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Odd-year classes will be featured in the summer 2022 magazine. Alumnae in these classes will receive information to facilitate the reporting of news to class secretaries or directly to the school.
Betty Ray McCain ’50C Mary Mar Ragland Cox is celebrating being 91 years old! She is healthy, fine, and feels lucky to still be living in her own home. Her four sons are now grown and all happily married. One son married an SMS graduate, and he is now an Anglican minister. Patty Starr Willis is happy to still live at home in Trent Woods. She has two sons. Bill is in Florida and visits regularly, and Rexford lives nearby (also in Trent Woods) and takes great care of her! Patty related her mobility is good. She continues to enjoy Bible study, her beloved family, and her great friends! Betty Ray McCain, age 90, has recently welcomed her second beloved great-grandchild! Wee Blythe is enjoying mightily being a big sister to three-month-old Baby Henry. Betty loves to FaceTime with them every day!
CLASS NEWS POLICIES
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It’s all here – the latest and greatest news from alumnae in even-year classes. Saint Mary’s extends a special thanks to the dedicated class secretaries who compiled and crafted these class newsletters, many who have served for decades.
Due to the uncertain nature of certain types of news, Saint Mary’s does not publish news of wedding engagements or pregnancies. We publish news of marriages, births, adoptions or deaths, based on published news reports or direct phone or e-mail contact with the Alumnae Office from the parties or immediate families. Please remember to include Saint Mary’s in your wedding announcement in the newspaper and please send birth announcements to the Alumnae Office for inclusion in the milestones section. Saint Mary’s Class Notes are published for each class once each year. Due to the extended nature of the production schedule for the magazine, class news is meant to be a once-a-year general update of your news for the previous year. We cannot guarantee the exact timeliness of your news, so please keep our advance deadlines in mind when submitting news. Saint Mary’s School reserves the right to edit class news for content, length and timeliness. Photographs may be submitted for consideration for the class news to mvswain@sms.edu or Mary Virginia Swain, 900 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27603. Photos must be high-quality prints or digital .jpeg photo files of at least 300 dpi. Group shots should include Saint Mary’s alumnae (and spouses and children) only and must include a detailed listing of everyone pictured, including full names and class years.
HIGH SCHOOL Adele Hicks Moss moved to Richmond, Virginia, at the end of November to be near her daughter, Torrey Moss Munford ’81C.
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COLLEGE Mary Jo Paul Browning ’52C lives in Virginia. “I have moved to The Culpepper, a continuing care community here in the Town of Culpepper. Son William lives nearby in Orange, and daughter Martha lives in Apex. Though I no longer drive, I continue to be active. I see Mary Ann Allen Cowherd and Frances Wright Johnson often.”
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COLLEGE Laura Ann Travis Radoff writes from Charlotte. “I was widowed in 2015 but am doing fine. My health is good, except for some mobility problems, and overall, I feel blessed. I moved into a great condo (with wonderful friends) only a few blocks from my house. It was a wonderful relief from having to keep up a big house and yard. All four children and 11 grandchildren are doing well. One grandchild is married. I’m still doting on grandkids—none of whom, unfortunately, live in Charlotte. I started playing mahjong about four years ago and have turned into a mahjong nut—usually play twice a week. If anybody wants to get up a game in Charlotte, let me know. My deepest love to you all.”
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HIGH SCHOOL Ann Going Purcell writes from Columbia, South Carolina, with the sad news of her husband’s death on Dec. 26, 2020. Buzz fell and broke multiple bones. “We had a good life together—49 years. We have two children, both of whom are married with young children. We have five grandkids, all active. So, though I am homebound, I enjoy living vicariously through them!” Mott Butler Goff writes from Dunn, “I survived the lockdown! I watched enough tv to put me to sleep! If age has not made me lazy, the lockdown has. No COVID for me or my family! I hope the same for you all. My best wishes to all!”
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COLLEGE Martha Brooks Bricio ’54HS ’56C As always, thanks so much to those who responded. I enjoy hearing from you, and when it's time to check in with Saint Mary's, I look forward both to my email and my snail mail! As for the last year and a half of lockdown and restrictions, Barbara Doar Cooper writes, "The COVID world is still with us here in Charlotte, keeping news down to a minimum. However, as usual, my family planned to celebrate Thanksgiving and Christmas at Sunset Beach. My kids have just returned from the Arctic Circle, enjoying the Northern Lights. I stayed home with the granddogs." A destination having no problem with social distancing! Mary Louise Bizzell Burress writes, "All our news is good so far! John just celebrated 86! Yipes! Unbelievable!
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