Alumni Association - 1995 to 2006 Class News

Fall 2006

Gathered and Written by Class Representatives

Sam J. Fryer III
2616 Lakeview Drive
Apartment G
Florence SC 29505
843.629.8372
S_Fryer@fsd1.org

Greetings Class of 1995:

I hope things are going well for everyone.  Hard to believe it’s been 11 years since we completed our time at Coker.

A few things to report from my corner of the Carolinas. David, Grace and I have moved. We are now living in a wonderful neighborhood in Concord, NC which is a bit closer to work for both of us and has two schools in the neighborhood. I recently qualified for inclusion in the 2006-2007 edition of the Manchester Who’s Who Registry of Executives and Professionals. The publication will be out in 2007. Beyond that I continue to work at Hendrick Motorsports handling the Employee Events and Community Relations. This fall, one of my co-workers and I will once again spearhead a charity golf tournament to raise funds for the Hendrick Foundation for Children – a charity which benefits sick and disadvantaged children in and around the Charlotte area. We were able to raise more than $420,000 last year and we are hoping to surpass that this year.

I have reconnected with Laurie Wagner Landers. She is living in Hohenwald, TN with her husband, Josh and their son, Justis. She’s teaching grades 1-3 at a private school and continues to dance.

She wrote that Tim Tiller ’96 is also in Hohenwald.  He’s married and is running a real estate business.

Mark Hopkins wrote that he is an associate pastor and pianist for Hermitage Baptist Church in Camden, SC. He and his wife, Amy, have been married for eight years. They have a three-year-old daughter, Kaylee, who is the light of their life and they are all doing great. He says hello to all of our classmates.

Sarah Chapman ’93 and I continue to email back and forth but since the move I haven’t been able to get back to her. There are wedding bells in her future this fall.

I heard from Sam Fryer briefly. He’s doing well and hopefully has some updates for our class too.
As always, please don’t hesitate to drop us a line or call and let us know what’s happening in your neck of the woods.  And please remember Coker by sending a donation to the annual scholarship fund. 

Ciao,
Heather

Matt Shores
704 Whitewater Drive
Irmo, SC 29063
803-945-4378
skinsfan_96@yahoo.com

Dear Friends,

I basically dropped off the face of the earth. Having a two year old son will do wonders to wreak havoc on one’s ability to communicate with and to interact with the outside world. I’ve found a few moments to come up for air, so I thought I’d take advantage.

There is no quick soundbite that can describe being a parent of a two and a half year old child. We are lucky to have him at the local Montessori school where he is learning many things—including how to be a good person. Drop me a note if you want me to gush and send pictures.

In December, I left Alaska Funding Exchange where I had been working for the past 2+ years as a grant research consultant and administrative sidekick. A lot of that decision came down to the fact that I was working 15 miles from home in an interior office in a badly decorated, poorly lit mall annex.

I have now started work with the State of Alaska’s Department of Commerce, Community and Economic Development in the Division of Community Advocacy as a research analyst. Most of my work will involve collecting, imputing, and analyzing data about rural Alaska. It’s something few people know about, and I’ll be one step removed from the policymakers. (If you really want to know more, you can visit http://commerce.state.ak.us/dca) The position is located on the 9th floor of the State Office Building her in Juneau and I have a smoking hot view of the mountain, the water and the Governor’s House.

Despite all of this, I still find time to put toward my two main hobbies—my mobile disc jockey company and unscripted theater (aka “improv”). I just sent out a contract to DJ the Wrangell prom—my first contracted event outside of Juneau since my return in 2002. (This is the third year they’ve contacted me and the first year that the ferry system cooperated.) I have had several quality leads that will hopefully turn into contracts soon.

On the improv side, I just returned from the Seattle festival—the second major festival where I have been brought in as a guest instructor to teach grant research for the nonprofit theater. I had the chance to see some really innovative work and receive some instruction that hopefully I will be able to pass along to my own group. We’ve been inactive for the last few months, but are getting back two of our cast members who were gone for extended lengths.

I hope everyone in my far-flung world is doing well. I’ll be especially flattered if you reply.

