Class Notes

I saw several crocuses this morning and the sun was shining, so it seemed spring was just around the corner!

Mary Montague Hudson Sikes’ latest novel, Daddy’s Christmas Angel, came out in November and was a perfect Christmastime read. Also in November, she spoke to the Christopher Wren Association at the College of William and Mary about her writer’s journey. Monti was January artist of the month and did an open-house painting demonstration at Petersburg Regional Art Center, where the acrylic painting on the cover of her novel Eagle Rising won a cash award in a January juried show. In February, original pastel paintings and giclee prints of paintings from her Hotels to Remember coffee table book project were on view at This Century Art Gallery’s art education center in Williamsburg. Monti has developed an interest in encaustic painting; two of her latest such works were in the show. She and husband Olen are huge St. Louis Cardinals fans and took a two-week vacation to Jupiter, Fla., for spring training.

Joyce Bristow Wrestler and Cliff prepared Easter music with their church choir. They were grateful that Cliff’s blood had been stable for a few months. They were in Hawaii in November but weren’t ready to schedule a long trip like the one they had to cancel last spring.

Elizabeth “Libby” Fordham said Foncie Lawrence Williamson lives at Sunrise in Raleigh, N.C., due to a severe diabetes problem.

Not much news from our classmates this time. Sorry!