This message was posted on October 17, 2008 at 4:23 p.m. from our classmate:

fullname: Merle Paulette Colston
email: mcolstonbucks@yahoo.com
comments:

The LAHS Website is Excellent. Keep up the good works!!!!! 
Love you all!!!!!!!!! 
                     Wanda Williams  =  LAHS Class of 1968

The site is looking good.  Keep up the good work.
                   Herbert Dunnaville -  LAHS Class of 1968

 The website is awesome! I am really enjoying it. Everytime I look in it, it gets better and more interesting. When I heard my favorite songs "My Girl" the Temptations and Otis Redding , it reminded me of  days gone by and that just touched my heart.
                    Verna Whitten -  LAHS Class of 1968

Great Website!  Very nice write up about Paulette. 
               Gayle Graves, MSW -  LAHS Class of 1968

The Website is Great!!!!!!!
              Thomas W. Draper  - LAHS Class of 1968

I  hope to hear from you all. I love you, But God loves you best.
                  Julius Law -  LAHS Class of 1968    juliuslaw@att.com

Here's wishing everyone a Happy Thanksgiving and hoping everyone is doing well. 

Hope everyone is thinking about our New Year's Eve Dance. 

This will give us a chance to celebrate the November elections
and the upcoming Inauguration of our new President elect Obama Barack. 

Look forward to hearing from you and seeing you then.

           Ruth Hilton, Secretary  -  LAHS Class of 1968
         lavernehilton@aol.com

On Thanksgiving 2008, as we join with family and friends and give thanks for all of life's blessings, we will  add a special thanks for our, LAHS Class of 1968 40th Reunion Celebration. We will express our thanks for being able to attend the event to greet and to share with other classmates memories of days gone by and to provide updates of our lives today. 

We will give special thanks to all we met on the journey which delivered us to this year.  We will give special thanks for every aspect of our lives which contributed to the people we have become.  We will give special thanks for our ability to reach out and help someone who might need assistance.  We will give special thanks for world peace. We will give special thanks for an improved economy and enhanced wisdom in those who will lead our world out of the present economic, social and political conditions.   We will give thanks for the days which have led us to January 20, 2009 when the first African American, President Elect Barack Obama will be sworn in as the  44th President of the United States of America.

Most importantly, we will give special thanks for our mere existence and all we have become.  We will ask for the enhanced ability to continue to do our part to make and leave this world a better place for all to live, worship and work.

Lucy Addison High School Reunion Class of 1968 presents New Year's Eve Dance on December 31st, 2008 from 9:00 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.  The event will be held at the Holiday Inn Roanoke, 3315 Orway Drive N.W., Roanoke, Va.  

The price is $75.00 per person. The price includes 2 hours of free bar (beverages), Hor D'oeuvres and a Mid-Night Breakfast.

Music by:  D. J. "Kila" Miller


The Committeee is asking that ticket  purchases be made as close to  November 30th, 2008 as possible so that a close to as possible accurate account of the number of people attending can be ascertained.


Please contact LAHS Class of 1968 Reunion Committee.  R. Hilton at 540-985-0683 or M. Bowens at 540-562-2532.

 Carolyn Basham Brantley
email: msbash.1@juno.com
comments: Hope to hear from some of my classmates.  I enjoy seeing a lot of my class at Paulette's funeral.  Hope to see u all again soon on a different occasion.

Sadly, we announce the missing link of our circle, Merle Paulette Colston, who departed this life on November 1, 2008 peacefully in her home.

Merle Paulette Colston was born on February 5, 1950. She was the third child and only daughter born to Russell and Geneva (Fisher) Colston, who both preceded her in death. Paulette was the “Apple of her Daddy’s eye”.

Paulette was educated in the Roanoke, Virgina School District, graduating from Lucy Addison High School. She was a proud member of the Graduating Class of 1968. Paulette recently attended the Class 40th Year Class Reunion held in July 2008. Paulette was very active in the Lucy Addison Marching Band and the tennis club.

After graduating from high school, Paulette attended Elizabeth City College, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in education. Paulette was a member of the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority.

After graduating from college, Paulette pursued a career in graphic design with Norfolk and Western Railroad and State of Virginia Correctional Departments. Due to failing health, Paulette retired from the State, but continued to pursue her hearts desire by following in her father’s footsteps by entering into the field of retailing/selling antiques.

Paulette leaves to cherish her memory her son, Diallo "Merl" Harper of Atlanta, GA; two brothers, Johnnie (Sylvia) Colston of Newport News, VA; and Russell Bernard (Brenda) Colston of Roanoke, VA; a loving aunt Mamie (Clarence) Lee of Roanoke, VA and numerous nieces, nephews, cousins and other family members and friends.

The family will receive friends from 7 to 8 p.m. Friday, November 7, 2008 at Hamlar Curtis Funeral Home. A service to celebrate Paulette’s life will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, November 8, 2008 in the funeral home chapel.

In lieu of flowers the family wishes expressions of sympathy to take the form of donations to the American Diabetes Association.

Arrangements by Hamlar Curtis Funeral Home, 1002 Moorman Road, Roanoke Virginia.
(information obtained from Hamlar Curtis Funeral Home Notice)

Merle Paulette Colston
Mimms Funeral Home
1829 Hull Street
Richmond, Virginia 23224
804-232-3874

Merle Paulette Colston, 58, of Richmond, Va., formerly of Roanoke, Va., departed this life on  Saturday, November 1, 2008.  Remains rest at  Mimms Funeral Home. Arrangements pending.

email:  diallo804@yahoo.com