FRONTIERS A publication of Spartanburg Methodist College

SPRING 2007 INSIDE THIS ISSUE t Planning for SMC’s Future t Instructor Receives SCICU Honor t Pioneers’ 2006-07 Season Updates ne of the constant aspects of life is transition. The trite phrase we often hear, “out with the old and in with the new,” often refers to changing events in our lives. Birthdays, the coming of theO New Year, and the change of a political administration are good illustra- tions of transitions in our culture.

But transitions occur in other ways as well. The season of spring brings forth a burst of color and radiance that adorn our campus. The beautiful flowers, plants, and trees that surround us proclaim that spring has returned in all its glory.

Of course, students are also in transition … and in transformation. Students are in the final stages of completing research papers and preparing for the last semester tests and final examinations. Our spring intercollegiate athletic teams are completing their respective seasons and, hopefully, preparing for regional, district and national competition. Some of our students are preparing for the transition from SMC to another institution where they will continue to pursue their educational and vocational goals. Although we celebrate their transition to another institution, we shall miss them because in their transformation, they have become part of us and part of our heritage as an institution of higher learning.

Just as we celebrate the transitions and transformations of our students, we also celebrate the transitions of our College. Begun in 1911, Textile Industrial Institute, the forerunner of Spartanburg Methodist College, first offered only a high school curriculum. In 1927, the Institute transitioned its mission by adding the first two-years of the collegiate curriculum. In 1942, the College changed its name to Spartanburg Junior College and transformed itself into a collegiate institution by dropping the high school curriculum. In 1974, the College changed its name to Spartanburg Methodist College, marking another important transition. We celebrate these transitions. But I hasten to add that we celebrate something just as important as transitions at SMC: Continuity.

For 80 years, we have offered the first two years of the liberal arts education that is consistent with most all four-year liberal arts institutions. At the beginning of their collegiate career, our wonderful faculty and staff enable students to successfully transition from high school to college. During their two years at SMC, students are transformed into respon- sible young women and men who are prepared to make the transition to senior institutions. It is comforting to know that transformation, transition and continuity resonate very well together at Spartanburg Methodist College.

Sincerely,

Charles P. Teague President FRONTIERS Spring 2007 Inside this Issue

Officers of Spartanburg Methodist College 3 33 46 President Charles P. Teague Articles Vice President for Academic Affairs Anita K. Bowles New Board Room, IT Center Opens ...... 3

Vice President for Business Affairs Planning for SMC’s Future ...... 4 Bruce E. Whelchel Study Underway to Examine SMC’s Image ...... 7 Vice President for Enrollment Management Telling History’s Stories at SMC ...... 8 Daniel L. Philbeck SMC Employee’s Artwork Showcased Locally ...... 11 Vice President for Institutional Advancement C. Sterling Case From a Children’s Home to a College Campus ...... 44

Spartanburg Methodist College 2006 - 2007 Board of Trustees Table of Contents Chairperson - Mr. Daniel Foster Vice Chairperson - Mr. Jerry Calvert New Faces at SMC ...... 9 Secretary - Ms. Mellnee Buchheit Mr. Charles Atchison In Appreciation of Our Donors ...... 13 Mr. John Bell 2006 Fundraising & Donor List ...... 14 Mr. Justin Converse Mrs. Phyllis DeLapp Scholarships ...... 30 Mr. Ralph Driggers Dr. Edgar H. Ellis From the Alumni Office ...... 32 Mr. Jamie Fulmer Reverend James O. Gilliam, Jr. Alumni News ...... 34 Mr. John Gramling Reverend Larry Hays SMC Students Named to Who’s Who ...... 40 Mr. Patrick Henry SMC Gives Back to Community ...... 46 Reverend John W. Hipp Mrs. Anne Irwin Pioneer Athletics: Updates and News ...... 47 Reverend Jean Osborne Mrs. Liz Patterson SMC Spring 2007 Golf Classic ...... 50 Mr. Bill Painter Mrs. Patsy Simmons Mr. Howard Suitt On the cover: (Top) SMC’s newest facility, which includes The Phyllis Buchheit Reverend Kenneth B. Timmerman Board Room and the Vassey Information Technology Center, opened its doors Mr. Andy Westbrook in March. (Left) SMC Board of Trustees Chairman Dan Foster says that devel- Dr. Bruce Yandle oping a Strategic Plan is critical for the College; (Middle) History instructor Dr. Kathy Cann was recently named SCICU Educator of the Year at SMC; (Right) Frontiers magazine is a bi-annual publication by Spartanburg The Lady Pioneers tennis team enjoys a day on the court. Methodist College, printed for alumni and friends. This pub- lication is protected under copyright and cannot be repro- duced in any manner without prior written permission. All Editor: Brian Fulkerson, Director of Public Information rights reserved in all countries. [email protected] / Ph: (864) 587-4254 / Fax: (864) 587-4360

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SMC’s newest facility, which includes The Phyllis Buchheit Board Room and Vassey Information Technology Center, opened in March 2007; (Right, l-r) James Gregg, campus Computer Operations and PC Maintenance Technician, and SMC Executive Director of Infor- mation Technology Bill Roach check on the status of one of College’s computer servers. New Board Room, IT Center Opens Facility Will Help Address Needs As Services Grow pace for campus meet- process, the Board of members of Mrs. DeLapp’s Bill Roach. Sings and informa- Trustees identified the need family that enabled this That was until their new tion technology services to construct a new facility dream to become a reality,” home was recently opened. just received a welcome that would not only address says Teague. The new facility has boost with the comple- the needs of the Board of The Vassey Information allowed the IT department tion of SMC’s newest, yet Trustees, but also the needs Technology Center is named to virtually double its floor unnamed, building. of the College. for Herbert and Rebecca space from 700 square feet The Phyllis Buchheit The new facility includes a Vassey, who left a bequest to nearly 1,400 square Board Room and Vassey new board room and 1,400 to the College. feet. Information Technology square feet dedicated to “As computer technology In the new Vassey Center opened its doors in the College’s Information has increased, additional Information Technology March. Technology Department, space has been needed. Center, there are two Construction of the 4,213- as well as restroom facilities The Vassey Information private offices, a large square foot, $1.1 million and a small kitchen. Technology Center will reception and work area facility, located adjacent to The Phyllis Buchheit Board now serve as the techno- for technical support, and the Buchheit Administration Room is named for Mrs. logical hub for the faculty a climate-controlled server building, came in on budget Phyllis Buchheit DeLapp, and academic program, the room with additional and on time, says SMC Vice- who serves as a trustee of the administrative processes, workspace. President of Business Affairs College and whose family and the students of the The server room also Bruce Whelchel. has a longstanding tradition College,” says Teague. takes advantage of a raised Trehel Corporation of support for SMC. floor which provides much served as general contractor “The beauty of the Board Addressing Technology needed space for current of the facility, which was Room, its elegant design, and “We were at a point where and future cabling needs, designed by McMillan-Smith the ability to use the room for we were basically on top of and zoned air conditioning. Architects. multiple purposes will serve each other and didn’t have “This is a tremendous College President Dr. the College for many decades much room to work,” says advantage for our equipment Charles Teague says that to come. We are grateful for SMC Executive Director in the strategic planning the gifts we received from of Information Technology See FACILITY, p.6

 / SPRING 2007 SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE www.smcsc.edu FRONTIERS Spring 2007 Planning For SMC’s Future Board of Trustees Currently Formulating Strategic Plan wenty-six months Tafter the SMC Board of Trustees met to assign seven steering committees which have been examining all elements across the board of the College’s operations and objectives, the Board expects to receive reports from each of those commit- tees at its May meeting. In February 2005, a Strategic Statement was drafted for the College that “It’s everything from academic programs, to faculty, to image, to set forth a goal of having a student life – and everything in between. These are all integral stable enrollment of 875 parts of operating a successful institution” students by 2010. For the - Dan Foster, SMC Board of Trustees Chairman 2006-2007 academic year, 779 students were enrolled the addition of the Phyllis The benchmark institu- weaknesses. at the College. Buchheit Board Room tions include both two and Throughout the process, That initial Strategic and Vassey Information four-year schools. each committee has Statement also called for a Technology Center, a new What the committees have submitted quarterly reports new residence hall for 120 administration building has found and what they are to Dr. Teague. students; an academic/ been constructed. recommending will help lay “I’ve been very impressed student life facility; a new But the job of those seven the groundwork for SMC’s with what I’ve seen so far and administration building and committees established prior new Strategic Plan. with the hard work and dedi- president’s home; and an to the drafting of that state- “Each committee was given cation our committees have increased endowment. ment has continued on. a directive by our Board of put forth,” says Dr. Teague. “We’re not done by any “We thought it was impor- Trustees to engage in a study The committees’ final means, but we have made tant to address the core issues of those institutions. They reports will go to the Board significant strides regarding that will drive the future of were given a charge, focus, of Trustees within the next the Strategic Plan,” says the College,” says Foster. and issues to address. But few weeks. Board Chairman Dan Foster. Each committee, made up a large part of what this all Along with the Strategic Since that statement was of Board members, faculty, will come to will be reflec- Plan, the Board of Trustees drafted, a new residence hall and staff, has used a list of tive of where the Board continues to examine the has been built – Sparrow Hall eight benchmark institutions sees us heading,” says SMC campus Master Plan. opened up in August 2006. to compare and measure President Charles Teague. The most recent revisions The old president’s house SMC against, each in regard Foster says the results of to the Master Plan are a new has been removed from to a specific area of opera- each committee’s bench- academic/student develop- campus and the College’s tions – from administration, mark comparisons will ment center, new athletic facil- president now resides in a to image and marketing, and provide factual representa- ities and fields, new residence to fundraising. tion of SMC’s strengths and home off-campus; and with See PLAN, p.6 www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 /  FRONTIERS Spring 2007

FACILITY, continued from p. 4 and from a growth stand- point,” says Roach. A back-up diesel-powered generator has been placed on-site, at the rear of the building, to keep the College’s computer systems and the majority of its phone systems online in event of a power outage. Roach says the prime advantage of the new computing space is being

able to provide added space (l-r) Roach and his staff, Judy Hefner, Jean Capel, and James Gregg discuss upcoming IT plans. for customer service. “Now we have an area the IT department plans to His staff will also spend computer-based teaching. where students can come in upgrade three computer the summer expanding the The goal is to have both and set up their computers labs on campus with new campus’ wireless network projects completed by the for us to troubleshoot with computers operating Win- into all the residence halls beginning of the Fall semester. more convenience,” says dows Vista and distribute and some other locations on “We’ve come a long way Roach. existing computers across campus, along with wiring in the past three and a half- He says over the summer, campus as needed. another classroom for years,” says Roach.

PLAN, continued from p.5 raising feasibility study. keeps up, could happen in faculty, to image, to student halls, significant landscaping This study will assess the the near future, we need to life – and everything in improvements, and other amount of resources that be concerned about what between. These are all inte- amenities and facilities that SMC might expect to raise we’re going to do for future gral parts of operating a students may possibly see during a capital campaign, generations,” says Foster. successful institution.” over the next several years. given our Board resources He says that despite Foster adds he is most “We’re not going to prior- and visibility within the what results come in from proud of how much itize these projects. But the community. the committees’ study, everyone has been engaged Master Plan will continue A case statement will then continuing to find new, in the process and even how to develop as the college be developed to support creative ways to promote differences have helped develops,” says Teague. the capital improvements the College and keep on guide the committees’ He adds that fundraising indicated in the strategic par with technology will be efforts. will be critical in deter- planning study. critical both to fundraising “If you’ve never attemp- mining when and where This is where image and and student achievement. ted a body of work like this, each of these projects will marketing will become a “All of this rolls into the the most critical aspect is to come to fruition. major factor, says Foster. formulation of a Strategic make sure all your constit- Foster says after the Board “If we [SMC] end up Plan. This will give us an uents are represented. The reviews the committee being one of less than overall roadmap for the biggest challenge in some- reports, a consultant will be 50 two-year liberal arts, future,” says Foster. thing like this is not to give brought on board to assist residential colleges in the “It’s everything from up the gains you’ve already the College with a fund- country, which, if the trend academic programs, to made,” he says.

 / SPRING 2007 SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE www.smcsc.edu FRONTIERS Spring 2007 Study Underway to Examine SMC’s Image Public’s Perception of College Has Impact Across the Board ne major compo- students and alumni, local Onent of the College’s high school seniors and guid- strategic planning efforts ance counselors, local busi- is a study currently being ness leaders, and Methodist conducted by Spartanburg- ministers about their opin- based Priority Metrics ions and knowledge of SMC committee had initially thought constituencies within the Group (PMG) to evaluate and its programs. -- it is the local technical colleges community perceive the the College’s image within “With the South Carolina and private four-year colleges College, that will add the local marketplace. market becoming increas- in the Upstate region. another dimension to help us PMG, which has been ingly more competitive, The study also shows that sharpen our focus in regard in operation for 14 years, market research is now the College should continue to admissions, marketing, helps develop and conduct and fundraising.” strategic planning initiatives “At the conclusion of the process, we By increasing its aware- and surveys for a wide- are going to know how different constitu- ness in the community, range of companies and encies identify Spartanburg Methodist the College will be able to organizations. increase its admissions pool, College.” PMG’s president, John its selectivity, quality, and - Danny Philbeck, SMC Vice President for Enrollment Management Barrett, says they have worked stature – all of which hinge with several Upstate colleges on its image, says Barrett. in the past, such as Clemson more vital than ever. At the to emphasize community But Barrett says that the University and Presbyterian conclusion of the process, awareness. unique character of SMC College, “but this is the first we are going to know “Outside of students, – the fact that it is a two- project we have conducted to how different constituen- alumni, families and/or busi- year college with strong this extent for an institution cies identify Spartanburg nesses that have had direct academics and athletic of higher education.” Methodist College. contact with the College, the programs – continues to fill SMC President Dr. Charles “For someone in my posi- community as a whole may a niche within the commu- Teague says, “We’re very tion, this information is know it by name, but know nity that other local colleges excited about what the study going to help me determine very little about it,” says cannot. will show and how it will help the focus and direction of my Barrett. “SMC should be applauded to shape our strategic plan. marketing activities for years He attributes that to the for what it offers its students. We are all very impressed to come. I am genuinely difficulty of getting a message It is truly unique in that with the work that Priority looking forward to what out in a broad marketplace. it offers something that Metrics Group has done.” this research will reveal,” He says the study is nearing is currently not offered The study is expected to says SMC Vice-President of completion and all the results anywhere else in the region. be completed and presented Enrollment Management are being pulled together so The College has a very strong to the College’s Board of Danny Philbeck. that the committee will be position in the marketplace,” Trustees within the next few And what the study has able to clearly understand he says. weeks. found so far is that the where the College is now “Out of everyone we have During the course of College’s primary competi- and where it can grow in the talked to, if they are familiar the study, PMG has talked tion was not from other two- future. with the College, they have with current students and year colleges in the Southeast Teague adds, “Once we very positive things to say their parents, former SMC as the Image and Marketing understand how different about it.” www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 7 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 Telling History’s Stories at SMC Dr. Kathy Cann has taught history at Spartanburg Methodist College for nearly 26 years. As a teenager, she never envisioned herself as a teacher; however, years later she says that she would not trade the experience for anything in the world.

Cann Named SMC’s Recipient of Cann, who teaches American History, “I try to relate the points of what they SCICU Excellence In Teaching World Civilizations, and Western are learning through stories. History is not Civilizations, says she didn’t expect to Award for 2006-2007 really about dates, it is more why and how receive the award and is honored just to be things happen,” Cann says. f you had asked Kathy Cann when she recognized by her peers. Some of her personal highlights have Iwas in high school what kind of career “I’m excited and honored about it. I think been seeing SCICU student researchers she wanted to pursue, teaching wouldn’t one of the reasons I feel honored is because I that she has mentored go on to achieve have been at the top of her list. have so much respect for the teaching faculty great things. Ask her that question now and she says here at SMC,” says Cann. “That’s their work, not mine,” she says. she wouldn’t trade being a teacher. “But I do this for the kids. I really try to let Cann is currently writing a book on the “When I was in high school, them know that while learning is hard, it can history of SMC – which is due I was a tutor. A lot of people to the publisher by May 1. assumed I would end up teaching, “I do this for the kids. I really try to let them “The history of this college is but at the time, that was the last know that while learning is hard, it can be different from any other in the thing I wanted to do,” she says. area,” she says. Cann is now in her 31st year fun and rewarding.” For her research, Cann of teaching history at the college - Dr. Kathy Cann has utilized many sources level, having started at North and spoken to a wide-range Greenville College. She has of people who attended and taught at SMC since 1981. be fun and rewarding.” graduated from TII, SJC, or SMC. This Spring, Cann was chosen as Since she has been at SMC, Cann has “This is really a story about how we got SMC’s recipient of the South Carolina seen many changes. At the time she started from where we were to where we are,” Independent Colleges and Universities teaching at SMC, the Barrett Learning says Cann. (SCICU) “Excellence in Teaching Award Center and Parsons Hall were the newest The project began several years ago for 2006-2007.” buildings on campus. The faculty at each of the 20 SCICU- But the campus landscape isn’t all that has when she asked then-SMC President member institutions select their respec- changed. George Fields if she could look into tive recipient for this annual award. Each She says because students’ learning several boxes of SMC-related documents recipient receives a professional develop- processes and attitudes have changed over that were found in Greenville. ment grant and recognition at an SCICU- the years, she has adapted her teaching And since then, she has spent countless sponsored banquet. methods. hours researching and writing. “The Excellence in Teaching Program “Students don’t learn the way they used The book, which will be published by recognizes those undergraduate faculty to. So I try to make sure what I talk about the Hub City Writers Project, will be members that best exhibit the qualities and is relevant and supplements what they learn about 300 pages and contain about 40 skills most desired for enabling student from the textbook,” says Cann. photos. The College will own most copies, learning,” says Charlie FitzSimons, president She turns her class into “storytime – every but others will be made available for sale of SCICU. day.” in the campus bookstore.

 / SPRING 2007 SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE www.smcsc.edu FRONTIERS Spring 2007 New Faces at SMC

Teresa Ferguson Brian Fulkerson Brittany Harry Donald Hyder Brad Vassey Chief of Campus Safety Director of Public Volleyball Coach Campus Safety Officer Admissions Counselor Information / Webmaster

Teresa Ferguson was hired in August 2006 as Chief of a full-time and freelance basis. Most recently, he worked at the Campus Safety. She has 12 years of experience as a police officer. Upstate Alliance as a Business Development Specialist and prior For the past six years, she served as a School Resource Officer to that at WYFF as an online editor for Internet Broadcasting. for Spartanburg County School District Five through the town of Fulkerson and his wife, India, live in Taylors and are active Duncan Police Department. Ferguson has also conducted educa- members of First Presbyterian Church of Greer. tional programs on a variety of topics for students, parents, and He is also an Eagle Scout. In his spare time, he enjoys photog- teachers from the elementary level through high school. Prior raphy, golfing, skiing, computers, and reading. to serving as a School Resource Officer, Ferguson served as a Community Patrol Officer for the Greer Police Department. Brittany Harry was hired in January to coach the Lady Ferguson would like to see her department grow while Pioneers volleyball team starting in the 2007-2008 season. promoting student and faculty awareness of its resources. She Harry played from 2002-2005 on the USC Upstate women’s also wants to educate students about how the law affects them. volleyball team, serving as team captain in its 2005 season. Chief Ferguson is the first female chief among the six She is a two-time USC Upstate Defensive Player of the Year Spartanburg colleges, and only the second in the Upstate of for women’s volleyball, as well as the the team’s second all- South Carolina. time digs leader. She was also named to second team of the All Ferguson recently earned a Master’s Degree in Criminal Justice Peach Belt Conference in 2005. Administration from the University of Cincinnati. She received While at USC Upstate, Harry also served as a special advisor a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Liberal Studies from Limestone to the USC Upstate Student Athletic Advisory Committee. She College. Ferguson is a graduate of the South Carolina Criminal currently serves as a scorekeeper and in sales and promotions Justice Academy and has completed courses in several areas of for the Spartanburg Crickets, and has held a sports informa- specialization in law enforcement. tion internship with the USC Upstate athletic department. Ferguson resides in Lyman with her son, Shaun. She is a trustee She will receive a B.A. in Communications, with an emphasis and member of Mt. Sinai Missionary Baptist Church in Greenville. in Journalism, from USC Upstate this spring. Her coaching experience includes working as a Wofford Brian Fulkerson was hired in October 2006 as Director College summer camp volleyball coach, as head coach for the of Public Information and Webmaster. He is a 1996 graduate of high school age girls volleyball club at Club South Volleyball Clemson University, with a B.A. in Political Science. in Spartanburg, and as a summer volleyball camp coach at As Director of Public Information, Fulkerson serves as the Champaign Central High School in Champaign, Illinois. She primary media spokesman for the college. He is also responsible has also worked as a sports desk clerk at the Spartanburg for overseeing campus publications, graphic design, photography, Herald-Journal. and print needs; updating and development of the college’s website; and serves as editor of the Frontiers magazine. Donald Hyder was hired in January to serve as a Campus Fulkerson, 32, has nearly 10 years of combined experience as Safety Officer. a journalist, having worked with several Upstate newspapers on (Continued on next page) www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 /  FRONTIERS Spring 2007 continued New Faces at SMC Hyder, 39, previously served as a police officer for the Business Management from SMC. He is also a 2005 grad- City of Union’s Police Department for four years and is a uate of Charleston Southern University with a B.S. in Youth 2000 graduate of the South Carolina Police Academy. He also Ministries. serves as a volunteer fireman. He currently works third shift As an admissions counselor, Vassey will be responsible for at SMC, while covering other shifts as needed. promoting the college and recruiting students at various In addition to his duties at SMC, Hyder also is a third- events and at high schools in South Carolina. His primary generation barber. He is the owner of Hyder’s Barber Shop, recruiting area will the Pee-Dee and Grandstrand regions of where he has worked for 18 years. the state. Hyder is also a part-time contractor and also enjoys racing Vassey, a Campobello native and 2000 Chapman High late model TNL race cars. He resides in Union and says that School graduate, previously worked at Ritz Camera in he and his girlfriend are talking about getting engaged this Spartanburg. year. He and his wife Carrie, who is also a SMC graduate, have been married for one-and-a-half years. They live in Inman Brad Vassey, a 2003 SMC graduate, was hired in January and are currently restoring a 100-year-old home. to serve as its newest admissions counselor.Vassey, 25, In his spare time, Vassey enjoys photography and has an Associate in Science degree with a concentration in basketball. SMC Student Activities, Leadership Recognized im Day, SMC’s puts together outstanding KDirector of Student programming on a limited Activities and Leadership budget.“While we did not Development, along with win, being a finalist for this the college’s activities award was such an honor,” programming board, was says Day, who also serves as recently recognized by POPS advisor. the Association for the “The students on SMC’s Promotion of Campus programming board do Activities (APCA) for work hard and put on great service in the field of programs and activities student activities. on a small budget, espe- Day received an APCA cially compared to other Leadership Award during campuses similar in size and the organization’s annual purpose. I am very proud conference in Atlanta. of them,” Day adds. Award recipients are Spartanburg Methodist College POPS members (l-r) Ray Pugh, SMC’s Dean of Students, Josh Williams, Wanda Sherlock, and Halsey Carey, along with selected by the organiza- (front) group advisor and SMC Director of Student Activities Dr. Art Hartzog, is also tion staff and are honored and Leadership Development Kim Day at the recent APCA na- quite pleased with Ms. Day’s tional conference. at a private luncheon at the award and the programming conference. nization that services the Programs Successfully nomination. The award recognizes needs of campus activities (POPS), was also recog- “We are so fortunate to individuals who have shown programming departments nized as one of four final- have Kim Day on our staff dedicated service to the field throughout the United ists in the nation for the guiding students in the areas of student activities. States. APCA Shoestring Budget of programming, leader- The APCA is a national SMC’s programming Award. This award is given ship and orientation,” says campus activities orga- board, People Organizing to a program board who Hartzog. 10 / SPRING 2007 SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE www.smcsc.edu FRONTIERS Spring 2007

Stephenson Retires SMC Employee’s Artwork After 42 Years At SMC Showcased Locally

Above, Terry Stephenson holds his granddaughter Grace during the December 2006 retirement dinner that SMC cott Deskins is very start to see images of things faculty and staff held in honor of Stephenson’s years of Shumble about his that become my artwork,” dedication to the College. talents. Deskins says. or 42 years he was a fixture on the campus of Deskins, a 1999 graduate Deskins, who also has FSpartanburg Methodist College. But in the Fall of SMC with an Associate a talent for writing, says, of 2006, Terry Stephenson hung up his jacket and in Arts, recently had 18 of “Images stay in my mind retired from the institution. his paintings showcased this easier than words.” During his time at SMC, Stephenson served the winter at the Showroom He says that he has been College in a variety of aspects as a teacher of Computer Gallery and Performance keeping journals since he was Science and Mathematics, as well as serving as coach, Hall in downtown in seventh grade, and that and as the College’s first Director of Computer Spartanburg. his artwork, which usually Services. Although he describes starts out as a “doodle,” is an The SMC faculty and staff wish Terry all the best in himself as being very extension of that writing. his retirement. creative, he says that he “A lot of times, I’ll have a never expected his artwork doodle in my notebook, and to receive as much atten- then I will see a color some- tion as it has been getting in where that would be a good recent months. fit for it.” This past fall, Deskins “And I’ll just go from entered a call for artists put there. I don’t really know if out by the gallery, which my art is a particular style, hosts monthly art exhibits. but I’d say it’s cartoony and He says he gets a lot of his colorful,” he says. inspiration while working And his artwork is getting as a groundskeeper at a lot of positive reaction. He SMC. has already sold 15 pieces “People don’t think there is this year. a lot of silence in my job. But Deskins and his wife Nadia, Above (l-r) Mary Beth and Paul Lofton sign a book of memo- the drone of the leaf blowers who is also an artist, have ries and congratulations which was presented to Terry and lawn mowers gives me been married for almost a Stephenson at his retirement dinner. time to think and inspires year and a half. The couple me. When I’m doing that, I have one son, Desmond. www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 11 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 2006 A Record Year For Fundraising Spartanburg Methodist goal for the 27th straight “Support from the private address areas of deferred College received more year, and the Capital Fund, sector is critical to our work maintenance, capital up- actual cash contributions in which exceeded its goal by at SMC, thus allowing us to grades to the physical plant the calendar year 2006 than 78 percent. help strengthen our state and to strengthen academic any other year in its 96-year “Contributions of TII/ and nation. The hopes of programs. history. SJC/SMC alumni and future generations of SMC Financial contributions The College received friends enables our academic students are directly related also enhance the College’s more than $2,234,437 for and athletic programs to to financial contributions.” ability to maintain excellent academics and athletics. Sub- be among the most well- Teague says that SMC classroom experiences and stantial increases occurred in thought of in the region,” must continue to improve servant learning programs the College’s Annual Fund says SMC President Charles its financial position through that support total student Program, which reached its P. Teague. gift income programs to learning. Reports For SACS Reaffirmation Underway MC is currently progressing will be sent back to SMC following that details of the College’s QEP are still, Sfurther into its 10-year reaffir- review. however, under development. mation by the Southern Association of Bowles says that most colleges receive The QEP is required to be submitted Colleges and Schools (SACS). clarifying questions back from SACS to SACS in July 2008 and will be evalu- SACS is the accrediting entity for all upon first review of their compliance ated in early fall of that year. public and private schools, including report. Bowles says the implementation primary, secondary, and higher educa- “A tremendous focus of the reaf- of the QEP won’t be started until its tion, in an 11-state region across the firmation process now relates to approval by SACS. southern United States. assessment of students and learning The organization will do a follow-up Dr. Ann Bowles, SMC’s institutional outcomes, and, in turn, using those to with SMC a few years after the QEP is liaison to SACS, says that the College is improve. That is a very integral part. implemented. ahead of the curve, having started the We’re now looking very closely at The on-site SACS visit, however, process in January 2006. how we influence student learning,” will be held in the Fall of 2008. A The College’s institutional compli- says Bowles. review will be sent back after that ance report, which covers virtually A recent change to SACS’ reaffirma- visit, perhaps requiring the College to every aspect of the College’s opera- tion process requires each institution strengthen specific areas that did not tions -- from financial to academic, and accredited by SACS to submit a Quality meet the standard for affirmation, by on -- is being headed up by Dr. Mark Enhancement Plan (QEP), which March of 2009. Gibbs. The report is required to be describes an in-depth focused plan to In December 2009, a board of 77 completed and submitted to SACS in enhance student learning outcomes. SACS commissioners will vote whether March 2008. At SMC, the QEP is currently under to reaffirm SMC’s accreditation. “We’re well underway with our development. Professor Eunice Knouse She says that with each reaffirma- compliance report. Each institution is serving as Director of QEP. tion, colleges and universities set new has to complete one of these reports “There has been a campus-wide goals and objectives for the next time as part of the reaffirmation process, process related to discovering the topic around. and they’re very time consuming,” says for about two years,” says Bowles. “Periodically, SACS establishes new Bowles. Most recently, the QEP committee standards of quality. These standards In May of 2008, an off-site SACS announced that the College’s QEP require member institutions to strive team will review the compliance would focus on establishing learning for continuous improvement,” she report submitted. Clarifying questions communities on campus. The fine says.

