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DAVID NALL, BS’70, is a pharmacist and owner of Justin Pharmacy in Justin, Texas. He and wife Janis have five children: Kelly, 33, Justin, 29, Hudson, 16 and twins Austin and Hunter, 14. They are members of Fairpark Baptist Church in Edgecliff Village, Texas, where David is a teacher, member of the choir and an ordained deacon. (P.O. Box 325, Justin, TX 76247 E-mail: pharmnall@yahoo.com)
Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of LaJUAN WHITEHEAD NANCE, EX’75, who died on June 6 in Plainview. A licensed vocation nurse, she world at Central Plains Regional Hospital in Plainview and St. Mary of the Plains in Lubbock. Among her survivors are her husband, Tom, two daughters and two sons. (1811 Jefferson Street, Plainview, TX 79072)
GAYLYNN RAMSEY NIEMINEN, EX’72, lives in Lawrenceville, Georgia, with husband Dave, who is disabled from a brain tumor. Gaylynn is an administrative assistant in the Office of Development, Administrative Group, of the North American Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention in Alpharetta. The Nieminens have two grown sons, Jesse and Jeremy. (795 Sunset Ridge Lane, Lawrenceville, GA 30045)
DENNIS NOBLETT, BA’79, has been named director of the North Texas Medical Center Foundation in Gainesville, Texas. He has served as director of development at Western Texas College in Snyder and also raised funds as a board member for CareNet Pregnancy Center in Canyon. Dennis has also served as a pastor, a corporate trainter and a freelance graphic designer and illustrator. He previously served as recruiter in the Admissions Office at Wayland. Dennis is married to the former SUSAN SHELLENBERGER, FS, who worked in the Admissions Office and served as dormitory counselor. She is teaching halftime for the Sherman Independent School District. They have three children, Tyler, 15, and twins Abby and Jessie, 10. (1624 Yarborough Street, Sherman, TX 75092 E-mail: dgnoblett@yahoo.com)
Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of GORDON OGLESBY, BA’73 who died on November 25, 2006 while serving as a Texas Army National Guard chaplain in Kosovo on a peacekeeping mission with the 36th Infantry Division. He was due to return to his home in Kermit, Texas on December 15. Gordon was a lieutenant colonel and had served in the Guard as chaplain for more than 20 years. He was on active duty at Fort Eustis Virginia from 1989-1992 and served in the Persian Gulf during that time. He and his son Trey were a unit ministry team in 2000 and served together in Bosnia. Gordon had been a teacher for 24 years at both the Kermit Junior High and High School and served as bi-vocational pastor at the Grace Temple Baptist Church in Kermit and First Baptist Church in Pyote before his deployment. In addition to his son, he has a daughter and is also survived by his wife, ELIZABETH OGLESBY, BA’73. Elizabeth retired from teaching in the elementary school in Kermit in 2004 and currently teaches private piano lessons. (1008 E. Tascosa, Kermit, TX 79745 E-mail: oglesby@apex2000.net)
Mr. and Mrs. FRED O’NEIL, BA’74 (DEBBY DAUGHERTY, BA’72) have a new address in Hope Mills, North Carolina. Debby visited the campus in June with son, John. (3414 Beechwood Street, Hope Mills, NC 28348)
EDDIE OWENS, BA’75, lives in Lubbock where he has been named Director of Communications for United Supermarkets, Ltd. after serving for a year as Executive Director of the United Texas Tour. He and wife Lynn, executive assistant to the CEO of Alamosa PCS, attend First United Methodist Church where he is a Sunday School teacher and is involved with the television/communications ministry. Eddie has a grown daughter, Kami. (6713 Santa Fe Drive, Lubbock, TX 79407 E-mail: eowens6@cox.net)
Mr. and Mrs. BOB PACK, EX’74 (DEBBIE THOMAS, EX’74) live in Bryan, Texas, where they have built a new home. Bob is a health physics technician at the Nuclear Science Center at Texas A&M. Debbie is administrative assistant for the associate vice president of student affairs and dean of student life at Texas A&M. They are proud grandparents of two precious angels, Michael Geronime, age 3 and Aidyn Pack, age 14 months. They would love to hear from their Wayland friends. ( 3525 Open Range Court, Bryan, TX 77808 E-mail: debbiep@tamu.edu and rdpack@tamu.edu)
Dr. DEBBIE THOMAS PACK, EX’72, is lead office associate in the Dean of Student Life Office at Texas A&M University where husband Bob is material control coordinator for the Nuclear Science Center. They have two children, Brad Pack and Sarah Geronime. Sarah and husband Jay made Debbie and Bob grandparents with the birth of Michael Peter on March 27, 2002. (4109 Carter Creek, Bryan, TX 77802; Email: debbiep@studentlife.tamu.edu)
Christian love and sympathy to GARRY PAGE, BA’76, at the death of his mother, Lois Page, in Plainview on April 17. Garry is pastor of Christ Our King Community Church in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. (4437 Lone Tree Drive, Plano, TX 75093; Email: cokcc@airmail.net)
Mr. and Mrs. JIM PALMER, BA’73 (SHERRY HALLFORD, BA’74) both have new positions in Wyoming. Jim has been recruited from the Department of Family Services by the Wyoming State Department of Health to direct a new program in the state, State Program Director for Substance Abuse with the Department of Health. Legislators passed a bill and funded a statute for substance abuse offenders that will look at them in a holistically way. As of July 1, Sherry became the Executive Director of the Wyoming School-University Partnership. As such, she coordinates efforts between 47 school districts, the University of Wyoming, the State Department of Education, state teacher organizations and 7 community colleges on joint activities that deal with teacher education, professional development and policy. She has completed all but her dissertation in her doctoral studies. Their daughter Crece lives in Laramie and works as a training assistant for th e Wyoming Institute for Disabilities and attends Laramie County Community College. (912 S. 11th Street, Laramie, WY 82070; Email: SJPalmer@uwyo.edu)
KERRY PARK, BA’79, lives in Colorado Springs where she is director of marketing and on the publishing board at Cook Ministries. The board determines what books will be published and Kerry is over the area that creates all the book covers, ads and promotional materials for the more than 150 books published annually. Last year, she worked on a book by Bishop Ting, the head of the Chinese Communist Church. This summer, she has been invited to visit key churches and seminaries in China where she will lecture on western book design, Christian publishing and may even be asked to preach at a few locations. ( 4750 Squirreltail Drive, Colorado Springs, CO 80920 E-mail: parkk@cookministries.org)
CHARLES T. PARKS, BA’71, retired from Federal Aviation Administration in March, 1995. He retired from private industry in April, 2005 and moved to Sanford, North Carolina in June. Wife Darlene is a program analyst with the FAA. They have four grown children. Charles attended Washington State University in Bellevue for his degree in industrial psychology. ( 3581 Buckhorn Road, Sanford, NC 27330)
JAN PARRISH BROWN, BA’78, has a new address in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her daughter, JENNIFER PARRISH, BA’05, graduated from Wayland in April with her degree in art. She was a member of Student Alumni Council. ( 4220 New Vistas Court NW, Albuquerque, NM 87114 E-mail: Janikaybrown@msn.com)
Mr. and Mrs. ELLIS PARSON, BA’74 (MILDRED, EX’73) celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary on July 1, 2002. Ellis is pastor of Summerfield Baptist Church in Summerfield, Texas and Mildred is an employee of U. S. Postal Service. (P.O. Box 150, Summerfield, TX 79085; Email: ellisp@wtrt.net)
Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of WILLIAM J. “BILL” PAYNE, BSOE’76, who died on March 25 in Lubbock. He was a graduated of the Lubbock Campus. Bill served the City of Lubbock for 42 years as a fire-fighter and in several management positions, culminating his career in 1993 as assistant city manager. He served as Director of Civil Defense during the Lubbock tornado in 1970. Bill was honored in 2003 by the Lubbock City Council by namining the William J. Payne Emergency Operations Center in his honor. Among his survivors is his wife, Helen, a former member of the Lubbock Campus Advisory Council, and a son, WILLIAM B. PAYNE, BSOE’88, MBA’99, who also graduated from the Lubbock Campus.
