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his class after being elected class president. His
wife is the former KAREN KAYE KELLEY, BM
'67, and they have one daughter, Jill. The family
lives at 702 S. Jefferson, Abilene 79605.
DARILYN ISHAM, BA '69, 2757 Briargrove, #417,
Houston 77024.
EDDIE B. JENKINS, BA '60, 9806 Forest Grove
Dr., Silver Spring, Md. 20902.
Mrs. Billy Kelly (nee HAZEL RUTH BROWNING,
BBA '67), Box 566, Ballinger, Tex. 76821.
MR. & MRS. RAY DON KING, BS '63 (nee SHIR-
LEY ANNE FOWLER, BA '62), Box 371, Kress,
Tex. 79052.
MR. & MRS. ROBERT KOENIG, BA '67, BS '69
(nee JUDITH HUGHES, ex '69), 2411 Monte Vis-
ta, Carlsbad, N.M. 88220.
MR. & MRS. A. DAVID KUYKENDALL, BA '66
(nee CAROLYN GLENN, BA '65), 2174 Rosemary
Dr., Sparks, Nev. 89431.
Mrs. Gary Langer (nee DEANA SPONSLER, ex
'64), 1512 Lonsdale, Columbus, Ohio 43227.
MR. & MRS. ERNEST McALISTER JR., BBA '62
(nee VERA JANE JORDAN, ex '57), 2321 Camp
David, Mesquite, Tex. 75149.
Mrs. M. E. McConnell (nee DOROTHY MARIE
HALLMARK, BBA '61), 1260 W. Cheryl Ave.,
Hurst, Tex. 76153.
REV. BOB McLENDON, BS '69, observed his fifth
anniversary as pastor of Shady Grove Baptist
Church in Fort Worth recently. He and his wife, the
former MAUREEN HOUSLEY, ex '67, live at 145
Herbert St., Smithfield, Tex. 76080.
DR. & MRS. FLOYD W. McMILLAN, BA '66 (nee
LINDA WINGO, BS '66), 3522 East Bangor Ct.,
Irving, Tex. 75062. Floyd received his Ph.D. in
August, 1974, from Texas Tech Univ. and is now
employed by Dallas County Mental Health-Mental
Retardation Center in Dallas. He is director of Psy-
chological Services there. Linda has become a full-
time housewife (she says domestic engineer) and
mother after teaching for 7 years in Houston and
Lubbock. Their son, Forrest Wayne, was born
Sept. 9, 1973, and they are proud of him and en-
joying being parents.
CAPT. & MRS. KENNETH McMINN, BS '64 (nee
SIDNEY SKARDA, BS '65), 616 Silverbell Dr.,
Edgewood, Md. 21040.
DON MARLER, ex '63, is District Manager of the
Planters/Curtiss Division and is now living at 659
Shannon Green Circle, Mableton, Ga. 30059. He
and his wife, Sheila, have two daughters and one
son.
Mrs. John C. Massey (nee JOYCE RIVES, ex '69),
EES Box 2199, APO New York 09224. Joyce is
living in Izmir, Turkey with her husband and
daughter. John is Chief of Personnel for the Army-
Air Force Exchange Service in Turkey. Their daugh-
ter, Alicia Gwen, will be two years old April 10.
MR. & MRS. TOMMY MILLER, ex '65 (neeDARLA
FERRIS, ex '65), 6666 Sylvan Rd., Houston 77023.
Tommy is still at his job as an investigative report-
er for The Chronicle. Darla is a teacher at Palmer
Montessori School. They have two daughters - Mi-
chelle 6 and Cynde 2.
MR. & MRS. R. JACK MITCHELL, BA '69 (nee
PATSY PIERSON, BS '68), 22015 Merrymount,
Katy, Tex. 77450.
JOHN E. MORGAN, BBA '63, MA '66, 8115 Dev-
onwood Ln., Houston 77070.
Army Sgt. RHUDY L. NAYLOR, BA '65, was Sol-
dier of the Month for October at Fort Gordon, Ga.
His address there is 1651 'Ironwood Ct. Apt. D,
Fort Gordon 30905.
MR. & MRS. PHILLIP NEWSOM, ex '69 (nee
CYNTHIA REVES, BS '68), 11348 McCree Rd.,
Dallas 75238.
BOB NORTHCUT, BA'62,
former tennis pro at Holly
Lake Ranch in East Texas,
has been named tennis coach
at Austin College, Sherman,
Texas. Northcut is currently
director of the Baptist Stu-
dent Union and instructor
in Bible at Grayson County .
College and will continue to
hold this positionwhileserv-
ing as a part-time instructor
in physical education at Austin College. His wife is
the former PATRICIA WOLFE, BS '60, and they
live at 2333 N. Ricketts, Sherman.
