Class Notes

I didn’t hear from many of our classmates for this edition, so please take the time now to send me an update from you so I can include it in the next one. My big news for 2019 was a new granddaughter who arrived in November. I am blessed that she and her brothers and my daughter and her husband live just 20 minutes away, so I see them frequently. My son and his family have settled in North Georgia which is less than two hours away. They come to Atlanta at least once a month and I try to get up there every few weeks too. Louise Stevens Robbins writes that she and Diane Copty Fadely, Felicity Hallanan and her partner Evelyn Rule took an October island hopping Caribbean cruise, getting caught up since they were at Mary Washington. Louise continues her work with an out-of-school time program for minority children, participates in a reminiscence writing group, tries to keep up with League of Women Voters activities, and delights in watching her young adult grandchildren, Cole and Harper, thrive. Carolyn Davis has had an exciting year because she and her husband took a Mississippi River Cruise and had the opportunity to visit Jane Burruss Hartz and her husband Chris in Little Rock on the way! They only had 2 days and 1 night but they talked the whole time, especially about growing up in Caroline County where she later taught and was principal. They graduated high school and college together. They had been together only a few brief times since and it was great to share their stories. Jane is still the same sweet person she was then. Jane couldn’t come to their high school reunion later last summer, but Margaret Mahon did and it was fun seeing and visiting with her too. Carolyn shared that Madeline Rouzie Townsend’s husband Frankie died in 2019. Madeline and her roommate Virginia Hughes Jett live just a few counties south of Carolyn, so she planned to visit her during the Christmas holidays.