2007
Lauren (Hart) Day is the founder and president of GoodBuzz Solutions, a marketing company. She and her husband, Nathaniel, live in Austin, Texas. MARRIED Jonathan Shrout and Carissa Martus,
June 23, 2016. They live in Newburg, Ore.
BORN To Jason and Hillary (Hoover) Ramey,
a boy, Guy, June 23, 2016. They live in Allen, Texas. To Cameron (’05) and Heidi (Kopf) Witte, twins, a boy, Nolan Patrick, and a girl, Aislynn Olivia, Dec. 10, 2015. To Chris (’05) and Danielle (Chase) Fall, a boy, Liam Chase, in February 2016. Danielle is a book consultant with Usborne and Chris is senior manager of supply chain and logistics at Petco. To Jason and Elizabeth (Newman) Ables, a boy, Jacob William, July 21, 2016. They live in Grapevine, Texas. To Jorge A. Herrera and Wally Eunice Portillo, a girl, Olivia, Jan. 15, 2016. They live in Garner, N.C.
2008
BORN To Seth and Erin (Gray) Starkey, a boy,
Lincoln Hunter, March 1, 2016. The family lives in Wichita Falls, Texas. To Ruben and Ashley (Roberts) Almanza, a girl, Avery Grace, Aug. 10, 2016. They live in Pearland, Texas. To Logan and Benay (Dennis) Sifford, a girl, Selah Nell, May 15, 2016. They live in Rio Vista, Texas. To Ryan and Kristin Rampton, a girl, Lucy Byrd, July 14, 2016. They live in Midland, Texas. To Chris (’05) and Rebecca (Herrington) Faulkner, twin boys, James and Jonah, May 11, 2016. They live in Carrollton, Texas. To Joshua and Rachel (Pruitt) Butterfras, a girl, Evie Faye, Aug. 15, 2016. They live in Abilene. To Chase and Erin (Snowden) Power, a boy, Bruce, in June 2016. They live in Kingwood, Texas.
2009
BORN To Michael and Debby Freeman, a girl,
Evelyn Grace, April 13, 2016. The family lives in Georgetown, Texas.
To Timothy (’06) and Kellie (Ethington) Power, a girl, Elizabeth Lyn, April 7, 2016. They live in Kingwood, Texas. To Blake and Katherine (Gager) Penfield, a girl, Emilia “Emmie” Jane, Feb. 2, 2016. They live in Coppell, Texas. To Jordan (’08) and Mallory (Knight) Williams, a boy, Fletcher, July 2, 2015. They live in Garland, Texas. To Cody and Jenna (Messer) Robinette, a boy, Carter, July 15, 2016. They live in Seymour, Texas. To Juan and Shelby (Shipley ’13) Nunez, a girl, Mia Sloan, Feb. 9, 2016. They live in Abilene.
2010
Chris Softley is the athletics director and head football coach at Lubbock Christian High School. He lives in Lubbock, Texas. Justin Smith is the director of a new Financial Additions office in Austin, Texas. The company was founded by Doug Hall (’90). MARRIED
Caleb Callari and Vanessa Whitt, July 11, 2015. They live in Abilene. BORN To Christopher and Hannah
(Watson ’14) Hall, a boy, Jack Duncan, Oct. 5, 2016. Christopher is sales manager for C&J Energy Services, and Hannah is a nurse for Midland Academy Charter School. The family lives in Midland, Texas. To David and Melanie Lynette (Speck) Runyan, a boy, Cole David, Sept. 28, 2016. The family lives in Haslet, Texas. To Jake (’07) and Lanna (Armstrong) Kreck, a girl, LeeMarie Lila, Jan. 25, 2016. They live in Garland, Texas. To Ben and Caitlan (Roden) Neely, a boy, Conner, Oct. 23, 2015. They live in Austin, Texas. To Brandon and Stacy (Bryan) Brooks, a boy, Harris, Aug. 11, 2015. The couple were married Oct. 4, 2013. They live in Dallas, Texas. To Luke and Haley Cochran, a girl, Claire Harper, Feb. 5, 2016. They live in Round Rock, Texas. To Travis and Kristi (Damon ’12) Moore, a boy, Jack Robert, May 3, 2016. They live in Amarillo, Texas. To Houston (’12) and Kara (Baccus) Hutchinson, a girl, Quinn Campbell, Oct. 9, 2015. They live in Leander, Texas. To Chandler and Janna (Kasinger ’12) Harris, a boy, Henry Chandler, Aug. 24, 2016. They live in Allen, Texas.
2011
MARRIED Kyle Wilson (’09) and Oriana Gonzalez,
in 2014. They live in Leander, Texas. Alexander Monea and Bethany Bradshaw, Aug. 9, 2016. They live in Fairfax, Va.
BORN To Steven and T’auna (Pemberton) Vaughn,
a boy, Zachary Reed, April 27, 2015. They live in Grand Prairie, Texas. To Tony and Meagan (Morrow) Sanders, a girl, Leizel Lee, June 9, 2016. They live in San Antonio, Texas. To Chad and Caitlin (Nabors) Fagundes, a girl, Olivia Hazel, Feb. 24, 2016. Caitlin is administrative assistant to the principal at Hanford West High School in Hanford, Calif.
2012
BORN To Jordan and Selena (French M.M.F.T. ’16)
Ellis, a boy, Rowan, June 15, 2016. They live in Abilene. To Michael and Erin (Hanner) Easley, a boy, Hank Michael, Aug. 10, 2015. They live in Baird, Texas. To Troy Gunter and Kristen Lopez, a boy, Thor, May 21, 2013, and a girl, Rylee, July 1, 2016. Kristen is a speech pathologist in the Spring ISD. The couple were married May 23, 2014, and live in Tomball, Texas. To Justin and Melanie (Shinsky ’11) Flatt, a girl, Rylie Brianne, Aug. 31, 2016. They live in Athens, Texas.
2013
MARRIED Logan Rawls and Shayla Herndon, June 18,
2016. They both teach and coach in the Coleman ISD and live in Coleman, Texas. Ryan Young and Macy Wideman, March 12, 2016. They live in San Antonio, Texas.
2014
born To Krista Darden Conner, twin girls, Lyric
and Loren, April 28, 2016. They live in Abilene.
2015
Rebecca (McQueen) Haught has finished graduate school and is working toward becoming a licensed professional counselor. She and her husband, Hunter, live in Abilene.
2016
Rudy Garza spent the summer interning at Keller Capital, a venture capital firm in Austin, Texas.
IN MEMORIAM 1947
Chester “Chet” Vernon Bogle Jr., 92, died Oct. 10, 2016. He was born Aug. 12, 1924, and served 33 years in the U.S. Air Force as an Army Air Corps pilot and pilot instructor in World War II, and a pilot and instructor in the Air Force in Korea and Vietnam. He received numerous military awards and citations, including five
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Meritorious Service Medals, two Bronze Stars, two Distinguished Flying Crosses and the Silver Star. Among survivors are his wife, Virginia Anne (McLeod ’47) Bogle; two sons, Dean Bogle (’71) and Kent Bogle (’73); a daughter, Lynn (Bogle ’75) Jones; 10 grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; and a brother, Bryan Bogle (’49).
1951
Joann Kathleen (Taylor) Hall died Oct. 9, 2016, in Grapevine, Texas, at age 87. She was born July 14, 1929, in Blackwell, Okla., and graduated from Dalhart High School in 1947. She earned a B.S.Ed. degree from ACU, where she was chosen Freshman Favorite and School Beauty, and was a member of the A Cappella