Mr. and Mrs. DANNY PEARCE, EX’71 (MIRIAM WOMACK, EX’72) live in Clovis, New Mexico where he is director of missions for the Tucumcari and Eastern Baptist Associations. After 26 years as a pastor, he is delighted to be back on his home turf and have the opportunity to minister to 30 churches in the area. Miriam is a kindergarten teacher. They have four children, Carrie, Ben, Andy and Abby. (113 Wrangler Way, Clovis, NM 88101 E-mail: eba@plateautel.net)
Mr. and Mrs. RODDY PEARCE, BA’72 (ANN McLEOD, BA’74) live in Clovis, New Mexico where he is executive vice president and controller at First Bank. Ann is a second grade teacher in Texico, New Mexico. They have three grown children. The Pearces are members of Central Baptist Church where he is a deacon and both teach Sunday School. (2013 PR Lyons, Clovis, NM 88101)
Rev. and Mrs. JOE PERKINS, BA’73 (JO LIANE SANDERS, EX’73) have moved to Jefferson, Texas, where he is pastor of First Baptist Church. They have two children. Joe visited the Wayland booth during the Baptist General Convention of Texas in Waco in November. (701 E. Walker, Jefferson, TX 75657; Email: J.Perkins@sbcglobal.net)
CHUCK PHILLIPS, BA'76, and wife Shelly live in Osage Beach, Missouri, home of Lake of the Ozarks, where he is pastor of Riverview Baptist Church. The Phillips have been married almost 25 years and have three grown children. Chuck spends much of his time studying, writing and teaching marriage enrichment. He and Shelly have taught these classes in the three last churches he has served as well as for associational events and various ministries. He also has a weekly internet "e-marriage letter" to subscribers and that is featured in the newsletter of Coyote Hill Children's Home in Harrisburg, Missouri. (2 Golden Glade, Osage Beach, MO 65065; Email: cphillips@socket.net)
Rev. and Mrs. WES PHILLIPS, BA’79 (CINDY GOODWIN, BA’80) live in El Paso. Wes serves as pastor of First Baptist Church in Horizon City. Cindy is employed by Premier Designs Jeweler. They attended the Wayland alumni dinner in El Paso in January and again in July. The Phillips have five children: Daniel, 18, Nicole, 17, Jonathan, 13, Jennifer, 11 and Matthew, who they adopted two years ago, 3. (14905 Roslyn, El Paso, TX 79927)
Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of GLORICE ELAINE PIRKLE, EX’71, who died on January 4, 2006 She lived in Plainview and formerly owned and operated a ceramics shop.
Dr. and Mrs. JEFF POOL, BA’75 (LAURINDA LITTLEJOHN, BA’89) have moved to Berea, Kentucky, where he has accepted a tenure-track position as associate professor of religion, chaplain to the college and director of the Campus Christian Center at Berea College in Berea, Kentucky. Laurinda has transferred with the Internal Revenue Service to the office in Lexington. Jeff writes that after so many years of living and working in major metropolitan areas that “this is a wonderful change for us.” (100 Richmond Road, Berea, Kentucky 40403; Email: ohaodha@earthlink.net)
CAROLYN PORTERFIELD, BA'77, has been named executive director of the Woman's Missionary Union of the Baptist General Convention of Texas. She visited the Wayland booth during the Southern Baptist Convention in Orlando in June. (3116 Sara Drive, Rowlett, TX 75088; Email: porterfield@bgct.org)
BRENT POWELL, EX’79, is director of missions for the Black River Baptist Assocation and Garland County Baptist Association in Arkansas. He and wife Linda Gail have three children. Brent visited the Wayland booth during the Southern Baptist Convention in Phoenix in June. (P.O. Box 310, Hoxie, AR 72433; Email: powle-brook@juno.com)
Dr. and Mrs. TIM POWERS, BA’77 (JANICE WARREN, BA’78) have moved from Pampa, Texas, to Wichita Falls where he has been named assistant superintendent of instructional services for the Wichita Falls Independent School District. Tim completed his doctorate in educational leadership at Texas Tech University in May, 2002. They have two children. ZANE, BA’02, is student minister at First Baptist Church, Dumas, Texas. He was married on May 24, 2003, to RONNI FOOTE, BSIS’03. Ronni, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. DAVID FOOTE, BA’74 (JONI VAUGHN, EX’76), teaches fifth grade science and social studies at Morningside Elementary School in Dumas. The Powers’ daughter, Janelle, is a sophomore elementary education – early childhood major at Wayland. (Tim and Janice: 3506 Stirling Street, Wichita Falls, TX 76310 E-mails: timpowers@wfisd.net and j_powers@nts-online.net) (Zane and Ronni: P.O. Box 1214, Dumas, TX 79029 E-mails: zane_powers@hotmail.com and ronni_powers@hotmail.com)
PAT PRESCOTT, BA’76, has written a Christian historical novel entitled “Optimus – Praetorian Guard,” the story of a hard-drinking, fast-living Roman soldier who becomes a Christian. Pat writes: “He tries to navigate the dual loyalties between his faith and duty under numerous emperors. With a blend of Christianity, growth in personal faith and intrigues of Imperial Roman life, you will come away with an increased knowledge of faith, early Christianity and a feel for the Roman Empire you didn’t have before.” It can be special ordered at most bookstores, or you can purchase it at publishamerica.com or amazon.com for $21.95 plus shipping and handling. He sells an autographed copy to anyone interested for $20 if they email him. Pat teaches social studies at West Mesa High School in Albuquerque. His wife, Linda, is assistant editor of the Baptist New Mexican newspaper. They have a son and daughter and one grandchild. (7304 Mint PL NW, Albuquerque, NM 87121. Email pmprescott_2000@yahoo.com)
DANNY RAMBO, BS’74, teaches math and science at Anacortes High School in Anacortes, Washington. He would love to hear from Wayland friends. (1019 B 34th Street, Anacortes, WA 98221; Email: danny_rambo@msn.com)
