Spring Beginnings 2024

PHFC STAFF CHANGES

The Presbyterian Home for Children has announced several staffing changes.

Stephani Burton has been appointed to the new position of Vice President of People, Culture and Administration.

Carl Martin has been named Director of Operations and Finance.

“Stephani has demonstrated that she is ready for a senior leadership role at the Home, where she will help us continue to walk-out our calling for providing healing and hope to at-risk children and families,” said Doug Marshall, President and CEO of the Presbyterian Home for Children. “Carl has proven to be a great asset to the Home and will be instrumental in our continued operational and financial success in his new, expanded role.”

Staff Chaplain Rev. Dr. Jane N. Geiger has been named Director of Strategic Impact and Staff Chaplain.

Elizabeth A. Ponder, MA has been hired as Interim Director of Philanthropy.

Rev. Leeann Scarbrough has been named Director of Spiritual Life and Church Relations.

Suzanne Cornett joined the Home in December to serve as Manager of Development/ Donor Relations and Volunteer Coordinator.

“In these new roles, Jane, Elizabeth, Leeann and Suzanne will greatly strengthen the Home in our continued build-out of our long-term strategic plan supported by our donors’ philanthropic commitment of giving and sharing that are primary to the quality of life of those entrusted to our care,” Marshall said.

Wes Harry has joined the Home as Manager of Facilities and Maintenance. He is a master craftsman with a lifetime of experience in construction/renovation and will focus on addressing our needs on campus.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE

Mr. Mark Feagin

Birmingham, Moderator

Rev. Brandon Miles

Florence, Vice Moderator

Mr. George Fritsma Trussville, Immediate Past Moderator

Mr. Newell Witherspoon Huntsville, Treasurer

Ms. Carol Copeland Athens, Secretary

Mr. John W. Haley, Esq.

Birmingham, Legal Counsel

Ms. Lisa deShazo

Mobile, Member At Large

Rev. Christie Ashton Huntsville

Mr. Ted Autterson Mobile

Mr. David Ayers Mobile

Ms. Millie Chastain Talladega

Dr. Jimmy Davis Talladega

Ms. Cathy DeLozier Birmingham

Ms. Paige Goldman, Esq. Birmingham

Mr. Jeff Hicks Montrose

Rev. David Jamison Enterprise

ON THE COVER

SPRING FLING DANCE AT ASCENSION LEADERSHIP ACADEMY

Ascension Leadership Academy hosted a fun and colorful Spring Fling dance in the gym on campus for students in grades 7-12 this March. The students and their guests danced all night.

See photos from the fling on Page 6.

Rev. Tom Lewis Madison

Ms. Regan Liggins Vestavia

Mr. John Myers Bay Minette

Mr. David Perry Birmingham

Rev. Madison Roberts Mountain Brook

Rev. Joseph Scrivner, Ph.D. Tuscaloosa

Dr. Joyce Pettis-Temple Huntsville

Mr. Scott Weldon Mobile

Ms. Janis Williams Huntsville

ADVISORY BOARD MEMBERS

Ms. Amy Dickerson, Hoover

Ms. Mary Otulana, Homewood

Rev. Robin Palmer, Madison

Ms. Christi Robinson, Huntsville

Ms. Brenda Uptain, Talladega

Mr. Chuck Williams, Hiram, GA

The Presbyterian Home for Children is a Christian caring community for children and families in need; serving children and families regardless of race, color, creed, gender, national origin or disability. The ministry is governed by a Board of Trustees elected in part by the Presbytery of Sheppards and Lapsley,

Rev. Jonathan Yarboro, Wetumpka Beginnings Editorial Staff: Cindy Fisher, Brad Fisher

FROM THE PRESIDENT

For 156 years, the Presbyterian Home for Children has cared for children in need. While the manner of that ministry has evolved over the years, our promise to care for some of the state’s most vulnerable citizens has remained as constant as the Northern Star.

Another step in the evolution of the Home’s ministry will occur this spring. In this issue of Beginnings, you’ll read that the Home is making a purposeful shift to expand our Secure Dwellings program to help fill a critical need for more shelter options for homeless children and their mothers.

This strategic action involved closing in March our Moderate Care program, a residential program that has served up to eight abused and/or neglected teen girls at a time in Robinson Cottage. When Robinson Cottage and Whitfield Cottage are completely renovated, both will be available for our Secure Dwellings program. This will double our capacity to serve homeless children and their mothers we currently help – families who are being left behind in Alabama and beyond because there are not enough programs like ours.

Recently, we shared at Presbytery meetings across the state that a new population of children will soon be helped by the Home. We are grateful to join a highly successful program across the country called Caminos.®

Children without a legal guardian, young and vulnerable, from all over the world face exploitation, abuse, and human trafficking in the United States. Presbyterian Home for Children is opening the Caminos® program because we believe all of God’s children deserve the love of Christ in a safe, welcoming, home environment. Our bilingual staff will help ensure their prospective sponsor’s home in Alabama is safe. Once the young person is placed in a home, our social workers will provide ongoing case management for these precious and vulnerable ones, many of whom are children with intellectual or physical disabilities and are at a high risk of being trafficked. These children are already in the United States with legal protections as minors. Under our Caminos® program, each will receive crucial social services, not residential housing from the Home. Currently, there are very limited resources available in Alabama to help protect this population, and we are proud to help these children in the name of Christ.

Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world.

James 1:27

Our steadfast focus on our mission and on stewardship has been recognized as we strategically prepare to serve even more children and families. The Presbyterian Home for Children has again received a Four-Star Rating – the top rating available – for operational excellence and integrity from Charity Navigator, the nation’s leading evaluator of charities. The Four-Star Rating designates PHFC as a “Give with Confidence” charity.

