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Following Your Passion
is dedicated to preserving the classic golf
courses designed by Donald Ross.
Over the years golf has also become the “tie
that binds” him to his CCES classmates.
For 16 years, Edward and many of his
CCES friends gather for the Henry Hudgins
Memorial Invitational (named after Henry
CCES Upper School custodian and friend
to all in the 70s). Often participating in
this reunion are Byron Berry ’83, Pete
McKenna ’83, Ben Norwood ’83, Scott
Odom ’83, Bob Shaw’ 83, Charles Smith
’83, Keith Strausbaugh ’83, Clarkson
Williams ’83, Allen Ivester ’84, CCES
parent and coach Park Owings and CCES
parent Scott Millwood.
Edward agrees that his friendships with
CCES classmates are invaluable. Richness is
measured by the friends we have.
And by doing whatever we have a passion for. ■
Rebecca Ellen Clay ’77 also throws herself
into her endeavors with passion. In addition
to her Greenville interior decorating business,
Rebecca’s Interiors, she has established the Bracketbook
Foundation to raise funds for the Breast
Cancer Foundation. The foundation recycles and
redecorates bras, giving them new life as what one
reviewer called “adorable clutch-sized purses” that
are now featured in 70 boutiques, five of them in
Greenville. With a “Just Do It!” mindset, Rebecca
was also a champion water skier and black
diamond snow skier.
Golf is the “tie that binds” these CCES alumni, who annually hold a “Henry Hudgins Memorial
Invitational.” Front row, left to right: Michael Elliott, Allen Ivester ’84, Clarkson Williams
’83, Pete McKenna ’83, Edward Toledano ’83, Keith Schemm; back row, left to right: Charles
Smith ’83, Keith Strausbaugh ’83, Scott Odom ’83, Ben Norwood ’83, and Scott Millwood.
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