HOMECOMING YOUNG ALUMNI GOLD SIDE Photos by Terry Bruno
YOUNG ALUMNI PURPLE SIDE ownership of the practice soon after graduation. She is married to Steven Glass, who works as a locksmith and security officer at UM.
2011
Jay Beard is a reporter for The Arab Tribune in Marshall County.
2013
Sarah Dunn had her artwork exhibited at Heritage Hall Museum in Talladega recently. Her show, “Preservation,” involved covering frozen objects with wax, heating the objects, then photographing the pieces as they melted.
Daniel Farris was named Teacherof-the-Year at Thompson Sixth Grade Center in the Alabaster school system. Daniel teaches English and advanced math.
2014
Lila Dostal, of Birmingham, has selfpublished a fantasy novel, The Cry of the South, a book she started when she was 13 years old. Prior to her arrival at UM, Lila earned a degree in professional mariner training, and she is currently teaching English as a second language to school children in Japan.
WEDDINGS
1999
Sheila Jett and Melanie Smith ’95 were married at the Jefferson County Courthouse in Birmingham Feb. 9. Sheila is a physical education teacher at Montevallo Middle School and an adjunct instructor in UM’s kinesiology department, and Melanie is a carpenter in UM’s physical plant.
2008
Stephanie Perry and Barbara Silor ’08 were married and held a ceremony on Oct. 4 at Aldridge Botanical Gardens in Hoover with family, friends and fellow UM alumni. After a honeymoon trip to the beach, the couple resides in Birmingham. Stephanie is the administrative manager in the department of psychiatry at UAB, and Barbara is a marketing and corporate events manager at Daxko.
2013
Emily Brooks Rogers and Forrest Blake Lovett ’13 were married June 6 at The Sonnet House in Leeds. Emily teaches first grade at Vincent Elementary School in Shelby County, and Blake is pursuing a master’s degree
YOUNG ALUMNI GREEN SIDE in education with a focus on social science. Lindsay Kate Glausier ’14 served as Emily’s maid of honor, and bridesmaids included UM alumnae Tina Roberts ’14 and Samantha Hyde ’13.
BIRTHS
2006
Amanda McGinnis Mercer M.Ed. ’07 & ’11, Ed.S. ’14 and her husband, Maurice, welcomed the birth of their second daughter, Kathryn Reese Mercer, in December. Big sister Emma, 3, welcomed the new arrival to the Mercer home in Pelham. Amanda is an assistant principal in the Jefferson County school system, and Maurice works in banking and serves on the Pelham City Council.
Meghan Methvin Suda and her husband Dan Suda ’07 welcomed the birth of their twin daughters, Madison Marie and Ann Riley Suda, Feb. 11, 2015. The family resides in Hoover.
2007
Leah Simpson and husband Casey Simpson ’05 celebrated the birth of their second child, AnnaLee Fayeth Simp-
son, Sept. 19. Big brother Case Simpson welcomed his sister to the family home in McMinnville, Tennessee.
DEATHS
1933
Margaret Bransford Cloud, 103, of Birmingham, died Jan. 23. She worked with her husband, Emmett, in real estate development.
1934
Ina Murl Smith Moore, 105, of Winfield, died Feb. 9. She was a retired elementary school music teacher.
1936
Ann Barr, 100, of Auburn, died in December. She held the position of state leader of Alabama 4-H Clubs for 34 years, retiring in 1984. She also served on the National 4-H Club Council in Washington, D.C., for 33 years, chairing that organization for six years.
1938
Jannette McPhail Argo, 98, of Fairhope, formerly of Jasper, died Jan. 16. She was retired from the Auburn University Cooperative Extension Service with 30 years of service.
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