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Class Notes1940’sJean Ritchie Pickow (’44) was inducted into theKentucky Music Hall of Fame, Renfro Valley, KY,on February 28, 2002.1950’sBetty E. Siegel (’50) was named one of the 100Most Influential Georgians for 2001 by GeorgiaTrend Magazine. She is celebrating her 20thanniversary as president of Kennesaw StateUniversity, Kennesaw, GA.1960’sRobert M. Moser (’66) received his doctor of philosophydegree from Shaftesbury University.Jim Murray (’68) serves as pastor at CalvaryMissionary Baptist Church in Corbin, KY.1970’sBobby Howard (’75) currently serves as an artteacher and a track coach at Evarts High Schoolin Evarts, KY.David Wireman (’75) is working as a specialeducation teacher at Cawood High School inHarlan, KY.Randy Tate (’76) is working as the director ofchurch planting for the West VirginiaConvention of Southern Baptists.Michael Allen (’77) received his doctor of ministrydegree from Luther Rice Seminary in May 2002.1980’sRita Kay Dowden (‘80) resides in Manchester,KY, with her husband, Robert, and their son,Robert. She is a fourth grade teacher at PacesCreek Elementary School in Manchester and wasnamed to Who’s Who Among America’s Teachersin 2000.Tony Melton (’81) is a math teacher in PerryCounty, (KY).Gloria Weigle (’81) resides in Nicholasville, KY,with her husband, Bill, and their three children.She is the district coordinator for substituteplacements for the Jessamine County Board ofEducation.Tim Good (’83) is employed by the Bell County(KY) Health Department.Rex Huff (’84) is part owner of South EastMarine in Corbin, KY.Rick Fleenor (’85) received the doctor of educationdegree from the Southern Baptist TheologicalSeminary in May 2002. He currently serves asdirector of alumni services and assistant director ofadmissions at Cumberland College.Martin C. Ledington (’86) is on a joint assignmentfor the United States TransportationCommand at Scott Air Force Base, IL.Jim Tarrant (’86) currently serves as assistant professorand director of choral activities at OttawaUniversity in Ottawa, KS. He received his doctorof musical arts degree from the University ofMemphis in November 2001.Marsha Morton Elkins (’87) is employed as asixth and seventh grade health teacher atLafollette Middle School in Lafollette, TN.Fred Gillum (’87) serves as head softball coach atMars Hill College in Mars Hill, NC.Rodney Johnson (’88) is employed by R. R.Donnelley, where he oversees the printing of NewYorker Magazine.John C. Poirier (’89) is pursuing a Ph.D. inancient Judaism at the Jewish TheologicalSeminary of America in New York, NY.1990’sBen Murphy (’90) is the head football coach andathletic director at Chuckey Doak High Schoolin Afton, TN.Tony White (’91) is employed by the MercerCounty (KY) Health Department.Ruth Ann Flynn (’91) is employed as an industrialhygienist at a Naval Station in Newberry,IN.Dr. Samer Ackleh (’92) is employed by HewlettPackard as a response center engineer.Wes Cornett (’93) serves as the assistant principalat Lincoln County High School in Stanford, KY.Joe Early, Jr. (’93) and Dana Rose Early (’94)now reside in Hewitt, TX. Joe completed aPh.D. in church history at SouthwesternTheological Seminary in May 2002. He has beenappointed visiting assistant professor in churchhistory at Baylor University in Waco, TX. Danacompleted a doctorate in pharmacy at theUniversity of Missouri in Kansas City, MO in1999. Dana has taken a position with a nationalpharmacy chain in Waco.Nick Osborn (’93) serves as minister of youth atFirst Baptist Church in Kettering, OH.Nathan E. Ward (’93) resides in Floyds Knobs,IN with his wife, Wendy, and their four sons. Heis attending Southern Baptist TheologicalSeminary and also serves as minister of music andadministration at First Southern Baptist Church,Floyds Knobs.Chris Anderson (’94) currently serves as the headathletic trainer for the Hawaii Islanders ArenaFootball team.Stephanie Hamon (’94) is a physics teacher atRockcastle County High School in Mt. Vernon, KY.Debby Byington Mayberry (’94) is a health educatorat the Cumberland District HealthDepartment in Somerset, KY. She also serves aspresident of the Pulaski County Women’sCoalition.Aaron Purcell (’94) currently serves as thearchivist for the University of Tennessee library inKnoxville. He is also working on his Ph. D. inhistory at the University of Tennessee.Steve King (’95) is employed by theCommonwealth of Kentucky. He resides inNicholasville, along with his wife, Stacy.Traci Butler (’96) is employed by City Bank inCrittenden, KY.Robert Stephens (’96) resides in Whitley City,KY and serves as a public defender for McCrearyCounty.Aaron Anderson (’97) serves as a principal at PineKnott Elementary School in Pine Knott, KY.Jill Gross Arvanitis (’97) resides in Falls Church,VA, with her husband, John. She serves as theleader for the National Heart Attack AlertProgram Partnership for the American Institutesfor Research in Silver Spring, MD.Bridget Graves (’97) has received her MS degreein biomedical science with an emphasis in microbiologyfrom East Tennessee State University. Sheis working at ETSU as a research specialist.Camelia Jackson (’97) is teaching high schoolEnglish and Spanish at Bell County High Schoolin Pineville, KY.Julie Anderson Oropeza (’97) is teaching healthand physical education and coaching varsitycross-country, basketball, and track and field inPoteet, TX.Beth Steele Hetzel (’97) serves as a kindergartenteacher at McAdams Early Childhood Center in30
