Susannah Godlove
6 Peyton St. Apt. 1- D
Winchester, VA 22601
sgodlove@valleyhealthlink.com
Jean Lee Anderson Chapman and her husband moved to a condo two miles from
their old home. They also were expecting their ninth grandchild.
Judi Pyrke Orrell had been looking for Cindy Walsh-Haines for several years,
and finally located her in Lansdale, Pa. Ruthie Ridge Griggs spent her 50th
high school reunion with Phyllis Myers Thum and Alice Cox Garrett on the Blue
Ridge Parkway. In this election year, Ruthie wonders who remembers Mary Washington
students going by train to watch Eisenhower’s 1957 inauguration.
Mary Townsend Bates Rupe was married in July 2003 in Williamsburg, Va. She
and her husband spent a winter vacation in Key West, Fla., and threw their
annual Kentucky Derby party for 80 neighbors and friends.
Ann Ratcliffe Harrover Thomas keeps busy volunteering, traveling and having
fun. She is chair of the Manassas Museum Associates and is on the Manassas
Historical Resources Board, among others. Her three children and four grandchildren
live in the area. Ann sees a lot of Nancy Smith Campbell ’59 and Kitty
Dishman Crandall ’59. Last Christmas, she heard from Catherine “Kay”
Purdy Cook in California. She also learned from Carolyn Hickman Bowman ’59
that one of her roommates, Sue Luckett Haynie, passed away in Pennsylvania
right after Christmas. Ann’s second husband, Don Thomas, died in 2002.
Carlton A. Adams was in the class of 1958, but finished in the summer of 1957.
She has a masters in education from William & Mary and is working as a
secretary in the college’s biology department. She has had hip replacements,
but is back at work.
Judy O’Sullivan Milton lost Russ, her husband of 39 years, last October
after a long illness. She has been keeping busy resuming activities that had
been put aside. Judy is involved in a writing group that published a book
of their short stories. She has traveled to California and the Caribbean,
and planned a trip to Vancouver, B.C. She hopes to get back to her oil painting
this spring. Her son, Michael, and family moved to Ormond Beach from California.
Son Brian, Michael’s identical twin, still lives in California. Brian
and his wife, Kathy, were expecting this summer. Judy’s daughter, Heather,
received her doctorate in English and teaches at the University of Florida.
In 2003, Judy spent a lovely evening with Sally Bates Larson in New York.
She also talked with Carolyn Dale Miller, who was unable to join Sally and
Judy for dinner.
Kay Martin Britto of Wrightsville Beach, N.C., organized her high school’s
50th reunion and took a trip to San Francisco with her older daughter. She
is still working at the local public library and enjoys living at the beach.
Meredith Busby Frank and husband Jim retired in 2001 and moved from Geneva,
Ill., to Marion, Va. They purchased a contemporary cedar house on the side
of a mountain and have been busy redecorating ever since. Daughter Helen and
her husband live in Sandy, Utah; Helen is radio DJ “Helen Powers.”
Joanne Parker Hearn Foley remarried in 1997. She and her husband keep very
busy with church activities and travel. Joanne has one daughter, one grandson,
three stepchildren and six step-grandchildren.
After spending 31 years in the classroom and five years working in a hospital,
Joyce Smith retired 10 years ago. She traveled to Alaska and New Orleans in
2003, and Kansas City last summer. She also recently visited her roommate,
Marilyn Corbitt Faison, in Suffolk, Va. Joyce collects antique dolls. She
also keeps in touch with suitemates Peggy Saunders Burroughs in Richmond and
Pat Simmer Bishop.
Elinor Runge Vitek and Brant spent the winter on their boat in Florida. They
also spent five months in the Bahamas. Last year, Betsy Smith LaFever and
Martha Kimball Johnson met the boat in Sarasota. Elinor has four grandchildren.
Fay Purcell Parke Cantrell retired as chairperson of the Clinton High School
Guidance Department several years ago. She enjoys garden club activities and
several social clubs. She and her second husband live on a farm in the Knoxville,
Tenn., area.
Martha Kimball Hearn Johnson planned to visit her daughter in England. Martha’s
son, Mason Hearn, owns a design-build firm near Richmond. He had an article
published in Southern Living magazine.
Evelyn “Ebie” Breeden McKnight retired from Kentucky state government
and moved closer to her daughter, son-in-law and three grandchildren. Her
son is single and lives in Greensboro, N.C.
Edie Massie Warner recently spoke with Jean Lee Anderson Chapman and hopes
to visit her soon. Edie, who lives in Ann Arbor, Mich., is retired from teaching
and now tutors. Her cousin and his wife live at Tyro in Nelson County, and
Edie tries to visit twice a year.
Kay Ruth McMillan and her family are recovering from husband Colin’s
unexpected death in July 2003. Kay, who lives in Roswell, N.M., has four children
and seven grandchildren.
Jerry Sample Stocks and husband Raymond live in Beaufort, S.C. Jerry was a
flight attendant on charter, domestic and international flights. She traveled
on flights with Bob Dole during his presidential campaign. Now she is busy
with her 1-year-old granddaughter. Jerry and Mary Louise “Gibb”
Hurley Krauser, our freshman year class president, had a reunion in New England
in 2003.
Jerry, Fran Karins Updike and Carol Ann Lassalle McMahon visited Mary McCardell
Furr in Norfolk. They try to make this trip annually. Carol was married in
2002 and lives in New Orleans. Fran spends hours in her studio painting watercolors
for several upcoming exhibits. She and her husband have 12 grandchildren.
Fran also plays tennis and has earned master gardener status.
Betty Gould Storms and husband Bob traveled from Leavenworth, Kan., to Burlington,
N.J., for a high school reunion. While there, she visited with Mary Eliz Hendrickson
Greenup, and her husband.
Because her recital tours abroad are planned several years in advance, Peggy
Kelley Reinburg had to miss the 2003 reunion. She was in Paris, Germany and
Australia. Peggy is on the faculty of the Center for Sacred Music Studies
at Virginia Wesleyan College. She loves living in Norfolk and being close
to Virginia Beach.