CLASSNOTES

THE POWER OF RELATIONSHIP Laughter, hugs and lively conversation: You provided plenty of all three at this year’s in-person Homecoming celebration. It was a wonderful reminder of the power of relationships and the enduring connections fostered on the Hill. If you missed this year, some virtual events are in the planning stages. We look forward to seeing you!

—MARTHA PIRKLE, DIRECTOR OF ALUMNI AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

P.S. Watch your email for a virtual book discussion led by First Gentleman Mark Huffman.

Willie Taylor, Judy Greer ’57, H’07 and Sally Askew ’62, H’06 visited in North Carolina.

1970s

1973 The Rev. Dr. David Clark Johnson of Charleston, South Carolina, was awarded the Anton Boisen professional service award by the association of professional chaplains.

1975 Joan Rhiner Von Lehe of Cullman, Alabama, recently released her new book, “Up the Downhill Slide,” available on Amazon.

Cheryl and Ron Farr hosted a mini reunion at their home; back row, left to right, Dawn Cummings Coker ’77, Judy Houser Jones ’77, Jaye Mitchell Goddard ’77, Cheryl Rhyne Farr ’77; front row, Merri Herbert Lawrence ’77, Susan Knight Walton ’77 and Sue Brown Garland ’77.

1980s

1986 Perrin Alford of LaGrange is president and senior consultant for the Atlantic Partners Consulting Group.

Cheryl and Ron Farr hosted a mini reunion at their home: front row, from left, Pat O’Conner ‘80, Kris Cagle ’78, Reggie Jarrell ’75, Steve Cagle ’78 and Robert Brown ’77; middle row, Louise Wynne Smith ’79, Karen Thompson ’80, Ron Farr ’77; back row, Scott Price ’78, Chris Vreeland ’78, Nancy Cooley Jackson ’78 and Joe Rogers ’78.

1990s

1994 Mayor Jim Thornton of LaGrange was inducted as Georgia Municipal Association President. He is the third LaGrange mayor to serve as president since GMA’s inception in 1933.

1996 Doree O’Neal of Marietta is a recovery coach, The Real Doree O, and has published a book, “Seriously? How I Went from a Hot Mess to a Daring Badass,” about her road to recovery from alcoholism and putting the pieces of her life back together. It debuted on Amazon in the No. 1 spot for substance abuse. She is also streaming a live show called “Lipstick and Lotus.”

1998 Timothy Brent Blankenship Jr. of Newnan, who had served as a lieutenant for the Newnan Police Department, has been promoted to chief of police.

1999 Monica L. Cameron M’21 of LaGrange has been nominated as 2022-2023 teacher of the year for Gardner Newman Middle School.

1999 Jennifer DeMooney Claybrook M’01 of LaGrange has been selected as director of athletics and campus recreation at Mississippi University for Women in Columbus, Mississippi.

1999 Ronald Davis Jr. of Muscle Shoals, Alabama, completed his doctorate in computer and systems engineering. He is a professor at the University of North Alabama.

1999 Dr. Germany Dixon of Miramar, Florida, is the associate dean of academic affairs at Palm Beach State College.

1999 Gina Haggerty of Canton was named 2021-2022 teacher of the year at Hickory Flat Elementary School.

2000s

2003 David Breland of Birmingham, Alabama, has joined Bloom Credit as general counsel, head of risk and compliance.

2003 Leslie Hornsby Winter M’10 of Opelika, Alabama, is an insurance agent for Country Financial in the BirminghamAuburn Region.

2004 Ariel Pena M’20 of Greensboro, North Carolina, is the interim associate vice chancellor of advancement operations at North Carolina A&T State University.

2005 Jason Graham of LaGrange was featured in “20 under 40” by the LaGrange Daily News. He is the current principal at Callaway High School.

2005 Jason Marsh of New Orleans, Louisiana, was recognized as 2022 best lawyer by Phelps Partner for his work in management-related employment law and labor employment ligation.

Matt ’01 and Michele McCarthy Parker ’01 visited campus while on fall break with their daughters, Kayla and Ashlyn.

2005 Nathaniel Wright of Kennesaw is a product innovation manager for Georgia Spice Co.

2007 Grant Miller of Dallas, Texas, was featured in the article “Cameraman” in Park Cities Lifestyle Magazine.

2008 Renee Adams of LaGrange is the only stateside graphic designer for Kleen-Tex USA.

2008 The Rev. Andrew Cunningham of Thomaston received the United Methodist Connectional Federal Credit Union 2021 Scholarship, awarded by the South Georgia Conference of the United Methodist Church.