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Donor Appreciation Dinner 2007

(Above) Dr. Charles Teague and wife Daune speak with Fletcher and Ruth Thompson during the reception

(Above, l-r) SMC Director of Development Don Tate talks with Rev. Joe Brown, SMC Board of Trustees member Patsy Simmons, and Dr. John Simmons.

(Right) Mrs. Kibler Atchison, SMC Board of Trustees member Charles Atchison, Jayne Case, Steven Hahn, and Sook Kyung Hahn.

n Feb. 14, Spartanburg Methodist College held its annual Donor Appreciation ODinner, recognizing the alumni, friends, faculty, and staff who gave generously of their time and resources in support of the College in 2006. The event was attended by nearly 150 donors, who were given the opportunity to hear words of gratitude first-hand from students and a parent. In 2006, more than $3.8 million in commitments were generated from supporters of the College. SMC Sophomores Stephen Miller and Amanda Shelnutt, as well as Mrs. Suzy Shealy, Stephen Miller whose daughter Elizabeth is a Sophomore at SMC, thanked those in attendence for their generous support. Miller, Shelnutt, and Elizabeth Shealy all have received financial assis- tance from SMC scholarships to help pay for their costs of attending the College.

Amanda Shelnutt

(Above) The SMC Troubadours, under the direction of Miranda DiMarco, debuted some of their Mrs. Suzy Shealy songs from their Spring Tour at the college’s annual Donor Appreciation Banquet. www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 1 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 Honor Roll of Donors

Trustee Club — $10,000 or more Loyalty Club — $500 - $999 Heritage Club — $5,000 - $9,999 Challenger’s Club — $250- $499 Founder’s Club — $2,500 - $4,999 Century Club — $100 - $249 President’s Club — $1,000 - $2,499 Circle of Friends — $1 - $99

Trustee Club Orthopedic Associates, PA President’s Club Mrs. Lillian C. Mooneyham The Palmetto Bank Ms. Anne Brady Moore Atchison Transportation Services Shandon UMC - Columbia Alfred Moore Foundation Mr. John P. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Charles Atchison Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus L. Shealy The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Moss ~ 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Baker Sill Real Estate and Construction Atkins Machinery, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Dudley L. Myers Black and Phillips Foundation Mr. M. Todd Sill ~ 1982 Ms. Louise Atkins ~ 1949 Mr. J. Donald Parris ~ 1981 Mr. James E. Brannon ~ 1944 Trehel Corporation Bank of America Mr. Mark Perdue Ms. Susan A. Bridges United Methodist Higher Education Dr. and Mrs. James S. Barrett Piedmont Manufacturing Co. Rev. Joe K. Brown Foundation Beverage-Air Company Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Poston Ms. Mellnee G. Buchheit Wachovia Securities Retail Inv. Gp. Mrs. Ella Mae Ackerman Bowers ~ 1972 Mr. Brian E. Pruitt ~ 1997 Colorsources, LLC Dr. and Mrs. Bruce Yandle, Jr. Rev. Michael Esley Bowers ~ 1974 Mrs. Leah L. Pruitt ~ 1998 Mrs. Phyllis B. DeLapp James Phillip and Marsha B. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. William W. Robertson Mr. Ralph C. Driggers, Jr. ~ 1964 Founder’s Club Dr. Anita K. Bowles Mr. and Mrs. W. Burke Royster, Jr. Duncan Memorial UMC Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Buonaiuto, Sr. SCANA/SCE&G Exxon Education Foundation The Arcadia Foundation Mr. Jerry L. Calvert ~ 1969 Ms. Suzanne Shealy Mrs. Sam A. George The Arkwright Foundation Dr. C. Sterling Case ~ 1966 Mr. Albert V. Smith The Gibbs Charitable Foundation B. C. Moore Foundation Mrs. Jayne Gaul Case ~ 1976 Mr. and Mrs. H. Garland Smoak Mr. and Mrs. Roger Habisreutinger Blue Cross-Blue Shield Centerline, Inc. Sonoco Products Company Harry H. Gibson Family Foundation The Edith H. and James E. Bostic, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Cogan, Jr. Mr. J. Wesley Sparrow, Jr. ~ 1978 College Pointe Apartments Spartanburg Coalition for Mr. John P. Henry ~ 1964 Family Foundation Community Foundation of the Tobacco-Free Living Mrs. Marvis Wiggins Henry ~ 1963 Ms. Cherry L. Canaday Lowcountry, Inc. The Spartanburg Rotary Club Mrs. Anne T. Irwin Rev. and Mrs. DeArmond Canaday Contec, Inc. St. Matthew UMC - Greenville The Hugh and Sally Lalor Trust Dr. Katherine D. Cann Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Cynergi Systems Mrs. Ruth Myers Stewart ~ 1943 Dr. Marvin Cann Diversco Products UPS Foundation Mr. John W. Lyda ~ 1965 Mrs. Martha Cloud Chapman Mid-South Management Co. The Duke Energy Foundation Upstate Computer Sevices The Chatlos Foundation, Inc. Dr. Charlotte Lindler Ellis USA Today Milliken Foundation The Cammie F. Clagett Scholarship Raymond James Trust Company Dr. Edgar H. Ellis Jr. ~ 1956 Waldrop Heating and Air Conditioning Fund Engineered Systems Inc. Wal-Mart of Boiling Springs, SC South Carolina United Methodist Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Conference Mrs. Fred M. Epting Mr. and Mrs. L. Andrew Westbrook D. L. Scurry Foundation Dr. and Mrs. George D. Fields, Jr. Mr. Christopher N. Williams ~ 1974 South Carolina Independent Colleges & Enterprise Rent-A-Car Universities First Citizens Bank & Trust Mr. and Mrs. Billy W. Wood First UMC - Myrtle Beach The J.F. Floyd Mortuary Security Finance Corporation General Board of Global Ministries The H. Daniel Foster Company Loyalty Club Sodexho, Inc. & Affiliates Board of Higher Education and Gaines Realty Mr. John W. Sparrow, Sr. Ministries Gateway Hospitality Dr. J. Hamby Barton Spartanburg County Foundation Rev. John W. Hipp, Jr. ~ 1973 The Beacon Spartanburg Regional Health Services Georgia Pacific Foundation, Inc. Inman-Riverdale Foundation BellSouth Matching Gift Center District, Inc. Georgia-Pacific Corporation Krispy Kreme Doughnut Co. Ms. Cindy C. Grier Mr. Cecil D. Bishop ~ 1941 Mrs. Louise Hart Starnes ~ 1940 Milliken and Company Mr. Steven Hahn Bojangles’ Restaurants, Inc. Suitt Foundation Mr. Robert A. Harley Mr. and Mrs. Bill G. Bowers, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. T. Howard Suitt Mrs. Laura Odom Outback Steakhouse Mrs. Miriam Smoak Henry ~ 1980 Brown Insurance & Financial Services Waccamaw Community Foundation Ms. Julie M. Hoffman Budweiser of Spartanburg, Inc The Sallie Lybrand Ward Fund Mr. and Mrs. Billy L. Painter Mr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Patterson, Jr Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Hornsby, Jr Dr. Albert D. Byrd ~ 1968 Dr. and Mrs. A. V. Huff, Jr. Dr. Timothy Assey Heritage Club Mr. and Mrs. Rick Pauly Priority Metrics Group Investors Mortgage Co., Inc. Bill and Mary Frances Lee River Falls Golf and Dining Jack ‘N The Box Cantrell ~ 1958 Mr. and Mrs. W. Don Bain, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alex James Mr. Thomas M. Carr, Jr. The Barnet Foundation Trust Run With It South Carolina United Methodist JM Smith Corporation Chapman Concrete Products, Inc. Branch Banking & Trust Company Dr. and Mrs. William W. Kerfoot Ms. Susan Peake Cherry-Casey Foundation CitiGroup Foundation Mrs. Becky Hodges Kirkland ~ 1963 Mr. John W. Simmons, Jr. Chick-fil-A of Hillcrest Shopping Diamond Hill Plywood Co. Mr. Hugh R. Lancaster ~ 1953 Center FSU Dr. and Mrs. John W. Simmons Duke Energy Mrs. Blair C. LaRocca City of Spartanburg South Carolina Spartanburg Christian Community First National Bank of Spartanburg Mr. Michael B. Lee III ~ 1962 Clarkson Industrial Mr. H. Daniel Foster ~ 1975 Foundation Leigh Fibers, Inc. Mrs. Barbara Johnson Clayton ~ 1965 Mr. and Mrs. John Gramling, II Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Manle Landscaping, LLC Mr. Michael D. Clayton ~ 1964 Dr. Gaines W. Hammond, Jr. Betras Plastics, Inc. Mrs. Joy Culbreth McAbee ~ 1978 Country Hearth Inn JM Smith Foundation Mr. Fletcher D. Thompson ~ 1941 Mr. Ricky A. McAbee ~ 1976 Mr. Terry Cox Mr. and Mrs. Alvin A. McCall, Jr. Mrs. Ruth DeLoache Thompson ~ 1942 McMillan Smith & Partners Mr. Stephen Kent Cunningham ~ 1999 Mr. Roger Milliken Tindall Concrete Products, Inc. Mr. Glen R. Melton ~ 1959 Dave Edwards Toyota, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Moore ~ 1966 Wachovia Bank Michelin North America Deming Electric

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Disney Direct Marketing Mr. Edward R. Tallon, Sr. ~ 1970 J. Frank Blakely Company Mrs. Marion Littleton Anderson ~ 1946 Dixie Tire and Fuels, Inc. Mr. Donald E. Tate ~ 1966 Mrs. Ruth Bishop Jones ~ 1942 Mr. W. Sterling Anderson Mrs. Ann Hammond Dobson ~ 1956 Mr. George H. Thomason Mr. Creighton C. Kelly ~ 1972 Arthur State Bank Mr. Hubert C. Dobson ~ 1948 Mr. James Fletcher Thompson Mrs. Edith McConell Koon ~ 1952 Mr. Robert E. Ashley, Jr. ~ 1964 Mr. Dwight F. Drake ~ 1965 Mr. William F. Truesdale ~ 1967 Mr. and Mrs. J. Randal Lee Mr. James F. Ashmore ~ 1963 Eastside Wrestling Team Verdae Greens Golf Club Ms. Nan G. Maddux Mr. James H. Atkins ~ 1959 First Piedmont Federal Wade’s Restaurant Maintaineers, LTD Atsco, Inc. First UMC - Brevard, NC Wal-Mart Stores, Hillcrest The Malloy Foundation Augusta Road UMC Mr. William D. Fortenberry ~ 1981 Mrs. Mary Walsh Marriott International, Inc. Mrs. Debbie Ballenger Austin ~ 1977 Fuddruckers Michael C. Watson, M.D. Mr. Jerry Martin ~ 1969 Mr. Pete Aylor Galloway and Company, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Friedrich V. Wenz Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. McCracken Mr. Hugh L. Badger, Jr. Mrs. Lillian Catoe Galloway ~ 1944 Westgrove Physical Therapy Metropolitan Life Foundation Mr. Ralph E. Bailey ~ 1951 Mrs. Mary R. Garner ~ 1946 White’s Pine Street Exxon Mr. Steve Miller ~ 1972 Mr. Donald J. Barbare ~ 1955 Mr. Vincent A. Gatling, Jr. Mrs. Stacie Luedeke Williams ~ 1996 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Miller Mr. Flynn A. Barbare ~ 1954 General Wholesale Co. Rev. Patricia S. Wood ~ 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Monroe Mr. Robert Beach ~ 1951 Rev. and Mrs. James O. Gilliam,Jr. Zaxby’s Mr. and Mrs. William E. Monro Mr. Blair H. Beaver ~ 1990 Glen R. Melton Ins. Agency, Inc. Mr. L. Allen Newman ~ 1976 Mrs. Billie Bell Hon. Clyde H. Hamilton Challenger’s Club Mrs. Anita Grubbs Mr. John S. Benfield ~ 1976 Mrs. Iva Haraway Oshaughnessy ~ 1977 Blackwood Associates, Inc. Mr. Boyce V. Hawkins ~ 1938 Mrs. Mildred Stokes Adams ~ 1962 Mr. Michael L. O’Shields ~ 1971 Mr. Mark Blackwood Rev. Lawrence F. Hays, Jr. Rev. Quay Adams ~ 1962 Mr. Ed Overcash Mr. James F. Bland, III ~ 1968 Mr. Joe C. Heavner ~ 1953 Dr. Robert W. Addison Mrs. Ruby Bishop Pagano ~ 1942 Ms. Kathy Bland Mrs. Betty Wilburn Huneycutt ~ 1946 Mrs. Anna Divver Allen ~ 1944 Mrs. Janis Campbell Patton ~ 1971 Mr. James R. Blanks III ~ 1978 Ivey Electric Co. Mr. Julius J. Anderson, Jr. ~ 1970 Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Perrin Mrs. Joy Dickson Blanks ~ 1976 Jacksons Grove UMC of Landrum Ms. Valerie H. Assey Ms. Deborah L. Price Mrs. Ruth M. Bowling ~ 1965 Mrs. Betty V. Jamerson ~ 1951 Mr. Andrew M. Babb ~ 1988 Professional Printers, Inc. Mr. Frank L. Boyd ~ 1955 Mr. Lawrence M. Jamerson ~ 1951 Belk, Inc. - Westgate Mall R. L. Jordan Oil Co., Inc. Ms. Jane Brackett James A. Scott & Son, Inc. *Mr. Francis Dewitt Benson ~ 1937 Radisson Hotel and Suites Mr. Oren L. Brady, Jr. ~ 1939 Mr. Bill P. Johnson ~ 1975 BIC Corporation Rev. Dr. and Mrs. E. W. Rogers, D. Min. Mr. James E. Brantley ~ 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Daniel H. Kahrs BMW Mrs. Edith Johnson Roper ~ 1954 Mrs. Ruby Ragan Bridges ~ 1944 Kohler Company Ms. Linda A. Bradley Mrs. Betty Swann Royster ~ 1945 Mr. Clay D. Brittain, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Langley Mrs. Mary Hendricks Bryson ~ 1956 Dr. William B. Royster ~ 1945 Mrs. Louise Cox Brockman ~ 1943 The Laurinburg Exchange Mrs. Janette G. Burt ~ 1940 Mr. Lewis L. Scott ~ 1949 Mrs. Lois Lewis Brown ~ 1947 Liberty Press Carolina International Trading, LLC Sew Eurodrive Mrs. Peggy Brown Bryson ~ 1950 Little River Roasting Cintas-The Uniform People Mrs. Bea Walters Smith Mr. Wade T. Buchanan, Jr. ~ 1947 Lowe’s of Spartanburg Mr. Kelly D. Clary Mr. David K. Smith, Sr. ~ 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bullard Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Luther Classic Pools, Inc. Mrs. Nellie Richards Smith ~ 1955 Ms. Haily Burkett ~ 2006 Mrs. Edna Stanley Lybrand ~ 1942 Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert F. Coan Maj. Ray F. Smith ~ 1951 By the Numbers Mr. Ray P. Lybrand ~ 1941 Consulting Services of Wilmington, Inc. Mr. Victor M. Smith ~ 1933 Mr. J. Richard Cain ~ 1972 Mr. Lewis A Lynch, Sr. ~ 1959 Correll Insurance Group Mr. Gregory D. Sparkman ~ 1979 Dr. Floride M. Calvert ~ 1965 Mrs. Vera Jayne Fricks Mars Mrs. Emily Finch Cox ~ 1968 Spartanburg Baseball Club, Inc. Rev. Melvin E. Calvert ~ 1956 Mr. X. L. McMahan Mr. Kenneth Crenshaw Mr. and Mrs. William Grady Stewart Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Marion McMillan, Jr. Mrs. Carolyn Hayes Culbreath ~ 1956 Mr. George M. Stoltz ~ 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Carey BADK Inc. DBA Moe’s S.W. Grill Mr. Eric Cummings Sweep-A-Lot Ms. Ruth L. Cate P.A. National Bank of S. C. Custom Drafting Service Three Pines Country Club Mr. William Scott Chappell ~ 1978 Network Services Company Darlington Raceway Mrs. Mary Kaye Tillotson ~ 1988 Chick-Fil-A of Westgate Mall Pace Electric Company, Inc. Dills Garage Mr. William B. Tillotson ~ 1968 Dr. William R. Childs ~ 1972 Peake Construction Ms. Miranda DiMarco Turner Graphics Mr. J. Roy Clark ~ 1963 Mr. and Mrs. Mack H. Pettit Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Falatok Mr. Aaron W. Turner ~ 1954 Mr. Joseph R. Clary ~ 1949 Mr. Daniel L. Philbeck ~ 1974 Mr. and Mrs. William B. Ferguson Mr. Craig S. Ullery Mrs. Patricia Lindley Clawson ~ 1955 Mrs. Deborah C. Philbeck ~ 1973 Fleet Operations, Inc. Mrs. Elsie Collins Vaught ~ 1943 Clemson UMC *Rev. Samuel H. Poston ~ 1951 Dr. Nicholas F. Fleming Verizon Wireless The Clorox Company Foundation Progress Energy Mrs. Louise Foster Wendy’s Tar Heel Capital Rev. and Mrs. David A. Clyburn, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pruitt Gateway Supply Company, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Whelchel Mr. Cody Cockrell ~ 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Norman F. Pulliam Mrs. Kimberly Couch Gordner ~ 1984 Wilkins Opticians Mr. and Mrs. John W. Cockrell Mr. and Mrs. L. Stephen Quatannens Greenville Office Supply Mr. R. Lamar Coleman ~ 1948 Ms. Janis Reese Ms. Betty S. Griffin Century Club Mrs. Vicki Hawkins Corn Mrs. Helen Gregory Sanders ~ 1950 Mr. Paul E. Grubb Mr. Benjamin H. Correll ~ 1974 Rev. Candice Y. Sloan Mr. Joseph A. Gunter ~ 1961 Mr. Warren H. Abernathy ~ 1942 Coveney-Little John Farm, Inc. South Carolina Humanities Council Hampton Inn & Suites Mrs. Frances Ackerman CR Insurance Co., Inc. State Farm Companies Foundation Mrs. Eleanor Little Harrelson ~ 1966 Ms. Isabel H. Adams Crescent Media Group Mr. Hank Steinberg Mr. Hugh L. Harrelson Sr. ~ 1964 Mrs. Lorena Agnew Ms. Lynne Crooks Mr. and Mrs. W. Terry Stephenson Dr. and Mrs. Arthur B. Hartzog, Sr. Mr. Timothy Alexander Rev. Marion B. Crooks, Jr. Ms. Mary Ellen Suitt Dr. Leslie W. Howard, Jr. Mrs. Mae Young Allen ~ 1936 Dr. Sidney L. Crumpton Mr. John Verreault Mrs. Virginia L. Hughes Mr. Ottis Allen DadePaper Hunter and Associates Mr. and Mrs. Ron Allison Mrs. Emily Wheeler Davenport ~ 1941 *Deceased Mrs. Lisa W. Isenhower Mr. Erik F. Anderson ~ 1971 Rev. 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Dr. W. Mac Davis Rev. John E. Holler, Jr. ~ 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Vincent Murray, Jr. Mrs. Ira J. Snead Mr. Cori DeRoche ~ 2006 Rev. D. Mitchell Houston ~ 1973 Mr. Roy M. Neal ~ 1964 Southeastern Printing Mr. Edward W. Dickerson, Jr. ~ 1967 Mr. W. W. Howle ~ 1951 The Newberry Observer The Souther Agency Dick’s Sporting Goods Mr. David E. Hudgins ~ 1953 Mrs. Eyra Kent Nichols ~ 1941 Ms. Carolyn Broome Sparks ~ 1988 Mr. Gerald Dorn ~ 1949 Mr. and Mrs. William A. Hudson Mr. L. Troy Nobles ~ 1960 Dr. R. Wright Spears Ms. Robin Dorsett Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Humphries Ms. Jamie Norton Spencer/Hines Properties Mrs. Jenny Dunn Mr. Robert Isenhower Mr. John D. O’Connell ~ 1967 Mrs. Carol Layton Spracklen ~ 1960 Mr. Michael Carl Duvall ~ 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Milton L. Ivey Mrs. Martha Smith O’Connell ~ 1969 Mr. Rod H. Sproatt ~ 1969 Ms. Stacey Edge ~ 2006 Mr. and Mrs. Benny J. Jackson Mr. William M. O’Dell ~ 1952 St. James UMC Mr. Hoyle Edwards ~ 1954 Jefferson Times, Inc. Mr. Derial L. Ogburn ~ 1969 Rev. and Mrs. T. Paul Starnes, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Edwards, Jr. Mrs. Nellie Bramlett Jepsen ~ 1952 Mrs. Jean O. Osborne Mrs. Benita Davis Stavely ~ 1956 Mr. Roland G. Elmore, Jr. ~ 1954 Ms. Jill R. Johnson ~ 1982 Mrs. Maxine Fogle Owen ~ 1952 Mrs. Barbara Thomas Stone ~ 1956 Mrs. Kerie P. Epton Rev. James W. Johnston Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pang Mr. Frank Stone Mrs. Mitchelle Causey Evans ~ 1951 Dr. Michelle Bedell Jolly ~ 1981 Dr. Louise M. Parris ~ 1956 Mr. George E. Strait Rev. and Mrs. Thomas F. Evatt Mr. Ted P. Jones ~ 1969 Mrs. Lois Redford Parrott ~ 1944 Rev. and Mrs. Robert G. Strother Mr. Roger L. Ezell ~ 1968 Mr. Ralph M. Kesler ~ 1958 Mr. John C. Patrick, Jr. ~ 1942 NFS Enterprises/DBA Sub Station II Mrs. Edwina Craft Faulkenberry ~ 1967 Mrs. Colleen M. Kibler Dr. Charles H. Peebles, Jr. ~ 1943 T N Construction Company, Inc. Dr. James R. Faulkenberry ~ 1967 Mr. Lawrence F. Kind ~ 1969 Mr. Vernon Haskell Penland, Jr. Target Ms. Teresa Ferguson Mrs. Mary Lewis King ~ 1940 Ms. Melissa Perry Mr. John T. Tate Dr. James W. Fisher ~ 1944 Rev. William R. Kinnett ~ 1946 Phi Theta Kappa - Jackson, MS Mrs. Louise B. Taylor Mrs. Lynette Smith Fisher ~ 1977 Mr. Gary P. Kirkland ~ 1958 Mr. Joe Plocki Team Spartanburg Sports Council Fleming Insurance Services, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Christopher A. Kruchkow Mr. John S. Poole Thomas Concrete Mr. James H. Fletcher ~ 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Lansberry Mrs. Sarah Abernathy Poston Mrs. Shea West Thomas Mr. Mike Foley Mr. Jack W. Lawrence Mr. and Mrs. L. Perrin Powell Thompson Bros. Exterminating Co. Mr. Joseph H. Frye ~ 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Keith E. Laws Mr. B. George Price, III Mrs. Mary Todd Thompson ~ 1942 Mr. Brian Fulkerson Mr. Michael E. Lawson ~ 1965 The Property Shoppe, Inc. Mrs. Roberta Altman Thompson ~ 1955 Mr. H. Dean Gaddy ~ 1959 Mr. William Edward Lawson ~ 1977 Mr. Edward D. Pruitt ~ 1977 Rev. Roger E. Thompson ~ 1958 Mr. Wright J. Gaines ~ 1988 Mr. and Mrs. William E. Lay, Jr. Mr. Jerry I. Pruitt ~ 1955 Dr. and Mrs. Wendell H. Tiller Mr. Joe W. Gallman ~ 1945 Rev. and Mrs. Dennis R. Lee Mr. and Mrs. George Reginald Pryor Mr. John H. Tillotson Miss J. Kathryn Gardner ~ 1941 Mr. Wendell J. Lee ~ 1955 Dr. and Mrs. Henry J. Rack Mr. and Mrs. Thomas B. Toler Mr. Marvin Hampton Gause ~ 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Lehner Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Ratterree Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Turner Mr. Christopher J. Gazes ~ 1966 Mrs. Joe Ann Lever Mr. Michael W. Reese Mr. and Mrs. Roger R. Ullery Gibbs International, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Jack B. Lewis Mrs. Ruth Harmon Reeves ~ 1958 Union Times Co. Dr. Mark Gibbs Mr. Toney J. Lister Regions Bank Dr. Harold S. Vigodsky Mrs. Sara DeLoache Gibson ~ 1947 Hon. Bruce Littlejohn REPRO LLC Ms. Mary W. Waddell ~ 1948 Mr. Louis A. Givens, Jr. ~ 1944 Dr. Oliver M. Littlejohn ~ 1942 Rev. H. Robert Reynolds ~ 1941 Mr. and Mrs. Wally Waldrop Mrs. Florie McCoy Graham ~ 1954 Mrs. Jennie Epps Loftis Ms. Arlene Will Rhodes ~ 1951 Mr. and Mrs. Marshall T. Walsh Gramling Brothers Inc., Real Est. Mr. Joe M. Logan ~ 1936 Mr. Frank E. Rhodes ~ 1952 Mr. Hal G. Warlick, Jr. Rev. and Mrs. Charles A. Graves Rev. Allen E. Long ~ 1954 Mr. and Mrs. Luther H. Rickenbaker, III Dr. Robert D. Warren ~ 1941 Mrs. Wendy L. Gray Mrs. Jean Bell Long ~ 1955 Mr. W. Ray Ridgeway ~ 1964 Mrs. Barbara Trincher Watkins ~ 1956 Mr. Courtney Green ~ 2006 Mr. Dennis C. Looney, Jr. Mr. Harold B. Risher Mrs. Nancy Foust Watson ~ 1966 Mrs. Alice Bonner Greene ~ 1942 Mr. Stephen E. Lowman ~ 1979 Mrs. Selene Giles Rivers ~ 1965 Rev. and Mrs. Robert B. Way Mr. Philip D. Greer ~ 1960 Lyman United Methodist Women Ms. Carol W. Robinson Mr. Michael S. Webb ~ 1976 Ms. Plennie Dixon Gresham ~ 1981 Mr. Maxcy C. Lynn, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Shane Rogers Mr. W. Bernard Welborn ~ 1970 Mr. Steve D. Grissom ~ 1964 Edward and Beth McNeill Marks, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Bertil W. Rolander Mr. Herman H. Whitaker, Jr. ~ 1958 Mr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Gristick Marriott of Spartanburg Mr. Foster M. Routh, III ~ 1978 Mr. Joe Dan White ~ 1961 Ms. Betty R. Gwynne Mr. W. Watkins Martin ~ 1961 Dr. Eugene P. Rutledge ~ 1943 Mrs. Tiffany H. Whittle ~ 1998 Mr. Vernon D. Gwynne ~ 1948 Mr. Zerno E. Martin Jr. S&ME, Inc. Mr. Wesley T. Whittle ~ 1997 Maj. Gen. James F. Hackler, Jr. Mary Black Memorial Hospital Mr. M. Franklin Sanders ~ 1975 Mr. William S. Wilkerson, III ~ 1967 Mrs. Doris Cantrell Hammett ~ 1981 Mrs. Stacey Mason Ms. Jan Satterfield Ms. Nettie W. Wilkins Mrs. Juanita Pulley Hammett ~ 1950 Dr. Ruby Amerson Matthews ~ 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Scott Williams Companies Mrs. Arthur B. Hammond Mr. R. Everett McAbee ~ 1964 Mr. Frederick R. Seale ~ 1968 Rev. and Mrs. Clarence D. Williams Mr. Cleveland S. Harley McClellanville Seafood Ms. Beverly Session Mr. and Mrs. Harry P. Williams, Jr. Mr. Larry O. Harmon ~ 1960 Mr. John F. McCormack Mrs. Carol E. Shearin Dr. John R. Williams Mrs. Polly Harper Mr. Mike McCracken Mrs. Carolyn Bruce Sheehan ~ 1959 Wilson Equipment Company, Inc. Mrs. Shirley Gault Harris ~ 1954 Mr. W. Gary McCraw ~ 1975 Mr. Stokes K. Sheehan ~ 1958 Ms. Elsie R. Wright Mr. Royal R. Hayes ~ 1936 Ms. Anne Kyle McIntyre Mr. David R. Shuping Mr. Loyless T. Wright, Jr. ~ 1966 Mr. and Mrs. Keith E. Haynes Mr. James F. McMaster, III ~ 1976 Mr. Phillip R. Sill ~ 1965 Mr. James Heatherly Mr. and Mrs. John T. Messer Sims’ BBQ/Sims’ Tire & Muffler Circle of Friends Mrs. Judy Green Hefner ~ 1982 Mr. and Mrs. Robert Middleton Mr. Todd Sinclair Mr. Mark Heidt and Ms. Sarah Polow Mr. Harry P. Moats ~ 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Sistare, Jr. A Arrangement Florist Mrs. Ann Smith Hewatt ~ 1984 Mrs. Laura Shealy Moats ~ 1972 Dianne Smith, Ph.D. ~ 1975 Acme Paper & Supply Co., Inc. Dr. Granville A. Hicks Ms. Nancy L. Mokriy Mrs. Jackie Fogle Smith ~ 1957 Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Nel Acosta Mr. and Mrs. Milo Hill Mr. Joseph S. Momier ~ 1941 Mrs. Mary Gault Smith ~ 1941 Acushnet Company Mr. Allen H. Hipp ~ 1965 Mrs. Virl Morrow Momier ~ 1941 Mrs. Mary Gooding Smith ~ 1951 Mr. Kirk Adams Mr. and Mrs. John Phillip Hodges Mr. Edward H. Morrison ~ 1943 Ms. Pamela A. Smith ~ 1984 Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Adams, III Ms. Mary P. Hodges Mr. Gatti’s Ms. Wanda D. Smith Mrs. Shirley P. Adams ~ 1950

