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Alumnae
A message from the
Alumnae Office
Dear Saint Mary’s alumnae, As I enter my last months on the staff at Saint Mary’s before retirement, I find myself filled with gratitude and thankful to all of you for supporting me not only as your alumnae director these last 11 years, but for your support and encouragement during my entire 26 years working at Saint Mary’s and my two years as a student. My cup does runneth over! Saint Mary’s has been a part of my life since the summer of 1975, when I attended the Mary Lou Jones Tennis Camp. I fell in love with the campus and the counselors (all of whom were Saint Mary’s girls) that summer and made promise to myself that I would work hard so that I, too, could one day attend Saint Mary’s and play college tennis for Ms. Jones. The tennis camp and the two years as a college student were transformational for me. It has been my privilege to serve in a variety of roles at Saint Mary’s – both in student life and as your alumnae director. What a blessing it has been to get to know so many students and alumnae during this time. I am appreciative to all of you who said yes when we called asking you to serve on a host committee, to assist with reunion planning or an auction, attend an event, serve in a leadership role, or give to the Annual Fund. Our Alumnae Association is only as strong as its members are willing to engage – so thank you! I truly have missed being on the road and being with you throughout the pandemic, from Spring 2020 through the summer and this fall. I am hopeful that restrictions around Covid-19 will loosen up in 2021, and we will get to see you at our regional events and on campus at Reunion Weekend. One of the greatest joys of this job is being with you, our alumnae, and learning about your time as a student and getting to know you, personally. And what fun it is to follow and support you after your days at Saint Mary’s. Wow! What a very talented bunch you are! We all had different experiences as students, but one thing we all have in common is that we are graduates of Saint Mary’s and have a love in our heart for 900 Hillsborough Street and the people we met during our days here. Saint Mary’s today continues to nurture young women and prepare them for college and life! For this, we should all be proud. I look forward to supporting our next alumnae director and Saint Mary’s in the coming years. I hope you will continue to say YES! Our alma mater needs us now more than ever. I hope you remember that the relationship between an alumna and her alma mater is a two-way street! Don’t wait to be called – when you are willing and able, I hope you will email or pick up the phone and call the school. May our paths cross soon. Until then, please know how thankful I am to each and every one of you for making a difference, not only in my life, but the life of Saint Mary’s. Faithful friends and comrades sure…
Margaret McGlohon ’81C Director of Alumnae Relations
GRANDDAUGHTERS CLUB 2020-2021
The Granddaughters Club held its 2020-2021 inductions of new members Nov. 15, 2020, in a socially-distanced ceremony in the Chapel attended only by the club members due to pandemic protocols. Members of the Granddaughters Club are direct descendants of Saint Mary’s alumnae. Founded in 1909, the club works with the Alumnae Office on numerous projects each year.
May Brooks Barwick ’21 daughter of Jennifer Walker Barwick ’88HS ’90C and granddaughter of Rachel Cozart Barwick ’50HS
Sara Elizabeth Bell ’23 granddaughter of Sara Frances Walters Borden ’70C and granddaughter of the Rev. Dr. Frank Pisani (former President of Saint Mary’s College from 1969-1976)
Caroline Davis Bradshaw ’23 daughter of Shayla Kirchin Bradshaw ’92C
Kimberlen Ann Bryson ’22 granddaughter of Joy Hatley Pittard ’53C
Lucy Ware Cheney ’21 daughter of Nina Anderson Cheney ’81HS and greatgranddaughter of Bertha Anderson ’23HS
Anna Leggett Payne Church ’21 granddaughter of Gillie Leggett Church ’63C
Margaret Hadley Crawford ’22 granddaughter of Hadley Morgan Hines ’59HS ’61C
Evelyn Elizabeth Crosthwaite ’22 daughter of Suzanne Morris Crosthwaite ’88HS
Rebekah McNeill Elam ’22 great, great granddaughter of Lucie Clifton Boddie ’1899
Elizabeth Kirkland Ellerbe ’21 granddaughter of Martha Goode Ellerbe ’56HS
Abigail Adams Fritter ’23 daughter of Katherine Gregory Fritter ’91HS ’93C and greatgranddaughter of Katherine Jamieson Gregory ’32C
Ella Conger Glover ’21 granddaughter of Harriet Conger Glover ’52HS ’54C and great- granddaughter of Nellie Cooper Rose 1917C Mary Holland Godwin ’22 great granddaughter of Margaret Knowlton Thomas 1915
Margaret Kruesi Griffin ’22 granddaughter of Marcia Sawyers Griffin ’62C
Virginia Griffin ’23 daughter of Kim Goines ’89HS ’91C
Elise Katie Guess ’22 daughter of Catherine Wade Samples ’93HS and granddaughter of Diane Stockard Wade ’66HS ’68C, and great-greatgranddaughter of Mildred Holding Stockard 1913 (Fr.)
