CRESTVIEW — Antioch Elementary School teacher Alice Thomas recently discovered some old photos in storage and shared them with some girls who could particularly appreciate them.
The photo showed Allen Smith alongside Rodney Walker, Walter Gordon and Ann Teel-Hatcher assisting with Antioch Elementary School’s ribbon cutting ceremony 20 years ago.
“When we discovered those old pictures in storage, I recognized Allen and I have Aubrey in my homeroom,” Thomas said in an email to the News Bulletin. “It is a wonderful coincidence.”
Aubrey and Ava Smith recently viewed the photo of their father, now Staff Sgt. David Allen Smith.
He is currently in the U.S. Air Force, and is still "navigating beyond his horizon,” a school spokesperson said, paraphrasing Antioch’s slogan.
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