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Alumnae News
Virginia Lee Mullen '41 has been married to her
husband, Charles, for 77 years and happily enjoys
many memories. They have a content life with 17
great-grandchildren and keep busy working on their
favorite projects. Email: cgmullen@aol.com
Marilynne Applebaum Spear '57 has been
married for 59 years. She has 10 grandchildren and
three great-grandchildren.
Sherry Williams Hall '62 reports that she has
remarried to a wonderful new man, Walter Hall. She
has changed her name from Claudia Williams Giles
to Sherry W. Hall. She loved her time at UGA and
her Pi Phi sisters. Email: jojadawgs@comcast.net
Hope Gatewood Spetnagel '83 is a representative
for Juice Plus, and enjoys tennis, jazzercise,
photography and reading. Hope also volunteers
at the Atlanta Humane Society and North Point
Church. Email: hsrduke@bellsouth.net
Erin Wilson Coomes '96 is honored to serve on
the AAC of the new Delaware Alpha Chapter at
the University of Delaware, along with Meredith
Stone '13, who is the LDC/Resident Advisor.
"They are a dedicated group of women who
want to learn how to improve their chapter, so it
has been rewarding for me to work with them,"
Meredith shared. Email: elwcoomes@gmail.com
and ldcmeredith@pibetaphi.org
Madisson Hallmark '12 teaches Conversational
English at Hebei Normal University in Qinhuangdao,
China. This is her second year teaching at the
university, and she is enjoying living in a different
culture and spending time with her students. Email:
maddi.hallmark@yahoo.com
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aroline Burson Thrasher '39 passed on to Omega Chapter on September 11, 2017, surrounded by her
family's love at her home in Athens, Georgia. Caroline was a charter member of the Georgia Alpha Chapter
of Pi Beta Phi and was selected as the sorority's most outstanding New Member. She became the first initiate, served
as the first President and was a member of the Panhellenic Council. After graduating from UGA in 1940 with a
bachelor's degree in home economics, Caroline and her sweetheart, Warren, married with family present at the
First United Methodist Church in Nashville, Tennessee.
Caroline spent 27 years as a devoted Army officer's wife, and lived in 15 posts in the United States, as well as
two years in Tehran, Iran. A Diamond Arrow 75-year member of Pi Beta Phi, she served countless hours with the
Alumnae Advisory Committee and Chapter House Corporation. Her greatest loves were her husband of 68 years,
their four children, six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. The Georgia Alpha Chapter honored her passing
with a balloon release, forever thanking and remembering her as a founder. She is an example of a life well-lived, and she
will be missed by all.
Left: The balloon release in honor of the last living Georgia Alpha founder, Caroline Burson Thrasher '39.
Founding a Legacy
In Loving Memory of Caroline Burson Thrasher '39
By the Numbers
Pi Phi
chapters across the
United States
135
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19
sororities at UGA
31%
of UGA female
students are
sorority members
86%
of men and women
going through recruitment
ultimately join a chapter
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