ALUMNI NEWS BIRTHS:
Carmen Timbes Carroll (‘04) and her husband Chris welcomed their third child, Christopher ‘Graham’ Carroll on June 29, 2020. He weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz. and was 19.5 inches long. His big sisters, Molly Gordon (Kindergarten) and Abigail (Cubs), are very proud! Marigold Alice Taylor was born on July 7, 2020 to Paul Taylor (‘02) and his wife Emily. She weighed 8 pounds and was 20 inches long and quickly wrapped her big brothers, Wilder (5th grade) and Holden (Kindergarten), around her finger.
Russell Hollman (‘11) and his wife Holly welcomed a baby girl on August 29, Ava Katherine Hollman. She weighed 7 lbs. 11 oz. and was 19 inches long.
WEDDINGS:
Madison Patey (‘10) and John Austin Bryant were married on May 27, 2021, at the Chapel at Seaside in Seaside, Florida, with a reception at Town Hall in Rosemary Beach, Florida. Madison is an associate attorney at Hall Booth Smith, P.C., and Austin is a Business Development Representative for a mechanical contracting company. They reside in Nashville.
Kate McKnight (‘10) and Sean-Allen Orr were married on the evening of April 10, 2021, at Brentwood United Methodist Church in Brentwood. The couple will travel to Italy in 2022 for their honeymoon. Living in Nashville, Kate and Sean both work as youth ministers in middle Tennessee. Kate works for Brentwood United Methodist Church as the Associate Director. Sean is the Director of Students and Recreation Ministry for St. Mark’s United Methodist Church. They love Nashville, especially when Mowgli, their dog, is with them. 28
Warner Thomas (‘11) married Ashley Hassett of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 4, 2021 in Knoxville. Warner and Ashley met in Memphis while he was attending medical school at the University of Tennessee Health and Science Center and while she was pursuing her Master’s degree in clinical nutrition at the University of Memphis. Warner is currently in his first year of residency in internal medicine at the University of Tennessee Medical Center in Knoxville while Ashley works at the UT Medical Center as a clinical dietitian. They recently purchased a home in north Knoxville, and they have a miniature schnauzer named Hazel and a welsh corgi named Lilly. Natalie Allen (‘14) married Thomas Keith Gambill Jr. of Nashville on June 12, 2021, at the Church at Sugar Creek in Humboldt, TN. Natalie and Keith met in business school at Vanderbilt’s Owen Graduate School of Management. Natalie currently works at Tractor Supply Company’s headquarters in Brentwood, TN, where she serves as the National Marketing Promotions Specialist. Keith is the marketing manager at i3 Verticals, a technology and integrated payments company. Natalie and Keith own a home in Nashville, and they have a chocolate lab named Atlas. Ali Graham (‘14) and Joseph Patterson (‘14) were married at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Jackson, with a reception following at the Cumberland House. One of their favorite moments of the wedding day was seeing the “getaway car” driven by Coach Christie Golden at the end of the sparkler exit. Coach Golden drove them to prom in the same blue convertible their senior year of high school. Ali and Joseph are both graduates of the USJ Class of 2014. Joseph is practicing law with his father, Charles Patterson. Ali is an Occupational Therapist at West Tennessee Bone and Joint Clinic. The Pattersons are excited to be living in Jackson as they begin life as husband and wife!
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