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Torch TravelsTORCH TRAVELS - Send us a photo of you and/or a fellowalumnus or alumna reading Torch at an exotic or noteworthydestination. Tell us where you were and what was the occasion.Send prints to the Lee University Alumni Office, 1120 North OcoeeStreet, Cleveland, TN 37311, ATTN: Torch Travels. High resolutiondigital photos can be e-mailed to torch@leeuniversity.edu.Who’s WhereElsie Bark Flinton ’58 livesin Millville, NJ where she isretired but continues to workin the local church. Her husband,James, a Church ofGod minister, is deceased.The couple has a daughterand two granddaughters.Darla Weir Huddleston ’73and her husband, Bill, live inBushnell, FL. They own asecurity company managedby their son, Chris Huddleston’06. Darla has beenwriting grants for nonprofitsfor several years, butrecently became projectdirector for a federal abstinenceeducation project shewrote for the Christian CareCenter in Leesburg.Donna Kay Jenkins Ragan’73, of Lenoir City, TN,passed away on October 21,2007. She had operatedAunt Donna’s Pre-School inLenoir City for several years.Donna was preceded indeath by her husband,Wayne, and is survived byher two sons and grandson.Johnny Thompson ’77 livesin McDonough, GA wherehe is a work-based learningcoordinator at HeritageHigh School in Conyers,GA. Johnny says, “I amenjoying working on mysecond retirement and makinga contribution to theRockdale County SchoolSystem.”In front of the Captain Davey Jones Flying Dutchmanin the Bahamas with Torch are (l-r) Colleen Ward ’07,Jessica McDougall ’08, Rachael McDougall ’08 andCasey Graves ’07.▼Todd Wright Named MaryvilleWomen's Basketball CoachMaryville College (Maryville, Tenn.) introduced Todd Wright’95 as its new women’s basketball coach during a press conference.The appointment was effective May 1 and he has alreadybegun recruiting and preparing for the upcoming season.Formerly the head women’s basketball coach and assistant▼Ankor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia, was the backdropfor recent Torch reading by Steven Johnson ’91.30 TORCH • Summer 2008
Dennis Thomas Walters ’78,formerly of Fayetteville, N.C.,died February 29, 2008. Hewas a 1978 honors graduatefrom Lee with a degree inhealth and physical education.He was a member ofUpsilon XI and co-captain ofthe tennis team. He obtainedhis master’s degree in 1980from the University of SouthwesternLouisiana. He taughtfor the Cumberland Countyschool system from 1980 to2004 at Stedman Jr. High,Spring Lake Middle, andHope Mills Middle. He alsocoached wrestling, track andfield, and assisted in footballand basketball as a coachand trainer. He is survived byhis wife, Cathy Dean Walters.Rob Arp ’84 was recentlyhired as the chief developmentofficer for the PsychologicalStudies Institute (PSI)in Atlanta, GA.Barbara Brooks Hall ’84from Hollywood, FL, hasbeen teaching elementaryschool for the past 22 years.She has three children and iseditor for a multiculturalChristian magazine, Saved.Myra Mintz Maney ’84lives in Waynesville, N.C.where she is the personalproperty listing director withthe Haywood County, NC,Assessor's Office. She hastwo children, the youngest ofwhom will attend Lee this fall.professor of health and physical education at Roane StateCommunity College in Harriman, Tenn., Todd was chosen fromamong 90 applicants for the position.“We conducted phone interviews with our top five candidatesand wanted to bring in the best male candidate and thebest female candidate, and I believe we did that,” statedMaryville’s Associate Athletics Director Kandis Schram. “At theend of the interviews, we felt like the most qualified and theone with the most experience was Todd Wright. He has coachedboth high school girls and college women and this experiencewill help him be effective in recruiting and winning on the collegiatelevel. I think he has the experience to continue the winningtradition of women’s basketball here.”Todd holds a master’s degree in human performance andsport studies from the University of Tennessee. Prior to joiningthe staff at Roane State, he was head women’s basketballcoach, athletics director and mathematics teacher at OliverSprings High School in Oliver Springs, Tenn.Upon being hired at Maryville, Todd said, “I want to begin bythanking God for opening this door and this opportunity. Myfamily has been such a strong support system, and I appreciatetheir support through my journey as a coach. I do not take thisposition for granted, and I want to give everything that I havegot to continue their success. I am excited about the opportunityand challenge that lies ahead.”Located in Maryville, Tenn., Maryville College is the 12th oldestinstitution of higher learning in the South with a fall 2007enrollment of 1,176 students.▼▼With Lady Liberty reading Torch over their shoulder,Pam Coker Browning ’78, Renee Holman ’78,Robin Daugherty Cole ’79 and Twyla DaughertyGreen ’82 enjoy the Big Apple, New York City.Three generations of Abbotts, including Bill ’55, Joel(student) and Mark take in the history of NormandyBeach at Point du Hoc, France, with Torch in tow.TORCH • Summer 200831
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