Where are they now? 1949 Elizabeth Owens Mathews – retired school media specialist, Carrollton, GA June Hardeman Henby – Atlanta, GA Taylor Harding Lowry – Mocksville, NC Bettye Frances McCullough – Columbus, OH 1950 Ralph Casey – Franklin, TN Peggy Barr Namie – Cincinnati, OH Margaret Smith Stroop – Murfreesboro, TN 1951 Nancy Anderson Scruggs – retired from Tennessee Valley Authority, Chattanooga, TN formerly high school music teacher and private piano teacher 1952 Laura Gaut – Warren, NJ Bob Riggs – Bangor, PA Carmen Wright Riggs – Bangor, PA Faye Smith Weining – Starkville, MS 1953 Emma Brown – retired elementary school music teacher, White Bluff, TN Gay Jones Forsythe – Jackson, TN Vern Moore – Woodstock, IL Bob Simmons – Franklin, TN 1954 Joan Cooper – Franklin, TN Elizabeth Murray – Ozark, AL 1955 Ann Derseweh Caldwell – retired elementary school music/private piano teacher, Newnan, GA graduate work at University of West Georgia Ann G. Becker – retired music teacher, Chattanooga, TN formerly violist with the New Jersey Symphony MA degree from Abilene Christian University Nancy Wyckoff Jennings – Nashville, TN 1956 Charlie Adams – Decatur, AL Margaret Rasbury Graves – Nashville, TN Corrine Hyberger – Cleveland, TN Mary Armistead Koltenbah – Muncie, IN Patty Walston Wiggins – retired elementary music teacher and principal, Manassas, VA MA degree from Jacksonville University 1957 Mike McCrickard – Boston, GA Joe Pruett – Crossville, TN Sara Dixon Sargent – Aliceville, AL 1958 Jim Copeland – Tampa, FL 1959 Tom Fender – Aberdeen, MD Janie Thompson Gleaves – Nashville, TN Claude T. Lewis, Jr. – Little Rock, AR John Allen McDonald – Cocoa, FL Madolyn Hudgens Rives – Huntsville, AL 1960 Eben Nolan Gilbert, Jr. – McMinnville, TN Phyllis Murray Trevathan – Abilene, TX Paul Edward Woods – Nashville, TN 1962 David Ralston – Memphis, TN Louis Dee Stringer – Nashville, TN Leon Thurman – Burnsville, MN 1963 Patricia Hill Forgy – elementary music teacher, Trezevant, TN formerly private teacher of piano, voice and guitar MA degree from University of Tennessee-Martin Paul Downey – Nashville, TN formerly high school and college choral director Dixie Harvey – music faculty at Freed-Hardeman University, Henderson, TN MM degree from Indiana University PhD degree from University of North Texas Carol Norman Hendrix – Richmond, VA Sarah Bonner Kash – Beaumont, TX Kathy Lawson Sparkman – Nashville, TN 1964 Ron C. Ingram – owner/partner in residential rentals, Montgomery, AL formerly band and choral director MA degree from Alabama State University Ronnie Pounders – Hendersonville, TN 1965 Mary Brown Gentry – retired music teacher, Rochester, NY graduate work at Queens College—CUNY Lyle Lankford – Nashville, TN formerly high school choral director 1966 Paul Kent Bramlett – attorney, Nashville, TN formerly worked in the music industry as conductor, producer, arranger, performer graduate work in music, George Peabody College JD degree from University of Mississippi Janet Turner Andrews – Miami, FL 1967 Carol Harper Boeing – private piano teacher, Nashville, TN Sue Glenn – Booneville, MS Catherine Hill – Nashville, TN Diana Melton – Montgomery, AL Joyce Cullum Rucker – elementary school teacher, Murfreesboro, TN EdD degree from George Peabody College Linda Kannard Schott – Nashville, TN 1968 Buck Cantwell – Eugene, OR Marcia Hughes – faculty and department chair, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN MM degree from Indiana University DME degree from Indiana University Jerry Rainey – Brentwood, TN Linda Morgan Steensland – Mount Gilead, OH Patsy Harris Wilborn – Southaven, MS 1969 Sylvia Barr Badis – secretary, Parkersburg, WV formerly elementary music teacher Dick Danley – New York, NY Don Darby – Montgomery, AL Cindy Money Higginbotham – middle school guidance counselor, Pleasant View, TN formerly elementary school music teacher Sandra Altizer Johnson – Hendersonville, TN Dewight Lanham – songleader and songwriter for Federal Prison Outreach Ministry, Franklin, TN formerly college choral director and voice teacher graduate work at East Texas State University Warren Charles Martin – Greenville, SC Ron Meers – high school band director, Murfreesboro, TN MA degree from Cumberland University Richard Sanders – Nashville, TN Elaine Patton Scatizzi – Kansas City, MO Cheryl Steward Williams – elementary music