BOWLING GREEN – Sean Morris will be the keynote speaker and entertainment will include a brass sextet at this year’s Bowling Green High School alumni banquet on Saturday, Oct. 12.

The 35th annual banquet will be held in the James A Wilson gymnasium, beginning with a social hour at 5:30 p.m. and the dinner at 6:30 p.m. The cost is $25 per person, which includes Alumni Association dues.

Catherine Rosen, of the Alumni Association, said the classes that will be honored this year include those before 1958, then 1959, 1969, 1979, 1989, 1994, 1999 and 2009. She noted that over $376,000 have been given by the association in post-secondary education scholarships including 10 scholarships of $1,000 each for graduates of the class of 2019.

Rosen pointed out that letters regarding the banquet are only sent to the class members from the years that are being celebrated. She added the banquet should be a great time with Morris giving the address and musical entertainment by the brass group that includes class of 1963 alumni John Parcell and David Stover.

Morris is a graduate of the class of 1992 and is a lifelong resident of Bowling Green. He attended Southeast Missouri State University and Hannibal LaGrange College to receive a BS in business administration. He was active in baseball before opting to focus on family and local business.

Morris and his wife, Tracy, have been married for 26 years and have three children – all of whom attended or currently attend BGHS.

Currently the president of ALL-WAY, Inc., headquartered in Bowling Green, the company also operates a full production facility in Springfield, Mo. The company also warehouses additional product and material in St. Louis, Kansas City, Springfield, Ill., and Granite City, Ill.

The company primarily serves U.S. Department of Defense agencies, federal and state government agencies, as well as heavy construction and heavy industrial industries.

Morris has been involved with several local boards and committees over the years and has served on advisory committees primarily related to the industry in which ALL-WAY is involved.

In addition to a passion for business, Morris enjoys spending time with his family, traveling and any time in the outdoors.
“Drop me on a mountain and I’ll be just fine. Just don’t drop me too hard.”

John Parcell and David Stover will perform at the Alumni Banquet as part of a brass sextet. Both are members of the class of 1963.

Parcell has been married to his wife, Cathy, for 28 years and they reside in Kansas City suburb, Raytown, with three Boxer dogs Derek, Daphne and Dory. Cathy graduated from Wheaton College in Illinois with a bachelor’s degree in music education. She earned a master’s degree in vocal performance from the University of Missouri in Kansas City. She is the chairperson of the music department of Longview Community College in Lee’s Summit.

Parcell’s son, Kent, lives in Joplin, and his daughter, Khris, is retired from 21 years of service in the United States Army. She and her husband, Steve, have 22-year-old twins Andrew and Victoria Hoover. Andrew works for Jiffy Lube in San Antonio, Tex. Victoria received a bachelor’s degrees from Mizzou in May of 2019.

Stover attended Mizzou and received a degree in mathematical statistics in 1967. Upon graduation, he was accepted at the Mizzou School of Law.

During his second month of law school, he received a notice from the draft board that it was no longer giving deferments to graduate students.

“I completed my first year of law school then joined the United States Air Force,” Stover recounts. “I served four years as a member of the Air Weather Service providing weather support (reports and forecasts) to Air Force and Army aviation units in Germany and the USA.”

After his time in the Air Force, Stover completed his law degree and obtained his Juris Doctor degree from Mizzou in December of 1974.

“I spent the next two years with the Missouri Securities Division in the Office of the Secretary of State. Subsequent to that my wife and I moved to Lee’s Summit in 1977 where I was a member of the firm Chinnery, Stover, Huston & Bertram for 13 years,” Stover explained. “I became a partner in the Kansas City north law firm of Gunn, Shank & Stover, PC in 1990. My main practice was centered on commercial law and bankruptcy. I represented primarily banking groups and other lenders in my private practice. I was a Chapter 7 Panel Trustee for the Western District of Missouri appointed by the Office of the United States Trustee, a component of the United States Department of Justice, for 25 years. Since 2018 I have been a retired member of Gunn, Shank & Stover, PC.”

Like others, Stover has been involved on the boards of several organizations in Lee’s Summit including the Lee’s Summit Healthcare Foundation and the Lee’s Summit Orchestra.

“My wife and I are both active in Saint Anne’s Episcopal Church of Lee’s Summit where I have been a member of the Vestry and Senior Warden. Currently I play French horn in the Spirit of Independence Concert Band and the Summit Brass, a brass sextet formed by John Parcell and me over 10 years ago.”

Stover’s wife, Sandra, is a special education teacher and currently works half-time for the Missouri Division of Youth Service.

“We have two sons, the older of which is an attorney in Olathe, Kan., and the younger is a National Park Service Ranger in Yellowstone National Park.