. We ARE family. Mary Ann Clay came by for a few minutes...not pictured. We missed Mrs. Rooks (she has been in rehab) that couldn't attend, our friend, Helen Simpson that passed away and others that couldn't be with us today. Love you all!
04/30/2017
Rest in Peace a great Blair teacher and sweet friend, Helen Simpson. ♥
01/03/2017
Nice article on Monnie Swepson, a former music teacher, at Blair Elementary.
http://www.starnewsonline.com/entertainment/20170101/roy-and-monnie-swepson-share-garden-with-community
Roy and Monnie Swepson share garden with the community Roy and Monnie Swepson grow vegetables on five acres next to their house, a plot that has become a community garden.