Colinian January 2012

VOLUME 38 | JANUARY 2012

Cindy Hyde-Smith (‘79) Mississippi Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce

Copiah-Lincoln Community College ALUMNI MAGAZINE

Alumni Staff

David Campbell, Foundation Executive Director Angela Furr, Associate Director of Alumni Affairs Danielle White, Foundation & Alumni Affairs Secretary

Alumni of the Year Honored at Homecoming, page 3

Public Relations Staff Natalie Davis, Director of Public Information Jimmie Gayle Cain, Public Relations Assistant

Cindy Hyde-Smith (‘79), page 7

Alumni Association

Kelly Stelzriede Perkins (‘07), President Patrick Brown (‘04), Vice President Dee Dee Case (‘94), Secretary

Athletic Alumni Association

Scenes From Homecoming 2011, pages 8-11

Foundation Board of Directors

Foundation updates, page 14

Chris Calcote (’71), President Curtis McMillan (’60), Vice President Alton Ricks (‘48), Secretary

W.W. Allen, Jr., Ralph Anderson, Robert Barnes, John Calcote, Andrew Calvit, Chris Caughman, Johnnie Ruth Carlisle, Jennifer Covington, Terry Estes, Robin Faust, Kenny Goza, Larry Greer, Charles Hart, Larry Hill, Dr. Chip Holbrook, Cindy HydeSmith, Mark Lewis, Elmer McInnis, Dr. Sherry Pippen, Jeff Posey, Stacey Ravenscraft, Geralyn Russell, Bill Salters, Bradley Smith, Chairman, Art Stevens, and Tammy Torrey.

Opinions expressed are not necessarily those of the college administration, faculty or students.

Tracking the classes, page 20

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From the President | Dr. Ronald E. Nettles I continue to be impressed with the deep passion and love so many of our Co-Lin alumni have for our college.

This past Homecoming we had Catherine McManus Kellogg, a 1948 graduate, drive 10 hours alone from Illinois to attend the reception that Rosie and I hosted at our home for former Mr. and Miss Co-Lin recipients.

What a wonderful example Mrs. Kellogg is of a dedicated alumna who valued her time at Co-Lin. In addition to Mrs. Kellogg, we were very pleased to host a delightful group of Co-Lin graduates and families at our home during Homecoming. They included the parent of a former Mr. Co-Lin from the Wesson Campus who was recently deceased. The grandfather wanted his son’s two young children to attend on behalf of their father.

Others joining us included a former Mr. Co-Lin from the Natchez Campus and a very proud Mr. Co-Lin from the mid 1960’s wearing his Co-Lin letter jacket.

We also welcomed back to Co-Lin numerous high school and college reunion classes on Friday evening and enjoyed successful Athletic and Band/Collette Hall of Fame inductions on Saturday morning. The first meeting of the Co-Lin Cheerleader alumni group was also a success. As always, our 854th Medical Collecting Unit made the trip back home for their 61st reunion.

The Alumni Awards Luncheon returned to the cafeteria for the first time in many years, and we had over 250 alumni and friends in attendance. Special congratulations to all of the groups Nettles and Kellogg and individuals who attended and who were recognized.

Although our Wolves were unable to win the Homecoming game, it was a beautiful day to present Queen Macie Case and her court. If you were unable to attend Homecoming activities this year, I want to extend a special invitation to all our graduates and friends to return to Co-Lin next year. Co-Lin will always be “The Place to Be!”

Letter to Alumni and Friends | Kelly Stelzreide Perkins My decision to return to college as an adult in 2005 led me straight to Co-Lin, and this choice has brought about so many positive changes in my life. Not only did I receive a top-notch education that built a solid foundation as I continued on to a higher degree, I developed friendships and business relationships that have proven invaluable to me as well. For these reasons, I consider the position of Alumni Association president to be a privilege and an honor. Past leadership has paved a clear way for this year’s team to continue to build membership and develop a stronger community presence. I am excited by the enthusiasm and energy my fellow officers Patrick Brown and DeeDee Case bring to the table and feel like we will succeed in carrying on the commitment and dedication of past Alumni Association officer teams.

We have so much going on

this year! We are in the process of establishing a cheerleader alumni chapter; an effort that kicked off at Homecoming 2011. We also recognized outstanding faculty and staff this past fall, presenting them each with a plaque and a check on behalf of the Alumni Association. We had a banner year for attendance at the Homecoming luncheon and hope to carry that participation into the next year. In addition, the Alumni Association has been using electronic media such as Facebook and PayPal to connect with alumni, and make dues-paying and gift-giving more convenient for the past two years.

We are committed to involving more alumni in this capacity and hope to organize our social media presence this year.

Patrick, DeeDee, and I are all very excited about a few potential membership drive ideas that will

include actively seeking membership from graduates of the Vocational and Technology programs at Co-Lin (from which two of us are graduates), and we are actively exploring ideas to bring more recent graduates into the Association.

Support Co-Lin! Attend a sporting event or Arts event. Join the Alumni Association, or renew your membership. Encourage your children and family members to join the Association as they graduate from Co-Lin. When important things happen in the lives of our graduates, even if they are not Alumni Association members, shoot us a note or give us a call. Let us know what is happening in your life and in the lives your loved ones. Become involved!

Stay involved!

Thank you,

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Alumni Association | Officers elected for 2011-2012

Perkins

Brown

Case

Kelly Stelzreide Perkins (’07) of Brookhaven is serving as president of the Alumni Association. She received a B.S. from Franklin University and is the owner of Cyber X Computer Systems. She is married to Jay Perkins of Brookhaven, and they have a five-year-old son, John Kelly.

Patrick Brown (’04) of Brookhaven is serving as vice president of the Alumni Association. He has an A.A.S. degree from Co-Lin and works as a computer network administrator for Lincoln County School District.

Dee Dee White Case (’94) of Wesson is serving as secretary of the Alumni Association. She received a B.B.A. in Accounting from Mississippi State University and works part-time at Kings Daughters Medical Center as a Staff Accountant. She is married to Tony Case, and they have 4 children: Shelby, 17; twins Bailey and Brighton, 6 and Mac, 1.

Athletic Alumni Association Taps Officers At the annual meeting of the athletic alumni association held during homecoming activities, Chris Calcote (’71) was elected as president.

He will be joined by Curtis McMillan (’60) as vice-president and Alton Ricks (’48) as secretary. Sonny Hill (’63) and Troy C. Greer (’58) were elected to serve as board members for the organization.

The Co-Lin Alumni Association is selling mugs for $7.

You can purchase them at the Thames Center or the Foundation Office.

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Just “Dues” It! Please consider investing $25 for an individual, $40 for a couple or $250 for a life-time membership.