Mr. and Mrs. JON-ROY RAMSOUR, BA’73 (MARY RUTH STEELE, BA’69) announce the birth of their granddaughter, Kaylee Noel, on December 10, first child of their son Marc and wife Holly. Marc and Holly live in Virginia, so Jon-Roy and Mary Ruth are not sure when they will get to see her. Jon-Roy is minister of music and education at First Baptist Church of Sundown, Texas, and Mary Ruth teaches at the elementary school. (P.O. Box 338, Sundown, TX 79372; Email: mramsour@door.net)
NANCY RINEHART RAWLINS, BS'70, completed 30 years of teaching in the Bay City Independent School District in May. She taught on the junior high level for four years and for the next 26 years taught geometry and algebra at Bay City High School. Nancy also serves as statistician for the Bay City Lady Cat basketball team. She and her husband have a son, Denton Reagan Rawlins, 20, who is serving in the U. S. Navy. Nancy attended Homecoming and her 30-year class reunion. (2716 Del Monte, Bay City, TX 77414)
BEN RAY, BA’78, lives in Belton, Texas, where he is business manager for Hope for the Hungry, a missions outreach ministry. He manages the property and offices and local outreach, coordinating University of Mary Hardin Baylor students who work in low income housing areas to minister to children. He and wife Molly, a nurse and ER care coordinator at Scott and White Hospital in Temple, celebrated their eighth anniversary on May 24, 2005. The Rays attend First Baptist Church where he is director of Single Adult II Sunday School. ( 899 S. Wheat Road, Belton, TX 76513 E-mail: revray7@excite.com)
SUSI THACKER REAVES, BA’75, lives in Campbell, California where she is a registered dental hygienist and a pastor’s wife. Husband Richard completed his 13th year of ministry at Santa Clara First Baptist Church in October 2004 and looks forward to a sabbatical in 2005. Susi leads women's ministries at church and works three days a week as a dental hygienist. They have three sons, Christopher and twins Andrew and Will. Christopher graduated Phi Beta Kappa from University of California Irvine in 2003. Will graduated cum laude from Wheaton College in 2004 and Andrew will graduate from the United States Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland in 2005. ( 2234 Wren Way, Campbell, CA 95008-3844 E-mail: estrdh@aol.com)
DONNA REBADOW, BS'74, still lives in Phoenix and is teaching at Paradise Valley Community College. She has completed her pilot’s license and is enjoying flying her Cessna 172. Donna’s favorite community service project is her work as a volunteer “puppy raiser” for the Eye Dog Foundation of Phoenix. They supply an 8 week old German Shepherd puppy that the volunteer agrees to take to training twice a month. The volunteer is responsible for the basic obedience and socialization of the pup and gets to take it everywhere he goes for the first year of his life. Donna has recently turned in her fourth dog and she says that the turn-in is the most difficult part of being a “puppy raiser.” (9 E. Canterbury Court, Phoenix, AZ 85022; Email: drebadow@mac.com)
Mr. and Mrs. STEVE REED, BM’83 (TRUDY WILLIAMS, BA’81) live in The Colony, a suburb of Dallas. Steve is senior consultant for Acoustic Dimensions and Trudy teaches fifth grade mathematics at Prestonwood Christian Academy. Son Noah graduated in May from Prestonwood and plans to go to Hawaii for training with Youth With a Mission. He will then go to Fiji, India or Thailand for his mission work before returning to the states for college. Noah will be a children’s intern this summer at Prestonwood Baptist Church in Dallas. (5533 Rockwood Drive, The Colony, TX 75056 E-mail: trudyreed2@hotmail.com)
KERRY REEVES, BS’76, is pulpmill superintendent for the Weyerhauser Valliant paper mill plant in Idabel, Okla. He and his wife, Karen Louise, a math teacher at Idabel High School, have two daughters and a son. (1703 SE Ave N, Idabel, OK 74745. E-mail: reeves6@cebridge.net)
VALERIE WRIGHT RITCHIE, BA’76, was surprised with a 50th birthday celebration in Colorado in November. She had gone there on vacation to visit GAYLA HARBER WIIEST, EX’76, and was surprised by other classmates who gathered to enjoy “old time friends and to reminisce about Wayland days. Valerie says, “Except for shorter hair, we looked the same!” Others coming for the weekend celebration were JUDY TAYLOR CROW, BA’76, RHONDA BERGSTROM HOLTZ, BA’76, DONNA CUMIFORD STEWART, BA’76 and KAREN FORSON WILKIN, EX’73. Valerie was the first of the group to hit the 50 mark and looks forward to celebrating the other “girls” birthdays. (Valerie: 1409 Muir Lane, Burnsville, MN 55337 E-mail: bobandvalerie@comcast.net) (Gayla: 2280 Eldridge Street, Golden, CO 80401 E-mail: mgwiiest@comcast.com) (Judy: 15786 Cr 3108, Gladewater, TX 75647 E-mail: Lcrow10678@aol.com) (Rhonda: 3402 Chilham Place, Charlotte, NC 28226 E-mail: trholtz@compuserve.com) (Donna: 2101 Fairway Terrace, Clovis, NM 88101 E-mail: donnajack@plateautel.net) (Karen: 24029 26th Drive SE, Bothell, WA 98021 E-mail: karenwilkin@hotmail.com); Email: )
JAN CRYER ROACH, BA'73, lives in Lee, Florida, with husband Glenn, a supervisor in the Department of Revenue in Tallahassee. Jan is a partner in Cryer Kennels where they raise racing dogs. They usually have about 200 dogs on premises. The Roaches have two daughters, Katie, 17, a high school senior, and Stacey, 21, a senior at University of Florida majoring in occupational therapy. (Rt. 2 Box 4400, Lee, FL 32059; Email: stuckey@tallynet.com)
Mr. and Mrs. JACKIE RUMBAUGH, BA’75 (MARTHA “BETH” GIBSON, BSOE’00) have moved from Kress, Texas, to Dickens, Texas, where he is pastor of Dickens Baptist Church. Beth is enjoying being a homemaker. They have two sons, Christopher, a computer programmer for NORTEL in Richardson, Texas, and Joshua, a junior at Spur High School. (P.O. Box 292, Dickens, TX 78229; Email: jbrumb@Caprock-spur.com)
