Alumni Class Notes -- Fall 2007

Class Notes for this edition were written by Mike Capehart, Ed. S. '09 and edited by Margarette Dobbins. Forward correspondence for this section to the Radford University Alumni Association, Box 6914, Radford, VA 24142 or e-mail alumni@radford.edu. Photographs may be submitted; however, please note that the pictures may not be returned to you.

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Little Highlanders

1988
Ella Theresa was born to Myron and Anne Pillsbury Johnson, 04/11/07.
Sebastian Oliver was born to Pippa and James Jolly, 10/17/06.

1989
Lucy Erin was born to Ruth Babylon and Ralph Berrier, Jr., 09/03/06.
Colin Douglas (10/25/00) and MacKenzie Sue (03/21/05) were born to Todd and Lynn McAllister Bunn.

1991
Andrew Liam was born to Ian and Colleen Maher Ross, 12/27/06.

1992
Brooke Elizabeth was born to Tim and Ginger Isaac Aylor, 12/12/06.

Jenna Erin was born to Chris and Mandy Jackson Palmer, 08/02/06.

Morgan Elizabeth was born to Scott ('95) and Chrissi Lockhart Vest (MS '94), 01/19/07.

1993
Riley Elizabeth was born to Lindsay and John Benesek (MS), 08/07/06.

Jailynn Nikkia was born to Chris and Terri D. Chandler (MS '96), 06/09/05.

Alexis "Lexi' Ann was born to Chris and Julie Dolehanty O'Neil, 11/11/06.

Kendall Elaine was born to Jeromey and Lisa Lopez Simonds, 09/05/06.

1994
Callid Lloyd was born to Dana and Lloyd Gregory, 05/18/07.

Ethan Li was born to Chia Min Chen McDonald (MS '97) and John McDonald ('95), 09/02/07.

Noa Rhiann was born to Gregory and Angela Roberts Dobbins (MS '99), 03/13/07.

1995
Brett Harrison was born to Stacy and Robert H. Lambert, 07/30/06.

Powell Reese Beckham was born to Curtis and Teresa Powell-Hudson, 05/18/07.

Trice Redding was born to Steele H. Stevenson and Theodore Smith, 11/15/06.

1996
Parker John was born to K. Michael ('97) and Stephanie Neff Brown, 09/21/06.

Frank "Lee' Kent III was born to Wesley and Martha Bell Kent, 09/09/06.

Elizabeth Grace was born to Francisco and Cassaundra Coleman Martinez, 07/15/07.

Kathryn Marie was born to Billy and Stacy Gordon McCoy, 06/06/05.

Carsyn Melissa was born to Barclay and Rebecca Farris Schell, 08/27/07.

Avery Kate was born to Stephanie and Keith Taylor, 08/27/06.

Sarah Michelle was born to Rob ('95) and Ginger Waynberg Wilson, 06/05/06.

1997
Madeleine Grace was born to Allen ('94) and Erin Bower Harris, 07/11/06.

Addie Reece was born to Matthew (MS ' 03) and Suzanne Shrum Saunders, 12/17/06.

Dawson Alba was born to Scott (MBA '95) and Kelly Alba Simons, 11/26/06.

1998
Emma Grace was born to Gavin and Rose Hudson Hager ('99), 06/22/07.

Jayden George was born to William and Rhonda Evers Lochiatto, 3/01/07.

1999
Jackson Thomas was born to Aaron and Meghan Eckert Barter, 02/12/07.

Cameron Brie was born to Jeffery David ('96) and Deniele Proctor Carwile, 08/02/06.

Chase was born to T. Benjamin ('01) and Amy Oxley Turner, 02/10/06.

Lucas Robert was born to Robert and Teresea Slack Vande Voren, 05/15/07.

2000
Reed Everett was born to Edward ('98) and Jennifer Murray Olowiany, 05/04/06.

Jacob Ryan was born to Ryan ('99) and Sandra Downey Tinsley, 12/13/06.

2001
Eden Christie was born to Brooke and Michael Christie, 04/26/07.

Jake Timothy was born to Jason and Amber Lassiter Flores, 08/14/06.

Peyton Garner was born to David ('00, MS '02) and Jennifer Blevins Jones, 05/18/07.

Evan Micah was born to Micah ('99) and Lori McKinnon Mefford (MS '03), 02/25/07.

2002
Caleb Jorryn and Alethia Joy (twins) were born to Suzanne and Chris Skinner (MS '06), 04/11/07.

2003
Jackson and Cooper (twins) were born to Michael ('04) and Rachel Vaughan Beamer, 02/11/07.

Paxton Kade was born to Collin and Dawn Norman Cooper, 11/19/06.