Make your check payable to Co-Lin Alumni Association and mail to P. O. Box 649, Wesson, MS 39191.

Online payment options are now available at www.colin.edu/alumni.

Alumni dues help publish imPACK and The Colinian and fund Homecoming and other events.

A l u m n i S p ot l i g h t Melanie Sojourner (’89) is the newly-elected Senator for District 37. Prior to this position, she worked for the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association and Mississippi State University as a southwest district area 4-H associate. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Animal Science from Louisiana State University. She lives in Natchez with her two children, Kaelin, 16 and Dayne, 12.

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Alumni Association | Alumni of the Year Delton Butler and Charlotte Crocker Brown were honored at Homecoming as outstanding alumni of the college. The selection is made by a committee of alumni from throughout Co-Lin’s district after accepting nominations from the alumni body.

Butler of Meadville is a two-time graduate of Co-Lin with degrees in Welding and Auto Mechanics which he earned in 1973 and 1975, respectively. While at Co-Lin, he served as state and local president of Vocational Industrial Clubs of America, Inc. (VICA) and on the student welfare committee. He was also a member of the track team, the choir and the Sojourners. He was distinguished as the first Vo-Tech student to be elected to the Who’s Who Among Students in American Junior Colleges.

Butler has been employed by American Railcar Industries for 34 years, where he is an inspection supervisor in customer service. Prior to that, he worked for Klum Manufacturing Company and Oilfield Services and Supply. He generously shares his time and experience with Co-Lin students in a partnership with the Career, Technical and Workforce education program where he serves as a business and industry advisor, guest speaker and board member. He also serves as president of the Career, Technical and Workforce Council at Co-Lin, which was established to advise the college on the needs for workforce training and education services in the district.

Butler is active in his community where he is a small business owner and is a founding member of The Citizens for a Drug Free Franklin County and chairman of the Southeast Mississippi Resource Advisory Council. He is a member of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church where he serves as a deacon and is the chairman of the Southwest Mississippi Resource Advisory Committee. He is married to Nancy Ann Butler, and they have two sons, Brandon and Cody.

Brown of Canton is a 1950 graduate of Co-Lin where she was involved in the Student Christian Association, a member of the girl’s octet and received the Suzanne B. Boyd Award for Christian Character. She received a bachelor’s degree in elementary education from Belhaven College in 1969 and a master’s degree in elementary education and principalship and administration from Mississippi College in 1974. She completed additional study at Mississippi State University, The University of Mississippi and Mississippi College. Prior to her retirement in 2008, she spent 39 years working in education, as a teacher, assistant principal and principal. She spent most of those years working in Canton public and private schools.

Butler

Brown

Brown is a member of numerous educational and professional organizations such as the Mississippi Private School Association, the Private School Association State Accrediting Commission, State Elementary Principals, where she has served as president, and Omicron Chapter of Delta Gamma International, where she has served as president and was recognized as a Chapter Woman of Distinction in 2007. Brown has also served as president of the Canton Business and Professional Women’s Club and president of the Mid-Century Club, secretary of the Canton Garden Club, as well as secretary of her local chapters of United Daughters of the Confederacy and Daughters of the American Revolution. She is a member of Canton First Presbyterian Church where she serves as a Sunday school teacher, choir member, Circle Bible leader, and on numerous other boards and committees.

She is married to Billy Brown, a 1949 Co-Lin graduate, and they have four grown children, William, Suzanne, Jim and Bob; six grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren.

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As a result of college budget constraints, the Colinian is now mailed only to dues-paying members of the alumni association. Previously, the publication was sent to everyone in the alumni database, which includes alumni, employees and friends of the college.

To ensure that you don’t miss the next Colinian, join the alumni association today. Dues are $25 for an individual, $40 for a couple or $250 for lifetime membership. Visit www.colin.edu/alumni to pay electronically using PayPal or mail a check, made payable to the Co-Lin Alumni Association, to P.O. Box 649, Wesson, MS 39191. Alumni dues help publish alumni publications like imPACK and the Colinian and fund Homecoming and other events.

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Alumni Association | Sports Hall of Fame has four new members Co-Lin inducted four new members into its Sports Hall of Fame during the annual meeting of the Athletic Alumni Association at Homecoming. Those honored were Gene “Moochie” Britt, Jack Case, Tangela Jones Hawthorne and John R. Ward.

From left, John R. Ward, Gene “Moochie” Britt, Jack Case and Tangela Jones Hawthorne.

Ward of Holly Springs is a 1948 graduate of Co-Lin where he was an outstanding football player and was selected for second team all-conference. After Co-Lin he went to the University of Wyoming where he played football making the all-conference team and earned a bachelor’s degree in education. After serving in the Army, he attended the University of Mississippi, where he received a master’s degree.

He went on to coach football at Marks and Greenville High Schools, and served as assistant principal at Greenville High School, was principal of Greenville Junior High, served as headmaster at Heritage Academy, Washington School and Marshall Academy. He was also a vocational counselor at Holly Springs Vo-Tech. Today Ward is retired in Holly Springs. He and his wife, Edrie, have two children, Mike Ward and Becky Doherty.

Case of Bogue Chitto was an outstanding high school, community college and senior college basketball player.

He made all-state and the South all-star team at Bogue Chitto High School, honorable mention all-state at CoLin and was the leading rebounder at Delta State, where he received a bachelor’s degree in physical education and social studies. He coached high school basketball for 36 years most of which was at West Lincoln, leading his teams to numerous state, south Mississippi, district and county championships before his retirement in 2000. He attended Co-Lin in 1959-60.

Case is a member of Bethel Baptist Church where he serves as Sunday school superintendent. He is a member of the Lincoln County School Board of Trustees and the The Colinian | 4

Copiah-Lincoln Community College Board of Trustees.

He is married to Alice Hart Case and they have three children, Jason Case, Jack Kelly Case, and Stephanie Magee, nine grandchildren and one great grandchild.

Britt of Brookhaven is a 1970 graduate of Co-Lin, where he was all-state in basketball and the team’s leading scorer and rebounder. He was also a member of the baseball team and was active in several campus organizations. After CoLin, Britt played one season with New Mexico State University where his team advanced to the first round of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Tournament. He graduated from the University of West Alabama where he was the team captain and leading rebounder.

Britt has had a successful coaching career at Lloyd Star, Bogue Chitto and Brookhaven Academy. He has won over 1,000 games with his girls’ and boys’ teams at Brookhaven Academy and Loyd Star. In addition, his Brookhaven Academy teams won six state championships in girls’ basketball and two state-championships in boys’ basketball, which included several Over-All titles. He is married to Margaret Smith Britt, and they are members of Macedonia Baptist Church. They have two sons, Kyle and Russ, and one grandson.