This recognition shows our community, our donors, and our supporters – and most importantly the children and families who depend on us – that we are a stable and well-run organization with financial integrity and transparency.

As you can see, there’s a lot going on at the Presbyterian Home for Children. I invite you to reach out to me if you have further questions. We want to thank our staff, Board, and donors for supporting us through a year of massive changes in the organization – all so that we continue to thrive as we care for children and families entrusted to our care.

Peace,

Doug Marshall President

Historical postcard of Whitfield Cottage

Students got to make new artwork with artist and longtime Home friend Karla Shackleford who returned for an art class.

ALA elementary students celebrated the birthday of Dr. Seuss by planting the Truffulala tree seed and watching it grow. Activities like this promote that reading is fun.

Students celebrated Mardi Gras by riding in the annual Talladega parade again this year.

HIGHLIGHTS

Ascension Leadership Academy has had a strong fall and winter with field trips, service projects and parades.

Ascension students and teachers made a field trip to the McWane Science Center in Birmingham in mid February for a special learning experience. They got to pet sharks and stingrays in the World of Water aquarium display that teaches about oceans and lakes. They explored the Science Quest section with the bed of nails, anti-gravity mirror and more. And they got to reenact the uncovering of dinosaur bones in a paleontology excavation lab.

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Ascension also welcomed student Izzy Lackey to share information about her extracurricular activity in the Civil Air Patrol. The seventh grader, who is also an excellent student, recently gave a PowerPoint presentation to students in grades 7-12 about her participation in Civil Air Patrol, the official civilian Air Force. She outlined her opportunity to be in Delta Flight and other details she wanted other students to know about the organization. Izzy has already completed all seventh grade requirements during first semester and made all As in all classes. She started her eighth grade classes after the holidays and plans to complete both semesters of eighth grade by the end of this semester.

ALA students learned the importance of giving back by making picture frames for residents at the Presbyterian Oaks Retirement Home and taking the frames to the Home to have lunch with the residents, sing for them

spend time with them.

ASCENSION LEADERSHIP ACADEMY TEACHER FEATURE

Melba Strickland loves working with young children “and seeing the lightbulb come on” when they learn new skills. Ms. Strickland has seen more than her share of lightbulbs as a teacher of the kindergarten class at Ascension Leadership Academy, the Cognia-accredited school operated by the Presbyterian Home for Children.

“Students at ALA are expected to be successful in their acquisition of skills, and the instruction is designed to meet them where they are academically and as rapidly as possible move them to where they should be,” Ms. Strickland said. “When students are behind academically, they rapidly make progress, and when they are achieving above expectations, their instruction is designed to continue their above-grade-level achievement.”

She said she loved to pretend to be a teacher when she was a little girl, and her first-grade teacher inspired her to teach children in the early grades. After graduating from Middle Tennessee State University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education and a minor in Elementary Education, she taught for seven years at an elementary school in South Pittsburg, Tenn., before moving to Talladega.

In Talladega, she taught pre-K 4-year-olds at First Baptist Church CDC for 19 years. She began working part-time at Ascension Leadership Academy in November 2021 and began teaching the kindergarten class in August 2022. As a hobby, she collects Dr. Seuss items. “We provide many fun Dr. Seuss activities for the students during the week of his birthday, and the students enjoy the days I dress in Dr. Seuss attire,” Ms. Strickland said. “We have fun learning.” She is married to Tommy Strickland, owner of AVPro Services and pastor of Ridgeview Baptist Church. They have two sons and four grandchildren.

DONATED BELL GETS NEW LIFE AT PHFC

A bronze bell that once announced the arrival of a locomotive and later celebrated the start of services at a North Birmingham church will have a third life at the Presbyterian Home for Children. The bell was donated to the Home by the congregation of Gardendale Presbyterian Church, along with funds to build a scaffold to display the artifact. The gift was made in the name of Gardendale church member Evelyn Mae Fitzgerald Boozer, who loved the bell and the Presbyterian Home for Children.

The bell itself tells some of its history. No one knows what kind of engine the bell adorned in its first life, but an inscription atop the bell announces that the Frisco Railway Co. donated the bell to C.G. Fleck on behalf of North Birmingham Presbyterian Church in 1950.

Rodney Mewborne, a member of the session of Gardendale Presbyterian Church, said the bell announced the beginning of services from a bell tower at North Birmingham Presbyterian Church for decades. North Birmingham Presbyterian Church moved from the corner of 26th Street and 37th Avenue to Gardendale in 1980 and became Gardendale Presbyterian Church. The bell came with the congregation, but the new church had no bell tower, so the bell went into storage.

Mrs. Boozer, who moved with the North Birmingham congregation to the new church in Gardendale, wanted the bell to be part of the new church. Mewborne said there were discussions about making the bell the centerpiece of a new sign for the Gardendale church, but it never happened.

Mrs. Boozer was also a strong advocate for Presbyterian charities, especially the Presbyterian Home for Children. After Mrs. Boozer passed away, the session of Gardendale Presbyterian Church decided to find a new home for the bell within the presbytery.

Gardendale Presbyterian Church has been a faithful and historical mission partner with the Home for many years, so Pastor Jeff Bonner and Mewborne offered the bell and some memorial funds donated by Mrs. Boozer to help display it at the Home. The gift was gratefully accepted.

Wes Harry, the Home’s Manager of Facilities and Maintenance, is a skilled craftsman, and he brought the bell back to life as a showcase in the aptly named Bell Administration Building.