Alice Adeline Harris ’23 great granddaughter of Alice Cason Lineberger 1927C and great, great granddaughter of Alice Makely Cason 1896-1898.
Mary Elizabeth Hauser ’22 granddaughter of Darnell Knight Eller ’63C
Isabella Dunstan Howard ’23 daughter of Virginia Dunstan Howard ’91C
Caroline Batchelor Koonce ’21 granddaughter of Mary Grady Burnette Koonce ’54C and Frances Holton Maffitt ’60HS
Lillian Aycock Larson ’23 daughter of Allison Poe Larson ’90HS
Arden Faith Lee ’21 daughter of Suzanne Bell Lee ’92HS
Laura Grace McSwain ’23 daughter of Sarah Montgomery McSwain ’93HS
Bryn Claire Montgomery ’24 daughter of Ann Jones Montgomery ’92C
Anna Abernathy Noelke ’21 granddaughter of Ginny McKimmon Noelke ’61C and greatgreat granddaughter of Willa Norris McKimmon 1905HS
Josephine Paxton Parker ’21 daughter of Elizabeth Paxton Black ’92C, granddaughter of Webber Bell Paxton ’60C and Michelle Bratton Parker ’63HS ’65C, great-granddaughter of Michelle Telfair Bratton ’44C and Ethel Battle Paxton ’22HS, great-great granddaughter of Betty Alexander Austin Badger (c.1860-1864), great-greatgreat-granddaughter of Martha Ann Battle Battle 1850, and great-great-great-great-great granddaughter Harriette Borden Dewey (Original Thirteen)
Martha Reeves Parrott ’24 granddaughter of Martha Hall Michaels ’67HS
Bryson Mills Perry ’23 granddaughter of Ann Harrell Perry ’69C
Lillian Randolph Platto ’24 great-granddaughter of Nancy Crow Stovall ’35C
Elizabeth Perry Powell ’23 granddaughter of Betsy Johnston Price ’64HS
Katherine Hanna Pulsifer ’24 granddaughter of Susan Russell Denniston ’62HS
Elizabeth Joyner Rascoe ’21 granddaughter of Nancy Dawson Rascoe ’52C, greatgranddaughter of Edna Jones Nixon Dawson ’26C, greatgreat-great granddaughter of Cornelia Townsend Nixon (pre1870), and great-great-great-granddaughter of Isa Benedicta Gordon Granbery (pre-1870)
Elizabeth Hayden Savery ’21 daughter of Dolly Burton Savery ’82HS
Lucy Hardin Sigmon ’21 granddaughter of Martha Ann Olsen Sigmon ’47HS and Mary Hannah Finch Taft ’58C
Sarah Anderson Smith ’24 daughter of Ashley Langley Smith ’90HS Marion Allen Suiter Stowe ’24 great-granddaughter of Virginia Clark Jenkins’34C, and great-great-granddaughter of Martha Louise Wilson Clark 1917HS
May Edmonds Thompson ’23 daughter of Heather Moore Thompson ’88HS ’90C and granddaughter of Sue Battle Moore ’63C
Eliza Dunn Tillman ’23 daughter of Melissa Morrisette Tillman ’88HS, granddaughter of Kathryn Symons Patterson ’65C and Mary Windley Dunn Tillman ’54C
Anna Amelia Boryk Weaver ’21 daughter of Michelle Oppegaard ’93HS ’95C
Margaret Borden Vermillion ’24 great-granddaughter of Margaret Gold Borden 1918C
Lucy Moye Whitford ’24 granddaughter of Jeanne Moye Whitford ’59C