teacher, Culleoka, TN formerly middle school general music teacher and private piano teacher ME degree from Memphis State University 1970 Sandra Whitehead Ensley – retired music teacher, Great Lakes Christian College, Ontario, Canada MM degree from Brandon University (Manitoba, Canada) Kimberly Harris Knox – Pearl, MS Barry Bryant Lumpkin – retired band director, Memphis, TN Karen Lynn McDaniel – Dayton, OH Billy Ross Tankersley – Tuscumbia, AL Kim Larsen Yearwood – middle school music teacher, Nashville, TN 1971 Ron Davenport – middle school band director, Lebanon, TN MA degree from Middle Tennessee State University Donna Worth Irwin Youngblood – bookkeeper/accountant, Murray KY Cynthia Catlett Youree – physician (radiologist), Brentwood, TN MD degree from Tulane Medical School Steve Deasy – real estate broker and property manager; church musician, Nashville, TN formerly high school band director graduate work at Tennessee Tech, Peabody College, Western Kentucky, Austin Peay Stephan Michael Lee – Navarre, FL Lindy Short McDevillt – elementary school music teacher, San Antonio, TX Harvey Polk – Calvert City, KY Randy Ragland – Garland, TX Linda Summy Slayton – elementary music teacher, private piano teacher, Nashville, TN 1972 Al Jackson – general manager of Miler-Rushing Drugs & Home Care, Florence, AL worship leader at Darby Drive Church of Christ formerly high school and college choral director Steven Mark Henry – Huntsville, AL Annette Johnson Howard – elementary music teacher and private piano, Owensboro, KY Jerry Doak Wilson – Columbia, TN 1973 David McGukin – professional decorator, Breman, GA formerly freelance classical vocalist MM degree from Western Georgia College Began DMA degree at Florida State University Melanie Miller Proctor – LaVergne, TN formerly elementary school music teacher; music department secretary 1974 Linda Sasser Bash – Palm Harbor, FL Stan Gunselman – real estate agent, Nashville, TN formerly producer of jingles with Bonner Music John Edward Kimbrough – Cookeville, TN Tony Phipps – head, Tony Phipps Productions, Nashville, TN MME degree from George Peabody College Jim Spear – Hendersonville, TN 1975 Andrew Clausen – church minister to senior adults, Paducah, KY formerly choral director at Great Lakes Christian College, Ontario, Canada Cindy Lyons Rieder – church preschool music and children’s chorus director, Huntsville, AL Eleanor Gibbons – data maintenance, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN church choir member and soloist, former cantor Marcia Burnette Brewer – elementary music teacher Madison, TN Richard Brooks Brewer – Madison, TN Craig Frisby – Columbus, OH John Kellam – Tucson, AZ member of Tucson Symphony Chorus former member of Dallas Symphony Chorus Kathy Norman McGehee – Jacksonville, FL Kathy Cox Renner – elementary school music teacher, Cincinnati, OH Beverly Bellew Troup – Huntsville, AL Janet McMahan Wilson – freelance composer of children’s musicals and studio musician, Nashville, TN 1976 Mary Ann McVey Miller – Columbus, OH Karen Keene Bradfield – preschool teacher, Nashville, TN Laura Horton Hamm – music faculty at Ohio Valley College, Parkersburg, VA graduate work at Marshall University Sam Hamstra, Jr. – Palos Heights, IL Karen Wagner Himelrick – private voice teacher, Nashville, TN Jerry Lee Love – Jacksonville, FL Leslie Howard Parks – Muskogee, OK Nina Beth Reeves – Lawrenceville, GA Cynthia Shipman Rosenblum – private piano teacher, wedding music specialist, Nashville, TN MA degree from Middle Tennessee State University Joanna Joyce Sikes – high school music teacher and piano teacher, Clarksville, TN formerly general music teacher MA from Austin Peay State University Phillip Sprayberry – media relations coordinator for William Patterson University, Wayne, NJ formerly college music and theatre teacher currently pursuing DL degree at Drew University Charlotte Ann Wilson – Birmingham, AL 1977 James Alex Clayton – outreach minister, Tampa, FL MA from Vanderbilt University Teresa Pringle Taylor – elementary music teacher, Memphis, TN member of Memphis Vocal Arts Ensemble Gerald Becton – Philadelphia, PA Alex Clayton – Tampa, FL Linda Kerce Elrod – Manchester, TN Melanie A. Lokey – director of learning enhancement at Donaldson Christian, Nashville, TN Lisa Reynolds – Indianapolis, IN Dee Reynolds – band director at Lipscomb Campus Schools, Nashville, TN