1994
Jerry V. Beck is pastor of Sandy
Grove Baptist Church. He and his
wife, Ruby Beck '95, reside in
Tar Heel, N.C. Their grandson,
Noah Beck, is a freshman at
UNCP.
Amelia Hammond Tanon, her
husband, Edgar, and daughter,
Grace, welcomed a new addition
to their family. Joshua Edgardo was
born March 3, weighing 7 lbs., 1
oz. Amelia is a therapy support
coordinator with Biogen Idec. The
family resides in Raleigh, N.C.
Darline G. Tripp retired from the
Harnett County School System on
July 1 with 25 years of service. She
resides in Dunn, N.C.
1992
Chris Armfield is employed with
Xerox Corporation. He resides in
Manakin Sabot, Va.
Donnie Byers won a gold
medal in June in the 26th
Annual Healthcare Advertising
competition for an interactive Web
banner series he created. He also
won a bronze medal for his work
on a brochure. Donnie works for
Cape Fear Valley Health System
as a marketing coordinator. He
resides in Fayetteville, N.C.
Richard Glancy is deployed to Iraq
with the N.C. National Guard. He
is employed as a sergeant with the
Town of Cary Police Department.
He resides in Fuquay-Varina, N.C.
Susan Robbins is a teacher with
Bladen County Schools. She
resides in Elizabethtown, N.C.
Kristy Woods is a teacher with the
Public Schools of Robeson County.
She resides in Maxton, N.C.
1991
Marsha Bunce Brenes is a fifth
grade teacher with Charlotte-
Mecklenburg Schools. She is
married to Robert Brenes, and the
couple has three boys: Spencer,
17, Mason, 11, and Luke, 6. She
has been teaching for 18 years,
and Robert is a tennis director at
a country club in Charlotte, N.C.,
where the couple resides.
Terry A. Hunt is a real estate
appraiser with Thompson
Appraisal Services in Myrtle
Beach, S.C. He also owns and
operates two tanning salons
called ARUBA Tan, as well as
Hunt Enterprises, a real estate
investment company that buys and
rents condos. He has been married
for 10 ½ years to Carol Bourne, an
accountant. The couple serves on
the board for Junior Achievement
in Horry and Georgetown
counties, and they reside in Myrtle
Beach.
Chiffon Strickland Jenkins won
the Mrs. Georgia United States
Pageant on February 22. She
competed in the Mrs. United
States Pageant on July 23 in Las
Vegas, Nev. She is a patient
accounts manager with Piedmont
Health. She resides in Atlanta, Ga.
Skip Lovette
was appointed
to the North
Carolina
Association of
CPA's Taxation
Committee. He
is a Certified
Public
Accountant in private practice
in Greensboro, N.C., where he
resides.
1990
Candace Forrester is an executive
assistant and assistant accounting
manager with Anderson Creek
Club, an exclusive gated golf
and residential community in
Spring Lake, N.C. She resides in
Bladenboro, N.C.
Connie Patterson Hewke is a
secretary with Fields Plumbing
and Heating Co., Inc. She resides
in Pinehurst, N.C.
Myra Maness is a social worker
with the Columbus County
Department of Social Services. She
resides in Tabor City, N.C.
1988
Ed Drew and wife, Brenda,
have two children and three
grandchildren. Ed was appointed
in June to the Milwaukee Charge
of the United Methodist Church.
He continues to teach introduction
to the Old and New Testaments,
as well as world religion studies
at Pitt Community College in
Winterville, N.C. He and his wife
reside in Conway, N.C.
1987
Jackie Jacobs is founder and
principal of JTalentgroup, a
Seattle-based Native American-
owned full service entertainment
agency. She has been retained as
tribal publicist by the Quileute
Tribe of LaPush, Wash., in
response to the increasing
popularity of the "Twilight" book
series by Stephanie Meyer and
subsequent movies. She is also a
member of the Lumbee Tribe of
North Carolina.
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