2009 Dialleo Burks M’11 of LaGrange is an assistant football coach at LaGrange College.

A spontaneous reunion at The Pickled Okra in Forsyth, Jackson Daniel ’82,M’17, Teresa Basilico Daniel ’81 and Debbie Autry ’84.

Denise Maio Lange ’95 of Sarasota, Florida, and her son, Felix, on a college tour with Presidential Student Ambassador, D.J. Kelley.

2009 Ryan Gatens of LaGrange was featured in “20 under 40” by LaGrange Daily News. He is part owner of UrgenCare Clinic.

2009 Jessica Baker O’Neal M’09, Ed.S’11 of LaGrange has been nominated for 2022-2023 teacher of the year at LaGrange High School.

2010s

2010 Dr. Wesley Meares of North Augusta, South Carolina, was selected as the graduate program director for the Augusta University Master of Public Administration.

2010 Amanda Olsen of Knoxville, Tennessee, is working on her doctoral degree in finance at the University of Tennessee.

Glenn Gantner ’11 of Vacaville, California, completed basic training with the United States Air Force.

2011 Katherine Bomar Madaris of Carrollton has written a young adult fantasy novel, “The Oracles Beginnings: Earth and Air,” published by Dorrence Publishing Co.

2011 Kathryn E. Shroeder of Atlanta is the director of fundraising campaigns and volunteer engagement with the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation. She will be leading the Atlanta Take Steps Walk.

2012 Trey Duffey of Sharpsburg is owner of Intelligent Design Productions, a full-service video production and photography company that provides commercial services to businesses and clients across the metro-Atlanta area.

2012 Lona Panda of Gainesville is an operations process manager of shared services for The Home Depot.

2013 Kristoffer Emil Appel of Frederiksberg, Denmark, was a Social Democratic candidate for the November 2021 municipal elections.

2013 Sharva Pruitt of LaGrange is the owner and certified lactation counselor for Queen’s Springs Lactation & Parenting Support.

2015 Evan Brasselle ’17 of Senoia was featured in “20 under 40” by LaGrange Daily News. She is an ICU nurse at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center.

2015 Loishirl Hall of LaGrange is a juris doctorate candidate at University of the District of Columbia David A. Clarke School of Law and is starting a new position as summer associate at LPJ Legal PLLC.

2016 Braily Guthrie Alford M’18 of LaGrange is the art teacher at Gardner Newman Middle School.

2016 Abigail Bowen of LaGrange is the research and policy manager at Campaign for Southern Equality in WinstonSalem, North Carolina.

2016 Shelby Renee Holcomb of LaGrange has been nominated as teacher of the year 2022-2023 for Callaway High School.

2016 Allison Coats Hunn M’19 of Marietta is the development assistant at The Shepherd Center in Atlanta.

2016 Mary Katherine Nix M’19 of LaGrange is the assistant general manager at Sweetland Amphitheatre at Boyd Park.

2016 Tressea Stovall of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, is an applied behavior analyst therapist at Gamut Early Intervention Services.

2017 Sydney Aronson of Peachtree City has completed her degree from the University of Georgia Law School and has successfully passed the bar exam.

2017 Drew Cantrell of LaGrange is the head men’s and women’s tennis coach at LaGrange College

2017 Terry Craft III of LaGrange toured with DE’WAYNE supporting Willow Smith's Life Tour.

2017 Wesley Dismuke of Helena, Alabama, was accepted to the doctoral program in community health promotion at the University of Alabama-Birmingham.

2017 Dr. Shelby Lynn Givins of Pine Mountain received her doctorate from Harrison School of Pharmacy at Auburn University.

2017 Amy Goodson M’17 of Opelika, Alabama, has been nominated for teacher of the year 2022-2023 for Long Cane Elementary School.

2017 Lauren Venters Knowles M’20 of LaGrange is the Assistant Director of the LaGrange College Fund.

2017 Amanda Sugermeyer of LaGrange was featured in “20 under 40” by LaGrange Daily News. She is the event manager/ gathering coordinator for Highland Park.

2017 Brianna Phillips White of Pensacola, Florida, is the human resource coordinator for Allen Turner Automotive Family in Pensacola and Crestview, Florida.

2018 Maggie Ivester of Dunwoody is a senior financial analyst for Interface.

2018 Katie Butler King of West Point has been nominated as teacher of the year 2022-2023 for Hogansville Elementary School.

