and rattlesnakes. I was there to supervise and ensure no Dick Cheney pt 2 incidents. Ellen Elizabeth King Minnick shares, “we just had a super cute ginger baby on 11/28/2017 —- William John Minnick (aka Bill).”
Russell and Scout Douglas Osborne ’06 with daughter, Maple.
Margaret von Werssowetz Waters flexed her artistic side and submitted her update in haiku form: “Half my friends have moved / but D.C. is still stacked, and / Kingsley might move back.” Now more than ever, I feel lucky to have participated in AP English with Mrs. Waters. I can say I knew her back when! Speaking of Kingsley Trotter (mentioned in haiku), she has two important comments: “Margaret put in the last issue of class notes that Margot is a French Bulldog but she is an English bulldog. I also prefer updates from classmates that include me — food for thought!” Got it. Thank you for this contribution, Kingsley.
William “Bill” John Minnick, son of Ellen Elizabeth King Minnick ’06.
Cameron Pastrick Ruppert reports that she has been working for herself as an interior designer for the past year and a half doing residential interior design. Her daughter, Winnie, will be 2 on May 25th and they are expecting a baby boy on May 28th. Julia Rowe Wise shares that she moved jobs at Entergy — she is still working in corporate communications, but she is now working with the utility side of the company. Also this January, she started the EMBA program at Millsaps College. Anne Womble Hobart says no real updates on her end: “still have 1 baby, still married, still live in Atlanta, still tutoring, still instagramming” — keep it up, Anne, because I love following you, John and Simms on the gram! Scout Douglas Osborne notes that she and Russell had a baby. “Maple was born on
Cameron Pastrick Ruppert ’06 with her husband, Jake, and their daughter, Winnie.
September 16, 2017. We are still living in Alexandria.” Jenner Wood reports that he is still in Charlotte, NC working for Charlotte Pipe and Foundry Co as a regional salesperson. Jenner adds “You may want to mention that David Lambeth is getting married April 14 and Steve Shaw is getting married April 21.” Honour Alston Thornton is finishing up nursing grad school; “moving from Chicago to Atlanta this spring.” I’m happy that Philip Duggins has come out of the woodwork to update us. He comments, “I live in Dallas with Mason Tillett, just like old times. I work at Blackhill Partners downtown, no babies, single.” I was lucky to spend a weekend at Phil’s ranch in Texas this past fall with Phil, Mason, Thomas Duggins and Harper Cullen — the boys contributed to population control efforts for deer, coyote
Ina Dixon says, “I’m continuing to live the dream of a being a PhD student at UNCChapel Hill. Also, I saw Mary Lide Parker the other day trucking around campus with her backpack — looking just like her badass high school self! It was great.” Elizabeth Harrison Carrington had a baby on 12/24/17. Elizabeth Harrison Carrington will go by Libby — “she is named after me and my mom, grandmother, etc!” Jeff Lamb writes, “My wife Lauren and I are still loving San Francisco, and this past July added one more to the gang, baby Sutter. Picture included on previous page. As you may have guessed from the picture, Sutter’s favorite pastime is eating, followed closely by play dates with his puppy Scout.” Spencer Brown tells us these class notes updates are the first (and often only) thing he looks at when he receives mail from EHS — glad to hear that! He adds, “I just finished my second season at NC State coaching the Defensive Backs. We won 9 games including The Sun Bowl and I had the privilege of working with the best defensive player in the nation, Nagurski Award Winner Bradley Chubb. My career in college football has led me on an awesome adventure and I’m excited to see where it takes me next!” EHS
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