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PROFILE UPDATES
| • | Lynn Clanton 4/23 |
| • | Betsy House (Mills) 4/8 |
| • | Debbie Gates (Upchurch) 3/6 |
| • | Bill Grayson 11/13 |
| • | Kathy Kammer (Day) 10/5 |
| • | Dr. Bill Snell 6/26 |
| • | Randy Bunch 4/20 |
| • | Butch Jones 4/6 |
| • | Kathy Anderson (Rackley) 3/23 |
| • | Bobby Hargroves 3/18 |
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UPCOMING BIRTHDAYS
| • | Karon Oakes (Floyd) 5/4 |
| • | Mary Ella Riddles (Zarones) 5/4 |
| • | Sharon Rhoades (Howard) 5/7 |
| • | John Stewart 5/19 |
| • | Peggy Bramlett (Brannan) 5/20 |
| • | Linda Fagan (Chanler) 5/28 |
| • | Marion Cartwright (Cartwright) 5/29 |
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Paris High School - Paris, Texas
Class Of 1969 |
Rest in Peace
Larry Slagel
1951-2026
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Larry Porter Slagle of Paris passed away April 29th, 2026 in Rockwall, Texas. He was 75.
Larry graduated from Paris High School in 1969 and went on to Paris Junior College where he studied art. He joined the security team at the legendary Armadillo World Headquarters music venue in Austin where he climbed the ranks to become Backstage Manager for acts such as BB King, Journey, Santana, Linda Ronstadt, Frank Zappa, and the Pointer Sisters, amongst others. He married Suzette Marie Jacobs in the 70s and had one son, William Jacob Brandon Slagle.
Back in Paris in the 80s, he sold cars with his father, W.P. Slagle and Uncle Adell at Slagle Brothers Used Cars on North Main before opening his own location, continuing to work with them until the business closed in 1987. He moved on to Town East Ford in Mesquite, Texas and later worked at Dolphin Docks on South Padre Island where he was known for hosting epic 48-hour fishing trips in the Gulf of Mexico.
Larry settled again in Paris in the 90s, joining Dyson & Glass Motors as well as other regional dealerships throughout the years.
Being an avid water skier, he could often be seen maneuvering the slalom course he designed with others on Pat Mayse Lake. Larry loved fishing, hunting, tennis, music, art – having the ability to create life-like charcoal etchings of prolific figures including Marilyn Monroe. He nurtured his son's own elaborate musical and motion picture ambition and never once told him not to pursue his dreams.
Larry is survived by his mother, Loy Nell Slagle, sisters Becky Flippen (Gary) of Paris, Carol Buster of Caviness (Russ), Jerie Gomer of Blackwood, New Jersey, brother Jeff Slagle (Lisa) of Paris, son Brandon Slagle of Los Angeles, California. granddaughter Everleigh also of Los Angeles and numerous, numerous nieces, nephews, cousins, and extended family.
Larry was preceded in death by his Father, William Porter Slagle aka “Pete” aka “W.P.”, nephew John William Buster, and fishing partner/brother-in-law Roy Buster.
55th Class Reunion
It's In The Books!
Click the Link in the Left Column
for Pictures
If you have pictures to post, please send them to MikeBowden2012@Gmail.com
Many thanks to Sheena Sikes for many of our pictures
Saturday Night including our class picture.
And thanks to many classmates for pictures of the entire reunion.
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Our 50-Year Class Reunion is officially in the rear-view window. More than 80 classmates and friends participated in some or all events over the 3-day weekend, Oct. 18-20, 2019. Before leaving to resume our separate lives, we paused to remember our departed classmates in an reflective memorial service.
Here is the final participation count by event:
- Friday pep rally: 12
- Friday mixer at Fairgrounds: 42
- Friday football game: 14
- Saturday museum tour: 8
- Saturday reunion at Heritage Hall: 76
- Sunday memorial: 29
- Sunday brunch: 27
Reunion photographs from the event have been posted to this website (use "50th Reunion Pictures" link on the left to access). More will be added as they become available. You can also see lots of pictures posted on our Facebook page at "PHS Class of '69".
You answered the call for donations to continue this website by contributing $735 towards our goal of $750 to ensure maintenance of this site for another five years. We still encourage donations (use "Save Our Website Donations" link on the left). Any residual funds may be used for future Class of 1969 communications, such as unexpected expenses or direct mailings for classmates who don't have email access.
Finally, an extra round of thanks is extended to our reunion committee (Mike Bowden, Cheryl Caldwell Brown, Lauren Murphy English, Eddie Fitzgerald, Joel Guest, Bobby Hargroves, Betsy Mills House, Larry Jordan, and Tim Taylor) for their time expended and in-kind donations of supplies and services which helped deliver this event under budget.
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I am proud to be from Texas - where tea is sweet and accents are sweeter; summer starts in April; front porches are wide and words are long; macaroni and cheese is a vegetable; pecan pie is a staple; Y’all is the only proper pronoun; chicken is fried and biscuits come w/ gravy; everything is darlin' and someone is always getting their heart blessed.