2019 Robert Allen Jr. of Fort Valley is attending the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin.

2019 Timothy Garnett of LaGrange is an adjunct instructor in Nursing at LaGrange College.

2019 Jason Hernandez III of LaGrange graduated from Berklee College of Music in June 2021.

2019 Tishana S. Hines M’19 of LaGrange has been nominated as 2022-2023 teacher of the year for The Hope Academy, a secondary alternative education school for Troup County School System.

2019 Connor Liney of Marietta is a full-time mental health therapist at Summits Edge in Sandy Springs. the editor of Volume 73 of the Mercer Law Review.

2019 Justin Williams M’19 of LaGrange has been nominated for 2022-2023 teacher of the year at Callaway High School.

2020s

2020 Agrlin Braxton of LaGrange was accepted into graduate school at Georgia State University to study political science. He received a supplemental instruction leadership position.

2020 Alexis Corley of LaGrange is an adjunct instructor in Nursing at LaGrange College.

2020 Riley Grace Densmore of LaGrange is the softball community coach for LaGrange College.

2020 Nicholas Fink of Senoia is an adjunct instructor in Nursing at LaGrange College.

2020 Low Fletcher of Birmingham, Alabama, is the assistant property manager at Mid America Apartments in the Birmingham region.

2020 Olivia Foster of LaGrange is a registered nurse at Wellstar West Georgia Medical Center.

2020 Sarah Bryan Gaiter of Carrollton is an adjunct instructor in Nursing at LaGrange College.

2020 Elissa Chandler Lamoree of LaGrange is the assistant family minister at First United Methodist Church of LaGrange.

2020 Kayla Murphy of Moultrie is an adjunct instructor in Nursing at LaGrange College.

2020 Jessica Noles of Franklin was accepted into the University of Florida Forensic Science master’s program.

Nate ’09, M’12 and Stephanie Fowler Masters ’12, M’13 and family. Nate is the defensive coordinator for University of West Georgia (NCAA Division II).

Rebekah Jamison Lee ’18 was engaged to Christopher Jones ’18 on April 24, 2021.

Jaylynn Mangual ’21 of Orlando, Florida, has been hired as a member of the touring acting company at the REV Theatre in Auburn, New York.

2020 Sam Shaw of LaGrange received the faculty award for outstanding achievement in legal writing at Mercer University School of Law.

2020 Maura Webb of LaGrange is working on her master’s in Clinical Mental Health Counseling at LaGrange College, while working as a registered behavior technician.

2021 Lauren Carr of LaGrange is an adjunct instructor at LaGrange College.

2021 Natalie Glass of Dawsonville will attend graduate school in Criminology at the University of West Georgia.

2021 Ivy Grant of LaGrange is the assistant to the athletic director and recreational coordinator at LaGrange College.

2021 Holston Sebaugh of LaGrange is the bar manager at Wild Leap Brew Co.

2021 Cameron Starr of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida, was named to the NCAA Division III Ping South All-Region team by the Golf Coaches Association of America.

2021 Caleb Tyler of Hoschton will attend American University School of International Science.

2021 Andrew Valbuena of Hiram was accepted into law school.

BIRTHS

To Joseph Barney ’96 and his wife, Erin, a son, Alistair Finnegan, on October 10, 2021

To Antoine Maddox ’07 and his wife, Christina, a son, Miles William, on August 28, 2021

To Sarah Holden Jones ’08 and her husband, Dustin, a daughter, Hazel Kaye, on September 29, 2021

To David Arcelious Harris ’09 and wife, Deborah, a son, Bentley, on August 27, 2021

To Becca Abernathy White ’12 and her husband, Andrew, a son, Bradley Young, on July 14, 2021

To Jordin Dombrosky Walker ’15 and her husband, Philip, a son, Julian Daniel, on June 18, 2021

To Abigail Stuckey Davis ’16 and her husband, Jake, a son, Arthur Jack, on October 22, 2021

To Blane ’17 and Taylor Tallant- Swift ’18 a daughter, Leena Mae, on August 16, 2021

To Matt ’17 and Anna Britt Crawford ’19, a son, Baker Britt, on September 7, 2021

To Mallory Pressley Carson ’19 and her husband, Logan, a son, Grady Wilkes on August 1, 2021

To Morgan Sikes Thompson ’20 and her husband, Tanner, a son, McCord Alan, on June 29, 2021

To Matthew Bodie ’20 and Sade Loreal Turner ’20 a daughter, Aria, on October 19, 2021

Laura Erin Bullard ’00 to Troy Thomas Keyes on July 3, 2021

Engagements

Chasity Merna Barnes ’98 to Chris Campbell on September 12, 2021

Shelby Lynn Godfrey ’17 to James Givins on September 19, 2020

Christopher Jones ’18 to Rebekah Jamison Lee ’18 on April 24, 2021

Lauren Michelle Sanders ’19 to Evan Gresham on October 2021

Miranda Lane Hamer ’21 married Zachary Kantarjian on October 30, 2021.

