1. Angels of ‘97

2. A Celebration of Life In memory of the 5 students that graduated in 1997 from North Mecklenburg High School In Spirit only.

3. Laura Barnette

4. “Enjoy the little things, for one day you may look back and discover they were the big things.”- Anonymous An IB student and dolphin lover who dreamed of attending UNC-Wilmington to major in Marine Biology

5. You don’t get to chose how you’re going to die. Or when. You can decide how you’re going to live now -Joan Baez

6. Travis Childers

7. An outdoorsman who loved gardening and making things grow. He attended Camp Care annually. “Immortality lies not in the things you leave behind, but in the people your life has touched.” -Anonymous

8. There are some folks we meet in passing and forget them as they go…There are some we remember with pleasure And feel honored to know.

9. Calvin Keziah

10. A great basketball player who wanted to attend UNC-Chapel Hill with his twin brother, George. “The friend who can be silent with us in a moment of despair or confusion, who can stay with us in an hour of grief and bereavement, who can tolerate not knowing, not curing, not healing-and face with us the reality of our powerlessness-that is the friend who really cares.” -Henri Nouwen

12. Mandi Meador

13. All around student and church leader committed to helping others. Also Miss Teen Charlotte. “One cannot get through life without pain…What we can do is choose how to use the pain life presents us.” -Bernie S. Siegel

14. Some people come into our lives and quietly go, Others stay for a while and leave footprints in our hearts, And we are NEVER, EVER the same. -Bradley Tyler

15. Kancham Potts

16. A multi-talented musician and dancer who planned to study psychology or piano. “When someone dies, they still live on in you and me, and everyone else who loved them.” -Jessica Ann Farley, Age 10

17. WE LOVE

18. AND

19. MISS YOU

20. ANGELS OF ‘97