Dr. HAROLD A. RUMZEK, BSOE'76, is owner and CEO of Harold A. Rumzek & Associates in Bedford, Texas. He is currently working on a book, "You Can Develop a 'Can Do' Attitude," about dealing with chronic pain. Harold has an interesting web site concerning his book at http://www.angelfire.com/tx2/fellow. He is active with the Mosiah Shrine Temple and holds the position of Colonel for the Car-Vette Unit. He works with CowTown Corvettes and can be found on racedays at Texas Motor Speedway working security on pit road. He and wife Sue live in Bedford. (2124 Ridgewood Street, Bedford, TX 76021-4737; Email: hrumzek@worldnet.att.net)
Mr. and Mrs. DAVID SANDERS, BS'77 (JANIS MOWERY, BA'76) live in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. David has his own consulting company and spends most of his time out of town. Since September, he has been contracting with a company in the Washington, D.C. area and they have an apartment there where they stay about three weeks out of the month. They are enjoying the Washington area. With David's brother, Dr. TOM SANDERS, BS'66, only an hour away, and his other brother, Dr. TED SANDERS, BS'64, making frequent trips to the area, they enjoy periodic family dinners. Janis has a sister about two hours away, so they visit regularly. (3417 Michael Drive, Plano, TX 75023; Email: david@sanders-consulting.com)
Christian love and sympathy to DAVID, BS’77, TED, BS’64 and TOM SANDERS, BS’66, at the death of their aunt, Mildred Sanders, on July 29. Mildred’s husband, Joe Sanders, usually attends the Awards Chapel at Wayland to present the Sanders’ Scholarship. (David: 3417 Michael Drive, Plano, TX 75023; Email: david@sanders-consulting.com) and (Ted: 4545 S. Monaco Street Unit 247, Denver, CO 80237; Email: tsanders@ecs.org) and (Tom: 207 Newport Drive, Severna Park, MD 21146)
Mr. and Mrs. DENYS SANDERS, BA’77 (JOLENE BROCK, BS’78) live in Plainview where he owns and operates Denys Sanders Plumbing. Jolene is a teacher at Plainview Christian Academy where she teaches all science, grade 7-12. They have five children. Their oldest, Dela, 18, is a freshman at Wayland. Their son, Denny, 16, a junior at PCA, last summer took courses at Wayland toward an engineering degree. Their other children, David, 14, Doanh, 12 and Dustin, 11, are busy with Boy Scouts and Venture Crew 9 Kwahadi Indian Dancers. The Kwahadi's are an internationally known group that toured over 22 states this year. Last summer, they traveled in three foreign countries, Germany, Switzerland and Czechoslovakia. Denys and Jolene moved to a new home recently and welcome visits from old Wayland friends. (2807 W. 21st Street, Plainview, TX 79072; Email: denysjb@juno.comm)
PAULA JANE “J. JAY” SANDERS, EX’77, lives in Clovis,
New Mexico, where she is a Torah scholar and writer. She is active in brining
Christians back to the Jewish roots of their faith and has written a book, “Prodigal,
Come Home,” that speaks to this issue. (P.O. Box 5196, Clovis, NM 88101-5196
E-mail: tikkunolam@3lefties.com)
JUDY SESMA,
BA’75, is still living in Albuquerque, New Mexico, where she is
an administrative assistant for Sandia Labs which she says has great benefits,
a fair amount of job security, and great vacation and holiday "rewards".
Judy has some health problems because of a rare intestinal disease but keeps
plugging along. She would love to hear from Wayland friends. (560 Star Villa
Circle SE, Rio Rancho, NM 87124; Email: jasesma@sandia.gov)
Christian love and sympathy to MARSHA SHARP, BS’74, whose father died in June. (9104 Louisville Avenue, Lubbock, TX 79423)
BOB SHELDON, BA’77, is living in Estes Park, Colorado, with wife Ginger. Bob is mission development director for the Synod of the Rocky Mountains, Presbyterian Church (USA). He earned his master’s degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, and became Presbyterian in 1992. He pastored a couple of churches in Colorado and six years ago, the synod (regional governing body that covers Montana, Wyoming, Utah and Colorado) offered him the position of development director to help the church fund its mission. He works with all entities--congregations, presbyteries, synod, camps, as well as the national church--to identify and articulate their mission. He also helps individuals determine what's valuable for them and how to support it with their resources. Bob says he loves every minute of his work, gets to travel a lot and has, perhaps, become more extroverted! He and Ginger love life in their beautiful mountain setting with their two golden retrievers, Sundance and Aspen. (252 Mountain View Lane, Estes Park, CO 80517 E-mail: bob.sheldon@pcusa.org)
Christian love and sympathy to KAREN CUMIFORD SHERROD, BA’72 and DONNA CUMIFORD STEWART, BA’76, who lost their mother on Febuary 15, 2007. Her services were in Springer, New Mexico and she was buried in the National Cemetery in Santa Fe. (Karen: 5818 92nd, Lubbock, TX 79424 E-mail: ksherrod44@sbcglobal.net) (Donna: 2101 Fairway Terrace, Clovis, NM 88101 E-mail: dstewart@clovis-schools.org)
Christian love and sympathy to CHUCK SHOCKLEY, BA’73, at the death of his mother, Joyce Shockley, on April 30. He writes that TED LATHAM, BA’72, pastor of First Baptist Church in Perryton, Texas, provided an excellent memorial service. Chuck works for United Parcel Services (UPS) at Dallas-Fort Worth Airport. (Chuck: 3022 N. Josey #148, Carrollton, TX 75007; Email: diamondcps@hotmail.com)
KAY MOATS SILLER, BS’78, lives in Yuba City, California, where she and husband Neal are involved in agriculture with Siller Family farm interests. They have USDA Aviation Helicopters Firefighting Contracts and are involved in farming over 10,000 acres of rice and orchards of prunes, peaches and walnuts. The also have sawmill operations. Kay is an elected member of California Rice Research Board and has been a delegate for the American Angus Association for the State of California for 25 years. The Sillers are members of Calvary Chapel and have three children, Jeff, Tom and Tammie. ( 1453 Bogue Road, Yuba City, CA 95993 E-mail: KzAngus@Neteze.Com)
