I spent a week with a friend who lives in Merida on the Yucatan Peninsula in Feb. In May I spent a long weekend in Savannah with a photo club from Southern Pines, N.C., as the guest of a member. June saw us at North Topsail Island, N.C., for another get together with my sister, Virginia Watts Fournier ’44, and family. In July, Bill and I enjoyed a boat trip down the Elbe River from Hamburg to Prague. I’m into photography, gallery website, journaling trips, choir, folding bulletins and driving senior citizens to appointments. It doesn’t take much to keep in touch—email me!
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Emily Hunter Slingluff 1217 North Bay Shore Dr. Virginia Beach, VA 23451 emilyslingluff@aol.com
It’s sad to report the deaths of 2 of our classmates. Mary Judith Trevor Nettles died on Jan. 21. Carolyn Neighbors Hart died on July 2. Their names will be read at the memorial service during Reunion 2013. I know we all send love to their families. Frankie Marbury Coxe writes from Menerbes, France: Tench and I loved Atlanta and for 40 years, threw ourselves into the life of the community. Our 2 children, Tench and Molly, went to Dartmouth, Princeton and Harvard. Today we live in the medieval village of Menerbes, France, in a restored 11th-century chateau. Tench Jr. is a venture capitalist in Palo Alto, Calif., and Molly is writing and illustrating children’s books in Bellingham, Wash. They all come to Provence at least once a year for 2 or 3 weeks. Camille Williams Yow writes from Atlanta: In June, I spent a week in Rome immersed in music provided by Robert McDuffie’s Rome Chamber Festival, now in its 10th year. (Robert McDuffie is Camille’s son-inlaw and a famous violinist.) The music was performed in the Palazzo Barberini in the Quirinale area and, also, one evening at the residence of our ambassador to Italy. Then on to Paris for another week of music and a day trip to Normandy. In Aug. I spent a week in Aspen. All 4 of my grandchildren are now in college. Newell Bryan Tozzer sees our Atlanta classmates often. Kathleen Peebles Ballou had a luncheon for Mary Reid Daugette, who moved to a retirement area. Classmates who attended were Newell, Sue Lawton Mobley and Camille Williams Yow. Meta Space Moore in Charleston, S.C. is very involved with ministry at St. Michaels Episcopal Church. She sees a lot of her children, some in Charleston, and also keeps up with our classmates Derrill Maybank Haygood and Nella Gray Barkley. Betty Byrne Gill Ware writes from Richmond about their travels and their visits with their children. She plays lots of golf and bridge plus does important volunteer work; she and Hudnall exercise regularly when in Richmond and in Naples, Fla., in the winter. Honey Addington Passano writes from Gibson Island, Md., where they spend much of their time, that life there is full as always with family and friends and boating. When in Baltimore, they enjoy living in a nice retirement place.
Emily Hunter Slingluff, Virginia Beach: Life is full and exciting. Friends tell me that it is good that I am busy rather than bored, but I think of my mother telling me, and I agree, that an educated person is never bored. Love to all. We’re the tops!
