Class of 1961
Margaret Colville Bellamy Payne and her husband, James Logan Payne
(’58), reside in Bartlett, Tenn. Both are retired. The two grew
up
together and dated but drifted apart. They were married in January
2003. Margaret has three children and 10 grandchildren, while James has
five children and 11 grandchildren. E-mail: jmpayne@midsouth.rr.com.
Class of 1962
R.J. “Hank” Thompson has been elected
to a four-year term as county executive of Sumner County, Tenn. He previously
served as mayor of Hendersonville, Tenn., for 10 years after retiring
from TVA with more than 28 years of service. As county executive, Thompson
is chairman of the Four Lake Regional Industrial Development Board and
serves on the boards of the Greater Nashville Regional Council, the Metropolitan
Planning Organization and the Regional Transportation Authority.
Class of 1963
James Patrick is an after sales business manager for Case Corp. His wife, Betty, is a medical transcriptionist. They currently reside in Somerville, Tenn., and have three children: Jim, Bryan and Brad. Email: jameslpatrick@hotmail.com.
Ronnie Riley is serving his fifth term as the county executive of Gibson County and his wife, Diana, is the owner of Merle Norman Cosmetics. They reside in Trenton, Tenn., and have one child: Tracy Schultz, 29.
Class of 1965
Kay Roberts Smith and her husband, Joseph (’64), reside in Union City, Tenn. She is a retired teacher and now an education consultant, while he is a teacher for the Tennessee Department of Corrections. Kay recently published her first children’s book titled Pickin’ Petunia
and both participate in plays at Masquerade Theatre in Union City. They
have three children and four grandsons. E-mail: kayjsmith1@aol.com.
Class of 1966
Perry Heatherly is a self-employed craftsman at Plans by P-H. He and his wife, Barbara, reside in Union City, Tenn., and have three children: Brian, 34; Kristi, 28; and step-daughter Melissa, 29. E-mail: perry.heatherly@homeplanexpert.com.
Jerry Thomas Thorne, P.E. and his wife, Sandra Ray Thorne, live in Pleasanton, Calif., where he is the city commissioner. Jerry is retired from Agilent Technologies/Hewlett-Packard. They have a daughter, Keri Elizabeth, 24. E-mail: jtthorne2002@yahoo.com.
Class of 1967
Robert Paschall is an
assistant professor of pediatrics, Washington University in St. Louis,
Mo., and the medical director of the Child Protection Program at St.
Louis Children’s Hospital. He and his wife, Sandra, have two children:
Jeremy, 26; and Julie, 22.
Class of 1968
James “Jim” Atchison serves as president
and CEO of Bank of Hayti in Missouri. He was elected chair of the Missouri
Bankers Association during its 113th annual convention last summer. Atchison
also serves as director and vice chair of the board for First State
Bancorp, Inc., and director, vice chair of the board, for First State Bank and Trust, all of Caruthersville, Mo.
Class of 1969
Jerry Morgan and his wife, Donna Richards Morgan
(’71), reside in Leavenworth, Kan. He is a retired army lieutenant
colonel who now serves as a defense contractor, and she is a home decorator.
E-mail: morganj1@leavenworth.army.mil.
Class of 1970
Stewart Nelson recently started his third term as mayor of Morrilton, Ark., where he resides. His wife, Martha, is a nurse. E-mail: mayor@ morrilton.org.
Class of 1971
Ronald Lembo spent 17 years with the IRS and then opened his own accounting firm last year. He provides general accounting for seniors, small business and individuals. He resides in Wanaque, N.J. E-mail: RonaldLembo@optonline.net.
Class of 1973
James Eugene Davis of Birmingham, Ala., is the national warehousing and traffic manager for the crop science division of the Bayer Corp. He retired from the U.S. Marine Corps as a full colonel in 1998 after 30 years of service. Jim and his wife, Gina, have five children: Jackie, 35; Heather, 32; Danielle, 25; Lynsey, 16; and Carey, 12.
E-mail: coljed@bellsouth.com.
Susan Elaine Knight (Tice) Gore is an archivist for the Historical Foundation of the Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Memphis, Tenn. She and her husband, Matthew, have a daughter, Allison, 20.
Paul Moore is a principal and teacher at Kanesaun College in Khon Kaen, Thailand. He has two children: Joshua, 22; and Daniel, 18. E-mail: paulmoore222@hotmail.com.
Class of 1974
Anita Carol Chambers Boscaccy is a psychologist for the Memphis City Schools, Division of Exceptional Children. She and her husband, Michael, live in Cordova, Tenn., and have a son, Bret, 27. E-mail: ACBoscaccy@aol.com.
