Sympathy The Wesleyan College Alumnae Association extends sympathy to: Louise Chapman Orr ’41 of Macon, on the death of her son, Clifton G. Orr, on January 15, 2013. Winifred Davis Reeder ’41 of Hermitage, TN, on the death of her husband, William “Bill” Dean Reeder (Colonel USAF, retired) on October 31, 2013. Margaret Smith Carruth ’42 of Dublin, GA, on the death of her sister, Mary Smith Starr ’44, on April 9, 2013. Adelaide Wallace Ponder ’46 of St. Simons Island, GA, Anne Ponder Young ’71 of Madison, GA, Mary Graham Ponder Foster ’73 of East Beach, FL, and Douglas Ponder Suto ’75 of St. Simons Island, GA, on the death of Adelaide’s husband and Anne, Mary Graham, and Douglas’ father, William “Graham” Ponder, Sr., on October 13, 2013. Betty Turner Corn ’47 and Trustee Elizabeth Corn Ogie, both of Columbus, GA, on the death of Betty’s husband and Elizabeth’s father, Lovick P. Corn, on September 26, 2013. Mr. Corn served as a Wesleyan Trustee for 43 years.
Eleanor Isom Harrington ’53 of Columbus, GA, on the death of her husband, Lt. Col (USAF Ret) William W. “Bill” Harrington, on January 8, 2013. Shirley Barnes “Pug” Wright ’53 of Marietta, GA, on the death of her husband, Charles Wright, on January 1, 2013. Elspeth ”Beth” Simmons Corley ’54 of Woodstock, GA, on the death of her twin sister, Beverly Anne Simmons ’54, on September 12, 2012. Sylvia Vanlandingham Rossiter ’57 of Washington, NC, on the death of her husband, Alexander “Al” H. Rossiter on September 23, 2013. Margaret Moody Iwamoto ’58 of Silver Spring, MD, on the death of her husband, Dr. David Iwamoto, on May 10, 2013. Mary Helen Hall Ringe ’64 of Monticello, FL, on the death of her sister, Ann Elizabeth Hall Ashmore, on August 29, 2013.
Beverly Banks Boland ’49 of Gainesville, GA, on the death of her sister, Martha Banks Gaddis ’51, on September 30, 2013.
Janice Rich Rentz ’64 of Albany, GA, on the death of her mother, Lorraine Humphrey Rich, on August 20, 2013, and her father, Perry David Rich, on February 15, 2013.
Louise Cochran Mayfield ’50 of Clarksville, TN, on the death of her husband, Melburn R. Mayfield, on September 20, 2013.
Maryibeth Wills Lowe ’67 of Macon, on the death of her mother, Mary Elizabeth McAfee Wills, on September 8, 2013.
Day Wilson Watson ’51 of Macon, on the death of her husband, Wade Hampton Watson, Jr., on December 24, 2013.
Lynn Miller Clark ’67 of Frisco, TX, and Judy Miller Newbern ’67 of Troutville, VA, on the deaths of their mother, Jane Gary Miller ’42, on October 25, 2013, and brother, Gary Miller, on October 5, 2013.
Peggy Thoroughman Callahan ’52 of Atlanta on the death of her son, John Callahan, on August 5, 2013. Eleanor Inman Turrentine ’52 of Clarkston, GA, on the death of her brother-in-law, Dr. A. Jason Shirah, Wesleyan Trustee Emeritus, on September 17, 2013. Sally Higgins Harbaugh ’53 of Stone Mountain, GA, on the death of her husband, Norman Ross Harbaugh, Sr., on September 20, 2013.
Beverly Hodges Kitchin ’68 of Pylesville, MD, on the death of her father, Charles G. Hodges (93), on June 7, 2013. Helen Jackson Burgin ’68 of Columbus, GA, on the death of her mother, Helen Lovein Jackson ’41 on September 8, 2013. Pat Hardeman ’68 of Macon, on the death of her stepdaughter, Deryl “Dee Dee” Davidson-Miller ’92 on August 9, 2013.
