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Bisbee, Ariz. in November 2013 after a lifetime of living on the East Coast. She lives off the grid on top of a mountain with a several-hundred-mile view on a clear day, which is almost every day. Tris Gowen Graybeal and husband Jim, attended the christening of the John Warner SSN 785 Submarine at Newport News Shipbuilding last September. Jim and Senator Warner Middle School Class Presidents honored Miss Jennie by visting her gravesite attended Washington at Hollywood Cemetary in May. L to R: Rev. Dorothy White, Jonesy Willbanks ’19, and Lee together and Jailah Channer ’20, Lucy Grace Harding ’21, Kelly Jones Willbanks ’79, Debbie Staley were thrilled when the Navy Band played good fortune to live and play right across the the “W&L Swing.” Tris street from Panny’s little girls! Archer Dodson will celebrate her 50th college reunion this Spring Heinzen took part in the Reunion weekend, by at Converse College. Susan Luck spent two weeks speaking at Career Day to the Upper School this winter traveling in Florida with friends. She students. A special thanks to Janie Elliot Norfleet is enjoying her retirement and will travel to the and Beth Allen Cuthbert for helping to organize a Canadian Rockies this summer. Casa Huger Bacot lovely Reunion weekend in April. They did a great is living in Beaufort, S.C. The Charles Street Gallery job in getting us to come back. in Beaufort had an exhibition of her recent work from February 27-March 21, 2015. She now has 11 grandchildren. Susu Woodward Ravenel has Sara Riley Gibson, started an online business called A La Charleston 1318 Loch Lomond Ln., Richmond, VA 23221; (alacharleston.com). It is a curated consignment sarargibson@verizon.net; and shop and she is having lots of fun and challenges Betsy Burke Trow, 415 Somerset Ave., getting it off and running. Susu still sees Sallie Richmond, VA 23226; betsytrow@gmail.com McPherson Duell ’60 and True Gregory Applegate Betsy and I appreciate so much those of you who ’62. Lang and Sara, your class correspondent, send us news. Please let us know your current sailed on the Queen Mary 2 in early January from email address so that we can update our records. New York City to Southampton, England. We We received the sad news from Hal Woods that spent a week in London before flying home. We his mother, Kathy Ravenel, died in Chicago on hope to go to Iceland in September, where we will March 9, 2015. She had moved to Chicago to be rent a car and drive the Ring Road around Iceland. near her son and his family and enjoyed so much the time she spent with her grandson. Her family Resuming as Correspondent: had memorial services for her in Chicago and Gwen Brannon Weeks, 164 River Bluff Lane, Charleston to honor and celebrate her life. Gina King and Queen Court House, VA 23085; Farrar and her husband are still trying to sell their nauticalgourmet67@verizon.net farm and move to Warrenton, Va. They are building a house very similar to their house now, while Gwen Brannon Weeks’ next door neighbors have still Airstreaming in the U.S. and traveling abroad. two girls at St. C: Paxton Raymond 2026 and Knox Bramlette Pierson and her husband Drew Pender Raymond 2023. Mandy Jernigan was are celebrating their 50th anniversary with a trip Paxton’s kindergarten teacher and clearly did an to Canada. Drew is still teaching golf while Knox is excellent job teaching math to the class! Gwen adjusting to having both of their children and their shares her stories reviewing math with Paxton: families living out of state. Son Drew moved to “One day I had some change on the table and Mississippi to take advantage of the oil industry Paxton mentally computed the amount. The there while daughter Sara continues to live in Vail teacher in me took that teaching opportunity to with her snowboarding 11-year-old, Clay. Lenore add more change to further challenge her. On Gay continues writing and enjoys being a grandone occasion, I was watching food network and mother. Carolyn Reynolds Marsh moved to I started teaching her liquid measurements and
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challenged her with various combinations to give me the correct number of ounces as well as pints and quarts. She liked to cook with me so I tested her reading skills and math skills during those sessions… and I am still amazed at how well a rising first grader performed. Mrs. J should be proud!” Susan Jordan Copeland continues “to be delighted with the high standards maintained by the school - good work!” Sydnor “Smokie” Sizemore Crews reports she spent a lovely warm winter in Naples, Fla. and then traded her warm weather clothes for winter togs for an April adventure in Iceland. She says the magical geothermal island is full of fun things to do and yummy food to eat. Snowmobiling on a glacier, seeing the Northern Lights dance and being up to her neck in warm water in the Blue Lagoon were trip highlights. Smokie looks forward to a summer of boating and golf. Kathryn Ingram Lyon enjoyed a two week visit to Fort Myers, Fla. and then nine days in Lake Buena Vista. With the cold weather hitting Lexington, Ky. very hard this winter, she and Rick would love to stay longer in Florida. Marty Rogers Brown and family enjoyed the wedding and festivities for son Mac’s marriage to Kristin Hilger in Yountville, Calif. (Napa Valley) in early February. Marty then retreated to Vero Beach for the remainder of February to soak up the warm weather. Anne Tilghman has returned to Richmond and is living at WestminsterCanterbury. She is delighted her daughter Helen has recently moved to Richmond. Bonnie Blanton Shelor has been busy with her painting and frame restoration business. Leslie Thompson Brockman’s granddaughter Ann Austin Brockman is a rising 1st grader at St. Catherine’s. Jan Norman Orgain’s son Mark is now a Captain in the Navy. His job involves a lot of travel all over the United States to each unit that provides support for the Seals and other units. Fortunately he is in California and out of harm’s way. Jan is very thankful that her son Frazer and his family reside in Richmond and have been so supportive in this first year without Al after 48 years. Much to our chagrin, Nancy Bullard Reed’s son Wilson Platt, age 42, died February 9 from a glioblastoma. He was a man who dearly loved his family, animals, and rural life. Wilson was very talented musically and also devoted to restoring historic architecture. We send our deepest sympathies to Nancy.
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Not much news, perhaps some of us are still coming out of hibernation! Barbara Bassett Rittner reported 110 inches of snow fell in Buffalo.