Hawthorne of Eastbuchie is a 1991 Co-Lin graduate where she made Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges’ first team all-state, and her team was South Division Champs both years she played. At William Carey College where she graduated in 1993, she holds the women’s career record for the most points scored (average 27.57 points game) plus five (continued on page 12)

Alumni Association | Outstanding Faculty & Staff

The Copiah-Lincoln Community College Alumni Association honored five outstanding faculty and staff members during the annual fall faculty meeting on the Wesson Campus Aug. 8. The group was later recognized at the Alumni Association’s Awards Luncheon at Homecoming.

Those honored were Neisha Leggett, Angela Garrett and Sheryl Montgomery, all from the Wesson Campus; Walt Wilson, Natchez Campus; and Ann Ball, Simpson County Center.

Leggett of Bogue Chitto was chosen outstanding academic instructor of the year at the Wesson campus. She came to work at Co-Lin in 2002, first in the WIA program and then as an academic counselor before joining the academic faculty to teach Psychology. She holds an associate’s degree from Co-Lin and bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The University of Southern Mississippi.

She is a past recipient of the Howell C. Garner High Performance Award, and was recognized as Academic Advisor of the Year in 2010. She is a member of Calvary Baptist Church in Bogue Chitto where she serves as a 4 and 5 year-old Sunday School teacher. She is married to Josh Leggett and they have two children, Jax and Joy. Garrett of Monticello was chosen outstanding career/ technical instructor of the year at the Wesson campus.

She has been teaching in the Business and Office Technology department since 2001. She serves as co-chair of the department and is a Healthcare Data Technology instructor. She received a bachelor’s degree from University of Mississippi Medical Center and a master’s degree from The University of Southern Mississippi.

She has worked with the Mississippi Rural Health Association in training other instructors, hospital employees and potential billing and coding professionals across the state. Currently she works closely with the BOT instructors across the district to promote a quality Healthcare Data Technology program. Last year, she worked intently with her colleagues to successfully implement a project to deliver BOT classes through Mississippi Virtual Community College.

She is married to Kevin Garrett of Monticello, and they are members of Monticello Baptist Church. They have two daughters, and one granddaughter.

Montgomery of Wesson was chosen outstanding staff member of the year at the Wesson campus. She has worked at Co-Lin for 40 years, and serves as Information Systems Assistant Director. She received an associ-

From left, Neisha Leggett, Angela Garrett, Sheryl Montgomery, Walt Wilson and Ann Ball.

ate’s degree in secretarial science from Co-Lin, and she serves as Vice President/President-Elect for Mississippi Junior College Computer Center Directors Association.

She has also served as secretary for many years. She is a past recipient of the Howell C. Garner High Performance Award.

Montgomery is a member of Sylvarena Baptist Church where she is a member of the choir and has served as the organist for many years. She has two grown children and four grandchildren.

Wilson of Natchez was chosen outstanding faculty/ staff member of the year for the Natchez campus. He has been working at Co-Lin since 1999, and is a Respiratory Care Technology instructor. He received an associate’s degree from Co-Lin and a bachelor’s degree from Georgia State University.

He is a member of the American Association of Respiratory Care, the Mississippi Society of Respiratory Care and a board member for Sunshine Shelter. He received the NISOD Excellence in Education Award in 2002 and was selected to Who’s Who Among Medicine and Healthcare Providers. He is married to Lisa Wilson of Natchez and they have two children and one granddaughter.

Ball of Magee was chosen outstanding faculty/staff member of the year at the Simpson County Center. She has worked for Co-Lin for 11 years, working part-time in the old building in Magee, and then began working full-time when the center opened in 2005. Currently, she manages the Learning Center on campus. She is a graduate of Prentiss High School.

She is married to Jim Ball of Magee. They are members of First Baptist Church. They have four children and 11 grandchildren.

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Alumni Association | Band and Colette Alumni Chapter Hall of Fame & Stanley W. Stewart Outstanding Young Alumnus Award The Co-Lin Band and Colette Alumni Chapter inducted James Dykes into its Hall of Fame and honored Celeste Williamson as the recipient of the Stanley Stewart Outstanding Young Alumni award at ceremonies held during Homecoming.

Dykes of Wesson is a 1968 graduate of Co-Lin where he played the trumpet in the Blue Wave Show Band and was a band officer. He also served as a student band director of the Wesson Elementary School Red Knight Band. During his time at Co-Lin, he was the choir director at Wesson Baptist Church and a member of the BSU. After Co-Lin, he received a bachelor of Music Education degree from Mississippi College in 1970 and a master of Music Education degree from Mississippi State University in 1976. He served as director of bands at Raleigh High School and East Central Community College in Decatur before leaving to pursue a master of arts in religious education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, which he completed in 1985.

Dykes served as Minister of Education and Music at Christ Baptist Church in Houma, La., and Minister of Christian Education and Church Administration at Shalimar Baptist Church in Shalimar, Fla., before moving back into education. He served as choral director and music teacher for McComb Public Schools, and as band director and music teacher at Loyd Star High School, Crystal Springs High School and Bassfield High School. He retired from Bassfield in 2011.

He is married to Linda Dykes. They are members of Wesson Baptist Church where he serves as assistant choir director and a Sunday school teacher. Both are involved in the Co-Lin Band and Colette alumni chapter and have supported the college for many years.

Dykes

Williamson

Williamson of Brookhaven graduated from Co-Lin in 1997, where she was a member of the flag corp and played flute in the concert band. She earned a bachelor of fine arts degree in graphic design from Delta State University in 1999. While at Delta State, she served as a Delta Belle equipment manager. She has been employed at Co-Lin for 11 years and currently serves as Workforce Education Training Specialist. Prior to Co-Lin, she worked for Huff Advertising in Meridian as a graphic designer.

Williamson is a charter member of the Band/Colette Alumni Chapter and has served as secretary. She served as president of the Alumni Association from 2009-2010. She received the Howell C. Garner High Performance Award at Co-Lin in 2009 and has received numerous graphic design awards from the College Public Relations Association of Mississippi. She is a member of Easthaven Baptist Church where she is active in the children’s ministry. She is also an advocate for Muscular Dystrophy Research. She is married to Carey Williamson, also a Co-Lin graduate, and they have three children, Audrey, 11, who is a first year trumpet player; Nathan, 8, and Leslie, 6.

Band and Colette Alumni Chapter Plans Fundraiser The Band and Colette Alumni Chapter is sponsoring “A Princess Ball” for fathers and daughters on Feb. 10 and 11 at the Thames Center.

