Class Notes Reverend George W. Evans ’71 was honorably retired by the Shenandoah Presbytery of Virginia, the Presbyterian Church U.S.A. He served at the historic Cooks Creek Presbyterian Church in Harrisonburg, Va., for the last 16 years and at congregations in Ohio, Maryland and Virginia. Evans married his wife, Barbara Gail Boyd Evans, in the college chapel in 1970, with his father officiating. To celebrate retirement, the couple plans on traveling, including a stop in Pikeville.
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Teresa T. Combs, J.D., ’80 is a partner in the Lexington, Ky., law firm Mazanec, Raskin & Ryder LPA. Valedictorian of Pikeville College’s class of 1980, Combs earned her J.D. from the University of Kentucky College of Law.
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Phillip Johnson ’91 is celebrating his 25th year with the Kellogg’s
Marshella Blankenship Davis ’94 has been an oncology nurse for the past 10 years and works throughout the U.S. as a travel nurse in medical/ oncology. Dwayne Stevens ’94 is vice president and corporate information security officer of Community Trust Bank. A graduate of the Kentucky Bankers Association General Banking School, the KBA Commercial Lending School, Leadership Pike County and Leadership East Kentucky, Stevens’ certifications include information security manager, information systems auditor, internal auditor, banking cyber security manager, certified ethical hacker and Microsoft application specialist. He resides with his wife Melanie ’02 in Pikeville.
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We want to read and see the latest on your career moves, honors and awards, and family news. Email your news with a high-resolution photo to alumni@upike.edu. Joe Gibson ’95 has been named principal of Leestown Middle School in Lexington, Ky. Amy C. Markham, J.D., ’97 is the managing member of Spicer Rudstrom’s Little Rock office, which she assisted in opening in 2011. Markham, who earned her accounting degree at Pikeville College, is a pro-business, experienced litigator focused on workers’ compensation, construction defect and catastrophic personal injury cases. She is also a graduate of the William H. Bowen School of Law at the University of Arkansas.
2000s
Richard Bradley Jewel ’02 produces Shooter Jennings’ Electric Rodeo on SiriusXM radio, Outlaw Country channel 60. He also produced and co-wrote a limited web series with Jennings titled “Beyond the Black.” Employed by Consolidated Pipe and Supply in Debord, Ky., Jewel lives in Paintsville with his wife Jessica and son, Anderson. Ralph Taylor ’02 has been named director of clinical affairs by Tru-D Smart UVC of Memphis, Tenn., and will be tasked with designing and implementing infection reduction programs. Taylor joins the company from Oak Hill Hospital in Brooksville, Fla., where he was director of surgical services. Ben Adams, D.O., KYCOM ’05 a cardiothoracic anesthesiologist, has been named the chief of medical staff at Terrebonne General Medical Center in Houma, La. Nathan McWhorter, D.O., KYCOM ’06 has been awarded a two-year fellowship in nuclear medicine through the U.S. Army. He is stationed at Fort Sam Houston, Brooke Army Medical Center, in Houston, Texas.
Jordan Gibson ’08 is president and CEO of the Southeast Kentucky Chamber of Commerce. Prior to his appointment, Gibson was the director of alumni relations and annual giving at Florida State College at Jacksonville Foundation. He formerly served as the director of alumni relations at the University of Pikeville. He also holds an MBA from UPIKE’s Coleman College of Business ’14. Rodney “Chip” English ’08 and Heather Dillon English ’08, along with their five children, recently moved to Huntsville, Ala., where Chip is serving as head football coach and social studies teacher at Grissom High School. Ashlee Looney Miller ’13 is married to Brandon Miller. The couple resides in Grundy, Va. She teaches eighth grade civics at Riverview Elementary/ Middle School in Buchanan County. A former UPIKE cheerleader, Miller was a middle school cheerleading coach before being named varsity coach at Grundy High School in 2016. Miller also serves as a local executive director for the Miss America organization.
2010s
Caleb Noe ’15 is a sports reporter for WLFI-TV in Indiana. The film and media arts alumnus previously worked for WYMT-TV in Hazard, Ky. Noe covers Purdue University sports, high school and some Indianapolis and Chicago teams. Quenton Dumar Cunningham ’15 of Cross Hill, S.C., recently graduated from the U.S. Customs and Border Protection Field Operations Academy and is working as a U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officer. Click here to add your news to next issue’s class notes