Class of 1954
Bet Shepherd Ancrum 35 Honeysuckle Woods, Lake Wylie, SC 29710 803.831.0205, bancrum@comporium.net
IN MEMORIAM
Reavis Gray Davis ’50, May 18, 2013 Martha C. Harris ’50, September 22, 2012 Carolyn O’Shields Lamm ’50, February 2, 2013 Lois Scott Mengel ’50, June 5, 2013 Elizabeth D. Baird ’51, March 26, 2013 Maude Bull Clinkscales ’51, September 21, 2013 Louise Kuker Freeman ’51, October 2, 2013 Agnes Newton Hollerith ’51, May 28, 2013 Esther King Marsh ’51, December 18, 2013 Polly Day Judy ’52, September 18, 2013 Stasia Mayfield McDowell ’52, November 8, 2013 Sadie Edwards Dye ’53, January 16, 2014 Pat Skelton Liphardt ’53, November 16, 2012 Barbara Hughes Bennett ’54, July 27, 2013 Lucile Willis Graham ’54, December 9, 2012 Betty Sue McDonald ’54, October 25, 2013 Liselotte Martha Schmidt ’54, June 24, 2013 Barbara Zeigler Wrightenberry ’54, May 17, 2013 Margaret Carrick Fairlie-Kennedy ’55, December 7, 2013 Barbara Gregory Moore ’55, March 15, 2013 Alice Asbury Stone ’55, May 5, 2013 Jan Bell Bobbitt ’56, November 14, 2013 Mason Edens Hawley ’56, August 3, 2013 Margaret Evatt Kelley ’56, October 9, 2013 Charlotte Ferguson Sloan ’56, October 18, 2013 Starke Hagood Bishop ’57, June 11, 2013 Carolyn Gleaton Cox ’57, January 13, 2014 Faye Durham Kidd ’57, November 22, 2013 Lee Nealy Lockridge ’57, May 3, 2013 Vicki Grubbs Moore ’59, February 16, 2014
SYMPATHY
George Warren Smith, February 18, 2012, husband of Frances Martin Smith ’54 Jacob L. Goodman, January 4, 2013, grandson of Jane Bolding Crook ’56 Bill Tunno, November 26, 2012, husband of Elisa Ott Tunno ’56 Thomas Armstrong, March 12, 2013, husband of Martha Allen Armstrong ’57 Roy Bell Harrelson III, June 24, 2013, son of Alice Cox Harrelson ’58 Roy Harrelson Jr., October 23, 2012, husband of Alice Cox Harrelson ’58 James “Scott” Burton, May 20, 2013, step-son of
Class of 1951
CAROLYN “SISSIE” SNOW McAlister was inducted into the National Shaggers Association in November 2012.
Class of 1953
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So good to hear the success of LAURA MCLEAN Taylor’s son Spence Taylor. Dr. Spence Taylor is Greenville Health Systems’ Vice President of Academics, Executive Director of University Medical Group, Clinical Professor of Surgery and Senior Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Diversity for the University of South Carolina School of Medicine Greenville, as well as an internationally recognized vascular surgeon. Dr. Taylor led the effort to build a new medical school to better meet the Upstate’s changing health care needs.
