Janice Elaine Cogburn

Address:  16 Foxbriar Drive, Candler, NC 28715

Spouse's Name:  Roger Caldwell

Children's Names:  Ben (23), Thad (19), and Logan (13)

Occupation:  Teacher, grade 4, Candler Elementary

Special Interests:  Family, Reading, Gardening, Church, Outdoors, Sitting on my Screened Porch . . . when I'm not going to a football game, soccer game, track meet, band concert, Boy Scout event, or grading papers.  Nancy Bailey McBrayer is now teaching in the classroom beside me at Candler.

Significant Events:  Married to Roger (EHS '73) almost 30 years.  Three wonderful, handsome sons: Ben, ASU grad, now teaching at Hendersonville Middle School, and engaged, wedding July 2007; Thad, WCU student, P.E. Major and Trombone player; and Logan, Enka Middle.  I am teaching at Candler Elementary and have had several students who are grandchildren of '74 Enka classmates!  Roger's still band director at Enka High; still the largest marching band in the western part of the state.  He stays in touch with John Lackey, who now lives at the coast.  Check out Enkaband.com.
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Fitting Quotes:  "Raising teenagers is like nailing Jell-O to a tree."  "Teenage boys are like clams, they only open up occasionally to spit out filth or take in nourishment.  But occasionally you catch a glimpse of the pearl within."

Updated:  11/05/2006