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Front row: Blair Hinton Fulford, Kimry Blackwelder; Second row: Leslie Allred Yates, Laura Burke Davis Kerr, Amanda Branch Covington, Nancy Cobb Harvin, Eliza Jenkins Stoecker, Kati Chapman Miller, Christina Cerwin Allen
First Row: Laura Burke Davis Kerr, Heather Holden Crawshaw, Farrah Amerson Kennedy, Courtney Jessup Nichols Second Row: Courtney McCormick Salton, Leslie Allred Yates, Caroline Mitchell Poteat
guitar, trumpet, acting, singing, and coaching. Valerie Van Oosten Cline has been in Washington, D.C., for almost 12 years. She and Kevin (an attorney) will be married for 15 years in July. They have two children, Aidan (six in July) and Caroline (two in June). They spent spring break on a Disney cruise. Valerie is a loan officer for Caliber Home Loans. She also co-founded a small non-profit with nine other ladies in the real estate business called DCWise.org, which benefits homeless women and children in D.C. community. They have raised over $90k in just over two years. In April, she and some North Carolina friends hosted a real North Carolina pig picking as a fundraising event for her son’s public school. They showed those folks what a real barbecue
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is! Mimi Pinner lives in Raleigh and works in marketing for Cisco Systems. Most importantly, she loves her role as mommy to little Weatherly (five). She loves seeing her SMC friends in and outside of Raleigh and can't wait to see everyone at the next reunion! Charlotte Stephenson Hagman and husband Rob live in Overland Park, Kan. They have twin girls (four): Sally, a red head, and Cat, a brunette. Charlotte stays busy taking care of them and trying to stay sane. She wishes she was still in the wine business but is loving time with her girls. Ashley Shelton has stayed busy chasing her toddler and adjusting to an early retirement from teaching. If any SMC alumnae visit Mount Vernon in Alexandria, Va., please message Ashley. Her house is the closest house to the property and she can welcome you properly! Dow Perry Crowder: I’m still in Raleigh and continue to enjoy my job as a QA specialist for a pharmaceutical company. Jason and I will celebrate eight happy years of marriage in May. Daughter Lilly is three going on 18. She may be the end of me. Mimi Pinner and I just took our girls to see Peppa Pig Live! It made me giggle to think how different our Thursday nights are now compared to our Saint Mary’s days! What I’ve learned from all you ladies in trying to collect this class news is that while some of you are a bit slack on getting back to me with actual news, most everyone seems to be up for a get-together. I think we’re all invited to Florida…Jamie Brantley Fernandez de Castro and Ann Akers Douglas are hosting! Until next year…xoxo, Dow
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College Tate Tattersall Garrison ’95C Dear Class of ’95C, I hope this letter finds you well and you and yours are having a great 2016 thus far. Love hearing from you all and seeing some of you here and there! I’m sure there are a lot of these going on for our class. As Heather Gibson writes, she hit a milestone this past year celebrating her 40th! She and some SMC girls celebrated in South Beach. She continues to work in medical device sales in the regenerative medicine
space. Her job continues to make new strides everyday in the cardiovascular space, especially for babies. It is a very rewarding job with a great company. Carla McMasters Murray is in her first year as principal of North Chatham Elementary. She loves coming to school each day with her first-grader, Owen, and can hardly believe she has a sixth-grader, Cole. They keep Carla and Jeff busy! Lisa Mann Grehn, her husband Marcus, and their son, Joshua (eight) moved to Boynton Beach Fla., from Miami back in October. Her husband got a great job back in his field as a scientist in pharmaceutical drugs. He works in Boca Raton, but she fell in love with an area in Boynton Beach that is not too far away. She's semi-homeschooling their son (who got his father’s genes in the area of brains, lol). She writes that he goes to school twice a week and is home with her for three days. It’s challenging, but so much fun! Allison Wilkes Thomas (Bonita) sends her love to everyone! She says please tell everyone hello. She is still in Snow Hill with three kids, Wilkes (11), Alli George (five), and Jack (five). She still owns Scarborough Fare Catering and they have a spectacular event space, The Martinsborough, in Uptown Greenville. The kids and work keep them very busy. Jason is doing great also, and says hello to all the SMC girls! As for myself, I'm in Raleigh and Atlantic Beach, celebrated my 40th this past summer, took at great trip to London with Tudi Martin Jackson ’91HS in the fall, and I’m doing my best to keep up with my favorite little people, Thatcher and Amelia. Albeit chaotic, life is good and blessings all around. My love to you all. Best, t xo
1997
High School Alice Manning Touchette ’97HS Jeanne Jolly currently lives in Raleigh with her husband, Todd McLean. They were married in October 2014 in Emerald Isle, and have a dog named Lucy, who was also in the wedding. She loves every minute of being a proud aunt of five amazing children. She just released her third album, A Place to Run, in
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