Eric Caldwell, polarsounds@hotmail.com

Alison Wood
2400 Pine Haven Street
Beaufort SC 29902-6042
425.338.9760

Hey everyone! Lots of things have changed much here in Hartsville. I hope you all will get a chance to come back and visit sometime. I got the chance to visit Teri Little in San Diego this summer for her wedding. She married a wonderful woman named Elle. I have to say I couldn’t ask for a better person for such a close friend. Alison Wood was able to make it down from Seattle (actually, Port Townsend). It was great being together again. Alison, Chris Burger ’95 and I even found ourselves singing our Alma Mater, doing the cobra cheer and the Green Machine chant for Elle’s sister and brother-in-law at one o’clock in the morning. I guess people leave Coker but Coker never leaves people. Alison is living on a houseboat for those who don’t know. She is now working for a rigging company. I think that’s right. They work on the rigging for boats, go figure. She’s looking great and seems to be doing wonderful.

I received a surprise email from Tim Halverson. He recently moved back to Milwaukee and currently works at Russell Investments as a regional consultant. He has been married to his beautiful wife Julie for 5 years and they are looking to add to their family. They are in the process of adopting their first child from China. Hopefully by the time you read this, Tim and Julie will have traveled to China and returned home with their little bundle of joy. Best Wishes guys!

Summer Josey Meetze and I email each other on occasion. She is still working at USC (she sees our old Coker buddy Art Hartzog occasionally) and playing tennis. She is a league coordinator with the Lexington Area Tennis Association and loves it. She helps with a lot of the administrative duties of the league. Summer says they are still getting settled into the new house, but things are finally coming together. And of course, her son, C.J., is 2 and a half and is a complete joy.

Jo Sim finally surfaced. She is living in Brooklyn, NY, with Eric her boyfriend of 5 years and finally painting on Broadway. YEAH! She just finished working on her second Broadway show and is doing some off Broadway stuff here and there. The work isn’t as consistent as she would like but she its getting better. For her 30th birthday, Eric surprised her by flying in Karen Tallon Mollo ’98 who joined Jo for a sky-diving stint. She admits it was a blast but something she will never do again. I’m with you there Jo.

Rachel Young Rhodes and her husband Trevor bought a house in March 2005 for which Trevor has big plans. They now have three dogs, Bishop, Arthur, and Merlin, who keep them busy all the time. They even had their picture made with them for Christmas presents to family. Rachel had one of those Coker moments that just makes you smile. She was wearing an old Coker sweatshirt out and had a cashier tell her that her brother-in-law’s brother went to Coker and played baseball. Who was her brother-in-law’s brother…John Curnias ’96. The cashier seemed surprised that Rachel remembered him. Small world, in deed.

Well that’s all for now. I expect much more from us in the future because next year is the ten year anniversary of our graduation. Can you believe it…we’ve been out of college for ten years!!! We need to make it special, so start thinking about what you’d like to do. Hope to hear from you all. Take care and God bless! 

Regina

’98
Tanya Keith
407 C North Matson Street
Kershaw, SC 29067
803.475.7530
tanyalkeith@yahoo.com

Ashley M. Pruett
ashleypruett@comcast.net

Scott and Paige Brown Phelps ’99 are still living in Hartsville and are doing great! Paige is teaching reading at Plainview Elementary School in Patrick and has started a photography business. Scott is teaching in Florence at the Clinical Day Program. Their daughter, Anna Carlin, will be five at the end of July and loves soccer and dance.

Kristi Hanson Brannon and her husband Jason are still living in Charlotte. Jason got a promotion to VP of Marketing for the Charlotte Bobcats, and Kristi still sells real estate for Grubb Properties (her current project is 1315 East Condominiums in Dilworth). They will be celebrating their 3-year anniversary in September.

Tanya Keith is still working for a specialty piping-fabrication company in Pineville, NC, as the Human Resources Administrator. Every day is definitely interesting and they keep her on her toes! She plans on making a move to the Charlotte area in the next couple of months.

Billy Mangan ’99 is still working for American Tower, (going on 4 years now). He just took a promotion as a Project Manager for the company. He gave up playing basketball for a much easier sport on the body....softball.

Shane McElveen is the Advertising Graphic Designer for the Florence Morning News, and is starting an internet-based design firm named Lionfish Studios. He lives in Scranton, SC. His son, Seth, is now 8-years old, and his daughter, Willow, is three-years old.

