Lawanna Stanley

After graduating I moved to Memphis and started working for a natural gas company. I later married and became a mom. I then decided while working full time to further my education. I received a degree in Psychology from the University of Memphis and then my MBA. I moved to Kansas in 2000 and have lost alot of my southern accent. Although it does have a tendency to come back after talking to my family who still live in Arkansas. Life is really good... my son is 19 and a great kid and I have two labs who I call my babies.

I have great fond memories of my years at Gosnell. I loved watching my brother play football and then immediately go to the basketball court where he usually fouled out in the first 5 minutes. I loved hanging out with Donna Cook, Carol Moncrief and Karen Williams. It seems that we were always in trouble for talking in class. I did pass that trait on to my son, so now I know how my mother felt. One of the greatest memories was running track and at practice Coach Briley got the boys behind the truck and made them hold on to the pole vault and then proceeded to drive round and round the track. He warned them not to let go... well I remember one let go and boy did he go flying. I loved Coach Briley... Great memories.