Benny Gray Conway grew up in the Kashmere Gardens area and attended Dogan Elementary School and graduated from the 6th grade in 1962. He attended Kashmere Gardens Junior and Senior High School in 1962 where his track career began. In the 7th and 8th grades, Benny ran the sprints and relay teams coached by Lawton Smart. He suffered a toe injury and was not able to compete in the 9th …
Billy Baldwin
Billy Baldwin was born the youngest of six siblings. The Baldwin crew had a lot of energy to burn, so consequently, Billy began playing sports early in life. At the age of seven, he played football for the Apache All-Stars. As he grew, he was a three-sport athlete at I.M. Terrell where he played football, basketball, and track & field. When Baldwin entered Kashmere in 1984, he was greeted by …
Carl Martin
Carl Martin is a 1967 Kashmere Gardens Jr. Sr. High School graduate. He was a multi-talented student-athlete who excelled at football and baseball while at Kashmere, lettering four years in baseball and three in football ending his high school career with a total of seven varsity letters. He along with several childhood friends would share many athletic milestones, but none more gratified than being crowned the 1965 Baseball State Champs, …
Carlton L. Petties
Carlton L. Petties is a 1978 member of the Fighting Rams Class. Fondly called by only his last name, Petties was a student-athlete in the football program playing Defensive Tackle for Coach Johnny B. Felder. Being an exceptional player, he was a starting Varsity player for three years consecutively and a member of Kashmere’s District, City, and State-Qualifiers teams. Petties was named First Team All-District, First Team All-City, Second Team …
Charles Wayne Hicks
Charles Wayne Hicks, student-athlete in the graduating class of 1973. A lifelong Houstonian, he attended R. L. Isaacs Elementary, Lamar Fleming Middle School, and Kashmere High School. As a young child, Charles enjoyed playing baseball and joined a neighborhood little league team and fell in love with the game. There is a gap between Pony League and high school baseball because there is no baseball team in middle schools, so …
Craig Curry
Craig Curry Attending Kashmere High School, I participated in track as a team member on the 4×400 relay and was a defensive back on the football team. Academically, I graduated from Kashmere High School, ranked #5 out of 500, in the class of 1980. As a result of incredible coaches, great teammates, and a loving family, I earned a full athletic scholarship to the University of Texas at Austin. Attending …
David Earl “AKA Baylord” Broussard
David Earl “AKA Baylord” Broussard was born in Houston Texas into a family of 11 siblings, 7 boys and 4 girls to the late Ellis and Vivian Broussard. David was raised in the North Houston subdivision called Trinity Gardens. He attended Rosa Lee Easter K-4th, Chatham Elementary, and I.M Terrell Junior High and graduated from Kashmere Mighty Rams High School class of 1972. While @ I.M Terrell he was motivated …
Dr. Albert L. Lemons
Dr. Albert L. Lemons is a native of San Francisco, California (reared by an aunt Cleo Minor Rice in Houston, Texas). He is a graduate of Kashmere Gardens Junior and Senior High School and received his Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education from Texas Southern University. He also attended the University of Houston (Central and Clear Lake Campuses), Rice University, Sam Houston State University, North Texas State University, University of …
Dr. Reginald Spivey
Dr. Reginald Spivey is a proud graduate of the Kashmere High School Alumni Class of 1977. After 45 years his pride for Kashmere High remains untarnished and will always have a deep place in his heart. Dr. Spivey pursued a career in education partly because of his successful and inspiring educational experience as a student at Kashmere High. Dr Spivey attended Kashmere High and was nurtured by caring Educators. He …
Dwight E. Willis
Dwight E. Willis is a 1972 graduate of Kashmere, he first gives thanks to his parents Hilry and Victoria Willis for allowing him to play football. Dwight’s journey started on Hirsch Road at Kashmere Gardens Jr. Sr. High School as a 7th & 8th grader. As he entered 9th grade, the same school different name they became Francis Scott Key. That year his team would win the first district …