Cocke County High School Alumni
Newport, Tennessee (TN)
Recent Members
| Brian Winters | 1991 |
| Dennis R Dunn Dennis R Dunn | 1970 |
| James Sadowski | 2000 |
| Jeremy Jeremy Monday | 2004 |
| Kristopher Zieger Zieger | 2004 |
| Shawn Turpin | 2025 |
| Tura Tura Wiley | 1975 |
| William William Lane | 1975 |
Military Alumni
Honoring Our Heroes
This area is dedicated to our alumni that have served or are serving in our armed forces!
Lost Class Rings
Have you lost your Cocke County High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Fighting Cocks lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.
Honored Military Alumni
Chaplain (LTC) Roger Lanter Ret.
Class of 1973
National Guard, 14 Years
Served 14 years in the Chaplain Corps. Retired as Lieutenant Colonel while serving as Command Chaplain Joint Force HQ GSDF Division at Clay National Guard Center in Marietta Georgia. Had served in the United States Marine Corps as enlisted and served the US Coast Gaurd contracted (MOA) for Chaplain Service before coming to the state guard in Georgia.
Class of 1973
National Guard, 14 Years
Served 14 years in the Chaplain Corps. Retired as Lieutenant Colonel while serving as Command Chaplain Joint Force HQ GSDF Division at Clay National Guard Center in Marietta Georgia. Had served in the United States Marine Corps as enlisted and served the US Coast Gaurd contracted (MOA) for Chaplain Service before coming to the state guard in Georgia.
Kurstin Truhitte
Class of 1999
Army, 12 Years
Us army 1999-2000
Army National Guard 2002-2012
Class of 1999
Army, 12 Years
Us army 1999-2000
Army National Guard 2002-2012
Leo Shropshire
Class of 2003
Army, 7 Years
Served 3 tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004-2005, 2008-2009, 2010-2011
Class of 2003
Army, 7 Years
Served 3 tours in Operation Iraqi Freedom from 2004-2005, 2008-2009, 2010-2011
Major Marty A. Messer
Class of 1988
Marine Corps, 20+ Years
United States Marine Corps Major
Class of 1988
Marine Corps, 20+ Years
United States Marine Corps Major
Alumni Stories
Read and submit stories about our classmates from Cocke County High School, post achievements and news about our alumni, and post photos of our fellow Fighting Cocks.
School News
Do you have any news to share? Keep our classmates informed on news and current events! Please post all reunion information in the reunion area.
Our Cocke County High School military alumni are some of the most outstanding people we know and this page recognizes them and everything they have done! Not everyone gets to come home for the holidays and we want our Cocke County High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Newport are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!