Tom Brandon (`49), T. T. Crabtree (`46), and Jerry Glisson (`45) recently celebrated Leawood Baptist Church's 50th anniversary. Brandon, Crabtree, and Glisson are three of four pastors that served at the church from 1946 through 1991.
Gill Gideon (`49), former executive director of the Tennessee Secondary
School Athletic Association, was recently inducted into the Tennessee Sports
Hall of Fame. He built a 78-28-5 football coaching record in 13 years at
Lexington High School in Lexington, TN. Address: 8775 20th Street, #470,
Vero Beach, FL 32966-6916.
John Barber (`59), professor of history at Ball Staate University, recently received The Eugene Asher Distinguished Teaching Award for Post-Secondary Teaching. This award was granted jointly by the American Historical Association and the Society for History Education at the annual national convention in New York. Address: 1002 N. Alden Road, Muncie, IN 47306.
Sandra Fay Andrews Robertson (`59) has become a flight attendant after
early retirement from the World Bank. Address: 5713 River Drive, Mason Neck,
VA 22079.
James Allen Ferguson (`60) has retired from the Brantley County (GA) School System after 35 years of service in public education. His first five years of teaching were at South Fulton Elementary School in Obion County, TN, and during that time he was pastor of Palmersville Baptist Church in Weakley County. James' last five years were spent as superintendent of schools for Brantley County. He also served as bi-vocational pastor to rural churches while fulfilling his teaching duties. Address: Box 207, Hoboken, GA 31542.
Fred H. Harris (`61), vice president of economic development
of the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce, was the first recipient of an
economic development award named in his honor by the Tennessee Industrial
Devel-opment Council. The Fred H. Harris Outstanding Tennessee Economic Developer
Award was presented at the 44th Annual Governor's Conference on Economic
and Community Develop-ment. The award was created by TIDC to honor its members
who have made outstanding contributions in their own community as well as
the state of Tennessee. Fred is married to the former Laura Burney
(`49), legislative reporter for the Tennessee General Assembly. Address:
215 Wilsonia Avenue, Nashville, TN 37205-2813.
James T. McAfee, Jr. (`61) was recently elected chairman of Mercer
University's board of trustees. In addition to his membership on Mercer's
board, he serves on Union's board of trustees. Union's School of Business
Administration is named in his honor. James is chairman and chief executive
officer of ValueMark Healthcare Systems, Inc., an Atlanta-based healthcare
ownership and management firm. He and his wife, the former Carolyn Townsend
(`61), have one son, Tom (`94). Address: 5265 Riverview Road,
Atlanta, GA 30327-4241.
Belinda McEwen (`73) recently completed an eight-month assignment at the Social Security Administration Head-quarters in Baltimore, MD. She returned to Jackson in November and is continuing at her regular work station with SSA. Address: Box 3712, Jackson, TN 38303.
Richard Barlow (`73) received a Bachelor of Science in health arts
from the College of St. Francis. In July he was promoted to captain in the
nurse corp of the Tennessee Army National Guard. Richard was elected as an
associate member of the Amer-ican Association of Neurological Surgeons at
their annual meeting in New York. Address: 73 Summerview, Jackson, TN
38305.
Nancy Blass Hollingsworth (`81) and her husband, Maurice, are missionaries in Taiwan. Nancy will be working at home and church, and Maurice will be teaching in the Taiwan Baptist Seminary. They have two children, Elizabeth, age nine, and Blass, age six. Address: Taiwan Baptist Mission, Box 39-875, Taipei, 100 Taiwan, ROC. email: maurice@bapbbs.org.tw
Timothy D. Britt (`82) has received the Master of Science in mathematics from The University of Memphis. He is employed by General Dynamics in Milan, TN, as systems/operations manager. Address: 6 McLean Cove, Jackson, TN 38305-6616.
