Members of the first J.B. Young High School football team came together for a 50-year reunion September 3. Team members included the following Union alumni: Larry Mills (’55), Address: 161 Ferguson Drive, Lexington, TN 38351; George R. Fisher (’58), Address: 1764 S. Highland Avenue, Jackson, TN 38301-7778, E-mail: BemisTnFish@prodigy.net; and Royce Askew (’54), Address: 4 Allen Street, Jackson, TN 38301-7414. The coach was Bill Leftwich (’41), Address: 26 Siesta Drive, Jackson, TN 38305-3109.

Norma Jean Kolwyck Hardin (’58) is retired after teaching 37 years. She taught at Immokalee Middle School in Immokalee, Fla., the last 28 years. Norma was the Language Arts Department Chairman and also the Seventh Grade Team Leader for several years. Address: Box 1048, Lehigh Acres, FL 33970-1048.

Bob R. Agee (’60) was inducted into the 1999 Oklahoma Higher Education Hall of Fame in October at the National Cowboy Hall of Fame in Oklahoma City, Okla. He served as Oklahoma Baptist University’s President from 1982 to 1998. Address: 14 Woodmanor Place, Jackson, TN 38305.

Jerry Spencer (’62), pastor of Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Dothan, Ala., was elected Second Vice President of the Southern Baptist Convention in June. Address: 403 Randwick Road, Dothan, AL 36301-2122.

Jerrell G. White (’62) is now in semi-retirement after 38 years as a Baptist pastor. He is now a Mission Service Corps Missionary at the Job Corps in Morganfield, Ky., and supply preacher. He and his wife, Connie, reside at 1253 St. Rt. 1943 W, Eddyville, KY 42038-8007.

John C. Jennings (’67), M.D., is Professor and Regional Chair of the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in Amarillo, Texas. Address: Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center, 1400 Wallace Blvd., Amarillo, TX 79106.

Cecille Sampson Diez (’68) received a Doctorate of Education in Educational Leadership from the University of Central Florida, Orlando, Fla. Cecille is currently serving as Assistant Principal at Pleasant Hill Elementary School in Kissimmee, Fla. Her husband, Richard, is the Osceola Parkway Toll Operations Manager. They have two daughters, Becky and Chelsea. Address: 3325 Great Oaks Blvd., Kissimmee, FL 34744.

Charlotte Tolley Case (’70) is a Counselor with the Houston County Public Schools, at Northside High School in Warner Robins, Ga. Her husband, Jim, is in the United States Air Force and is Director of R-1 Management at Robins Air Force Base. Address: 1016 Brookley Court, Robins AFB, GA 31098.

Bill Smith (’70), Music Director of Woodland Baptist Church in Peoria, Ill., and his wife, the former Sally Lundemo (’69), were members of the Illinois Handbell Team that traveled and performed in the Karaganda region of Kazakstan. The team led two to three services each day in a variety of places including churches, centers, music schools, a nursing home, and an orphanage. Address: 9922 N. Black Soil Lane, Peoria, IL 61615-1228.

Dale Moore Williams (’71), was named “Teacher of the Year” for the Alamo City Schools. She was selected by her peers at the Alamo Tennessee School System and has served the system as a Kindergarten Teacher for 10 years. She has also served as General Advisor for the Union University Chapter of Zeta Tau Alpha for the last five years. Dale is married to Gary (’71), Executive Director of Alumni Services for Union University. They have one daughter, Paige (’98). Address: 207 Redfield Drive, Jackson, TN 38305.

Fred C. Tubbs (’71) is a licensed Funeral Director working at Memphis Funeral Homes and Cemeteries in Memphis, Tenn. and also is available for supply preaching. Address: 4561 Big Horn Drive South, Nesbit, MS 38651. E-mail: fctubbs@cs.com 

Phyllis Beth Hutcherson Parrott (’72) is a Sales Representative for Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals and was the 1998 Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals President’s Award Winner. She and her husband, Harold (’72), reside at 1719 Ramada Drive, Houston, TX 77062-6013.