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Mr. and Mrs. Terry Adkins Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brooks Mrs. Frances Austin Day ~ 1951 Mr. E. J. Grasso, Jr. ~ 1961 Aiken Technical College Mr. H. Barry Broome, Jr. ~ 1966 Rev. Vernon F. Deese ~ 1956 Mrs. Judy Altman Greene ~ 1966 Mrs. Elaine Gilstrap Allen ~ 1964 Ms. Donna Brown Mr. M. Eugene Dillard ~ 1950 Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Gregg, Jr. Mrs. Nannie Love Allen ~ 1940 Mr. Haskell R. Brown, Jr. ~ 1966 Mr. E. Michael Dills ~ 1969 Mr. and Mrs. Joel R. Griffin, Jr. Mr. Edward S. Allison ~ 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Brunner Discovery Place Mrs. Edna Grainger Guthrie ~ 1949 Ms. Doris Cook Anderson ~ 1946 Mrs. Goldie Sprouse Bryant ~ 1948 Mrs. Kirsten Garrett Dixon ~ 1966 Mrs. Barbara Johnson Hall ~ 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Frank J. Anderson Bubba’s BBQ & Bash Ms. Patricia R. Dixon ~ 1997 Mr. Henry F. Hall ~ 1976 Rev. L. Porter Anderson Mr. Edward J. Buddin ~ 1962 Mrs. Ruby Calvert Dodd ~ 1944 Mr. Joseph W. Ham ~ 1959 Capt. W. Sterling Anderson, II ~ 1993 Ms. Heather Burdette ~ 2008 Mr. Paul A. Dover ~ 1961 Mr. and Mrs. Herbert M. Hamby Aramark Corporation Ms. Lois B. Burkhalter Mr. Michael L. Dozier ~ 1959 Mr. Earle B. Hamilton ~ 1940 Mr. Horace B. Arthur Mrs. Paula Yvette Evans Burks ~ 1979 Mrs. Jane Reed Dyches ~ 1965 Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hamrick, II Ms. Ann Atkins Mrs. Margaret Thrift Burnett ~ 1956 Rev. A. Eugene Eaddy Mrs. Ann Page Hamrick ~ 1969 Mr. Jackie E. Atkins ~ 1964 Ms. Kendra Burnette Mr. R. Adger Earnhardt, Jr. ~ 1973 Dr. Charles B. Hanna, Sr. Atlantic Coast Marketing, Inc. Mrs. Frances Splawn Burris ~ 1951 Mrs. Ruth King Eason ~ 1950 Mr. William F. Hannon, III ~ 1961 Mrs. Deborah Mitchem Bacon ~ 1981 Mr. Ronda Lee Burris ~ 1951 LTC C. Edward Edge ~ 1985 Mr. William L. Hardin ~ 1960 Ms. Frances J. Bagwell ~ 1973 Mr. Mark D. Bush ~ 1974 Mrs. Cynthia Parris Edge ~ 1985 Mrs. Frances H. Hardy Mrs. Christine Fogle Bair ~ 1954 Business Communications, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David Edington Mrs. Edith H. Harmon Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Baker Mr. Charles J. Butler ~ 1950 Mr. Warren Edwards LTC/MAJ James H and Lauren H Harris Mr. and Mrs. Wayne P. Baldwin Mrs. Doris Reynolds Butler ~ 1947 Mr. Doug Elgin Mr. John Harris Mr. Arthur T. Ballard Jr. ~ 1951 By-Pass Golf Shop & Driving Range Mrs. Gloria Greer Elledge ~ 1976 Mrs. M. Jeannette Hatzenbuhler ~ 1952 Mrs. Ruth Searcy Ballard ~ 1951 Rev. Gary B. Byrd ~ 1959 Emily Ray Jewelry Mr. Bob C. Haulbrook ~ 1951 Mrs. Laurel Keisler Barden ~ 1966 Rev. Clyde L. Calhoun Mrs. Jill Simpson Evans ~ 1984 Ms. Margaret M. Hausman Mrs. Betty Horton Barkley ~ 1944 Mr. Jeff Calvert Mr. James E. Everhart Ms. Edith R. Hayes Barnes & Noble Mrs. Sara Flynn Calvert ~ 1945 Mr. Guy F. Fain, Jr. ~ 1945 Mr. Adam S. Haymond ~ 1999 Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barnett Mrs. June M. Campbell Mr. James M. Fain ~ 1964 Mr. Charles D. Hazel ~ 1950 Mr. E. Jerry Barnette ~ 1966 Rev. and Mrs. J. Taylor Campbell Mrs. Naomi Scott Fain ~ 1949 Mr. Drury N. Helms ~ 1962 Mr. Raymond P. Barry Mrs. Ruth Kelly Cannon ~ 1954 Mr. Leroy Fant, Jr. Mr. Johnny C. Helms ~ 1966 Mr. Ray Belcher Mr. Chris Cantrell ~ 1973 Ms. Mary Jane Farmer Mr. J. Harold Hill ~ 1966 Mrs. Harry C. Belk Carolina Ad Specialty Fatz Cafe Mr. Edward T. Hinson ~ 1948 Mr. James A. Bellamy ~ 1958 CCC Women’s Golf Association Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Faulhaber Rev. and Mrs. John G. Hipp, Sr. Mrs. Peggy White Bellamy ~ 1958 Mr. Barry M. Carter ~ 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Roland Fehrmann Mr. Jack W. Hodge ~ 1948 Dr. Brenda Wilkie Sayyad ~ 1964 Mr. Billy H. Casey ~ 1967 Fiction Addiction Mrs. Roberta O’Shields Hodge ~ 1948 Rev. Hazel Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cato Mr. Grady L. Fincher ~ 1941 Mr. Edgar M. Holden Rev. Susan A. Bennett, D. Min. Mr. Mark Causey ~ 1956 Fire Mountain Grill Mrs. Ella Scott Holden ~ 1940 Dr. Erin Bentrim-Tapio Ms. Bethany S. Cecil Firehouse Subs Rev. David W. Holder ~ 1962 Ms. Linda Benyo Mr. and Mrs. Marion C. Chandler First National Bank of S. C. Mrs. Madora B. Holder ~ 1977 Mrs. Lynne Atkinson Berry ~ 1966 Mr. Rickey O. Chapman ~ 1967 Mrs. Leilani Rice Fisher ~ 1970 Holiday Inn Express Mr. and Mrs. Victor Bilanchone Ms. Regina L. Chesnut ~ 1992 Mrs. Nancy Scoggins Floyd ~ 1953 Dr. and Mrs. Adlai C. Holler, Jr. Bill Kirkland Heating and Air Mr. Niles A. Chumley, Jr. ~ 1968 Ms. Patsy W. Floyd Mr. Kenneth D. Holliday Conditioning, Inc. Circuit City Dr. and Mrs. R. Bruce Ford Mrs. Linda Corbett Holliday ~ 1974 Mr. James C. Bishop ~ 1990 City Range Steakhouse Grill Rev. and Mrs. Walter Forrester Mr. Michael P. Holliday ~ 1974 Mrs. Judith Casey Bishop ~ 1955 Mr. David H. Clark ~ 1968 Ms. Brenda P. Foster ~ 1974 Mr. Ross M. Holmes, Jr. ~ 1962 Mr. Jim Bivens Mr. Jamess F. Clarkson ~ 1971 Hon. Thomas E. Foster ~ 1963 Home Depot, Inc. Ms. Betty Gregg Black Mrs. Mary Garrett Clements ~ 1980 Ms. Martha Fowler Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hood Mr. Darwin W. Blair Cleveland Agency Ms. Janet L. Francis Mrs. Laura Owen Hooper ~ 1982 Mr. and Mrs. Austin S. Bobo Coffee Under Ground Mr. James H. Franklin ~ 1963 Rev. and Mrs. Donald J. Hope Mrs. Clarice Calvert Bobo ~ 1978 Ms. Fanessa Coleman Rev. and Mrs. John M. Freeman Mrs. Coda Wilson Horne ~ 1943 Mrs. Barbara Justice Bogan ~ 1954 Mrs. Sherry Harding Collins Mrs. Mary Ann Alford Fruit ~ 1960 Mr. Todd Horne Mrs. Reba Gregory Bogan ~ 1951 Mr. Dean Compton Mr. James L. Geddis ~ 1959 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Horton ~ 1951 Mr. W. Lorantz Bogan ~ 1954 Mrs. Marguerite Smith Compton ~ 1944 Mr. Charles W. Gee ~ 1972 Ms. Kathleen M. Hothem Mr. Donald H. Boiter Computer Trends General Electric Foundation Ms. Ann Payne Howard Mrs. Virginia Rushing Boiter ~ 1945 Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Conroy Mr. William “Clay” George Mr. Robert J. Howard, Sr. ~ 1974 Mrs. Doris Brown Bowen ~ 1952 Mr. and Mrs. Luciano Cont Mr. and Mrs. M. M. Georgion Hub City Writing Project Mr. Julian Bowen ~ 1952 Mr. Robby L. Cook ~ 1990 Mr. Woodrow P. Gilbert ~ 1966 Mr. David Hudgins Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Bowers Mr. Vardell Cook ~ 1948 Ms. Tira C. Gilliam Ms. Mary Hudson Mr. and Mrs. Wayne F. Bowers Mrs. April Haimbaugh Cooke ~ 1987 Dr. Brooks A. Godwin ~ 1990 Mrs. Dorothy Durham Huff ~ 1954 Mrs. Ruth M. Bowles ~ 1968 Mrs. and Mrs. John T. Cothran Mr. Max Goforth ~ 1972 Mr. James B. Huggins, II ~ 1965 Mr. William C. Boyd ~ 1941 Creations by Cindy Ms. Rachel Goldin ~ 2006 Ms. Nora Janette Hutchins ~ 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Rodney L. Boyes Mr. and Mrs. Elton D. Crenshaw Golf Etc. Hyman’s Seafood Mr. Randolph B. Bradford ~ 1940 Mrs. Sandra Smith Cribari ~ 1957 Mr. Gasper Gomez Ms. Marjorie B. Icenhower Mr. Brad Bradley ~ 1977 Mr. Joseph Russell Cross, Jr. Good News Class - Saint Johns UMC J. W. Woodward Funeral Home, Inc. Mr. Josh Bradley Mr. and Mrs. William M. Cureton Ms. Lesa Gordon Mrs. Elizabeth S. Jack ~ 1959 Mr. and Mrs. James H. Brannon Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Dalton Mr. Everett Gosa ~ 1969 Mrs. Charlotte Pool Jackson ~ 1943 Mrs. Marjorie Snow Brannon ~ 1945 Mrs. Frances Trout Davis ~ 1940 Mr. Carroll G. Gosnell ~ 1953 Mr. Jeff Jaeggi Mr. Keith Bray Mr. Lawrence C. Davis, Jr. Ms. Elizabeth W. Gosnell Mrs. Barbara Fuller Jeffcoat ~ 1975 Mrs. Mary Prescott Brockman ~ 1967 Mr. Robert N. Davis ~ 1969 Mr. Jimmy C. Graham ~ 1967 Mr. Steven L. Jeter ~ 1977 Mr. Stephen C. Brockman ~ 1966 Mrs. Sallie W. Davis Mr. and Mrs. William Graham John D. Boyter D/B/A Allstate www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 17 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 continued Honor Roll of Donors

Mr. Charles H. Johnson ~ 1966 Mr. David W. Marshall ~ 1968 Mrs. Beatrice Derrick Olson ~ 1943 Mrs. Betty McNeill Sells ~ 1954 Mr. David Paul Johnson Mr. Albert B. Martin ~ 1949 One World Technologies, Inc. Mr. Kim D. Senn ~ 1975 Mr. L. J. Johnson Mr. Garner Martin Ms. Mary Elizabeth O’Sullivan ~ 1944 Mr. and Mrs. Tim Sergeant Mr. Ward Johnson ~ 1941 Mrs. Mary Ross R. Martin Ms. Beverly Padgett Mr. Thomas Shaw Ms. Dorothy S. Jolley Mr. Kevin Mason ~ 1998 Papa’s Breakfast Nook Dr. and Mrs. John M. Shingler, Jr. Mrs. Evelyn Wall Jolley ~ 1969 Dr. Hugh R. Mathis Paramount’s Carowinds Mrs. Betty Crocker Shuler ~ 1946 Mrs. Margaret Benton Jones ~ 1971 Mrs. Marion K. Matthews Mr. Joe P. Parker Mr. Craig Sims Rev. and Mrs. Phil M. Jones Ms. Gloria McAbee Mrs. Teresa Connor Parler ~ 1973 Ms. Teresa Sims Mrs. Sharon Stockman Jones ~ 1949 Mr. Kenneth L. McAbee ~ 1957 Mr. Jerry D. Parris Dr. and Mrs. Talmage B. Skinner, Jr. Ms. Alice F. Joye ~ 1963 McAlister’s Deli of Spartanburg Ms. Robin R. Parris Ms. Barbara L. Smith ~ 1972 Mr. Oren R. Judy, Jr. Mrs. Victoria Bobo McAninch ~ 1968 Mrs. Carolyn Ferguson Mr. Donald E. Smith ~ 1976 *Mr. C. E. Kanipe ~ 1941 Ms. Kay Trail McBee ~ 1961 Patterson ~ 1955 Mrs. Dorothy Spencer Smith ~ 1942 Mrs. Helen Bishop Kanipe ~ 1941 Ms. Peggy McCallister Mr. E. Cantey Pearce, III ~ 1963 Mr. Eddie Smith ~ 1976 Mrs. Glynda Gregory Karabinos ~ 1978 Mrs. Beth Mahon McCarter ~ 1944 Perkins, Inc. Mr. Gerald Smith Mr. and Mrs. James A. Keiger Mrs. Gaynelle Shook McCloud ~ 1955 Mr. William J. Perkins Mrs. Gina Mabe Smith ~ 1978 Mrs. Terri Rollins Kemmerlin ~ 1984 Mrs. Judith Holdman McClure ~ 1955 Mr. Ray E. Petty ~ 1955 Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith Mr. and Mrs. James B. Kendrick Mr. and Mrs. L. Bruce McCoy Ms. Anita Phillips ~ 1967 Mr. Ken Smith, Jr. Mr. Thomas E. Kent ~ 1951 Mr. Gerald Thomas McCray ~ 1952 Mr. Neil R. Phillips Mr. Lyn Lambert Smith ~ 1993 Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Kicklighter Mr. William Joe McCurry ~ 1949 Mr. Travis Phillips Mrs. Margaret Perry Smith ~ 1957 Mr. Cameron Kies Mr. Leonard A. McDowell ~ 1949 The Piedmont Club Mr. Michael A. Smith ~ 1972 Mrs. Tina Kilpatrick Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. McDuffie Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Mr. Perry Steve Smith, Sr. ~ 1967 Mr. and Mrs. Wilbert K. Kimple Mr. William Tom McElveen, Sr. ~ 1952 Mr. James A. Pogue Mr. Travis Smith ~ 2006 Mrs. Sherrill Hege King Mr. James H. McFadden ~ 1976 Mrs. Pamela P. Ponder ~ 1989 S.C. Aquarium Rev. Grady L. Kinley ~ 1941 Mr. Alfred M. McGaha ~ 1962 Mr. George J. Poole ~ 1948 Spartanburg Methodist College Mr. Donald M. Kizer ~ 1963 Rev. and Mrs. Milton L. McGuirt Ms. Elaine W. Poovey Faculty Fund Lt. Col. and Mrs. John E. Kneece Mrs. Edith Littlefield McIntyre ~ 1944 Ms. Sharon D. Porter Mr. William Stancil Mrs. Betsy T. Kneisley ~ 1996 Rev. Charles E. McKinney ~ 1951 Ms. Cynthia D. Powell ~ 1974 Ms. Edith Burns Stanley ~ 1944 Ms. Eunice R. Knouse Mr. and Mrs. Ricky W. McKinney Mr. J. Donald Powell ~ 1981 Mr. James K. Stapleton ~ 1968 Mr. Henry P. Kyzer ~ 1953 Rev. E. Donald McKinney ~ 1959 Mrs. Mary Arthur Sims Powers ~ 1954 Mr. Chris Stephenson Mr. James R. Lambert Jr. ~ 1949 Ms. Patricia B. McKinney Mr. Marion G. Pratt ~ 1938 Mr. B. B. Stevens ~ 1949 Mrs. Phoebe Turner Lambert ~ 1947 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. McLendon Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Price Ms. Audrey Stinchcomb Mr. David Lancaster Mr. and Mrs. Leslie L. McMillan, Jr. Mr. Reggie Pryor ~ 2008 Mr. William H. Stokes ~ 1970 Ms. Vera Waldrep Langston ~ 1954 Mr. Paul Carlton McMurray ~ 1951 Mr. and Mrs. M. D. Putnam Mr. David B. Stout, Jr. ~ 1970 Mr. William F. Lanier, III ~ 1968 Mrs. Donna Turner Melton ~ 1965 Ms. Ginger J. Queen ~ 1995 Mr. C. P. Stribling ~ 1948 Mr. and Mrs. Tom P. LaRoache Mr. Earl B. Melton ~ 1963 Mr. Maloy R. Rash, Jr. ~ 1941 Mrs. Camille Patrick Stribling ~ 1944 Ms. Barbara A. Latham Mr. Charles N. Metcalf ~ 1980 Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rau Miss Hazel J. Stringfield ~ 1942 Ms. Susan Layman Mr. and Mrs. James L. Metcalf Mrs. Reba Keisler Rediker ~ 1945 Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Stuessy Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lee Mrs. Theodora Morton Miles ~ 1978 Ms. Della M. Reid Rev. Harry R. Stullenbarger ~ 1957 Major John B. Lee, III ~ 1972 Mrs. Carlene Lanford Miller ~ 1975 Mr. Marion W. Reid ~ 1957 Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Sudduth Mr. Michael B. Lee ~ 1977 Mr. George N. Miller Dr. Jerry H. Reitzel Rev. Robert W. Tanner ~ 1953 Mr. W. Richard Lee ~ 1973 Ms. Jackie M. Miller ~ 1995 Mr. Robert L. Rhodes ~ 1977 Mrs. Patricia Jolly Tate ~ 1979 Mr. Wedrell W. Lee ~ 1963 Rev. James D. Miller ~ 1969 Mr. John D. Riddle ~ 1948 Mr. Ken Taylor Lee’s Furniture Company Ms. Sarah S. Miller Mrs. Mildred Woodfin Riddle ~ 1948 Mr. Frank W. Teaster ~ 1956 Mr. and Mrs. Royce L. Leopard Mrs. Beverly W. Mitchem ~ 1956 Mrs. Betty Angel Ridings ~ 1950 Mrs. Catherine H. Thompson ~ 1956 Ms. Jill Lewis Dr. J. Robert Mitchem ~ 1956 Mr. Ray Ridings ~ 1950 Mr. Harold D. Thompson ~ 1959 Mrs. Sarah Hughes Lineberry ~ 1939 Mr. and Mrs. Denny E. Mobbs Mrs. Alma Jolley Riley ~ 1949 Mr. Jerry Thompson Mr. J. Fred Lister ~ 1947 Mrs. Helen Case Montgomery ~ 1943 Riverbanks Zoo & Garden Mr. Lafayette H. Thompson ~ 1948 Litchfield Beach and Golf Resort Ms. Katherine R. Moore Mr. Bill Roach, Jr. Mr. Ray E. Thompson, Jr. ~ 1977 Mr. and Mrs. Warren N. Little Mr. Michael Moore Mrs. Dorothy Childers Roberts ~ 1945 Mr. and Mrs. W. Harlan Thomson Mr. and Mrs. Christ Littlejohn Mr. and Mrs. David Moorhouse Mr. Robert F. Roberts ~ 1964 Ms. Brenda D. Thornton ~ 1964 Mr. Gilbert W. Littlejohn ~ 1948 Mr. Perry W. Morgan ~ 1965 Mrs. Evelyn C. Robinson Ms. Mary Smith Thrower ~ 1939 Mr. Lanny F. Littlejohn, Sr. ~ 1965 Mr. Norman L. Morrison Mr. and Mrs. John C. Robinson, Sr. Mrs. Audria U. Tolson ~ 1956 Mrs. Mildred Joyner Littlejohn ~ 1944 Mrs. Barbara Hembree Murphy ~ 1955 Mrs. Juanita Guthrie Rogers ~ 1950 Mr. and Mrs. John O. Towles Mrs. Willine Mauldin Littlejohn ~ 1949 Mutt’s BBQ Mr. and Mrs. Steve Rollison Mrs. Janice Bradley Trantham ~ 1970 Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Lofton, Jr. Mr. Leon T. Myers ~ 1992 Rev. and Mrs. Jeff Roper Mr. Duane L. Turner ~ 1962 Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Longshore Mr. William E. Nash ~ 1979 Mr. Thomas L. Ross, Jr. ~ 1963 United Technologies, Inc. Ms. Karen E. Lowrimore ~ 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Trev A. Neuburger Mr. Michael N. Safran ~ 1979 Mrs. Kerry B. Van Winkle Mrs. Lanell R. Lowry ~ 1948 Mr. Kent Newberry Mr. Thomas F. Salley, Sr. ~ 1961 Mr. Neil D. Vaughan ~ 1963 Mr. and Mrs. P. Lowry Jr. ~ 1941 Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Newton Sam’s Club Mr. Ralph D. Vaughan ~ 1954 The Lucas Group, Incorporated Ms. Kimberly Newton-Burgess Mr. Charles C. Sams ~ 1972 Ms. Tammy Vaughn Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Lutz Rev. David E. Nichols Sandella’s Deli Mr. Paul E. Vernon ~ 1960 Mr. and Mrs. Frank A. Lyles Mr. James R. Norris ~ 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Schaaf Mr. and Mrs. Walter R.Vieth Mr. William C. Lyles Mr. and Mrs. Walter A. Novak Mr. Dean Compton Ms. Ann Vise Mrs. Ruth Magher Mr. Ronnie Nunn Mr. Bates L. Scoggins, Jr. ~ 1956 Rev. Haco W. Von Hacke ~ 1963 Mr. Edward J. Manning ~ 1981 Mr. James E. Nunnery ~ 1975 Mr. Frederick G. Scurry Jr. ~ 1947 Mr. Brent J. Wade ~ 1979 Mr. and Mrs. Roy R. Oates, Jr. Mrs. Margaret Collins Scurry ~ 1948 Mr. and Mrs. Willard G. Wade *Deceased Office Depot Mrs. Mary A. Sczechowicz ~ 1982 Mrs. Heather Waldrep ~ 1998

