This page is devoted to those classmates who are no longer with us:

Kayse (Caldwell) Schoolfield
Nathaniel Quincy

Kayse Schoolfield, lifetime Ellis County resident, passed away Monday afternoon at the Baylor Medical Center, Waxahachie. She was born in Dallas, Texas to Loye Don and Mary Frances “Susie” (McNiel) Caldwell. Kayse was raised in Red Oak, graduated from Red Oak High School in 1991 and received her BA degree in education from Tarleton State University in 1995. She and Clay Schoolfield were married June 7, 1997 in Dallas. She had been employed with the Red Oak Independent School District since 1996. Kayse was a former member of the Cliff Temple Baptist Church of Dallas and currently is a member of the Waxahachie Bible Church. Kayse cherished her loving family. Being a teacher was her dream and each student was very important to her. She enjoyed spending time with her many friends and co-workers. She also loved her horses, pets and the beauty of the outdoors.

Kayse is survived by: her husband, Clay Schoolfield of Waxahachie; son, Clayton Lane Schoolfield and daughter, Jessica Elaine Schoolfield; her parents, Don and Mary Frances (Susie) Caldwell of Oak Leaf; her brothers, Kenneth Allan Caldwell and wife Judi, their children, Kyle and Katelyn of Midlothian, Craig Norman Caldwell and wife Laura, their daughter, Marlee of Mansfield; father-in-law and mother-in-law, Bob and Peggy Casey Schoolfield of Waxahachie. She was predeceased by paternal grandparents, Charles and Alva (Lady) Caldwell and maternal grandparents, Liston and Lucille McNiel. The family will receive friends and relatives 6-8 PM Thursday at the Wayne Boze Funeral Home. The Celebration of Life will be 2 PM Friday, October 6, 2006 at the Waxahachie Bible Church with Pastor Bruce Zimmerman, Michael Elrod and Reverend Bud Lovell officiating. Pallbearers will be Chad Bray, Todd Alexander, Terry Nay, Gary Champion, Brian Prachyl and Adolfo Cordova. Honorary Pallbearers will be her cousins: Bill McKinney, Charles McKinney, Tom Caldwell, Gary Caldwell, Russ Kerr and Kevin Kerr. Interment will follow in the Waxahachie City Cemetery. Memorials may be sent to: Kayse Schoolfield Memorial Fund, % Vintage Bank, P. O. Box 557, Waxahachie, Texas 75168, also at the Jefferson Bank, % Don Little, P. O. Box 339, Red Oak, Texas 75154.

Nathaniel Quincy January 3, 1973 - January 11, 1991
	Nathaniel Quincy was born on January 3, 1973 in Dallas, Texas to the parentage of Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Quincy, Sr.  He attended the Red Oak High School in Red Oak, Texas.  He worked at Lee Grocery in DeSoto, Texas for 2 years.  He was a member of Full Gospel Holy Temple and he was a member of the disciple for Christ. He leaves to mourn:  His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Quincy, Sr. of Red Oak, Texas; grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. John Quincy, Dallas, Texas, Mr. and Mrs. T.L. McQueen, Sr. Lancaster;
three sisters, Wanda Williams, Lubbock, Regina Jones of Ralls, Sunetta Griffin of Red Oak, three uncles, T.L. McQueen, Jr., Terry McQueen, Lubbock and J.L. Quincy; nine aunts, Darlene Williams of Amarillo, Texas, Ida Middleton, Denver, Colorado, Virginia Anderson, Lubbock, Texas, Betty Whetstone, Dallas, Dollene Holyfield, Dallas, Texas, Donna Eakes, Memphis, Tenn., Carla McQueen and Pamela Benson of Lancaster, Texas, Cleo Castille of Dallas, Texas and a host of other relatives and friends.

The following article was printed on Saturday, January 12, 1991 in The Dallas Morning News:

Red Oak player collapses, dies
Cause of death unknown
By C. Anthony Mosser, staff writer The Dallas Morning News

Red Oak basketball player Nathaniel Quincy collapsed on the court during the Red Oak basketball game at Cedar Hill on Friday night and later died at an area hospital.

Quincy, 18, was pronounced dead at 9:12 p.m. at Charlton Methodist Hospital in Dallas, according to a nursing supervisor.

Quincy's body has been taken to the Dallas County medical examiner's office for an autopsy, the spokesperson said.  The cause of the death has not been released.

"We had no way of knowing what the cause of his collapse was," the spokesperson said.  "He had no kind of problems that we were apprised of."

Quincy had missed a foul shot midway through the second quarter and was running down court to play defense when he grabbed his head and collapsed in front of the Cedar Hill bench.  Red Oak coach John Leipheimer said.

"it happened so quick."  Leipheimer said.  "It was just one or two steps.  It wasn't a hard fall.  The trainers got right on him and did CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation).  Everything was done that could be done."

Quincy, a 6-2 senior who played guard and forward, was Red Oak's leading scorer at 16 points per game and rebounder at eight per game.

"he was a hard worker," Leipheimer said.  "He was the best athlete I'd ever coached.  I know he was hoping to play basketball in junior college next year."

Quincy was declared dead about 20 minutes after being brought to the hospital.  Paramedics worked on Quincy for about 30 to 45 minutes from their arrival at the gym until he died.

He was taken to the hospital by Cedar Hill emergency medical technicians.

The District 13-4A game was not resumed.



The following article was written and submitted by Billy Stallings about Nathaniel Quincy:

When I first moved to Red Oak in the summer of 1988, I was lonely and bored. A new town in the middle of July, and I did not know anyone. Every morning I would wake up to some noise outside my bedroom window, and it was quite irratating to begin the day. I would look out my window and a group boys were playing baseball in the yard behind mine. They would frequently hit the ball in our yard and that drove me crazy. All I cared about was sleeping at the time. One morning I was awake early. I had been in Texas 3 weeks now, I had not met one person, and I was very lonely. The boys were playing baseball again. I was a bit shy being new to town so I just watched from inside the garage. An hour or so passed by and none of them said a word to me. So I went back inside the house to get cool. The Texas heat was a big adjustment for me.

At about 1pm that afternoon, the door bell rang. I went to the door to see a black young man on my porch. This was strange to me. I was raised in a place called Sand Mountain, Alabama. This was one of the most discriminating places in the South, and the KKK were very active on Sand Mountain. I looked at the young man and said, "Can I help you?" He replied, "My name is Nathaniel, and we need one more person to play a game of baseball. Will you come play with us?" I dont think I had ever spoken to a black person before, but it did not take me long to say of course. He took me over and introduced me to everyone. Everyone was extremely nice, and the rest of my summer was filled with fun and laughter with my new friends.

After school began, Nathaniel and I did not speak much anymore.  Like many friends, we grew apart. But because of his kindness, I was able to make many new friends and felt very accepted in a new place where at the time I felt like a foreigner.

Although Nathaniel and I grew apart over the years, he will always be remembered by me. I will never forget the day his warm smile showed up on my 110 degree Texas porch and asked me "to come out and play."  The same day I put race aside, the same day where a warm heart healed my cold heart.