“The Presbyterian Home for Children is delighted to give this historic bell another chance to be of service,” said Doug Marshall, President and CEO of the Home. “This is a fitting gift. For more than 156 years, we’ve been the Home of second chances – giving at-risk children and families the chance to be the people God intended them to be.”

HOME HOSTS SPRING FLING DANCE

Ascension Leadership Academy hosted a fun and colorful Spring Fling dance in the gym on campus for students in grades 7-12. The dance was held to provide an engaging and safe gathering for the school’s growing middle and high school enrollment that is now at 21 students. And students were encouraged to bring a friend or date. Ascension’s Terry Liner oversaw the decorations, DJ, and food, and she was supported by instructional assistant Halie Davie and some of the high school students. Teacher Kendell Creel and his wife Terry brought in a volunteer dance teacher to show the students line dances during PE classes leading up to the dance so they would be ready to boogie on the big night. The students had a ball at the dance – and most danced every dance.

NEW BOARD OFFICERS FOR 2024

The Board of the Presbyterian Home for Children approved its Executive Committee for 2024.

Mark D. Feagin of Homewood is Moderator for the Board of Trustees and serves on PHFC’s Resource Development Committee. His professional background is in the banking industry, where he worked for Regions for 23 years as well as Iberibank, JP Morgan Chase and Community Bank of Mississippi. He and his wife are members of Ashbury Methodist Church.

Rev. Brandon Miles is Vice Moderator for the Board and also serves as Chair of the Home’s Property Committee. Miles has served as pastor of First Presbyterian Church of Florence since 2013 and earlier served as Family Ministry Coordinator at Oakmont Presbyterian Church in Birmingham. Miles and his wife have three young children.

George Fritsma of Trussville is Immediate Past Moderator for the Board of Trustees and also serves on the Governance Committee. Retired from the UAB faculty since 2007, Fritsma serves as a medical laboratory consultant to the UAB Department of Pathology, a consultant to several diagnostics companies, and he is an adjunct associate professor for Michigan State and Rutgers universities.

He and his wife attend Cahaba Springs Presbyterian Church.

Carol R. Copeland of Athens has been re-elected as the Board’s Secretary and serves as Chair on PHFC’s Programs Committee. Newell Witherspoon of Birmingham was re-elected as Treasurer and serves as Chair of the Finance Committee. John Haley, Esq of Birmingham remains as Legal Counsel.

Lisa deShazo is a new member of the Board of Trustees for 2024, a new member at large of the Executive Committee and also serves on the Governance Committee. deShazo, who grew up in Talladega, is a member of Government Street Presbyterian Church. She has served as a member of the Board of Trustees in the past and is retired from the Department of Human Resources, where she worked in the child welfare program and the personnel department.

Additional new members of the Board of Trustees for 2024 are David Ayers of Mobile, Cathy DeLozier of Vestavia Hills and Scott Weldon of Mobile.

Ayers is sales and product application manager for Certex USA, where he has worked for 35 years. He also is a live performance sound engineer and outdoor writer for magazines. Ayers serves

on the Home’s Property Committee. He and his wife attend Spring Hill Presbyterian Church.

DeLozier is a partner with SoWowMe Marketing Communications and a member of Independent Presbyterian Church with her husband. She is also a freelance writer and public relations consultant and serves on the Home’s Resource Development Committee.

Scott Weldon retired from the University of South Alabama in Mobile after a 32-year career in higher education. At USA, Weldon served as the Vice-President for Finance and Administration. Prior to his time at USA, he was an auditor with Ernst and Young for nine years. Weldon serves on PHFC’s Finance Committee. He is a member of Government Street Presbyterian Church and has two adult children.

Members of the Home’s Advisory Board are appointed by the President and confirmed by the Board of Trustees to serve on various committees.

New Advisory Board member for 2024 is Amy Hill Dickerson of Birmingham. She is a member of South Highland Presbyterian.

RENOVATIONS UNDERWAY TO GROW SECURE DWELLINGS PROGRAM

The Presbyterian Home for Children started renovations of Whitfield Cottage last December to make room for even more female caregivers and their children as part of our expansion plan of our Secure Dwellings program that is in high demand. We have had construction crews on campus with all-hands-on-deck to prepare Whitfield Cottage to house seven additional at-risk families at our Talladega campus.

Whitfield Cottage’s renovations include new interior painting, upgraded bathrooms and kitchens, and brand-new furniture. Growing Secure Dwellings fills a critical need seen throughout Alabama to provide more shelter options for homeless children and their mothers who are being left behind because there are not enough programs like ours. Our Secure Dwellings program is also one of few that accepts moms with teen boys, which allows us to keep families in crisis together.

We will soon also convert Robinson Cottage to house even more homeless children on campus with their female caregivers. With the repurposing of these two cottages, our Secure Dwellings program will be able to help 24 families at a time on our campus, thus doubling our current capacity.

Our Secure Dwellings program places moms in apartments or private bedrooms with their children. Moms get support from our social workers/case managers who guide them toward gainful employment or education to help them become independent after the one-year program is complete. While living on campus, their children attend our accredited private school or the Cheaha Regional Head Start preschool program through our collaborative local efforts.

SECURE DWELLINGS PROVIDES STABILITY

At the Presbyterian Home for Children, Vonna and her two children have found something they never had before: Stability.

Her ex-fiancé kicked them out of his house, sending Vonna and her kids into the unwelcoming and unstable arms of her dysfunctional family. Just when it looked like the young family was “about to end up living in a car that didn’t run,” a social worker introduced Vonna to the Secure Dwellings Program at the Presbyterian Home for Children.