Ashley Pruett is living in Atlanta, GA, and is still the Manager of Student and Young Member Activities at the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating, and Air Conditioning Engineers, Inc. She is still playing and teaching tennis and agrees with Billy Mangan that “a much easier sport on the body” may be in order!

Kurt and Mirah White Welday moved to Athens, GA in June after he completed Navy Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, FL. They will be in Athens for approximately 6 months while Kurt completes Navy Supply Corps School. They are already looking forward to moving to their next duty station (yet to be determined). Mirah is still working with a program that provides a responsibility and values course for sailors.

Rebecca Lynn Teal
1116 Swift Creek Road
Hartsville, SC 29550
843-383-2994
becbec1324@aol.com

Shonda Miles Knotts
925 Lynch Road
Coward, SC 29530
843-210-3346
Shonda.Knotts@PalmettoGBA.com

Sheila Brodie Trapp
Post Office Box 967
Hartsville, SC 29551

From Dean Legge:

Hi y’all! I hope that everyone is doing well. I have seen a lot of Coker people lately so I’ll just get right to the report. I know it’s been some time since our last update, and I am sorry about that, but here goes…
My wife Jessica Thigpen Legge and I are doing well. We don’t have any children, but are practicing by baby sitting our nieces and nephews – the troublemakers that they are. We just celebrated our second anniversary in June. Jessica is still a pharmacist, and I am still publishing my magazine. You can read some of my writing at dawgpost.com.

Philip Dowdy graduated from Berry University in Florida, and has moved to Michigan to start his rotation with a hospital up there. The soon-to-be Dr. Phil is a podiatrist, and wants to settle down for good in a few years either back in his home state of Kentucky or somewhere in South Carolina. He is single.

Brad Morris has been the Union County Clerk of Court for the last two years after successfully winning his election in the fall of 2004. The big news with Brad is that he will be getting married to long-time girlfriend Lucy on October 14, 2006 in Union. The two plan to stay in their hometown for the foreseeable future. You can visit “The Honorable Brad Morris” here: countyofunion.com/clerk.html

Shonda Miles Knotts is doing quite well. She and husband Wade keep up with Jessica and me as often as can be expected for Shonda. She is now a realtor in the Florence area, and would be happy to hear from old Coker people for whom she can help buy or sell their homes.

Carmen Tyler is still working in Morganton, North Carolina as an Art Therapist. Carmen has not changed since she graduated from Coker.

Quentin Grant got married in the summer of 2005 in Atlanta to my cousin, Whitnee. The pair is expecting their first child this fall. They live in Simpsonville, and both are teachers. Whitnee is teaching at a local elementary school while Quentin will teach and coach at Mauldin High School starting this fall. The soon-to-be newborn will be named Ellie Kate, and is expected in early October.

Arthur Bradshaw ’00 lives just outside Suffolk, Virginia with his much better-half Brenda Tallon Bradshaw ’00. Brenda has completed dental hygiene school, and is currently working in that field. Arthur is working for a subsidiary of International Paper in sales. The two are very happy, and are not yet trying to have children.

Geoff Hughes ’00 still lives in Hartsville with his wife, Brent Freeman Hughes ’02, who is working for the railroad company in town (she loves her job). Geoff’s photography studio, which is located downtown on Carolina Street in Hartsville, is going well.

Scott Taylor has completed work on his Masters degree from the University of South Carolina, and completed his high school coaching career at Saluda High School this spring. He has taken the assistant baseball position at Lander University. Scott’s father Gary passed away last year after a long fight with cancer. The good news in Scott’s life is that he and wife Scarlet had their first child, Faith, this spring.
On July 1, 2006 Monty ’97 and Kelli Gardner Carr welcomed their first girl Erin Alexis Carr. The family is living in the Myrtle Beach area.

Buck Lally ’00 got married on New Year’s Eve Night 2005 in Columbus, Ohio to his wife, and partner in crime whose name I suddenly can not recall. The pair is living in Houston, and Buck is considering a move to teaching in the near future. I recently saw Adam Bunce in Hartsville. He has started a chiropractic office in town, and is still single.

