Bridging the Gap

Class Notes
I have a part-time dream job
at Calvary Episcopal Church
serving as community ministries
coordinator (outreach). Carroll
is making beautiful sculptures
and he and I are still spending
weekends at Snow Lake. Caroline
is in graduate school at Pratt in
New York studying city planning.
She, like Jane’s daughter in
D.C., is learning about the real
estate business as both girls
recently became licensed. May
Todd is a filmmaker working for
Indie Memphis and exploring
film-making opportunities. Our
class seems to be facing this new
decade of our lives with renewed
spirit as we embrace change and
challenges.
–1973
Olivia Montgomery
olivia@dogsrulememphis.com
The class of 1973 turned 60 this
year! Harriet McGeorge spent
hers on the Island of Jersey
(Old not New) with her sister
Lee McGeorge Durrell ’67. Lee,
Harriet, and Milner Stanton
are on the board of American
Friends of Durrell, a non-profit
organization which helps saves
species from extinction. The
aforementioned Milner was
kind enough to remind me
that, as of this writing, she
had not yet turned 60. Brat!
She also took a fabulous trip
to Scandinavia and Russia last
summer. Anne Atkinson Fields
and her husband Mark spent her
60th at the Greenbrier Resort,
while Deborah Caldwell Halvis
celebrated the event in a beach
bungalow on Saint Lucia with
hubby Jim. Ginger Hicks Smith
and Miles went to Tampa where
they had a surprise party for
somebody else, while Beth
Brady Belcher had her very own
surprise party. Terry Maguire
Elzinga has really been on the
road. Last year, she and husband
Ken cruised through the Panama
Canal, and traveled to Africa
to visit a couple of Christian
missions they’re involved with
through 100 Fold, a non-profit
architectural firm which does
work to promote the flourishing
of people around the world. In
the past, she has also travelled
to Cambodia and Thailand with
100 Fold. This is Bron Gayna
Schmit’s 37th year in education,
including 16 years as a principal.
She and her mother stay busy
updating their house, and every
three months Bron gets together
with Ginger, Lawrie Canale
Peyton, Janie Hicks Jeter ’69,
and Cathy Wilson LaMon for
dinner. Olivia Montgomery is in
her third year of attempting to
grow tomatoes. The first year she
planted them in the wrong spot
and nothing grew. Last year, a
beautiful location … a beautiful
crop … and just before she was
to pick them, the birds ate every
one! This year she’s armed with
netting and a fake owl.
–1974
Beth Williford Carson-Wallace
ewcarson@hotmail.com
Donna Osborne Bradley teaches
five classes and continues to
work on completing her PhD.
She is now in two departments
at Webster University, St. Charles
Community College, Columbia
College, and Lindenwood
University, all in and around
St. Louis. She drives 400 miles
a week! The Top Ladies of
Distinction honored her with an
“Unsung Heroine” award, along
with 26 other amazing women.
Husband Larry is nearing
completion of his BA in Human
Services, and Donna is a part of
a group called Angel Moms of St.
Louis, a group of mothers who
have children who passed away.
Their support and her faith will
forever sustain her. Lucy Gerald
Cook’s son, Jeff, graduated
from Elon University in N.C.
Jeff is now at ABC News in the
Washington Bureau. Middle
child David is a sophomore
at Duquesne in Pittsburgh,
married to a pediatric intensive
care nurse and has an unpaid
job with a high school football
team as an assistant coach.
Daughter Rebecca works for two
foundations. Recently, Minette
Allen Kinney’s oldest son
and husband were in the yard
wearing head flashlights so they
could better see the armadillo
they were tracking. Her youngest
son also caught a 10-pound bass
and a 5-pound bass, at the same
time, on a single hook. Minette is
expecting 25 family members for
Thanksgiving and while moving
clutter to the attic, she found her
Barbie – the clothing case had
a Nixon/Agnew bumper sticker
across the front. Desi Franklin’s
son Alex graduated from UT
Knoxville with a business degree
in marketing. He is working as
an ad sales account rep. He has
now gotten an apartment in
Midtown Memphis with some
friends and is off the payroll. She
is still in house counsel at First
Tennessee where she continues
to learn to be a banking lawyer.
Kathy Amend Teeters became
a first time grandmother to
a precious little boy by son
Trey. They named him Trevor
Nathaniel, his middle name after
her late father. She retired two
years ago to move her mother in
with them and be her caretaker
and is so blessed to have a
wonderful husband who helps to
keep her in line.
–1975
Laurie Walpole
lauriewalpole@hotmail.com
A number us in the Class of 1975
are still basking in the glow of
the wonderful reunion we had
in April, but thanks to those who
wrote in! Jill Jemison Margolin
wrote from Nova Scotia in a
cabin overlooking the ocean.
She was celebrating her birthday
after spending two weeks in
Maine helping her mother
recover from a broken hip. Jill
and husband Peter traveled to
Portugal earlier in the year, and
then to California to witness
classmate Nora Wingfield
Tyson’s change-of-command
ceremony on the U.S.S. Ronald
Reagan. As Rear Admiral (3-star)
and Commander of the Third
Fleet, Nora is responsible for the
Pacific Ocean from California to
the International Date Line. No
wonder Nora didn’t have time
to write! Jennifer Jones is living
the life I want: that of a traveler!
She started with the North East
American Tribal dance camp
and will go on to Flagstaff, North
Rim Grand Canyon, Zion, Joshua
Tree, and White Sands. Margaret
Nettleton Bell has been visiting
colleges with daughter Hayley
and looking for retirement
homes for herself and husband
Ron. Hayley is a junior at
Hutchison and is active in
theatre, chorus, and technology.
Sally Hummel Chumney has
been in Chattanooga for five
years and finally got together
with Margaret Flowers Ferguson
for lunch recently. Sally is
a nurse practitioner and is
expecting her 3rd grandchild
in December. Whitney Jones
DeVine reports kids (she has
four) bouncing back home,
with their stuff everywhere, but
that life is good and full. Susan
Apperson is breeding hedgehogs
and planning her outfit for
Anne May Farst’s daughter’s
wedding. Susan also reports
that she recently went to a hot
party in Santa Monica with Rob
Lowe, Khloe Kardashian, and Tori
Spelling. Well, I can’t top that!
–1976
Allison Brown Coates
acoates@stmarysschool.org
Virginia Donelson Curry had
a mastectomy in July, and
feels blessed to be in the 20%
of people who don’t need
additional treatment. Her
reconstruction will be complete
by the end of 2015. Kim Brown
Mullins’ husband is Virginia’s
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