In the pop culture world, the year 1964 was dominated by legendary English rock band The Beatles — holding their first world tour with two songs topping Billboard magazine’s Hot 100 songs of 1964 “I Want to Hold Your Hand,” and “She Loves You.”

That year was also highlighted by Athens High School’s graduating class of 1964, which recently celebrated its 60th anniversary on Saturday, July 20, at the Old Greenbrier Restaurant.

Thirty-five members of the class attended the special event including Jimmy Hester, Carol Keyes Doyle, Judy Lester Evans, Jenny Daniel Weatherford, Joan Ferrell Nave, Trudy Darmer Romine, Janice Gooch Griffin, Carolyn House Rountree, Carolyn Ray Smith, Brenda Staton Smith, Sandra Neal Marks, Sherri Keyes Gross, Elaine Arnett Wade, Kae Cooper Green, Bill Hutton, Doug Warren, Billy Counce, Harold McAllister, Danny Kieff, Phyllis Andrews Kindred, Jackie Gaston, Dwight Sims, John Allfrey, Ann Britt Bernhard, Joe Wallace, Jan Flynn, Lakin Boyd, Jeanette Osterheld Schuster, Jimmy Jeffreys, Larry Black, Garry Walker, Louis Pierce, Frankie Deemer, Bobby Mccain and Larry Burlingame.

The group gathered together to fellowship with one another while they enjoyed “the best [barbecue] in Tennessee Valley,” according to patrons commenting on the Old Greenbrier Restaurant website.