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Frances Shannonhouse Clardy 1700 Queens Rd. W Charlotte, NC 28207 clardyfw@aol.com
Nancy Salisbury Spencer 2580 Club Park Rd. Winston-Salem, NC 27104 jyspencer@aol.com
Before our last reunion, our classmates received questionnaires asking for the news of their lives. Half of the news appeared in the last magazine. The remaining classmates’ news appears here. First we received sad news that our classmate, Catherine Colquitt Blue of Shreveport, La. died. After 2 years at Sweet Briar she graduated from the Univ. of Ok. She is survived by a son, daughter and several grandchildren. Sally Ann Hyde McMillin lives in Ithaca, N.Y., and is a ticket manager for the Cornell Concert Series. A widow, her husband’s book on musical theater was published posthumously and won the George G. Nathan Award in 2007. She has 3 children and 4 grandchildren. Anne Parker “Parksie” Carroll Mulhollend and husband Jack, a retired doctor, divide their time between Fort Myers, Fla. and Charlottesville, Va. She received a degree in radiologic technology from John Hopkins Univ. and is a retired radiologic technician. They have 3 children and 7 grandchildren. She enjoys the winters in Fort Myers and plays lots of golf. Helen Turner Murphy and husband Tayloe still live in the country near Mount Holly, Va. Tayloe is now retired. They have a daughter and grandson. Helen enjoys all outdoor activities including fishing, tennis, sailing and gardening. She has served on many boards and has been Senior Warden of her church. Margaret Anne “Peggy Anne” Rogers received an M.A. in journalism on a grant at Univ. of Iowa. She worked for Saturday Evening Post and Lippincott Publishers in N.Y. She also served as a guidance counselor at a Catholic school and worked as a truant officer. Now she lives in a retirement community and enjoys traveling. Allison Scott “Scottie” Boykin Parsons received her B.A. at Univ. of Md. She and husband Jim live at a retirement home in Glenwood, Md. Jim worked at the U.S. Senate Sergeant of Arms Office and Scottie worked for the National Cathedral and Hillwood Museum. She keeps active through exercise, tennis, bridge and 5 book clubs. Five of her 6 children live nearby. They also have 11 grandchildren. Betty “Bett” Forbes Rayburn received an A.B. from Univ. of Ga. She and her husband Donnie live on her 150-year-old family farm. She’s a farmer and he’s a great gardener and tractor driver. She has 3 children and 5 grandchildren. Brandon Forrest Rohr graduated from George Wash. Univ. A widow, she and her husband both had careers in the insurance business. They were married 53.5
years with 2 children, 7 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren. She is a liberal Democrat and a devout Episcopalian. Ann Train Ross, our Scottish classmate, received a degree from the U. of St. Andrews in Scotland. She retired from medical research and training and lives in England with her husband. She volunteers at the Village Primary School as a reading tutor. They have 3 children and 6 grandchildren. Kathryn “Kay” Smith Schauer spent a year at Stanford after Sweet Briar. She teaches elementary school, is a book keeper and tax preparer. Kay and husband Bob have been married for 51 years. They have 3 children. She has enjoyed participating in political activities and is currently organizing her community’s plans to deal with natural disasters. Nancy Salisbury Spencer and husband Jim, a retired captain airline pilot, live in Winston-Salem. Nancy has 2 children. She and Jim, between them, have 12 grandchildren. Nancy remains a “passionate gardener.” Her beautiful garden is well known in the state, and she generously opens it to visitors throughout the year. She is also active in her Episcopal Church and has served on the board of visitors of Kanuga Episcopal Conference Center. Jane Street Steele lives in Raleigh. Her husband Henry is an adjunct professor at Maryland College and an industry consultant. Jane has a son and daughter. She served as a docent at the N.C. Museum of Art for 20 years and currently serves as a Stephen Minister at her church. She and Henry have traveled extensively.
Leila Thompson Taratus graduated from Emory Univ. with a B.A. degree. Her husband Kenneth is a retired orthodontist. She had open heart surgery in 2011. She enjoys golf. They have 3 children and 8 grandchildren. Her daughter, Leila, married Helen Wolf Evans’ son, Thomas. Recently, she had lunch with Weesie Grant, Laura Bowen and Pryde Brown, whose daughter is an art professor at Emory. Marguerite Geer Wellborn graduated from Univ. of Ga. Her husband Marshall is a retired banker. They have 4 children and 9 grandchildren. Mary Ann Hicklin Willingham has been married 12 years to husband Jim. She lives in her family home in Asheville and is a retired realtor. She has 3 daughters and 6 grandchildren. She is blessed with good health and continues to be active in her community and church. Joan Broman Wright and husband Jim, a retired account executive at Merrill Lynch, live in Charlottesville, Va. They chose to retire there after living many years in Fla. They have 2 children and 2 grandchildren. She is active in a gardening club and opera guild and enjoys gardening and reading. Frances Shannonhouse Clardy has lived in the same house in Charlotte, N.C. for 47 years. A widow, her husband Jim for who she was married to for 51 years was an investment banker. She has 2 children and 5 grandchildren. She enjoys spending time with her grandchildren, gardening and volunteer work. She continues to be very active with the Colonial Dames.
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