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Delta Delta Delta page 3 Christine Griffith Box '61 lives in Sheffield, Ala. She lost her husband, James, in April 2017. She and her daughters, Lisa '87 and Katherine, took a cruise to the southern Caribbean in March. Email: jbox2012@att.net Jeanette Hurt Mullins '62 reunited with Dianne Jones Bentley '62, Deedi Ball Barry '62, and Carol Kessler Hallett '62 in Gulf Shores, Ala., last fall. Jeanette and her husband, Ross, live in Wetumpka, Ala., and have three children and 11 grandchildren. Email: mullins4432@gmail.com Cynthia Adams Somerville '66 substitute teaches at her school and sponsors YMCA youth in government programs. She is very active with several YMCA boards. Cindy loves spending time with her family, visiting the beach, and enjoying her eight grandchildren. She and her husband, Thomas, live in Montgomery, Ala. Email: csomerville3@gmail.com Cheryl Whetstone Hutton '67 retired to Tuscaloosa and enjoys the University of Alabama activities with family and friends. She and her husband, Wayne, have two sons, John and Derek, and five grandchildren. Email: cwh20815@aol.com Katherine Thomas Brunson '70 still runs her business, Genuine Purl, a knitting and needlepoint store, in Chattanooga, Tenn. She and her husband, Charles, have three children and five grandchildren. Marie Bates Curry '71 lives in Mobile, Ala., and has two children and two grandsons. In 2010, she retired from her corporate job of several decades and officially came out of "the psychic closet." Marie is a full- time medium/intuitive/psychic, holding group meetings needing to hear from their loved ones in spirit. Email: themobilemeduim@gmail.com Stephanie Kyser Muzi '92 is the co-chairman of the Tri Delta Atlanta alumnae chapter's Care Affair 2019, benefitting the ΔΔΔ Foundation and CURE Childhood Cancer. Stephanie and her husband, Marc, have two daughters, Maggie and Libba, and live in Buford, Ga. Email: stephieddd92@gmail.com Tara Carney Little '02 completed her MBS at Belmont University in Nashville. She and her husband, Geoff, live in Nashville, where she works as the Nashville Symphony as director of research and data services. Email: littletarac@gmail.com Ashley Carney O'Brien '04 is pursuing her doctorate in physical therapy at Belmont University. She and her husband, Sean, were married last summer, and they live in Nashville, Tenn. Email: ashleymcarney@gmail.com Elizabeth Hufham '14 graduated from UA in May 2018. Since then, she has begun law school at Ole Miss. Libby is founder and president of the Earth Planet Alliance, a driven organization for law, honors college, and public policy students at Ole Miss. Email: efhufham@crimson.ua.edu Kortney Kirsch '14 is marketing director for a local accounting firm, KRT CPAs, in Sadannah, Ga. Email: kkirsch@crimson.ua.edu Lindsay Tatman '14 is pursuing her music career, and plans to move to Los Angeles this year. You can hear her song, "Don't Let Me Fall," on Spotify and Apple Music. Email: ltatman@crimson.us.edu Alumnae News MARTHA LANIER GRIZZLE '79 ENCOURAGES ALUMNAE TO VOLUNTEER WITH DELTA MU M artha Lanier Grizzle '79 has known about Tri Delta since she was a little girl. Her mother and all of her friends, as well as her aunt, were Tri Deltas, so it was pretty much ingrained in her from birth. When the time came for Martha to go through recruitment at the University of Alabama, she thought she would join a different house to be "her own person." Though try as she might, Tri Delta proved "too cute and fun" for her not to join. "I was so honored they wanted me," Martha said. "There is a true bond that is for life with any of us who were Tri Deltas together. I know that sounds hokey, but the friendships you make and decisions (good and bad) you make with these friends shape you as a young adult. I would not trade anything for my time at Alabama with my ΔΔΔ friends." As an alumna, Martha remained heavily involved in Delta Mu's daily goings-on. She volunteered as recruitment (formerly rush) advisor for many years with some of her fellow alumnae. "I was always involved in recruitment while in school. A few years after graduation, I got involved on the alumna side helping with references (RECS) from my hometown of Birmingham. I took time off to raise my family and then eased back into it when my children were a little older. Wanting to help our chapter, and work with my friend and pledge sister, Julie Hall Friedman '79, I jumped back in on the advisor side. Things were changing so much in the recruiting world and the chapter needed more alumnae involvement. Anne Courtenay Davis '76 and Susan Hundley Waldrop '77 came on board shortly afterward and it just sort of took off." Martha would highly encourage more alumnae to get involved with Delta Mu, and even though it may seem overwhelming at first, she promises the experience will be more beneficial than you know. "I am SO grateful for all of the friendships that have developed during my years as an advisor; friendships with alumnae who I didn't already know, older and younger, Delta Mu and other chapters as well! "We are pretty much all the same, and I am so very proud of Delta Mu and the young women who were in the Chapter while I was there. We accomplished so much through a lot of changing times and hard work. It is such a treasure to keep up with so many of them as they grow and experience life. Words cannot express how much I cherish the opportunity to be aligned with such outstanding women." Martha and her husband, Chip, live in Birmingham, and have three children: Charlie, John and Mary Martha '18. She is in the process of planning her middle son's wedding, and trying to keep up with all of her kids' moves. You can contact Martha at marthagrizzle@me.com. "You will get more out of it than you could ever give."

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