Summer/Fall 2010 - University of the Cumberlands

Kevin Flora, ’09, and Candace Mack,
’10, were married June 5th, 2010 at Main
Street Baptist Church in Williamsburg, KY.
Candace will attend University of Kentucky
College of Dentistry this fall, and Kevin
is currently pursuing his master’s degree
in Counseling Psychology at University
of Kentucky. The happy couple resides in
Lexington.
Zachary Marshall Jacobs, ’09, and Holly
Amanda Stroud (current graduate student)
were married June 20, 2009, at Main Street
Baptist Church in Williamsburg. A 2007
graduate of Eastern Kentucky University,
Holly is an English teacher at Whitley
County High School.
She is the daughter of Floyd, ’74, and
Geraldine Stroud, ’75. Mr. Stroud is
the track and cross country coach at
Cumberlands.
Shonda Wood, ’09, and Joshua Powers
(current student) were married May 22,
2010, at Main Street Baptist Church in
Williamsburg. Joshua is employed by Maiden
Drug Pharmacy, and Shonda is employed by
University of the Cumberlands.
Stephanie Dawn Rogers, ’09, and Andrew
Jordan Greer were married July11, 2009.
The groom is a 2009 graduate of Eastern
Kentucky University with a major in
Criminal Justice.
Amy Shemwell, ’09, and John Steely,
’09, were married July 24, 2010 at Trenton
Baptist Church in Trenton. Amy is an
administrative assistant at Baptist Regional
Medical Center in Corbin, and John is a
math teacher and boys’ basketball coach at
Williamsburg Middle School.
Ryan Scott Reed, ’09, and Jennifer Thoele,
’10 were married in May. Ryan currently
serves as a graduate assistant in the English
department while working toward his
master’s degree at Cumberlands.
Kayla Michelle Dupier, 09, and Adam
Christopher Adkins, ’10, were married July
18, 2009. Kayla is the daughter of Chuck,
’96, and Jo Canada Dupier, ’96, MBA,
’10.
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Jessica Lee Ellen Bailey, ’10, and James
Riley Perkins were married July 31, 2010, at
Tannery Hollow Missionary Baptist Church
in Jellico, Tennessee. Jessica is the daughter
of William and Kathy Bailey (secretary
Education Department).
Nicki Maxey, 2010, and Martin Bryant were
married May 22, 2010 at Faith Assembly of
God in London. Nicki is currently employed
by the Whitley County Board of Education,
and Martin is employed by Firestone.
Patrick Snyder Hammond (current
graduate student) and Kelly Ann Hargis a
current student at University of Kentucky
announce their engagement. Patrick, a 2007
graduate of Western Kentucky University
is currently pursuing a master’s degree in
elementary education at University of the
Cumberlands. He is employed by Bowling
Green Independent Schools.
Magan Goins (current student) and Caleb
McEndree were married December 12,
2009, at Grace on the Hill in Corbin.
Magan is employed with Forcht Bank of
Williamsburg, and Caleb, employed by the
Whitley County Detention Center, is also a
PV2 soldier with the United States National
Guard. The couple resides in Whitley
County.
FOND FAREWELLS
FACULTY/STAFF
Mary Ruth Arnett, 92, of Williamsburg,
passed away March 12, 2010. She was the
daughter of the late J.D. and Ida Hagan
Stanfield. A graduate of Elmwood Academy
in Perryville, Campbellsville Jr. College and
Western Kentucky State College, she taught
elementary school in Menifee County and
Paintsville City School and served as the
cataloguing librarian at Pikeville College
before assuming that role at Cumberland
College. A member of First Baptist Church
in Williamsburg, for 50 years, the VotaVita
Sunday School Class, the Atkins-Ellison
Circle and the Williamsburg Woman’s Club,
she is survived by her son Barry Arnett of
Rockholds and her daughter Vickie Hollen
of Williamsburg.
ALUMNI NEWS
Eva Allen Hendrickson, former resident of
Williamsburg and former faculty member at
Cumberland College, passed away May 9,
2005, at Westminster Health Care Center
in Clarksville, Indiana. She was a member
of the Fourth Avenue United Methodist
Church of Louisville; a member of the
William Whitley Chapter of the NSDAR; a
fifty-year member of the Order of The Eastern
Star, a former member of the Women’s
Club of Cumberland College, a member
of the Williamsburg Women’s Club and a
Kentucky Colonel.She is survived by three
daughters, Frankie H. Little, Jeffersonville,
Ind., Laura Jean Jackson, Corbin, and May
Sue Campbell, Bardstown.
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Elizabeth Arbuckle, ’36, 93, passed
away April 8, 2010, at Telford Terrace in
Richmond. She attended Cumberland
College and graduated from Eastern
Kentucky University. Mrs. Arbuckle is
survived by two daughters, Martha Exline
and Betsy Ney, both of Richmond; four
grandchildren; four great grandchildren and
two nieces.
Lois Gatliff King, ’36, passed away at her
home in College Station, Texas, on March 20,
2010. Mrs. King graduated as valedictorian
from both Meadow Creek High School and
Cumberland College. She and her husband,
Dr. General “Gene” King, moved to College
Station, Texas, where he joined Texas A
& M University in the Animal Science
Department.
Dr. Manuel P. Romero, ’35, passed away
June 29, 2009. He was a retired pharmacist
in Miami, Fla.
1940’s
Doris J. Beck Alford, ’43, age 87, passed
away February 3, 2010, at her home in
Erwin, Tenn.. She is survived by five
children: Allen Stephen Alford, Macon,
Ga.; Donald E. Alford, Johnson City, Tenn.;
Rob Alford, Erwin, Tenn.; Teresa Lewis and
Janice Hughes both of Erwin, Tenn.; 13
grandchildren and 22 great grandchildren.
Cleda Vesta Vanderpool Brockus, ’48,
Moulton, Iowa, passed away February 27,
2010 in Rock Hill, S. C. She is survived by