SAMMY OATES, ex '62, 6605 Krollton Dr., Austin
78745.
MISS REBECCA RAMIREZ, BS '66, 2111 Dollar-
hide #411, San Antonio 78223.
MR. & MRS. DON RAMSEY, BBA '60 (nee FRAN-
CES LOU HALL, ex '57), P. O. Box 14132, Wash-
ington, D. C. 20044.
CHAP. & MRS. JAMES H. RANKIN, BA'63 (nee
EULA ELIZABETH MAYFIELD, ex '63), HHD
19th Maint. Bn., APO New York 09169.
MR. & MRS. WILLIAM C. REEDER, ex '66 (nee
MARTHA EUGENIA PICKETT, BS '68), 14814
Perthshire #155, Houston 77035.
We were glad to hear from Mrs. Hubert R. Ridens,
Jr. (nee DONNA JEAN McNAIR, ex '62). She and
her husband have been transferred to McClellan Air
Force Base and are now living at 6809 Stoneman
Dr., North Highlands, Calif. 95660. She also wrote
of the adoption of their new daughter, Leilani Dawn,
born February 19, 1973 in Seoul, Korea. They also
have a 5-year-old son, Kevin Lain.
Mrs. Don Roberts (nee BEVERLY CUNNINGHAM,
ex '69), 3658 N. 6th, Abilene. Her husband, Dr.
Roberts, graduated from Baylor College of Dentist-
ry last September, and has opened an office at the
above address. Beverly is a dental hygienist in the
office. Bev's two brothers, LARRY and BARRY, are
also dentists. They are the children of MR. & MRS.
LARRY J. (GENEVA) CUNNINGHAM of Abilene.
REX DON ROBERTS, BM '68, minister of music
and youth at Shady Oaks Baptist Church in Hurst,
Texas, has been elected president of the Tarrant
Association Fellowship of Ministers of Music. He
and his wife, the former CAROL ANN LEAVELLE,
BA '67, live at 3618 Labadie Dr., Fort Worth
76118.
Mrs. Carl Ross (nee BETSY CLEMMER, BBA '61),
41331 20th St. West, Lancaster, Calif. 93534.
Mrs. Jon Sanford (nee CAROL "CUDDLES" C UDD,
ex '64) received her master's degree in Urban and
Regional Planning in January, 1974, from Calif.
State Univ. at San Jose. She is currently an Asso-
ciate Planner for Santa Clara County Planning
Dept., coordinating planning functions between the
cities with the county. Her husand is Electrical De-
sign Engineer for Hewlett-Packard in Cupertino.
They have two children - Mark 7 and Tamara 4.
They live at 3924 Grove Ave., Palo Alto, Calif.
94303.
Mrs. Billy Sellers (nee NELDA GIBSON, BS '68),
Box 727, View, Tex. 79564. Nelda teaches in the
Wylie Schools and her husband is with the Dept. of
Public Safety. They have one son.
WELDON SKINNER, BA '66, and his wife, Char-
lotte, are inviting any of their friends to visit them
in their home if you are passing through Boca
Raton, Fla. Weldon, a marketing representative for
IBM's data processing division since 1969, was re-
cently promoted to Advanced Systems Planner at
IBM's Boca Raton Laboratory. The Skinners' ad-
dress is 970 S.W. 3rd St., Boca Raton, Fla. 33432.
Weldon and Charlotte have two boys-Jason 3 and
Joel 2.
Mrs. Joe Don Taylor (nee JOHNNYE LOU WHITE,
BS '62), 3975 Lakeside Dr., Odessa, Tex. 79762.
She received her master's degree in Guidance and
Counseling from Sul Ross Univ. in 1972. She is
now teaching 3rd grade in the Odessa Public Schools.
They have one daughter who is in the 7th grade.
RAYMOND THORNTON, ex '66, 4860 E. Uni-
versity, Fresno, Calif. 93703. He is with Westcoast
Bible.
JACK TOWNLEY JR., BA
'69, and his wife, Rebecca,
live at 1107 N. 11th, Lame-
sa, Tex. 79331. Jack has
recently completed his the
sis, "A Comparative Anal-
ysis of the Gubernatorial In-
augural Addresses 1969-
1974," and received his M.A. V
degree in speech communi-
cation and English from
Texas Tech Univ. Both Jack
and Rebecca are teaching in
the Lamesa schools.
Mrs. Marvin Trimmer (nee BEVERLY HELMS,
BBA '68), Route 1, Littlefield, Tex. 79339. They
have one child, Letitia, 4 years old.
MR. & MRS. JERRY TURNER, BS '62 (nee CELIA
WOLFE, BS '62), 734 Mesa Hills #106, El Paso
79912.
Mrs. Thomas C. Turner (nee NANCY ELLEN
MOORE, BBA '67), 1742 Marin, Ontario, Calif.
