Dear Friends and Schoolmates,   

   There is more sad news today.    Mildred Linkous Spriggs ('38), mother of       Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA, passed away in Hampton on the afternoon of Wednesday, July 4, 2007 at the age of 86.

    From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/04/07 - "Death of Mildred M. Spriggs":

Friends and Kinfolk,

I am saddened to report to you the death of my mother, Mildred Mae Linkous Spriggs, age 86, at about 2:45 PM, Wednesday, July 4th, 2007.

At the time of her death, she had been in a Hampton nursing home for nearly a month, following an illness of several months.....

Love to you all,

Dave Spriggs

   Ohhh, David, I am so very sorry. Even as expected as it was, even knowing her pain and suffering is gone, it just doesn't always help to alleviate the pain of those left behind. You're in my thoughts and prayers.....

May Day, Thursday, May 1, 1930 Stonewall Jackson School Newport News, VA (Mildred Linkous is third from right on front row, as indicated by arrow)	Mildred Mae Linkous Class of June 1938	1940 - 49th Street, Newport News, VA Jimmy Spotts (her  cousin's husband, and father of LaVerne "Tootsie" Spotts - '63 - of MD) and Mildred Linkous
1945 - Collis P. Huntington Memorial  in the Mariners' Museum Park CLOCKWISE FROM LOWER RIGHT: Maggie Evans Linkous; Mildred Linkous Spriggs, Shirley Linkous Callaway, and James Preston Linkous	Commissioning Day, Wednesday, June 4, 1969 United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD David Spriggs and Mildred Linkous Spriggs	Friday, August 9, 1991 Hampton, VA Mildred Linkous Spriggs

From the Daily Press - 07/06/07: 

          Mildred Mae Linkous Spriggs

From the Daily Press - 07/07/07:    

           Mildred Mae Linkous Spriggs

From the Daily Press - 07/08/07:    

           Mildred Mae Linkous Spriggs

   Again, our very deepest condolences are extended to David and his entire family.

  From Fred Mays ('60) of VA - 07/06/07:

Carol:

I wanted to inform you that      Dave Spriggs' ('64 - of VA) mother passed away on Wednesday, July 4th. The full obituary and picture will be in the Daily Press on Saturday and also on Sunday, July 8th. Dave is a special guy and we all need to remember him at this time. I am sure he has been invaluable to you with the N.N.H.S. website. I hold Dave is high regard.....

Carol, you are the best.....thank you for all you do.

Take care, Fred Mays, class of '60.

   Thank you, Fred.  David has been in my thoughts and prayers throughout his mother's final illness. He's a jewel, and I too hold him in the highest possible regard.....

  From Joyce Lawrence Cahoon ('65) of VA - 07/07/07 - "Deepest Sympathy":

Carol,

Please relay my deepest sympathy to      David Spriggs ('64 - of VA) in this time of unbearable lose. Our sweet memories of our dear lost loved ones will help sustain us in the days ahead. My prayers for comfort are with David and his family.


Joyce Cahoon

   Certainly, Joyce.  Thank you - and I'm sure those tender feelings are reciprocated.

  From Evelyn Fryer Fish ('58) of TX to     Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/07/07:

Dear David,

I have often wondered if you were related to the Linkous family that I knew well as a young girl. Now I know from reading your Mother's obituary. I am so sorry for your loss.

When I was growing up in Stuart Gardens, my next door neighbors were Carol and Tommy Linkous. At that time they did not have children (but later had a child by the name of Debbie). I did not have a mother growing up, and Carol was definitely my surrogate mother - I loved her dearly - she made clothes for me at Easter, she showed me how to cook and set the table - they took me on vacations with them. They gave me my only bike. She gave me the only birthday party that I ever had at her house when I was 12 years old. From the time I was 8 until around 18, she was my "Mother." The first funeral I ever attended was for Tommy's mother. They took me to my first wedding for a relative of theirs. Harold had a daughter named Harriet who was my friend. I would love to know the address and telephone numbers of Debbie and Harriet. Could you help me on this? I was living in Blacksburg when I was married to    Bucky (Keller - '58) at the time of Carol's death - she died so young - I don't think that I ever overcame that void.

Sincerest Sympathy,
Evelyn Fryer (Keller) Fish of Fort Worth, TX

   Thank you, Evelyn.  I forwarded your note to Dave.  I remember this thread from last year.  You'll find his earlier reply in this Newsletter:

http://nnhs65.00freehost.com/06-11-06-NNHS-Richard-Strauss-142nd-Birthday.html

    From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA to   Evelyn Fryer Fish ('58) of TX - 07/13/07 - "Linkous Family": 

Hi Evelyn,

I can state without fear of contradiction that I am related to each and every Linkous/Linkes/Linkus/Lincus/et.al., wherever you may find them ... except for those who acquired the name by marriage.

The surname (LINKOUS) was created by a lawyer ca. 1822 when he wrote my great great great grandfather's will. You see, GGGGF was a German soldier who was captured at Saratoga NY while fighting for the British under General Burgoyne in the Revolution. He was NOT a Hessian; he WAS a Braunschweiger (or Brunswicker) born in Weissenborn-Luderode, Germany . His name was Heinrich Linckost, so you can understand what the lawyer heard phonetically and what he wrote down. And THAT is why I know that I am related to every Linkous in the world ... all 6,000+ of them at last count.
		Linkous Family Home
		Montgomery County VA

Tommy Linkous (1907-1983) was the son of my great uncle, John H. Means Linkous and his wife, Lillian Nancy Brookman. His brothers, Jack and Harold survive; Jack came to my Mother's visitation and Harold attended the burial. I am pretty sure that Harriet Linkous is still with us. let me do some checking and get back to you.

There is a Debbie Linkous in Hampton; she is probably the "Debbie"  you are looking for. You can find out for the price of a phone call.....


TYPHOON Regards,

David A. Spriggs
son of Mildred Mae Linkous
daughter of James Preston Linkous
son of John Mitchell Hevy Linkous
son of Jacob Linkous
son of Henry Linkous (Heinrich Linckost) (b. 1744 Germany, d. 1822 Montgomery County VA)
son of Joachim Linckhorst

   Thank you, David.

    From Dave Spriggs ('64) of VA - 07/17/07:

I would like to thank the members of my TYPHOON (and CRABBER) extended family for their expressions of sympathy and support following the death of my Mother. Whether by your e-mails, your entries in the Daily Press Obituary Guest Book, or your presence at the visitation and burial ... I was touched and inspired by each and every one of you.

What we have among us all transcends mere association during high school years; indeed, we have created a family which cares for and looks out for each other. Each of us should feel privileged and honored to be included in such a family. I know that I do.

   And so do I. Thank you, David. 

  From Melody Clendenin DeBerry (Warwick HS - '66) of VA - 07/31/07:

I also want to wish very late condolences to      Dave Spriggs ('64 - of VA) on the loss of his mother. Jim and I certainly thought about him and his family at that sad time.

   Thank you, Melody.

   Y'all take good care of each other!  TYPHOONS FOREVER!

                          Love to all, Carol

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