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Mr. and Mrs. N. Frank Waldrep, Jr. Mrs. Ella Scott Holden O’Sullivan 1950 $1,185.00 Mr. and Mrs. L. Harrall Walker Mrs. Mary Lewis King Mrs. Lois Redford Parrott Mrs. Shirley P. Adams Mr. Timothy Wallace Mrs. Louise Hart Starnes Ms. Edith Burns Stanley Mrs. Peggy Brown Bryson Wal-Mart Stores, Dorman Center Mrs. Camille Patrick Stribling Mr. Charles J. Butler Waste Management of SC 1941 $7,659.00 1945 $920.00 Mr. M. Eugene Dillard Mrs. Anna Dean McGee Watts ~ 1950 Mr. Cecil D. Bishop Mrs. Virginia Rushing Boiter Mrs. Ruth King Eason Mr. George A. Weathers Mr. William C. Boyd Mrs. Marjorie Snow Brannon Mrs. Juanita Pulley Hammett Mrs. Norma I. Weaver Mrs. Emily Wheeler Mrs. Sara Flynn Calvert Mr. Charles D. Hazel Mrs. Claire Ulmer Weeks ~ 1951 Davenport Mr. Guy F. Fain, Jr. Mrs. Betty Angel Ridings Mrs. Joy L. Weisner ~ 1998 Rev. Lucy Tedder Davis Mr. Joe W. Gallman Mr. Ray Ridings Mr. William G. Weisner ~ 1991 Mr. Grady L. Fincher Mrs. Reba Keisler Rediker Mrs. Juanita Guthrie Rogers Ms. Mary F. Wells ~ 1955 Miss J. Kathryn Gardner Mrs. Dorothy Childers Mrs. Helen Gregory Sanders Mr. Richard B. Wessinger ~ 1977 Mr. Ward Johnson Roberts Mrs. Anna Dean McGee Mrs. Barbara West Mrs. Helen Bishop Kanipe Mrs. Betty Swann Royster Watts Ms. Robyn Miller Whatley Rev. Grady L. Kinley Dr. William B. Royster 1951 $3,070.00 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce B. White Mr. Ray P. Lybrand 1946 $1,250.00 Mr. Ralph E. Bailey Mr. Donald E. White ~ 1955 Mr. Joseph S. Momier Ms. Doris Cook Anderson Mr. Arthur T. Ballard Jr. Mr. Myles W. Whitlock, Jr. Mrs. Virl Morrow Momier Mrs. Marion Littleton Mrs. Ruth Searcy Ballard Mr. and Mrs. Roy E. Wilkerson Mrs. Eyra Kent Nichols Anderson Mr. Robert Beach Mr. Allen Bruce Williams Mr. Maloy R. Rash, Jr. Mrs. Mary R. Garner Mrs. Reba Gregory Bogan Mr. and Mrs. David H. Williams Rev. H. Robert Reynolds Mrs. Betty Wilburn Huneycutt Mrs. Frances Splawn Burris Mr. Micheal S. Williams Mrs. Mary Gault Smith Rev. William R. Kinnett Mr. Ronda Lee Burris Mr. and Mrs. David Bryan Wilson Mr. Fletcher D. Thompson Mrs. Betty Crocker Shuler Mrs. Frances Austin Day Ms. M. Veronica Wilson Dr. Robert D. Warren Mrs. Mitchelle Causey Evans 1947 $650.00 Mr. Gaston Wingo ~ 2008 Mr. Tyrus R. Wood Mr. Bob C. Haulbrook Mrs. Lois Lewis Brown Ms. Amanda S. Wofford ~ 1995 1942 $6,804.00 Mrs. Elizabeth B. Horton Mr. Wade T. Buchanan, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolfe Mr. Warren H. Abernathy Mr. W. W. Howle Mrs. Doris Reynolds Butler Mr. Anthony W. Wood ~ 1977 Mrs. Betty V. Jamerson Mrs. Alice Bonner Greene Mrs. Sara DeLoache Gibson Ms. Elizabeth Anne Wood ~ 1998 Mr. Lawrence M. Jamerson Mrs. Ruth Bishop Jones Mrs. Phoebe Turner Lambert Mr. Tyrus R. Wood ~ 1941 Mr. Thomas E. Kent Dr. Oliver M. Littlejohn Mr. J. Fred Lister Woodruff Federal Savings & Loan Rev. Charles E. McKinney Mrs. Edna Stanley Lybrand Mr. Frederick G. Scurry Jr. Ms. Joy B. Workman ~ 1979 Mrs. Ruby Bishop Pagano Mr. Paul Carlton McMurray 1948 $1,235.00 Workshop Theatre of SC Mr. John C. Patrick, Jr. *Rev. Samuel H. Poston Mrs. Goldie Sprouse Bryant Mr. Charles S. Worley Mrs. Dorothy Spencer Smith Ms. Arlene Will Rhodes Mrs. Paula Henry Worthy ~ 1980 Mr. R. Lamar Coleman Mrs. Mary Gooding Smith Miss Hazel J. Stringfield Mr. Vardell Cook Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wynn, III Mrs. Mary Todd Thompson Maj. Ray F. Smith Mr. Hubert C. Dobson Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph L. Yobs Mrs. Ruth DeLoache Mrs. Claire Ulmer Weeks Mr. Vernon D. Gwynne York Soil & Water Conser. District Thompson 1952 $1,125.00 Mr. Edward T. Hinson Ms. Sandra Young 1943 $2,845.00 Mrs. Doris Brown Bowen Mr. Jack W. Hodge Mr. and Mrs. William Young Mrs. Louise Cox Brockman Mr. Julian Bowen Mrs. Roberta O’Shields Mrs. Coda Wilson Horne Mr. James E. Brantley Hodge Alumni By Class Year Mrs. Charlotte Pool Jackson Mr. Joseph H. Frye Mr. Gilbert W. Littlejohn Mrs. Helen Case Mrs. M. Jeannette Mrs. Lanell R. Lowry 1933 $250.00 Montgomery Hatzenbuhler ‘ Mr. George J. Poole Mr. Victor M. Smith Mr. Edward H. Morrison Mrs. Nellie Bramlett Jepsen Mr. John D. Riddle 1936 $500.00 Mrs. Beatrice Derrick Olson Mrs. Edith McConell Koon Mrs. Mildred Woodfin Riddle Mrs. Mae Young Allen Dr. Charles H. Peebles, Jr. Mr. Gerald Thomas McCray Mrs. Margaret Collins Scurry Mr. Royal R. Hayes Dr. Eugene P. Rutledge Mr. William Tom Mr. C. P. Stribling Mr. Joe M. Logan Mrs. Ruth Myers Stewart McElveen, Sr. Mr. Lafayette H. Thompson 1937 $250.00 Mrs. Elsie Collins Vaught Mr. William M. O’Dell Ms. Mary W. Waddell Mrs. Maxine Fogle Owen *Mr. Francis Dewitt Benson 1944 $11,435.00 1949 $3,010.00 1938 $650.00 Mrs. Anna Divver Allen Mr. Frank E. Rhodes Ms. Louise Atkins 1953 $2,310.00 Mr. Boyce V. Hawkins Mrs. Betty Horton Barkley Mr. Joseph R. Clary Mr. Marion G. Pratt Mr. James E. Brannon Mrs. Nancy Scoggins Floyd Mr. Gerald Dorn Mr. Carroll G. Gosnell 1939 $200.00 Mrs. Ruby Ragan Bridges Mrs. Naomi Scott Fain Mrs. Marguerite Smith Mr. Joe C. Heavner Mr. Oren L. Brady, Jr Mrs. Edna Grainger Guthrie Compton Mr. David E. Hudgins Mrs. Sarah Hughes Lineberry Mrs. Sharon Stockman Jones Mrs. Ruby Calvert Dodd Mr. Henry P. Kyzer Ms. Mary Smith Thrower Mr. James R. Lambert Jr. Dr. James W. Fisher Mr. Hugh R. Lancaster 1940 $22,980.00 Mrs. Willine Mauldin Mrs. Lillian Catoe Galloway Rev. Robert W. Tanner Mrs. Nannie Love Allen Littlejohn Mr. Louis A. Givens, Jr. 1954 $1,590.00 Mr. Randolph B. Bradford Mr. Albert B. Martin Mrs. Mildred Joyner Littlejohn Mrs. Christine Fogle Bair Mrs. Janette G. Burt Mr. William Joe McCurry Dr. Ruby Amerson Matthews Mr. Flynn A. Barbare Mrs. Frances Trout Davis Mr. Leonard A. McDowell Mrs. Beth Mahon McCarter Mrs. Barbara Justice Bogan Mr. Earle B. Hamilton Mrs. Alma Jolley Riley Mr. W. Lorantz Bogan Mrs. Edith Littlefield McIntyre Mr. Lewis L. Scott Ms. Mary Elizabeth Mrs. Ruth Kelly Cannon * deceased Mr. B. B. Stevens www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 1 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 continued Honor Roll of Donors

Mr. Hoyle Edwards 1958 $1,500.00 Mr. E. Cantey Pearce, III Mr. Jimmy C. Graham Mr. Roland G. Elmore, Jr. Mr. James A. Bellamy Mr. Thomas L. Ross, Jr. Mr. John D. O’Connell Mrs. Florie McCoy Graham Mrs. Peggy White Bellamy Mr. George M. Stoltz Ms. Anita Phillips Mrs. Shirley Gault Harris Bill and Mary Frances Lee Mr. Neil D. Vaughan Mr. Perry Steve Smith, Sr. Mrs. Dorothy Durham Huff Cantrell Rev. Haco W. Von Hacke ~ Mr. William F. Truesdale Ms. Vera Waldrep Langston Mr. James H. Fletcher 1964 $26,690.00 Mr. William S. Wilkerson, III Rev. Allen E. Long Mr. Ralph M. Kesler Mrs. Elaine Gilstrap Allen 1968 $1,505.00 Mrs. Mary Arthur Sims Mr. Gary P. Kirkland Mr. Robert E. Ashley, Jr. Mr. James F. Bland, III Powers Mrs. Ruth Harmon Reeves Mr. Jackie E. Atkins Mrs. Ruth M. Bowles Mrs. Edith Johnson Roper Mr. Stokes K. Sheehan Dr. Brenda Wilkie Sayyad Dr. Albert D. Byrd Mrs. Betty McNeill Sells Rev. Roger E. Thompson Mr. Michael D. Clayton Mr. Niles A. Chumley, Jr. Mr. Aaron W. Turner Mr. Herman H. Whitaker, Jr. Mr. Ralph C. Driggers, Jr. Mr. David H. Clark Mr. Ralph D. Vaughan 1959 $2,300.00 Mr. James M. Fain Mrs. Emily Finch Cox 1955 $1,602.50 Mr. James H. Atkins Mr. Steve D. Grissom Mr. Roger L. Ezell Mr. Donald J. Barbare Rev. Gary B. Byrd Mr. Hugh L. Harrelson Sr. Mr. William F. Lanier, III Mrs. Judith Casey Bishop Mr. Michael L. Dozier Mr. John P. Henry Mr. David W. Marshall Mr. Frank L. Boyd Mr. H. Dean Gaddy Mr. R. Everett McAbee Mrs. Victoria Bobo McAninch Mr. Barry M. Carter Mr. James L. Geddis Mr. Roy M. Neal Mr. Frederick R. Seale Mrs. Patricia Lindley Clawson Mr. Joseph W. Ham Mr. W. Ray Ridgeway Mr. James K. Stapleton Ms. Nora Janette Hutchins Mrs. Elizabeth S. Jack Mr. Robert F. Roberts Mr. William B. Tillotson Mr. Wendell J. Lee Mr. Lewis A Lynch, Sr. Ms. Brenda D. Thornton 1969 $3,065.00 Mrs. Jean Bell Long Rev. E. Donald McKinney 1965 $12,200.00 Mr. Jerry L. Calvert Mrs. Gaynelle Shook Mr. Glen R. Melton Mrs. Ruth M. Bowling Mr. Robert N. Davis McCloud Mrs. Carolyn Bruce Sheehan Dr. Floride M. Calvert Mr. E. Michael Dills Mrs. Judith Holdman Mr. Harold D. Thompson Mrs. Barbara Johnson Mr. Everett Gosa McClure 1960 $1,075.00 Clayton Mrs. Ann Page Hamrick Mrs. Barbara Hembree Mrs. Mary Ann Alford Fruit Mr. Dwight F. Drake Rev. John E. Holler, Jr. Murphy Mr. Philip D. Greer Mrs. Jane Reed Dyches Mrs. Evelyn Wall Jolley Mrs. Carolyn Ferguson Mr. William L. Hardin Mr. Allen H. Hipp Mr. Ted P. Jones Patterson Mr. Larry O. Harmon Mr. James B. Huggins, II Mr. Lawrence F. Kind Mr. Ray E. Petty Mr. L. Troy Nobles Mr. Michael E. Lawson Mr. Jerry Martin Mr. Jerry I. Pruitt Mrs. Carol Layton Spracklen Mr. Lanny F. Littlejohn, Sr. Rev. James D. Miller Mrs. Nellie Richards Smith Mr. Paul E. Vernon Mr. John W. Lyda Mrs. Martha Smith O’Connell Mrs. Roberta Altman T Rev. Patricia S. Wood Mrs. Donna Turner Melton Mr. Derial L. Ogburn Thompson 1961 $950.00 Mr. Perry W. Morgan Mr. Rod H. Sproatt Ms. Mary F. Wells Mr. Paul A. Dover Mrs. Selene Giles Rivers 1970 $1,420.00 Mr. Donald E. White Mr. E. J. Grasso, Jr. Mr. Phillip R. Sill Mr. Julius J. Anderson, Jr. 1956 $3,258.00 Mr. Joseph A. Gunter 1966 $7,972.59 Mrs. Leilani Rice Fisher Mrs. Mary Hendricks Bryson Mrs. Barbara Johnson Hall Mrs. Laurel Keisler Barden Mr. William H. Stokes Mrs. Margaret Thrift Burnett Mr. William F. Hannon, III Mr. E. Jerry Barnette Mr. David B. Stout, Jr. Rev. Melvin E. Calvert Mr. W. Watkins Martin Mrs. Lynne Atkinson Berry Mr. Edward R. Tallon, Sr. Mr. Mark Causey Ms. Kay Trail McBee Mr. Stephen C. Brockman Mrs. Janice Bradley Mrs. Carolyn Hayes Mr. Thomas F. Salley, Sr. Mr. H. Barry Broome, Jr. Trantham Culbreath Mr. Joe Dan White Mr. Haskell R. Brown, Jr. Mr. W. Bernard Welborn Rev. Vernon F. Deese 1962 $1,975.00 Dr. C. Sterling Case 1971 $695.00 Mrs. Ann Hammond Dobson Mrs. Mildred Stokes Adams Mrs. Kirsten Garrett Dixon Mr. Erik F. Anderson Dr. Edgar H. Ellis Jr. Rev. Quay Adams Mr. Christopher J. Gazes Mr. Jamess F. Clarkson Mr. Marvin Hampton Gause Mr. Edward J. Buddin Mr. Woodrow P. Gilbert Mrs. Margaret Benton Jones Mrs. Beverly W. Mitchem Mr. Drury N. Helms Mrs. Judy Altman Greene Mr. Michael L. O’Shields Dr. J. Robert Mitchem Rev. David W. Holder Mrs. Eleanor Little Harrelson Mrs. Janis Campbell Patton Dr. Louise M. Parris Mr. Ross M. Holmes, Jr. Mr. Johnny C. Helms 1972 $3,387.00 Mr. Bates L. Scoggins, Jr. Mr. Michael B. Lee III Mr. J. Harold Hill Mr. Edward S. Allison Mrs. Benita Davis Stavely Mr. Alfred M. McGaha Mr. Charles H. Johnson Mrs. Ella Mae Ackerman Mrs. Barbara Thomas Stone Mr. David K. Smith, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Moore Bowers Mr. Frank W. Teaster Mr. Duane L. Turner Mr. Donald E. Tate Mr. J. Richard Cain Mrs. Catherine H. Thompson 1963 $11,815.00 Mrs. Nancy Foust Watson Dr. William R. Childs Mrs. Audria U. Tolson Mr. James F. Ashmore Mr. Loyless T. Wright, Jr. Mr. Charles W. Gee Mrs. Barbara Trincher Mr. J. Roy Clark 1967 $1,170.00 Mr. Max Goforth Watkins Hon. Thomas E. Foster Mrs. Mary Prescott Mr. Creighton C. Kelly 1957 $350.00 Mr. James H. Franklin Brockman Major John B. Lee, III Mrs. Sandra Smith Cribari Mrs. Marvis Wiggins Henry Mr. Billy H. Casey Mr. Steve Miller Mr. Kenneth L. McAbee Ms. Alice F. Joye Mr. Rickey O. Chapman Mr. Harry P. Moats Mr. Marion W. Reid Mrs. Becky Hodges Kirkland Mr. Edward W. Dickerson, Jr. Mrs. Laura Shealy Moats Mrs. Jackie Fogle Smith Mr. Donald M. Kizer Mrs. Edwina Craft Mr. Charles C. Sams Mrs. Margaret Perry Smith Mr. Wedrell W. Lee Faulkenberry Ms. Barbara L. Smith Rev. Harry R. Stullenbarger Mr. Earl B. Melton Dr. James R. Faulkenberry Mr. Michael A. Smith

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1973 $4,420.00 Mr. William Scott Chappell Ms. Regina L. Chesnut Ms. Teresa Ferguson Ms. Frances J. Bagwell Mrs. Glynda Gregory Mr. Leon T. Myers Mr. Mike Foley Mr. Chris Cantrell Karabinos 1993 $60.00 Mr. William D. Fortenberry ~ 1981 Mr. R. Adger Earnhardt, Jr. Mrs. Joy Culbreth McAbee Capt. W. Sterling Mr. Brian Fulkerson Rev. John W. Hipp, Jr. Mrs. Theodora Morton Miles Anderson, II Mr. William “Clay” George Rev. D. Mitchell Houston Mr. Foster M. Routh, III Mr. Lyn Lambert Smith Dr. Mark Gibbs Mr. W. Richard Lee Mrs. Gina Mabe Smith 1995 $60.00 Ms. Tira C. Gilliam Mrs. Teresa Connor Parler Mr. J. Wesley Sparrow, Jr. Ms. Jackie M. Miller Ms. Betty S. Griffin Mrs. Deborah C. Philbeck 1979 $615.00 Ms. Ginger J. Queen Dr. Arthur B. Hartzog, Sr. 1974 $4,247.00 Mrs. Paula Yvette Evans Ms. Amanda S. Wofford Mr. Adam S. Haymond ~ 1999 Rev. Michael Esley Bowers Burks 1996 $989.00 Mrs. Judy Green Hefner ~ 1982 Mr. Mark D. Bush Mr. Stephen E. Lowman Mrs. Betsy T. Kneisley Mrs. Linda Corbett Holliday ~ 1974 Mr. Benjamin H. Correll Mr. William E. Nash Mrs. Stacie Luedeke Williams Mrs. Lisa W. Isenhower Ms. Brenda P. Foster Mr. Michael N. Safran 1997 $1,230.75 Mr. Robert Isenhower Mrs. Linda Corbett Holliday Mr. Gregory D. Sparkman Ms. Patricia R. Dixon Mr. Steven L. Jeter ~ 1977 Mr. Michael P. Holliday Mrs. Patricia Jolly Tate Mr. Brian E. Pruitt Ms. Jill R. Johnson ~ 1982 Mr. Robert J. Howard, Sr. Mr. Brent J. Wade Mr. Wesley T. Whittle Mrs. Tina Kilpatrick Mr. James R. Norris Ms. Joy B. Workman 1998 $1,375.75 Mr. Wilbert K. Kimple Mr. Daniel L. Philbeck 1980 $1,085.00 Mr. Kevin Mason Mrs. Betsy T. Kneisley ~ 1996 Ms. Cynthia D. Powell Mrs. Mary Garrett Clements Mrs. Leah L. Pruitt Ms. Eunice R. Knouse Mr. Christopher N. Williams Mrs. Miriam Smoak Henry Mrs. Heather Waldrep Mrs. Jennie Epps Loftis 1975 $6,010.00 Mr. Charles N. Metcalf Mrs. Joy L. Weisner Dr. Paul S. Lofton, Jr. Mr. H. Daniel Foster Mrs. Paula Henry Worthy Mrs. Tiffany H. Whittle Mrs. Vera Jayne Fricks Marsh Mrs. Barbara Fuller Jeffcoat 1981 $1,893.84 Ms. Elizabeth Anne Wood Mrs. Stacey Mason Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Moss ~ 1976 Mr. Bill P. Johnson Mrs. Deborah Mitchem 1999 $983.00 Mr. W. Gary McCraw Bacon Mr. Stephen Kent Mr. Kent Newberry Mrs. Carlene Lanford Miller Mr. William D. Fortenberry Cunningham Ms. Kimberly Newton-Burgess Mr. James E. Nunnery Ms. Plennie Dixon Gresham Mr. Adam S. Haymond Ms. Jamie Norton Mr. M. Franklin Sanders Mrs. Doris Cantrell Hammett Mrs. Jennie Epps Loftis Mr. Rick Pauly Mr. Mark Perdue Mr. Kim D. Senn Dr. Michelle Bedell Jolly 2006 $1,068.81 Mr. Daniel L. Philbeck ~ 1974 Dianne Smith, Ph.D. Mr. Edward J. Manning Mr. Cori DeRoche Mrs. Pamela P. Ponder ~ 1989 1976 $4,447.56 Mr. J. Donald Parris Ms. Stacey Edge Ms. Sharon D. Porter Mr. John S. Benfield Mr. J. Donald Powell Ms. Rachel Goldin Mrs. Leah L. Pruitt ~ 1998 Mrs. Joy Dickson Blanks 1982 $5,295.00 Mr. Courtney Green Mr. Michael W. Reese Mrs. Jayne Gaul Case Mrs. Judy Green Hefner Mr. Travis Smith Mrs. Gloria Greer Elledge Mrs. Laura Owen Hooper Ms. Della M. Reid 2008 $15.00 Mr. Bill Roach, Jr. Mr. Henry F. Hall Ms. Jill R. Johnson Ms. Heather Burdette Ms. Karen E. Lowrimore Mrs. Mary A. Sczechowicz Mrs. Carol E. Shearin Mr. Reggie Pryor Mr. David R. Shuping Mr. Ricky A. McAbee Mr. M. Todd Sill Mr. Gaston Wingo Mr. James H. McFadden 1984 $550.00 Ms. Teresa Sims Rev. Candice Y. Sloan Mr. James F. McMaster, III Mrs. Jill Simpson Evans SMC Faculty and Staff Donors Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Mrs. Kimberly Couch Ms. Carolyn Broome Sparks ~ 1988 Mr. W. Terry Stephenson Moss Gordner Mr. Timothy Alexander Mr. L. Allen Newman Mrs. Ann Smith Hewatt Mr. Donald E. Tate ~ 1966 Mr. Ottis Allen Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Mr. Donald E. Smith Mrs. Terri Rollins Kemmerlin Mr. Pete Aylor Mr. Eddie Smith Ms. Pamela A. Smith Mrs. Kerry B. Van Winkle Mr. Harry Barnett Ms. Ann Vise Mr. Michael S. Webb 1985 $75.00 Mr. Ray Belcher Mr. Timothy Wallace 1977 $926.00 LTC C. Edward Edge Mr. Jim Bivens Mrs. Debbie Ballenger Austin Mrs. Cynthia Parris Edge Mr. William G. Weisner ~ 1991 Mrs. Joy Dickson Blanks ~ 1976 Dr. and Mrs. Friedrich V. Wenz Mr. Brad Bradley 1987 $15.00 Rev. Michael Esley Bowers ~ 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Bruce Whelchel Mr. Michael Carl Duvall Mrs. April Haimbaugh Cooke Dr. Anita K. Bowles Dr. John R. Williams Mrs. Lynette Smith Fisher 1988 $745.00 Ms. Jane Brackett Mrs. Madora B. Holder Mr. Andrew M. Babb Ms. Linda A. Bradley Parents Mr. Steven L. Jeter Mr. Wright J. Gaines Ms. Kendra Burnette Mr. William Edward Lawson Ms. Carolyn Broome Sparks Dr. Katherine D. Cann Mr. Warren H. Abernathy ~ 1942 Mr. Michael B. Lee Mrs. Mary Kaye Tillotson Dr. Marvin Cann Mrs. Anita Grubbs Mr. and Mrs. Pedro Nel Acosta 1989 $99.00 Dr. C. Sterling Case ~ 1966 Mr. Kirk Adams Oshaughnessy Mrs. Pamela P. Ponder Mrs. Sherry Harding Collins Mr. Edward D. Pruitt Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Adams, III 1990 $252.50 Mrs. Vicki Hawkins Corn Mr. Robert L. Rhodes Mr. Ottis Allen Mr. Blair H. Beaver Mr. Kenneth Crenshaw Mr. W. Sterling Anderson Mr. Ray E. Thompson, Jr. Mr. James C. Bishop Ms. Miranda DiMarco Mr. Richard B. Wessinger Ms. Ann Atkins Mr. Robby L. Cook Mrs. Jenny Dunn Atsco, Inc. Mr. Anthony W. Wood Dr. Brooks A. Godwin Mr. Warren Edwards 1978 $2,511.20 Mr. Pete Aylor 1991 $50.00 Mrs. Kerie P. Epton Mr. and Mrs. Harry Barnett Mr. James R. Blanks III Mr. William G. Weisner Mr. Leroy Fant, Jr. Mrs. Clarice Calvert Bobo Mrs. Judith Casey Bishop ~ 1955 1992 $70.00 Ms. Mary Jane Farmer Ms. Kathy Bland www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 21 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 continued Honor Roll of Donors

