Class Notes

1976

1976

Susan Merritt Cox welcomed a grand-daughter, Natalia Grace Morales, on March 31, 2021.

Denise Brown Rix reports fun times have been had reconnecting with suitemates and roommates during the pandemic.

Cindy Thurman Rutledge, Margaret Rhyne Miller, Mary Ann Leitch Balock, and Jan Barrier Minoff have shared laughs via Zoom, Facebook, and Messenger. Friends forever!

Reya Blount Roller has been retired since 2013. Roller took care of her handicapped son until he was able to drive again in 2016. He was hurt in a car accident in July 2013, which resulted in a paralyzing spinal cord injury. Roller’s first grandchild, a boy, was born in October 2014, followed by a second grandson in June 2018. Roller says they are the light of her life! Other than being her grandchildrens’ backup sitter, she enjoys traveling, reading, and hanging out with friends. She does work part-time for a local funeral home, but that is very sporadic. Roller enjoys keeping in touch with classmates Janet Koonce Dumas, Susan Willets Roberts, and Kathy Midyette Anderson and reports that they get together several times a year.

Jackie Owen Stallings and her husband have relocated to Columbia, S.C., after 40 years in Richmond, Va. Her son along with his wife and daughter live in Columbia, and Stallings loves being nearby! Her daughter was recently married in a lovely Grand Tetons wedding, and she and her husband will continue to live and work in Jackson Hole, Wyo. Stallings writes that she enjoys visiting them there often!