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CLASSNOTES
’08
CliffordRay
moved toNashville in
August 2013 to accept a jobwith
Asurion, a technology protection
provider. His new role is senior
financial analyst in the corporate
financial planning and analysis area.
’09
GaryCrosby
graduated
with honors
from the
London
School of
Economics
with a
master’s
degree in social policy in the fall
of 2013. He is now a first-year
student atTulaneUniversity
LawSchool on amerit-based
scholarship.
’11
ElizabethWalker
graduated from
GeorgetownUniversity inAugust
with amaster’s degree inmuseum
studies. As part of her graduate
studies, she internedwith the
Smithsonian’s Freer andSackler
Galleries of Asian art and attended
Sotheby’s Institute of Art in
London,where she concentrated in
the arts of Asia and theirmarkets.
She is now a content coordinator
at RalphAppelbaumAssociates
of NewYork, oneof theworld’s
largestmuseum planning and
design firms.
’12
JessicaMayne
earned amaster’s
degree in secondarymathematics
education from theUniversity of
Tennessee at Knoxville this past
fall. She is now teaching 8th grade
math inChattanooga.
Weddings
CourtneyBailey ’99
toErikMaas,
Aug. 10, 2013.
SallyBedgood ’00
toDavid
FitzMaurice,March 16, 2013.
AnnaCunningham ’08
to
BenjaminGray onNov. 9, 2013.
JennyStedham ’08
toPhillip
NobleonOct. 12, 2013.
Ashley Lovell ’11
to
Mark
Messenger ’11
, Oct. 26, 2013.
StefanNeely ’11
to
Emily
Fredericksen ’12
, April 27, 2013.
KarlyKitabchi ’12
to
Hunter
Vitello ’12
, Dec. 14, 2013.
Births/Adoptions
Adaughter, Hanna Elizabeth, Nov.
21, 2012, to
DeniseMason
Steckler ’93
and husband,
Jason.
A son, ReidMcCaig, April 22, 2013,
to
ToriMcCaig Johnston ’99
and husband, Bryan.
Twin boys,Mabry Stiles andOwen
Armour, Sept. 20, 2013, to
Christi
Daniel Lunsford ’00
and husband,
Ben (bigbrother, Graham).
A son, Elliott Rhoades, Sept. 10, 2013,
to
BethEricksonMoon ’00
and
husband,Tucker. Proud grandparents
are
StevenD. Erickson ’72
and
LindaSmylyErickson ’72
. Proud
uncles are
BrianErickson ’97
and
BradErickson ’04
.
Ason,TraceAaron (bornNov. 8, 2010)
was adoptedNov. 6, 2013, by
Natalie
GrayBallenger ’01
and husband,
Kevin.
A son, JamesRoger, Dec. 26, 2013, to
Roger Ball Jr. ’03
andwife,
Nancy
WilliamsBall ’04
.
A daughter,MaryBrooks, Oct. 3, 2013,
to
KelleyBrooksSimoneaux ’07
and
Bradlee JohnSimoneaux ’08
.
In
Memoriam
’41
EthridgeBillard“E.B.”Copeland
of Knoxville,Tenn., onMay 5, 2013.
Copelandwas drafted into the
U.S. Army after graduating from
BSCwith a degree in economics
and servedonGuadalcanal with
the 244thCoast ArtilleryCorps
in heavy combat. He earned the
WorldWar IIVictoryMedal, Navy
Presidential Unit Citation, and
BattleStar for theGuadalcanal
Campaign. He came toKnoxville
in 1953, starting a long business
career, and retired as president
and owner of JohnstoneSupply
Co. of Knoxville andChattanooga.
Copeland served on several
boards andwas involved inmany
civic activities to strengthen his
community; hewas honoredwith
a street named“E.B. Copeland
In
Memoriam
’41
ClaireMorrisonDixon
,
a former cityhistorian, civic
activist, and genealogy expert, passed awayonApril 13,
2013, inAlexandria, Va. Shewas 92.
Dixonwas anAir Forcewifewho lived in France,
Germany, Panama, andonGuam aswell as in several states.
Her extensive travels tookher tofive continents. She lived
inWarner Robins, Ga., for 45 years prior tohermove to the
Hermitage retirement community in2010.
InGeorgia,Dixonwas active in community affairs,
serving as cityhistorian forWarner Robins and authoring an
updated cityhistory,
Warner Robins, the Second Twenty-Five
Years
. In1981, shewas namedWomanof Achievement by
theBusiness andProfessionalWomen’sClubofWarner Robins.
She retired from theGeorgiaDepartment of Labor and alsoworked as an actuary
and tax consultant. Dixon served as amember of theMacon (Georgia) Symphony
Board andwas amember of TrinityUnitedMethodist Church inWarner Robins. She
also supported animal protection efforts and lovedpursuingher familyhistory.
Dixonwas thefirstwinner of theprestigious four-year Phi BetaKappa Scholarship
toBirmingham-Southern, where she studiedmathematics. She remained an ardent
supporter of the college throughout her life.
“Mymom always lovedBirmingham-Southern,” saidher daughter,MaryDixon,
who resides inAlexandria. “I remember visits therewhen Iwas small, andhave
always had great respect for the college.”
Other survivors include two granddaughters and two great-grandsons.
