The avid Georgia Bulldogs fan introduces me to his wife Suzanne who tells me, “I was a cheerleader at SHS, Larry played football for Benedictine and we met on a blind date for a birthday party. It will be about her mother and Black Ankle Swamp,” shares Kenny. “Mary is getting ready for an eight-part series on. Smiling when I see Michael’s petite wife Marlene in attendance, I follow Kenny over for an introduction to Mary Benniger Purcell. The tall, former SHS quarterback is talking with reunion chair Harry Moore and “Mister Personality” Michael Dobbs.Ī fan since day one of meeting Michael, the running joke when we see each other is my asking him, “Where is your wife?!” The former basketball star seems to draw attention to him wherever he goes. Fast forward a decade and I am honored to be asked to join the attendees gathered again at Skidaway Island State Park on June 11.Īrriving just in time to get a group pic of the lively schoolmates and spouses, I look out over the crowd, and of course the first person I recognize is Kenny Young. Ten years ago I got a phone call from loquacious Kenny Young with an invite to attend the Savannah High School Class of 1962 reunion.
