RICKY ADAMS, 50, Graphic Artist, passed May 31, 2009 at Methodist Germantown Hospital. He was a U.S. Army veteran. Visitation, 4-6 p.m. Saturday, June 6th at Joe Ford Funeral Home, 1616 Winchester Rd. Funeral services, Monday, June 8th at 11 a.m. at the funeral home. Burial in West Tennessee Veterans Cemetery. He leaves two daughters, Cassondra R. Brooks (Martel) and LaKesha Adams; three brothers, Kenneth Adams (Tammara) of Memphis, Lee Arthur Cox (Gladys) of Lexington, MS and Ollie Adams,Jr. (Shirley) of Mesquite, TX; two sisters, Linda Rogers and Kathy Bishop (John); fiancée, Angela Dennie, all of Memphis, host of nieces, nephews, cousins and friends. Joe Ford Funeral Home (901) 345-6075. Click to View Guest Book on Commercial Appeal Website

The online Commercial Appeal spotlights Northside Senior Sharika Nelvis for her outstanding track and field performance at the Class AAA Track and Field Meet that took place a couple of weeks ago. Sharika dedicated her performance to her deceased mother Alice Nelvis. Alice Nelvis passed away when Sharika was only 7 years old. The track meet was on her late mother's birthday. Click the links below to view the articles.

Northside star takes four titles in track and field

Northside's Sharika Nelvis second in state pentathlon

June is the reunion month for 3 Northside classes. The Northside class of 1994 starts off the month with their reunion scheduled for June 5th - 7th with a 3-day weekend in Hot Springs Village, Arkansas. The class of 1984 and 1989 have scheduled their reunion the 3rd weekend in June. Starting with the class of 1984 25th Reunion Cruise scheduled for June 18th - 22nd to Cozumel, Mexico. Next, the class of 1989 will start their 20th year reunion weekend June 19th - 21st with a Riverboat Dinner Cruise in Tunica, MS on Friday, followed by a banquet on Saturday and ending with Church Services and Putt Putt Golf on Sunday. See the reunion page for more details.

The Northside Alumni Association Newsletter is available for review online. The bi-monthly newsletter is designed to review past alumni events and to let our alumni know what events we have planned for 2009. Please note, you must have the Adobe Acrobat Reader to view the newsletter. Download Newsletter