Dr. Jana Fuqua received the 2003 Outstanding Alumna Award last fall during the University of Tennessee Alumni Homecoming Weekend. The award recognizes distinguished service at the College of Pharmacy and the university. A Martin native, Fuqua completed pre-pharmacy studies at UT Martin and graduated from the UT College of Pharmacy in 1977. She has been active in the Memphis and Shelby County Chapter of the UT National Alumni Association for more than a decade, serving as chapter president
in 1996-97. She is the daughter of Eva Nell Fuqua of Martin.
Thomas Alton Ross and his wife, Doretha, reside in Meridianville, Ala. A retired Army
lieutenant colonel, Ross was recalled to active duty to serve a year in the Military District of Washington, D.C. He was awarded the Legion of Merit and retired in September 2002 after 28 years of active and reserve military service.
Class of 1975
Marcia Gorman Coleman graduated from Trevecca Nazarene
University with a master’s degree in educational leadership in
May 2003. As a teacher at West Carroll Jr./Sr. High School, Coleman chaperoned
three of her students on a naval survey ship last summer to observe protocols,
procedures and surveys of the NAVOCEANO scientists. She resides in Atwood,
Tenn., and has one child: Christi, 21. E-mail: colemanm@ charter.net.
Theresa “Terry” Bibb Colin was recently
elected as alderperson for the city of Munford, Tenn., for the third
consecutive four-year term. She also was appointed by Tennessee Speaker
of the House Jimmy Naifeh to the State of Tennessee Tax Structure Study
Commission. She and her husband, Peter, a CIO for Vining-Sparks IBG,
reside in Munford, Tenn. They have two children: Pete, 16; and Leighann,
13.
Barbara Moody-Hamilton is an elementary principal
for the Shelby County Board of Education. She and her husband, Le’ Anthony,
reside in Cordova, Tenn. E-mail: Bhamilton@mail.scs.k12.tn.us.
Vic Quinn and Cathy Ramsey (’74) reside
in Conway, Ark. Vic is in insurance at Quinn Insurance, and Cathy is
a retired elementary school counselor. They have one child: Bryan,
29. E-mail: vquinn@farmers-agent.com.
Gene Witherspoon and his wife, Libby, reside in Miami, Fla. He is president of APA Management, and she is a portfolio manager for Northern Trust Bank of Florida. They have two children: Jennifer, 16; and Casey, 15.
Class of 1977
Catherine Lynne Lake Black is a communications specialist with the Sequachee Valley Electric Cooperative. She lives in Jasper, Tenn., is married to Michael Black, and has two children: Chelsea, 15; and Jesse, 5. E-mail: clblack2@aol.com.
LaDonna Carole Lawson Moorehead and her husband, Henry Moorehead Jr., reside
in Hickory Flat, Miss. She is a special education teacher at Benton County Schools where she was chosen as teacher of the year for North Mississippi in 2001, and he is in loss prevention for Wal-Mart D.C. E-mail: muirhead@dixie-net.com.
Col. Jeffrey Record is a U.S. Army veterinarian and is currently assigned as the commander of the Southeast Regional Army Veterinary Command. He is responsible for all department of defense veterinarians in the southeast United States, Puerto Rico
and Cuba. He and his wife, Ellen, reside in Martinez, Ga., and have two children: Jason, 20; and Jessica, 17. E-mail: jwrecord@email.com.
Class of 1978
T. Brad Ray is the special projects facility manager with Young Touchstone in Lexington, Tenn. He and his wife, Nancy, celebrated their 25th wedding anniversary on an Alaskan cruise. Their daughter, Amy, 13, is an eighth-grade honor student. Nancy volunteers and substitute teaches at the local elementary school. E-mail: tbrad@charter.net
Class of 1979
Dr. Cathy Denise Meredith is the director of undergraduate
teacher education at Christian Brothers University. She was recently
named to the board of a reading initiative in Memphis called, “It’s Time To Read.” Dr.
Meredith trains volunteers for the Reading Bridge of Bridges, Inc. and
also was recently elected to the White Station High School Leadership
Council. She is serving her last year of a term on the Tennessee Association
of Middle Schools. She has two children: Curtis Parker, 17; and Meredith
Parker, 15.
Sheila Cherry Wiggins is a special education teacher at Hardeman County Schools, and her husband, Glenn, is a line foreman at Bolivar Electric. She is a T.I.P.S. parent advisor. They reside in Bolivar, Tenn., and have two children: Gina, 19; and Monica, 16. E-mail: wigginsshe@aol.com.
Class of 1980
Darenda Walker is a neonatal nurse practitioner. She and her husband, Gary, reside in Colorado Springs, Colo., have a successful home business and want to expand in Tennessee. E-mail: walkergary1@ katewwob.com.
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