Mr. and Mrs. Bill G. Bowers, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. McCracken Mrs. Ann Hammond Dobson ~ 1956 Mr. and Mrs. E. Lee Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Ricky W. McKinney Mr. Hubert C. Dobson ~ 1948 George N. Acker Mrs. Ella Mae Ackerman Bowers ~ 1972 Mr. and Mrs. Robert G. McLendon Mr. Norris C. Dockins ~ 1948 Lynette L. Allston Rev. Michael Esley Bowers ~ 1974 Dr. J. Robert Mitchem ~ 1956 Dr. Charlotte Lindler Ellis Alwinell Foundation Mr. Keith Bray Ms. Nancy L. Mokriy Dr. Edgar H. Ellis Jr. ~ 1956 David W. Ames Mr. and Mrs. Henry Brooks Mrs. Helen Case Montgomery ~ 1943 Mrs. Fred M. Epting Joe M. Anderson, Jr. Ms. Donna Brown Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Moss ~ 1976 Rev. and Mrs. J. Claude Evans Aramark Mr. and Mrs. Robert W. Bullard Mrs. Jean O. Osborne Dr. and Mrs. George D. Fields, Jr. The Arkwright Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Peter M. Buonaiuto, Sr. Mr. Ed Overcash Mrs. Lynette Smith Fisher ~ 1977 Atlantic Coast Life Insurance Co. Dr. Timothy Assey Ms. Beverly Padgett Mr. H. Daniel Foster ~ 1975 The Bailey Foundation Dr. Floride M. Calvert ~ 1965 Mr. and Mrs. Peter Pang Mrs. J. Courtney Foster ~ 1986 Bank of America Mr. Jerry L. Calvert ~ 1969 Mr. Jerry D. Parris Mrs. Sam A. George The Bank of South Carolina Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Campbell Mr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Patterson, Jr Mr. Joe S. Gibson ~ 1961 The Barnet Foundation Trust Mr. Chris Cantrell ~ 1973 Mr. William J. Perkins Mr. and Mrs. R. C. Griffith, Jr. Michael J. Barnett Dr. C. Sterling Case ~ 1966 Ms. Melissa Perry Rev. Lawrence F. Hays, Jr. Henry E. Barton, Jr. Mrs. Jayne Gaul Case ~ 1976 Mr. Daniel L. Philbeck ~ 1974 Mr. John P. Henry ~ 1964 BB&T Charitable Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Paul Cato Mrs. Deborah C. Philbeck ~ 1973 Mrs. Marvis Wiggins Henry ~ 1963 BellSouth Rev. and Mrs. David A. Clyburn, Jr. Mr. James A. Pogue Rev. John W. Hipp, Jr. ~ 1973 Charlotte L. Berry Ms. Fanessa Coleman Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pruitt Mrs. Nell E. Hitt ~ 1943 Michael R. Brenan Ms. Lynne Crooks Mr. and Mrs. George Reginald Pryor Mrs. Anne T. Irwin George J. Bullwinkel, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Jack L. Dalton Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Rau Mr. and Mrs. Alex James James. E. Byrd, Jr. Mrs. Sallie W. Davis Rev. and Mrs. Jeff Roper Dr. Oliver M. Littlejohn ~ 1942 Darrell M. Campbell Mrs. Phyllis B. DeLapp Mr. and Mrs. Stephen R. Scott Dr. and Mrs. Clinton J. Lupo, Jr. Merl F. Code Ms. Robin Dorsett Mr. and Mrs. Tim Sergeant Dr. Hugh R. Mathis Joan Sasser Coker Mr. Ralph C. Driggers, Jr. ~ 1964 Ms. Beverly Session Mr. and Mrs. Alvin A. McCall, Jr. Colliers Keenan, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. David Edington Mr. Thomas Shaw Mr. Jerome McCray ~ 1977 Virginia L. Crocker Dr. Edgar H. Ellis Jr. ~ 1956 Mr. Gerald Smith Mrs. Novella McNeill ~ 1948 Dargan Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Timothy M. Faulhaber Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Smith Rev. William McNeill ~ 1948 B. James Dawson Dr. and Mrs. George D. Fields, Jr. Mr. Ken Smith, Jr. Mrs. Lillian C. Mooneyham Diamond Hill Plywood Company Ms. Patsy W. Floyd Mr. John W. Sparrow, Sr. Ms. Nancy D. Osborne ~ 1971 The Dickson Foundation Ms. Martha Fowler Mr. William Stancil Mr. J. Donald Parris ~ 1981 Fred F. DuBard, III and Betsy Mr. James L. Geddis ~ 1959 Mr. Chris Stephenson Mr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Patterson, Jr Duke Energy Foundation Rev. and Mrs. James O. Gilliam,Jr. Ms. Audrey Stinchcomb Dr. Charles H. Peebles, Jr. ~ 1943 Eastman Chemical Company Mr. Gasper Gomez Rev. and Mrs. Robert G. Strother Mr. Otho S. Pool, Sr. ~ 1936 Elliott-Davis, LLC Ms. Lesa Gordon Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. Sudduth * Rev. Samuel H. Poston ~ 1951 James B. Epting Mr. and Mrs. William Graham Dr. John R. Williams Mrs. Sara F. Murray Purser Philip L. Van Every Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Gregory D. Gristick Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolfe Mr. Kenneth M. Roach ~ 1990 First Citizens Bank Mrs. Juanita Pulley Hammett ~ 1950 Ms. Sandra Young Mr. M. Franklin Sanders ~ 1975 Charles D. FitzSimons Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Hamrick, II Chaplain and Mrs. Sidney R. Crumpton Foundation for Independent Higher Mrs. Ann Page Hamrick ~ 1969 Trustee Society Members Mr. Stephen Silver ~ 1972 Education Mrs. Edith H. Harmon The Trustee Society is made up of Mrs. Valerie Silver ~ 1972 Elaine T. Freeman Mrs. Judy Green Hefner ~ 1982 those who have planned for the future Dr. and Mrs. John W. Simmons John S. Goette SMC Parents Donors ~ 2006 of SMC by making a deferred gift, Mr. Gregory D. Sparkman ~ 1979 Walter R. Griffin Mr. Mark Heidt and Ms. Sarah Polow bequest, or other planned gift commit- Mr. John W. Sparrow, Sr. John V. Griffith Ms. Julie M. Hoffman ment Rev. and Mrs. Robert G. Strother William E. Hamm Rev. David W. Holder ~ 1962 Mr. D. Nelson Swofford ~ 1972 Hamrick Mills Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Madora B. Holder ~ 1977 Mr. Cecil Brown Abrams ~ 1974 Mr. Donald E. Tate ~ 1966 Hartness International Charitable Fund Mrs. Linda Corbett Holliday ~ 1974 Anonymous Mr. G. Eugene Taylor ~ 1975 Hartsville Oil Mill Mr. Michael P. Holliday ~ 1974 Anonymous ~ 1967 Mr. George H. Thomason Haynsworth Sinkler Boyd, P.A. Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hood Dr. and Mrs. James S. Barrett Mr. Fletcher D. Thompson ~ 1941 Gordon R. and Sarah G. Herring Fund Mr. and Mrs. Clarence H. Hornsby, Jr Rev. and Mrs. W. R. Bouknight, III Mrs. Ruth DeLoache Thompson ~ 1942 Horizon Resource Group, Inc. Ms. Mary Hudson Mrs. Ella Mae Ackerman Bowers ~ 1972 Ms. Linda S. Toms Jairy C. Hunter, Jr. Mrs. Anne T. Irwin Rev. Michael Esley Bowers ~ 1974 Dr. and Mrs. Theodore H. Walter Inman-Riverdale Foundation Mrs. Lisa W. Isenhower Mr. James E. Brannon ~ 1944 Dr. Robert D. Warren ~ 1941 J. Thomas Johnson Mr. and Mrs. James A. Keiger Mrs. Jean Casey Brittain ~ 1947 Rev. James Watson ~ 1934 Susan Phifer Johnson Mrs. Colleen M. Kibler Ms. Mellnee G. Buchheit Mr. Timothy Welker ~ 1967 Jolley Foundation Mr. Cameron Kies Mr. Jerry L. Calvert ~ 1969 Mr. M. Scott Willis, Sr. ~ 1938 Kohler Company Lt. Col. and Mrs. John E. Kneece Rev. and Mrs. DeArmond Canaday * Mr. Darryl E. Windham ~ 1943 James Wayne and Tonya P. Landrith Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Langley Mr. and Mrs. Brooks Carter ~ 1983 Rev. Patricia S. Wood ~ 1960 Hugh C. Lane, Jr. Ms. Susan Layman Dr. C. Sterling Case ~ 1966 Mills B. Lane Memorial Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Harold Lee Mrs. Jayne Gaul Case ~ 1976 South Carolina Independent The Liberty Corporation Foundation Ms. Jill Lewis Mrs. Martha Cloud Chapman Colleges & Universities R. Laine Ligon, Sr. Mr. Lewis A Lynch, Sr. ~ 1959 Mr. Robby L. Cook ~ 1990 John F. Lomax Mrs. Vera Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. James C. Crawford, Jr. Companies and individuals listed below The Malloy Foundation Dr. Hugh R. Mathis Mr. Robert W. Crocker ~ 1981 have given to the College through the Steve A. Matthews Ms. Gloria McAbee Mrs. Lillian Burnett Davis ~ 1938 South Carolina Independent Colleges Earl L. Mayo, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Alvin A. McCall, Jr. Mrs. Phyllis B. DeLapp and Universities: McCrackin, Barnett, Richardson &

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Clemmons LLP JM Smith Foundation Mr. John B. Burkhalter Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague The McNair Law Firm Foundation Johns Manville Fund, Inc. Ms. Lois B. Burkhalter Mr. and Mrs. George H. Thomason MeadWestvaco McKesson Foundation, Inc. Mrs. Linda Johnson Callahan Mr. and Mrs. James Fletcher B.C. Moore & Sons, Inc. Foundation Metropolitan Life Foundation Thompson George W. Murray Microsoft Matching Gifts Program Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh-Williams Nationwide Foundation Milliken and Company Mr. Jerry Calvert Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher D. Thompson Nationwide Insurance Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague The Union Times Company, Inc. NBSC Morgan Stanley Mr. Richard E. Campbell Mrs. Miranda DeMarco and The Norfolk Southern Foundation Mutual of Omaha Companies Mr. Creighton C. Kelly SMC Singers Orders Distributing Company, Inc. National Starch and Chemical Fdtn. Clemson United Methodist Church Drs. Katherine and Marvin Elizabeth J. Patterson Progress Energy Matching Gifts Mr. Ralph C. Driggers, Jr. The Post and Courier Foundation Program Cann Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague John C. Ramsey Siemens Energy & Automation Dr. John S. Benfield Luns C. Richardson Sonoco Foundation Dr. C. Sterling Case Duncan Memorial UMC Past/ The C. F. Sauer Company Springs Industries, Inc. Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Present Members Duncan Memorial UMC, SCANA/SCE&G State Farm Insurance Companies Mrs. Martha Chapman Sealevel Systems, Inc. Sun Trust Bank Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Spartanburg, SC Karen Shaner The Clorox Company Foundation Dr. Edgar H. Ellis Minor M. Shaw The Duke Energy Foundation Class of 1970 Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Walter D. Shealy, III The Fluor Foundation Mr. W. Bernard Welborn David E. Shi The New York Times Co. Foundation Class of 1941 Rev. Thomas F. Evatt Showa Denko Carbon, Inc. The Prudential Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Ray Lybrand Ms. Robyn Miller Whatley A.O. Smith Foundation, Inc. The Stanley Works Mr. Maloy R. Rash Mrs. Louise Foster Sonoco Products Company The UPS Foundation, Inc. Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Southeastern Freight Lines, Inc. Tietex International, Ltd. Mr. Arthur Cleveland, II Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Moore Stewart Spinx Tyco Electronics Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague David J. Spittal Verizon Wireless Dr. Vergene Colloms Mr. Dan Foster SunTrust Banks, Inc. Wachovia Matching Grants Plan Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague David H. Swinton Weyerhaeuser Company Foundation Ms. Emily Compton Bobby, Carroll and Don Fricks Charles P. Teague Williams Gas Pipeline Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams The Timken Company Charitable Trust Ms. Marguerite S. Compton Mr. Jamie Fulmer Henry N. Tisdale 2006 Gifts Made in Honor of Mr. Justin A. Converse Andrew E. and Brenda S. Torrence, Sr. Spartanburg Methodist Col- Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague UCI Medical Affiliates of SC, Inc. lege’s Alumni and Friends Mrs. Lillian Davis Rev. James O. Gilliam, Jr. UPS Foundation (Honoree is in Bold) Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Vulcan Materials Company Ms. Phyllis Buchheit DeLapp Mrs. Kimberly Couch Gordner Wachovia Foundation (Class of 1984) Claude M. Walker, Jr. All Who Do Their Best Ms. Merita Allison Mr. Gerald M. Gordner, II Jerry Wells Mr. Gerald Smith The Arkwright Foundation Mr. John Gramling Evans P. Whitaker Ms. Amy Almond Mr. and Mrs. Stanley W. Baker Charles E. Young Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Ms. Marguerite S. Compton Crescent Media Group Mitchell M. Zais Ms. Betty S. Griffin Mr. Charles Atchison Mr. T. W. Edwards Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Matching Gift Companies Mr. Nichols F. Fleming Ms. Jill S. Evans Mr. John B. Bell The Foster Family Foundation Ms. Ann Payne Howard AgrEvo USA Company-Matching Gifts Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Mr. and Mrs. John T. Gramling Albany International Rev. Dr. Susan Bennett Mr. and Mrs. Roger Habisreutinger Mr. Paul D. Lansberry Alcoa Foundation Ms. Betty S. Griffin Ms. Joe Ann Lever American Express Foundation Colonel and Mrs. James F. Hackler Mrs. Edie Bostic Ms. Nan G. Maddux Bank of America The Honorable Clyde H. Hamilton BASF Wyandotte Corp Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Mr. Robert A. Harley Mr. Zerno E. Martin BellSouth Matching Gift Center Mr. and Mrs. Bill Bowers, Sr. Jefferson Times, Inc. Ms. Elaine W. Poovey Beverage-Air Company Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers The Laurinburg Exchange Mr. and Mrs. Hugh B. Ratterree Borden Snacks/Wise Foods Mr. Michael Nelson Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Jim Snead Bowater Inc., Carolina Division Mr. and Mrs. Carl Lehner Ms. Mary Ellen Suitt Bristol-Myers Squibb Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Bill Gaines Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Marion L. McMillan Cingular Wireless Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mid-South Management Rev. Larry Hays CitiGroup Foundation Mr. Ed D. Bowers The Newberry Observer Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague CNA Foundation Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Billy L. Painter Mr. J. Patrick Henry Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Mr. and Mrs John Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Norman F. Pulliam Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Cooper-Standard Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Rev. John W. Hipp Duke Energy Dr. and Mrs. William B. Royster ExxonMobil Foundation Mrs. Mellnee Buchheit James A. Scott & Son, Inc. Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague General Electric Foundation Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague The Spartanburg County Foundation Mr. Kenneth Holt Grace Foundation Inc. Mrs. Martha Ann Fricks Burgess Mr. Hank Steinberg (Class of 1953) IBM International Foundation Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. and Mrs. Howard Suitt Mr. Joe C. Heavner International Paper Company Fdn. www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 2 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 continued Honor Roll of Donors

Mr. Harold Hooper Casey Phillips Ms. “2L” Cindy Willson Mr. Cawthon Bowen Burt 20th Wedding Anniversary Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Ms. April H. Cooke Mrs. Janette G. Burt Ms. Laura O. Hooper Ms. Sandra Gunter Reeves Dr. Bruce Yandle, Jr. Mr. Heyward Calvert ]Ms. Kathy Hothem Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh-Williams Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Mr. Jeff Calvert Ms. Betty S. Griffin Rev. and Mrs. Luther Rickenbaker Mrs. Leland “Minnie” Cantrell Mrs. Anne Irwin Ms. Betty S. Griffin Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Dr. and Mrs. William B. Royster Ms. Jewel Timmons Carroll Mr. Daniel Keiger Mr. Burke Royster 2006 Gifts Made in Memory of Ms. Barbara T. Watkins Mr. James A. Keiger Mr. Jonathan Sergeant Alumni and Friends of Dean A. G. Carter Rev. and Mrs. Thomas A. Kruchkow (Class of 2000) Spartanburg Methodist College Mr. Ray E. Petty Mr. Christopher A. Kruchkow Mr. Tim Sergeant Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Thompson Mr. Hugh Lancaster Ms. Amanda Shelnutt (Honoree is in Bold) Mr. Wilburn Ray Cash (Class of 1953) Mr. Neil R. Phillips Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. Joe C. Heavner Mr. Thomas L. Ross Mr. William Glenn Abernathy Mrs. Martha Duckworth Cavin Mrs. Nita B. Lee Ms. Patsy Tinsley Simmons Ms. Sarah Abernathy Poston Dr. Eugene P. Rutledge Bill and Mary Frances Lee Cantrell Mr. John W. Simmons, Jr. Mr. Roger Amidon Dr. William P. Cavin, Sr. Mrs. Carroll Kay Luck Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Ms. Betty S. Griffin Dr. Eugene P. Rutledge Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh-Williams Dr. John W. Simmons Ms. Ruth Amidon Mrs. Ruth D. Cheatham Mrs. Doris Luther Mr. John W. Simmons, Jr. Ms. Betty S. Griddin Mr. Wayne P. Baldwin Ms. Dorothy C. Roberts SJC Class of 1956 50th Rev. William E. Andrews Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Beverly, Roger, Cora and Drew Anniversary Reunion Mr. Paul Starnes Mr. and Mrs. James Howard Franklin Luther Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Thompson Mr. Walter Leo Bailey Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. Justin Skinner, my son Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Peng Hong Chong Ms. Mary B. Lyda Ms. Anita Phillips Mrs. Geri Barton Mr. Peter Pang Mr. and Mrs. Jim Snead Rev. Candice Sloan Dr. J. Hamby Barton Class of 1941 Ms. Nan Maddux St. James United Methodist Church Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Mr. and Mr. Ray Lybrand Ms. Betty S. Griffin Mr. W. Terry Stephenson Dr. and Mrs. George D. Fields, Jr. Mr. Maloy R. Rash Mark, Jessica, Kelly and Rea- Ms. Betty S. Griffin Mr. Thurston Batchelor Mr. Howard Collins gan Marsh Ms. Mary Ellen Suitt Rev. Victor M. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Momier Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Ms. Betty S. Griffin Mrs. Judy Ann Hayes Bates Ms. Mary Lou Cooper Mr. Leonard Marsh Mr. T. Howard Suitt Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Mrs. Mary Sparks Bates Mrs. Cecile Causey Cox Rev. Bill and Novella McNeill Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mr. Mark Causey Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Ms. Betty S. Griffin Mr. and Mrs. James Howard Franklin Ms. Mitchelle Causey Cox Ms. Elizabeth M. Marks Fletcher and Ruth Thompson Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Ms. Elise C. Vaught Ms. Betty M. Sells Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mr. Aaron Wilburn Turner Mr. and Mrs. J. Russell Cross, Sr. Mr. Clarence D. Williams Ms. Virginia L. Hughes Mr. Harry C. Belk Mr. Joseph Russell Cross Ms. Sarah Miller Mr. and Mrs. William Grady Stewart Mrs. Harry C. Belk Mrs. Olga George Darden Ms. Betty S. Griffin Rev. Ken Timmerman Mrs. Donnie Rice Blackwell Mrs. Annie Lauire George Mrs. Lillian Mooneyham First United Methodist Church at Mr. Cecil D. Bishop Mr. “Macky” Doyle Mr. William Tom McElveen Myrtle Beach Mr. William C. Boyd Ms. Ann Smith Hewatt Mr. and Mrs. William Grady Stewart Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Mr. Grady L. Fincher Duncan Memorial UMC Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore Mr. John Vaught – 60th Mr. Ward Johnson Deceased Members Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Wedding Anniversary Mr. and Mrs. William H. Smith Duncan Memorial UMC Members Rev. Jean Osborne Mrs. Elsie Vaught Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher D. Thompson Mr. Robert Dean “Bobby” First United Methodist Church at Mr. Bud Wells Mr. Preston B. Bobo, Sr. Edwards Myrtle Beach Mr. Edward J. Grasso Ms. Clarice C. Bobo Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Mr. Andy Westbrook Mrs. Kit Brown Mrs. Iris Clardy Ellis and Ms. Mr. Bill Painter Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Loraine Ellis Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Mrs. Merle Whalen Rev. Joe Brown Dr. Charlotte Lindler Ellis Mrs. Amanda Parris, my Wife, Ms. Sharon S. Jones Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. Randal Lee and Little Miss Audrey Parris, Mr. Allen Bruce Williams Mrs. Velma Fricks Bruce Ms. Benita D. Stavely my Daughter Mrs. Jayne Marsh-Williams Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Thompson Mr. J. Donald Parris Nikki W. Huntley, Billy, Mike Mr. Bill Burgess Ms. Loraine Ellis Mrs. Liz Patterson and Rick Williams Mr. Carroll G. Gosnell Ms. Jan Satterfield Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. Joe C. Heavner Mr. Robert A. Stuessy Pam, Jamie, Brandon and

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Mr. Eurell Eubanks, Jr. Mr. Douglas Kemper Horton Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Ms. Ruth Magher Mr. Joseph R. Clary Mrs. Elizabeth B. Horton Ms. Betty S. Griffin Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. Thomas Mays Evatt Mr. Brent H. Hughes Mr. David Paul Johnson Ms. Anne Kyle McIntyre Mr. Thomas Foster Evatt Ms. Virginia L. Hughes Ms. Eunice R. Knouse Ms. Patricia B. McKinney Mrs. Zara Fant Mr. Max Ingram Mrs. Tom P. LaRoche Mr. James L. Metcalf Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Drs. Marvin and Katherine Cann Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. George N. Miller Mrs. Odessa Floyd Ms. Janet L. Francis SMC Faculty Fund Network Services Company Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher D Thompson Mr. Trev A. Neuburger Mr. Bud Fortanberry Mr. Glenn L. McDuffie Mr. John O. Towles Mr. Jack W. Newton Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Ms. Sarah S. Miller Mrs. Ann Wenz Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Patterson Mrs. Ann Wenz Ms. Mary Ellen Suitt Mrs. Elva Lynn Perkins, Inc. Mr. Vernon Foster Mr. Chris Jessup Drs. Marvin and Katherine Cann Mr. Edward P. Perrin Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case The Piedmont Club Mrs. Louise Foster Honorable Olin D. Johnston Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. John S. Poole Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Moore Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Patterson Mrs. Rephilla “Phil” Lynn Mr. John C. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Thompson Mrs. Patricia Brown Kahn Mr. Maxcy C. Lynn Ms. Evelyn C. Robinson Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Fricks Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. Heddric Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Lewis L. Scott Jayne Fricks Marsh and Bruce Rev. and Mrs. David A. Clyburn, Jr. Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. Frank W. Sistaire Williams Dr. and Mrs. George D Fields, Jr. Mr. Lamar Glenn Marsh, Sr. Mr. John T. Tate Mrs. Lois White Fricks Ms. Betty S. Griffin Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. Ray E. Thompson Jayne Fricks Marsh and Bruce Ms. Sharon S. Jones Mrs. Frances Pack Martin Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher D. Thompson Williams Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Ms. Audria U. Tolson Mr. Perry Gaines Mr. L. Bruce McCoy Mrs. Joyce Martin Ms. Kerry B. Van Winkle Mr. Melton Georgion Rev. Talmage Skinner Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. L. Harrall Walker Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Thompson Mr. C. E. Kanipe Mr. Marion K. Matthews Mr. Bruce B. White Preston A. Gardner Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mrs. Marion K. Matthews Mr. Myles W. Whitlock Ms. J. Kathryn Gardner Mr. James A. Knight, Jr. Mr. Douglas Arthur May Mr. Robert L. Wynn Mr. Harry H. Gibson Mrs. James A. Knight Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Mr. William Young Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Mr. Donn Lando Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Ms. Norma Jean Miller Harry H. Gibson Family Foundation Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mrs. Margaret Ballew McMahan Mr. Frank J. Anderson Ms. Ruby Grant Mr. Jesse Robert “Bob” Law, Jr. Mr. X. L. McMahan Ms. Margaret M. Hausman Drs. Marvin and Katherine Cann Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mrs. Lucy Miller Coach C. B. “Slim” Mooneyham Mr. Lem Asbury Grier, Sr. Mr. Rodney L. Boyes Acme Paper and Supply Co., Inc. Mr. Hoyle Edwards Ms. Betty Gregg Black Mrs. Mellnee Buchheit Ms. Isabel H. Adams Mr. William Tom McElveen Mrs. Emily R. Grubb Drs. Marvin and Katherine Cann Atlantic Coast Marketing, Inc. Mrs. Lillian Mooneyham Mr. Paul E. Grubb First National Bank of Spartanburg Mr. Raymond P. Barry Mrs. Edith B. Stanley Mr. Vernon D. Gwynne Ms. Betty S. Griffin Mr. Wayne F. Bowers Mr. and Mrs. William Grady Stewart Mrs. Betty R. Gwynne Ms. Marjorie B. Icenhour Branch Banking and Trust Mr. Tyrus R. Wood Mrs. Elna Hanson Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. Patrick A. Carey Colonel Thomas Nichols, Jr. Drs. Marvin and Katherine Cann Ms. Katherine R. Moore Carolina Country Club Women’s Golf Mr. and Mrs. Joseph S. Momier Dr. Paul S. Lofton, Jr. Shepherds Center Shufflers Association Ms. Eyra K. Nichols Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher D. Thompson Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Mr. Cliff Odom Mrs. Ann Wenz Mrs. Ann Wenz Mr. and Mrs. Luciano Cont Mrs. Laura Odom Mrs. Mabel Harmon Mr. J. E. Lawson Mr. John T. Cothran Mrs. J. J. Paciulan Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. Michael E. Lawson Mr. Elton D. Crenshaw Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. S. T. Hearne Rev. Michael B. Lee Dadepaper Master Nicholas Pack Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Bill and Mary Frances Lee Cantrell Mr. Roland Fehrmann Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. John Patrick Henry, Jr. Ms. Laci Lehr Fleming Insurance Services, Inc. Mr. Francis Palmer Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Mr. Cecil D. Bishop Ms. Elizabeth Gosnell York Soil and Water Conservation Rev. and Mrs. James O. Gilliam Mr. Louie Lister Mr. Joel R. Griffin District Mr. and Mrs. John Pat Henry Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Roger Habisreutinger Mrs. Opal Griffin Pendleton Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Durst and Paul S. Lofton, Sr. Mrs. Juanita Hammett Mrs. Louise Foster Mr. John W. Henry Mr. and Mrs. Terry Adkins Dr. Charles B. Hanna Mr. George W. Pferdeort Mr. John B. Lee Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mr. James Heatherly Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. Charles Himes Ms. Jane Brackett Mr. Edgar M. Holden Mr. Sigmund Pickus Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Drs. Marvin and Katherine Cann Mr. Warren N. Little Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 2 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 continued Honor Roll of Donors