The purpose of the event is to raise money to fund the Stanley Stewart and Clyde Wilson scholarships for band and Colette students. Band and Colette Alumni Chapter president Mark Hamilton said the event is the first of its kind in the area, and not only will it be an opportunity for the organization to raise funds, but it is an The Colinian | 6

opportunity for fathers and daughters to connect.

“The father/daughter connection is so important, and there is nothing like this available in our area to encourage that relationship,” Hamilton said.

The event is open to fathers, grandfathers and father figures and girls ages 5-15. The event times will be separated by age groups on both Friday and Saturday night with a ball for 5-9 yearolds from 5:30-7:30 p.m. and for 1015 year-olds from 8-10 p.m. Tickets to

the event are $30 per couple and will be available until Jan. 20 at the main branches of Regions, Trustmark and Bank of Franklin in Copiah, Franklin, Lawrence and Lincoln counties. Cost of the ticket includes a buffet dinner, dancing, door prizes and ballroom dance instruction. Dress for the event is formal, and photography will be available for an additional fee.

For more information, contact Mark Hamilton at (601) 835-6607.

Cindy Hyde-Smith

Mississippi’s Agriculture Commissioner

by Angela Furr

Cindy Hyde-Smith (‘79) was elected Mississippi’s Commissioner of Agriculture and Commerce in November.

Hyde-Smith, of Brookhaven, is the first female to be elected to the office, and is one of only five women in the nation who hold the position. The others have been appointed. She was opposed by Democrat Joel Gill, the mayor of Pickens, and Reform Party candidate Cathy L. Toole of Biloxi.

Hyde-Smith and her husband, Mike are full-time cattle farmers and partners in Lincoln County Livestock. She is a threeterm state senator, serving as chairwoman of the Senate Agriculture Committee the past two terms. She had been a Democrat but switched to the Republican Party in 2010.

Hyde-Smith was born in Brookhaven to Luther and Lorraine Hyde. She graduated from Lawrence County Academy, Co-Lin and the University of Southern Mississippi.

At Co-Lin, she was a cheerleader and played on the tennis team. Hyde-Smith said traveling to other community colleges as a student helped her feel comfortable when visiting those same campuses while on the campaign trail. “When I visited Northwest in Booneville recently, I felt right at home because I remembered cheering and playing tennis there.”

She credits Co-Lin with preparing her for where she is today. “Everyone at Co-Lin was very encouraging to me, and shared a concern for all students to get a stable foundation for their education,” she said. “Danny Harrell especially had an influence on my interest in politics.”

Hyde-Smith was elected to the State Senate in 1999 and served Lawrence, Lincoln, and Simpson counties in District 39. She has been an advocate for the farmers and ranchers of Mississippi throughout her career, authoring numerous pieces of legislation that have set policy and

regulations benefiting agriculture in the state. She is known throughout the state for her passionate defense of private property rights and for promoting and protecting all facets of agriculture, and is a staunch supporter of Right to Farm legislation.

While she says she enjoyed being involved in legislature, Hyde-Smith is looking forward to her new role as agriculture commissioner. “In my new position, I will actually be working on enforcement of the laws that I helped pass as a senator.” Hyde-Smith says that since agriculture is Mississippi’s number one employer, that her top priority as agriculture commissioner will be to “protect the jobs we have, and create the jobs we need.”

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Class of 1956 and 1958 Members of the High School Class of 1956 and the College Class of 1958 are seated from left, Rowena Case McGee of Bogue Chitto, Dot Stuart Brewer of Hendersonville, TN; Relda Ann Burris Cagle of Carson, Jane Ellen Layton of Mendenhall, and Coach Delores Brumfield White of Arkadelphia, AR; standing from left, Taylor Moulder of Gloster, Charles Hinson of DeFuniak Springs, FL; Williams E. (Billy) Boutwell of Wesson, Jack Rutledge of Brookhaven, Tommy (Tom) Rankin of Lacey’s Springs, AL; Wayne Kimble of Brookhaven, Glenn Beasley of Wesson, James V. (Jim) Cagle of Carson, James F. (Jim) Nations of Raymond, Charles Thompson of Poplarville, Lynette Calcote Curry of Ocean Springs, and Laverne Landers Hutchinson of Roxie.

Homecoming 2011“Running with the PACK”

H

omecoming 2011 was a great success. After a fun-filled week of activities for students and faculty on campus, the weekend kicked off with the annual golf tournament on Friday, followed by a reception at the president’s home in honor of former Mr. and Miss Co-Lin recipients. Guests ranged from the class of 1948 up to the most recent Mr. and Miss Co-Lins.

Saturday’s events began with the induction of four new members into the college’s Sports Hall of Fame. Members of the class of 2011 are Gene “Moochie” Britt, Jack Case, Tangela Jones Hawthorne and John R. Ward.

The Band and Colette Alumni Chapter inducted James Dykes into its Hall of Fame and recognized Celeste Williamson as the recipient of the Stanley Stewart Outstanding Young Alumni Award.

Over 250 alumni and friends attended the Alumni Association’s annual awards luncheon. The

Association honored Delton Butler and Charlotte Crocker Brown as 2011 Alumni of the Year. Outstanding faculty and staff were also recognized.

Those included Neisha Leggett, Outstanding Academic Instructor; Angela Garrett, Outstanding Career-Technical Instructor; Sheryl Montgomery, Outstanding Staff Member; all from the Wesson campus; Walt Wilson, Outstanding Faculty/Staff Member, Natchez campus; and Ann Ball, Outstanding Faculty/Staff Member, Simpson County Center.

The tailgate party featured entertainment by the Sojourners as well as the Blue Wave Show Band and cheerleaders. Alumni and friends enjoyed gathering under tents in the center of campus while children enjoyed cotton candy, snow cones, popcorn, games and a bounce house. Although the Wolfpack was not able to celebrate a victory over Gulf Coast, Homecoming Queen Macie Case and her court were beautiful, and Stone Stadium was packed with supporters.

The 854th Medical Collecting Company recently held a reunion during homecoming activities. Members attending the reunion are seated from left, Ben Durr of Kingwood, Texas; Louis Lowery of Georgetown; George Boutwell, Vernon Tullos of Brookhaven; standing from left are Joseph Davis of Purvis, and James Keen, Jr. of Baton Rouge.

Members of the College Class of 1961 who received 50-year pins at homecoming are from left, James Brady, Dr. Gerald Horn, Bobbie Nell Keys Jerome, Kay McCaleb Bilbro, Barbara Jean Prestridge Lack and Gail Whittom Mitchell.

