Famous Classmates?

[nesser1981]

Originally Posted by DawnMarch

I went to law school with a guy who later went on to be a pretty well-known politician -- Barak Obama.

That's pretty cool awesome!

[KristinCB]

wow, dawn!

[Becca Bonneville]

I don't think anyone from any of my schools became famous (that I know of anyway haha).

Conway Twitty (old time country haha) is a cousin on my mom's side. His actual name is Harold Jenkins and his family always came to our Jenkin's family reunions in Mississippi.

[nesser1981]

Originally Posted by Becca Bonneville

I don't think anyone from any of my schools became famous (that I know of anyway haha).

Conway Twitty (old time country haha) is a cousin on my mom's side. His actual name is Harold Jenkins and his family always came to our Jenkin's family reunions in Mississippi.

I LOVE Conway! That's pretty awesome! I remember when he passed away, my granny loved him too, she was very upset.

[Libby Pritchett]

I love Conway, too! That's very cool, Becca!

[Linz]

there's an olympic volleyball player who went to my high school and helped the US win gold. he was a few years older, but i knew his sister.

also, not a classmate, but katie holmes grew up nearby. i used to live 2 houses down from her sister (and my ex still does).

[pewtertm]

Not really anyone...the closest thing would be classmates who went to the Swayze School of Dance...it was the local dance studio, and as Patrick was just starting to get well-known (his Outsiders days), it was all they could talk about. He wasn't around all that much after that point, but it sure made a lot of us wish that we'd been taking dance lessons

[kendallt]

Originally Posted by Libby Pritchett

I love Conway, too! That's very cool, Becca!

When I was a kid, I met Conway in a grocery store! I'd gone to his concert with my grandmother and uncle, and on the way home, we saw his tour bus in the parking lot of a grocery store. So, my uncle pulled over, we went inside, and he was just walking around in the frozen food section. Lol!

I got him to sign a photo for me, which I still have. He was really sweet and nice, especially considering we were kinda stalking him!

[KristinCB]

Originally Posted by Linz

there's an olympic volleyball player who went to my high school and helped the US win gold. he was a few years older, but i knew his sister.

also, not a classmate, but katie holmes grew up nearby. i used to live 2 houses down from her sister (and my ex still does).

That's cool! Did katie holmes ever go to her house?

[pewtertm]

Originally Posted by kendallt

When I was a kid, I met Conway in a grocery store! I'd gone to his concert with my grandmother and uncle, and on the way home, we saw his tour bus in the parking lot of a grocery store. So, my uncle pulled over, we went inside, and he was just walking around in the frozen food section. Lol!

I got him to sign a photo for me, which I still have. He was really sweet and nice, especially considering we were kinda stalking him!

Cool! My husband met Garth Brooks in the Wal-Mart parking lot in Yukon (his hometown) before he became super-famous...he was singing much smaller gigs back then and apparently still doing his own shopping

[Linz]

Originally Posted by KristinCB

That's cool! Did katie holmes ever go to her house?

she did, but i only ever heard about it later from neighbors. apparently, i'm not a very good stalker. LOL