“We’re more than blessed to be here,” Vonna said. “It’s the best thing I could have asked for. I could not ask for anything better.”

Her goal now is to “save and save and save” and buy some land for a trailer, “someplace that’s stable that no one can take away from us.”

The Secure Dwellings Program provides safe transitional housing on the PHFC campus to homeless children and their

legal female caregiver. The caregiver receives employment assistance, help obtaining benefits and life skills training. For the children who have been homeless, Secure Dwellings is a save haven for them to rest, grow, play, and learn.

There is a critical need seen throughout Alabama to provide more shelter options for homeless children and their mothers. That’s why the Home has undertaken an ambitious program of renovating and repurposing cottages so that our Secure Dwellings Program will be able to help 24 families at a time on our campus, doubling our capacity.

Big thanks to Wayne Wilson, right, who has a special place in his heart for the Presbyterian Home for Children after working here from 2001 to 2017. He has volunteered many hours to improve Whitfield Cottage and mentor youth on the campus.

PRESBYTERIAN HOME FOR CHILDREN JOINS THE SYNOD OF LIVING WATERS

The Presbyterian Home for Children has been approved to join the Synod of Living Waters in a covenant relationship that expands support for the Home into Tennessee, Mississippi and Kentucky.

In the covenant, the Home and the Synod will strengthen the Home’s mission to provide caring and therapeutic communities for children and families in need, to assist children and families toward a healthier life together and, in the event of family separation, to provide both families and children with help toward the best possible alternatives.

The Home will be helped by the Synod to be a primary resource for the well-being of children and to nurture and enrich families. The Home, through the covenant, will seek collaborations and partnerships with Presbyterian and other community organizations that will strengthen the Home’s programs as well as its financial future as a privately supported ministry of the Presbyterian Church.

In the covenant, the Home agrees to consult with the Synod and its constituent Presbyteries with respect to the selection of Trustees, and the Home will report regularly through the President/CEO to the presbyteries, the Synod and congregations of the Synod.

The Synod of Living Waters, which is a regional mid-council of the Presbyterian Church USA with jurisdiction over the presbyteries in the states of Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, and Mississippi, has a mission to form, foster, and further relationships “in ways that empower our congregations and presbyteries, inspire our leaders, and nurture the next generation of the church.”

The Synod of Living Waters commits in the covenant to undergird Presbyterian Home for Children spiritually by praying for its leadership, staff, and residents and to promote understanding of the Home through visibility on the synod’s website and a presence in its synod-wide communications.

At the spring Synod Executive Forum, leaders from these states celebrated the Synod’s new covenant relationship with the Home. Thanks be to God!

SPREADING LOVE IN THE BLACK BELT

This Valentine's Day, we had the incredible opportunity to spread LOVE and JOY at ABC Elementary in the Alberta community of Wilcox County.

Through our partnership with M.I.N.D. Mentoring in New Dimensions, the Presbyterian Home for Children extends its ministry beyond our campus, reaching children and youth in Wilcox and Marengo counties located in the heart of the impoverished Black Belt of Alabama. Being a part of the Mission Outreach team, partnering with M.I.N.D., is a wonderful experience for the Home. It brings the staff so much joy to see all the smiles and spend time with the kids we serve in the area. The students are simply AWESOME!

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THE REV. DR. SHEP CRIGLER

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James Marsh

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PAULA HAYNES

Susan Sears

DORIS AND BILL HEACOCK

Scott Collins

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BERTHA E. HEREFORD

Susan and Hall Bryant Jr.

Josephine Tucker

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ROBERT H. "BOBBY" HOLLIS JR.

Hayne and Cindy Hollis

HOPE ACADEMY

Shonpaul Dukes

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WILLIAM HUSTON

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Susan Lewis

A. Wright Marshall

Jane McBride

Kermit and Gerry Moore

Bobbie O'Farrell

Anna Van Meter

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Janet Brown

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ROBERT KENSEY

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SHERRY LANGLEY

Jean Moore

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Joan Last

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George Fritsma

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Robert Marshall

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Westminster Presbyterian Church of Florence

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Louise and Pierce Boyd

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Dr. Stephen and Susan Henderson

HANNAH ESTHER MATTHEWS

Joan Last

CHARLES MAYS

Nelson and Cassie Forbes

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Kermit and Gerry Moore

Bobbie O'Farrell

MARTHA AND GEORGE MCBURNEY

Robert Marshall

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Sarah Allen

SARAH THOMAS MCLEAN

Sarah Allen

BERNICE AND OSCAR MCCLURE

Linda Keith

REV. DR. M. SCOTT MCCLURE

The Rev. Peggy McClure

FRED M. MCCORMICK III

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JEWELL DEAN MCEACHERN

Sarah Dial

Mary Smith

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Robert McLeod

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Joe Medlock

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Luvern Jones

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Jean Moore

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OLLIE CARDEN ODEN

William and Vicky Fisher Jr.

DEAN O'FARRELL SR.

Elliott and Sharron Abernethy

Dagnal and Melissa Rowe

E. DENISE OSBORNE

W. Herbert Osborne III

GERALDINE M. OTT

Theodore Ott

OUR PARENTS

James and Ida Jo Daughtry

OUR PARENTS

Augusta F. and William Long Forbes

P

ZANE M. PHILLIPS

Rebecca Harbor Jones

DEEDIE AND RAY PITMAN

Linda Keith

KATHRYN PRYSTUP

James McGahey

R

MARY WILLA RICHARDS

Sarah Dial

GINI RICHARDSON

Col. Robert Bonn

EVELYN ROBERSON

Mildred Chastain

George Fritsma

Highland City Club

Carl Martin CRE

Martha Martin

EMILY ANN CUMMINGS ROBERTS

Lea Ann Allen

GORDON LEE ROBERTS

Lea Ann Allen

MEMORIAL GIFTS

SHALER S. ROBERTS JR., M.D.

