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at the University of Georgia, and her grandson is a freshman there.

Laura McCrary Saunders ventured to Park City, Utah, as well as to Highlands, North Carolina, and the South Carolina coast. She also spent time in the beautiful Berkshires of Massachusetts. Concerts at Tanglewood are Laura’s favorite part of this very special place.

Laurie McMillian Mosier did not travel internationally in 2022 but prepared her son’s dog to do so. He is in the MBA program at the University of Edinburgh and very wisely spent time getting settled before sending for his precious pet.

Melanie Merrifield Podowitz and family spent a week in Vermont, which they loved. Visits to Asheville, St. Simons and New York were also highlights, with many return trips planned to New York, as daughter, Lydia, now lives in Brooklyn.

Lucia Rawls Schoelwer retired from her retirement job in December, so her overseas trips will finally subside as she and her husband, Mike, focus on exploring the U.S. in their newly purchased Winnebago RV. Last year’s trips included Tanzania for work, Belize for the annual family week at the beach, and camping trips to the mountains and coast of Virginia.

Liz Steele Forman returned to her favorite snorkeling spot off Grand Cayman in May and spent a blessedly cool August week in Upstate New York on beautiful Lake Piseco.

Christine Suggars cruised up the coast of Norway to the North Cape . . . crossing the Arctic Circle as part of her journey. She also took a two-week overland trip to Estonia, Lithuania and Latvia. Christine finished the year with a cruise that began in Panama and went down the coast of South America, visiting Ecuador, Peru and Chile.

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Kathy Fuller Seeley

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Lee Kite

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Bonnie Etheridge Smith and her husband, Mark, are enjoying retired life and checking out all the great things to do around their new home in Tennessee.

Kathy Fuller-Seeley gave a lecture for the International Museum of Dishware Design in January, discussing how dishware companies worked with movie theaters to give away dishes and attract female moviegoers during the Depression. A close friend of Dr. Penelope Campbell, Kathy is glad to have spent time with her during reunion weekend and several times this past fall. Kathy even took custody of Dr. Campbell’s elderly cat, Minnie.

Ann Conner Harrell and Cindy Monroe

Alexander met up at the Georgia-Florida game and had a great time, despite rooting for opposite teams. They had gotten together earlier in the fall in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, for a quick getaway.

Laura Gutierrez Spencer and David Hathaway were married in January 2023. Congratulations, Laura!

Georgia Anna Mitchell and her husband, Scott Shirley, have been remodeling their almost 100-year-old home in Columbia, South Carolina. After getting the kitchen done, they started to work on the butler’s pantry and sunroom. Your secretary can’t wait to go see it all!

Lee Kite gets together regularly with Catherine Craig Threlkeld ’81, and Kathy Fuller-Seeley She has also persuaded Kathy’s husband, Kenny Seeley, to teach her some automotive repair. Lee also plays Words with Friends regularly with several Scotties, including Kathy Stearns Thomas and Marion “Pinky” McCall Bass ’58.

Cindy Foster Grace and her husband, Michael, traveled to Scotland in May. Also, in May, she and Lu Ann Ferguson attended a meeting of the Jamestown Society in Jamestown, Virginia. And in January, Cindy and Michael became grandparents for the first time. Besides her board meetings, civic groups and adoring her granddaughter, Cindy is writing a periodic column for her hometown paper called “Grace Notes,” about art in northeast Georgia.

Lu Ann Ferguson and her husband, Randy Johns, enjoyed a trip to Morocco in February.

Cristy Clark and her husband, Nick Adams, traveled to Japan in May to meet their new grandchild.