42 (Announcements reported since the last Wesleyan Magazine.)
Leila Kight ’68 of Miami, FL, on the death of her mother, Mildred Shirah Kight ’36, on November 17, 2013. Jennifer Agnew Orr ’68 of Macon of the death of her husband, Clifford Gordon Orr, on January 15, 2013. Mary Jo Fincher Plowden ’68 of Macon, on the death of her mother, Mary Askew Fincher, on June 20, 2013. Sharon Malone Boyd ’69 of Duluth, GA, on the death of her mother, Mildred Malone, in August 2012. Diane Latta-Brandstaetter ’71 of Atlantic Beach, FL, on the death of her sister, Carol Jean Latta ’70, on June 3, 2013. Lynn Bensel Jones ’71 of West Palm Beach, FL, on the death of her husband, LTC Robert W. Jones, Jr., Retired, on April 17, 2013.
Tina Farkas Willliams ’74 of Tallahassee, FL, on the death of her mother, Elizabeth “Betty” Hollingsworth Anderson Farkas ’42 on October 14, 2013. Mary Ellen Sheehan Wroble ’74 of West Palm Beach, FL, on the death of her mother, Margaret Sheehan, on May 27, 2013. Carolyn Bowman Biggs ’75 of Acworth, GA, on the death of her mother, Margaret N. Bowman, on June 4, 2013. Kathi Latta Rivers ’75 of Macon, on the death of her sister, Carol Jean Latta ’70, on June 3, 2013. Patti Henry ’76 of Wellesley, MA, on the death of her cousin, Zoe Leach Conolly ’77, on October 6, 2013. Maggy Sheehan Oftedal ’76 of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, on the death of her mother, Margaret Sheehan, on May 27, 2013.
Debby Smith Kelly ’71 of Monticello, GA, on the death of her father, Boyd H. Smith, on June 9, 2013.
Glenda George ’79 of Atlanta, on the death of her sister, Kaethe George ’79, on June 12, 2013.
Rosalyn Fletcher Fenn ’72 of Greensboro, FL, on the death of her husband, Dean Joseph Fenn, on June 1, 2013.
Stephanie White Apsey ’79 of Norcross, GA, on the death of her sister, Katherine “Hope” White Meyer ’78, on October 25, 2012.
Jane Inman Shirah of Savannah, GA, Jane Shirah Stump ’72 of Fort Valley, GA, Ann Shirah Dykes ’78 of Monroeville, AL, and Martha Shirah Brumbelow ’81 of White, GA, on the death of Jane’s sisterin-law and Jane, Ann, and Martha’s aunt, Mildred Shirah Kight ’36, on November 17, 2013, and on the death of Jane’s husband and Jane, Ann, and Martha’s father, Dr. A. Jason Shirah, on September 17, 2013. Dr. Shirah served as a Wesleyan Trustee for 49 years.
Tamara Ann Nelson ’98 of Panama City, FL, on the death of her mother-in-law, Peggy Miller Nelson ’57 on September 16, 2013. Peggy was a founding member of the Wesleyan Washboard Band.
Sarah Fincher Basinger ’73 of Jacksonville, FL, on the death of her mother, Mary Askew Fincher, on June 20, 2013. Laura Hunt Edenfield ’74 of St. Simons Island, GA, on the death of her mother, Beth Parker Hunt ’49, on October 19, 2013.
Courtenay Staples Bunn ’05 of Forsyth, GA, on the death of her grandmother, Martha Groover Staples ’49, on August 28, 2013. Ihunanya “Ihus” Mbata ’06 of Pittsburgh, PA, on the death of her mother, Bernadine Mbata, on May 30, 2013. Allison Scenna ’08 of Woodstock, GA, on the death of her mother, Sue Joyce Scenna ’76, on October 4, 2013.