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Barbara Bagley Silvia '60 is living in the
college town of Norton, Mass. She closed her
craft boutique and was teaching vegetarian
cooking classes until the pandemic. Her
husband, an oceanographer, has also retired.
The couple are enjoying their grandchildren
who live next door and in San Diego, Calif.
Email: wildberrycraft96@gmail.com
Jean Rainer Belt '61 and her husband
celebrated their 60th anniversary in 2023. She
is involved in rewarding volunteer work at
the Respite at FUMC Montgomery, where she
plays, sings, and laughs with patients suffering
from Alzheimer's and other dementia problems.
Jean resides in Montgomery, Ala.
Email: casjb@mindspring.com
Kay Love Mundy '63 is a retired illustrator
for the U.S. government. She now lives in
Anniston, Ala. Email: kaymundy@aol.com
Jean Nisbet Cates '66 is involved with her
church, First Presbyterian of Albuquerque.
She presently serves as an ordained Deacon
and stays busy with her grandchildren's
soccer games and gymnastics. When she isn't
traveling, she makes her home in Albuquerque,
N.M. Email: jcskiaf@aol.com
Deborah Barnes Partridge '69 shared, "My
husband, Bill (SAE at UA), retired in 2020
and fishes almost every day in our backyard
or neighborhood. I help often with our darling
granddaughter and volunteer at her school."
The couple lives in Sarasota, Fla.
Email: quailcovey@aol.com
Carol Trant Dean '71 is currently working on
her second book, a historical fiction about her
paternal ancestor, Hope Trant. She is living in
Daphne, Ala. Email: caroltdean@mail.com
Jennifer Ricks Hand '71 finally retired after 34
years of teaching special education in different
parts of the South. She now enjoys thoroughbred
horses, labrador retrievers, baking, and her
beautiful grandchildren. She and her husband,
Mike, love the outdoors, nature adventures,
Alabama football, and exploring country roads
in their pickup truck in their hometown of
Florence, Ala. Email: jarhand@msn.com
Jeanne Weston Anderson '73 is happily
retired and keeping up with her grandchildren.
She volunteers with Meals on Wheels three
days each week near her home in Elkmont, Ala.
Email: alabunny@gmail.com
Eugenia Gamble '73 shared, "After nearly 40
years as a Presbyterian pastor, I am enjoying a
semi-retirement. My latest book, Words of Love:
A Healing Journey with the Ten Commandments,
was published in 2022. My next is due out in
fall 2024." Genie and her husband, Robbie, and
their dog divide their time between their home
on Dauphin Island and her childhood home in
Greenville, Ala. Her favorite role is being GiGi to
their two precious granddaughters, Penelope and
Melody. Email: eugeniaagamble@gmail.com
Mary Jon Patton Hicks '75 and her husband,
Jim, are both retired and active in their
Neighborhood Association. Her hobbies include
birding, traveling, cooking, gardening, writing,
painting, and DIY crafts. She is always learning
about great birding trails and locations in the
Southeast. The couple resides in Nashville,
Tenn. Email: maryjon@comcast.net
Sharon Ellison Thompson '75 is busy
with grandparenting, service work, and art
commissions, both oil and acrylic. She lives in
Hoover, Ala. Email: sharonet0724@gmail.com
Shannon Woodroof Booco '75 is enjoying
retirement and spending time with three
grandsons: Woodruff, Walton, and Wells. She lives
in Athens, Ala. Email: shannonbooco@gmail.com
Dr. Rebecca Beavers Kissel '76 is
still working part-time and enjoying
time spent with residents in training.
She spends her weekends at the farm in
Mountain Brk, Ala., and she has travel
planned to Vietnam, Cambodia, and Hong
Kong. Email: rbkissel@gmail.com
Nancy Kitchings Watson '78 is
widowed after 44 years of marriage
to her high school sweetheart,
Alan. They have three children and three
grandchildren. Nancy owns two businesses,
Wealth Design LLC and Fig Leaf LLC. She
resides in Mountain Brook, Ala.
Email: nancy.y.kwatson@gmail.com
Laura Nolen Fulmer '85 and her husband love
their family, church, and friends. She works part-
time at her local community college as an adult
education instructor. After her husband retries,
they plan to travel and go on mission trips to
spread the name of Jesus. The couple is blessed
with two amazing adult sons and a wonderful
daughter-in-law. "God is good!" Laura resides in
Fayette, Ala. Email: laura.fulmer@bscc.edu
Stephanie Bunn Bacak, CFP '91 has three
children; the oldest is an attorney for Atlanta
Legal Aid and the other two are in high school.
She runs her own business in Wedowee, Ala.
Email: slbacak@gmail.com
Katherine O'Neal Sarrell '07 was married in
March 2022 to her husband, Richard; they now
reside in Blairsville, Ga. The couple shares their
home with two dogs, Belle and Ellie. Richard
is a practicing attorney, and Katherine started
working as a nurse practitioner in January of
2023. Email: katherine.sarrell@gmail.com
Ann Marie Gieger '10 graduated from
CRNA school in May 2023. She is working
at Grandview Hospital in Birmingham, Ala.
Email: amgieger@crimson.ua.edu
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