Kappa Kappa Gamma - Texas Tech University

Our Tradition, Our Key, Our Future 5 Sammie Pearson '15 Pearland, Texas Tori Pfeifer '15 Houston, Texas Claire Porter '15 Burnet, Texas Gabby Radar '15 Sugar Land, Texas Emily Ramos '15 Dallas, Texas Britany Rodriguez '15 Borger, Texas Abbie Rose '15 Lubbock, Texas Gracie Rury '15 Dallas, Texas Cara Rutledge '15* Austin, Texas (Sisters Abby Patranella '00 and Paige Clark, Texas A&M '03) Madelyn Shank '15 Sherman, Texas Gabby Starnes '15 Midland, Texas Sabrina Strain '15 Fort Worth, Texas Bree Strasbourg '15 Aledo, Texas Kate Summers '15 Dallas, Texas Grace Sylvester '15 Allen, Texas Kellen Wagner '15 Lakeway, Texas Hayley Weeks '15* Houston, Texas (Sister Taylor Weeks '10) Jessica Whittenton '15 Austin, Texas Caroline Yarbrough '15* Dallas, Texas (Grandmother Carolyn Conner '57 and Aunt Carolyn Brim, Baylor '80) * Legacy; relative in parenthesis. ALUMNAE UPDATE CHAPTER ETERNAL Verbie Oldham Nelson '53 entered Chapter Eternal in September 2014. She led a career as a wonderful educator and was honored as her district's teacher of the year in 1994. She enjoyed fly fishing and traveling, and was a member of the United Methodist Church. Verbie is survived by her loving husband, Don, her children, and grandchildren. Betty Swaim Ball '55 entered Chapter Eternal in May 2014. She is survived by her loving husband, Samuel, and their children, Stephen, Beverly, and Teresa. Her daughter, Teresa, shared, "She considered you all to be her sisters always." ALUMNAE NEWS Ramona Davidson McLaughlin '53 moved to Carillon, a retirement community in Lubbock, where she will live in the same community as several other Kappas. Jane Hampton Pillsbury '54 is still proud to be a part of the very first Delta Psi pledge class. She and her husband, Rocky, have three sons living in California, New Jersey, and Houston. Jane and Rocky have nine grandchildren, the oldest of whom just graduated from Yale University. She resides in Dallas. E-mail: janepillsbury@aol.com Celina Roberts Price '55 is now the "unofficial associate pastor" of a 117-year-old church in Kerrville. She has two grandchildren: Arden (12) and Hayden (17). Celina writes Bible studies for her parish, which are available to others as well. She mostly rests after 23 years of teaching and serving as a pastor for 15 years. She is the proud half-owner of a tutoring business in San Antonio and Kerrville. E-mail: tcp@hctc.net Nancy Shortes Stewart '56 was selected by the Taos garden club to have her home featured in the 2015 edition of "Tour of Artists' Homes." She resides in Taos, New Mexico. E-mail: stewart@newmex.com Pennelopye Little Reagey '62 is looking to obtain information about Ellen Hendrix Adams '60, who attended Texas Tech University's Law School after graduation. Ellen was Pennelopye's former roommate, and would enjoy having the opportunity to reconnect with her. E-mail: littlepenne@gmail.com Nancy Knorpp White '67 has two daughters who are also alumnae of Kappa Kappa Gamma, one at Texas Tech University and one at the University of Texas. She also has two grandsons and one granddaughter. During her spare time, Nancy works as a volunteer at Amarillo Botanical Gardens. E-mail: nancy.knorpp@gmail.com Sheila Pinson May '68 is partially retired, having sold her stationery shop last year. Now, Sheila sells specialty food products on amazon.com under the Gourmet Living brand. She resides in Grenwich, Conn. E-mail: sheilapmay@gmail.com Peggi Wolfe Morgan '74 is retired from corporate life and is learning how to invest in apartment complexes. She and her husband reside in Coppell, Texas. They took a trip to China this past fall and had a blast! E-mail: peg85newtogo@yahoo.com Denise Harvey Evans '77 and her husband, Mark, have two sons who partake in marching drumline and jazz band. Her boys are in their junior and senior years of high school, so they are busy looking at colleges. The family resides in Dallas. E-mail: evansdh1@mac.com Dianne Morris Jones '79 loves staying connected with her Kappa sisters and would love the opportunity to speak at an alumnae, or chapter meeting, regarding the book that she published last year, Stop Breathe Believe, Mindful Living One Thought At a Time. Although Dianne resides in West Des Moines, Iowa, her parents still reside in Lubbock, Texas. E-mail: diannemjones@ gmail.com Amy Barcinski Linthicum '81 participates in an active alumnae group that likes to recommend possible members who are compatible to the standards of KKG. "Thank you for keeping us informed!" Amy and her family reside in San Angelo, Texas. E-mail: amy712@ suddenlink.net Laura Merrill Von Loh '87 recently moved to The Woodlands with her husband, Donn, and four children, Josh, Ashley, Elizabeth, and Christian. The Woodlands does not have a Kappa alumnae group, so Laura, along with another Kappa alumna, are working on starting one. "Hope to be up and going by next year!" E-mail: dlvonloh@aol.com Kippi King Buchanan '89 is the co-owner and founder of Bahama Buck's Franchise Corporation. She and her husband started the shaved ice business while attending Texas Tech. Now, after 25 years of business, they have 60 stores with another 150 coming soon in 13 states. E-mail: kippi@bahamabucks.com Kelli Neeb Kemp '89 is pursuing education in graduate school and is looking forward to earning her master's degree in library and information sciences. Her husband is a fire captain with the City of Lubbock Fire Dept. Their daughter, Lexi Kemp '13, continues the legacy as a KKG at Texas Tech and is majoring in business. Kelli also has a son, who graduated from Coronado and started at Texas Tech this fall. E-mail: kellikemp11@ yahoo.com Christy Reid Moore '93 and her husband expanded their family of three boys by adopting a girl from Russia to complete their family! They own a real estate investment company, which flips houses and has rental properties. Christy and Shawn reside in Amarillo, Texas. E-mail: welcomehomes@msn.com Amanda Dent Maeyaert '95 organized a pledge class reunion in Dallas last year. They had a great turnout and a fun weekend, with approximately two-thirds of the class attending. Amanda and her husband, Damian, reside in San Antonio with their two daughters, Rachel and Hannah. E-mail: adent@trex.com (Continued on page 6)

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