Cookeville High School Alumni
Cookeville, Tennessee (TN)
Recent Members
| Christie Bluhm | 1995 |
| Erin Mitchell | 1998 |
| James Phillips | 2018 |
| Johnny Gibbs | 2000 |
| Joseph Woodson Joseph Woodson | 1996 |
| Joshua Chandler | 1998 |
| Leigh Lykins | 1980 |
| Ned Little | 1973 |
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 Cookeville High School class ring? Have you found someone's class ring? Visit our Cavaliers lost class ring page to search for your class ring or post information about a found ring.
Honored Military Alumni
Charles V. Benson
Class of 1964
Air Force, 20+ Years
Served 26 years. Retired in 1991 as Senior Master Sergeant (E-8)
Class of 1964
Air Force, 20+ Years
Served 26 years. Retired in 1991 as Senior Master Sergeant (E-8)
James Kyle Painter
Class of 2002
Army, 3 Years
Served as an Infantry Platoon Leader through OIF 07-09, Now holds the Executive Officer (XO) positon at 4 Brigade 10 Mountain Division at Fork Polk, LA.
Class of 2002
Army, 3 Years
Served as an Infantry Platoon Leader through OIF 07-09, Now holds the Executive Officer (XO) positon at 4 Brigade 10 Mountain Division at Fork Polk, LA.
Johnny Judd
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years
U.S. Army Apache Pilot 1981-2008 Chief Warrant Officer 4. Desert Shield/Storm, UNMIH (Haiti), Bosnia, Kosovo, OIF x 2
Class of 1981
Army, 20+ Years
U.S. Army Apache Pilot 1981-2008 Chief Warrant Officer 4. Desert Shield/Storm, UNMIH (Haiti), Bosnia, Kosovo, OIF x 2
Kendall D. Grasty
Class of 1994
Air Force, 8 Years
I served as an F-16 Crew Chief for eight years in the Air Force. As a Crew Chief I performed in-depth maintenance on the F-16's various systems. This picture was taken in Singapore while I was selected to fly with a pilot for an incentive ride. FUN FUN FUN!!! I out processed the Air Force on January 10th of 2006 in order to come back to Tennessee to start my own family and raise the children around their grandparents. I exited the Air Force as a Staff Sergeant (E-5).
Class of 1994
Air Force, 8 Years
I served as an F-16 Crew Chief for eight years in the Air Force. As a Crew Chief I performed in-depth maintenance on the F-16's various systems. This picture was taken in Singapore while I was selected to fly with a pilot for an incentive ride. FUN FUN FUN!!! I out processed the Air Force on January 10th of 2006 in order to come back to Tennessee to start my own family and raise the children around their grandparents. I exited the Air Force as a Staff Sergeant (E-5).
Kendra Huseman
Class of 1989
Navy, 5 Years
Commissioned as Pharmacist in 1995. Served at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda (NNMC), aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort, and lastly to Naval Air Station Patuxent River. I only served in Maryland, but it was a great experience! Met my husband at Bethesda and my daughters were born at NNMC.
Class of 1989
Navy, 5 Years
Commissioned as Pharmacist in 1995. Served at National Naval Medical Center in Bethesda (NNMC), aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort, and lastly to Naval Air Station Patuxent River. I only served in Maryland, but it was a great experience! Met my husband at Bethesda and my daughters were born at NNMC.
Micahel Brandon Davis
Class of 1999
Air Force, 2 Years
serving with the 119th CACS out Knoxville
Class of 1999
Air Force, 2 Years
serving with the 119th CACS out Knoxville
Alumni Stories
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School News
David Bechtol
On July 7, 2017 David Bechtol will retire after 30 years of service in the United States Navy.
David and...
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Our Cookeville 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 Cookeville High School Military to know that they are loved and appreciated. All of us in Cookeville are proud of our military alumni and want to thank them for risking their lives to protect our country!