Think back, Who was your best friend in grade school. Please first names only. Mine was Maryann. We did all kinds of

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1. His name was Mike Smith.

He became a professional golfer and enjoyed some success. He placed in the top five in the Masters one year in the late 1970s, I think it was, and that was probably the high point of his golf career. He and I were best buddies in our hometown of Selma, Alabama, in the sixth grade in 1961-62. We went our separate ways in junior high school and high school. I don't know what happened to him. I went to my 20-year high school reunion in 1988 and don't remember seeing him there. The next high school reunion I went to was the 50th in 2018 and somebody there told me he had died, but I don't know if that is true. They put out updates of our Parrish High School alums regularly and his name is not on the list of the deceased classmates. Thanks for this opportunity to reminisce a little.

-- Ron