Ronnie Carl Phillips (’72) received a Master of Divinity from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in May. Address: 645 Forest Drive, Humboldt, TN 38343-3532

Mike U. Smith (’72) was promoted to Full Professor of Medical Education at Mercer University School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine. He will also continue in his position as Director of AIDS Education and Research. Mike was also a contributor to a recent book Teaching About Evolution and the Nature of Science. Address: 291 Plantation Centre Drive N., Apt. 401, Macon, GA 31210-9258. E-mail: smith_mu@mercer.edu 

Steve Bingham (’73) has returned to Georgia to serve as Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church in Peachtree City, moving from the pastorate of First Church in Dover, Fla. Address: 300 Old Plantation Way, Fayetteville, GA 30214. 

Mary Elizabeth Austin Bennett (’74) is employed by the College of Education at the University of Florida in the Office of Professional Development and Communications. Also working as “Giggles the Clown,” Mary has recently been elected as President Elect of the South East Clown Association for the year 2000 and subsequently President in 2001. Address: 102 SE 45th Street, Gainesville, FL 32641-7693. E-mail: marybkln@mindspring.com

Jay Robinson (’77) is Minister of Music and Education at North Bristol Baptist Church in Bristol, Va. He and his wife, Sherry, reside at 113 Broadwalk, Bristol, TN 37620.

Berry Jontz (’81) is a Senior Program/Analyst with Campus Crusade for Christ in Ministry Services in Orlando, Fla. He is married to the former Nancy Dobyns (’79). Address: 5845 Bent Pine Drive #202, Orlando, FL 32822. E-mail: Bjontz@cheerful.com 

Jerry V. Welch (’81) received a Ph.D. from Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary. Address: 513 Upper Browns Church Road, Jackson, TN 38305

Ron Hale (’82) is Director of Evangelism Ministries for the Illinois Baptist State Association. Address: 43 Sarah, Springfield, IL 62703.

Leo Percer (’82) received a Ph.D. from Baylor University. He is employed in the Catalog Department of Baylor’s Moody Library as the Coordinator of Post-Catalog Work-flow and Student Workers. Address: 2715 Gorman Avenue, Waco, TX 76707. E-mail: PercerL@baylor.edu 

Tara Spain LeMaire (’83) is a Family Physician and has just opened a private practice in Family Medicine and Obstetrics called Traditions Family Medicine. Address: 4468 Golden Mountain Road, Sparta, TN 38583.

Michele Hunt Austin (’84) has relocated with her family to New Minas, Nova Scotia where her husband, Chris, will be Youth/C.E. Pastor at New Minas United Baptist Church. They have four girls: Ashleigh, 10; Hannah, 8; Lauryn, 6; and Molly, 3. Address: 1008 Perrier Drive, New Minas, Nova Scotia, Canada B4N 4C3. E-mail: 6austins@ns.sympatico.ca  

Cynthia A. Burns (’84) is a Homemaker. She and her husband, Chuck, adopted three children, November 5, 1998: Jonathan, 6; Angie, 9; and Angel, 10. Address: 111 Heritage Drive, Rutherford, TN 38369.

Charlotte Stockton Godwin (’85) is a Chemistry Teacher at Hartsville High School in Hartsville, SC, and her husband, Barry, is a Controller at Mar Mac Wire. Address: 507 Barefoot Street, Hartsville, SC 29550. E-mail: C_godwin6@hotmail.com  

Janet Nowell McEwen (’85) has been promoted to Branch Manger at Yellow Freight System in Jackson, Tenn. Address: 18 Chatwick Cove, Jackson, TN 38305. E-mail: janet.mcewen@yellowcorp.com 

Paul J. Adams (’87) has been promoted to Lead Counselor at Monroe Harding Children’s Home. He will supervise the direct care staff and serve as liaison between residents and state agencies. Address: 306 30th Street, Old Hickory, TN 37138.