91764. Her husband recently accepted a position on
the engineering staff of General Dynamics in Pamo-
na, Calif. They have two sons - Tommy 5 and
Scott 2. Nancy wrote that she always enjoys hearing
from any of her H-SU friends. They moved to
California from Provo, Utah.
BILL UPCHURCH, BS '65, is now minister of ed-
ucation at First Baptist Church in Longview. He
went there from First Baptist Church of Spring
Branch a suburb of Houston, where he had served
for the past three years. He and his wife, the former
ANN WALDEN, BS '62, have two children, David
6 and Laurie 3. The family lives at 801 Oakwood,
Tall Timbers Estates, Longview, Tex 75601.
MISS BRADY J. VARDEMAN, BS '67, has been
named coordinator of the seven departments of the
Institute of Allied Health centered at Brackenridge
Hospital in Austin. She went to Austin last fall to
study for her doctorate at the Univ. of Texas and to
serve as assistant director of nursing at Bracken-
ridge. Her address is Route 1, Box 130-A, Salado,
Tex. 76571.
MR. & MRS. JOHN F. WHITE JR., ex '65 (nee
LOUISE RUSSEY, ex '63), 7878 Spencer Hwy.,
Apt. 1207, Pasadena, Tex. 77505.
MR. & MRS. LUTHER WILLIAMS, BA '60 (nee
BARBARA LAWSON, BA '60), 3109 Broken Arrow,
Denton, Tex. 76201.
Mrs. Dale Allen Wood (nee MERTIE LEWIS, BA
'65), 13001 Los Espanada, San Antonio 78233.
MR. & MRS. KENNETH WYNN, BS '67 (nee
BETTY CHARLTON, ex '63), 906 Lake Highland
Dr., Allen, Tex. 75002.
CLYDE YAGI, ex '67, 1009-8 Pawaa Lane, Hono-
lulu, Hawaii 96814. He is executive secretary of the
president of Mutual Welding Company in Honolulu.
He also serves the Olivet St. Baptist Church as Chil-
dren's Choir Director and associate organist.
REV. & MRS. DON BRADLEY, BA '67 (nee LIN-
DA LOU WATTS, BS '67), Northway Baptist
Church, 3877 Walnut Hill Ln., Dallas 75229.
BENNIE RAY EDWARDS, ex '61, has been pro-
moted to manager of the Abilene Area Sales Center
for the Texas Coca-Cola Bottling Co. He and his
wife have four children and the family resides at
1250 Westmoreland, Abilene.
MR. & MRS. W. R. (BILL) GADDIS, JR., BA '69,
Djl. Hegarmanah 41, Bandung, Indonesia. They
are missionaries.
LARRY L. JUSTICE, BA '69, has taken the posi-
tion of Baptist Student Union Director at Eastern
Oklahoma State College in Wilburton, Okla. His
address there is 120 Sunset.
BENNY J. KING, BS '69, has accepted the pastor-
ate of Oaklawn Baptist Church in Texarkana, Tex.
His address there is 110 Wildwood.
Mrs. Allen Kiser (nee DOROTHY HOUSTON, BS
'65), 2133 Yorktown, Abilene 79603.
The U. S. Air Force has promoted ROBERT J.
MATUS, MA '69, to the rank of lieutenant colonel.
His address is P.S.C. Box 1268, Castle AFB, Calif.
95342.
DR. PAIGE PATTERSON, BA '65, pastor of First
Baptist Church of Fayetteville, Ark., for five years,
became president of Criswell Bible Institute in Dal-
las in February. His wife is the former DOROTHY
KELLEY, BA '65.
MR. & MRS. MIKE STEDHAM, BA '69 (nee MA-
RY LOIS PATTERSON, BA '69), Box 58, Liberty,
Ky. 42539. Mike is pastor of First Baptist Church
in Liberty.
MR. & MRS. BILL T. TEAGUE, BA '61 (nee MA-
RY ANN HERRINGTON, ex '60), 5318 Haven-
woods, Houston 77066. Bill is a medical technolo-
gist at Gulf Coast Regional Blood Center in Houston.
Mary Ann is a homemaker. They have two sons -
Tim 8 and Jim 12.
CAPT. & MRS. GARLAND WALKER, BS '64 (nee
RUTH ELLEN BURNETT, BS '64), 38 Wheeler,
Fort Leonardwood, Mo. 65473.
LARRY D. ROBERTSON, ex '69 and McMurry
graduate, has been released from the U. S. Army
and has returned to Abilene to practice law. He is
associated with Malcolm Schulz in the private prac-
tice of law at 309 Hickory. He is married to the
former CHRISTY PRESSLEY, BS '69, and they
live at 3301 S. 10th with their 3-month-old son,
David Zerk.
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