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Virginia Lynn "Ginny" Smith - Class Of 1973 VIEW PROFILE

Virginia Lynn Ginny Smith

Ginny was brutally murdered June 23, 1969, at age 13. Her death horrified her classmates, friends & family.

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April 8, 1971, Ocala Star Banner - Ocala, Florida:




 
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04/02/14 06:24 AM #1    

Betsy Jane Barnes (Bishop) (1973)

I had an art class with Ginny at La Puerta and lived in the same general neighborhood. Even though she was very popular and I was not, she was always very nice to me. Small kindnesses are important to everyone, but especially to a plain Jane 12 year old. Ginny's memory will always live inside me.


11/12/17 04:31 PM #2    

Sandy Debelak (Hughes) (1973)

I think of Ginny almost every day because of the person she was, and the impact of her death has made me a better person. I remember what she wrote in my yearbook from La Puerta. It said: she will be watching me, and hope we become friends. Every time I hear the song, I believe the Youngbloods, come on peope now smile on your brother everybody get together try to love one another right now. I think of Ginny and try to perpectuate that love. I know she's there helping me, because I feel it every day. Thank you Ginny!! I am a better person for knowing you. Love, Sandy

 


12/01/18 01:46 PM #3    

John Lessley (1970)

Ginny was always such a good hearted person and she was so popular because she was very good to her friends, beside being beautiful inside and out. We STILL remember her and what a tragic loss that was back in 1969. And now we try to focus on the good things in her memory rather than how horrible it was to lose her. All her friends still remember what an amazing person she was and what she could have become given a normal life span. All four of the Smith sisters were amazing friends to many of us in Claremont.


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