This information is NOT necessarily from the Class of 1970, but is related to CHS at that time between 1967 and 1973
Other deaths
Elizabeth "Bo" Blanchard - 1953 - 1973 (Sr, Class of 1971, CHS) - died in Memphis, TN on 1 Apr 1973
The Commercial Appeal, April 2, 1973 - "Crash Kills 'Beau' Blanchard, Daughter of Ex-Councilman
Luther Maxell "Max" Peace - 1953 - 1988 (Sr, Class of 1971 - Class President, CHS) - died in New York City, NY on 22 Jan 1988
L. Maxell Peace, Bank Executive, 35
Published: January 22, 1988, The New York Times, New York, NY
L. Maxell Peace, a former vice president at Marine Midland Bank, died of complications of AIDS Monday at New York University Medical Center. He was 35 years old and lived in Manhattan. Mr. Peace was a national commercial retail loan officer who specialized in financing for limited partnership ventures. He was a native of Memphis. He is survived by his parents, Luther and Nadine Peace of Proctor, Ark.; two sisters, Donna McBryde of Memphis and Rita Underhill of Heth, Ark., and his paternal grandmother, Elva Peace of Proctor.
Published: January 22, 1988, The New York Times, New York, NY
L. Maxell Peace, a former vice president at Marine Midland Bank, died of complications of AIDS Monday at New York University Medical Center. He was 35 years old and lived in Manhattan. Mr. Peace was a national commercial retail loan officer who specialized in financing for limited partnership ventures. He was a native of Memphis. He is survived by his parents, Luther and Nadine Peace of Proctor, Ark.; two sisters, Donna McBryde of Memphis and Rita Underhill of Heth, Ark., and his paternal grandmother, Elva Peace of Proctor.
Timothy M. "Tim" Murray - 1949 - 1968 (Sr, Class of 1968, CHS) - died in Memphis, TN on 1 Sept 1968
Tim Murray was murdered in Overton Park on Sept 1, 1968 - he was on a motorcycle and was struck by a car deliberately some said at the time. EVENTUALLY THIS CASE WAS SOLVED.
"The death of Timothy Murray, 19, a student at the Memphis Academy of Arts, was first believed accidental. But several persons called police to say they had seen the crash in the city's Overton Park and reported that two men in a car deliberately forced the cyclist off the road." - October 3, 1968 - Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee · Page 3
New Form Entry [this site]:
Name
Susan [withheld]Murray
Email
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Comment [Oct 26, 2017]
Hello.I just happened to find this site..searching for info about the murder of Timothy MURRAY my uncle. The info on this site is incorrect.The people who murdered him were convicted, and I would like the correct information stated: murdered by Dixon Allen Robinson III & Stanley Graham Burleigh. I am his [Tim Murray's] niece & your site claims he was murdered & it was to this day unsolved.
We are all graduates of Central High.
"The death of Timothy Murray, 19, a student at the Memphis Academy of Arts, was first believed accidental. But several persons called police to say they had seen the crash in the city's Overton Park and reported that two men in a car deliberately forced the cyclist off the road." - October 3, 1968 - Kingsport Times, Kingsport, Tennessee · Page 3
New Form Entry [this site]:
Name
Susan [withheld]Murray
[withheld]
Comment [Oct 26, 2017]
Hello.I just happened to find this site..searching for info about the murder of Timothy MURRAY my uncle. The info on this site is incorrect.The people who murdered him were convicted, and I would like the correct information stated: murdered by Dixon Allen Robinson III & Stanley Graham Burleigh. I am his [Tim Murray's] niece & your site claims he was murdered & it was to this day unsolved.
We are all graduates of Central High.
https://archive.org/stream/ghostsbehindsuns00falc#page/146/mode/2up/search/MURRAY
Ghosts behind the Sun : splendor, enigma, & deathby Falco, Tav
Publication date 2011
Publisher [London?] : Creation Books
Ghosts behind the Sun : splendor, enigma, & deathby Falco, Tav
Publication date 2011
Publisher [London?] : Creation Books
The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tennessee Thu, Apr 24, 1969 · Page 60
The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tennessee Thu, Jul 02, 1970 · Page 40
The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tennessee Wed, Mar 08, 1972 · Page 27
The Commercial Appeal Memphis, Tennessee Sun, Feb 13, 1977 · Page 32
Robinson died Apr 28, 1982 - Memphis, Tennessee (age 34) (as of May 2022 Stanley Graham Burleigh is still alive and living in Florida)
Central HIgh School, Memphis, Tennessee 1968 Yearbook
Terry Lee Simpson (Lloyd) - 1953 - 1974 (Jr, Class of 1971, CHS) - died in Memphis, TN on 13 Jul 1974
Central High School, Memphis, Tennessee, 1970 Yearbook
The Memphis Press-Scimitar (Memphis, Tennessee) 19 Jul 1974, Fri at Page 18
The Memphis Press-Scimitar (Memphis, Tennessee) 20 Jul 1974, Sat Page 10