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Margaret Kelly Parry maggieparry@comcast.net

Kate Blanton Towler reports that she and her husband, Bill, traveled to Glasgow last year to visit their youngest daughter, Sarah, who is in her fourth year of vet school at the University of Glasgow. They enjoyed seeing the reindeer in the Highlands! Once they returned home, they set about relocating their parents into assisted living. Kate welcomed granddaughter Finley Phoebe Towler on Sept. 27. Although she spent four weeks in the NICU, she is doing great now! After tearing her hamstring playing tennis and undergoing surgery, Kate spent the holidays wearing a hip brace and on crutches. She is grateful to her husband, Bill, and middle daughter, Natalie, who took care of the holiday decorating.

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Linda Newland Soltis

Linda.soltis@international.gc.ca

Fran Ivey Lemmen franlemmen@gmail.com

Celia Shackleford Booher ’s daughter, Lizzie Booher ’16, married Greg Hendler in Atlanta on Nov. 6, 2022. Following in Celia’s footsteps, Lizzie wore her grandmother Betty Akerman Shackleford ’54’s wedding gown. Generations of Scotties were well-represented.

Betsy Shaw Brown teaches third grade in Greenville, South Carolina, where she and her husband, Keith, have lived for 30 years. Daughter Ashley is a senior at Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, and daughter Katherine graduated from medical school in 2022 and married Bennett Hardymon. Betsy lost her mother in 2022 but is grateful to visit her father in Black Mountain and Montreat, North Carolina.

Katherine “Kap” Wilkes has a small farm in northern Minnesota with her husband of 38 years, Craig Kvale. She grows apples, vegetables and berries; has honeybees and taps for maple syrup; and has plans for egg-laying chickens and cattle. She is an organizational development consultant helping improve rural health/wellness.

In 2019, Kim Fortenberry Siegelson began backpacking the 2,190-mile Appalachian Trail, reaching 750 miles in 2022 and aiming for 200 miles in 2023. Kim is active in the Georgia Appalachian Trail Club and volunteers as a trail ambassador for hikers.

Catherine Fleming Bruce is director of operations for the Richland County Democratic Party. In 2022, she campaigned to become a U.S. senator from South Carolina, receiving the most votes on primary night and making it into the runoff. After that, she worked to support U.S. Senate candidates such as John Fetterman, Pennsylvania, and Raphael Warnock, Georgia.

Janet Bundrick Burnley retired in February 2023 after a 39-year career, 13 years with SunTrust and 26 magical years with Disney in Orlando, Florida. Husband Rick and Janet will travel and spend time with family, including their son and his wife and their growing family in Washington D.C.

Carla Eidson Pierce and Connie Haywood

Patterson took a fall 2022 trip to Charleston, South Carolina, celebrating Connie’s birthday and attending Carla’s son’s football away game at The Citadel. Carla and her husband, Jeff, are celebrating their son’s graduation — with honors — from the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. For six years, Carla was full-time caregiver to her father-in-law, whom they lost to cancer in 2022. She is dusting off her resume for the next chapter.

Tracey Veal Booker’s career in public health has her implementing a School Champions grant with the National Association of School Nurses for school immunizations missed during COVID. She calls it a “logistical wonder” to coordinate mobile vaccine clinics throughout the country’s largest county, Los Angeles County. On a lighter note, a mall visit resulted in Tracey’s selection as a Talbots trunk show model. She says it’s a nice break from the intensity of public health! The new clothes were appreciated during California’s extreme weather. Tracey says the runway may call again.

Kathi Welch Campbell had an eventful 2022, starting with the birth of a first grandchild, Hayden Rose Campbell, born in England, where her son is on a three-year U.S. Marine Corps pilot exchange with the Royal Air Force. Her daughter graduated from college, ending years of tuition payments! Kathi lives on Sanibel Island, Florida, heavily hit by Hurricane Ian, forcing her to an off-island rental while her house gets repaired. She and her husband are thankful to be alive and that their home was not destroyed.

In 2022, Julie Custer Altman became grandmother to Wyatt Parris and is thrilled that daughter Sandi lives in St. Augustine, Florida, minutes from her St. Simons Island home. Son Ronnie Altman lives in Salt Lake City, Utah. For Christmas Eve, 2022, Julie enjoyed a beach