Why You Say I Don't Remember!!
In the summer of 1987, I was home in Selma, Alabama visiting family. I discovered from a relative of Mr. Durgan's that he was still living in Selma, Alabama and that he had some health issues. I graduated from R.B. Hudson High School, Selma, Alabama with the Class of 1963, and I hadn't seen any Hudson High teachers since then. I really wanted to see Mr. Durgan, so I went along with his relative to his house to see him and to say hello. When I entered his house, Mr. Durgan, who was sitting in a lounge chair, looked toward the door and saw us enter. I said to Mr. Durgan, "You don't remember me, but you were my favorite teacher at R.B. Hudson High School." Mr. Durgan's response, in a slow voice, was, "Why you say I don't remember." We both laughed. That next year on September 23, 1988, he was gone.