Woody Funderburke ’01 got married and moved north to the suburbs of Baltimore. He works for Black & Decker in their IT department, and is doing well.

I spoke with Billy Mangan on the phone for some time this spring. He has moved back to Atlanta, and is a mortgage broker. He is not married, and seems to be doing well and enjoying life back home.

Quick updates: I saw Brad Perkins ’98 at the 2005 South Carolina-Georgia football game in Athens. In what has become a yearly tradition, Scott Taylor, Brad and I have met up for the game. Brad is doing well. He is, to my knowledge, still working for Blue Cross in Columbia. He is also still single.

Jason Slutzsky, who is living in Chicago, is getting married to long-time girlfriend Phalane in St. Paul, MN this August.

Katie Hanson Pate ’97 is now the Head Women’s Basketball Coach at Belmont Abbey in Charlotte, and is doing well. She is married to former basketball player Tully Pate ’95.

I ran into Candice Ivy randomly in Hartsville one day while she was back home visiting he family in the fall of 2005. She is married, and has lived in New York City as well as Boston since graduation. She was featured at Charletson’s Spelato Art Festival last year.

I recently found out that Noah S. Lowther works for DHEC in Columbia in the Drinking Water Compliance office. He is still playing guitar in his free time.

I saw Dan Shanks ’97 at a few basketball games this winter. Dan is doing quite well. He’s still married to

Christy, and has enrolled to get his Master’s Degree for Indiana University, which is his home state. I was happy to see Dan back in the U.S. after he spent some time playing professional basketball in Europe.

Please contact either myself or Shonda Miles with your whereabouts, and what is going on with you. My e-mail address is dean@dawgpost.com.

'00

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Congratulation to Tracy and Randy Cooper on the birth of their beautiful daughter Megan Charlene Cooper on July 4, 2006!

Deitra Stover Matthews writes: I’m sure that I am the very last person you expected to hear from!! :) Anyway... I was browsing the internet (something that I do every evening) and I thought of Coker College! I went to the web page and read a little on what some people have been doing since we graduated in 2000. I thought that I could share some special events that have transpired in my life the past six years: I graduated from Savannah State University (2002) in Savannah, Georgia with my Master’s degree in Public Administration with a concentration in Public Policy. I got married (2002) to a wonderful man that I actually began dating our senior year at Coker. I actually began to teach seventh grade Language Arts soon after. My husband and I move around often because he is a Major in the United States Army. I also had a beautiful little girl (Caroline Christian) on September 22, 2005 (8 pounds 13 ounces). We are currently living in Kansas City, Kansas; but, I really hope to move back to the east coast very soon! I have taken a little time away from the workforce to apply all my attention to my little girl. This is really the abbreviated version of the last six years; however, I’m sure that you are glad that I did not go into any details.

’01

Cheri Bissonnette Proctor
709 Summit Walk Circle
Marietta, GA 30067
cheriproctor@gmail.com

David McKee
933 Potomac Road
Dunwoody, GA 30338-6975
404-929-0623
Dmckee@rtminc.Com

Roslynn D. Elom
572 East McIver Road
Florence, SC 29506
843-667-0502
Ravenrose3@aol.com

Hiya, Class of 2001!

Well let us get right down to the updates and congrats!

Woody Funderburk has been married to Keirsten for over a year now! She is Coach Dax’s sister-in-law. Hi, Keirsten! They live in Towson MD, with their fur child Kodiak. Black-n-Decker is lucky to have Woody as a wireless network support guru.

Vicki Cunningham has some awesome news! Vic is planning a domestic/partnership ceremony to her lovely fiancée next February. She is working at The Posse Foundation as a lead trainer. Vic trains young leaders and finds them full scholarships to top colleges. As if, she does not have enough on her plate; she is also writing a “book of sorts”.

Cool Beans, Woody and Vic! It would be nice to hear from the rest of you! **HINT**HINT** : )

My family is well! Shawhan is on summer break, trying to balance relaxation and running after Logan; its an adventure! No matter how crazy things can be; we would not trade this for anything. I never thought being an adult could be this cool!

Toddle-Loo!!

