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ALUMNI UPDATES<br />
ALUMNI UPDATES<br />
We love hearing from you!<br />
Please send us updates about<br />
educational accomplishments, new<br />
career opportunities, professional<br />
recognition, additions to your family<br />
(whether through marriage or birth),<br />
or any other news you would like to<br />
share. Email Beth Zeiss at<br />
bzeiss@gcasda.org.<br />
Bill Coffman, ’73 and Patty (McGhee)<br />
Coffman, ’73, recently celebrated their<br />
25th wedding anniversary. Patty recently<br />
retired from her work at Kaiser Health<br />
Network as a family medicine physician.<br />
Charles Lokas, ’73, retired from the<br />
Charlie Norwood Veterans Affairs<br />
Medical Center after a 25-year career.<br />
He and his wife Deborah recently moved<br />
from Augusta, GA to Cornelia, GA, and<br />
attend the Habersham SDA Church.<br />
John and Pam (Aalborg) McVay,<br />
’76, and Mark Weir, ’79, along with<br />
wife, Judy Weir, recently celebrated<br />
the marriage of their children. On<br />
December 16, 2018, Macy McVay<br />
married to Bryson Weir, uniting two<br />
GCA families. Congratulations all!<br />
David Steele, ’93, was recently featured<br />
in The Architects Newspaper and ASTM<br />
Standardization News for his historic<br />
architectural work on Carter Hall<br />
at Covenant College on Lookout<br />
Mountain. David, who has worked<br />
for Lord Aeck Sargent in their historic<br />
preservation group since 2007, was<br />
recently promoted to senior associate.<br />
Charlsey Adkins-Wills, ’99, and<br />
Monnie Wills married in September<br />
2016 after moving to Montgomery,<br />
Alabama from Los Angeles. Once<br />
in Alabama, they became residential<br />
realtors, bought their first home, and<br />
had their first child, Charles Henry<br />
Monroe on November 14, 2017.<br />
Emily (Flottmann) Whitney, ’99,<br />
and her husband, Nathaniel Whitney,<br />
welcomed a beautiful baby girl by<br />
adoption (made legal on January 18,<br />
<strong>2019</strong>). Evelyn Noelle Whitney was<br />
born on November 8, 2018 at 6 lbs.<br />
8 oz. and is incredibly loved by her<br />
big brother, Matthew.<br />
Michael Rabuka, ’00, is the director<br />
of the Senior Division for Kettering<br />
Network. He and his wife Samantha<br />
(Evans) Rabuka, ’97, welcomed a<br />
baby girl, Sophia, to their family<br />
in July. In addition to Sophia, the<br />
Rabuka family includes Aaron (7)<br />
and Lexi (5). Samantha teaches math<br />
at Spring Valley Academy.<br />
Jessica (Johnston) Harrington, ’03,<br />
along with husband Wes and two<br />
siblings, welcomed Leah Madeline<br />
into their family October 19 at 2:18<br />
a.m. Weighing 7 lbs. 4 oz. at birth, the<br />
Harringtons are incredibly grateful<br />
for their precious bundle of joy and<br />
excited to figure out life as a family<br />
of five!<br />
Nate Dubs, ’04, and wife Kristina<br />
celebrated the birth of their second<br />
child, Avonlea Kate Dubs, on October<br />
10, 2018. First-born Ella is enjoying<br />
being the big sister and helping with<br />
the new baby. Nate is youth pastor at<br />
the Collegedale Community Church<br />
in Collegedale, TN.<br />
Nick Clough, ’06 and Mechele<br />
(Schmidt) Clough, welcomed baby<br />
boy Elend Cades to their family on<br />
October 21, 2018. Elend weighed 8<br />
lbs. 2 oz. and is delighting his parents<br />
and extended family.<br />
Allison (Gerard) Handal, ’07, and<br />
husband, Albert Handal, welcomed<br />
Rosa Catherine Handal into their<br />
family on December 21, 2018. Rosa<br />
weighed 6 lbs. 13 oz. and joins<br />
her brother, Edward, in keeping the<br />
Handals delighted and busy. Allison<br />
and Albert live in College Place,<br />
WA where Albert serves as campus<br />
chaplain for Walla Walla University.<br />
Christopher Walton, ’07, is an<br />
assistant attorney general in the Office<br />
of the Attorney General (OAG)<br />
for the State of Texas. Christopher<br />
works in the Financial Litigation and<br />
Charitable Trusts division as part of<br />
the contracts team, which handles<br />
contractual disputes for all state<br />
agencies and serves as legal counsel<br />
to the OAG and other select agencies<br />
on issues of procurement, contract<br />
negotiation, and contract drafting.<br />
Noemi (Monarrez) Daniel, ’08,<br />
married Wes Daniel on October<br />
24, 2018 in Chattanooga, TN. The<br />
couple recently purchased a home<br />
and are living and working in the<br />
Chattanooga area.<br />
Greg Chase, ’09 married Beth<br />
(Gettys) Chase on October 20, 2018.<br />
Melissa (Starkey) Tryon, ’09,<br />
married Daniel Tryon on October<br />
14, 2018 in Orlando, FL. They then<br />
celebrated with local friends and<br />
family at a reception in GCA’s<br />
new Wally Fox Wellness Center on<br />
November 11, 2018. Daniel is the<br />
son of Barry, ’78, and Lilly (Boles)<br />
Tryon, ’80.<br />
Courtney (Brackbill) Wampler, ’10,<br />
graduated from SAU in December<br />
2018 with an M.S.N. in Primary<br />
Care-Family Nurse Practitioner.<br />
12 CUMBERLITE WINTER <strong>2019</strong>
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