Elizabeth Redfern Williamson ’23 granddaughter of Blanche Robertson Bacon ’53HS ’55C
IN MEMORIAM
Elizabeth “Libba” Thorne Beerman ’42HS July 15, 2020 Mary Ann Dixon Hogue ’43C August 4, 2020 Patricia Schuber Terrell ’43HS July 24, 2020 Charlotte Elizabeth Crawford Arrendell ’44C October 1, 2020 Mary Spotswood “Spot” Baskervill Crenshaw ’44HS ’46C October 31, 2020 Lucy Woodruff Groh ’44HS May 29, 2020 Ella Meadows Giesey ’45HS July 15, 2020 Mary Hargrove Bellamy Koonce ’45C November 24, 2020 Sue Tucker Eason Briggs ’46HS July 29, 2020 Sarah “Tut” Barbee Hanner ’46HS ’48C August 14, 2020 Elizabeth Clarke Todd Heckel ’47HS March 20, 2020 Virginia “Lake” Allsbrook Leggett ’47HS October 17, 2020 Cordelia “Dee” Michie Plunkett ’47HS ’49C July 23, 2020 Ann Fulton Lanier Spencer ’47C October 23, 2020 Sylvia Newsom Dalton ’48HS ’50C September 2, 2020 Anne Cahoon Stratton ’50C October 21, 2020 Lelia Banks DuPre Barrett ’49C June 26, 2020 Betty Debnam Hunt ’49C November 1, 2020 Louise Boyle Deaton ’50HS July 25, 2020 Elizabeth “Beth” Harriss Sprunt ’50C September 11, 2020 Catherine Bikle Currie ’51C September 22, 2020 Frances McNeill Haupt ’53C July 28, 2020 Elizabeth “Libby” Huffman Reeves ’53C October 17, 2020 Anne-Tristram “Trissy” Holt Lomax ’54C October 31, 2020 Jane Walker Kerewich ’55HS ’57C August 20, 2020 Barbara Brown Hobson ’55C September 21, 2020 Mary Burgwyn Newsome ’55C November 20, 2020 Jean Faulkner Day ’56C July 3, 2020 Lynda Sue Stephens Gore ’56C October 24, 2020 Elizabeth Blake Boutwell ’58C August 9, 2019 Margaret Crowson Skinner ’58C August 17, 2020 Jerry Ann Lovelace Bain ’59C September 29, 2020 Katharine Saunders Davidson Horner ’60C November 4, 2020 Beverly Bunn Michaux ’60C October 10, 2020 Katherine Bell Sawyer Ward ’60C October 3, 2020 Mattie “Lou” Uzzell ’61C November 18, 2020 Helen Lee Keyes ’61C October 21, 2020 Barbara Leippe Peterson ’61C August 31, 2020 Gertrude “Trudie” Johnson Owings ‘61C August 22, 2020 Susan Bender Bellinger ’63C June 20, 2020 LaVerna “Verna” Gillam Perry ’63C August 3, 2020 Nell Fleming Armstrong ’67C November 17, 2020 Corinne Arbuckle Allen ’67C November 9, 2020 Lisa Penny Taylor ’69C September 15, 2020 Mary Sue Goforth Thomas ’71C June 23, 2020 Catherine Quick Vennik ’72C June 1, 2020 Lucinda “Cindy” Hancock Warren ’74C July 31, 2020 Elizbeth “Betsy” Vann Atkins ’77HS ’79C September 1, 2020 Lynn Ledford Brown ’78C October 12, 2020 Felicia Wardlaw Sperr ’81C September 2, 2020 Anne Cox Layne ’84C September 11, 2020 Claire Norman Deakin ’91C October 18, 2020 John Landi, former trustee October 5, 2020 Tom Fanjoy, former trustee September 21, 2020 Faye Barkley Fussell, former staff member November 12, 2020 Rollie Tillman, former trustee December 2, 2020