60TH
REUNION
Margaret Jackson Bundy 518 Briarwood Road, Lancaster, SC 29720 803.282.6002, mjbundy@comporium.net The big news for the Class of 1954 is the upcoming 60th Reunion. 60 – can you believe it? (Turns out all those term papers and recitals were just preludes to real life.) We will meet for drinks and dinner at the Piedmont Club the first night and try to recognize each other without seeming to peek at name tags, and can then swap lies about our fabulous lives and careers and perfect children and grandchildren. Bring both pictures and cameras. Then on Saturday, the all-class Reunion Brunch will let us get together with everybody else, and we’ll try to recognize our campus, which has undergone at least as many changes as we have. Footnote: Be aware that we, as an even-numbered class, have the great honor of being Pink Panthers! (odd-numbered classes are Red Devils)
Class of 1955
JoAnn Guyton Davison 1722 Peggio Lane, #1, Missoula, MT 59802 406.829.6376 I am tendering resignation. The Class of 1955 needs a new Class Secretary. When I retired from my former life in 2002, I left my laptop in Baltimore and abandoned my email address. I have been quite happy with the US Postal Service and my trusty telephone. (If I live to see my 11 year old granddaughter in college, my friend, who already has grandchildren in college, tells me that I will have to re-computerize if I expect to have any communication with her “Carpe Diem”.) JANE MARIE HANCOCK Jennings and Jacob decided it was time to downsize last fall. They sold their house in the country and moved to a “nice brick bungalow” in Bishopville, SC. Hopefully, by the time you read this all the boxes will have been unpacked. MARGARET STEVENSON Bucholz called recently from her apartment in Wilton, CT. She no longer has piano students. She is still driving and enjoying going out to dinner. JULIA BLAIR Brenaman moved to Westminster-Canterbury, a retirement center in Richmond, VA where PAYNE BOUKNIGHT Tyler and her husband also live. Julie has developed a problem walking. Recently, after several falls, she spent a few days in the hospital for tests, and then she spent three weeks in a rehab hospital for therapy. As I write this in February, she is back at W-C in the Health Center doing therapy and hoping to be back in her apartment soon. AMARYLLIS DOAR Duvall and Hal keep busy. They spent a week last June at Pawley’s Island, SC with their children, grandchildren and great grandchild. In October they cruised up the Mississippi River on a steam paddle boat. Ann says: “Our health is remarkably good for old folks!” On that upbeat note, I bid you a fond “Adieu!”
country. As we move into our 80s, slowing down seems to be anathema for many of us. TOLLY GILMER Shelton had a great trip to Hawaii in March with friends. Not to be slowed down by a first-day spider bite, they toured the islands for 10 days including snorkeling off Oahu. The remainder of the year was spent visiting with relatives across the southeast and renovating their former home for better senior access. SUNSHINE CONNOR Norwood sent us a lovely photo collage of her family and 2013 events. Her year included a trip to Scotland. BETTIE JANE WOODWARD Grant was treated to a fall trip to New York City by her daughters. Broadway plays and sightseeing filled their days. A highlight was a visit with classmate NANCY BOSTICK Parks who lives in NYC. ANN HUDGENS Karegeannes had lower back surgery in August, 2013, with very good results. She says walking upright feels very good again. She sees classmate ROSS MAGOULAS often at Converse music events. He lives in Charleston and continues to work in music related activities. Ann also meets MARGO HESTER Roff and MARY OELAND Alexander for lunch in Spartanburg frequently. It is a great way to see old friends.
Class of 1957
Evelyn Moore McGee 72 Anson St, Charleston, SC 29401-1502 843.722.3049, pnpmcgee@comcast.net Kathryn Blake Pearce 27 Savage St, Charleston, SC 29401-2409 843.577.6688, KittyandBobP@aol.com Margaret Dick Wyman 1716 Graeme Dr, Columbia, SC 29206-4455 803.782.8883, maggiewyman@aol.com The far and wide trips previously taken by our classmates seems to have narrowed down to weekly trips to doctor’s offices, hospitals for “replacements”, moves to retirement homes, bridge games and Publix weekly one cent sales. SARA HAYNIE Fant has moved to a retirement home in Anderson, SC where she continues to play lots of bridge. JULIE MEADOWS Ritchie lives in Beaufort, SC (Cat Island). She retired from Astra Zeneca in 2004 and was diagnosed with breast cancer in 2005. But that hasn’t stopped her from enjoying her four children and
Class of 1956
Ann Hudgens Karegeannes 137 Mabry Drive, Spartanburg, SC 29307 864.579.3801, ahkare33@aol.com Our class members have been doing some traveling during the past year, seeing the world and our own
From left to right: Molly Sheorn Evans ’58, Margaret Dick Wyman ’57, Caroline Grimball ’68 Seated: Christie Zimmerman Fant ’41 taken at Trinitiiy Cathedral