Members of the High School Class of 1961 recently attended a reunion during homecoming. Those attending were from left, Kermit Russell of Brandon, Jack Douglas of Pearl, Charlotte Sullivan Hill of Hammond, LA; Johnnie Ruth Carpenter Carlisle of Wesson, Sharon Evans Calhoun of Brookhaven, Danny Lea of Wesson, and Ralph Anderson of Gulfport.

Members of the College Class of 1956 who attended a reunion during Homecoming are front row, from left, Margaret Ewing Thomas, June Shoemaker Starnes, Betty Crocker Abdo, Geniece Walker Williams; standing from left are Donald Comfort, Gerald Rankin, Betty Jo Flowers Treppendahl, Marie Thornton Farmer, Joann Richardson, Roy Richardson and Cleston Savoi.

Reunions

Alumni Association President Angela Berch (left) and Alumna of the Year Charlotte Crocker Brown (right).

Members of the Class of 1981 are pictured from left, Coen Perrott of Hazlehurst, Robert Douglas II of Wesson, Tina Ladner of Brandon, and Patti Page Wade of Flowood.

Former Miss Co-Lins Brandi Irvin Hough and Kami Burns Bumgarner.

Allen Kent (left) and Dr. Ronnie Nettles (right) with Honorary Starter Tommy Sasser at the Homecoming Golf Tournament.

Dr. Ronnie Nettles and Taylor Moulder at the High School Class of ‘56 / College Class of ‘58 reunion.

1994 Mr. and Miss Co-Lin Chad and Kristy Ashmore.

1948 Mr. & Miss Co-Lin Catherine Kellogg and Alton Ricks.

Micky Wallis and his grandchildren Morgan Wallis and Braxton Teaster attend the president’s reception.

Ron Brown, Quincy Futrell and Rosetta Knight at the president’s reception.

Homecoming Court 2011 Homecoming Court with their escorts from left, freshman maid Katelyn Berch (SCC), sophomore maid Brooke Moore (NC), freshman maid Jennifer Long (WC), sophomore maid Lindsey Windham (SCC), sophomore maid Mallory Smith (NC), sophomore maid Bobbie Cochran (WC), queen Macie Case (WC), sophomore maid Brooke King (WC), sophomore maid Karri Baylis (WC), sophomore maid Jennifer Carter (NC), freshman maid Shellie Smith (WC), freshman maid Sierra King (WC), and freshman maid Danielle Kirk (NC).

1961 Mr. Co-Lin Cliff Smith poses in his letter jacket at the president’s home.

CHAMPIONSHIP FLIGHT WINNERS – Winning the championship flight in CopiahLincoln Community College’s Homecoming Golf Tournament at Wolf Hollow were from left, Chris Lofton and Ricky McInnis, first place; Keaton Stamps and Jennings Mills, second place; and Glynn Murray and Wayne Wilson, third place.

Sports Hall of Fame

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other records. She also played for the Victorian Basketball League in Churchill, Australia, in 1998 where she was selected as a member of the All-Star Team.

Hawthorne is a contract administrator for Dunn Roadbuilders, LLC. She serves on the Jones County Chamber of Commerce and Leadership Jones County Board of Directors and volunteers for the Jones County Safe School/Healthy Student Mentoring Program. She received the Mentor of the Year award in 2011. She is married to Rev. Dr. Steven Hawthorne and they have twin sons, Criston and Triston.

Follow Co-Lin Athletics on Jack Case and Dr. Howell Garner visit before the Alumni Luncheon. twitter.com/Copiah_Lincoln

Community Arts Series Showcase Series 2011-2012 Aficionado Series

LSU Faculty Jazz Trio April 10, 2012 7:30 p.m., Rea Auditorium

Melanie Atkinson, Art Instructor and Chairperson, Hinds Community College and Paula Pierce, Art Instructor, Jones Junior College

Petar Jankovic Ensemble February 28, 2012 7:30 p.m., Rea Auditorium

Petronel Malan, piano March 20, 2012 7:30 p.m., Rea Auditorium

Art Exhibit Mutton Gallery March 5-30, 2012

Aficionado Season Tickets: $70 Adult, $50 Senior Adult, $25 Student Showcase Series Events are Free For tickets call the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Business Office at 601.643.8305 www.colin.edu

Feature |

Natchez student lands part in major motion picture

By Devonte Demby N-Sights staff Dwight Williams has acted with a wide range of characters in his many years with The Natchez Little Theater. But when producers of a major motion picture arrived in Natchez, the thought of acting with “zombies” and “vampires” was too good to pass up.

Williams not only got a part, but a cast listing in the movie on the film’s web site, and the promise of more screen work ahead. A sophomore on the Natchez campus, Williams has dreamed of a career in film, particularly acting. “This was the opportunity of a lifetime,” Williams said. “It is something I have been dreaming about for a long time.”

Williams and producers were introduced

by Layne Taylor, artistic director for the Little Theater, who was hired to line up local talent for the film’s minor – called “bit” – parts. Taylor Co-Lin student Dwight Williams and Actor John Savage share a moment encouraged Williams to audition for a speaking before Williams arrived on the set of the motion picture “Rise Again,” role, and he was successful, landing the part of which was filmed in Natchez in the fall. Photo by Mark LaFrancis Michael.

“It has been a wonderful experience and an incredible Natchez region. The film not only features vampires, but opportunity,” said Williams, who also saw about a dozen zombies as well, making it a supernatural film. “This movie present and former Co-Lin Natchez students and staff called can be described as Gone with the Wind meets True Blood,” to work as extras and in small parts. In addition to his acting said Taylor. role, Williams was hired as a production assistant once his The film is directed by Craig Ross Jr. and features actors such character’s filming had finished. as John Savage, Matthew Marsden, Elizabeth McLaughlin, The film’s executive producer Chris Harrington praised Ray Stoney, Ritchie Montgomery, V. J. Foster.

Williams. “He had a really difficult assignment to show “It was incredible just being around them,” Williams said. emotion (when his on-screen mother is killed),” Harrington “I learned so much. And they were great people. Sometimes it said. “We all were impressed at how well he handled the scene. seemed unreal that I was acting with people of their caliber.”

Dwight has true talent.”

Among the Co-Lin people who could be seen on screen are The film “Rise Again” takes place at the end of the Civil students Althea Shelton, Bryan Carroll, Ryan McGaughey, War and is a story of two brothers who join the Confederate Steen Williams, Judy Wiggins, Jordan Morrison, Stacy Parker, Army. They return to their home in the South, where they James McPhate, and Rachel Lindsey. encounter vampires and transform into vampires themselves. The film-makers wrapped up their work in early November, The battle scenes between the north and the south troops and Williams said the picture could be in theatres sometime in the film are performed by historic reenactments of the in 2012 or 2013.