Huber Heights, OH. She received a master of sciencein education degree from the University ofDayton (OH) in May 2002.Rebecca Stults (’97) is pursuing a master’s in biologyand wildlife ecology and serving as a teachingassistant at Eastern Kentucky University.Ty Hanson (’98) graduated from PikevilleCollege School of Osteopathic Medicine in May2002. He is doing his internship in Athens, OH.Jennifer Cox (’98) is working as an Englishteacher at McCreary Central High School inStearns, KY.William Backer (’99) graduated from StetsonCollege of Law. He works for a personal injuryfirm in the Tampa Bay area.Kelli Shook (’99) resides in Nashville, TN. She is afield sales manager for GE Capital Card Services.Brenna Smith (’99) is working as a program specialistat The University of South Florida’sLakeland Campus. She resides in Bartow, FL,with her husband John.Gabe Steele (’99) is working on a MDiv inChristian education with emphasis in youth ministryat The Southern Baptist TheologicalSeminary.2000’sChip Earle (’00) is attending seminary atGardner Webb University.Nathan Hale (’00) is employed as a communicabledisease epidemiologist for the UpperCumberland Regional Health Department inKnoxville, TN.Heather Phillips-Hamilton (’00) serves as a mathteacher and the head girl’s track coach atNorth Johnson High School in North Carolina.Simeon Hodges (’00) is attending the Universityof Kentucky Medical School.Lance Smith (’00) is working as a co- manager for84 Lumber in Knoxville, TN.Jammie Woodyard (’00) is the associate pastor atRiverview Baptist Church in Lincolnton, NC.Jessica Rains Carpenter (’01) is working as a historyteacher at Whitley County High School inWilliamsburg, KY.Wayne Cecil (’01) is serving as the minister of youthat Statewood Baptist Church in Fort Wayne, IN.Aaron N. Coleman (’01) is attending graduateschool at the University of Louisville, pursuing amasters in history.Emily Lumsden Coleman (’01) is attending graduateschool at the University of Louisville, pursuinga masters in college and student personalservices.Melissa Creekmore (’01) is working as an assistantat Jellico Occupational Health and PhysicalTherapy in Jellico, TN.Amber Jones Earle (’01) is pursuing a master’sdegree in mental health counseling at GardnerWebb University.Bethany Andes Hockenberry (’01) is pursuing amaster’s degree in English at the University of St.Louis.Travis Profitt (’01) is employed by Bell South andresides in Paris, KY.Kristy Ried (’01) is employed as a math teacher inLaurel County (KY). She is currently pursuingher master’s degree through the graduate educationprogram at Cumberland.John Smith (’01) serves as a physics and mathteacher and the head swim coach at All-SaintsAcademy in Winter Haven, FL.Randy Terry (’02) is working as the outpatient servicescoordinator at Jellico Hospital, Jellico, TN.MarriagesJill Toms (’94) and Chad Sanders (attended ’92-’93) were married in June 1997.Julie Elizabeth Anderson (’97) and Bart OropezaJr. were married on December 23, 2000.Jill Kendra Gross (’97) and John AristotelisArvanitis were married on October 20, 2001.Beth Steele (’97) and Brian Hetzel were marriedon October 14, 2000.Jeffrey Stager (’00) and Mary Adams (’95) weremarried on October 19, 2001.Sarah Elizabeth Wix (’00) and Robert Lee Ruckerwere married on March 15, 2002.Amber Jones (’01) and Chip Earle (’00) weremarried on September 1, 2001.Emily Lumsden (’01) and Aaron N. Coleman(’01) were married on December 15, 2001.Travis Profitt (’01) and Kay Jones were married inJuly 2001.BirthsTim Guthrie (’89) and his wife, Anne, welcometheir daughter, Grace Elizabeth, born December11, 2001. She joins big brothers Peter (4) andNoah (2).Kara Fulkerson (’92) and her husband, J.R., welcometheir daughter, Payton Riley, born July 7,2001. She joins big sister Jordan Rae, age 5.Jill Toms Sanders (’94) and her husband, Chad,welcome their daughter, Kathryn Elizabeth, bornApril 14, 2001.Robert Stephens (’96) and his wife, Tonya, welcometheir daughter, Katherine Elizabeth, bornApril 8, 2002.Julie Anderson Oropeza (’97) and her husband,Bart, welcome their son, Isaiah, born December3, 2001.Wade (’98) and Kim Perkins Lunsford (’97) welcometheir son, Alec Montgomery, born October15, 2001.Lance (’00) and Julie Davis Smith (’01) welcometheir first son, born February 10, 2002.Amanda Giles (’01) and her husband, David,welcome their son, Dylan Patrick, born February4, 2002.DeathsEdith Feltner (’28) passed away June 11, 2002Louise R. Howard (’33) passed away November2001.Tom R. Fritts (’36) passed away February 2002.Helen Bolton White (’46) passed away January26, 2001.Anna Ruth Barton Beasley (’51) passed awayDecember 28, 2001.Murris E. Wilder (’52) passed away April 5,2002.Anita McNeil Keeton (’61) passed awayNovember 12, 2001.Ray Dixon (’63) passed away May 8, 2002.31
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Page 9 and 10: “Oldham County Man of the Year”
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