CLASS NOTES 1939
1969
Carol Tanner Cover, sister
Melinda Vick Wilson writes,“We’ ve been
of longtime French Teacher
spending most of the past two summers
Helen Tanner ’49 (deceased),
in Blowing Rock, N.C. playing lots of golf,
died June, 27, 2021.
since that was one of the sports without many restrictions during the beginning of
1956 Champ Roberts Johnson, former Middle School faculty member and mother of Ned Abbe ’80, mother-inlaw of Jane Abbe ’84, and grandmother of Ryan Abbe ’09 and Liza Abbe ’20, died Aug. 25, 2021.
1962 Penny (Ann W.) Gooch has moved to Brandon Oaks at 3952 Brandon Ave., Roanoke, VA, 24018-1444, if you’d like to get in touch.
1964
COVID-19. My daughter, Lauren, had a baby girl in April of 2020, which was a scary time. All went well and Eden is now 18 months old. Bill and I now have six grandchildren ages seven and under. We keep busy with them. I saw several of our classmates in September at a wedding — Pam Williams, Fran Chalkley Robertson and Marilyn Linhart Moses. It was great being with them!”
1970 Harry Carleton Diggs, brother of Nancy Diggs Drake ’67, brother-in-law of Frank Drake ’66, uncle of Stephen Drake ’92 and
Elizabeth Austin Tucker,
Anne Taylor Schaaf ’99, and great-uncle of
sister of Thomas Tucker
Isabel Schaaf ’28 and Louise Schaaf ’31,
’68, sister-in-law of Mary
died May 2021.
Madelyn Tucker ’61, aunt of Robin Smith ’88,
Sally Burford is relishing 24 hours per day of free time now that she is retired. Mary Conner and her son Thomas had a trip to Scotland postponed due to COVID-19. The good news is that the postponement gave Mary more time to study the Conner-Boinest family history. Sarah Masters writes, “I am honored to have one of my drawings chosen for the cover of poet Kasey Jued’s second volumne of poetry, The Thicket, which comes out at the beginning of November, published by the University of Pittsburgh Press in the Pitt Poetry Series. For Kasey’s first volume, Keeper, which won the 2012 Agnes Lynch Starrett Prize, the poet selected another of my drawings.” Mary D. Bennett Ellison is loving retirement after a very successful career as chief external relations officer for the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS). Margie Farquhar writes, “The Richmond-area class of ’72 girls had a wonderful time on a beautiful September day gathering at the house
David Luckey was a recipient of the 2021
of Mary Conner for a casual lunch. We really
and great-aunt of Tucker Smith ’23 and
DuPont Pedersen Award. More information
missed those who were not able to join us. I’m
Madeleine Smith ’25, died August 4, 2021.
can be found at dupont.com/about/our-people/
also in the process of downsizing and sorting
lavoisier-and-pedersen-award-recipients
through 50 years of stuff at Hereford Hill. One
-2021.html.
of my recent finds was a newspaper article
1967 Lucille “Penny” Wyatt Russell died July 26, 2021.
tucked in my Collegiate graduation program.
1971 Taylor Waller and Ry Marchant recently met Elaine Ferebee Osborne ’72 for lunch
1968 Meverell Bryarly Van Doren died July 18, 2021.
midway between Tappahannock and Irvington.
1972 Joan Pruitt Buhrman spends most weekends at Virginia Beach and has had so much fun fishing early mornings and late afternoons.
The article included a picture of Mary Conner and Ann Young Fairman at graduation with Mrs. Flippen. ” Ellen Hatcher Hamner was sad to leave her Westham neighborhood home, but she is now happily settled at Grayson Hill. Beth Marchant is thoroughly enjoying being a grandmother and continues to paint watercolors for friends.
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