Weddings

Laura Pennington Hester ’90 to Christopher Alan Fickle on August 7, 2021

P. G. Standard III ’13 to Caitlin Shepherd on July 12, 2021

Katie Jo Massey M’14, Ed.S.’19 to Trey Daniel on June 26, 2021

Alex Ball ’16 to Kimbo MacIntyre ’16 on April 3, 2021

Garrett Bennett ’16 to Sarah Blackmon on November 14, 2021

Kalin Bryn Oglesby ’16 to Joseph Matherly on July 17, 2021

Shelby Lynn Godfrey ’17 to James Givins on August 21, 2021

Clayton Thomas ’17 to Rachael Kristine Thomas ’18 on November 21, 2020

Solomon Whitfield M’17 to Elizabeth Arena on July 22, 2021

Margaret Grace Smith ’18 to Corey Masaracchia on August 15, 2021

Katie Beth Walls ’18 to Zachary John Laney ’18 on October 3, 2021

Delani Deloris White ’18 to Christopher A. Smith ’18 on November 12, 2021

Savannah Ann Marie Williams ’18 to Joseph Luke Sauls ’19 on May 15, 2021

Andrew Powell Lewiski ’19 to Jordan Warren on September 11, 2021

David Parsons ’19 to Jenna Davidson on November 6, 2021

Sarah Gravatt Bryan ’20 to John Gaiter on November 7, 2020

Laura Ann Kline ’20 to Justin Tinney Jr. on October 23, 2021

Savanna Elizabeth McMillian ’20 to Alex Stephens on October 24, 2021

Madison Makensie Murphy ’20 to Cody Blakley on October 23, 2021

Morgan Leigh Sikes ’20 to Tanner Thompson on September 27, 2020

Zach Philip BeMiller M’21 to Brittany Crawford on October 3, 2021

Anna Thomas Hughes ’91 and her husband, Rick, along with their daughters, Elizabeth and Emory, stopped by campus for a tour.

In Memoriam

Mrs. Ann Rainey Irvin ’46

Mrs. Betty Lou Wright Noland ’47

Mrs. Kathryn Piper Head ’54

The Rev. H. Travis Woodward ’54

Mrs. Janis Marshall Huckeba ’56

Mrs. Leila Josephine Johnson Loyd ’57

Dr. James Truman Trice Jr. ’61

The Rev. Jimmy J. Norred ’62

Ms. Elizabeth Seals Sims ’64

Mr. Ernest Lamar Lee ’67

Ms. Glenda McCary Bridges ’70

Mr. Joe Melvyn Byars ’71

Mr. Randall Stuart Roy ’71

Mr. Ronald William Mason Jr. ’72

Mr. Mitchell Lee Seagraves ’72

Dr. Clifford “Buddy” Allen Walker ’72

Mr. Duke “Buddy” Darrah ’73

Mr. Jack “Randy” Hunnicutt Jr. ’73

Mr. Virgil Braxton Kirby ’74

Ms. Dorothy L. Wright ’76

Mrs. Delores Lanier Stephens ’79

Mr. Tony Hobson Earl III ’81

Mrs. Janice Bradley Murphy ’92

Mrs. Charlene B. Stone R.N, M.N ’93

Mrs. Kristie Herring Brooking ’95

Mr. Jack Timothy Houser Jr. ’98

Mr. George Anthony Broyer ’01

Mr. Grey Kennerly Bell ’04

Mrs. Patty Camp Gordon ’05

Mrs. Cherise Jacquelyn Earley ’14

Mrs. Loretta Dunn Beall, former staff

Mrs. Cindy King Brown, former faculty

Mr. E. Wayne Hunter, former trustee

Mr. Joseph L. Lanier Jr., former trustee

Mr. Donald E. Russell, former leadership council

Mrs. Karen G. Thrower, former staff

EASTON WAYNE HUNTER

Long-serving LaGrange College Trustee Wayne Hunter passed away June 22, 2021, in LaGrange.

A native of Tennessee, he earned a degree in chemical engineering from University of Tennessee and joined Milliken & Co. upon graduation, retiring as division president in 2003 after 40 years with the company.

Active in many community roles, Hunter was honored with the Fuller E. Callaway Award for Lifetime Service to LaGrange College.

EASTON WAYNE HUNTER