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hear from Bea Duncan Weston very often, but they are still the best of buddies. Bea and Julian spend a lot of time at their mountain house. Nancy Rogers Watkins and her husband, Law, spent a wonderful week in Paris in May. Nancy has a new job at the Institute of Museum and Library Services where she is coordinating a multi-year initiative to help smaller cultural heritage institutions improve the care of their collections. Frances Segars Kelley has begun learning to “throw pots” in a pottery class, using a wheel. She says it is great fun. This year her dancing granddaughter, Sarah Elizabeth, has been in a lot of competitions. Anita Stanton Jones’ life seems to get busier. She has been working with a physical therapist because she slipped and fell on her knee last fall. After months of limping, pain, injections and tests she began physical therapy, which has helped. In May she hosted her 50th classmates at her house for a luncheon. Gwen Thomason Adams has been snowed under with meetings and entertaining. She hosted the annual Thomason reunion recently, attended by 76. Herbert and Gwen have not been able to travel much since he took over as Chair of the Board of Trustees at USC. This job will end on July 31st. Hopefully then they can get away for some nice trips. Last Fall they were able to drive out to Arkansas and Oklahoma with Patsy Hunt Adams, Bill Adams and Herbert’s other brother and his wife. Joanne Tuten Bellamy is as busy, perky and upbeat as always. Her sister-in-law has been very ill and Joanne heads south nearly every week to help, giving her brother a chance to run errands and catch up with things that need to be done. Cathy Ward Parker writes that she and Jim are well. They (in Nova Scotia) are finally getting some better weather. The high was 70° when she wrote in July. She has not been able to get out of her sweatshirts. The Wards are expecting a rash of company mid-July through mid-August - all family. They enjoy that. Bruce Williams and his wife Mary Frances Zachary Williams’64 finally made it to visit their last of the 50 states, beautiful Hawaii!! They spent three days in Honolulu near Waikiki Beach where they climbed Diamond Head, a very strenuous climb thru tunnels and switchbacks. In August, they are planning a Windjammer cruise in Maine with five relatives. In November, it will be back to the Southern Caribbean on the MS Noordam for a two week cruise. While they have been to most of the islands, this time they plan to visit Tortola (British West Indies) and to snorkel at the Baths. Nancy Wilson has stopped pet-sitting and is looking for a real job again, one with only 8-9 hour workdays, as opposed to 20+ hours a day. Everything is fine there in Phoenix. Mary Anne Wycliff Johnson lost her younger brother, Clark Wickliffe, to cancer on May 12, 2008. He had just retired from his camera store (Campus Camera) in Clemson, after 35 years. She received a very sweet e-mail from Linda Abbott Johnson whose son had worked at Campus Camera when at Clemson. Mary Anne loves wood carving. “Carving is a Gift from God I never knew I had”. She is starting her third year of carving and Jo loves to watch. Peggy Ziegler Reeves attended the Carolinas Council Spring Accounting Conference in Myrtle Beach the last weekend in April, was recognized as the Most Valuable Member for the Spartanburg IMA Chapter at the awards luncheon in May and went to the IMA Volunteer Leaders Workshop and the IMA National Conference in Tampa, Florida in June. Just want to share the news that I, Gaby, can now walk, swim, climb stairs, and take subways. It is amazing to think of what a wonderful surgeon can do after RA does its nasty thing. I’ve gotten two “new” feet thanks to two reconstructions, the first in June, 2007, and the second in January, 2008. So many of you have been so kind. Life is good. With love to all, Gaby
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FIRST ROW (Left to right) Carol Hooks Pittman, Nan Warren Clarke, Edith Reynolds, Belinda D. Copeland, Libby Privette SECOND ROW (Left to right) Kay Elder Williams, Carolyn Hawkins Hopper, Georgia Ann Jenkins Porcher, Joy Shirley Edgerton, Lana Suber Barnett, Nancy McConnell Wilhelm THIRD ROW (Left to right) Peggy Kirby Lawrence, Kitty Kirby Nobles, Carol Phillips Kirven, Lynda Morillo Hord, Madeline Theus McKenzie