A l u m n i S p ot l i g h t Tillmon Bishop (‘75) was re-elected as Lincoln County Chancery Clerk. He has served in this position for 12 years. He also serves as president of the Mississippi Chancery Clerks’ Association. He received a Bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Mississippi State University. He is married to Rosemary Owens Bishop (‘75) and has three children, Matthew, Michael and Anna, and two grandchildren, Abby and Parker.

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Trustmark establishes scholarship

Marilyn Shannon, Trustmark financial services representative, (far left) and Amy Owens, Trustmark vice president retail marketing manager, presented a scholarship to Dr. Ronnie Nettles, Co-Lin president, and David Campbell, executive director of the Foundation.

Trustmark National Bank branches in Brookhaven, Hazlehurst, and Wesson have established with the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Foundation a $2,000 annual scholarship to be divided between five area students attending the college. Recipients will be selected in the spring of 2012 and receive the scholarships in the fall and spring semesters of the 2012-13 school year.

Scholarship recipients must be from Copiah or Lincoln counties, from a family with a combined household income of $25,000 or less and have graduated from high school with a C or better average and an ACT score of 15 or better.

Applicants are expected to have the recommendation of their high school principal and have a clean disciplinary record. Recipients of the scholarships must maintain a 2.5 grade point average or better.

Application for the scholarship should be made through the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Financial Aid Office, P. O. Box 649, Wesson, MS 39191.

Applications for this and other scholarships will be available in January 2012 and must be received by the Financial Aid Office by March 1, 2012.

David Campbell, executive director of the Foundation, commended Trustmark’s efforts to help deserving area students get an education.

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Barnes promoted to President Robert J. Barnes (‘81) has been appointed as President and Chief Executive Officer of PriorityOne Bank in Magee.

Barnes joined the bank as a teller in 1983 while attending the University of Southern Mississippi. After graduating with a BSBA in Banking and Finance, he continued with the bank as a loan officer. Since then he has served as Branch Manager, Division President and as the Chief Lending Officer for the bank. He currently serves on the Board of Directors of PriorityOne Bank and PriorityOne Capital Corporation and the Co-Lin Foundation.

He is Past President of the Simpson County Development Foundation, the Magee Chamber of Commerce and the Magee Lions Club. Actively involved in civic activities, Barnes has served as Chairman of Magee Adopt-a-School program and as a founder of the Youth Leadership program for Simpson County. He is a graduate of Magee High School, CoLin, and the Graduate School of Banking at Louisiana State University. Barnes and his wife, Melissa are the parents of two daughters and three grandchildren. They are both active members of First Baptist Church of Magee.

History Club attends Symposium

Members of the Centurions attending the Winston Churchill Symposium were from left, Kyrsten Smith and Ryan Different, both of Brookhaven; Betty Kemp of Hazlehurst, Billy Eubanks of Magee, Katherine Scarbrough of Meadville, Matthew Moulder of Brookhaven, Gina Neal of Monticello, Chris Buie of Brookhaven, and Dr. Brett Shufelt, Centurions sponsor and social science instructor. Not pictured are Jame McCardle of Monticello and Teresa Young of Brookhaven. The trip was partially funded by the Copiah-Lincoln Community College Foundation.

Sojourners celebrate 40 years

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By Angela Furr The Sojourners are celebrating 40 years on campus this year with a new look and sound.

The performing group that originated in 1970 with folk music and bell bottoms evolved over the years into a show choir featuring glitzy costumes and impressive choreography, into what has become the campus Rock ‘n Roll group today.

The Sojourners were organized in 1970 by Julia Guess, and under her direction, the mixed chorus specialized in folk and pop songs. In the beginning, the group included twelve singers, a pianist, bass guitar and percussion. In the 1970s, the Sojourners performed by special invitation at Jackson’s City Auditorium for the Jackson Junior Miss Pageant and in Biwas time for another loxi for the Mississippi change for the group.

Junior Colleges’ State Show choirs had DECA Convention, as waned in popularwell as other venues in ity, so the Sojourners and around the college’s began playing more district. rock and roll-style Brad Johnson took music, and they got over the group in 1991 rid of the show choir and changed the format costumes in favor of into more of a show more current wardchoir with more difficult robe styles. choreography. “When

After Johnson’s the Sojourners began, retirement, Shaw and when I was a student Furlow took over the in the group in 1979 group this past year. and 80, they performed He took the group a folk music, which is Sojourners then and now. step further into the what was popular at the time. When I came on board in the 90s, show choirs were rock and roll realm, and the group has emerged as a popular very popular, and it was time for us to change with what was rock and roll band on campus and in the surrounding areas, popular then,” Johnson said. The group performed a compe- performing recently at the Homecoming tailgate party and at tition style show featuring American music including vocal Recess 101 in Brookhaven. jazz, top 40 hits, rock and roll standards, country hits and “Nothing artistic can stay the same,” Furlow said. “Times change, and we need to change with them. No one wants to novelty selections.

During Johnson’s tenure from 1991-2010, the Sojourners see the same things in art or music over and over.” appeared at Disney World and participated each year in the While Furlow already had a full plate as an instructor in Show Choir Show Down with five other community colleg- the Fine Arts division and as director of the Blue Wave Show es, and performed all over Co-Lin’s district and around the Band, he says he jumped at the chance to work with the Sojourners and is enjoying what he calls a “different kind of state.

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23rd Annual NLCC to feature storytelling in the south

By Carolyn Vance Smith “Legends, Lore and Literature: Storytelling in the South” is the theme of the 23rd annual Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration, which will take place Feb. 23-26.

The NLCC is sponsored by CoLin, Natchez National Historical Park, Mississippi Department of Archives and History and Mississippi Public Broadcasting. Conference headquarters will be the Natchez Convention Center.

The 2012 conference features some of the best storytellers in the South.

