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Winter 2000
'70
BONNIE MASON ATCHISON is director of the South Shelby Chamber
of Commerce. She received the 2000 Quality of Life Award from
the Vignette Club of Columbiana.
JERRY BUTLER is pastor of South Sauty Baptist Church in Marshall
County. He lives in Boaz.
MARGARET LITTLE is director of guidance, Homewood City Schools.
'71
MERRY JANE BROWN BRUNSON teaches vocational education/special
needs at Statesboro (Ga.) High School. She holds a master's degree
from Augusta University and is related vocational instruction-certified
through Georgia Southern University.
NOEL DON MCBRAYER of Florence won three gold medals for indoor
badminton in the 2000 Alabama Senior Olympics, two silver medals
in the 2000 Kentucky Senior Olympics and a bronze medal in the
1999 national Senior Olympics. Also this year, he received a
National Alumni Service Award from the University of North Alabama.
He earned a master's degree at UNA, where he is associate professor
of physical education. He learned to play indoor badminton in
Seibert Hall under Coach J.T. HAYWOOD
'61.
CARROLL RYALS of Madison, Fla., is working on a master's degree
at Nova University. She teaches at Lee Junior High.
MAGGIE WILSON of Leeds is listed in the 200001 edition of
Who's Who of American Women and was nominated for Woman of the
Year by Business and Professional Women.
'72
JANET TURNER ATKINS is owner and president, Cherokee Metal Abrasives,
Oneonta.
ROSANNE GODSEY is president of the Pilot Club in Carrollton,
Ga.
BENNIE CAROL REID earned a doctor of education degree in vocational
and adult education at Auburn University in 1998. She is coordinator
for the Alabama Cooperative Extension System's Blount County
office in Oneonta.
LAIRD JACKSON SHARPE is chief of police in Fairfield.
JEFFREY D. STAMPER was recently appointed to serve as a special
justice of the Supreme Court of Kentucky. He lives in Louisville,
Ky.
L'72
GEORGE P. FORD was inducted into the American College of Trial
Lawyers during the recent annual meeting of the college in Washington,
D.C. He is a partner in the firm of Ford & Howard, P.C.,
Gadsden.
'73
DIANNE CLARK BONNER is coordinator of cardiac rehabilitation
at Medical Center East, Birmingham.
CAROL JOYCE BYRD retired after a career as a guidance counselor
with the Birmingham Board of Education.
WILLIAM TALMADGE CHASTAIN, Jr., of Pinson works with occupational
diploma students at Shades Valley High School.
CATHERINE MITCHELL DAVIS teaches algebra at Middle Georgia College,
Cochran, Ga.
CHARLES WADE GILLILAND is minister of seniors and singles at
First Baptist Church, Buford, Ga.
LINDA and DAVEY MORTON M.S.Ed. of Corner retired after 31 years
teaching at Corner High School.
ELIZABETH MATTHEWS PLOTT is a humane officer for the Mobile (Ala.)
Society for Prevention and Cruelty to Animals.
DAN SMALLEY of Guntersville was elected chairman, board of directors,
GoldKist, Inc., in October.
'74
BRADLEY DENNIS, M.D., is chief medical officer, Brookwood Medical
Center, Birmingham.
RUTH REED ELLIS M.S.E. '80 teaches first grade at Hewitt-Trussville
Elementary School in Birmingham.
STEPHEN FOLMAR is minister of music at Memorial Presbyterian
Church, Montgomery. He and his wife, Karyn, and son, Christian,
have released a CD of jazz favorites. Their daughter, Carrie
Nell, is a Samford sophomore.
ALBERT M. HARTLEY of Jasper retired from teaching. He continues
to serve as a pastor.
RUSSELL KENT PAUL was recently elected to the Georgia state senate.
He is owner of I Squared marketing agency in Atlanta, Ga.
CLAUDIA RAWLS PORTER was chair of Vestavia Hills 50th anniversary
celebration during 2000 and was named Vestavia Hills 1999 Citizen
of the Year.
JUDY RENFROE was named winner of the 2000 Paul Broun Award for
Industry Partnership by the Georgia Department of Industry, Trade
and Tourism. She is president and CEO of the Cobb County Convention
and Visitors Bureau. She is on the board of the Georgia Association
of Convention and Visitors Bureaus, and has held leadership posts
with national travel-related associations.
MARY WADE ENDSLEY WRIGHT of Ringgold, Ga., teaches piano in Atlanta
and Rome, Ga.
'75
DIANE JENKINS ABBOTT of Powder Springs, Ga., teaches high school
special education and pre-algebra.
BEVERLY TURNER ELLINGTON, M.D., of Phelps, N.Y., visited Cuba
this fall as part of a pediatric group involved in the People
to People Ambassador program. She is a pediatrician in Geneva,
N.Y.
LUTHER VANN FOREMAN is a claim representative with Progressive
Insurance, Vestavia Hills.
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