WAYNE SMAWLEY, BSOE’75, who graduated from the Wichita Falls Campus, is retired from the U. S. Air Force and living in North Carolina. He is a widower and has three grown children. (5016 Scott Acres St., Morganton, North Carolina 28655; Email: smawley7@yahoo.com)
BELINDA HOWARD SMITH, EX’74, daughter of the late Dr. FRED D. HOWARD, professor emeritus of religion, and SARAH HOWARD, BS’64, is following in her father’s footsteps as an author and writer of life stories. One of her short stories is featured in the April 2007, Mature Living magazine, published by LifeWay. Titled "Easter in the Plains," Smith tells about her childhood experiences of Easter growing up in Plainview. A similar version of the story, "Springtime in Plainview brings fond memories" appeared in the Plainview Daily Herald, April 14, 2004. Several of Smith’s articles have been published by Focus on the Family. In the works are two manuscripts, "Scrapbooking Your Faith - Leaving a Legacy of Love" and "When a Casserole Is Not Enough – Spiritual Recipes for Life Events." Smith has written a collection of memoirs about her growing years in Plainview titled, "Growing Up In Plain View." Many are available on her website www.belindahowardsmith.com. Belinda and her husband Steve live in Austin, Texas. (9309 Tea Rose Trail, Austin, TX 78748 E-mail: belindas@austin.rr.com)
SUSAN ABSTON SMITH, BA’79, lives in DeQuincy, Louisiana, but is high school counselor at Deweyville High School in Deweyville, Texas. She and husband Alvin are deeply involved in ministry. Susan attended Homecoming and the International Choir Reunion. Her father, JOSEPH ABSTON, BA’55, was in one of the earliest choirs and had some of the original costumes before his death. Susan presented those costumes to Dr. Scott Herrington, current director, during the Reunion Concert in November. (102 Caroline Street, DeQuincy, LA 70633; Email: tabermin@cmg.com)
KENT SNODGRASS, BS’77, lives in Fort Worth where he has taken a new position as senior vice president with First Southwest Company. He and wife Liz have two sons, Clayton, 17 and Nathan, 15. (6917 Hazeltine, Fort Worth, TX 76132 E-mail: Ksnodgrass@firstsw.com)
SCOTT SNODGRASS, BS’79, is a farmer in Abernathy. Wife Cindy is a vice president at Hale County State Bank in Plainview. Scott hopes to see lots of classmates at the 20-year class reunion at Homecoming--IF he is through stripping cotton. (Rt. 2, Box 65, Abernathy, TX 79311)
Dr. SANDRA SNYDER, BA'70, I'm still with the Oregon Symphony (Director of Marketing for Audience Development) and loving it! Even on the bad days (read "budget crunch") all I have to do is attend a rehearsal or performance and realize once again why I've stayed. Sold the downtown condo and bought a townhouse just north of downtown last year so have a beautiful, quiet home to return to at the end of each busy day. Great therapy! (9931 NW Abbey Rd., Portland, OR 97229; Email: ssnyder@orsymphony.org)
Dr. PHIL SORLEY, BA'74, lives in Glendale, California, and is hospital director at White Memorial Medical Center in Los Angeles. He completed his M.A. degree at Azusa Pacific University and his Ph.D. degree at Columbia Pacific University. His wife Patricia is also in the healthcare profession. They have three children: David Cole, 29, Alison, 20 and Christopher, 18. (963 Calle Amable, Glendale, CA 91208; Email: sorleypc@earthlink.net)
Mr.
and Mrs. RAY SPRADLING, BA’77 (JANABETH WILLIS, EX’76) live
in Bryan, Texas, where he has completed 15 years as minister of education at
Calvary Baptist Church. Janabeth is speech-language pathologist for the Bryan
Independent School District. They have two children, Ben and Melanie. (3806
Tanglewood Drive, Bryan, TX 77802; Email: sprad@chariscomp.com)
Mr. and Mrs. RANDY STARK, BA'77 (LINDA HAYS, BA'79) live in Quitaque, Texas, where he is a banker and she is a homemaker. They visited the Wayland booth during the Baptist General Convention of Texas meeting in Corpus Christi in October. (P.O. Box 515, Quitaque, TX 79255; Email: randy4@caprock-spur.com)
BOBBY JACK STEWART, EX’72, sang with a quartet at Wayland’s graduation at the Clovis Campus in fall. The quartet was from Central Baptist Church where commencement was held. Bobby lives in Clovis with wife DONNA CUMIFORD STEWART, BA’76, and their children Madison and Barret. (2101 Fairway Terrace, Clovis, NM 88101; Email: donnajack@plateautel.net)
Mr. and Mrs. RANDALL STEWART, BA'76 (MARY ANN PENNINGTON, EX'73) have moved to Houston where he has become a licensed real estate specialist with www.on-lineapartements.com and www.iMoving.com. Mary Ann is building her home-based business with Mary Kay Cosmetics. The Stewarts have two sons, Aaron, 21, who attends Jacksonville College and is a youth intern at Central Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Texas, and Joshua, 18, a freshman at University of Mary Hardin Baylor. Randall and Mary Ann are active at Sagemont Baptist Church in Houston. (11518 Sageperry Drive, Houstohn, TX 77089; Email: Houseofclay@aol.com)
Mr. and Mrs. BUTCH STRICKLAND, BA’75 (PAM NEWTON, EX’74) live in Brenham, Texas. They had previously served as missionaries in Venezuela under auspices of the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Butch is pastor of Independence Baptist Church, the oldest Baptist church in Texas that is still in business. Their daughter, Carrie, is a sophomore at Wayland. Butch and Pam would love to hear from Wayland friends. (10405 FM 50, Brenham, TX 77833 E-mail: butch.strickland@bgct.org)