Ms. Jane Brackett Mr. Michael L. O’Shields Mrs. and Mrs. John T. Cothran Mr. and Mrs. Bill G. Bowers, Sr. Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Mr. H. Garland Smoak Mr. and Mrs. Elton D. Crenshaw Mrs. Ella Mae Ackerman Bowers ~ Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. H. Booker Sparrow DadePaper 1972 Mrs. Ann Wenz Mr. and Mrs. John W. Sparrow Mr. and Mrs. Roland Fehrmann Rev. Michael Esley Bowers ~ 1974 Rev. Samuel H. Poston General Lee Staton First National Bank of Spartanburg The Michael E. Bowers and Ella Mr. Douglas B. Baker Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Fleming Insurance Services, Inc. Mae Ackerman Bowers Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mr. James Howard Franklin Ms. Elizabeth W. Gosnell Endowed Scholarship Mrs. Ella Mae Ackerman Bowers ~ Mr. Eugene Eaddy Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Joel R. Griffin, Jr. 1972 Dr. and Mrs. George D. Fields, Jr. Saint Johns UMC – Good News Mr. and Mrs. Roger Habisreutinger Rev. Michael Esley Bowers ~ 1974 Rev. and Mrs. David W. Holder Cllass Mrs. Juanita Pulley Hammett ~ 1950 The Sophie S. Brannon Ms. Barbara A. Latham Mr. Robert L. Stoddard Dr. Charles B. Hanna, Sr. Endowed Scholarship Rev. Dennis R. Lee Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Mrs. Edith H. Harmon Mr. James E. Brannon ~ 1944 Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Lofton, Jr. Mr. Henry H. “Lefty” Taylor Mr. James Heatherly Mr. and Mrs. James H. Brannon Mr. and Mrs. Allen E. Long Mrs. Louise B. Taylor Mr. Edgar M. Holden Mr. Bill Thompson The Katherine J. “Kit” Brown Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Paul H. Lehner Endowed Scholarship Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. and Mrs. Leslie L. McMillan Mr. and Mrs. Warren N. Little Mrs. Ella Mae Ackerman Bowers ~ Ms. Sarah S. Miller Mrs. Merle Anne Stockman Mrs. Ruth Magher 1972 Whalen Mr. and Mrs. Jim Snead Mrs. Mary Ross R. Martin Rev. Michael Esley Bowers ~ 1974 Ms. Sharon S. Jones Rev. and Mrs. Robert G. Strother Ms. Anne Kyle McIntyre Rev. Joe K. Brown Mr. L. H. Wiggins Raymond James Trust Company Ms. Mary Ellen Suitt Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Ms. Patricia B. McKinney The David English Camak Mr. and Mrs. Donald Tate Bill, Helen, Sandra and Terry Mr. and Mrs. James L. Metcalf Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Williams Mr. George N. Miller Mrs. Blair C. LaRocca Ms. Sybil I. Price Mrs. Nikki Williams Huntley Network Services Company The A.G. Carter Endowed Ms. Lorena Agnew Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams Mr. and Mrs. Trev A. Neuburger Scholarship Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mr. Michael Steve Williams Mr. and Mrs. Jack W. Newton Mr. and Mrs. John Phillip Hodges Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Mr. Ernest Williams Mr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Patterson, Jr The Martha Cloud Chapman Centerline, Inc. Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Perkins, Inc. Endowed Scholarship Mr. Milo Hill Mr. and Mrs. Junior Williams Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Perrin The Gibbs Charitable Foundation Mr. John Philip Hodges Jayne Marsh and Bruce Williams The Piedmont Club The Walter “Butch” Cherry Mrs. Becky H. Kirkland Mr. Charles Preston Woody Mr. John S. Poole Endowed Athletic Scholarship Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mrs. Evelyn C. Robinson Ms. Susan Peake Cherry-Casey Ms. Deborah L. Price Verlon and Marvin D. Young, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. John C. Robinson, Sr. The Chesterfield County Mr. Jeffrey W. Price Rev. and Mrs. Michael E. Bowers Mr. Lewis L. Scott ~ 1949 Endowed Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Fletcher D. Thompson Ms. Marlene Y. Hubbard Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Sistare, Jr. B. C. Moore Foundation Mr. Shane Pruitt Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Spartanburg County Foundation The Malloy Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Pruitt Mr. Denny E. Mobbs Mr. John T. Tate The Class of 1941 Endowed Bleeze and Grace Rainey Mr. Fletcher D. Thompson ~ 1941 Scholarship Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh 2006 Contributors to Mr. Ray E. Thompson, Jr. ~ 1977 Mr. Cecil D. Bishop ~ 1941 Rev. Clark Redmond Endowed Funds Mrs. Audria U. Tolson ~ 1956 Mr. William C. Boyd ~ 1941 Mrs. Hazel J. Stringfield Mrs. Kerry B. Van Winkle Mr. Grady L. Fincher ~ 1941 Mr. John Marshall Reid The William E. Andrews Mr. and Mrs. L. Harrall Walker Mr. Ward Johnson ~ 1941 Mr. Marion W. Reid Endowed Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Bruce B. White Mrs. Edna Stanley Lybrand ~ 1942 Ms. Evelyn C. Robinson Rev. and Mrs. T. Paul Starnes, Jr. Mr. Myles W. Whitlock, Jr. Mr. Ray P. Lybrand ~ 1941 Ms. Mary Ross Martin The Atkins/Miller Family Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Wynn, III Mr. Joseph S. Momier ~ 1941 Mr. Pleasant Terry Roper Endowed Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. William Young Mrs. Virl Morrow Momier ~ 1941 Mrs. Edith J. Roper Acme Paper & Supply Co., Inc. The Bailey Foundation Mrs. Mary Gault Smith ~ 1941 Mr. Bud Rowland Ms. Isabel H. Adams Scholarship Mr. Fletcher D. Thompson ~ 1941 Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Ms. Louise Atkins ~ 1949 South Carolina Independent Colleges Mrs. Ruth DeLoache Thompson ~ Mr. Roy McBee Smith, Sr. Atlantic Coast Marketing, Inc. & Universities 1942 Dr. and Mrs. C. Sterling Case Mr. Raymond P. Barry The Bank of America The Class of 1948 Endowed Mrs. Jayne Fricks Marsh Mr. and Mrs. Wayne F. Bowers Scholarship Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Ansel Smith Branch Banking & Trust Company South Carolina Independent Colleges Mrs. Goldie Sprouse Bryant ~ 1948 Ms. Barbara L. Smith Mr. and Mrs. Patrick A. Carey & Universities The Class of 1953 Endowed Scholarship Coach John M. Smoak CCC Women’s Golf Association The Bill G., Sr. and Elizabeth F. Mr. Joe C. Heavner ~ 1953 Mrs. Miriam Smoak Henry Mr. and Mrs. Luciano Cont Bowers Endowed Scholarship Mr. Hugh R. Lancaster ~ 1953

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The Class of 1990 Endowed Mrs. Louise Foster Mr. Fletcher D. Thompson ~ 1941 South Carolina United Methodist Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. Robert A. Moore ~ 1966 Mrs. Ruth DeLoache Thompson ~ Conference CR Insurance Co., Inc. The J. L. Geddis Honorary 1942 The Sam and Bobbie Poston The Robby Cook and Ken Roach Endowed Scholarship The A.V. and Margaret Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Mrs. Jenny Dunn Wannamaker Huff Faculy Mr. and Mrs. Douglas B. Baker Mr. Kenneth Crenshaw Rev. John W. Hipp, Jr. ~ 1973 Endowment Rev. A. Eugene Eaddy Mr. William D. Fortenberry ~ 1981 The Mary Lynn Gosa Memorial Dr. and Mrs. A. V. Huff, Jr. Dr. and Mrs. George D. Fields, Jr. The Dantzler Scholarship Scholarship The William B. Kerfoot Rev. David W. Holder ~ 1962 First National Bank of S. C. Mrs. Joy L. Weisner ~ 1998 Memorial Endowed Scholarship Mrs. Madora B. Holder ~ 1977 The Olga George Darden Mr. William G. Weisner ~ 1991 Dr. and Mrs. William W. Kerfoot Ms. Barbara A. Latham Memorial Scholarship The Marion Rhett Gramling The Liz Kuhn Endowed Rev. and Mrs. Dennis R. Lee Mrs. Sam A. George Scholarship Scholarship Dr. and Mrs. Paul S. Lofton, Jr. The Ocie Floride Smith Dean The Hugh and Sally Lalor Trust Ms. Dorothy S. Jolley Rev. Allen E. Long ~ 1954 Scholarship The Betty S. Griffin Endowed Mrs. Sherrill Hege King Mrs. Jean Bell Long ~ 1955 South Carolina United Methodist Scholarship Ms. Peggy McCallister Mr. and Mrs. Leslie L. McMillan, Jr. Foundation Mr. John S. Benfield ~ 1976 Mr. and Mrs. Billy W. Wood Ms. Sarah S. Miller The Duke Power Company Rev. Susan A. Bennett, D. Min. The Michael B. and Nita B. Lee * Rev. Samuel H. Poston ~ 1951 Scholarship Dr. Katherine D. Cann Endowed Scholarship Mrs. Ira J. Snead South Carolina Independent Colleges Ms. Janet L. Francis & Universities The Arthur Vining Davis Foundation Rev. and Mrs. Robert G. Strother Ms. Betty S. Griffin Bill and Mary Frances Lee Cantrell ~ The Duncan Memorial United Ms. Mary Ellen Suitt Ms. Ann Payne Howard 1958 Methodist Church Endowed Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Lansberry Mr. Michael B. Lee III ~ 1962 Scholarship The Presidential Scholarship Mrs. Joe Ann Lever The Thomas C. Littlejohn, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Wayne P. Baldwin Branch Banking & Trust Company Ms. Nan G. Maddux Family Scholarship Mr. Jeff Calvert Dr. and Mrs. Charles P. Teague Duncan Memorial UMC Mr. Zerno E. Martin Jr. Coveney-Little John Farm, Inc. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn L. McDuffie The Lofton Fund The Mary Connor Price Mrs. Louise Foster Memorial Scholarship Mr. James H. Franklin ~ 1963 Ms. Sarah S. Miller Mr. and Mrs. Terry Adkins Ms. Elaine W. Poovey Ms. Jane Brackett South Carolina United Methodist Good News Class - Saint Johns UMC Foundation Mrs. Ira J. Snead Dr. Katherine D. Cann Mr. and Mrs. Michael C. Humphries The Sybil I. Price Endowed Spartanburg County Foundation Mr. David Paul Johnson Mrs. Vera Jayne Fricks Marsh Scholarship Ms. Mary Ellen Suitt Mr. and Mrs. Tom P. LaRoache Mr. and Mrs. John T. Messer Mrs. Lorena Agnew Dr. and Mrs. Friedrich V. Wenz Mr. Fletcher D. Thompson ~ 1941 Mr. and Mrs. Denny E. Mobbs Mrs. Ella Mae Ackerman Bowers ~ Mr. Aaron W. Turner ~ 1954 Ms. Elsie R. Wright Mrs. Ruth DeLoache Thompson ~ 1972 1942 Mr. and Mrs. N. Frank Waldrep, Jr. The Hammond Family Memorial Rev. Michael Esley Bowers ~ 1974 Mr. and Mrs. John O. Towles Mr. and Mrs. Wally Waldrop Endowed Scholarship Centerline, Inc. The R.E. and Mary B. Lyda Mr. Allen Bruce Williams Dr. Gaines W. Hammond, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Milo Hill The John Webster Henry Endowed Scholarship Mr. Micheal S. Williams Colorsources, LLC Ms. Mary P. Hodges The Iris Clardy Ellis and Memorial Scholarship Rev. James W. Johnston Mrs. Miriam Smoak Henry ~ 1980 Mr. John W. Lyda ~ 1965 Loraine Ellis Memorial Mrs. Becky Hodges Kirkland ~ 1963 Mr. and Mrs. H. Garland Smoak Mrs. Ira J. Snead Scholarship The Rephilla H. (Phil) Lynn Mr. and Mrs. Royce L. Leopard Bank of America The Marvis and John P. Henry Ms. Deborah L. Price Family Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Dr. Charlotte Lindler Ellis Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Price Mr. John P. Henry ~ 1964 Mr. John S. Benfield ~ 1976 Mr. and Mrs. J. Randal Lee Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus L. Shealy Mrs. Marvis Wiggins Henry ~ 1963 Mr. Maxcy C. Lynn, Sr. Mrs. Catherine H. Thompson ~ 1956 Waccamaw Community Foundation The Bill and Novella McNeill The John and Jim Ramsey Mr. Harold D. Thompson ~ 1959 Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship The J. Edgar Hoover Memorial Edward and Beth McNeill Marks, Jr. Diamond Hill Plywood Co. The Fred M. and Sara W. Epting Scholarship Scholarship Mr. Raymond P. Barry The C. B. “Slim” Mooneyham The Rotary Scholarship Mrs. Fred M. Epting Memorial Scholarship Spartanburg County Foundation Mrs. Harry C. Belk The Thomas F. Evatt Endowed Mrs. Lillian C. Mooneyham Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Brunner Saint Matthew United Scholarship The Virgilia C. Moore Endowed Mr. and Mrs. Edward M. Conroy Methodist Church Scholarships Rev. and Mrs. Thomas F. Evatt Scholarship St. Matthew UMC - Greenville Ms. Robyn Miller Whatley Mrs. Virginia L. Hughes Ms. Anne Brady Moore Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Kicklighter The SCANA Corp./SCE&G The Louise and Vernon Foster Mr. John P. Moore Annual Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Mr. John F. McCormack Spartanburg County Foundation South Carolina Independent Colleges Mr. Joe P. Parker Mrs. Ella Mae Ackerman Bowers ~ The United Methodist & Universities Mr. and Mrs. Bertil W. Rolander 1972 Scholarship Rev. Michael Esley Bowers ~ 1974 Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Schaaf www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 27 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 continued Honor Roll of Donors

The Spartanburg County Mrs. Deborah C. Philbeck ~ 1973 Mr. and Mrs. W. Terry Stephenson Foundation Foundation Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. H. Garland Smoak The Josephine Alexander and The UPS Annual Scholarship Spartanburg County Foundation The Sonoco Products Company Paul Calvert Thomas Memorial South Carolina Independent Colleges The Agnes and Cyrus Shealy Annual Scholarship Scholarship & Universities Endowed Scholarship South Carolina Independent Colleges Mr. and Mrs. W. Don Bain, Jr. The Sallie Lybrand Ward Mr. and Mrs. Cyrus L. Shealy & Universities Spartanburg County Foundation Scholarship Wachovia Securities Retail Inv. Gp. The O. D. Sparkman Honorary The Fletcher D. Thompson Spartanburg County Foundation The Agnes Brown Sill Endowed Endowed Scholarship and Ruth Deloache Thompson The Sallie Lybrand Ward Fund Metropolitan Life Foundation Endowed Scholarship Scholarship The Robert D. Warren Mr. Gregory D. Sparkman ~ 1979 Mr. Fletcher D. Thompson ~ 1941 Ms. Bethany S. Cecil Endowed Scholarship Mr. Phillip R. Sill ~ 1965 The H. Booker Sparrow Mrs. Ruth DeLoache Thompson ~ 1942 Dr. Robert D. Warren ~ 1941 The Patsy Tinsley Simmons Memorial Scholarship The Lettie Pate Whitehead Endowed Scholarship Mr. J. Wesley Sparrow, Jr. ~ 1978 The Benjamin R. Turner Endowed Scholarship Annual Scholarship Mr. John W. Simmons, Jr. The Paul K. and Louise H. Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation Dr. and Mrs. John W. Simmons Starnes End. Scholarship Mr. and Mrs. A. M. Turner The United Methodist The W. B. Wilkerson Family The John McMahon Smoak Exxon Education Foundation Endowed Scholarship Foundation Scholars Program Memorial Scholarship Mrs. Louise Hart Starnes ~ 1940 York Soil & Water Conser. District Board of Higher Education and Mrs. Miriam Smoak Henry ~ 1980 The Walter Terry and Gloria The W. B. Wilkerson, Jr. Ministries Mr. Michael L. O’Shields ~ 1971 Raylene Stephenson Endowed Memorial Endowed Scholarship Scholarship United Methodist Higher Education Mr. Daniel L. Philbeck ~ 1974 York Soil & Water Conser. District An Opportunity to Obtain a Part of SMC History The Mission Chapel at SMC Some members of the SMC The crosses are constructed at Spartanburg was constructed in 1976 and family suggested we do some- from the original Western Methodist College has served as the center of the thing to preserve this signifi- Cedar cross. They stand 10 from 1976 Religious Life Programs since cant part of the SMC history. inches tall with a base that is until 2005.” that time. In late 2005, it Now, after working with a 4½ inches square. Each cross As a way became apparent that the orig- local craftsman, we are pleased is sealed with furniture-grade to honor the inal cross that stood tall over to have a limited number of conversion varnish and has a Religious Life the chapel should be replaced replica crosses that we can plate inscribed “Crafted from Program here at because of water damage to offer to alumni and friends of the Original Cross that Stood SMC, we are asking the base of the cross. the college. Over The Mission Chapel anyone who would like to receive one of  Enclosed is my check or money order in the amount of $______made payable to: SMC – Cross Project. these crosses to make a  My credit card: ( )VISA ( )MasterCard ( )American Express minimum contribution of $100, made Card Number: ______payable to: SMC – Cross Project. Expiration Date: ______/ 20___ Because of the limited number available, we will send  On-line giving: www.smcsc.edu these on a first-come, first- served basis. All proceeds will Please ship my cross to: benefit the Student Scholarship Fund to help needy students. Name:______Please complete the attached form and send it with your Address:______check in the gift return enve- lope included in this maga- City:______State: ______Zip: ______zine, or mail to: SMC – Cross Daytime Phone: ______Evening Phone: ______Project, 1000 Powell Mill Road, Spartanburg, SC 29301.

2 / SPRING 2007 SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE www.smcsc.edu FRONTIERS Spring 2007 SMC Co-Sponsors Legislative Appreciation Luncheon n Dec. 8, SMC, along with Wofford College, OConverse College and Limestone College, co- sponsored an appreciation luncheon for members of the Spartanburg, Cherokee, and Union County legislative delegations. More than 80 people attended the event held at Wofford College, including students from each college, their parents, and key representatives and trustees of each college. (Top, l-r) Karen Wilkins, Rep. Lanny Littlejohn, Mark Wilkins, Those students and parents were given the opportunity and Josh Wilkins talk following the luncheon. Josh is an SMC to thank the state legislators first-hand for their continuing student. (Bottom, l-r) SMC Board of Trustees Chairman Dan Foster and support of the South Carolina Tuition Grants program and SCICU director Wayne Landreth talk to Rep. Scott Talley. other forms of funding for higher education in the state. Facts About SCICU and S.C. Tuition Grants • SCICU’s member institutions award 26% of the State’s four-year degrees. This translates into more than 32,500 students annually, of whom approximately 75% are from South Carolina. • Only South Carolina residents attending a SCICU member institution are eligible for state tuition grants. • Approximately 93 percent of Spartanburg Methodist College’s student body are South Carolina residents. • The current maximum S.C. Tuition Grant award per student is $3,100. Annual Letter Campaign Allows Students to Thank Legislators More than 200 Financial Aid at Spartanburg Spartanburg Methodist Methodist College. College students recently The letter writing participated in an annual campaign is a state- letter writing campaign wide effort, sponsored thanking state legislators for by the South Carolina their continued support of Independent Colleges and the South Carolina Tuition Universities. Grants program. In the 2006 – 2007 “This gives our students academic year, 500 SMC an opportunity to thank the students have received more than $1.4 million in Tuition state legislators for their SMC Sophomore Bryan Smith and Freshman Brad Cochran write interest in higher educa- Grant funds from the state. letters of appreciation to their local South Carolina state legis- tion in South Carolina. The current maximum award lators. Since the SCTG is just for per student is $3,100. approximately 29 percent important that we recognize the private colleges in SC, Spartanburg Methodist of their tuition. Because the role our legislators play it is especially important College’s recently approved of South Carolina Tuition in higher education – and to recognize the program tuition for the 2007 – 2008 Grants, many of our students coming from the students since it helps fund costs at a academic year is $10,850. are provided an academic themselves, those words of private school,” says Carolyn “Tuition Grants allow our opportunity that they might appreciation really mean a Sparks, Assistant Dean of in-state students to offset not have otherwise. It is very great deal,” says Sparks.

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Endowed Scholarships The Katherine J. “Kit” Brown The Gaynelle Doty Endowed The Horry County Endowed Through generous gifts and Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship bequests of scholarship funds by The Walter J. Brown Memorial The Duncan Memorial United The Connie B. Howard Endowed alumni and friends of the College, Scholarship Methodist Church Scholarship several endowed scholarships The Buchheit Family Scholarship The Feltham S. James Scholarship have been established for quali- Endowed Scholarship fied students. These scholarship The George Ernest Burwell Ellenburg Family Athletic The Olin D. Johnston Endowed funds have a minimum balance Memorial Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship of $10,000 each and awards from The David English Camak The Iris Clardy Ellis and Loraine The Doris Adair Howe Kilkuskie these funds are supported by Scholarship Ellis Memorial Scholarship Memorial Scholarship income from the endowed funds. The Jule K. and DeArmond E. The Thomas F. Evatt Endowed The William R. Kinnett Endowed The awards are given in accor- Canaday Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship dance with guidelines established The Dr. John S.Featherston The Liz Kuhn Endowed for each endowed scholarship. The A.G. Carter Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Scholarship The Lancaster County, Fort Mill, The Paul D. and Joy W. Carter The Fields-Ammons Scholarship The Warren H. Abernathy Chester, Lyman, Duncan, Endowed Scholarship The Emily McEachern Fincher Americanism Scholarship Wellford Townships Endowed The Case-Gaul Athletic Endowed Scholarship Fund The Aiken Family Endowed Scholarship Scholarship The A. Mickey Fisher Endowed Scholarship The Michael B. and Nita B. Lee Scholarship The William E. Andrews The Martha Duckworth Cavin Scholarship Endowed Scholarship The Alex and Clara Foster Endowed Scholarship The Broadus R. Littlejohn, Sr., Scholarship The Atkins/Miller Family The Chesterfield County Scholarship The Blanche C. and J. Howard Endowed Scholarship The Thomas C. Littlejohn, Sr., Endowed Scholarship Foster Endowed Scholarship The Class of 1938 Endowed Family Scholarship The Neetumn G. and Homerene The Don Foster Endowed Scholarship The Dr. Roberta Lovelace Bagwell Endowed Scholarship Scholarship The Class of 1941 Endowed Scholarship The V.C. “Vic” Bailey, Jr. The Louise and Vernon Foster Scholarship The R. E. and Mary B. Lyda Honorary Scholarship Endowed Scholarship The Class of 1948 Endowed Endowed Scholarship The Jesse Rutledge Baker The W. Neal Freeman Memorial Scholarship The Ella Jordan Lynn Endowed Memorial Scholarship Athletic Scholarship The David A. Clyburn, Sr. Scholarship The Earl and Debra Chambers The J. L. Geddis Honorary Memorial Scholarship The Hawley B. Lynn Memorial Baker Memorial Scholarship Endowed Scholarship The Lewis M. Clyburn Scholarship The Ballenger Family The Brunson George Scholarship Scholarship The Rephilla H. (Phil) Lynn The Mary Lynn Gosa Memorial Scholarship The Brooks and Virginia Connor Memorial Scholarship Scholarship The James L. Belin Endowed Scholarship The Thomas E. Mabry Endowed The Marion Rhett Gramling Scholarship The Crenshaw Athletic Scholarship Scholarship The Paul Black Memorial Scholarship The John McMahon Smoak Me- Scholarship The Lemuel A. Grier, Sr. morial Scholarship The Lila E. and Sidney R. Endowed Scholarship The Anna M. Bock Endowed The Franklin and Mary Crumpton Endowed The Betty S. Griffin Endowed Scholarship McMeekin Memorial Scholarship Scholarship The Bill G., Sr. and Elizabeth F. Scholarship Bowers Endowed Scholarship The Olga George Darden The R. C. Griffith Endowed The Bill and Novella McNeill The Michael E. Bowers Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Endowed Scholarship and Ella Mae Ackerman The Lacy and Betty Davis The Dr. John Guthrie Endowed Bowers Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Memorial Endowment for Merit and Need Scholarship The Sophie S. Brannon Endowed The Bishop Cyrus Dawsey The John Webster Henry Memorial Endowment for Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship to Ministerial & The Jean Casey Brittain The Marvis and John P. Henry The Martha L. Dockins and Full-Time Christian Vocations Family Scholarship Scholarship Freshman Class of 1947 Students The J. Edgar Hoover Memorial The Thelma Kiser Brooks Memorial Endowed The Milliken Honors Scholarship Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Scholarship

