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Monday, February 4, 2013

Greensboro College Alumni PrideNotes, January 2013

Cities are in North Carolina except where indicated.



General
F. Scoggin Jones 1974, Matthews, enjoyed the Aquabelles Reunion this Fall!

Kay Vass Darling 1980, Richmond, VA, graduated from the University of Tennessee, School of Information Science with a Masters' of Science in Information Science degree in December of 2012.

Judy Rumley Ott 1984, McLeansville, has retired from Guilford County Schools with 29 years as an EC teacher in August 2012.

Rhonda G. Dillingham 1996, Asheboro, will serve as the Director of Curriculum for Uwharrie Charter Academy (grades 9-12), which will open in August 2013 in Asheboro. It will be the first charter school in Randolph County.

Michael R. Riddick 1998, Leesburg, VA, wrote a book on Religion and Spirituality titled "Discipline of the Secret: The Holy Spirit as a Psychophysiological Phenomenon." Read more here.

Christy Strickland Bobbitt 2000, Clayton, is now the Carolinas Distribution Control Center (DCC) Support Manager with Duke Energy.

Ryan W. Nelsen 2000, Altrincham, Cheshire, UK, will take on the coaching reins for Toronto FC. Nelsen is TFC's eighth head coach in the club's seven-year history, making his hiring extraordinary. Read more here.

Regina Hayes Alexander 2002, Greensboro, in addition to her role as an inpatient therapist with Cone Behavioral Health Hospital, has been selected as a spokesperson for Cone Health System in the area of Behavioral/Mental Health.  As such, she appears on Fox 8 House Calls to speak on a variety of topics, facilitates community presentations and writes a monthly article for Piedmont Parent Magazine titled "Is My Kid Ok?" Regina is also on staff at her church, Congregational UCC, as the middle school youth leader.

Laura Hussey Dawkins 2008, Biscoe, was named  East Montgomery High School's Teacher of the Year for the 2011-2012 school year. She has been teaching earth and physical science at East since 2008.

Deaths
Nancy McGowan James 1939, Fernandina Beach, FL, died November 27, 2012.  (Obituary)

Eleanora Kampschmidt Pennekamp 1941, Lakeland, FL, died December 10, 2012.  (Obituary)

Rachel Stainback Ellis 1943, Henderson, died February 17, 2012.

Verona Kampschmidt Koselke 1944, Longwood, FL, died October 29, 2010.  (Obituary)

Charlotte Ray Derrough 1946, Asheville, died January 11, 2013.  (Obituary)

Martha Anne Hoyle Engard 1946, Topping, VA, died January 10, 2013.  (Obituary)

LaVearn Cooke Everett 1946, Salisbury, died November 12, 2011.  (Obituary)

Mary Evelyn Owen Lansford 1947, Clearwater, FL, died April 8, 2012.  (Obituary)

Virginia Lewis Knott 1951, Kinston, died December 29, 2012.  (Obituary)

Betty Jane Stroupe Chappell 1953, Denver, died December 24, 2012.  (Obituary)

Paul D. Wise 1985, Clemmons, died December 29, 2012.  (Obituary)

Jacqueline Dandison Wooten 1993, Salisbury, died January 10, 2013.  (Obituary)

Timothy S. O'Hey 1994, Leesburg, VA died December 24, 2012.  (Obituary)

Sympathy Extended To
Llewellyn Ray Estep 1954, Williamsburg, VA, in the loss of her sister, Charlotte Ray Derrough 1946.

Births
Congratulations to Belle Hudson Piper 1973, Greensboro, in the birth of a new grandson, Wyatt Rowe Piper, born on January 8, 2013, and to the new aunts, Tessa M. Hall 2010 and Emily Piper Brame 2004.

Piper Jane Caroline Caldwell to Rebecca and Cloe Torres Caldwell 1997, Leland, on December 3, 2012. She joins her 18 month old brother, Larson.

Rhapsody Lirit Eckstein O'Gara to Carolyn and Jim "Spider" O'Gara 1997, Jamestown.

Harlowe Day to Liz and Jennifer R. Godwin 1999, Fort Mill, SC, on April 5, 2012.

Dru Elias Gorman to LeeAnne and Justin E. Gorman 2002, North Chesterfield, VA.
 

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