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"WE DID IT!"

STATUE OF CHILDREN
DEDICATION DAY
SET FOR SATURDAY
APRIL 26, 2014

 

 

Unwrapped and waiting on the brave installation team.
 

 

Thanks to James & Tammy Strickland our statue is safe and securely stored out of the elements!


James & Tammy

 

James Strickland

 
Our beautiful bronze statue "Children Playing in a Tree" has arrived! It was carefully unloaded and moved to it's temporary storage place, protected, safe, and secure thanks to James & Tammy Strickland (that's James in the red truck) and James Ellis was on hand to help plus he took lots of pictures! Dedication Day notices will be going out real soon!

Statue coming off the truck from California!
 
 

James Strickland loading statue onto his trailer!

 

STATUE FUNDRAISING TEAM THANKS EVERYONE
Without your prayers and donations we could not have
accomplished this monumental goal.
Special Mention to
Harold Stewart and Paul Watts
for
splitting the final difference and "Bringing it Home!"
TEAM:
GEORGE FRAZER, LEAD PHASE II
MICKEY WALKER
CHRISTINE HAVEN, PHASE I and II
PAULINE PRESLEY
DR. HARRY R. JACKSON, PHASE I

 Donations
The Bonny Oaks School

"Our legacy in recognition of the 'children' who lived on the Bonny Oaks grounds 1896-1985"

 


 

Updated as of
9/01/2013
Names Donation
 

DONATIONS PHASE 1

 
1 7/16/2011 Barbara Pierce Burhans - Donation for at Statue at Reunion $50.00
2 7/16/2011 Mark & Betty Cabeen - Donation for Statue at Reunion $500.00
3 7/16/2011 Roy Tucker - Donation for Statue at Reunion $100.00
4 7/16/2011 Jimmy Tucker - Donation for Statue at Reunion $100.00
5 7/16/2011 Paul & Joyce "Stover" Rowell - Donation for Statue at Reunion $200.00
6 7/16/2011 Miscellaneous Donations for Statue at Reunion $85.00
7 8/08/2011 140 Bonny Oaks Package Mailouts Statue (4 Separate M.Hill Printing Co & US Mailings) -$265.00
8 8/11/2011 Cassidy & Audrey Neighbors for Statue $100.00
9 8/11/2011 Thomas & Betty Hays for Bronze Statue $50.00
10 8/11/2011 George Frazer for Bronze Statue at Reunion $1,000.00
11 8/15/2011 Martha Prater Dwyer for Statue in memory of father, Dr. Charles Prater  $100.00
12 8/15/2011 Marshall Hatch for Statue  $100.00
13 8/06/2012 Mickey Walker for Statue  $100.00
14 7/21/2013 Treasurer Harry Jackson forwards Statue Fund Balance $2,220.00 to George Frazer End of 1st
Donation Phase
       
   

DONATIONS PHASE 2 - Starting Balance $2,220.00

 
15 August 2013 Mrs. George Hankins Adamson (Malcolm M. Adamson) $100.00
16   Ms. Alice Hankins $50.00
17   Barbara Durham $50.00
18   Jimmy Evett $50.00
19  

Deba and Dean Feilen

$150.00
20   Cassidy & Audrey Neighbors (2nd Donation) $50.00
21   Jesse & Pauline Presley $100.00
22   Joseph Presley $50.00
23   Paul & Joyce "Stover" Rowell (2nd Donation) $100.00
24   Sara Humphreys DuVall ($200.00 for self and siblings, Monroe H.,Martha H.,Margaret H.) $50.00
25   Monroe Humphreys - "In Memory of" via Sara H. $50.00
26   Martha Humphreys (via Sara H.) $50.00
27   Margaret Humphreys (via Sara H.) $50.00
28   David Yell $150.00
29 September 2013 Mickey Walker (2nd Donation) $100.00
30   Bill & Kathleen Lawless as friends of Hilda Harris $30.00
31   Gene Hill - "In Memory of" $50.00
32   The Tommy Page Family $50.00
33   Bobby Yarbrough - "In Thinking of" $50.00
34   Jerry Presley $50.00
35   Janet Davies (Keese family) $50.00
36   Paul Hugh Watts (and "In Memory of Fred Watts, brother) $100.00
37   Max and Linda Taliaferro $100.00
38   Howard and Marian Lewis $50.00
39   Hilda Harris $50.00
40   Danny Lusk $50.00
41   Gregg Presley $50.00
42   Pam Presley $50.00
43   Thomas W. Trevor III and Catherine A. Coulter $75.00
44   Anonymous Bonny Oaks Friend $100.00
45 October 2013 Erma Wallace and Judith Smith (Hilda Jerry Dianne JoeAllen Harris' Aunt) $25.00
46   Harry R. Jackson $30.00
47   Von C. or Lucille Liner Sanders (Jewel Liner Campbell, sister)

Note from Lucille, click to enlarge

$100.00
48   Mickey Walker, In Memory of brother Kenny Walker (3rd Donation) $100.00
49   James and Sylvia Lewis $50.00
50   Charles and Brenda Petty (Hilda Jerry Dianne JoeAllen Harris) $15.00
51 November 2013 Imadeddine and Billie (Tucker) Itani $75.00
52   Jerry and Christine Haven Harris $100.00
53   Thomas W. Trevor III and Catherine A. Coulter (2nd Donation) $75.00
54   Eva M. Smith $200.00
55   James H. Hayes $100.00
56 December 2013 Paul & Joyce "Stover" Rowell (3rd Donation) $100.00
57   Dean Cofer $100.00
58   John and Dorothy Humphreys $50.00
59   Charles Camp $10.00
60   James and Tammy Strickland $300.00
61 January 2014 Yvonne Wood (Harris) $50.00
62 January 13, 2014 Harold Stewart $840.00
63 January 13, 2014 Paul Hugh Watts (2nd donation) $840.00
CONGRATULATIONS We reached our goal!
  STATUE
FUND
BALANCE
$10.00 :-)
STATUE PURCHASED $7,045.00
PLAQUE PURCHASED $500.50
THANK YOU EVERYONE THAT DONATED!
"MIGHTY OAKS FROM LITTLE ACORNS GROW!"
 
Email 4/15/2014 Dear Christine and Jerry,
I talked to Pauline yesterday and she told me that they were digging the hole for installation.  I knew everyone is very excited and I know Christine
that you are pleased to have Jerry to help you.  I would like to congratulate every one who took part in this endeavor and it will not only be a blessing
to you but also to the Community.  I had wanted very badly to come but health prevents me from doing so.  I have some leg problems and as a result
I am not traveling very well.  But I wanted you to know that I will be there in spirit and hope I get lots of pictures.  The invitations are beautiful and
I was especially happy that James Ellis has a part.  I hope you will express my love to all and I hope you can continue to meet together
even in small groups because I think you have a love for each other which is different.
I think Mr. Adamson would have me say that we both were so happy  to know  you.  God's  richest blessings to each.
Lovingly,
Mrs. A
 
- 9/28/2013
Bonny Oaks Family
Can we do this?
We are in the final phase of the campaign to raise the necessary funds in order to erect a statue in honor of one of the most recognized child care facilities in Tennessee and the world. It is possible that not all of us feel the same about our experiences at Bonny Oaks, but every Bonny Oaks kid i know had a quiet confidence that they would make it.
The legacy of Bonny Oaks School helping young boys and girls succeed is the reason i am asking that each one of you show your support by donating to this noble cause.
The Statue will say to all who view her that yes we were at Bonny Oaks School and we helped make the world a better place.
Donate to the Statue fund if you can.
Jesse Presley