The class of 1956 of Effingham Academy held a reunion on Sept. 27 at Carey Hilliard’s Restaurant. Eighteen classmates and 10 spouses attended.

From left to right are: front row, Jimmy Derrick, Patsy Joyner Usher, Joan Deason Evans, Margie Anderson Sullivan, Margaret Ruth Gnann Barnett and Mary Jane Rahn Duff; back row, Charles Hinely, Bessell Edenfield, Doris Hodges Rud, Arthur “Bubba” Harrelson, Preston Exley, Julia Exley Rahn, Ronald Burns, Judy Jones Rainey, Rachel Wilson Wilson, Wiley Thomas, Betty Lee Rahn Waller and Mary Will Marchman Long.