formerly elementary school music teacher Darla Mason Robinson – Port Tobacco, MD Ruth Batey Smith – Nashville, TN Teresa Pringle Taylor – Collierville, TN Ginger Puckett Worley – Hampshire, TN formerly general music teacher and band director 1978 Leanne Tipps – customer service rep for Franklin Co. Farm Bureau, Estill Springs, TN Sue Hardaway Ellmore – Smyrna, TN Pennie Snow Layne – elementary school music teacher, Kingsport, TN MA degree from Tusculum College Beth Martin Meadows – elementary school teacher, Madison, TN formerly K-12 music teacher MS degree from Butler University Lee Milan – worship minister, Huntsville, AL Guy Snyder – Franklin, IN 1979 Denise Yeargin Haendel – Old Hickory, TN Doug Parks – middle school music teacher and choral director, White House, TN MA degree from Western Kentucky University Mary Alice Shaub Smeal – Florence, AL 1980 Charlie Brumit – mortgage sales manager, Bowling Green, KY Michael Brooks – Antioch, TN Tim Dishman – Vienna, WV formerly high school choral director Kimbra Roberts Wiseman – elementary teacher, Tucker, GA MEd degree from Mercer University 1981 Suzanne Music Craig – middle school music specialist, Nashville, TN MA degree from Lipscomb University Lucinda Loyd Burris – elementary school teacher, Nashville, TN Paula Vanarsdall Clark – high school librarian, Morgantown, KY formerly elementary school music teacher, private piano instructor Paul Clayton – Fayetteville, TN Laura Flannery Kendrick – Huntsville, AL James Kendrick – Huntsville, AL formerly high school choral director Hope Watkins Koehler – music faculty, University of Minnesota-Morris MM degree from University of Alabama DMA degree from University of Kentucky Debbie Lollar Lowry – private piano teacher, Nashville, TN Lean Campbell Martin – registered nurse, Nashville, TN Ramona Ross Rhodes – public relations manager, Centerstone, Nashville, TN formerly elementary school music teacher 1982 Cathy Nichols May – middle/high school chorus and music appreciation teacher, Hixson, TN formerly elementary school music teacher for 22 years MA degree from Middle Tennessee State University currently pursuing DMA degree from University of Memphis Phil Sanders – school technology coordinator, Nashville, TN formerly music teacher and choral director MA degree from Tennessee State University Lisa Ellis – Providence, RI Janie Giddens – middle/high school chorus director, Sylacauga, AL formerly elementary music specialist MM degree from University of Montevallo Jeff Rice – father and homemaker, Franklin, TN MM degree from University of Alabama DMA degree from University of Alabama 1983 Stephen Bradley – Woodstock, IL Charis Moore Bradley – Woodstock, IL Emily Lester Cahnmann – New York NY Mary Lynn Garrett Houtz – singer and songwriter with Dry Bones Restoration Company, Winchester, KY Susie McVey Lynn – Chattanooga, TN Tim Pate – Lewisburg, TN 1984 Sammye Patten Banker – Lilburn, GA Elyssa Hood Clayton – high school teacher, Lafayette, TN 1985 Mike Hankins – Mt. Juliet, TN 1987 Tracy Girard Ruhlman – elementary school media specialist, Cleveland, GA; formerly high school choral director and private piano teacher MA degree from Middle Tennessee State University Natalie Winchell Johnson – church music director and school teacher, Evanston, IN formerly private piano and voice instructor Joseph Harrison Whitaker – choral director, Huntsville, AL currently pursuing MA at Alabama A & M Philip Autry – music department chair, Fisk University, Nashville, TN MA degree from Middle Tennessee State University DMA degree from University of Oklahoma Kim Kaiser Jones – Ashland City, TN 1988 Shaun Amos – choral director at Clayton State College, GA MM and DMA degrees from University of Alabama Kevin Campbell – Scottsboro, AL Mark Lackey – theory faculty, Peabody Preparatory School, Baltimore, MD formerly, freelance musician and private piano teacher MM degree from Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins University currently pursuing DMA degree from Peabody Conservatory of Johns Hopkins 1989 Elisa Meador Jenkins – Nashville, TN graduate work at University of Alabama 1990 Susan Shappard Arnold – Pikeville, NC Sue Ann Kirby Wright – general music teacher, Wilmington, NC 1991 Terri Schott Franklin – freelance professional vocalist, Franklin, TN formerly with the Seattle Opera Company MA degree from Middle Tennessee