JIMMY D. TAYLOR, BS’75, has retired after 25 years as a contract manager with the Texas Department of Human Services/Department of Aging and Disability. He and his wife Donna live in Amarillo. They have two sons, Wayne Womack, who is employed at West Texas A&M University, and Dallas, a junior at Tascosa High School. They also have a granddaughter, Courtney. Jim and Donna have purchased and old hotel in Quitaque, Texas and are in the process of restoring it. (3623 Doris Drive, Amarillo, Texas 79109 E-mail: dallas1@arn.net)
CLAY THOMPSON, BA'72, lives in Gladstone, Oregon, where he is a senior consultant. Wife Lori is principal's secretary for Oregon City School district. They have two grown sons and are members of Willamette Christian Church of West Linn. (18320 Chris Court, Gladstone, OR 97027; Email: claylori@comcast.net)
Mr. and Mrs. EDWARD WAYNE THOMPSON, BS’70 (JOHNNA SHELTON, EX’69) live in Lamesa, Texas. Johnna has retired as a teacher from North Elementary School due to health related problems. Wayne teaches at Lamesa Middle School and also at the Lamesa Campus of Howard College. Johnna completed her degree and certification at University of Texas/Permian Basin. Wayne earned his MA at Prairie View A&M University and his teacher certification at UTPB. (1815 N. 13th Street, Lamesa, TX 79331 E-mail: abanjo2go@picsnet.com)
Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of LEOTA THORNTON, EX’75, who died in Plainview on October 26. She was among the first graduates of the Texas Trust School of Banking and worked for Hale County State Bank for 44 years, retiring as senior vice president and head of the trust department in 1988. Among Leota’s survivors are a son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. TRAVIS THORNTON, EX’72 (AMY LYONS, BA’75, and a daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. JACK MORRIS, BA’78 (LINDA MORRIS, EX). Travis is a contractor in Plainview and Amy is an elementary music teacher in Lockney. Jack is district manager for West Texas Gas and Linda followed her mother’s career path in banking. (Thornton: 1810 S. Date, Plainview, TX 79072; Email: amyt@lockneyisd.tenet.edu) (Morris: 2800 W. 17th Street, Plainview, TX 79072)
Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of BILL TIDWELL, BA’72, who died on May 19, 2005. He was owner/operator of McAdoo Flying Service in Crosbyton and was on a spraying job when his plane crashed. It is believed that he clipped a newly installed transmission tower. Among his survivors are a son and daughter-in-law, Billy Ray and Brandy Tidwell of McAdoo, and a daughter, D’Lese Tidwell of Crosbyton.
Dr. DARRYL TILLER, BS’71, has been Director of Training for the Oklahoma Health Center Clinical Pastoral Education Institute in Oklahoma City since 1988 (www.cpeokc.org). His doctorate is in counseling and his work is that of training clergy in pastoral care and counseling. Darryl is licensed as a Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Oklahoma, and is certified as a Supervisor with the Association for Clinical Pastoral Education, Inc., a Fellow with the American Association of Pastoral Counselors, and a Diplomat with the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy. Darryl lives in Norman with wife Linda, who is the Development Officer for the College of Fine Arts at the University of Oklahoma. Darryl and Linda have five adult children between them and two grandchildren. Darryl has been the "unofficial" pastor (not Presbyterian) of a small Sunday-worship-only church, The First Presbyterian Church of Tecumseh for the past 10 years. Linda assists in music leadership and scripture reading and is generally adored by the congregation. Darryl is the author of the book, "Faith for a Lifetime, the Challenge and Celebration of Faith." (117 Summit Ridge Ct, Norman, OK 73071 E-mail: dtiller@cox.net)
Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of PEARL WORRELL TRIMBLE, BS’76, who died in Atlanta, Georgia, on July 25, 2005. Pearl was a former English teacher and head girls basketball coach at Amarillo’s Palo Duro High School for 11 years, assistant athletic director for four years and assistant personnel director for 8 years. Due to a severe illness, she took early retirement in 1998. At the time of her death, she was office administrator for The Community Center of Decatur, Georgia. Among her survivors are two daughters, Monica and Michelle, four sisters and two brothers, all of the Atlanta area.
Mr. and Mrs. JOHN TRUETT, BA’77 (DIANNA, EX’74) live in Plainview, where he works as a case manager for the Home and Community Based Services (HCS) of Central Plains Center for MH,MR & SA. They have a new grandson, Paul Eldon Truett, born May 29,2002 in Plainview. Proud parents are LEE, EX’94 and Dana Truett. (1300 Dallas, Plainview, TX 79072; Email: johnt@odsy.net)
JOHN TUBBS, BA'71, and wife Janet have been serving as missionaries for Church of the Brethren in Nigeria since May of 1995. For the first four years, they served at Mason's Technical School in Garkida, Adamawa State Nigeria. Since August, 1999, they are Mission Coordinators for Church of the Brethren in all Nigeria. John and Janet have four grown children. (P.O. Box 626, Jos, Plateau State, Nigeria; Email: tubs@hisen.org)
EDDIE TURNER, BA’72, who serves as manager of the University Store at Wayland, welcomed two more family members into the “Turner Family Tradition” at graduation on the Plainview Campus in April. From left, the group includes Eddie, Brandon Chancler, Wayland junior who is married to April Jackson Chancler, Doug Burke, BS’78; Terri Turner Burke, BA’78; Erin Turner West, BM’01; Damon West, BA’01, MA’04; Liz Smith, a Wayland junior whose parents work at the Alaska Campus; Jacob Burke, BS’05, one of the April graduates; Andi Turner, BM’04; April Jackson Chancler, BS’05, the other April graduate; Bekah Jackson, a Wayland sophomore; Hudson Jackson, BS’99; Matt Jackson, BS’99; Kathie Turner Jackson, BS’74; and Mike Jackson, BS’73.