Lana Younger Suite (`85) has recently relocated to West Tennessee where her husband, Lex, has accepted a position with West Carroll High School as assistant principal and girls' basketball coach. Lana is employed at Younger Associates, in Jackson, which is a market research and consulting firm owned by her sister, Sharon Younger (`81). She was formerly director of admissions at Cumberland University. Lana and Lex have three children, Danielle, age five, Carson, age three, and Ally, age one. Address: Box 14, McLemoresville, TN 38235.
Mary
Jane Wallis Crawley (`87) and her husband, Danny, were appointed foreign
missionaries in August and are now serving as career missionaries in Ghana.
Danny is a surgeon at the Baptist Medical Centre, and Mary Jane is serving
in the area of home evangelism. Address: Baptist Medical Centre, Box 50,
Nalerigu via Gambaga, Ghana West Africa
William Robert Bartlett (`88) has received a Doctor of Philosophy in nursing from The University of Tennessee at Memphis. Robert is employed as an assistant professor of nursing at The University of Memphis. He also holds nationally recognized certification in critical care nursing. His current research involves the economics and clinical outcomes of trauma care. Address: Box 240623, Memphis, TN 38152.
Chris Rice (`89) recently signed with the Rocketown Records label
and is currently in the studio working on his premiere Rocketown project
slated for a May 1997 release. A songwriter, Chris has spent the last 10
years as a youth retreat leader, reaching thousands of kids and touching
lives throughout the country. Address: Box 120513, Nashville, TN
37212-0513.
Kim West McIntosh (`92) has received a Master of Science in nursing with a concentration in nursing administration from The University of Tennessee at Memphis College of Nursing. Kim and her husband, Jay (`91), reside at 366 Gibson Wells-Brazil Road, Trenton, TN 38382.
Andrea Marberry Moody (`92) has received a Master of Arts in industrial and organizational psychology, and is currently employed in the Human Resources Department at Jackson-Madison County General Hospital. She and her husband, Jeff, reside at 53 McLean Cove, Jackson, TN 38305.
P. J. Alexander (`93) has accepted a research position in the Department of Clinical and Nutrition Sciences at the University of Alabama in Birmingham. P. J. will be working in two research groups, studying possible treatments of rheumatoid arthritis and breast cancer. Address: 3570 Atdoann Drive, Birming-ham, AL 35226-2013.
Cindy Denker (`93) has graduated from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and is chaplain at Wayside Christian Mission in Louisville, KY. Her husband, Brian (`93), is currently a student at SBTS. Address: 107 Fenley, Apt. G-4, Louisville, KY 40207.
Carey Dyer (`93), is a student at South-western Baptist Theological Seminary and is also on staff at Lakeside Baptist Church in Granbury, TX. He and his wife, the former Dena Ratliff, reside at 4208-F William Fleming Court, Ft. Worth, TX 76115.
Brett Smith (`93) is associate pastor at First Baptist Church in Waterloo, IL, and his wife, the former Alyssa Janene Jones (`91) is a homemaker and nursing student. They have one son, Jarrett, age one and one-half. Address: First Baptist Church, 400 Park Street, Waterloo, IL 62298.
Richard Christian (`94) is minister of music and education of the College Avenue Baptist Church in McGregor, TX. He and his wife, Jamie, have a son, Caleb, and a baby daughter, Lydia. Address: 1315 W. 3-A Street, McGregor, TX 76657.
Christa S. Friel (`94) was the 1996 recipient of the Curtis and Frances Vaughn New Testament Greek Award. The award is given annually at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, TX, to an outstanding elementary Greek student. Christa also accompanies the Southwes-tern Singers. Address: 2004 C J.T. Luther, Ft. Worth, TX 76115.
Amy Creighton (`94) passed the Certified Public Accountant examination in May 1996 and received her license to practice public accounting. She is currently employed as a senior staff accountant at Arnold, Spain, and Company, P.C., Jackson. Address: 36 Collinwood Cove, Jackson, TN 38305.
Last updated on March 26, 1997.
