All in remembrance
Long-time North Davidson Coach Pete Jones shaped the lives of more kids than he ever realized. He spent countless hours in the “Pete Jones Gymnasium,” working, fixing, prepping, and doing laundry. He always said Rita deserved the real credit for raising their own kids and running the household. He will forever be remembered as “Coach Jones.”
Rosco Turner, Sr.'s tenure as Head Coach is perhaps best defined by the unique challenge and triumph of coaching his own son. The father-coach dynamic is inherently difficult, requiring a delicate balance of familial love and professional objectivity. Turner, Sr. successfully navigated this complexity, establishing a program built on discipline, strategy, and high expectations that allowed his son, Rosco Turner, Jr., to become one of LSHS’s all-time greats.
The Annual Veterans’ Luncheon will be held from 11:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Friday, November 7 at the DDCC Mary E. Rittling Conference Center located at 297 Community College Road in Thomasville.
The aftermath of 9/11 extended far beyond that single day. Years later, at Shaw University, I met Tahj, a guy from New Jersey who was always smiling and seemed so carefree. In my youthful naivete, I assumed he was a "silver-spooned kid," a person who had never faced hardship. It was a shallow and unfair judgment, one that was completely shattered when he revealed that he and his siblings had lost their father that day in the World Trade Center. The news hit me hard. My assumptions crumbled, and I felt a profound sense of humility. I realized that as outsiders, we have no clue what a person has been through. That simple conversation taught me to be more compassionate, to look past the surface and recognize the hidden struggles that people carry with them every day.
