The morning's activities started with a tour of the recently renovated school building.
School pictures of the former alumni were placed in large poster sized books. The Bates family donated a picture of their mother who was a former cook at McKey Grade School.
The Rev. Curtis Bias, pastor of the McKey Baptist Church, led a blessing for the luncheon.
A McKey School Alumni group picture was taken in front of the 67-year-old W.P.A. rock school building with 50 students and family members attending. The original McKey School started in 1908 in a two-room wooden frame building that was destroyed by fire on Jan. 5, 1940.
After lunch the group gathered inside the community building for a short program. Janice Blount Sanders and Jackie Snow Pop, reunion coordinators, welcomed everyone. Glenn Taylor led the group in saluting the flag.
Joe Brooks, 89, Orman Taylor, 84, John Bill Taylor, 82, and Inez Edgmon Williams, 82, were recognized at the oldest students to attend the school. Rocky Edgmon, 50, Randy Edgmon, Clifton Taylor and Maggie Covington Ramm, all 59, were recognized as the youngest students to attend the school.
Lonnie Covington of Rowlett, Texas, Doug Stephenson of Valley Center, Kan., Harold and Joan Bates of Mountain Home, Ark., and Carroll Bates of Batesville, Ark., traveled the longest distances.
It was announced that three students died since the 2006 reunion, Cecil Edgmon, Lessley "Shorty" Shelton and Wadie Bruton. Another student died the day after the reunion, Hattie Real Dotson.
Attending from Vian were Doug Dobbs, Clyde and Peggy Edgmon, Inez Edgmon Williams, Karen Thomason Mathis, Amber Mathis and children, Alex, Caleb, Chevy, Jenna and Shilo and Janice Blount Sanders.
Attending from out of state were Lonnie Covington, Rowlett, Texas, Doug Stephenson, Valley Center, Kan., Harold and Joan Bates, Mountain Home, Ark., and Carroll Bates, Batesville, Arkansas.
Oklahoma attendees were Ellis and Sondra Stephenson, Tulsa; Randy Edgmon, Broken Arrow; Wayne Dial, Rocky Edgmon, Geneva Edgmon, Muskogee; Glenn and Billy Taylor, Perkins; and Charles Dial, Muldrow.
Alumni attending from Sallisaw were Joe and Juanita Brooks, Betty Covington Holt, Emma Zoe Thomason Leeper, Artho and Brenda Covington, Marilyn Williams Craighead, John Bill Taylor, Orman Taylor, Carlotta Taylor Davis, Barbra Taylor Maddox, Clifton Taylor, Juanita Taylor Long, Curtis and Fonda Bias, Maggie Covington Ramm, Johnny Simonds, Gertrude Dotson, Virginia Dotson Brown, Pat Dotson Graham, Mac Dotson and sister-in-law and Jackie Snow Pop.
Unable to attend were Ada Real Blount, Thelma Covington Dodd, William and Jan Covington, Jimmie Wright Stokes and the Hattie Real Dotson family.
Reunion coordinators Janice Blount Sanders and Jackie Snow Pop would like to thank all the people who helped with the reunion. Artho Covington for brush hogging, Linda Adams and Janice Sanders for mowing and cleaning, Brenda Covington for making the programs, Wayne Dial for the eating supplies, Doug Stephenson for the work party pizza and a special thank you to all the people who prepared the food for the luncheon.
Sanders announced the annual cake walk will be held Nov. 10. It will start with an appreciation chili supper at 5 p.m. and the cake walk will begin at 5:45 p.m.
