Sweet Briar College Magazine - Fall 2018

Wanda Cronic Howell (to the right of the graduate) with her family at
her middle daughter’s graduation from Furman University
Bonnie Brophy ’74 (far left) at Cliffside Beach with her family
Boxwood Quad triplets, Liz
Thomas Camp, Emory Furniss
Maxwell and Barb Ashton, ‘sans’
Dr. Mary Witt Will, partying at
Perdido
Liz Thomas Camp and Ellie Boyd,
artist of EllieBoydPortraits.com,
hangs work, “The Kayaker,” with
Reid Freshman Roomie, Liz Thomas
Camp, on a 2018 visit to Handy
Crossroads, Ga. Acquisition, the
SBC online auction
Mary Witt Will ’74 and Sandra
Taylor with Sandra’s niece and a
friend
Cathy Weiss Thompson ‘74, in
white behind the birthday girl
in pink; Wendy Weiss Smith ‘71
(second from right)
sbc.edu
McGraw-Hill after 28 years of service
there developing educational
achievement tests, and I LOVE retirement!
I continue to volunteer at
Animal Services (my 15th year!) I
also volunteer weekly at Meals on
Wheels and have been doing taxes
for low-income persons for the
United Way for the last three years.
My daughter Ashleigh graduated in
2015 with her Ph.D. in Archaeology.
I’ve been to England several times to
visit with her in the last few years.
She and her husband bought a home
in England. They were here for a visit
last Christmas, and I will be going to
England in December to spend the
holidays with them this year. I can’t
believe that we are now “seniors”
on Medicare and Social Security!
HAPPY Belated 65+ Birthdays
Classmates of 1974!”
Sherrie Snead McLeRoy: “Sorry
I haven’t been able to keep in touch.
My husband of 44 years has endured
several major illnesses over the last
few years, and I haven’t even been
home to Amherst except for a long
weekend for my high school reunion.
Had to give up writing after my last
book (on Texas women). On the
good news side, our daughter (only
child) and her fiancé are expecting
a daughter in October, which probably
makes me the oldest first-time
grandmother in the class! Of course,
I keep in touch with Jane Piper
Gleason. In fact, she visited us for a
few days in June before going on to
a conference in Dallas. Have been
much encouraged by the reports
from Sweet Briar!”
Nancy Mortenson Piper: “My
family is doing well. My daughter
Liz just started her senior year at
Elon University in N.C. She just accepted
a job offer with Phillips 66 at
their headquarters in Houston. She
will start right after her graduation
in May. My oldest daughter, Kate, is
living in Berkeley and working in San
Francisco and loves it. Both girls will
be home for Christmas. I had some
health issues this year that resulted
in heart surgery this summer. There
were complications which resulted in
a 2nd surgery. But I am healing well
and getting stronger every day. My
husband, Chris, has been a huge help
during this time. I hope to be well
enough to get to SBC in September
for the Leadership Conference and
Founders’ Day. Plan for our 45th Reunion
next June. I hope to see many
of you then. Thanks to everyone who
submitted news and photos.
1975
Anne Cogswell Burris
1437 Headquarters Plantation Dr.
Johns Island, S.C. 29455
acburris@comcast.net
Bet Bashinsky Wise: I finally
hung up the spurs and am traveling
more. Doug and I did a fantastic REI
trip to Croatia in May, then headed
to Montana for the summer. Wild
fire smoke was pretty bad in the
Flathead Valley. We then dashed to
Wisconsin in August to help Gail
Ann Zarwell Winkler ’76 with her
son’s wedding, followed by a visit to
Nashville with my son Case before
Elizabeth Watts ’74 with Jane
Hutchinson Frierson, Leslie Elbert
Hill and Susan Stephens Geyer
during a trip to Kiawah Island, SC
Cece Clark Melesco’s 2015
wedding of son Clark
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