Cheri Bissonnette Proctor

  ’02
Blayke P. Epley
6506 Eaglecrest Road
Charlotte, NC 28212
704.535.1504
bpepley@yahoo.com

Congratulations to Barbara “Babs” Williams who is getting married on October 14 to Tobias Whitaker. They are expecting a baby girl on August 7!

Congrats also go out to Brook Morris Norris who got married on June 17. Brook would also like to add that she now has a beautiful stepdaughter. Their family is currently living in Cheraw, where her husband is one of the coaches for the Marlboro County Bulldogs Football team and head baseball coach.

Stephanie Carwile Parker is currently the Head Volleyball Coach at Daingerfield – Lone Star School in Texas. She has a six-month-old baby boy who she said is the “cutest little cowboy you have ever seen.” She and her husband and have been married for four years and are still living in Harleton, Texas.

I also heard from Joni Roberts Bell who is doing well and was proud to announce that she officially owns her own home!

Congratulations to Lerecia Shemel Jerman Thomas who tied the knot on July 1 in Hartsville to her
long time sweetheart, Laurence K. Thomas. Laurence is a process engineer at Honda of South Carolina. Shemel will begin teaching 6th grade science at Bennettsville Middle School in Bennettsville. She is also attending Coker’s Evening School Program majoring in early childhood and elementary education. Shemel and Laurence will live in their new home in Hartsville after they return from their honeymoon cruise to the Bahamas.

I also got an email from Joel McEachran that can only be fully appreciated in his own words. So…
"What’s up to all you brothers and sistas!!! This is Joel from deep dirty south in the Caribbean lol. Not a whole bunch of news from me…just got back from the soccer world cup in Germany!!!! Yeah I know everyone is jealous, it was a blast, and what happens in Germany, stays in Germany lol. Anyway, I am running a brand new golf resort down here and yes I am in charge, kinda scary I know!!! So there is an open invitation for anyone who wants to visit, we have a kick ass carnival and the beer is always cold!!! Hope everyone is doing great!!! Have a beer for me. Am out!!!!" Joel

Summer Beebe Gillespie is currently working on her Master’s in Education. She will start student teaching in January and graduate in May of 2007. Summer has been playing softball with friends in Tucson, AZ. Their team name is High & Outside. Her daughter Layla, who according to Summer is “the most awesome four year old anyone can have,” has been surprising her with her wisdom and humor on a daily basis! Pictures and stories of her can be found on Summer’s myspace site at http://myspace.com/imacartoon. Summer’s email address is imacartoon@hotmail.com. She said she would love to receive emails from other members of our class!

Another “Congratulations” goes to Laura Hughes McKee who is expecting a baby due in November! We’re so excited for you Laura!!

I’m looking forward to seeing Amy Kesler, Sabrina Wotier Peterson, Donet Dillon Morf ’01, and some other Coker alums in August at a baby shower for Adrienne Oliver Johnson who is expecting a baby later this year. Congratulations Adrienne!

Not too much news to report on my end. I’ve been traveling a lot and enjoying the summer weather. I am still living in Charlotte, NC and work with children with developmental disabilities. I currently work with a 3 and a half-year-old little boy who is constantly teaching me things and keeping me on my toes.
Thanks to all of you who sent in your news! It was great to hear from you. I hope all of the class of ’02 are doing awesome and look forward to hearing from you next time! Take Care!

Blayke

’03

Wes Daniels
22 Mowler Court
Charleston, SC 29414
843-225-1209
Wesley.Daniels@tridenttech.edu

Emily Marovich
250 Treeline Park
#1304
San Antonio, TX 7820
863-205-6590
EmilyVB8@aol.com

From the class of 2003:

First of all, congrats to Rob and Jessica!  Rob Christenson and Jessica Pendergraft were married at Pawley’s Plantations on June 3rd of this year. They spent the next week in Jamaica for their honeymoon which they said was great. Rob and Jessica just bought a house in Franklin, TN as well. It is just 20 min outside of Nashville. Rob was recently promoted to a sales manager for Dell and Jessica still works for a sister company of Dell called Dell Financial Services. Rob and Jessica’s new address is: Rob and Jessica Christianson, 600 Wildflower Ct, Franklin, TN 37064

