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Brenda Gail Standridge Thomas, 78, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, August 22, 2023.

By Erica Thomas, managing editor CLAY —When the class of 2001 graduated, the world was a different place. There wasn’t Facebook, Twitter, or even MySpace. Not everyone had a cell phone and Apple hadn’t even introduced the iPod yet. It wasn’t long after graduation that 9/11 happened, so many of the students that graduated that year probably remember a simpler time. Despite a global war on terrorism, the beginning of the 21st century brought about the most transformative advances in technology and social characteristics. For graduates at Clay-Chalkville High School, a plan was hatched t...