Converse Magazine Summer 2008

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as they have also lived in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Florida in the past few years. Missy Hughes Parkison teaches political theory at the University of Southern Indiana and is also pursuing a master’s degree in theology. Alice Fuller Littlejohn has replaced Sydney as class representative, while Kristi will continue to serve. Please keep in touch!

CLASS OF 1989 20th Reunion 20TH Alumnae Weekend, April 24-25, 2009 REUNION Representatives: Mrs. Nicky Jent Greenway 243 Kittiwake Lane Boiling Springs, SC 29316, 864-578-5554 E-mail: nickygreenway@yahoo.com Hello everyone! Here are our updates for this time and I hope to hear from more of you next time. Please send me (Nicky Jent Greenway) your new updated E-mail addresses so that I can update my list and send you reminders. Thanks! Elisabeth Kinney McNiel wrote to tell us that Emily Linder Johnson of Davidson, NC’s 9 year old son, Jake, is filming a second season starring as Lucas Moran on Lifetime’s “Army Wives.” This show features lead roles by Catherine Bell and Kim Delaney. It is being filmed in Charleston, SC, to air beginning in June of this year. Elisabeth was selected by the Girl Scouts of the Eastern South Carolina as a 2008 Mary Dean Brewer Woman of Distinction. The awards banquet was held in March in Darlington, SC. Eleven women from the Pee Dee and Coastal regions of SC were honored. Congratulations, Elisabeth!!!!!! In February, Margaret Gordon and Nicky attended a baby shower for Marsha McGinnis Frazier at the beautiful home of Ashley Macfie Goodlett. Also hosting the baby shower were Lisa Avant and Angie Weatherred Halstead. The baby shower was almost like a very mini class reunion. Angie Williams Cash wrote that she recently signed up for facebook.com and found some fellow Converse friends on there. She says it is a free site and would be a great way to stay connected. Becky Chambliss Lane sent me a note not too long ago. She is still living in the Atlanta area with her husband and two very cute daughters, Halle (6) and Madde (4). And finally, our next class reunion is the weekend of April 24-25, 2009. Save the dates so you can attend! I’d love to see everyone.

CLASS OF 1990 Next Reunion Alumnae Weekend, 2010 Representatives: Mrs. Sheri Starnes Balcerzak 703 Blackfriars Court Florence SC 29501, 843-536-4699 E-mail: dsbalcerzak@embarqmail.com Mrs. Katherine McKoy Hembree 1546 Roberts Drive Mableton, GA 30126 E-mail: Katherine@RealMcKoy.com Ms. Lesa Underwood 463 Doane Way Charleston, SC 29492 E-mail: lesa@jluevents.com

Class of 1988 Hello ladies! Looks like the end of ’07 and beginning of ’08 have been lots of fun for our class! Angela Johnson Moss checks in from Spartanburg and reports seeing Missy Reid McMahon on a regular basis…Missy teaches Angela’s son Aaron. Lee Reese joined Lesa Underwood for a week in Italy where they visited Venice, Florence and a few Tuscan hill towns before Lesa headed down to Rome for a week. Lesa, Liz Holt Nunnally, Julie Hennecy, Pam Moren Conner, Lynn Pettus Finkelstein and Rebecca Lesto Shunk hosted a party for Claire Bramlett in Charlotte, NC. Also at the party were Mary McDaniel Ridgeway, Lisa Lyle Fields, Lawson Edwards Hough, Sheri Starnes Balcerzak and Meridith Moorhead Venturella…a good time was had by all. Congrats to Lynn on finishing the Disney World Marathon in January and helping the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society’s Team in Training raise money and create awareness! Julie did some globetrotting when she headed to Greece for a little vacation in the fall. Sheri and her family have moved to Florence and Pam has been helping her learn her way around town. Lawson and Mary Kenyon Robards Jones got together with Winnie Brown King in the fall. Deborah Stanford Harris checks in from Raleigh, NC…she’s keeping busy remodeling their house, helping at her kids’ school and selling real estate. Katherine McKoy Hembree, Michelle Franklin Shlapak, Andria May Duncan and Harmony Madden met in Highlands, NC this spring for a girls weekend of relaxation and catching up. Thanks for all the news…keep it coming!

CLASS OF 1991 Next Reunion Alumnae Weekend, 2011 Representatives: Mrs. Dorsey Daugette DeLong 3070 Greendale Drive NW Atlanta, GA 30327, 404-609-9405 E-mail: teamdelong@comcast.net Mrs. Dianne Prince Swann 711 Lake Drive Snellville, GA 30039, 770-929-0077 E-mail: dswann@rockdale.k12.ga.us

CLASS OF 1992 Next Reunion Alumnae Weekend, 2012 Representatives: Mrs. Angie Wilkes Gage 5119 Woodland Hills Dr. Brentwood, TN 37027, 615-750-2669 E-mail: gage0920@comcast.net Mrs. Anna Wimberly Pierce 34 Carlton Drive NE Atlanta, GA 30342, 404-252-8324 E-mail: mpierceman@aol.com Ashton Bozard was pleased to tell that us that the elementary school where she teaches, Lake Carolina Elementary, in Columbia, SC was featured in The State newspaper and honored for receiving the title of Palmetto’s Finest School. Out of six finalists only two schools were chosen in the entire state. Congratulations Ashton! Melissa Carlton Salko and her husband adopted their third child Aaron Salko on January 13, 2008 from China. They were able to take their twins to China as well for the homecoming. Aaron had open-heart surgery in March but is recovering beautifully. Heather Neal Stone is excited to report she is expecting a daughter in July! Her husband Chris will officially be a registered architect in July and will continue to work with Neal, Prince and Partners in Greenville, SC. Elizabeth Hughes is looking forward to serving as the incoming president for the Junior League in Orlando. Lauren Jowers Sklar celebrated her 10th wedding anniversary in September and is busy with her two daughters volunteering at their school as well as in the community and her church. She occasionally sees Catherine Adams Gallagher in Rome, GA where they both live. Amy Walker Headley is still teaching 12th grade English at Newnan High School, her alma mater and sees Beth Davenport Williams everyday who also teaches right across the hall. It kind of feels like Cudd all over again! Cindy Jerles Brown continues to enjoy decorative painting in homes and has recently started a Body Shop at home business where she is experiencing success. Ashley Thomas Little is expanding her skills on the soccer field coaching her 4 year old daughter. Mandy McCoy now resides in Hawaii on the North Shore of Oahu where she is getting plenty of surfing

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