As for Thomas and Monica Carvajal Beben, they have moved again! In March Monica and Thomas decided to join Monica’s family out west and move to Washington. They are right outside of Olympia. They say that Washington has all of the things they loved about Charleston without the stuff they didn’t… like the humidity and heat! They live right on the water just across from Seattle. Thomas just started a new job with Wells Fargo Financial as a Credit Manager. He loves it, and Monica loves that he is home much more than he was able to be with his last job. Because of a loss in the family, Monica has taken time off of work to be with her mother for a while. As much as they love Washington, they do miss getting to see so many of their Coker buddies that always popped up in Charleston but if anyone decides to see the Pacific Northwest, Monica and Thomas say they have a guest room waiting!

D and Amber Douglas Brown are expecting their first child this August. D is really busy with his construction company and has many houses going up in Hartsville as well as a few in Myrtle Beach. Amber is still teaching at North Hartsville Elementary and will be teaching third grade next year. Although a lot of new things are going on for them, their biggest anticipation now is the birth of their son James Heyward Brown. The baby is due August 20th but welcome to come anytime he wants now because Amber says she is ready! Congrats Amber and D and good luck!

As for Tiffany Byrd, she is still working at Sonoco as a Marketing Analyst and still loving it! Her boyfriend and her are in the final stages of building their home and she says they will hopefully be moving in by September! They recently bought a new puppy, a white miniature schnauzer named Bailey.

Courtney Smith is now living in Charleston working as the Sales Manager and Webmaster for the Charleston RiverDogs, Single “A” Affiliate to the NY Yankees. Right now she is living with a friend from home but hopes to have a house of her own by the end of the year! She is seeing a new guy, but nothing too serious yet. As usual Court is focused on having a good time and hanging out with friends!  She says that if anyone is ever in Charleston and needs a place to stay or wants to catch a baseball game, to drop her an email!

Jessica Mitrosky is living in the fast paced, busy down town square of Pine Ridge (a fancy name for the outskirts of Hartsville). She is still at the hospital in Cardiac Rehab as an Exercise Specialist. She also works with Brianna E. Bunce ’01 and Adam who opened Bunce Family Chiropractic at Studio 212. Adam does the chiro and nutrition stuff and Brianna does the personal training, dance, Pilates, aerobics, etc. Jessica does some personal training in the afternoons. The big news for Jessica is that she was married March 11 at the little garden next to the Culinary Compnay. So she now goes by Jessica A. Mitrosky-Drew. Her husband is Sammy Drew from McBee.  Also, Jessica is training for a 3 mile road race in October, hoping to come in first. We wish her the best of luck! Jessica’s new address is: P.O. Box 1941 Hartsville, SC 29551.

Ellen Mason has recently moved back to South Carolina and is now a Production Manager with ARAMARK at Clemson University.

It’s Shannon Lalla who was hiding from the world because she had a lame job at a Doctor’s office and is now coming out of the dark only because I have good news to report. (Yep if I was still living at home with Ma and Pa and working at the Doctor’s office I would most definitely not be replying). Anyway...I’m glad you are doing well! I miss you!! Congrats on Grad School and the great job!! As for Shannon Lalla, she just finished up her first year of Grad School at Georgia State University in downtown Atlanta. She is getting her Masters in Public Administration with a focus in Nonprofit Management. She is currently the Office Manager/Arts in Education Coordinator of the Georgia Ballet (www.georgiaballet.org). The big news for Shannon is that she and Matt Candler ’02 are ENGAGED!!!! Their wedding will be October 7, 2006 which is their 6 year anniversary at The Governor’s House in Kingston, Georgia.

Cheryl Bruno Horwath ’02, Donet Dillon Morf ’01, and Sabrina Wotier Peterson ’02 (now Mrs. Nathan Peterson ’02) are Coker bridesmaids in the wedding party. Matt and Shannon bought a house in February which they think is absolutely adorable and would love for their friends to come visit!! They live just North of Atlanta in Suwanee. Shannon’s new address is: Shannon Lalla and Matt Candler, 860 Ahearn Court, Suwanee, GA 30024

Wes Daniels, the other Class rep is currently living in Charleston and working on his masters and working in Admissions and Financial Aid at Charleston Southern University. He just bought a townhouse that he absolutely loves and of course still has a good time going out, golfing, and hanging out with Courtney Smith!

