CLASS NEWS
College Class of 1968 classmates Cathy Swain Crossett, Beth Harris Isenhour, Mary Pearshall Maxwell, Frances Garris Jilcott, and Carla Heaton Bailey enjoyed a mini-reunion at the beach in June.
Fracher Hardage ’65C. Others who planned to attend included Susan Spiller Burnette, Libba Massey Greeway, Julie Dunn Arthur, Nancy Russell Norfleet, Cheryl Koenig Kelling, and Eve Brewer Harris. “I told them I’d be in North Carolina at that time, and they all agreed to drive from around the state so that we could visit!” Ebby Schmulling Crawford lives in Raleigh.
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Junie Small lives in Raleigh and reports that she is retired and enjoying life!
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Paula Johnson Stewart ’68C Dear Friends, It was good hearing from those of you who responded. I suppose the rest of you are busy with grandbabies and/or traveling in your retirement. I am sure you all have good excuses for not sending in your news. So just sit back and enjoy reading from those who did reply. Diane Stockard Wade had two bits of news. First, her oldest grandchild (of six) will turn 21 early next year. He’s a junior at N.C. State. “That makes me feel so OLD!” And secondly, as she was writing this in late September, she was going to Italy with her two daughters. They’ll be there with their Italian guide, Page Holbrook! One week in Rome and another in Sorrento. She was looking forward to being with her girls on their first trip to Italy. It was wonderful, earlier this spring, going to her Saint Mary’s high school
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reunion and seeing so many of her classmates. They had a special weekend together (thanks again, Chris Crowley Andrews ’66HS ’68C for planning both nights!) and she knows everyone who attended is looking forward to our 50th in 2018. “The way my life is flying these days, that reunion will be here in no time! Good grief, I’ll be REALLY OLD then!” She and Louis are still living at Hyco Lake, going into their 16th year there. She had no idea they would still be there either. “My heart has always resided in Carteret County. I just can’t get Louis to move permanently there. Sigh.” Gray Brothers Winner and Bob are doing well. Thirty-eight years! Their son, Tom, and his wife, Megan, are living in San Francisco. Gray and Bob had a fun visit with them this summer when they went to High Hampton. Gray got her sixth year of clean health after a bout with cancer in 2010. It was a plasma cytoma. “Thank goodness it was not brain cancer but just rogue blood cells that lodged in the brain.” As she wrote her news, she was about to attend her 50th high-school reunion. She wrote that she had good visits with Arabella Nash Hubbard ’66HS twice last year! Mary Ann Allen Cowherd and her husband still live in Culpeper, Va., and enjoy being part time on the Chesapeake Bay in Virginia’s Northern Neck. They also traveled to the Connecticut shore in August to host a family reunion. Health is good and they enjoy their three little grandchildren! Jessica Gillespie Gammon writes that she keeps her car on the road between Raleigh, Blowing Rock, and visiting three grands in Charlotte. She, Juliet
Smith Barrus ’66HS ’68C, and Cantey Tomlinson Tanner ’66HS had a blast in Scotland in August enjoying a week’s worth of golf. Pat Slater Holscher writes that she continues to work in her art profession, always searching for that “perfect painting.” She is also working on her golf, searching for that “perfect round,” plus balancing time with hubby and family, including five grandchildren. She still cherishes her friends, past and present, and prays for additional years of good health to continue to enjoy all of the above. She looks forward to seeing everyone at the next reunion. Duffy Beasley Gibbs and Ken continue to be thankful for their blessings. “It is such a special thing to have our boys, wives and four grandchildren (4, 1, 2, and 2) living right here in New Bern. My heart is so full.” She also enjoys playing bridge and running into a number of Saint Mary’s girls who play. She is still doing payroll for Gibbs Dentistry - her temporary job 22 years ago seems to have stuck. While Ken is still working, their son and daughterin-law allow him to take off when “they feel the need for the periodic jaunts!” “Life is good, and that is not something to take for granted at our age! Love to all!” Beth Harris Isenhour has a one-year-old granddaughter, Delaney, in Raleigh. She shares “nanny” duties with the other grandmother and absolutely loves doing that! Delaney’s mother, Tipton, is a math teacher at Martin Middle School. Daughter Whitney and Sean (married in October 2015) live in Cary, and her son, Carter and Kelly are in Mebane. So her three children are close by. She spent the weekend of the UNCUGA football game with Cathy Swain Crossett and Ed in Atlanta. She plays bridge once a month with Carolyn Bertie Goldfinch. Her volunteering is still with Preservation Chapel Hill and SECU Family House. She is giving some serious thought to downsizing. Georgia Henry Gates and husband Bob continue to serve on the board for their Farmer’s Market, and they’ve just completed another successful season. In June, they were able to go to a Henry family reunion. She writes, “Our family is so spread out, we rarely can all get together. We had three generations together and had a delightful time. We met a great niece (2) and a great nephew (3) for the first time.” She and Bob also continue to serve as chaplain to retired Episcopal clergy, spouses, and