>> C lass of 19 6 3 N anc y W arren C larke P.O. Box 988 Montreat, NC 28757 828-371-0572 | frauclarke@mindspring.com E dit h F loride R e y nolds 105 South Rosemary Avenue Andrews, SC 29510 843-264-5173 | edithreynolds@verizon.net Celebrating our 45th reunion as well as Coker’s 100th Anniversary April 4-5 were: Lana Suber Barnett, Nan Warren Clarke, Belinda Duckworth Copeland, Joy Shirley Edgerton, Carolyn Hawkins Hopper, Lynda Morillo Hord, Carol Phillips Kirven, Peggy Kirby Lawrence, Madeleine Theus McKenzie, Goode Mobley and wife Gail, Kitty Kirby Nobles, Carol Hooks Pittman and friend Jerry Smoak, Georgia Ann Jenkins Porcher, Libby Whitescarver Privette, Edith Floride Reynolds, Nancy McConnell Wilhelm and husband Bill “Budgy” and Kay Elder Williams. On Friday night a few of us attended the cocktail reception held at Drengaelen House while the rest of us had drinks and dinner at Bizzell’s. Walter Brown and wife Judy joined us there. Saturday we had our reunion meeting in Davidson Hall. We were given information about the Endowment we are establishing for our 50th reunion. To all of you who contributed to the Loyalty Fund, thank you. Our 45th reunion gift was $5,455. The weather was awful, but the rain did not dampen our sprits. However, most of us were disappointed we didn’t have lunch in the Dining Hall. Walking down the halls and past the parlors always brings back memories. Saturday night we had a wonderful meal at the Hartsville Country Club. Many thanks to Belinda again for all of the arrangements she makes for our reunions. One of the highlights on Saturday was the Alumni Art Show and reception. Our own Carol Hooks Pittman was one of the exhibitors. We loved her work – an acrylic on tile titled: “In Pursuit of Pink”. Carol has had a one-woman exhibit in the Asheville Museum and group exhibitions in Tryon, NC, Bocca Raton, FL and Atlanta.
Joy Shirley Edgerton retired from her second teaching job last year. Joy taught a total of 43 years. She and her husband live on a farm in Bishopville. They have five children, eight grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Carolyn Hawkins Hopper hikes 18 miles every Wednesday and plays Mah-Jongg on Mondays. She visits shut-ins and does volunteer work for the NC Extension and Community Services. Husband Robert enjoys retirement, but still does some “fill in” preaching. Carolyn wants everyone to know she is FINALLY a grandmother to Caroline, daughter of son Elliott. Madeleine Theus McKenzie retired from the First Steps program. She is now involved with a literary program and is on a community philanthropy board in Hampton County. Madeleine visits her son in Charlotte and daughter in Texas often. Lynda Morillo Horde, recovering from arthroscopic knee surgery, has retired from the Center of Creative Leadership. She continues with her interior decorating and is thrilled daughter Jennifer is moving back to Greensboro. Belinda D. Copeland is running for Treasurer of Darlington County once again. Didn’t she tell us in 2004 she planned to retire after that four-year term? Nancy Fairey Forbis had a hip replacement in May. She is recuperating nicely and is almost back to normal. Linda Horton Cooke has been “lost” to us for many years. Lana Suber Barnett and Edith Floride Reynolds went to see her when she was visiting her brother in North Litchfield Beach in May. Her address is 1661 South Fletcher Ave, Fernandina Beach, FL 32034. Y’all keep Linda in your prayers as she undergoes another round of chemo. Nan Warren Clarke and Erskine have retired and moved to Montreat, NC. They are staying with one of their daughters until their house is completed. We offer our sympathy to Katie Turner Gordon in the loss of her husband and mother last year. It was great seeing everyone who came to the reunion, especially Peggy Kirby Lawrence. This was her first trip back to Coker since graduation. We hope to see all of you who came and those who were unable to attend at our 50th in 2013. Let us know if you have any news. Nan and Edith
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