The Fifth Grade
Yesterday I was messing around during lunch and came across a picture from my elementary school days. The person who posted it is unknown to me ... but in the picture as well.
It was of Mr Rumph's class at George R Fishburne Elementary School in Hanahan, SC and I'm the little fat kid in the back. Sadly, Mr Rumph passed away some two years ago after a happy and eventful life.
He was yet another of those I attempted to contact in an effort to say hello and see how he was doing to no avail. This is a recurring theme of my life anymore it seems.
I don't recall much of those days as they relate to school. I know my preoccupation was with things afterward — and I was never 'mister popularity' but had a large number of friends with whom I engaged in various adventures at the "sand pit" and the estuaries of the immediate area.
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I recognized several of the people in the picture which include Kim Fite, Danny Capps, Bobby LaRocca, LaRue Larrimore, his sister Sandra Larrimore, Albert Meynardie, Larry Sessions and there are a few like Bobby Allison who I recall but cannot recognize in the shot ...
I don't remember the circumstances around it being taken but seeing how I'm in the thing I must have been aware of them at some point.
Just goes to show you that a piece of your past can pop up at any time !
J.B. Rumph, Jr. Obit
Mr Jay B Rumph Jr
Jay Bachman Rumph, Jr., 71, of Seabrook Island, South Carolina, entered into eternal rest Tuesday, March 11, 2014. His Funeral Service will be held Thursday, March 13, 2014, in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL, 232 Calhoun Street at 11:00 a.m. Interment, Rumph Cemetery. The family will receive friends Thursday one hour prior to the service.
Jay was born May 7, 1942, in Charleston, South Carolina, son of the late Jay Bachman Rumph and Mary Alice Hartin Rumph. He was a graduate of The High School of Charleston and Newberry College and was a retired Middle School Teacher with Haut Gap Middle School, teaching for more than thirty years. Jay was a lover of the arts and jewelry. He traveled extensively around the world and especially loved Egirdir, Sparta, in Turkey, where he owned a home.
He is survived by two aunts, Annabelle Rumph Jenkins and Gertrude Rumph Mathews, both of Charleston SC; and two cousins, Richard Goehring (Mandy) of Charleston, SC and Dr. Thomas Mathews (Sue), James Island, SC.
Memorials may be made to Pet Helpers, 1447 Folly Road, Charleston SC 29412. A memorial message may be sent to the family by visiting our website at www.jhenrystuhr.com.