John Doster (’87) is Senior Manager of Strategic Planning and Communication at Aventis Pharma, a newly formed pharmaceutical company and the largest in the world. He and his wife, the former Stephanie Gaddy (‘90), live at 520 Tawnyberry Lane, Collegeville, PA 19426. 

Karen “Elisabeth” Westfall Norton (’87), has been hired by Pfizer Pharmaceuticals as Field Support Secretary, Southwest Region, Specialty Division in Westlake, Texas. Her husband, Gavin, is studying music full-time at Tarrant County College. Address: 5701 Sandshell Drive, Apt. 1403, Ft. Worth, TX 76137-2914. E-mail: Mole_End@mindspring.com  

Bill Poyner (’87) is the Minister of Music/Education at First Baptist Church in Ripley, Tenn. He and his wife, Beth, have two boys, Bradley, 11, and Christopher, 7. Address: 460 Best Street, Apt. D, Ripley, TN 38063.

Laurie Mitchell Bledsoe (’88) and her husband, David, were appointed Career Missionaries to Brazil with the International Mission Board. After completing one year of language study in Campinas, Brazil, they will serve as Church Planters in the city of Belo Horizonte. They have one daughter, Marissa, two. Their stateside permanent address is: 6450 Old Millington Road, Millington, TN 38053. To contact them or receive their newsletter, write to them at: Rua Barbosa da Cunha, 138, Jd. Granabara, 13.073-320 Campinas, SP Brazil. E-mail: davidbledsoe@pobox.com 

Gregory L. Glover (’88) received a Ph.D. in Biblical Studies (Old Testament) from Princeton Theological Seminary. He is married to the former Elizabeth F. Rix (’86), and they have one daughter, Grace, five. Greg is Associate Executive Director of the Society of Biblical Literature. Address: 7300 F Springs Lane, Norcross, GA 30092. E-mail: gglover@emory.edu 

Mickey Hannon (’88) has rejoined the firm of Crain & Company, PLC. He is working in the Tax and Audit Department in Jackson, Tenn. Address: 939 W. Forest Avenue, Jackson, TN 38301 

Stan Wafler (’88), Pastor of Drew Baptist Church in Drew, Miss., received a Ph.D. in Old Testament and Hebrew from New Orleans Baptist Seminary. He was elected in October to serve as the Chairman of the Drew Centennial Committee which celebrated the city’s 100th birthday on October 21-23. Stan and his wife, Pam Barlow, have two sons, Jacob, four, and Jackson, two. Address: 425 Ruby Avenue, Drew, MS 38737. E-mail: sawafler@deltaland.net

Mark E. Prince (’89) a Scientific Information Analyst with Chemical Abstracts Service, Columbus, OH. His wife, Kristin, has accepted a position as R & D Chemist for Bath and Body Works. Address: 5191 Cambria Way, Westerville, OH 43081. E-mail: meprince@ameritech.net 

Jacquie Jones Maxwell (’90) has returned to Jackson after a year as a Medical Missionary at Uchee Pines Institute in southern Alabama. She is pursuing a Doctorate in Naturopathic Hygienic Medicine through the Institute of Alternative Medicine Philosophy and Research in Mountain View, Ark. Jacquie’s husband, Robert, is a salesman with The Shopper in Gibson, Tenn. Address: 4 Rachel Drive, #5, Jackson, TN 38305.

Argie “Buddy” Pearson (’90) is Assistant Sports Information Director at Tennessee Tech University. For the last two years, he was Director of Media Relations and Sports Information at Carson Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn. Address: 402 Pea Ridge Road, Chestnut Mound, TN 38552. 

Pamela Vickers O’Neal (‘91) received National Institutes of Health funding for research through the National Institute of Nursing Research Division for a National Research Service Award. Before enrolling in the VCU School of Nursing’s doctoral program, she was an instructor at Emory University’s Nell Hodgson Woodruff School of Nursing. Address: 1950 Colonial Hills Drive, Southaven, MS 38671-4533.

