Class of 1978 (35th reunion) (L-R) Row 1: Darla Grinstead McKenzie, Pam Risi, Wendy Coffman MacMahon, Anne Scarborough Hughes, Janet Keys, Casey Thurman (’65), Julie St. John Thornton, Candice Muehlbauer Shockley Row 2: Connie Newman Allen, Nancy McDonald Terhorst, Judy Day Powell, Stephanie Wilson Sedlar, Leigh Lambert Goff Row 3: Kathy Bradley, Patilee Tate, Carol Bell Melton, Dawn Sapp Taylor Row 4: Rebecca Tatman Klase, Laura Shippey Gafnea, Millie Smith Beverly, Janet Ort, Mary Dunn Griffin Back Row: Kathy Harvin Gibbs, Bryndis Roberts, Deb Howington Carraway, Janet Rumler Brooks, Carol Hindman Butler, Laurinda Murphy Norris, Cathy Bradach Rockoff, Janet Williams Sills
From Marietta, GA, Anne Thornton Reynolds ’73, shares wedding news. Son Mark, who works for Delta in Atlanta, will marry Leland Hollowell in October 2013. They are both Wofford College grads. Anne’s daughter, Emily, teaches kindergarten in Charlotte. Anne is director of organizational development at Mohawk Home, a division of Mohawk Industries. “Please give my love and best wishes to everyone,” writes Susan Paul Tyler ’73 from Florence, KY, who was unable to attend reunion due to graduate school classes. Susan is working on her PhD in educational studies from the University of Cincinnati, where she also works as director of continuing medical education at the med school. “I have loved being back in school, but it has been a long haul. I hope to finish in fall 2015.” “My mother went to Wesleyan in 1928!” writes Marian Elliott Lewis ’74 of Macon. “She did not graduate, but she always loved Wesleyan and was so pleased that I loved it, too, and graduated in 1974!” Patty Stillwagon Kessler ’74 says there’s no place like home. “On December 30, 2012, I retired from a long career flying jets, the last 25 years at FedEx Express. After so much time seeing the world, I’m looking forward to being home (Eads, TN) long enough to have a dog and a garden.”
“Retirement (in 2012) is wonderfuI!” reports Carol Goodloe ’75 from Arlington, VA. It’s been a rough year for Susan Word Kypreos ’75. “Unfortunately, both of my parents, Reuben and Mary Florence Word of Carrollton, GA, passed in 2012. My mother in September, and my dad in October. On a happier note, our son, Nicholas, received his Ph.D. in physics. He and his wife now work in Seattle, WA. I’m still teaching music in Pensacola, and Spiro is busy with his law practice, so we’re adjusting to ‘empty-nest syndrome.’ We’re not grandparents yet, but hope springs eternal!” From Atlanta Sally Moffett McKenna ’75 shares her excitement about the arrival of two grandchildren. “One of them, Abigail Morgan (whose mother is Ashley Wheelus McKenna ’05), is a future Wesleyannne; the other, Lucas Andrew “Luke” McKenna (whose mother is Erin Zinko McKenna ’04), is going to have to marry one!” (See Births.) Jane Smith McCain ’77 of Waverly Hall, GA, pays tribute to her mother. “My mother, Effie L. Smith, passed away on December 20, 2011. She sacrificed a lot so I could go to Wesleyan. She was a very strong woman!” Wesleyan Alumnae Association Treasurer Lynn Moses ’77 of Macon was a Fiscal Fitness convocation speaker in March 2013. Lynn spoke to students about job skills for the
ideal job. Lynn is sales manager for Georgia Power Central Region.
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(35th Reunion) According to Reunion Chair Janet Keys, the PKs of 1978 “purpled” at their 35th. Co-chairs Leigh Lambert Goff and Judy Day Powell helped make PK spirits soar throughout the weekend and especially at the perfectly-purple-pleasing class party held at the Cabin. The Celebration Concert was the place to be for ’78ers when Kathy Bradley read from her new book, Nancy McDonald Terhorst performed at the piano, and PK members of the White House Wesleyannes (Carol Bell, Jeanne Crosby Freeman, Laura Shippey Gafnea, Janet Ort, and Judy Day Powell) sang. At the Annual meeting classmates were proud of Trustee Bryndis Roberts and cheered for classmate Anne Scarborough Hughes who received an Alumnae Award (along with her daughter M. Elizabeth ’06). Proud of the 35 classmates who attended, PKs had reason to celebrate day and “knight!” “I divorced this year, but have purchased a beautiful new home,” writes Jeri Ellis Crowell ’78 of Macon. “I continue to teach graduate school in counseling and love my job!” According to Kathy Harvin Gibbs ’78 in Stockbridge, GA, life is good. “I’m looking forward to retiring after 30 years in education!
I plan to do all of those things I have been putting off. So great to see everybody at reunion!” “Thank you my PK sisters for coming to reunion. You are the best!” writes Reunion Chair Janet Keys ’78 from Birmingham, AL. “We purpled at our 35th and at our class party at the Cabin with our Firepit Crew (led or lead? – think weight of the firewood here) by Leigh Lambert Goff (Captain), Mary Dunn Griffin, Connie Newman Allen, and Julie St. John Thornton. Seeing Casey Thurman ’65 and the White House Wesleyannes from our class was a wonderful surprise, as was seeing Mrs. Larmore ’28 attend her 85th reunion at 106. She is my inspiration and is welcome to become a PK.” Janet is a retired graduate level college professor (communication and theatre); former director of debate at Samford Univ; former assistant director of forensics/ individual events/Speech team at the UAL, Birmingham. She was the FIRST person to earn a M.A. degree solely in lighting design from USC. Janet Ort ’78 has taught at Hoover High school in Birmingham, AL, for 16 years.“I teach advanced environmental classes and coordinate some research on campus. My award winning research team and I are headed to the Peruvian Amazon to teach field techniques to rural students. This is the area I was working with prior to Wesleyan Magazine Summer 2013