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OVER THE MOUNTAIN Journal
A Night in Wonderland Queen Caroline Gray, King Foots Parnell Reign at Krewe Ball
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he Queen of Hearts, Alice and other characters from Wonderland opened the festivities with lively performances at the 48th annual Beaux Arts Krewe Ball. The ball was held Feb. 13 at Birmingham’s Boutwell Auditorium. Twenty-nine young women were presented at the event, which raises money for the Birmingham Museum of Art. King Leighton “Foots” Parnell and Queen Caroline Nabers Gray made grand entrances accompanied by their attendants. Gray is the daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Samuel Eugene Gray of Birmingham. She is a Mountain Brook High School graduate and a junior at Vanderbilt University, where she plans to major in European history. She wore the dress her mother wore when she was Krewe Ball Queen in 1982. Gray’s escort was William Wade Bramlett of Birmingham. The Queen’s Guards included William Selden Dodson Jr., William Anderson Legg Jr., William Dean Nix, Gene Ruffner Page, William Henry Pitts, James Louis Priester, George Malcolm Taylor III and Allen Lynwood Yeilding. Her trainbearers were Frances Adeline Cobbs, Woodward Reeves Gachet, Nancy Ryals Little, Peter Alden McGriff, William Featheringill Pharo, Anne Dixon Veenstra and Marguerite Anne Walters. Parnell, there with his wife, Allene, was attended by Dukes Walter McFarland Beale Jr., Hubert Wesley Goings Jr., Thomas Michael Goodrich, James Fletcher Hughey Jr., Richard John Hydinger, Alexander Montgomery Nading Jr., Murray Wilson Smith and William Stancil Starnes. His trainbearers were Frances Parker Faulconer, Gillian Palmer Goodrich, Braxton Comer Goodrich II, Frances Feagin Sandner, Joseph Edward Welden IV, Michael Riley White, Mary Russell Wood and Madeline Grey Woods. Ladies in Waiting were Virginia Hagood Drennen, Mary Virginia Grisham, Mary Elizabeth Hobbs and Virginia Gilder Smith. Princesses were Anne Fairly Alison, Ann Floyd Stevens Ashton, Helen Cumbee Corey, Victoria Jane Crenshaw, Sarah Elizabeth Dodson, Virginia Lockett Farlow, Emily Irene Gardner, Eulalie Crommelin Draper Given, Grace Evelyn Hawkins, Adelaide Harling King, Katie Lane Wynne Kirkland, Mary Aileen Mackin, Hallie Preuit Mauldin, Elizabeth Lee Miller, Anna Anglin Patterson, Anderson McGuire Pearce, Anne Sloan Pell, Addison McKay Pollard, Sadler Ross Sanders, Sarah Grace Sparks, Katherine Shields Tynes, Mary Harmon Bryant Tyson, Lela Ellen Welden and Emily Fallon Wilson. Pages were Helen Caroline Abele, Julia Fletcher Abele, Margaret Anne Abele, Carolanne Hodge Berte, Eloise Katherine Berte, Sara Frances Berte, Katherine Elizabeth Brennan, Alice Caldwell Byars, Rosemary Casey Cabaniss, Gilder Scout Carruthers, Neely Key Carruthers, Carole Elizabeth Clegg, Ella Cobbs Cook, Mary Jackson Darnall, Thomas Steele Darnall, III, Catherine Edith Driscoll, Sarah Welles Edwards, Payton Elizabeth Flynn, Halli Francis Hollingsworth, Caroline Bishop Hornsby, Sarah Coleman Hornsby, Sarah McCarty Huddle, Ellison Bay Matthews, Sarah Bibb Petznick, Gray Margaret Katherine Powell, Anne Ellen Reynolds, Robert Louis Robinson III, Elizabeth Everett Sandner and Madeline Fay Stephens. ❖ Leigh and Forest Whatley
King Leighton “Foots” Parnell, second from right, with his Dukes. Among his attendants were friends, family members and hunting buddies. Photo special to the Journal by Hank Spencer
Richard and Helen Drennen, Virginia Drennen, Charles Hill and Evelyn Drennen.
Krewe Ball pages joined Alice, the White Rabbit and other Wonderland characters in a colorful pageant.
Above: Collier, DA, Katie and Ingram Tynes. left: Sarah Dodson, Mary Harmon Tyson, Libby Hobbs, Virginia Farlow and Lela Welden. Photos special to the Journal