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The Walter S. Montgomery The Norman and Gladys Suttles The Walter “Butch” Cherry lines listed in the College Catalog. Memorial Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Endowed Athletic Scholarship The Kim Ivan Moody Memorial The Lois Neal Tennent Endowed The Class of 1943 The Bailey Foundation Scholarship Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Scholarship The C. B. “Slim”Mooneyham The Josephine Alexander and The Class of 1953 Endowed The Bank of America Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Paul Calvert Thomas Scholarship The Joseph B. Bethea Scholarship The Virgilia C. Moore Endowed Memorial Scholarship The Class of 1990 Endowed Scholarship The DeArmond E. and Fletcher D. Thompson and Ruth Scholarship Jule K. Canaday Scholarship The Mr. and Mrs. M.A. “Brick” Deloache Thompson Scholarship The Dr. Vergene Colloms The Ruth B. Caudle Scholarship Morris Scholarship Fund Endowed Music Scholarship The Colonial Life Scholarship The John and Sara Murray The John B. Thompson The Robby Cook and Ken The Dantzler Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Roach Endowed Scholarship The Ocie Floride Smith Dean The Mary Neeley Scholarship The William L. Thompson, Jr. The Martha L. Dockins and Hassie Scholarship Memorial Endowed Scholarship The Lois and Mike O’Kelley D. Campbell Memorial Endowed The Duke Power Company Athletic Scholarship The Benjamin R. Turner Memorial Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship The J. C. Paddock Scholarship The Ashley Gosa Endowed Honors The Fred M. and Sara W. Epting The Vera Davis Parsons Endowed The General Harry M. Arthur Scholarship Scholarship Union County Scholarship Scholarship The Hammond Family Memorial The Gregg-Graniteville The George and Laura Patterson The United Methodist Women Endowed Scholarship Annual Scholarship Scholarship Endowed Scholarship The Bonnie and John Q. Hill The LeRoy Moore Annual The Mae H. Purcell Memorial The Robert D. Warren Endowed Music Program Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship The Treva Jenkins Endowed The National Methodist The John and Jim Ramsey The Eila Jones-Dorcas Waugh Honors Scholarship Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship The William B. Kerfoot Memorial The Presidential Scholarship The Victor M. Ross Memorial The Western North Carolina Scholarship The Mary Connor Price Scholarship Endowed Scholarship The Dr. H. Lester Kingman Memorial Scholarship The Agnes and Cyrus Shealy The W. B. Wilkerson Family Memorial Scholarship The Rotary Scholarship Saint Endowed Scholarship Scholarship The Marlboro County Endowed Matthew United Methodist The Mark M. Shook Endowed The W. B. Wilkerson, Jr. Memorial Scholarship Church Scholarships Scholarship Endowed Scholarship The Cliff and Laura Odom The SCANA Corp./SCE&G The Agnes Brown Sill Endowed The John A. and Harriet Endowed Scholarship Annual Scholarship Scholarship Witherspoon Memorial The Sam and Bobbie Poston The JM Smith Corporation The Isbel Lane Sisk and J. Kelly Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Sisk Greenville County The York County Endowed The Sybil Inez Price Endowed The Sonoco Products Company Annual Scholarship Endowed Scholarship Scholarship Scholarship The John McMahon Smoak The Patsy Tinsley Simmons The Spartanburg County Endowed Scholarship Foundation Scholarship Developing Endowed Endowed Scholarship The H. Booker Sparrow The L. C. Turbeville Memorial The O. D. Sparkman Honorary Scholarships Scholarship Memorial Scholarship Endowed Scholarship These scholarship funds are in the The United Methodist The Glenn and Mary Stables process of becoming endowed schol- The Sumter County Scholarship Scholarship Foundation Scholars Program arships. Once the balances reach a The Swofford Family Endowed The UPS Annual Scholarship The Paul K. and Louise total of $10,000 in cash, scholarship Scholarship H. Starnes Endowed awards will be supported by the The Sallie Lybrand Ward income produced by each fund. The Scholarship Scholarship awards will be given in accordance Annual Fund Scholarships The Walter Terry and Gloria with guidelines established for each These scholarship funds are sup- The Lettie Pate Whitehead Annual Raylene Stephenson endowed scholarship. ported by the generous gifts of Scholarship Endowed Scholarship alumni and friends on an annual The Ralph Albert and Beatrice The Weldon M. Cash Family basis. Awards from these funds are Suttle Endowed Scholarship Endowed Scholarship made in accordance with the guide- www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 1 FRONTIERS Spring 2007

Greetings from the Alumni Office!

I am very excited to announce that Spartanburg Methodist College and Harris Con- nect have teamed up to bring you another Alumni Directory. This directory will allow you to reconnect with your classmates. To ensure we get the most accurate data, we need your help.

Data Verification Forms will be mailed to all Spartanburg Methodist College Alumni in the near future. Each form will be imprinted with the information currently on file for you.

It’s important that you take just a few minutes to look over the data listed on your Verification Form. For many Alumni, it’s been years since this information has been updated. As a result, a significant number of SMC records contain outdated and incomplete information.

As a special courtesy to SMC Alumni, the information gathered during this special data verification project will be incorporated in the upcoming Spartanburg Methodist College directory project.

All Alumni are strongly urged to mail back their completed Verification Forms within 14 days of receipt – even if there are no updates to the information listed. This timely response will help SMC make sure all Alumni have taken advantage of this important opportunity to confirm the accuracy of their information.

Sincerely,

Leah L. Pruitt ‘98

Director of Alumni Relations

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The 2007 Spartanburg Methodist Alumi Directory will soon be avail- able. Contact Alumni Director Leah Pruitt for more information at: [email protected]

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More than 100 alumni were welcomed back to the SMC campus for the 2007 Alumni Weekend held March 30 and 31. Guests had the opportunity to reunite with each other during a dinner March 30 at the Fire

Mountain Grill in Spartanburg and during an (l-r) Liz and Jim Brantley (‘52) talk with (l-r) SMC President Dr. Charles Teague awards luncheon and class reunions held on March Marion Vaught, whose wife Elsie is a ‘43 greets Dan Kirby, an SMC ‘72 alum. 31. alum. During the awards luncheon, a newly endowed scholarship made possible by the Class of 1953 was announced. The Class of 1964, Class of 1940, and Class of 1963 were recognized as the Top Three donating alumni classes.

Alumni gather and reminisce during Spartanburg Methodist College’s 2007 Alumni Weekend.

(Clockwise from left)

SMC President Dr. Charles Teague awards Stacie Williams, class of 1996, with the Young Alumni of the Year Award. Williams served as 2006 - 2007 president of the SMC Alumni Council.

Donnie Parris (left), class of 1982, was 1 2 awarded the Alumni of the Year Award by President Teague

SMC baseball coach Tim Wallace (right) was awarded the Distinguished Service Award for his years of service at the College.

Leah Pruitt, SMC Director of Alumni Relations, inducts Cecil Abrams as the 2007 - 2008 president of the Alumni 4 3 Council. www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 /  FRONTIERS Spring 2007 ALUMNI NEWS TII - SJC - SMC

Alumni News Indian School and later at the Class of 1964 Class of 1969 Indian Mission at Chiloquin, Hugh and Eleanor E. Michael Dills of, Rock Class of 1940 Oregon.” Harrelson reside in N. Hill, SC, is a Sales Manager Nannie Mae Allen, of Myrtle Beach, SC with Southwest Engineers. Clemson, SC, was proud to Class of 1953 be able to attend the 2006 Armenta Wood Prince Jackie E. Atkins is Senior Ted P. Jones of Bradenton, class reunion at SMC. writes, “….I’m looking Vice President with Citizens FL is an Executive Director forward to receiving the Building & Loan Association. for the Sarasota Bay Club. He Class of 1941 FRONTIERS magazine.” He and wife Elizabeth reside and wife Rita have two sons, Ray P. Lybrand and wife, in Greer, SC. Blake and Neil. Edna Stanley Lybrand (SJC Class of 1954 1942), are self-employed in Vera Waldrep Langston W. Ray Ridgeway is Chaplain (COL) Samuel J. Albemarle, NC. lives in Inman, SC. employed with Milliken & T. Boone, US Forces Korea Company in Spartanburg, Command Chaplain, “GOD Class of 1944 Class of 1955 SC. First … Soldiers, Sailors, Beth M. McCarter resides Patricia Lindley Clawson Airmen, Marines Always! in Fountain Inn, SC. lives in a small fishing village Class of 1965 Class of 1970 in No Neck of Virginia with Phillip Sill is self-employed Class of 1946 a golden retriever “CC”. She Dr. David B. Stout, Jr. in Orlando, FL. Mary Louise Ross Garner would love to hear from her and wife Duffy Allen Stout works with Spartanburg classmates and friends at live in Chapin, SC. Dr. Jane Reed Dyches is County School District 2. SMC. Stout is GED Administrator Executive Director of the for the SC Deptartment of Class of 1947 Mary F. Wells resides in Calhoun County Chamber Education. Wade Buchanan is owner North Augusta, SC. of Commerce and lives in St. of Wadeken Ind., Inc. in Matthews, SC. Erik F. Anderson is Senior Canton, GA. Class of 1961 Civic Engineer with Sinclair William F. Hannon, III of Class of 1966 & Assoc., LLC in Moore, SC. Class of 1952 Inman, SC is self-employed. Henry “Barry” Broome, Jr. Gerald T. McCray, Sr. of is employed with Tim-Bar Class of 1972 Corp. in Spartanburg, SC. McMinnville, OR recently Class of 1962 F. Vernon Chandler was the wrote, “I was a grad of the David K. Smith is owner recipient of the 2006 Heart of Smith’s Drug Stores, in Class of 1968 1952 class from Florida, of Universalism Award. The Spartanburg, SC. Edward “Ed” Charles then transferred to Florida award was presented during Shealy, Jr., his wife Judy, and Southern, and later to the national Universalist Class of 1963 children Chuck and Alison, Convocation held in Ellis- Emory University. Then George M. Stoltz and have moved to Anderson, ville, Missi. Vernon recently I pastored churches in wife Jenel S. Stoltz reside in SC. Ed was a member of Florida, then Alaska Mission Rosman, NC. the baseball team, the pep completed 30 years of at Nome, then churches in band and a member of the ministry with the Unitarian Iowa, Georgia, Florida, and E. Cantey Pearce, of National Honorary Foreign Universalist Association. He the Oregon Conference. I Chesterfield, VA, is Language Society while a and his wife, Nataliya, reside was Chaplain at Chemawa employed with DuPont. student at SMC. in Eberstadt, Germany.

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Richard Cain, of Laurens, Bonnie in Spartanburg, SC. Class of 1976 Class of 1978 SC, is the Area Director for Jamie H. McFadden of Theodora Morton Miles the SC Dept. of Vocational Rick Dizbon is Minister of Greenville, SC works with lives in Greenwood, SC. Rehabilitation. He is Music at Southside Baptist N. B. Handy. the married father of 2 Church in Spartanburg, SC. Glynda G. Karabinos, of children. He has served as teacher, Inman, SC, is employed with assistant principal, prin- Gloria Alma Elledge is still Tyco Electronics. Dr. William R. Childs, cipal, a director of federal teaching at Duncan Christian of Anderson, SC, is the programs, assistant supt for Academy in Duncan, SC, has Class of 1979 Senior Pastor of St. John’s instruction for Spartanburg a new grandson, Eli Clark, Stephen Eric Lowman of UMC. School District 7, Cherokee whose parents are Dusty Beaufort, SC is an area execu- County Schools, and and Lindsay. She is using her tive with BB&T. Michael A. “Tony” Smith Spartanburg School District Early Childhood Education and wife Jane F. Smith live 2. He enjoys reading, degree on her job and also William Evans Nash, of in Summerville, SC. Tony is especially about the Civil on her grandchildren. Chester, SC, is an engineer employed as a Senior Special War, reading the Bible and with Duke Energy. Class of 1977 Agent, US Immigration & praying. Foster Miller “Billy” Customs Enforcement. He Joy B. Workman, of Central, Routh, III of Columbia, SC has served 30+ years in Class of 1975 SC, is a Major Gift Officer is Program Manager for law enforcement. His son, James R. Norris is with Furman University, the SC Budget & Control Adam, is a college graduate; employed with The Kroger Greenville, SC. his daughter, Allyson, a Company in Cincinnati, Board. college sophomore. He OH. Class of 1980 and Jane are very involved Lynette Smith Fisher Paula Worthy of Inman is in church and community Robert Lawrance Rhodes wrote, “My husband and I live a RN with the Spartanburg activities. of Charleston, SC is in Atlanta, GA metropolitan Regional Medical Center. employed with Burger King. area. I am an Emergency Class of 1973 He enjoyed his recent trip Room RN who works part- Chris J. Cantrell is to Orlando, FL and the Air time as a nursing supervisor (Continued on next page ) enjoying life with his wife Force Base. at a local hospital.”

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Class of 1981 Embroidery, Inc. in Rock am a part-time PartyLite Anniversaries J. Donald Powell, of Hill, SC. Consultant…..” Appleton, WI, is a Benefits Class of 1943 Laura Skipper Taylor is Class of 1992 Consultant for The Staci Elsie Collins Vaught and the Piedmont Regional Gina Chesnut of Group, Legislative Chairman husband John wrote, “God has Admissions Counselor for Campobello is a Speech for the Northeast Wisconsin blessed us to celebrate our the College of Charleston. Pathologist with Spartanburg Association of Health Laura graduated from 60th Wedding Anniversary in Underwriters (RHU), Reg. County School District 2006.” CSU in 1989 with a BS in One. Employee Benefits Consul- Criminal Justice/Sociology. tant (REBC) and Diability Class of 1955 She has a daughter, Avie. Class of 1994 Income Assoicate (DIA). He Allen E. Long and wife, Kes Outhwaite, of London, has three children. Class of 1990 Jean Bell Long (Class of 1955) England, is employed with Dr. Brooks A. Godwin of celebrated their 50th wedding Spring Technology Staffing Class of 1984 Greenville, SC is a dentist anniversary by taking a trip to Services, a business unit of Jill Simpson Evans of with Simpsonville Dental. Australia and New Zealand. Spring Group plc. Easley, SC is the Executive They are planning another Director of the Pickens Class of 1991 trip to Australia soon. Class of 1995 County Habitat for Lynia Watts Ard recently Brenda D. Thornton is Births Humanity. Jill is a former wrote, “ I have been married employed with Milliken & Director of Alumni Relations again since 1996. My Co. in Spartanburg, SC. at SMC. husband’s name is Dwayne. Class of 1981 I have been a grand- Class of 1997 Michelle Bedell Jolly, of Class of 1985 mother since 2006. My Patricia R. “Pat” Dixon is Gaffney, SC and her husband are proud parents of their Beverly Marsh Luther is granddaughter, Savannah an Administrative Assistant second child, Jack McConnell enjoying life with husband Bailey Bridges, is abso- with the Spartanburg County Jolly, born September 2, Roger, daughter Cora, and lutely gorgeous! She is School District Six Schools. stepson Drew—and her expecting a cousin in late 2006. Michelle is the first doggies, Smokie and Ottis in summer. Savannah’s father, Class of 1998 female to be elected President Greer, SC. Beverly’s mother, Christopher, is a corporal in Tiffany Whittle is of the SC State Board of Jayne Marsh, is Office the US Marine Corps. My employed with Greenville Dentistry on July 1, 2006. Manager for Institutional two other sons, Brandon Tech. She and husband Class of 1996 Advancement at SMC. and Benjamin, are 19 and Wesley (SMC 1997 Grad) 15 respectively. Brandon left Lexington, SC to reside Danny Gulledge of Enoree, SC and his wife Jennifer are Class of 1986 just recently got married. in Greenville. proud of their son, Wyatt Jacqueline “Courtney” I graduated from Southern Wesleyan in 2005 with my James Gulledge, born Johnson Foster is an educa- Class of 2007 October 12, 2006. tion associate with the SC Master’s Degree in Business David C. Roper’s father Department of Education. Administration. I am a very is the pastor at Zion UMC Expecting active partner in my church, in Anderson. David has a Class of 1987 The Harvest in Lexington, brother, Patrick (17 years) Class of 1998 April Haimbaugh Cooke SC. I work a full-time and a sister, Megan (4 Steven Donald Smith and is owner of Pal’s Printing & job, part-time job and years). wife, Autumne, of Columbia,

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SC, are expecting their January 31, 2007. Rev. Samuel H. Poston White (Class of 1981). second child in August. Steve died December 21, 2006. is VP, Operations, Compass, Dr. John McKager Butler He is survived by his wife Class of 1965 Inc. of Mt. Pleasant, SC died Bobbie Gillis, daughters Raymond E. Barteet, November 19, 2006. He Joy Sanders, Jan Richards, husband of Mary White is survived by his wife Barteet, died October 21, In Memorium and Kay Nelson, and seven Katherine Donaldson Butler; grandchildren. Sam was a 2006 in Hollywood, SC. They son Jonathan H. Butler; member of the SMC Alumni were married 41 years and Class of 1936 daughter Elizabeth Duren; a Council and was very active had three children and three Nora Bowers Ashley, sister, Elizabeth Graves; and with the College. grandsons. of Greenville, SC, died grandchildren John, Robert 12/21/2006. and Michael Butler, Daphne Class of 1956 Class of 1980 and Aidan Brion, and Sophia Bobby Lee Bridges died Maria Frost Cummins Class of 1937 and Troy Duren. February 9, 2007. He of Spartanburg, SC died Francis DeWitt Benson, was a graduate of USC November 25, 2006. She Class of 1944 is survived by her husband, of Fairforest, SC, died on in Columbia, a Master of Henry S. Moore, III, died Charles Leslie Cummins, III; October 22, 2006. He was Landrum Masonic Lodge October 16, 2006. He a stepson, Chase Cummins, the widower of Elizabeth #278, Worthy Patron of the was a WWII Veteran in the a stepdaughter, Chrystal Franklin Hughston and Eastern Star Chapter #169, US Navy, attended USC Stroud; a brother, Mark Frost; father of a son, Frank, and a member of the Landrum daughter, Susan Royer. and Horry-Georgetown and a special niece Kayla Anne Technical College, was First Baptist Church, and a Frost. retired personnel manager. Class of 1941 a night auditor for the Carolinian Motel for more Donnie Rice Blackwell Class of 1962 Marriages than 35 years, a Catholic, died on October 26, 2006. a member of the Knights Vera M. Crocker, of Her husband, Homer, Class of 1992 of Columbus, and an avid Boiling Springs, SC, died predeceased her. Eyra Kent Allison Teresa Wells,of gardener, specializing in December 4, 2006. She is Nichols, widow of Tom survived by husband, Rev. Irmo, SC, married in roses. Our sympathy to his September of 2005. She Nichols, and Fletcher and wife Lillian and family. James W. Crocker, Sr., and Ruth Thompson attended son James W. Crocker, Jr., of is now Mrs. Teresa Woods. the graveside services. Chesnee. Mrs. Crocker was Congratulations, Teresa! Class of 1951 Homer and Donnie were a member of Boiling Springs Bryant L. Mason, Jr. of Attended very instrumental in the First Baptist Church. Jonesville, SC died August establishment of the Class of Jerry Lee West, of Lyman, 30, 2006. Retired from SC, married Stephanie ’41 Scholarship Fund. Class of 1963 Milliken & Co, he was a John P. Welsh, of Debra Antone, of Wellford, member of Pacolet Mills Harrisonburg, VA recently SC, on November 18, 2006 at Class of 1943 Baptist Church and U.S. passed away. Wellford Baptist Church. Cecile Causey Cox died Navy veteran, having served on April 23, 2006. Her son, during the Korean Conflict. Class of 1963 Donald Franklin Mark, lives in Supply, NC. He was the widower of Betty Ann Threadgill White Zimmerman, of Roebuck, Bryant Mason and father recently passed away. She SC, married Mindy Leigh Darryl E. Windham, of Sherrie M. Harmon and is survived by her husband, of Front Royal, VA, died Larry B. Mason. SMC alumnus William E. (Continued on next page ) www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 7 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 ALUMNI NEWS TII - SJC - SMC

Westbrook, of Chesnee, on Class of 1948 of Lancaster, SC. I enjoyed Pickens, SC. October 15, 2006. Lafayette Thompson, my years at SJC and many of Asheville, NC, is friends I loved so much.” Mrs. Jerlyn Bain Hutto is Retirement enjoying retirement in the retired in Edisto Island, SC. mountains. Charles E. McKinney of Boone, NC writes, “ In my Class of 1961 Class of 1957 C. P. Stribling lives in retirement, I’m continuing Barbara “Ann” Johnson Sandra Smith Cribari Spartanburg, SC where he to pastor (part-time) Hall and husband Henry writes, “Don and I are both enjoys retirement. churches on Boone Circuit (Class of 1976 and former retired. We love and enjoy Charge of United Methodist SMC employee) are retired our three children and seven Class of 1949 Churches. My wife Barbara in Woodruff, SC. grandchildren. Agoura Hills Richard and Alma Jolley and I live near Boone and is near Los Angeles, CA, Riley, of Columbus, OH, enjoy many activities.” Class of 1941 where we have lived for 42 have been retired for 15 years Rev. Lucy Tedder Davis is years.” and have two grandsons, Paul C. McMurray is retired in Florence, SC. both of whom have earned enjoying retirement in Class of 1958 the Eagle Scout Award. Charlotte, NC. William C. Boyd loves Ralph M. Kesler, of retirement in Whispering Joseph Ray Clary of Class of 1953 Anderson, SC, retired from Pines, NC. Raleigh, NC is enjoying Carroll Gosnell is enjoying Clemson University in 1997; he is married and has four retirement from NC State retirement in Inman, SC. Class of 1943 children and eight grandchil- University. Coda Wilson Horne, of Class of 1954 dren. Aside from family, golf Honea Path, SC, is enjoying Class of 1950 Florie McCoy is his enjoyment. retirement. Ruth King Eason, of Graham is retired from Mary Frances Lee Cantrell Matthews, NC, writes, UNC-Greensboro. Class of 1944 retired as the Coordinator of “Enjoying retirement very Class of 1955 Special Reading Programs for Edith Burns Stanley much; active in my church Spartanburg County School enjoys retirement life in and traveling with senior Barbara H. Murphy is Spartanburg, SC. retired in Lexington, SC. District 7. She enjoys being adults. I’m ‘Grandmom’ home with her husband Bill. to three wonderful Ruby R. Bridges, of Ray E. Petty, of Hartsville, grandchildren.” Campobello is retired. SC is retired Class of 1959 Class of 1951 Carolyn Bruce Sheehan and Class of 1945 Class of 1956 Elizabeth Baker Horton, of her husband, Stokes Sheehan Rev. Vernon F. Deese is Virginia Rushing Boiter is (SMC Class of 1958), of Lancaster, SC, wrote, “I am retired but is still serving retired from the Spartanburg Campobello, SC, are retired doing well since my retire- Mt. Vernon UMC in Sumter, County Public Library. teachers and have seven ment of the Accounting SC. Department of Customer grandchildren. Class of 1946 Service for Springs Mary Hendricks Bryson, B. Wayne Pigg is retired in Betty Wilburn Huneycutt, Industries in Lancaster, SC. of Easley, SC, is enjoying Hartsville, SC. of Columbia, SC, is enjoying Staying active in music of my retirement from One retirement. church, and Senior Groups World Technologies, Inc. of

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Class of 1960 in Columbia, SC with his Class of 1977 in every way possible. As Leon Troy Nobles is retired wife Marcella. Madora B. Holder of a divorced, single parent, and lives in Graniteville, SC. Spartanburg is retired. money is often tight. However, I would encourage Class of 1964 every parent and person to Carol Layton Spracklen J. Mickey Fain of Parent Comments do what they can to assist and is retired in Camarillo, CA Campobello, SC, is retired. help the students.” with her husband Milo. Fanessa Abney Coleman, Elaine Gilstrap Allen parent of SMC Freshman Class of 1961 Gerald S. and Barbara B. is enjoying retirement in Melanie C. Coleman, is a Smith, SMC parents, recently Paul Dover, of Shelby, NC, Easley, SC. clerk/presser for Paul Abney gave a donation to the college is enjoying retirement. of Abney’s Dry Cleaner in in honor of “all who do their Saluda, SC. She recently Class of 1974 best.” This should be an incen- Kay T. McBee is retired wrote, “Having gone to, and tive for the SMC students to and lives in Cross Hill, SC Brenda P. Foster retired graduated from, a two-year do their best so that they will with her husband Marion. from Spartanburg County college, I know all too well be honored in life. District 4 Schools, and is the importance of pledging Class of 1963 enjoying living in Enoree, and supporting the school James Roy Clark is retired SC.

Homecoming and Family Day

Plans are underway for the 2007 SMC Homecoming and Family Day, which will be held September 29.

