|Class Notes| 1964
field of education. She retired as principal of W.E.S.
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Donald Boatright of Pelham has retired from McGriff, Seibels & Williams Inc. as a senior vice president after 25 years in the commercial insurance brokerage industry. He writes that he and wife Sharon are planning to travel and spend time with their grandchildren.
Faye Dockery Smith of Tallahassee, Fla., is retired from a 34-year career as a teacher and has written a book, Tommy: The Civil War Childhood of a President, based on the childhood years of Woodrow Wilson. Her writing career began with a family history as well as the special books she wrote for each of her grandchildren.
1968 Shirley Harrison and her husband, Wallis A. Harrison ’69, have relocated to Montevallo after residing in Helena for 37 years. Wallis retired from Southern Company Services after 29 years of service and now owns PCT Inc., an environmental testing company, and Mercury Research Center, based in Pensacola, Fla. Shirley, retired from teaching and other work, volunteers at Shelby Baptist Medical Center in Alabaster.
William “Tim” Averett of Monroeville placed first in his division in the American Historic Racing Motorcycle Association cross country event at Barber Motor Sports Park near Birmingham in October 2012. He raced on an XR200R Honda that he had restored over the previous year. His wife, Kathy, and daughters Jessica Averett ’04 and Melissa Averett Kim ’06, M.S. ’08 were present to cheer him on. Retired from the State of Alabama as a property appraiser, he owns his own appraisal business.
Peggy Scruggs Palmiter has retired after teaching for more than 33 years in Tennessee public schools. She resides in Hampton Cove near Huntsville and writes that she is “so glad to be back home again.”
Ronnie Brewer M.Ed. ’94 has stepped down as coordinator of the Alabama Cooperative Baptist Fellowship to accept the position of pastor at the First Baptist Church of Bristol, Va.
1974 The new library at Wilsonville Elemetary School was named in honor of Rosemary Cosper Liveoak M.Ed. ’76, a 39-year veteran in the
Jerry Burden has joined United Bank in Atmore as a vice president and business banker. His duties will include growing and maintaining the bank’s small business relationships in the Florida panhandle area.
Tim Haas has been appointed senior pastor at Memorial United Methodist Church in Lake Placid, Fla. He and his wife, Phyllis Lockhart Haas ’75, had previously served Keystone United Methodist Church in Odessa, Fla.
1979 Rebecca Adams has accepted the position of senior manager in the National Consulting and Advisory Services Group of Keane Unclaimed Property in King of Prussia, Pa.
1981
Margaret Morelock Arnold of Milton, Fla., teaches music in the Santa Rosa district schools. She gave a traditional Christmas concert in 2012 at the Christmas Gala for the Bagdad Village Preservation Assn. in Bagdad, Fla. She also published a CD titled Inspirations for the Journey in the fall of 2012.
1984 Beth Killough Chapman has stepped down from her position as Alabama’s Secretary of State to join Alabama Farmers Federation as a political consultant. A resident of Shelby County, Beth also serves on the Board of Trustees at UM.
1985 Pamela Davis has relocated to Birmingham to work with Regions Bank as a data mapping specialist in the business intelligence department. She had previously worked with the Royal Bank of Canada as a technical systems analyst.
1986 Randy Kennedy has been named community news director for Alabama Media Group’s Mobile hub. A member of the Mobile Press-Register staff since 2002, he had previously served as managing producer for business, sports and entertainment.
Margaret Morelock Arnold
Andrea Baldwin Ridgely recently received her certified public accountant’s license in North Carolina.
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