State University N. Lincoln Hanks – music faculty at Pepperdine University, Malibu, CA MM degree from Indiana University DMA degree from Indiana University Janet Dixon Holeman – high school choral director, Mesa, AZ MM degree from University of Alabama Maggie Mason – Chapmansboro, TN Peggy Taylor – Antioch, TN 1992 Chris Chaffin – sales representative for Dell Computers, Nashville, TN formerly high school band director Dee Ann Shepherd – Abilene, TX 1993 Heather Taylor Earnhart – professional orchestral flutist and freelance musician, Chicago, IL MM degree from DePaul University Loree Pritchett Houghton – Abilene, TX David Jones – high school band director, Franklin, TN MA degree from Belmont University 1994 Chris Glen – elementary school music teacher, Nashville, TN formerly high school band director Shana Clark Kirk – private piano teacher, product specialist for Yamaha, Denver, CO formerly developed and facilitated music-based activities at Denver Museum of Nature MM degree from University of Denver Michelle Walden Norman – mother and homemaker, Hermitage, TN formerly elementary school music teacher Michael Slayton – music faculty, Blair School of Music of Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN MM degree from University of Houston DMA degree from University of Houston Barrett Walz – freelance singer, Chicago, IL MM degree from DePaul University Emily Estes Webb – studio musician, Spring Hill, TN Rob Webb – recording studio engineer, Spring Hill, TN graduate work at Middle Tennessee State University 1995 Grant Dalton – director of percussion studies and assistant band director, Samford University MM degree from Ohio State University currently pursuing DMA degree from Ohio State University Jonathan Saunders – computer software consultant, Deloitte & Touche, Nashville, TN 1996 Beth Hollandsworth Shulam – mother and homemaker, Mt. Juliet, TN 1997 Erin Jones Meadows – mother and homemaker, Brentwood, TN member of Nashville Symphony Chorus formerly elementary/middle/high school choral director and music teacher MA degree from Middle Tennessee State University David Richardson – high school orchestra director/college band director, Atlanta, GA MMEd and DMA degrees from University of Georgia 1998 Joey Derr – elementary principal and middle school choral director, Florence, AL MEd from University of North Alabama Duff Harris – Sycamore, IL formerly high school and college choral director 1999 Kelley Krech Wiggins – choral director, Portland, TN Kristi Hipps Bowers – middle school choral director, Huntsville, AL formerly elementary school music teacher MA degree from the University of Alabama Jenna Kightlinger – elementary school music teacher, Nashville, TN Stephanie Seabolt Lillard – Charlottesville, VA Megan Scharf Sams – high school music teacher, Edgewater, FL 2000 Byron Gibbs – Selma, AL Salena Hazel – Alexandria, IN Lia Holland – general music and high school choral director, Nashville, TN Mary Elizabeth Johnson – Watkinsville, GA 2001 Eric Hale – East Hartford, CT MM degree from The Hartt School of Music Megumi Hosokawa – music editor for Zen-On Music, Tokyo, Japan MM degree from Southern Methodist University Eunkwang Lee – freelance composer and jingle writer, Escondido, CA Lauren Schroeder – Rochester, MI Patrick Steiner – Nashville, TN 2002 Joy Thurmon – private piano teacher and freelance accompanist, Tallahassee, FL currently pursuing MM degree from Florida State Universtiy Anna Huber Aycock – Antioch, TN Stacy Grooms – administrative assistant, Nashville, TN Alexis Page – elementary music teacher, Goodlettsville, TN Stephanie Vandermeer – Nashville, TN currently pursuing MA degree from Middle Tennessee State University 2003 Austin Bingman – band director and general music teacher, Waverly City, OH Tadd Himelrick – Knoxville, TN currently pursuing MM degree from University of Tennessee Jill Hortman – private piano teacher, Ft. Collins, CO Bria Baker Parker – Columbus, OH currently pursuing MM degree at Ohio State University Derrick Robinson – elementary school music teacher, Brooklyn, NY 2004 Melissa Collins – band director at Middle Tennessee Christian, Murfreesboro, TN Carina Heim – elementary music teacher, Nashville, TN Ursula Hicks Crosslin – private piano teacher, Columbus, OH currently pursuing MM degree at Ohio State University Ella Newkirk – substitue teacher, Nashville, TN