Robert Marshall

CLIFF AND MARY ROGERS

Col. Clyde Jr. and Gwen Westbrook

S

ALBERT RUDOLPH SCHILD JR.

Bobbie O'Farrell

PAUL AND VERA SCHNADER

H. Russell Camp

KATHLEEN SCHROER

Kermit and Gerry Moore

KAY BLAYLOCK SCOTT

David Toner

MILDRED SCOTT

Wanda Scott

F.N. (BILL) SEFTON IV

Mary Claire Sefton

LOUISE SEWELL

Dr. Stephen and Susan Henderson

DR. LARRY SHANNON

Robert and Virginia Ennis

DOMMIE SHARPE

Drew Barnett

JANELLE CLARK SHEEHAN

Mrs. Herbert Coleman

BARRETT SHELTON

Carolyn Shelton

DAVID SHIPPER

Stanley Shipper

JAMES AND MARY SILAVENT

Linda Silavent McMillan

E. R. "BUCK" AND EVA JEAN SMITHERMAN

Julie and Scott Rich

RAYMOND E. SMITHEY

Ellen Davis

THE RECENT LOSS OF FRIENDS FROM SOUTH HIGHLAND

Leland and Martha Keller

GUY J. SPENCER JR.

Sally Spencer Noori

EVA BELL STANKARD

Gail and Sonny Sharman

THORNTON STANLEY

Susan and Hall Bryant Jr.

CRAWFORD STEINBERG

Dr. Donald Russell Jr.

PEARL STEPHENSON

Stephen Chappelear

FELICIA AYERS STOREY

Edward Hall

Dorothy Martin

MR. AND MRS. W. F. STRAUGHN SR.

Margaret B. and W. Frank Straughn Jr.

T

CURTIS WYLIE TAYLOR

Thomas Auchter

WILLIAM M. THOMAS

Lyndon Thomas Flegel

CLIFF THOMPSON

Shirley Childs

WILLIAM ALLEN TRUESDELL

Carolyn Mills

CHARLES TUCKER

Jeanne Rizzardi

HOWARD TURNER

Susan and Hall Bryant Jr.

MR. AND MRS. B.S. TUTWILER JR.

Mary Loy Smith

V

DR. NEAL VAN MARTER

Lauri Biegler

Canopy Life International

Susan DuPree

Jane Emerson

George Jallo

Jill Jones

Leslie Lubell

Lia Webster

HARRY C. AND JEAN S. VAUGHN

Harry Vaughn

W

JEAN ROBINSON WALKER

Jane McBride

DR. BILL WARD

Louise and Pierce Boyd

Tommy and Jean Harwell

CHARLOTTE (BET) WATSON

Kermit and Gerry Moore

DON T. WATSON

Leila Watson

PAULA WELDON

Scott Weldon

ROBERT WATSON

Charlotte and Roger Heath

BOBBIE WELLS

Patricia Brown

PAGE WILLIAMSON

Richard Allen

NANCY WILLISSON

Josephine Tucker

MR. AND MRS. D.A. WILTSIE

Donna Wiltsie

PATTI WINTER

Dr. Jim W. Davis

Nelson and Cassie Forbes

Kim Slay

Glenn and Sandra Thomas

ROBERT D. WORD JR.

Susan and Hall Bryant Jr.

LANEY WYATT

Scott Hemphill

Y

FELIX CALVIN YARBORO

Helen Yarboro

Longtime former and beloved president of the Presbyterian Home for children, Rev. Benjamin Steven Booth, passed away in November at the age of 89. Booth, who was president of the Home from 1981 until his retirement in 2001, died at his home in Mentone on Nov. 21. Before coming to the Home in Talladega, he served pastorates in Illinois, Pennsylvania and his native state of Virginia as a Presbyterian minister PC(USA), and he was executive director of the Presbyterian Children’s Home of the Highlands in Virginia.

“Staff members who worked at the Home during his tenure tell me that a recurring theme during Rev. Booth’s presidency was that the PHFC should evolve to meet the changing needs of children and teens while also maintaining the timeless lessons and traditions that never need to change,” Doug Marshall, current president and CEO of the Home said. “Many of the premier ministries of the Home, including what is now Ascension Academy, were launched during his presidency.”

Ascension Leadership Academy features a fully Cognia-accredited academic curriculum focusing on academics and leadership for the Home’s residential children and youth in addition to children and youth from the community. It is located at North Street East in Talladega.

Booth is survived by Susan, his wife of almost 50 years, who worked with the Home’s music program and toured the state’s Presbyterian churches to present music programs and generate support for the Home.

1868

SOCIETY

CHILDREN’S CHAMPION

Larry and Lee Anderson

Brenda Blevins

James and Claudia Carroll

The 1868 Society is the Home’s Annual Pledge campaign and recognizes donors who make an ongoing commitment to support the ministry to children that has been the Home’s mission for more than 150 years. Gifts to the 1868 campaign of $1,868 or above may be made by a one-time gift or pledged and paid in installments throughout the year. Contact Suzanne Cornett, Manager of Development and Donor Relations, at 256-362-8284 for more information.