The day’s activities will include:

w Breakfast with faculty and staff members w Athletic events w A talent showcase featuring student groups and individuals w Lunch and live music w Games and other fun activities

For more information on the 2007 Homecoming and Family Day, contact SMC Director of Student Activities and Leadership Development Kim Day at [email protected] or (864) (l-r) SMC President Dr. Charles Teague with 2006 Homecoming Queen Danessa Kilpatrick and 587-4006. Homecoming King Vernon Taylor www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 /  FRONTIERS Spring 2007 22 From SMC Named to 2007 “Who’s Who

Travis Armour Sean Biggs Amanda Bradley Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Hometown: Murrells Inlet, SC Hometown: Wellford, SC Hometown: Boiling Springs, SC Campus Involvement: Pioneer Campus Involvement: Ambas- Campus Involvement: Delta Baseball team, Psi Beta National sador, English Honor Society Iota Chapter, Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society of Psychology recruiting officer, SMC Singers, Honors/Awards: President’s Honors/Awards: President’s List - Relay for Life Committee, Trail- List, Dean’s List - Fall 2005 Fall 2005, Dean’s List Spring 2006 blazer Staff Honors/Awards: Dean’s List

Halsey Carey Nakedra Delly Christopher Dover Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Hometown: Lexington, SC Hometown: Gilbert, SC Hometown: York, SC Campus Involvement: Dance Campus Involvement: Resident Campus Involvement: Kappa Team, Kappa Sigma Alpha (Vice Assistant 2006-2007, Gospel Sigma Alpha - President, Cam- President), POPS (Secretary), Choir 2005-2006, Step Team pus Crusade for Christ, Student Ambassador, SMC Singers, 2005-2006, Student Support Ambassador Leadership Retreat Services Mentor 2006-2007 Honors/Awards: Psi Beta Honors/Awards: Psi Beta Honor National Psychology Honor So- Society 2005 - 2006 ciety, Dean’s List - Fall 2005 & Spring 2006, Fall 2005 Student Development Office Student of the Month

Soraya Graham Adam Hager Donald Hollis Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Hometown: Camden, SC Hometown: Rock Hill, SC Hometown: Wellford, SC Campus Involvement: Phi Campus Involvement: Athletic Activities: Student Ambassador, Theta Kappa, Soccer team, training, Resident Advisor Kappa Sigma Alpha, Social Kappa Sigma Alpha, SSS Men- Judicial Board, Student Support tor, SSS Tutor Services Honors/Awards: Dean’s List Honors/Awards: Excellence in - Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 English, Ambassador Scholarship

Julie King Jada Land Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Hometown: Spartanbuirg, SC Hometown: Cowpens, SC Campus Involvement: Student Campus Involvement: Ambas- Ambassador, Campus Crusade sador, SMC Singers, Trouba- for Christ, Sigma Kappa Delta, dours, SMC Quality Enhance- Phi Theta Kappa, SMC Sing- ment Plan member, Sigma ers, SMC Troubadours, Social Kappa Delta Judicial Committee, SSS Tutor, Honors/Awards: SMC Idol 2006, SSS Mentor Carolina Idol - 2004-2005 Honors/Awards: National Dean’s List, President’s List, Guest Musician in Ploughshare Bluegrass en- semble, English Honor Society

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Tameka Massey Stephen Miller Phillip Morgan Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Hometown: Columbia, SC Hometown: Greenwood, SC Hometown: Campobello, SC Campus Involvement: Campus Involvement: Leader Campus Involvement: Baseball Ambassador, Student Govern- of Campus Crusade for Christ / team, Resident Assistant ment Association, Phi Theta Shepherd Team, Kappa Sigma Kappa, SSS Mentor, Leader- Alpha, POPS, SSS Mentor, ship Retreat Participant, SGA Relay for Life Committee, Trail- Leadership Retreat blazer Staff, Intramural football Honors/Awards: Dean’s List and basketball Spring 2006 Honors/Awards: National Dean’s List

Kimberly Nicholson Crystal Painter Summer Pruitt Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Hometown: Hometown: Gaffney, SC Hometown: Chesnee, SC Campus Involvement: Vol- Campus Involvement: Campus Involvement: Student leyball team, Softball team, Resident Assistant, SSS Government Association - Vice Gospel choir, SSS Mentors, Mentor, SSS Tutor, Relay for President, Cheerleading team Troubadours Life Event Chairman, Kappa - Captain, National English Honors/Awards: Vicki Corn Sigma Alpha board member, Honor Society, POPS, Delta Psi Softball Award Campus Planning & Development Omega, SMC Players, Olympian Honors/Awards: Dean’s List Yearbook staff, Wesley Fellowship, - Spring 2006, SSS Award for Academic Excellence Kappa Sigma Alpha, Awards Committee 102 - Spring 2006 Honors/Awards: 2005 - 2006 Homecoming Queen, National English Honor Society

Christopher Maria Ruvalcaba Michael Sandifer Roberson Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Hometown: North Charleston, SC Hometown: York, SC Hometown: Woodruff, SC Campus Involvement: Cross Campus Involvement: Kappa Campus Involvement: Kappa Country team member, Olym- Sigma Alpha, KSA 1st Vice- Sigma Alpha, QEP Committee, pian staff member, Kappa Sigma President 2006-2007, Campus SSS Mentor, Student Govern- Alpha, CRU Crusade for Christ, Sigma ment Association, SGA - Director Honors/Awards: Academic All- Kappa Delta, Phi Theta Kappa, of Public Relations, Campus American Team, Dean’s List Academic tutor, Student Ambas- Ministry Committee, Resident sador, SSS Mentor Assistant, Relay for Life mentor, Relay for Life - ac- Honors and Awards: Phi Theta National Honor Soci- countant ety, Sigma Kappa Delta Honor Society, J. Lacy McLean Honors/Awards: Dean’s List - Fall 2005, SSS Award Scholarship Award, Excellence in Mathematics Award, for Excellence in English 101, SSS Award Most Im- President’s List Fall 2005 and Spring 2006 proved - New Testament, SSS Award Most Improved - Biology 105, Convocation Marshall

Amanda Shelnutt Reginald Taylor Class: Sophomore Class: Sophomore Hometown: Clinton, SC Hometown: Activities: SGA President 2006-2007, Campus Involvement: Baseball team Kappa Sigma Alpha - Secretary 2006-2007, 2005 - 2006, Resident Assistant 2005 Delta Psi Omega - Secretary 2006-2006, - 2006, Senior Resident Assistant 2006 SMC Players 2005 - 2007, SMC Cheer- - 2007, English Honor Society - Freshman leading 2005 - 2006, Sigma Kappa Delta president - Secretary 2005 - 2006, Student Ambas- Honors/Awards: English Honor Society sador 2006 - 2007, Olympian Yearbook staff 2006 - 2007, Wesley Fellowship 2006 - 2007, Campus Life Committee 2006 - 2007, College Town Service Committee 2006-2007 Honors/Awards: Most Outstanding Freshman Award, Psi Beta Psychology Honor Society, Dean’s List - Spring 2006, Sigma Kappa Delta English Honor Society www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 / 1 FRONTIERS Spring 2007 RAs, Ambassadors Prepare for 2007-08 hirty-one student Tleaders recently par- ticipated in the 2007 annual Leadership Retreat. The group, consisting of the 2007-2008 Ambassadors and Resident Assistants, participated in numerous team building activities and spent a beautiful weekend at Look Up Lodge in Travelers Rest, SC. The students completed a low ropes element, dropped 70 feet in a three-person swing, made smores around a campfire, and paddled their way across the lake. The students also partici- retreat really affirmed to me into the leaders they are They were also encour- pated in sessions focusing that SMC has a great group meant to be,” says Kim Day, aged to reflect on their on leadership in movies, on of students with many abili- SMC Director of Student values and beliefs and to their positive attributes, and ties and much potential. I Activities and Leadership identify common stereo- on the future of SMC. cannot wait to see these Development. types and misconceptions. “This year’s leadership students grow and blossom

WORKING WITH THE COMMUNITY GIVING THE GIFT OF LIFE

(l-r) SMC Dean of Students Dr. Art Hartzog talks with Spartanburg District 7 Superintendent Walter Tobin and Spartanburg District 6 Superintendent Darryl Owings at a recent Superintendent’s Breakfast held at SMC for all of the county’s school district super- intendents. SMC hosts one breakfast a year for the local superin- Freshman Deneshia Corry gives blood during a recent tendents in order to keep close communication with them and give blood drive held on the SMC campus. The Palmetto them an up-close view of Spartanburg Methodist College. Blood Bank holds several blood drives on campus each year.

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MAKING MUSIC HOLIDAY SEASON ARRIVES

Sophomore Julie King plays a musical piece during the 2006 Sophomore Chris Dover places a wreath in Camak Auditorium Fall piano recital. during the 2006 annual Hanging of the Greens, to celebrate the Christmas season.

THE NEXT STEP It’s a Snow Day!!!

SMC’s Student Government Association sponsored its “College Day...Pick Your Way” event in January, giving students the oppor- tunity to talk to recruiters from 4-year colleges and universities throughout the region. More than 30 It doesn’t happen all that often...but when it does snow at institutions of higher edu- SMC, the students come out in droves to take advantage of cation were represented. winter’s majesty. On Feb. 1, SMC received its only snow of the winter of 2006-2007.

www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 /  FRONTIERS Spring 2007 From a Children’s Home to a College Campus Lessons Learned and Friendships Made On The Way to The Future or a lot of children who After being thrust into those grow up or spend time new surroundings, their new in a children’s home, environments would end up opportunitiesF to go to college providing many benefits. But at might not be as accessible as for the same time, there were also others. some challenges. But here at SMC, three young “Leaving home was the ladies who know first hand biggest thing – not being able what that’s like are drawing to see my siblings every day was from those experiences as hard. Some of the behaviors they continue their college and attitudes from other girls education. at Epworth took some getting Reisha Alston started living at used to also,” Alston says. Epworth Children’s School in Massey says being around a Columbia, SC in 2004. While lot of girls of various ages was she was there, she met Tameka also sometimes difficult. Tameka Massey and Reisha Alston Massey, who had been living at “Girls are all about drama. It most kids do in high school,” found herself returning to the the school since 2002. was nerve-wracking at times,” says Massey. campus as a college student. Amanda Shelnutt had she says. Shelnutt says over time, When Alston visited the been a resident of Thornwell But all three say living in an College’s Web site, she Children’s Home since sixth environment with many other she grew to love Thornwell became interested, applied, grade. children around provided and became active in various and received an early decision Each have their own personal tremendous learning experi- activities. scholarship. stories and situations that ences – and each say their indi- At first she had her heart So within a year’s time, all necessitated their placement in vidual experiences helped them set on Converse College. three girls found themselves at those homes. build character and motivated She applied and was put on a South Carolina’s only two-year, them to pursue a waiting list. private liberal arts college. college career. Then she heard about SMC Now they all consider SMC “All of a sudden and her house parents brought her to a Discovery Day. She a second home, despite the I had to do all fact Massey and Alston still started college at SMC in the these different have residence at Epworth and Fall 2005 semester. things on my own. Shelnutt at Thornwell. They It was Epworth that pushed I learned quickly each return to those respective Alston and Massey academically that I needed to facilities many weekends. be responsible for and turned them on to SMC. But each girl says that college myself,” Alston “I don’t think I would have has provided a big dose of says. been prepared for college if I reality. Massey says wasn’t there [at Epworth]. They “I could never go out with her experience motivated me and asked me friends or do what I wanted was similar when what I wanted. I knew I wanted to at night or on the week- she first got to to go to college- but at first I ends until I came to SMC. My Epworth. thought ‘I don’t want to go to first semester was really hard, “The hardest part SMC just because they want but that gave me a big reality was not being able me to go there’,” says Alston. check,” says Alston. to hang out with Massey had her first SMC Massey says her transition to my friends and do experience also during a life at SMC “wasn’t too bad. Amanda Shelnutt other things that Discovery Day. In Fall 2005, she It’s a lot different than living

 / SPRING 2007 SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE www.smcsc.edu FRONTIERS Spring 2007 in a children’s home because in ship classes, and the awards award to me? You’ve got to College this Fall and pursue a college you have to work out committee. She serves as a be kidding me.’ But I was so career in social work. personal differences on your Resident Assistant this year, as excited and appreciative of it,” “I want to help kids like own.” a mentor and peer counselor, she says. me. I’ll probably start off Time management has been a and has a work-study position All three girls say that because working for DSS, but I would big lesson for each girl. on campus also. of the close-knit student body, like to work at Epworth and “I always wanted to be able Massey has served as a Student they have each developed new they require a Master’s,” says to get up when I want to, even Ambassador and mentor, and friendships that they wouldn’t Massey. on weekends, but never could has also been active in Phi trade for the world. Shelnutt will receive an until now. I’ve learned to really Theta Kappa and the Student “My high school friends don’t Associate in Arts. She is looking be good with time management Government Association. even compare,” Shelnutt says. at opportunities at Southern and organization,” says Massey. Shelnutt served this year For now, the girls are looking Wesleyan University or Shelnutt says she was reluc- as President of the Student forward to their next step. Converse College. She wants tant to get involved at first. Government Association. She Alston will graduate from to pursue a career in broadcast “It was rough at first – I didn’t has also been involved in Kappa SMC in December 2007 with journalism. like being away from Thornwell Sigma Alpha, Delta Psi Omega, an Associate of Science, after “I love to talk. That’s one of because it was like my home,” SMC Players, Cheerleading; which she plans to pursue a the things I’m best at. And I she says. served on the Campus Life Bachelor’s in Nursing at USC think it would be so cool,’ says But eventually all three girls Committee, College Town Upstate, followed by a Master’s Shelnutt. became involved in a wide Service Committee, the in Early Childhood Education. They all agree though that if array of campus activities – so Olympian yearbook staff; and But Massey and Shelnutt will it wasn’t for SMC, they prob- much, that their combined list earned a Wesley Fellowship. beat Alston to the punch when ably wouldn’t be as confident, of activities would impress just Shelnutt was also SMC’s first they receive their diplomas in prepared, and excited for the about anyone. Outstanding Freshman when just a few weeks. future as they are now. Alston has been active in she received the award in Massey will receive an “SMC is awesomely cool. It’s the Student Government Spring 2006. Associate in Arts, with an fantabulous. It’s amazing. I will Association, Dance Team, “That was a big shock. I emphasis on Social Science. never forget this experience,” Kappa Sigma Alpha, leader- thought, ‘You want to give this She plans to attend Columbia says Shelnutt.

Paralegal Program Offering Spanish Communication Course SMC’s Paralegal Certificate Pro- gram introduced its newest elective this Spring -- Spanish Communication Tools for Legal Professionals. The course is designed to help legal professionals bridge the language barrier with Spanish speaking clients. “The need for bilingual legal profes- sionals is only going to increase as the (local) Spanish speaking popula- tion increases,” says Yvonne Harper, director of the program. She says attorneys and legal profes- August 2006 graduates of SMC’s Paralegal Certificate Program. sionals who are not fluent in their clients’ native language are encoun- Delores Mendez, Victim Advocate McDonald, who recently completed tering increased communication and with the Spartanburg County SMC’s Paralegal Certificate Program, procedural problems. Solicitor’s Office and Leslie are team-teaching the course. www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 /  FRONTIERS Spring 2007 SMC Gives Back to the Community

CSI: SMC Students Participate in Annual Service Program With County’s Other Colleges SMC students, along with students from Spartanburg County’s five other colleges, recently spent a Saturday providing much needed volunteer services at more than a dozen local agencies as part of the CollegeTown Service Initiative. CollegeTown is a consortium of all six of the county’s institutions of higher education.

(Above, left) SMC admissions representative Allison Caulk (back row, 1st on left) and her mother Lou Caulk (front row, 1st on left) volunteerd with a group of CSI students to help at Miracle Hill Ministries; (Above, middle) SMC student Wanda Sherlock was one of more than a dozen students that helped out at the Spartanburg County Humane Society; (right) SMC students Margaret Elliot and Travis Eiler remove Christmas lights from a tree at Skylyn Place.

LENDING A HELPING HAND ENJOYING A GAME OF BINGO

Kappa Sigma Alpha is the co-ed service fraternity at Spartan- A group of six SMC students, led by Kim Day, the College’s burg Methodist College. Under the direction of Mr. Pete Aylor Director of Student Activities and Leadership Develop- and a dedicated student-led Board, KSA is able to perform ment, and Chaplain Candice Sloan assisted the Wesley CDC hundreds of hours of community service in the Spartanburg in Yadkinville, NC last fall in building a deck, wrapping a area. Above, SMC Freshman Juliana Gomez, from Anderson, house, and cleaning and priming a house. Pictured above SC, participates in a game of Bingo with residents at Mounta- are Amanda Shelnutt (right) and another SMC student. inview Nursing Home during a recent KSA visit.

 / SPRING 2007 SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE www.smcsc.edu FRONTIERS Spring 2007 Pioneer Athletics Making Its Mark In 2006-2007 Season SMC Wrestlers Clinch 9th At Nationals The 2006-2007 season went the team’s wrestlers scored points very well for the SMC Wrestling to help the team finish 9th in the team. division. Coach Robbie Higdon says the The team ended the season with team’s tough schedule helped a No. 9 Division I placement at the them increase their competitive NJCAA National Championships. edge throughout the season. At nationals, the team placed Some very impressive stand- 13th in the field of 35 teams outs for this year were Michael competing in the overall tourna- Boring, Justin Newell, Tim ment, with a final score of 39. Burdine, JJ Jackson, John Murray, This was the highest a SMC team and Jerimiah Webb. Each of these has placed in the national tourna- wrestlers ended with excellent ment during the team’s four-year J.J. Jackson, a Sophomore wrestler, was one of seven SMC season records and qualified for history. wrestlers that made it to Nationals. Above, he is pictured in a nationals. Recruiting is going very well match against Gardner -Webb during the 2006-2007 season. The team went to its first this year. Higdon says he hopes to Alabama, and North Carolina. well as topping the team’s 06-07 district championship this season, sign a good field of recruits from Higdon anticipates having a performance. where it finished third. Seven of South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, successful 2007-2008 season, as Spring Sports Seeing Promising Results So Far Softball Georgia Perimeter and Young 73.The team also won the Upstate endured injuries throughout the At press time, the SMC Lady Harris (ranked No.30 nationally at College Classic at Limestone year and have only recently become Pioneer Softball Team was 14-12 the time) prior to her injury. College. Kyle Parker was the healthy as a whole. Three matches overall and 7-6 in the Region. A Ana Oswald leads the team in medalist with a 77-72. have been decided 5-4. key game was a 9-8 nine-inning RBI’s with 26. Brittany Guice and The team placed 8th at the The SMC Men’s squad has victory over No. 12 nationally Whitney Wiles lead the team in Tusculum College Invitational, 4 competed well against their ranked Georgia Perimeter. The hitting with .412 averages. shots out of 5th place. opponents but have come up bulk of the team’s Region X games “With some improvement on The highlight of the season so short in two 5-4 match scores, were in late March - early April. defense we feel confident that we far was clinching 1st place at the while winning only one match so The team will then prepare for the can challenge for both the regular Cavalier Invitational. Matt Jackson far at press time against Benedict Region X Tournament where the season crown and the Region was the tournament medalist with College. That match was taken champion will go to nationals in Tournament championship,” says a 146. All five SMC men placed in quite handedly at a score of 8-1. Plant City, Florida. coach Rick Pauly. the Top Ten at the tournament. Men’s team member Will Stone The Lady Pioneers’ pitching has has compiled an individual singles been very strong lately with both Men’s Golf Men’s & Women’s Tennis record of 6-2, and will likely be Chelsi Edwards (No. 4 nation- At press time, the SMC Men’s The SMC Women’s team has a candidate for Nationals taking ally) and Ashely McGuirk (No. 24 Golf Team had won three out of struggled this season, but it won place at Collin County Community nationally) ranking high in strike- four tournaments this season. its first match of the season against College in Plano, Texas the second outs per inning. Jessica Shaw is The team won the Tri-County a Division II opponent when it week of May. Will will be the recently suffered an ankle sprain Tech Tournament, with Tad Toler defeated North Carolina Central second player representing SMC to but was very effective in beating as the tournament medalist with a University. The ladies’ squad has attend within the past two years.

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MEN’S AND WOMEN’S SOCCER The SMC men’s soccer team finished the 2006 regular season 10-6-3, placing 2nd in Region X. Forwards Nathan Arroyo and Shane Abbott were named to the All-Region men’s soccer team, as well as defenseman Ben Brannan. Arroyo was also named a NJCAA 2nd Team All-American. Forward Andrew Phillips was named a Honorable Mention to the All-Region team. The SMC women’s soccer team finished 3-10-3, placing 3rd in Region X. Defensive player Samantha Decker was named an Honorable Mention to the All-Region women’s soccer team.

Jesse S. Bobo Elementary School students talk with SMC VOLLEYBALL baseball team catcher Justin Weaver as he signs auto- The SMC volleyball team went 11-9 in the 2006 season, closing graphs on National Sportsmanship Day. The team spent the morning talking with students about good sportsman- with a 12-10 record after the Region X tournament and placing ship, playing kickball and basketball with them, and sign- 6th in the Region. ing autographs. Two SMC women were chosen as All-Region volleyball players. Sophomore Nikki Golston was ranked 5th out of the field of 13 As of press time, the SMC baseball team was 34-6 overall and 15-5 in Region X. All Region selectees. Sophomore Amanda Bouchillon was ranked 11th. Cross Country Teams Finish Historic Season With New Records MENS CROSS COUNTRY Eiler -- were named to the NJCAA Cross Country Coaches Academic All Freshman Jeremy Vangsnes led the Pioneers as he set school records for American Team. the 8K cross country distance as well as the half marathon. In El Paso, at the NJCAA Division I Cross Country National Championships, the former WOMENS CROSS COUNTRY Broome High School runner from Cowpens, S.C. led the team as he finished Sophomore Jocelyn Veit finished her stellar career as a Pioneer by leading 78th in 26:26.6, establishing a new school record. the team to the finish in all six races for the Pioneers. Veit had a season best Two weeks later in Wichita, KA, at the NJCAA National Championship 19:46.1, the third fastest time in school history and she leaves with six of the Half Marathon, Vangsnes was also the top finisher, placing 28th and setting a 10 fastest times in school history. new SMC record of 1:17.15. Vangsnes was the top finisher for the Pioneers The team was ranked as high as 15th in the nation during the season, but in four of the teams seven meets. a freak injury to one runner and a previously undiagnosed heart malady in Sophomore Griffin Cole, the team captain, was the top runner for the another prevented the Pioneers from qualifying for the NJCAA Division I Cross Country National Championships for the fourth year in a row. Pioneers in two races. He also set a personal best at the National Championship Individually this year, Veit had four Top Three finishes in regular season ,running 26:54.8. Cole finished his career with the Pioneers with four of the meets with one second place and three thirds. She qualified individually for fastest 10 times in school history. the Cross Country National Championships where she finished 51st overall. Teamwise, the men won four of the six regular season meets they ran. At At the NJCAA National Championship Half Marathon, sophomore Hilary the National cross country meet, the men finished 19th in the country; and Richards, the Pioneer’s team captain in 2006, led the team with a 27th place at the Half Marathon Nationals the team was 10th, its best team result ever finish overall and the second fastest time in school history, trailing only her in the event. own performance in 2005. At season’s end, Vangsnes was named the team’s Most Valuable Runner, the Veit was selected as the team’s Most Valuable Runner and the Region X Region X Runner of the Year, and he won the team Academic Award for the Runner of the Year. Richards was named the Most Improved Runner, and best fall semester gpa (3.75). Kara Harper won the team’s Academic Award for her 4.0 fall semester GPA. Freshman Wells Johnson was chosen as the team’s Most Improved Runner. Harper was also named to the NJCAA Cross Country Coaches Academic Also, three of the freshmen men -- Vangsnes, Scott Bernshausen and Travis All American Team.

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Wallace Named 2006 POISED AND READY Diamond Sports ABCA Regional Coach of the Year for Division I MC baseball coach Tim job in finishing as Region SWallace was recently X Champions following a named the 2006 Diamond phenomenal season. I am Sports American well aware that the Baseball Coaches award I’ve received The Lady Pioneers return 5 players that took the team to the Association’s is testament to the region championship and 4 of them were starters. With the (ABCA) Regional effort that they put signing of 4 players that played in the North-South all-star game, the sky is the limit for the 2007-2008 season. Return- Coach of the Year forth. I wish that ing are #24 Erica Caldwell who led the team in Scoring, #21 for Division I of I could forward a India Belton who was second in scoring and 1st in assist, #23 the National Junior plaque to all of the Neshonda Mclaurin who led the team in rebounds, # 14 Lati- sha Lee who was second in assists and #32 Renique Riley who College Athletics 2006 Pioneers.” brings toughness and attitude night in and night out. Association Wallace, who is in his 16th season of (NJCAA). record, seven Region X titles leader and an inspiration to his coaching the SMC “I am happy to and two NJCAA World Series players and the Spartanburg baseball team, led the 2006 receive the 2006 Diamond trips. Methodist College commu- team, which closed off the Sports ABCA Regional Coach The three-time Region X nity. We congratulate him on season with a 44-18 record, to of theYear for NJCAA Division coach of the year has seen 42 receiving this award and thank a Region X championship. I baseball,” say Wallace. of his former SMC players sign him for all of his hard work and His SMC teams have “The 2006 Pioneer base- professional contracts. dedication,” says Mark Perdue, produced a 654-210 total ball squad did a tremendous “Coach Wallace is a true SMC athletic director. Perdue Participates In Mission Trip to Senegal MC Athletic Director teaching of Rick Warren’s “The SMark Perdue recently Purpose Driven Life” to adults spent 10 days participating in a and also taught Bible lessons to mission to West Africa, helping the children of Cewo. educate and minister to local “This was a life changing families. experience. I never thought that The mission to the village of I would get so much out of this Cewo in Senegal was sponsored personally. But the real reward by the International Mission was getting to meet the people Board of the Southern Baptist and helping minister to them,” Convention Perdue says. Perdue says that he and his The Perdues were given the soccer teams of the Cewo Popenguine played an exhibition wife had wanted to participate African names Isa Pwoy and and Popenguine villages with game wearing the SMC Soccer in an international mission for Della Chandune by the Cewo Spartanburg Methodist College jerseys. Cewo won the match some time. residents. athletic jerseys. 3-1. “The timing was right and this “They welcomed and treated Soccer is the national game Perdue adds that he and his was a wonderful opportunity us like family,” Perdue says. and is played widely throughout wife will most likely participate for us,” says Perdue. While visiting Cewo, Perdue Africa. In honor of the Perdues, in another mission trip to Africa The Perdues participated in a also presented the men’s the villages of Cewo and sometime in the near future. www.smcsc.edu SPARTANBURG METHODIST COLLEGE SPRING 2007 /  FRONTIERS Spring 2007

Each year, more than 200 players participate in the Spring Golf Classic, one of the larg- est fundraising tournaments in the Greenville-Spartanburg area. This tournament provides program support for more than 190 student athletes who annually attend Spartanburg Methodist College. More than 90 percent of SMC students require some form of financial support with 25 percent coming from families with incomes below the federal poverty level. Through your generous support, these student athletes are afforded the opportunity to fulfill the dream of earning a college education. Join many SMC friends, sponsors, and alumni for a day of golf at River Falls Plantation Golf Club. Contact Michael Reese, Director of Athletic Fundraising at (864) 587-4310 or e-mail [email protected]. Details are also on our website at www.smcsc.edu.

Women’s Golf Tees Off Scene on the Golf Course Fall Classic 2006 This Fall at SMC he SMC Board and Men’s Golf Coach Mark of Trustees Perdue hopes to recruit 10 recently players for the first season, approvedT the creation although a head coach for of a women’s golf team, the new team has not yet which will open its inau- been chosen. gural season in the Fall of “Our recruitment plans for 2007. this team are already underway, The move comes as part and we’ve already received of the College’s strategic some very strong interest from plan for growth of the some very talented young athletic department. ladies,” says Perdue. “Having a high-caliber Along with Louisburg women’s golf team will College and Cape Fear definitely be attrac- Community College, both tive from a recruiting in North Carolina, SMC standpoint,” says Danny will be one of only three Philbeck, SMC Vice- colleges in Region X of the President for Enrollment National Junior College Management. Athletic Association to offer SMC Athletic Director women’s golf.

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