Ellyott Frances was born to Michael and Hillary Mullen Holland (MS '05), 03/01/07.

Obituaries -- Spring - Fall 2007

1924
Mildred Clark Cawood of Newport News, formerly of Big Stone Gap and Bethesda, Md., 10/14/06.

1931
Fay Snider Hoy of Blacksburg, 5/6/07.

1933
Florence Burnop Neel (NP '33; BS '68) of Marion, 12/10/06.

1934
Margaret Gillespie Joyce (NP '34; BS '63) of Abbs Valley and Bluefield, 10/01/06.

1935
Helen Ashworth Mast of Blacksburg, 12/24/06.

1938
Madyline Fox Pippin of Zebulon, N.C., 10/17/06.

1939
Ethel Burnett Rogers of Charlottesville, 08/07/06.

1943
Beulah Newman Hudson of Richmond and Hillsville, 03/14/07.

1945
Josephine Hurley Spiers of Radford, 07/15/07.

1946
Mary Jane Neff Atkins of Gloucester, formerly of Rural Retreat, 03/28/07.

1948
Dolores Ouellet Dunzello of New Monmouth, N.J., 01/23/07.

Charlotte Dennis Fitzgerald of Christiansburg, 05/03/07.

1949
Mary Jane Dudley of Dublin, 08/03/07.

1950
Norma Dansereau Saulsbury of Ridgely, 04/17/07.

1952
Betty Jane Abbott of New Castle, 01/09/07.

1953
Carol Elaine LaPrade of Bluff City, Tenn., 07/10/06.

Aundree Bryant Price of Elon, N.C., 09/24/06.

1954
Joyce Morehead Middleton of Sun City, Ariz., 06/17/07.

Mary Lucas Thomas of Lynchburg, 02/14/06.

1956
Lois Kling Herring of Roanoke, 02/17/07.

1957
Nell E. Howard of Pleasant, Calif., 02/24/06.

Hilda Lynn Knox Rosado of Elizabethton, Tenn., 11/19/06.

1958
Nancy Hurst Huggett (MS '69) of Roanoke, 06/06/07.

Dr. Beth Carlson Nelson, professor emerita of education, of Radford, 04/18/07.

1959
Dorothy West Vest of Check, 10/23/06.

1964
Louise Slusher Horne of Christiansburg, 08/10/07.

Cathleen Reece Jefferson of Cincinnati, Ohio., 08/04/06.

1966
Julie Forbes Anderson of Bastian, 08/05/06.

Judy Layne Ferrell of Richlands, 08/02/06.

Virginia Harvey Smith of Salem, 08/23/06.

1967
Linda Lilly Bloodgood of Portsmouth, 04/07/07.

1970
Elaine Slate Shaughnessy of Raleigh, N.C., 07/04/06.

1971
Sally Lynn Hendrix (MS '72) of Radford, 11/11/06.

1972
Deborah Lynne Rosewell of Glade Springs, W.Va., 09/23/06.

1975
Julie Stuart Forbes Anderson (MS '80) of Bastian, 08/05/06.

Brenda Boughton Varboncoeur of Virginia Beach, 09/20/06.

1977
Patricia Frost Moore (MS '83) of Newport News, 12/11/06.

Michael Lee Noel of Alexandria, 10/12/06.

1979
Margaret Brzeskiewicz Burns of Lewisburg, W.Va., 04/20/07.

1984
Dawn Saunders Rhyne of Matthews, N.C., 10/19/06.

1986
Jean Redd Reed of Cherokee, N.C., 5/14/07.

William "Bill' Reber Thomas, Jr. of Washington, D.C., 06/16/07.

1987
Jolyn Marie Bolbach Rivenbark of Newport News, 05/24/07.

1988
Margery Sutton Dronsick of Rural Retreat, 10/10/06.

1994
Gregory T. Stacy of Church Hill, Tenn., 09/05/06.

1997
Susan Denise Oliphant Young (MS) of Roanoke and High Point, N.C., 01/13/07.

2001
Roger Brandon Bell (BS '01 & '03) of Christiansburg, 06/27/07.

2002
Marlena Phelps Hodges of Madison Heights, 07/27/07.

2004
Michelle Lynn Barber Grey of Roanoke, 09/14/06.

2005

Mark Daniel Wierzbic (MS) of Roanoke, formerly of Gaithersburg and Silver Spring, Md., 12/22/06.

Faculty
Dr. Warren George Roome, professor of mathematics ('49 - '58), of Newtown, Conn., 12/11/06.

Student
Brittany Ann Binsted of Warrenton, 05/12/07.