1868 SOCIETY

Elliott and Sharron Abernethy

Sarah Allen

Dr. Susan Ashbee

Rev. E. Rebecca and Dr. Jim W. Davis

John and Sandy Haley

Steve and Ann Hester

Joanne Horn

Synda Johnson

Judy Lawrence

Carolyn Shelton

CHILDREN’S GUARDIAN

Horace Allen

Louise and Pierce Boyd

Dr. Richard and Sherry Freeman

George and Margaret Fritsma

F. Jeff Hicks

Marion McWilliams

Linda Richey

Steve and Ginna Siniard

Michael Thompson

Rev. Christie and Bill Ashton

Diane Beck

Heather Benoit

Valerie Burrage

Robert Captain

James and Ida Jo Daughtry

Douglas Deslattes

Mark and Elan Feagin

Claire Friday

Jacqueline Gaines

Judy and Andrew Gettys

Herbert and Lois Guendel

Phillip and Rhonda Hadley

Douglas and Randi Harbin

Linda and Larry Harris

Madeleine Hill

Clint Innocenti

Glenn and Lynn Johnson

Mark and Linda Johnson

Richard and Eileen Katz

Leland and Marty Keller

Patricia King

Rev. Tom and Barbara Lewis

Robert Marshall

Doug and Christy Marshall

Carl Martin

Dr. Sarah Martin

John McClanahan

Price and Elizabeth McGiffert

Rev. Rosemary and Dennis

McMahan

Joe and Kate McNeel

Malcolm and Margaret Morrison

Karen O'Brien

Ruth and Charles Oliver

Mary and Shegun Otulana

Rev. Robin and Rev. David Palmer

Richard Pass

David and Cindy Perry

Mary Beth and Joe Philips

Ben and Becca Phillips

Marv and Elizabeth Price

Sara Reed

Joe Rives

Christi and Joel Robinson

Alan and Linda Speaker

Deborah and David Stegall

Frank and Mickey Straughn

Susan Sutherland

Joel and Lynda Tremaine

Peggy Turner

Roland and Peggy Walker

Anne Whitfield

Wayne and Claire Whitmore

Norma Williamson

Newell and Mary Witherspoon

David and Laura Woodruff

ADAMON AND MIRANDA ABERNETHY

Elliott and Sharron Abernethy

SHARON AND ELLIOTT ABERNETHY

John and Sue Shaver

NAN ADAMS

Bette Lewis

DR. LYLE L. AGARDY

Lissa and Marc Tyson

ALL CHILDREN

Janice Turner

CAROL ALLEN

Charles Allen

CHARLES W. ALLEN JR. AND FAMILY

Charles Allen

JAMES J. ALLEN AND FAMILY

Charles Allen

JOYCE ALLEN

Tom and Sharon Hudson

THOMAS HORACE ALLEN

Charles Allen

B

JACK E (WOODY) BARNES JR.

James Barnes

Janet Barnes

JAMES ROBERT BARNES

Janet Barnes

Mary Rose Gray

JANET BARNES

James Barnes

Mary Rose Gray

MR. AND MRS. PAUL BEARD

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MARGARET BEASLEY

Margaret B. and W. Frank Straughn Jr.

BOOZER FAMILY

Lana and Jerry Boozer

DR. AND MRS. RICHARD BORIE

Tony and Lora Hubbard

MG(RET) AND MRS. C. MARK BOWEN

Louise and Pierce Boyd

THE BOYD FAMILY

Price Boyd

MR. AND MRS. ED BOYD

Louise and Pierce Boyd

LOUISE AND PIERCE BOYD

Alan and Pam Hall

DR. AND MRS. M. S. BRASFIELD

Louise and Pierce Boyd

JENNIFER BRAXTON

Mark Feagin

MR. AND MRS. CHARLIE BREWER

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MR. AND MRS. FRED BROWN

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MR. AND MRS. KEVIN BROWN

Louise and Pierce Boyd

THE ALAN BRUCE FAMILY

Alan and Pam Hall

MR. AND MRS. ALAN BRUCE

Louise and Pierce Boyd

THE DONALD BRUCE FAMILY

Alan and Pam Hall

THE REV. DR. TOM BRYSON

Gail Lucas

THE BULGER FAMILY

John and Sue Shaver

MR. AND MRS. GARY BUSBY

Louise and Pierce Boyd

C

PATSY CHANEY

Molly Dorman

SANDRA AND GARY CHAPMAN

Dorothy Hill

OUR CHILDREN

Diane Lynn

DEBBIE CHILDRESS

Karla and David Shackleford

PATTIE AND JOHN CLINE

John and Sue Shaver

PEGGY AND BILL COLLINS

John and Sue Shaver

JOE V AND LILY COMER

Kate Fisher

MR. AND MRS. JIM COOPER AND FAMILY

Tony and Lora Hubbard

MR. AND MRS. RICHARD COOPER AND FAMILY

Tony and Lora Hubbard

CAROL COPELAND

Carol Field

CAROL AND STEVE COPELAND

Matthew and Diann Copeland

Anita Raby

SUZANNE CORNETT

Michael and Gail Cornett

Charles Michael and Sandy Stilson

DR. CATHERINE COX AND ROBERT WOOSTER

Ann Ross

MR. AND MRS. JAMES BRADY CREEL

Louise and Pierce Boyd

ANN CRIGLER

Elliott and Sharron Abernethy

D

LARRY AND BECKY DAWSON

Lee and Janet Parnell

SANDY DEASON

Karla and David Shackleford

MR. AND MRS. RAY DELMARTER

Louise and Pierce Boyd

LILA DEXTER

Stephen Siniard

VERA DOUGLAS

Lacie Maynard

CHARLES AND SANDY DURHAM

Tony and Lora Hubbard

E

MR. AND MRS. VALREY W. EARLY

Ann and Forrest Wilson Jr.