As for me, I have just moved to San Antonio, TX! I am still working for a company called SkillsNET. I have been with this company since I graduated from grad school May of last year. The company is a Human Resource type consulting company that specializes in workforce and job analysis. I moved to San Antonio because my boyfriend of 2 years moved here about 7mo ago. After moving I am still able to work for my company and just work remotely out of San Antonio.

I loved hearing from so many of my classmates and I hope to hear even more about everyone’s successes and adventures since we have left Coker College.  Good luck to you all and I can’t wait to hear from you again!

Emily Marovich

’04

Julia Cox Kokemor
822 Joe Yenni Blvd., Apt 13
Kenner, LA 70065
504-466-3096
jucarcox@hotmail.com

Selena Davis
915 Nandina Street
Hartsville, SC 29550
SelenaCobras20@hotmail.com

Greetings, class of 2004! It has been so good to hear from so many of you again! Keep the news coming!

Christian Stryker works as the sports information director at Coker. He is recently engaged to Tasha Hughes ’05, and they plan to marry on May 19, 2007 in Hartsville.

Trish Dolatowski works for a not-for-profit organization in New Port Richey, Florida called Eckerd Youth Alternatives. She teaches violence prevention and works with kids and their parents and loves her job very much.

Laura Martindale works as the marketing coordinator for KNOLOGY. She also recently built a house in Charleston.

Jamie Clingan married Rex O’Connor ’03 on August 12, 2006. Jamie also graduated with a master’s degree in teaching from Towson University.

Angel Campos lives in Charlotte, NC and is with the Carolina Panthers Cheeleaders’ “Topcat Dancers” for her second season in a row. She also works as an executive administrative assistant at Bank of America in downtown Charlotte.

Leanne Chandler is doing well, living in England again and working as an assistant manager for a sports complex. She plays semi-pro basketball part-time.

Greg Hill married Casey Hill ’06 on June 17, 2006

My husband James and I are living safely in Kenner, LA. We have been married just over a year now, and are very happy. We don’t have any children yet, but may be working on that very soon. For now, we are house shopping in the area, and planning to stay around here for a long time.

If anyone has an e-mail address, phone number, or address of someone who may not know about the alumni news, please send it along to the class representatives so that we may share their news with the rest of the class as well. Thank you!

One last note for all my fellow Violet Power classmates: Don’t forget about the Annual Scholarship Fund. I know a lot of us benefited greatly from the generosity of others while we were at Coker. Let’s all ensure that the kindness continues for generations to come.

Julia

’05

Jessica Brill
1777 Winewood Road
Birmingham, AL 35215
205-853-5871
smilerainmaker@aol.com

Coker Class of ’05 News!

Known to many of you as Jessica Brill, I decided to take on the job of class representative, because I was very dismayed to see that we had no class news on the Coker website. For starters, Curtis Lloyd ’02 and I tied the knot on October 1st 2005, and we currently reside in Birmingham, AL. Curtis teaches elementary physical education in Leeds, AL and coaches the high school wrestling and baseball teams. As for myself, I teach dance, voice, and beginning piano at 5, 6, 7, 8 Dance & More, a Christian studio in Springville, AL. We also recently accepted the position of Youth Directors at our church.

Marjorie Muldrow-Goodson is now working as a case manager for the Florence County DSS. She plans to move to Columbia very soon to attend graduate school at USC for the Eds in School Counseling. She says she is ready for a change and hopes that all is well for all Coker students and graduates.

Since graduation, Ben Johnson has been working two jobs, a cook at The Original Italian Pie in Columbia and a clerk at CVS Pharmacy. Ben joined the Palmetto Mastersingers and is about to start his own business, called Melaleuca.  He said if anyone is interested in working with him on his venture to get in contact with him. (E-mail my account, and I will forward to Ben’s.)

Classmates, if you have access to the Internet and have not received my e-mail messages, please send your e-mail address to SmileRainmaker@aol.com. I will be sure to add you to my list. I plan to send a mail out around Christmas to the addresses you have all provided, so watch for other chances to update all of your Coker friends with your good news.  

Thanks and God bless,

Jessica Lloyd

’06

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