news of alumni 2011-2012
class of 1991 Tommy and Cindy Stubblefield Bigham and their two children, Brock and Ann Hunter, welcomed another daughter, Harper Thompson, on February 27, 2012. They are in Oxford.
Dr. Matt Futvoye has joined the Capital Orthopaedic Sports Medicine Center, in the practice of general orthopaedics and the reconstruction of total hips and knees. He and Ginny have three children: Ben, Ford, and Virginia. Matt graduated from UMMC. Clark Mackey has a bachelor’s and a J.D. from Ole Miss. He owns his own business, Sparkday, which is marketing, SEO, and web traffic. He and Nanci welcomed a daughter on November 5, 2012. They live in Asheville, NC. Hank and Joanne Mathison live in Madison, where Hank is with First Choice Health Plan of Mississippi. Preston Patton has his own company in Gatlinburg, TN. It is Patton Acquisitions, which is cell towers and land acquisitions.
class of 1992 Tom and Elena Henderson Arnold live in Tuscaloosa with children, Lundy and Emory. Elena has a bachelor’s in English from Cumberland University. She is a stayat-home mom.
Ashley Belew works for the Mississippi Chapter of the March of Dimes. She has four children at JA: Livvie (8th grade), Webb (6th grade), Anna Carlisle (3rd grade), and Elizabeth (K). Russell Bennett was named one of “Mississippi’s Brightest Stars Top 40 Under 40” for 2011 by the MS Business Journal. He is the governmental affairs executive/lobbyist for Entergy Mississippi. He and his wife Heather have two daughters at JA: Caroline and Anna Catherine.
Pat Bethea obtained a B.S. from MSU in educational psychology, and a master of divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the youth pastor for Cornerstone Church at Auburn, AL. He and Ann have a daughter, Tallie. Pat has had several mission trips to the Dominican Republic, Mexico, Costa Rica, and Uganda. Guy Bowering is a high school English Teacher and freelance pianist with Long Beach High School in Gulfport. He has sung with two different choirs throughout Eastern Europe, and co-founded an opera company, Singing River Opera. Niles Buchanan is with RMB Properties, commercial and residential real estate. He and Nicole live in Jackson with three daughters: Morgan, Emily, and Avery (JA students). Jamie and Katie Chustz have two sons, Steven and Samuel, and live in Madison. Jamie is executive vice president and chief operating officer of the Mattiace Company, a high-performing real estate development firm in Mississippi and the Southeast. Jamie still loves to play tennis in his spare time. Stephen Clay has a JD from Mississippi College School of Law. He is a contract lobbyist. He and Tabitha have two children at JA, Sarah and Caden. Cyndi Tomlinson Eubank received her B.S. from Mississippi College, and a Juris Doctorate from MC’s School of Law. She works in the attorney general’s office representing the Mississippi Department of Mental Health. She and Bryan have three children at JA, Gracie, Lila, and Bryan. Andrew Flatgard is the RUF campus minister at Rhodes College in Memphis. He has been working with college students for 13 years. Andrew and Shelley have two children, Mary Spence and Reagan. Hadleigh Foil obtained a B.A. in psychology from Loyola University in New Orleans. She is a paralegal for attorney Matt Greenbaum.
Jason and Sarah Ross Forbus welcomed twin girls, Kate and Madelyn, in October 2011. They live in Jackson where Sarah is an anesthesiologist with Jackson Anesthesia Associates; Jason is a real estate appraiser.
Suzanne Mackey Frye has a B.A. in religion from Furman University. She and Tim have four children, Caroline, Collin, Ethan, and Owen, born on Thanksgiving Day 2012. They live in Colorado and survived a wildfire in their neighborhood last summer. Jarrod Gray has a bachelor’s degree in accounting and an M.B.A.. He is the chief financial officer of Merchants Foodservice in Hattiesburg. He and April have a daughter, Anna Gray. Jarrod and April have moved around quite a bit. They have lived in six different cities in a ten-year period. They have also traveled to Europe (Venice, Rome, London, and Paris.) Dr. Cameron Guild has a B.S. from Millsaps and his M.D. from UMMC. He is an interventional cardiologist at UMMC. Suzanne is an artist and stay-at-home mom. Their two children, Sandon and Alex, attend JA. Bryan and Elizabeth Ross Hadley live in Round Rock, Texas with their children: Hudson, Bennett, and Caroline. Elizabeth is an attorney with Averitt & Associates in Austin. She is in general counsel and government affairs/lobbying.
Mandy Strong Hilsmier obtained a B.A. from Mercer University, a M.Ed. from Mississippi College and a Ph.D. from Vanderbilt University. She is the associate professor at Samford University in special education. She and Brad have two sons and a daughter: Matthew, Andrew, and Ella Claire, born November 14, 2012. She has been on mission trips to Jamaica and Northern Ireland, and has trained teachers in Jordan, and Beirut, Lebanon.
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