JANET AND TED ELLETT

John and Sue Shaver

JAKE AND CAROLINE ELROD

Frank and Ruth Vinz

GINNY AND HAYS EVANS

John and Sue Shaver

F

MR. AND MRS. LEROY FAITH

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MARK FEAGIN

Fran and John Freeman

STAFF AT FIRST PRESTBYERIAN CHURCH OF FLORENCE

Richard and Barbara Peck

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF LIVINGSTON

Nathan and Beth Abernethy

ML AND JEWELL FITE

Linda Cantrell

CASSIE AND NELSON FORBES

Donna and Ben Kelly

FOSTER PARENTS

John and Janet Spears

MR. AND MRS. BILLY FREIBERG

Tony and Lora Hubbard

BARBARA AND STEVE FRIDAY

Louise and Pierce Boyd

Alan and Pam Hall

JANE AND TOM FRITH

John and Sue Shaver

GEORGE AND MARGARET FRITSMA

Edward Giddens

Kay Southern

G

MS. SUE GARRISON

Elliott and Sharron Abernethy

John and Sue Shaver

MR. AND MRS. MIKE GEE

Louise and Pierce Boyd

JUDY GETTYS

Judy and Andrew Gettys

GENE GILLIAM

Frank Gilliam

DENNIS AND LEIGH GRAY

Elliott and Sharron Abernethy

MARGIE GRAY

Arden Humphrey

THE GUDEMAN FAMILY

John and Sue Shaver

SPECIAL HONORS

In Honor Of PATRICIA THOMAS on her birthday

Lyndon Thomas Flegel

In Honor Of JANIS WILLIAMS on her birthday

Charlie Bozeman

Stephen Bryne

Millie Chastain

Melinda Inglis

Toni Locke

Doug Marshall

Carl Martin

Marilyn Miller

Ellen Rosson

Stella Wilson

HONOR GIFTS

DR. AND MRS. KEITH GUINN

Louise and Pierce Boyd

DR. AND MRS. GUNNELLS

Elton and Edi Birch

HALAN PAM HALL

Louise and Pierce Boyd

HOLLY AND BRAD HALL

John and Sue Shaver

MR. AND MRS. CHARLIE HAMILTON

Louise and Pierce Boyd

THE REV. DR. TERRY HAMILTON-POORE

Carl Martin

LENORA HAMRICK

Louise and Pierce Boyd

CW4(RET) AND MRS. JOLLY HARPER

Louise and Pierce Boyd

SUSIE AND TOMMY HARPER

John and Sue Shaver

MR. AND MRS. DANNY HARRISON

Louise and Pierce Boyd

PAULA AND DAVID HATCH

John and Sue Shaver

BILL AND CAROLE HENRY

Charles Michael and Sandy Stilson

MR. AND MRS. CHARLES E. HILBURN

Lissa and Marc Tyson

AL AND JAN HILL

Gary and Sandra Chapman

Dorothy Hill

Janet Hill

BILL AND DOTTIE HILL

Gary and Sandra Chapman

JANET HILL

Dorothy Hill

LARRY AND JANET HILL

Gary and Sandra Chapman

RON AND CARLA HILL

Gary and Sandra Chapman

Dorothy Hill

JEAN HINTON

Nancy McCain

ROSA HOOPER

Lissa and Marc Tyson

TONY AND LORA HUBBARD

Thomas and Beth Smith

ARDEN HUMPHREY

Margie Gray

DR. AND MRS. VERNON HUNTER

Dr. Sarah Martin

JO BETH HURT

Tom and Jane Frith

J

HARPER AND JACKSON

Martha Anne Petty

CHARLES AND ROSEMARY JAGER

Jo Beth and Bob Hurt

FRANK AND JOTHANY JAMES

Susan Rains

ALEX AND RACHAEL JOHNSON

Angie Sterling

EMALYN JOHNSON

Dorothy Hill

PEGGY JOHNSON

Richard and Louise Johnson

DR. CATLIN JONES

Mary Nelle Dill

SHELLEY JONES

Nancy McCain

K

DR. AND MRS. GARY KANIA

Louise and Pierce Boyd

CRAIG MILNER KARLSON

John McLean and Lisa Trotter

CORY AND TED KIM

Bronwyn Poole

JENNIFER AND TIM KNAPP

John and Sue Shaver

MR. AND MRS. JOEL KUCHARSKI

Tony and Lora Hubbard

MR. AND MRS. CHRIS KYLE JR

Tony and Lora Hubbard

L

MERYLE LAWLEY

First Presbyterian Church of Jackson

LUCY LETY

Dorothy Hill

THE REV. AND MRS. TOM LEWIS

Janice Hutton

JOANNE LIGHTER

Russell and Martha Olvera

MR. AND MRS. DENNIS LOGAN

Tony and Lora Hubbard

JUDITH T. LURIE

Robert Lurie

M

MARIANA FAMILY

Lana and Jerry Boozer

CARL MARTIN

Mark Feagin

MR. AND MRS. JIM MARTIN

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MS. GLADYS MASON

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MS. MARY MASON

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MATHEWS FAMILY

Lana and Jerry Boozer

MATT MCGINN

Joe and Erskine Ross

EDMON MCKINLEY

Louise and Pierce Boyd

REV. BRANDON MILES AND THE STAFF OF FIRST PRESBYTERIAN

CHURCH OF FLORENCE

Tom and Jane Frith

FLO MILLER

First Presbyterian Church of Jackson

DR. AND MRS. JIM MILLS

Tony and Lora Hubbard

BERT AND ELIZABETH MOORE

John and Sue Shaver

