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Melvin O. Childress (‘63) is Pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Maxton, N.C., and his wife, the former Schelley Highsmith, is Catalog Librarian and Archivist at St. Andrews Presbyterian College. Address: 328 N. Patterson Street, Maxton, NC 28364.

Roy Neil Graves (‘61), Literary Archeologist at the University of Tennessee at Martin, recently uncovered evidence of Shakespeare trove. In an article in the current issue of The Upstart Crow: A Shakespeare Journal, he has provided 11 sample texts as artifactual evidence to support his claim that he has found 154 poems written by William Shakespeare and buried in his Sonnets (1609). Address: 522 McClain Road, Martin, TN 38237- 5406.

Roy Jones (‘63), Director of Missions for the Cape Girardeau Baptist Association, has been elected President of the Missouri Directors of Missions Organi-zation. Address: 2531 Timber Lane, Cape Girardeau, MO 63701-2852.

William Louis Criswell (‘68) has retired after 30 years of full-time church service. He served as Associate Pastor at Baring Cross Baptist Church, North Little Rock, Ark., for 23 years. He and his wife, Georgia, have opened the Sugarless Shoppe in Little Rock. Address: 7600 Yuma Court, North Little Rock, AR 72116-4379. E-Mail: SugRles@aol.com 

G. Dennis Wilson (‘68) is a recipient of The Wayne T. Smith Distinguished Professorships in the College of Education at Auburn University. Dennis is Department Head and Professor of Health and Human Perfor-mance at Auburn. He is often cited in national periodicals and newspapers as an authority on sports medicine, fitness and physical education issues. Address: 563 Cross Creek Road, Auburn, AL 36832-3403.

 

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Fu Lai Yu (‘73) and Vivian M. Fung (‘74) are now living in Canberra, Australia. Fu Lai received his Ph.D. from the University of New South Wales (ADFA) and is now working at the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resources Economics. Vivian is a homemaker. Their son, Simon, is a senior at the University of Canberra. Address: 49 Balonne Street, Kaleen 2617, Australia. E-mail: Tyu@abare.gov.au 

Mike Carroll (‘76) has accepted the call to pastor Huntsville Park Baptist Church in Huntsville, Ala. He and his wife, Juanita, have served as State Representatives of the Alabama State Department of Discipleship and Family Development. They have done consultation work with churches and have served as conference speakers at the annual Winter Youth Celebration held at Samford University. Address: Box 7444, Huntsville, AL 35807.

 

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Cindy Baker Hatch (‘80) is taking a year off from her duties at Lexington High School to take care of her daughter, Jennifer. She teaches desktop publishing, broadcast journalism, and video production. Cindy and her husband reside at 375 Farmsville Road, Wildersville, TN 38388. E-mail: JHatch@hcol.net 

Omar L. Hamada (‘86), M.D., Assistant Professor and Director of Predoctoral Affairs in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Tennessee College of Medicine, was recently named to Memphis Business Journal’s ‘Top 40 Under 40’ list. He also serves as Executive Director of the Hamada Evangelistic Outreach, is Chair-Elect of the Board of the Mid-South Youth for Christ, and is the Battalion Flight Surgeon and Hyperbaric Medical Officer for the 1/20th Special Forces Group (Airborne) of the U.S. Army. Omar is active in vocal and instrumental performance. Address: 889 Oakmont Place, Memphis, TN 38107-4708. E-mail: olhamada@aol.com 

Lee Ann Lockman (‘86) has recently returned from San Jose, Costa Rica, where she taught English and Spanish at the Spanish Language Institute for one year. Address: 918 Hickory Highlands Drive, Antioch, TN 37013. E-mail: lockmanl@fatherryan.org 
 
Suzanne Ramsey Allison (‘87) has joined The Star Center of Jackson, Tenn., as the Marketing and Income Development Director. She was most recently Director of Sales and Marketing at Holiday Inn in Jackson. Suzanne’s husband, Chris (‘92), is a partner in The Allison Eldridge Insurance Group. Address: 3120 Old Medina Road, Jackson, TN 38305-9463.

 

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James A. Howell (‘90) is Senior Manager at Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Fort Worth, Texas. Address: 1417 Merion Drive, Mansfield, TX 76102. E-mail: jim.a.howell@pwcglobal.com 

Mark Bundren (‘92), Probation Officer for the First Judicial Circuit in Johnson County, Ill., recently received statewide recognition at the Illinois Probation and Court Services Fall Conference. He was given the highly esteemed Recognition Award for his many contributions to the profession of Probation Officer. Mark supervises both adult and juvenile offenders at his office in Vienna, Ill., and also performs a large amount of court-related work for the Johnson County Circuit Court by preparing court reports and Pre-Sentence Investigations. He and his wife, the former Edna Dickson (‘93), have an eight-month-old daughter, Taylor. Address: Box 1401, Vienna, IL 62995.

J. Michael Garrett (‘92) has been appointed Director of the John T. Christian Library at New Orleans Baptist Seminary, which is one of the largest collections of theological books in the Southeast and the largest theological library in the nine-state region. Michael, who has been Assistant Director since September, previously was Divinity Librarian at Beeson Divinity School, Samford University, Birmingham, Ala., and was Manager of Cokesbury’s Beeson Divinity Bookshop. Michael is married to the former Amy Wright (‘91). Address: 4309 Iroquois St., New Orleans, LA 70126

Kevin T. Sheilley (‘94) was named Executive Director and CEO of the Campbellsville-Taylor County Industrial Development Authority. He previously worked in a similar position in Marion, Ky. His wife, the former Lisa Fields (‘91), is an Occupational Therapist with Lifeline Home Health. The couple has one son, Trae, five. Address: 1 Sherwood Park, Campbellsville, KY 42718.  E-mail: - sheilley@cuppp.campbellsvil.edu 

Bradford “Lee” Strohm, Jr. (‘95) is employed as a Leasing Agent with Trammell Crow Residential Services, a nation-wide property management company. Address: 15827 NE 96th Way, Redmond, WA 98052. E:mail: KivarTheGreat@yahoo.com 


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Last updated on September 8, 1999.