Mr. and Mrs. GARY UPCHURCH, BS'72 (DIANE CARTER, BS'72) moved to Midland in 1998 where they both teach in Midland Independent School District. Gary teaches biology at Lee High School and Diane teaches third grade. Daughter Stacey teaches in the Crowley ISD while husband Cory attends Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth. Son Jeremy is a senior at Oklahoma Baptist University. (5011 Polo Parkway, Midland, TX 79705)
RUDY VILLANUEVA, BA’75, and wife Diana have celebrated 33 years of marriage. They also celebrated in February the birth of their seventh grandchild, six girls and one boy, with the arrival of Arden Ashley. This makes three daughters for son J.C., an electrical engineer, and wife Suzanne, twins Leah and Lauren, 5, and Arden. The Villanueva’s daughter, TANYA VILLANUEVA BALLEZ, EX’91, and husband Tony have four children, Mercedes, 12, Mariah, 11, Maya, 9 and Diego, 4. Tanya is project coordinator for Northeast ISD in San Antonio and Tony is district sales leader for Frito-Lay. Rudy is a specialty instructor in learning systems at USAA in San Antonio. Diana also works for USAA as a Business Analyst. Her primary duties include project management and the introduction of new products. (530 W. Branch Crossing, Spring Branch, TX 78070 E-mail: rudy.villanueva@usaa.com)
JULIE FORSON VOORHIES, BA’79, and husband James live in Casper, Wyoming, where they own the franchise rights for Blimpie across the state. They have also recently opened another restaurant called Pasta Central. Julie’s daughter Tara is 18 and is attending college in Wyoming. (4223 E. 12th Street, Casper, WY 82609; Email: jhersma@hotmail.com)
Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of INEZ CUEVAS WADE, BA'76, who died on September 22. After earning her degree in elementary education, Inez taught at South Plains, Lubbock and in Plainview for 20 years at Hillcrest Elementary School. Among her survivors are her husband, Delbert, and a daughter, Crystal.
BARBARA HUDGINS WARREN, BS’72, and husband Ron have moved back to Plainview from Pampa, Texas. Ron has been named special services coordinator for Plainview Public Schools. Barbara is educational diagnostician at Plainview High School. They have bought a house which will be available in October. (214 NW Alpine, Plainview, TX 79072; Email: bwarren@plainview.k12.tx.us)
Mr. and Mrs. DAVID WAUHOB, BS’71 (DEANNA McGAHA, BA’71) have lived in Midland since their graduation. David is in his 20th year with Compressor Systems, Inc., and Deanna works for Shell Pipeline Company LLC as an emergency response coordinator. They have two sons, Soctt and Todd, who are students at Texas Tech. David and Deanna would love to hear from former classmates. (3808 Gulf Avenue, Midland, TX 79707; Email: dewauhob@apex2000.net)
DONETTE CARLTON WEATHERLY, BA’79, has lived in Spade, Texas, for the past 9 years and is currently serving as superintendent of schools for Spade ISD. She has just completed her first year as superintendent. Donette attends Second Baptist Church in Lubbock and would love to hear from Wayland friends. (P.O. Box 131, Spade, TX 79369 E-mail: dweatherly@esc17.net)
LYNN ALVA GRAY WELCH, BS’71, lives in Lubbock where she retired in 2001 from public school education as educational diagnostician and is doing special education testing on a contract basis. (5303 68th Street, Lubbock, TX 79424-1539; Email: lawelch50@msn.com)
JERRY WESTBERRY, BA’76, has retired from teaching in the Oklahoma City Public Schools. His most recent assignment was at Roosevelt Middle School. Jerry earned his MSHS degree at East Central State University in Ada, Oklahoma. He writes that he now has time to e-mail and play on the computer. Jerry’s new hobby is genealogy and he is working on his family tree. Jerry and wife Nyla are members of Southern Hills Baptist Church where he teaches Sunday School. He would love to hear from Wayland friends. (632 SW 3rd, Moore, Ok 73160 E-mail: jwbry1@yahoo.com)
Dr. DANNY WHITE, BM'79, is completing his second year as fine arts specialist and supervisor for the Wichita Falls Independent School District. He had previously been director of choral studies at Midwestern State University. Dan and wife Kathy, an elementary music teacher at Sheppard Elementary School, have two children. Lauren is beginning her music studies at Southwest Texas State University, and Brenton is their 12-year-old son. (1526 Sweetbriar Drive, Wichita Falls, TX 76302-2912; Email: dlwhite@wfisd.net)
AROLD WHITIS, BS’79, MBA’98,H lives in Belton, Texas. He is consultant team leader with Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corporation. He oversees the activities of TG Consultants who interact with over 350 colleges, lenders, and servicers to support their financial aid delivery through training or technical support. Harold is working on his doctorate in higher education administration at Baylor University. He served as assistant director of financial aid at Wayland from 1979-1982 and came back to serve as director from 1993-1996. From 1996 to July, 2000, when he moved to his current position, he served as director of financial aid at University of Texas of the Permian Basin and Midland College. Harold enjoys living in Belton, his hometown, with son Matthew, 14, who is on the swim team. He has two other children, Julie, a sophomore at Texas Tech, and Khara, who lives in Arlington. (26 Branding Iron, Belton, TX 76513; Email: hwhitis@msn.com)
Christian love and sympathy to the family and friends of LINDA WILBUR, BA’78, who died on November 4, 2001, following a long and courageous fight against lupus and leukemia. She had a stem cell transplant in March, 1997 and had five more years of good times and bad times. She battled the effect of treatments and graft versus host disease before her death.