MR. AND MRS. BILL MOORE

Louise and Pierce Boyd

JEAN MOORE

Chuck and Sharon Moore

KERMIT AND GERRY MOORE

Elliott and Sharron Abernethy

DEAN AND DEE MOOTY

Thomas and Beth Smith

DONNA MORRIS

Karla and David Shackleford

JOY MORRIS

Karla and David Shackleford

MOTHER

Cornwallis Hudson

KENNITH MOUNT

Patricia Caton

N

THE NADEAUS

Angie Sterling

SID AND SUSAN NELSON

Louise and Pierce Boyd

THE REV. NICOLE NEWTON

Carl Martin

CONSTANCE NIBERT

Timothy Nibert

BETH NICHOLSON AND PROVIDENCE CHOIR

Bette Lewis

MARGARET NORTHEN

Beverly Brasell

CHILDREN OF JOHN T. NUNNELLEY

SR - LUCIE, TONY, DAVID, PAM, AND CINDY

Patricia Nunnelley

HONOR GIFTS

WENDY NIBERT ROGERS

Timothy Nibert

MR.AND MRS. MARK ROSS AND REBECCA

Janis and Bruce Williams P

ELAINE PANNELL

Bill Pannell

MARGARET AND RYAN PARKER

John and Sue Shaver

LEE AND JANET PARNELL

Larry and Becky Dawson

KATHY AND DAVE PAYNE

John and Sue Shaver

MRS. PIERRE PELHAM

Tony and Lora Hubbard

THE PHFC STAFF

Elizabeth Ponder

NANCY AND CHARLIE PIKE

John and Sue Shaver

THE REV. LUKE PONDER

Molly Dorman

Alan and Pam Hall

Mary Tartt

MARSHA AND CHESTER PUGH

Louise and Pierce Boyd

Alan and Pam Hall

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MR. AND MRS. W. G. QUARLES

Ann and Forrest Wilson Jr.

R

REV. LEANNE PEARCE REED

Gail Lucas

LAURA REDDICK REICHERT

Dianne Johnson

Tony and Lora Hubbard

DON AND EDITH RUGGLES

David and Polly Ruggles

S

NELL SAMFORD AND ALLEN SAMFORD

Edith and Jacob Walker III

MR. AND MRS. ROBERT SCHLEUSNER

Ann Ross

BILL SCOTT

Polly Banks

SUE AND JOHN SHAVER

Elliott and Sharron Abernethy

Tom and Jane Frith

RICHARD AND ANNETTE SHELBY

Gene Bennett

FORD AND JUDY SIMPSON

Tony and Lora Hubbard

JOHN H. SIMS

Cynthia Sims

ANN SIRLES

Janet Barnes

ARTHUR SMITH

Joe and Erskine Ross

PASTOR TIM SMITH, SHANA SMITH, AND SKYLAR SMITH

Arden Humphrey

TOMMY AND BETH SMITH

Tony and Lora Hubbard

HERBERT W. SPANN JR.

Stephen Davis

ALAN AND LINDA SPEAKER

Montague Family Foundation

DR. SAMUEL A. SYME

Margaret Womble

T

MR. AND MRS. JIM THOMPSON

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MR. AND MRS. MICHAEL THOMPSON

Lissa and Marc Tyson

TRACI TILLERY

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MENDY AND ROBBIE TURNIPSEED

Joseph Rives III

PAISLE Y TYSON AND RYLEIGH TYSON

Margaret B. and W. Frank Straughn Jr. U

DR. AND MRS. ROY UNDERWOOD

Louise and Pierce Boyd

W

MR. AND MRS. JIM WADSWORTH

Jo Beth and Bob Hurt

MRS. BILLY WARD

Louise and Pierce Boyd

ANDY AND SARAH WATSON

John and Sue Shaver

LEILA WATSON

Charlotte and Roger Heath

SUE WELLS

Sharolyn Miles

MR. AND MRS. CHUCK WHITAKER

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MR. AND MRS. TERRY WILKERSON

Louise and Pierce Boyd

MY GREAT GRANDCHILDREN - BRYNLEE

WILLIAMS AND BURKES WILLIAMS

Faye Irby

DAVID WILLIAMS

Joe and Erskine Ross

DONNA WINN

Beverlu Bell-Shambley

Angela Wright

THE REV. RACHEL WINTER

The Christian Life Sunday School Class

NEWELL WITHERSPOON

John Witherspoon

NEWELL AND MARY WITHERSPOON

Rebecca Harbor Jones

JEFF AND CHARLENE WYLE

Barbara Wyle

PLEASE USE THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OR ADDRESS CORRECTIONS. ENCLOSE THE MAILING ADDRESS PRINTED ABOVE WITH YOUR REQUEST.

ALA GRADUATE BECOMES A US MARINE

David Brown, a 2022 graduate of Ascension Leadership Academy, has completed boot camp to become a U.S. Marine. His mother, Shandra Thomas, who is also a success story out of the Home’s Secure Dwellings program, went to Parris Island, South Carolina, to celebrate his graduation along with David’s siblings. David’s goal with the Marines is to serve 20 years honorably and as part of the Marine component of U.S. Special Operations Command called MARSOC. We look forward to seeing continued success and accomplishments on his new journey in life. Congratulations, David!

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