When it comes to a jinxed body part, Bernice Grandstaff Maranville, Class of 1950, has a leg up on most people.

That would be her right leg.

It was affected by a stroke a few years back, causing her to use a cane at home and a walker in public where strangers tend to bump canes out from under you.

Later, she broke her foot on the same, right leg.

Despite this, Bernice planned to attend the 2015 Monongah High School Reunion in Fairmont May 22 and 23, with her daughter even though they live in Kernersville, North Carolina. Bernice had attended previous Class of 1950 gatherings in Fairmont.

Ah, but that right leg had other plans. Bernice broke her ankle in a stairway misstep. That required a couple of weekly visits to medical facilities each week before the reunion.

But it doesn’t keep Bernice from her duties as bowling league secretary. She once bowled 5 days a week.

Bernice’s husband, Charles Maranville of Fairmont, passed away in 1984. They have 5 children, 8 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren.

Bernice was a Volvo auditor in several states for decades before her retirement. She attended Fairmont West before transferring to Monongah High, where she and Patty Urban Utz of Springfield, Virginia finished as the top two in the Class of 1950.

Now, if she can just keep her right leg from getting into more trouble . . .