AMY WILLIAMSON WILCOX, EX'76, lives with husband A.D. in Dallas, Georgia, a suburb of Atlanta. She is accounts payable coordinator for Heidelberg USA. A.D. is engineering services manager for Columbian Chemicals. They have two grown sons, Dan Duncan and Adam Wilcox. The Wilcoxs are active members of Roswell Street Baptist Church of Marietta. ( 286 Independence Avenue, Dallas, GA 30132 E-mail: adwilcox@mindspring.com)
Mr. and Mrs. GARY WILCOX, BA’72, MA’91 (ALBA SANCHEZ, BA73, MA’90) live in El Paso, Texas, where Alba is Superintendent of Jesus Chapel School and Gary is pastor of a new church , Restoration Fellowship. The church began with 8 people and they quickly grew to having over 70. Alba writes, “Through a series of major miracles we were able to obtain a beautiful property, a former Lutheran church, which is incredible.” They dedicated the new facility in August, 2003. Jesus Chapel School is leasing the facilities during the week to house their secondary program, grades 6-12. Gary and Alba have a married daughter, MIRIAM WILCOX CAMPBELL, BM’03, who lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and a grandson, Jordyn, 2. (3625 Red Cloud, El Paso, TX 79936 E-mail: mailto:vbcuban@aol.com)
Mr. and Mrs. BILLY WILLIAMS, EX’72 (MARILYN MIRACLE, BA’74) are moving to Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania from Scottsdale, Arizona. Billy has been appointed executive director of online learning at The American College, a provider of education and designation programs for financial service professionals. He is responsible for creating interactive web-based learning experiences and for managing the editorial, production and instructional design department. The college has aligned with Blackboard Inc., a leading enterprise software company for online education, to deliver online course offerings as part of an initiative to move the institution to the next level in interactive learning. Before joining [The American College], Williams served as program manager of the online MBA program at Arizona State University. Marilyn is on medical leave from Scottsdale Schools after undergoing knee surgery. She is working on her comps toward her doctorate at Arizona State University and hopes to be ABD by the summer when she joins Billy in Pennsylvania. She plans to graduate in December, 2004. (276 Iven Avenue #2B, St. David, PA 190787 E-mail: billyw@amercoll.edu or Marilyn.Williams@asu.edu)
Rev. and Mrs. CHUCK WILLIAMS, BA’74 (ANN GLAZENER, BA’73) had an eventful year in 2006. Chuck is still pastor of Live Oak Community Church which he founded 13 years ago. This year the church had to acquire a 1600 square foot office building and replace two full-time staff members. They started the year off by with Chuck have knee surgery. In March, Ann had back surgery. Their book, “Eternal Route 66: Get More Than Kicks,” continues to do well and is offered at Barnes and Noble, Hastings and Amazon. They have a new website, www.eternalroute66.com. In June, they attended the National Route 66 Festival in Albuquerque. In July, they vacationed in Flagstaff, Arizona and the Grand Canyon. In August, they celebrated their 35th wedding anniversary and in September, they celebrated Chuck’s parents’ 60th anniversary. October found them on a fall foliage tour to New England which they highly recommend. And in November, they acquired a 7-week old toy Australian Shepherd named Buddy. (8309 Elgin Avenue, Lubbock, TX 79423 E-mail: chuchannw@nts-online.net)
MELISSA DRISKILL WILSON, EX’73, CCCSLP, lives in Santa Fe, New Mexico where she is setting up her practice as speech-language pathologist, Santa Fe Therapy Associates. She is currently speech-language pathologist for the Pecos Independent School District and is working toward certification as oral-facial mycologist. (681 Callecita Jicarilla, Santa Fe, NM 87505 E-mail: mcw777@hotmail.com)
Mr. and Mrs. STEVE WOOD, BA’71 (LINDA ARCHER, EX’72) live in Vancouver, Washington where he is finance manager for Bill Copps Cadillac. Linda works part time as an advertising consultant and in landscaping-pruning. Steve taught at McMurry College in Abilene, Texas, before moving to Midland where he worked with Midland Community Theatre and co-anchored a local radio show. Later he worked for a Midland oil company in sales and marketing, then as a media consultant and restaurant owner. Linda worked mainly in outside sales, office management and retail management when she managed a bridal shop for eight years. They love the Northwest and living so close to Portland, Oregon where there is so much to do. The Woods have two grown sons and six grandchildren. (15009 NE 96th Street. Vancouver, WA 98682 E-mail: slllwood@aol.com
NATILE MARR WOODROW, BS’73, is accounts payable supervisor and math instructor at Texas State Technical College West Texas in Sweetwater. Husband Jeff is plant operator for the wastewater plant for the City of Sweetwater. They have two children, Tim and Debra, who was inducted into Kappa Delta Pi at Wayland and graduated in December, 2004. The Woodrows are member of First Baptist Church. ( 1406 Grand Avenue, Sweetwater, TX 79556 E-mail: natile.woodrow@tstc.edu)
Mr. and Mrs. DONNIE YORK, BSOE’77 (SHERRY CAMPBELL, BA’74) live in Las Animas, Colorado, where they are serving the Arkansas Valley Baptist Association as Volunteers in Missions Consultants. They also volunteer in a prison where Donnie preaches the first Sunday of each month and he and Sherry do a Bible study each Monday night with about 23 men attending. Donnie is president of the Las Animas Ministerial Alliance and Sherry teaches in the Las Animas school district. (350 Vigil Avenue, Las Animas, CO 81054; Email: donsher@ria.net)
JARVIS YOUNG, EX’72, is an entertainer and marketer of child protection products in Dallas. He attends Fellowship Bible Church where he serves as volunteer with children and Junior High programs. (9209 Boundbrook, Dallas, TX 75243 E-mail: youngmagjar@sbcglobal.net)
Two Wayland alumni were elected officers of Vocational Evangelists Association at the annual meeting during the Texas Baptist Evangelism Conference. CHRISTY STRINGER NEWBERRY, EX’79, was elected secretary-treasurer of the group. SHERMAN ATEN, EX’85, was elected music director. Christy and husband PAUL NEWBERRY, BM’79, and Sherman and wife TAMMY PAYNE ATEN, BM’85, are full-time music evangelists. Paul and Christy are based out of Dallas and Sherman and Tammy are based out of Granbury. (Newberry: P.O. Box 612643, Dallas, TX 75261-2643; Email: pc_newberry@juno.com) (Aten: 6511 Givens Place Court, Granbury, TX 76049; Email: atenmin@juno.com)
FOREVER FRIENDS, JUDY TAYLOR CROW, BA’76, RHONDA BERGSTROM HOLTZ, BA’76, VALERIE WRIGHT RITCHIE, BA’76 and GAYLA HARBER WIIEST, EX’76 met at the home of Gayla in Dyersburg, Tennessee, in the spring for their annual “Girls’ Weekend.” They also began their big plans for the Class of 1976 Reunion in February. All members of the class are encouraged to make their plans early to be in Plainview February 24-25, 2006, for the 30-year Class Reunion. This is an early change in dates, so plans need to begin now. (Judy: 15786 CR 3108, Gladewater, TX 75647 E-mail: LCrow10678@aol.com) (Rhonda: 3402 Chilham Place, Charlotte, NC 28226 E-mail: trholtz@earthlink.net) (Valerie: 1409 Muir Lane, Burnsville, MN 55337 E-mail: bobandvalerie@comcast.net) (Gayla: 1933 Fairway Drive, Dyersburg, TN 38024-8883 E-mail: mgwiiest2@msn.com)
DENISE McKEE ZIGLER, BA'78, lives in Murphreesboro, Tennessee, with husband Eric and their three sons, Robert, 17, Daniel, 12 and Jonathan, 7. Eric is a teacher in the Rutherford County Schools and Denise enjoys being a homemaker and mother. Denise has studied at University of Alaska, Anchorage, University of Phoenix, University of Idaho and Boise State College. She would love to hear from Wayland friends. (7113 Woodbury Pike, Murfreesboro, TN 37127; Email: zigfamily@earthlink.net)