Deidra Phillips Corbitt (’92) is a Medical Social Worker Assistant at CareOne Home Health in Vidalia, Ga., and her husband, James, is employed with Briggs and Stratton in Statesboro, Ga. The couple has two children, Leah Danielle, five, and Austen Phillip, two. Address: Route 1, Box 248, Glennville, GA 30427.

Viviane Dewerse (’92) is employed at the European Commission in Brussels, Belgium, and is married to Cristian Hernandez of Guatemala. Address: Rue des Floralies 81/14, 1200 Brussels, Belgium, Europe. 

Jimmy Huckaba (’92) has accepted the position of Personnel Director for the State of Tennessee Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Address: 316 Ash Forge Drive, Antioch, TN 37013.

Blair Presson (’92), JD, CPA, recently became a Managing Member with Presson & Associates, CPA’s, PLLC, of Lexington, Tenn. The founder and other Managing Member is Don Presson (’61). Blair is also an Attorney with an office in Jackson, Tenn. Address: 24 Weslake Cove, Jackson, TN 38305. E-mail: bapofc@hcol.net 

Aaron Summers (’92) is Pastor of Grace Southern Baptist Church in Guymon, Okla. He and his wife, Dulcie, reside at 1401 N. Beaver, Guymon, OK 73942. E-mail: dulcie@ptsi.net 

Tiffany Ayers Crosby (’93) received a Master of Business Administration from Middle Tennessee State University. She and her husband, Allen C. Crosby (’93), reside at 2834 Iroquois Drive, Thompson Station, TN 37179.

Carma Dennis McGee (’93) received a Juris Doctorate, cum laude, from the Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law at the University of Memphis. She is currently practicing law in Savannah, Tenn. Carma’s husband, Todd, is Teacher and Coach at Adamsville Junior/Senior High School in Adamsville, Tenn. Address: 901 Church Street, Savannah, TN 38372.

Denise D. Nelson (’93) received a Master of Arts in organizational management from Trevecca Nazarene University in Nashville, Tenn. She is employed by Phycor, Inc., Nashville, Tenn., as Practice Information Analyst. Address: 16205 Wyndchase Circle, Franklin, TN 37067. E-mail: Nesietoo@aol.com 

Ann N. Pheffer (’93) is a Registered Nurse in ICU at Baptist East Hospital, Memphis, Tenn. She and her husband, Gerald, have one daughter, Pamela, two and one-half. Address: 12495 Whispering Pines Drive, Olive Branch, MS 38654. 

Craig Shannon (’93) is Principal of Milam Intermediate School in Tupelo, Miss. Address: 204 Stone Street, Tupelo, MS 38801.

Billy Joe Harris (’94) graduated from Candler School of Theology at Emory University in Atlanta, Ga., in May and has been appointed to the Pickwick-Pisgah Charge at Pickwick Dam, Tenn. His wife, Barbara, received an Associate of Arts from Reinhardt University in Waleska, Ga., and is attending Union’s Launch Program in Selmer, Tenn., pursuing a Bachelor of Science in organizational leadership. Address: 341 Somerset Loop, Savannah, TN 38372.

Scott Roth (’94) received a Master in science from the Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia in Madison, Tenn. Address: 707 Cleve Street, Old Hickory, TN 37138.

H. Ray Ammons (’95) was hired as Band Director and Music Teacher by the Clarkton C-4 School District, Clarkton, MO 63837. Address: 1100 De Lisle Avenue, Apt. 7, Portageville, MO 63873. E-mail: rammons@sheltonbbs.com 

Tara Laine Phillips Hoffman (’95) is Technical Writer/Training Specialist for Sedgwick of Marsh and McLennan Companies. She previously worked for Systems Training and Development for Catherines Stores Corporation as the Assistant Administrator. Her husband, Earl, is a Network Consultant for the City of Memphis. Address: 783 S. Prescott Street, Memphis, TN 38111. E-mail: Tara_Laine_Hoffman@sedgus.com  

Heather Marie Palmer (’95) received a Master of Arts in Christian education from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Address: 4005 Old Charlotte Park., Franklin, TN 37064.