Program titles and speakers include: • “Supper Table Stories” by journalist and historian Lewis Lord, formerly of Natchez and now of Falls Church, Va. • “Legends in Red, White and Black” by George E. Lankford, Lyon College, Batesville, Ark. • “Parables about People from around the World” by Terrence Roberts • “The Faulkners I Knew: William Faulkner and His Niece, Dean Faulkner Wells” by Lawrence “Larry” Wells, owner of Yoknapatawpha Press • “Come and Listen to My Story -- The Melodic Narrative in American Country Music,” by Tricia Walker, Director, Delta State University Music Institute, and Davis Raines, singer/songwriter • “Old Tombigbee Storytelling” by author Michael Mills • “After Medgar: No More Fear” by Frank X Walker, Co-Chair of African Studies at University of Kentucky, Lexington • “Richard Wright’s Spinning of Tales” by author Jerry W. Ward Jr., Dillard University, New Orleans, La. • “Traveling through ‘Dixie’ with ‘Zeus’” by author Curtis Wilkie • “My Love Affair with Food” by author Marcelle Bienvenue, Nicholls State University • “Oral History: Listening to Our Past” by author Charles C. “Chuck” Bolton, University of North Carolina at Greensboro • “Man Against Nature: Up Close and Personal with the Great Mississippi River Flood of 2011,” a panel discussion by Natchez-area residents: David Gardner, Natchez City Engineer; Louis Guedon, Louis Guedon Farms LLC and Church Hill Produce; Anthony Hauer, Natchez-Adams County Port commission; Carla Jenkins, Vidalia (La.) Dock & Storage Co., Inc.; and H. Lee Jones, J.M. Jones Lumber Co., Inc. • “Chewing the Fat” by writer and commentator Julia Reed, New Orleans, La. The conference will also feature an oral history workshop and two films, Tell About the South: Voices in Black and White and Crazy Heart. The Richard Wright Literary Excellence Award, the Horton Foote Award for Special Achievement in Screenwriting and the Thad Cochran Humanities Achievement Award will also be presented.

Excluding the luncheon, reception at the African-American Museum and gala benefit party, most of the NLCC events are free. Information and tickets are available at www.colin.edu/nlcc, via email at NLCC@colin.edu or call 866-296-NLCC or 601446-1289.

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Sojourners (continued from page 15) “I’m enjoying the heck out of it. It’s been fun for me to work with such a talented group of kids, and for us to bounce ideas off each other and learn from each other a little bit,” he said.

Furlow said in the beginning, students in the 11-member group were extremely ambitious, suggesting that they play music like Pink Floyd and other current popular artists. But after some compromise on both sides, the group has found their sound consisting of more classic rock than anything else. Furlow says this is largely due to the fact that today’s popular songs have such a short shelf-life.

Today’s Sojourners group consists of 11 members, featuring two electric guitars, one acoustic electric guitar, one base, a drummer, an auxiliary drummer, a keyboard and four vocalists. Furlow said there was no prescribed formula for the group, and simply put together the best ensemble from the students who auditioned.

While the Sojourners have changed their look and sound over the years, one thing that has remained has been the group’s name. Furlow recalls being a student playing in the very first group created by Guess, and that she suggested several names with Sojourners being the one that was ultimately chosen.

“Mrs. Guess taught me the philosophy that you have to get it right three times in a row in rehearsals or it won’t be right in the performance, and I still teach that to my kids today,” he said. “Getting it right once is lucky, twice is a coincidence, but three times means you’ve got it.”

While Guess is no longer alive to see the Sojourners in their present state, those who have heard the revamped group say the Sojourners have gotten it.

For information on booking the Sojourners to perform, contact Shaw Furlow at (601) 643-8353 or (769) 2262637.

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Court in Mullen Gymnasium named after Gwyn Young

By Natalie Davis WESSON – Copiah-Lincoln Community College degree from Mississippi College and his master’s degree dedicated Gwyn Young Court in Graydon L. Mullen from the University of Southern Mississippi. While at Gymnasium on November 14, immediately after a wom- MC, he was the Choctaws Most Valuable Player and team captain. Young was inducted into Co-Lin’s Sports en’s game against Coahoma Community College.

Young has served Co-Lin as athletic director since Hall of Fame in 1997.

1989 and has been head coach of the Lady Wolves bas- He is married to the former Velesta Smith. They have ketball team for 35 years. Since coming to Co-Lin, he has seen his team win numerous titles and has compiled a record of 775 wins and 226 losses to rank him as the National Junior College Athletic Association’s Winningest Active Coach and the Winningest Women’s Basketball Coach in the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior Colleges.

Young has put the Lady Wolves on the map as one of the nation’s most premier women’s basketball teams. Under his direction, the Lady Wolves have accomplished numerous awards including 22 MACJC Regular Season First Place Finishes, 16 MACJC South Division Championships, 21 MACJC State Tournament Appearances, six MACJC State Championships (1993, 1997, 1999, 2002, 2003, and 2011), seven runner-up MACJC State Champions (1983, 1984, 1998, 2006, 2007, 2009, and 2010). The Lady Wolves have won seven NJCAA Region 23 Championships (1989, Dr. Ronnie Nettles (left) presents Young with a plaque.

1993, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2010, and 2011), been runners-up to the NJCAA Region 23 Champions nine times (1990, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006, 2009, and 2010), and made six NJCAA National Tournament appearances (1989, 1993, 1997, 2002, 2007, 2010, and 2011).

The 2010-2011 Lady Wolves finished the regular season with a 27-4 overall record, ranked No. 11 in the final NJCAA regular season poll, and captured sixth place in the NJCAA National Tournament.

His teams have been consistently ranked each year in the NJCAA polls.

Young has been named NJCAA Region XXIII Coach of the Year seven times and MACJC two grown children, Lane and Jessica, and four grandand MAC Coach of the Year five times. The Clarion-Led- children, Mailey Kate Young, Justin, Mary Gwyn, and ger has recognized him as Coach of the Year for Junior Grant Hynum.

Colleges numerous occasions.

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“Mississippi JUCOs…The Toughest Football League In America” The book is now on sale for $24 at Co-Lin Bookstores on all three campuses. There is a chapter in the book devoted to Co-Lin as well as photos of football, Blue Wave, and mascots. The book is written by X.M. Frascogna, Jr., Mike Frascogna, III and Marty Frascogna. The Frascogna trio has authored several popular books

about the fascinating football culture in the Magnolia State, namely, Gridiron Gold, Y’all vs.

Us, Bull Cyclone Sullivan and Gridiron Glory.

Noted cartoonist Marshall Ramsay adds his special touch with humerous and thought provoking cartoons in each chapter.

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Sure, we paid tuition and did the necessary classroom work to graduate, but tuition does not pay all of the cost of an education. The generosity of others helped make the success you and I have enjoyed possible by helping underwrite the cost of our education.

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Cindy Hyde-Smith

(continued from page 7) She is a member of countless organizations such as Mississippi Cattlemen’s Association, Lincoln County’s Cattlemen’s Association, Forestry Association and Livestock Association, the National Rifle Association, Mississippi National Guard Legislative Caucus, Sportsman’s Legislative Caucus, Mississippi Nursery and Landscape Association, and she serves on the CoLin Foundation Board.

Hyde-Smith and Mike are the parents of Anna-Michael, the family’s fifth generation farmer. She and her family are active members of Macedonia Baptist Church.

