class notes A lumn i S potl i g h t They say they have witnessed miracles while serving for 29 years as missionaries in Haiti. But the life-changing events that Prit ’79 and Dana ’79 Adams witnessed in their own lives two years ago is the story that she recounts in “Into the Storm.” While on a sabbatical to Canada in 2010, Prit Adams suffered a cerebral hemorrhage. While hospitalized in critical condition, he suffered a second cerebral hemorrhage, which his doctors expected would be fatal. Rather than give in to the inevitable, Dana Adams describes how she and a circle of friends prayed for Prit non-stop for 52 days, and he completely recovered. During the crisis, she said it would have been helpful to read an account of “someone’s story of not only fighting for their loved one, but winning. Daring to fight for a miracle and receiving it.” She wrote “Into the Storm” for those undergoing the same dilemma. It was the second time that Dana Adams feared for Prit’s life. In 2006, as he left his church in Cape-Haitien, he was kidnapped by bandits and held for random. Prit and Dana Adams, natives of Tarboro, now are back in Haiti after spending several weeks resting and fundraising in Fayetteville this spring. Their Rehoboth Ministries (rehobothhaiti.com) has grown to offer three churches, three schools, a Bible institute and a radio program in Creole. “The work is still going and still growing,” she wrote in an email to us. “We are launching a feeding program…that will feed over 1,250 children in three schools.” Jo Allen ’83 was inaugurated as president of Meredith College in Raleigh in March after joining the school in April 2011. She previously was senior vice president, provost and professor of English at Widener University in Chester, Pa. A North Carolina native, she earned a B.A. in English at Meredith, her master’s degree from ECU and her doctorate from Oklahoma State University. She served as tenured associate professor of English at ECU from 1986 to 1999, leaving to become a tenured associate professor in English at N.C. State University. Meredith is one of the largest private colleges for women in the United States. 50
CROFT MASSEY ’11 on Sept. 17 in Greenville. She is a registered nurse, and he works for Cal Ripken Baseball in Baltimore, Md. BEVERLY SCURRY, a public health education specialist for the Rockingham County Department of Public Health, received the Grace Daniels Promising New Health Award at the Governor’s Task Force for Healthy Carolinians and the N.C. Society of Public Health Educators annual meeting. 2008 KIMBERLY BRITT HARRISON wed James Christopher Bennett on Oct. 15 at Enfield United Methodist Church, Enfield. She is a physical therapist assistant at Nash Health Care Systems. JORDAN SUZANNE WATERS wed Leon Tracy Burwell on Dec. 17 at the Lake Placid Community Church, Lake Placid, N.Y. 2007 ELIZABETH JUDD ANDREWS wed Britt Armfield Preyer Jr. on Dec. 31 at Saint Mary’s Chapel, Raleigh. She works at Rex Hospital, Raleigh. CHRISTINE KEEL ’07 ’09 is a health information technology instructor at Edgecombe Community College. She was a supervisor in health information management services/training at Vidant Medical Center. 2006 KATHLEEN MEGAN DAVIDSON wed Robert James Cocker on Nov. 19 at Hayes Barton United Methodist Church, Raleigh. She was a member of Kappa Delta sorority and is a marketing manager of Capstrat, a communications agency in Raleigh. Dr. BENJAMIN COHEN GERSH, a behavioral medicine specialist, joined the Brody School of Medicine and its group medical practice, ECU Physicians. He is an assistant professor with joint appointments in the Department of Psychiatric Medicine and the Department of Family Medicine. He is also associate medical director for inpatient psychiatry services at Vidant Medical Center, Greenville. Dr. CAROLINE MORGAN opened Pirate Pediatrics P.A. in Greenville. 2005 MELISSA DAWN COLE ’05 ’08 wed Christopher James Felice on Oct. 8 in St. Joan of Arc Catholic Church, Yorktown, Va. She works at Riverside Regional Medical Center, Newport News, Va. KAREN LAVELLE HUFF DAMERON was promoted to associate superintendent for operational services (formerly called Human Resource Services) for Edgecombe County Public Schools. She worked with Martin County Schools for 25 years in various positions as teacher, alternative school principal and assistant personnel director before moving to