Robin Latham Pinkston (’95) and her husband, Earl, who is a Pastor and Teacher, are now serving with the International Mission Board’s Service Corp Program in Malta. They are Volunteer Coordinators and are very interested in any possible contacts for sending teams to this Mediterranean Island. Address: Blk. A, Flat 8, Binja L-Isperanza, Mosta, MST03, Malta. E-mail: repink@global.net.mt 

Holly Black (’96) is in the middle of a two-year term with Wycliffe Bible Translators in Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. She is teaching third grade at the Dakar Academy, a school for children of missionaries serving with SBC, Assemblies of God, Conservative Baptists, Wycliffe Bible Translators, and others. Address: c/o Dakar Academy, BP 3187, Dakar, Senegal, West Africa. E-mail: Rblack7557@aol.com 

Shenita Hall Cody (’96) received a Master in science from the Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia in Madison, Tenn. Address: 4921 Gardenwood, Memphis, TN 38116. 

Cindy Cozart Bryson (’96) has moved to Bowling Green, Ky., where she will be teaching. She previously taught Special Education in Georgia. Address: 715 Eastside Drive, Demorest, GA 30535.

Tim Ellsworth (’96) has accepted the position of Director of News and Information at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky. He formerly was Director of Communications for the Illinois Baptist State Association and Acting Editor of the Illinois Baptist. Tim and his wife, Sarah, reside at 4027 Massie Avenue, Louisville, KY 40207. E-mail: tellsworth@sbts.edu 

Jennifer Perry Espey (’96) is a Home Health Nurse at Riverside Community Hospital in Riverside, Calif. Addresss: 1542 Via Del Rio, Corona, CA 92882. E-mail: JPSP1234@aol.com 

Kevin Fairlie (’96) has received a Juris Doctorate in Healthcare Administration and Law. He is a member of the American Health Lawyers Association and the American College of Healthcare Executives involved with an internship at the University of Missouri at Columbia. Address: 2012 W. Ash Street, #N-10, Columbia, MO 65203.

Chris Hartfield (’96) is the Senior High Youth Pastor at Fellowship Church, and his wife, the former Sarah Ferris (’98), teaches creative writing to middle school students in Mansfield, Texas. Address: 2400 Shady Turf Drive, Bedford, TX 76022. 

Gina Kinney (’97) received a Master in piano pedagogy and performance from Baylor University, Waco, Tex. She is now teaching piano and early childhood music classes at the Community Music Center at Union. Address: 52 Bagby Point, Apt. A, Jackson, TN 38305. 

Patrick (’97) and Suzanne Wallis Powell (’97) will be serving in Asia for the next two years. They have one son, Ben, 22 months. Address: 322 37th Street E., Tuscaloosa, AL 35405. E-mail: patzanne@iname.com

LeAndra Smith (’97) is a Special Education Teacher for DODDS (Department of Defense Dependent Schools) at Yongsan Army base in Seoul, Korea. Address: DODDS SAES, Box 113, Unit 15549, APO AP 96205. E-mail: leans33@hotmail.com 

Carolyn Kortokrax (’98) is the Community Development Coordinator of Southwest Tennessee Development District (SWTDD). Address: 49 O’Hara Lane, Jackson, TN 38305-1905.

Jennifer Rains Williams (’98) and her husband, Jim (’98), were accepted into Middle Tennessee School of Anesthesia and will graduate in November 2001. Address: 807 Windsor Green Blvd., Goodlettsville, TN 37072. Address: timnjennifer@yahoo.com