Hyde-Smith says Co-Lin and community colleges in general are near and dear to her because almost all of her family and extended family attended Co-Lin. “Co-Lin really prepared me for both my education, and my life,” she said.

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Mike, Anna-Michael and Cindy on their farm.

Ambassador Award, Delta Council’s Achievement Award, National Rifle Association’s Millennium Honor Roll Award, Mississippi Association of Conservation Districts’ Legislator of the Year Award, U.S. National Medal of Merit Award and the United States Selective Service System’s Outstanding Patriotic American Award.

Steve Amos (‘73) was re-elected as Copiah County Chancery Clerk. He has served in this position since 1988 and previously served as Copiah County Tax Collector for eight years. He received a Bachelor’s of Business Administration degree from The University of Southern Mississippi. He currently serves on the College’s Board of Trustees.

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tracking the classes Congratulations Congratulations to Kelly Smith (’89) on being named Radiology Director at King’s Daughters Medical Center. For the past 22 years, Smith has been a staff member of the Radiology department and has held numerous titles during this time.

Congratulations to Micah Davis (’08) on being named one of five finalists for the Conerly Trophy which goes to Mississippi’s top college football player.

Debi L. Combs (‘95) married Melvin D. Walker (’87) on October 15, 2011.

Kelli Cochran (’98) married Clint Spring on December 17, 2011.

Lindsey Smith (’02) married Matt Armstrong on June 4, 2010.

She is employed as a dental assistant in Jackson.

Jackey R. Simmons, Jr. (’02) married Kayla L. Bessonette (’03) on November 12, 2011.

Matt Furlow (’03) married Kacie Harris (’07) on November 5, 2011.

Lacie Turpin (’05) married Hunter Case (’05) on September 10, 2011.

Lizzie Keene Sartin (’33), 99, passed away on November 17, 2011.

Virginia M. Brinson (’39), 92, of Prentiss passed away Sept. 2, 2011.

Margarette Ellen Byrd Yates (’40), 90, passed away on September 1, 2011.

Catherine Powell (’40), 89, passed away on September 11, 2011.

Wedding Bells Theresa Milholen (’89) married Tim Weeks on September 10, 2011.

In Memoriam

Ryan Williams (’06) married Loren Watts on August 20, 2011.

Rachel Blair (’08) married Ricky Gary Jr. on August 27, 2011

Dr. Ray Otto Hammons (’41), 92, passed away on October 2, 2011. He was inducted into the Foundation Hall of Fame in 2000 and was named Alumnus of the Year in 1982.

Mayme Lee Foster Prevost (High School ’41; College ’43), 87, passed away on August 24, 2011.

Joshua Anthony (‘08) married Sonni Smith (attended) on July 16, 2011.

Irma Lee Lofton Smith (’43), 88, passed away on September 17, 2011.

Megen N. Price (’08) married Jacob N. Freeman (’09) on September 10, 2011.

Dr. Herbert R. Pearce (’47), 82, passed away on September 7, 2011.

Elizabeth Stormo (’44), 86, passed away on October 2, 2011.

Mary Ellen Graves Smith (’48), 72, passed away on August 12, 2011.

Keith Russell (’08) married Kellie Ryan on December 3, 2011.

Brandy Brooks (’09) married Kody Burns on December 3, 2011.

Steven M. Smith (’10) married Megan E. Burt (attended) on October 8, 2011.

Dee Dee Walker (’10) married Aaron Earls on October 15, 2011.

Carl C. Summers (’51), 89, passed away on August 31, 2011.

Wilma Ponder (’52), 78, passed away on October 4, 2011. She was a former Basketball player and former employee of 14 years.

Durwood Craft (‘54), 78, passed away on September 10, 2011.

Stanley Arlon Shows (’70), 62, passed away on September 17, 2011.

Sherry Dawn Hickman Boyte (’92), 30, passed away on August 31, 2011.

Charles Daniel Stringer (’95), 45, passed away on November 20, 2011.

Analene “Ann” B. Moore (attended), 91, passed away on September 21, 2011.

Irene Lofton Brister, a former associate degree nursing instructor, 90, passed away November 10, 2011.

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tracking the classes Melana G. Woods (’10) married Raiford W. McGraw (attended) on October 29, 2011.

Kayla M. Herring (’11) married Devin L. Watts on October 15, 2011.

Ciji B Eley (’11) married Kenric Harris on December 10, 2011.

Ashley N. Allgood (attending) married Matthew Foster on December 17, 2011.

Marley Porter (attended) married Matthew Porter on October 8, 2011.

Hogan Watts (attended) married Victoria Brasher on October 15, 2011.

New Arrivals Timothy (’04) and Stephanie (’04) Holmes are the proud parents of Stephanie Shealyn Rachel, born January 13, 2011.

LeAnna and Andy Maddox (both attending) are the proud parents of Camden Layne, born on July 10, 2011.

Justin (’08) and Mary Beth (’08) Walker are the proud parents of Jackson Cabe Walker, born on August 12, 2011.

Josh (’01) and Lacy Gunnell are the proud parents of Eliza Jane, born on August 16, 2011.

Abby (’08) and Eric Terry are proud parents of William Huck, born August 19, 2011.

Nicholas (’98) and Juliana (’07) Adams are the proud parents of William Maxwell “Max” on August 22, 2011.

Keith and Kathy Lee (both employed in the maintenance division) are the proud grandparents of Ava Brooke Johnson, born August 23, 2011.

Josh (attended) and Allison McCaffrey are the proud parents of James Asher, born on August 30, 2011.

Patrick (’05) and Kayla (’08) Ryan are the proud parents of Lexie Catherine, born September 12, 2011.

Seth (’96) and Tiffani (’03) Ferguson are the proud parents of Charles Richard “Charlie,” born on September 13, 2011.

Clay (’92) and Melissa Cook are proud parents of Piper Jane Cook, born on September 19, 2011. Proud grandparents are Billie Jean and Tommy Cook.

Billie Jean is a secretary in Career-Tech.

Taylor and Rebecca (attended) Gibson are proud parents of Lucy Cullen, born on October 4, 2011.

Derek (’01) and Kim (‘06) Peets are the proud parents of Kaden Lane Peets, born on October 23, 2011. Proud grandparents are Peggy and Gary Peets.

Peggy works in the Learning Center on the Wesson campus.

Luke (‘05) and Mindy (‘08) Lofton are the proud parents of Kason Lee Lofton, born August 28, 2011.

Proud grandparents are Twyana (Cheerleader Coach) and Darrell Morse.

Send your alumni news and photos to Angela Furr, PO Box 649 Wesson, MS 39191 or e-mail to angela.furr@colin.edu. Please provide class year(s) and a phone number for verification.

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