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Jennifer Langley
graduated from law
school at Washington and Lee University
on May 8. She resides in Chesapeake, Va.
Terry Mardis
is a licensed professional
counselor and owns his own practice in
Fayetteville, N.C., where he specializes
in mental disorders. He resides in
Fayetteville.
Peter Pizzo Jr.
is a horse trainer and owns
a farm in Kentucky. He resides in Paris,
Ky.
Tracey Sampson
is a nurse at Woodhaven
Nursing Home. She resides in Maxton,
N.C.
2003
Nick Arena
is CEO of
the Carolina
Commerce and
Technology
Center, Inc.
(COMtech), in
Pembroke. He
resides in West
End, N.C.
Kelly Renada
Deese and William Nickolous Emanuel
were married on March 13 in Dublin,
N.C. She is employed with Caring Touch
Home Health Care, and he is employed
with Campbell Soup Company.
2002
Rita Atkinson
works in BB&T's Online
Banking Department in Raleigh, N.C. She
resides in Wake Forest, N.C.
Camille Goins
and her husband,
Kevin, welcomed
a baby girl on
Dec. 23, 2009.
Kennadie Ann
weighed 6 lbs.,
15 ½ oz. and
was 19 ½ inches
long. Camille and
Kevin now have four children. Camille
is a special populations and career
development coordinator with the Public
Schools of Robeson County, and Kevin
works for UNCP. The couple resides in
Pembroke.
Stephanie P. Johnson and David Joel
Johnson '01
welcomed a daughter, Anna
Kate, on February 9. She was 7 lbs., 20
½ inches long The family resides in Hope
Mills, N.C.
Alice Faye Locklear and Anthony Leon
Hunt
were married on February 27 in
Myrtle Beach, S.C. She is employed with
Primary Health Choice in St. Pauls, N.C.,
and he is employed with Lowe's Home
Improvement in Lumberton, N.C.
2001
Jennifer Kay Casey and Chad Casey
were
married on April 24 in Smithfield, N.C.
Jennifer is the art director for Cary Living
Magazine, in Raleigh, N.C. The couple
resides in Pine Level, N.C.
Patricia Dial
is the owner and operator
of Turtle Mountain Farm. She resides in
Mount Gilead, N.C.
Peggy Blackmon Hopkins
is a program
associate for Family Child Care. She
resides in San Antonio, Texas.
2000
Ava Watts Arp
is an eighth grade math
teacher with Whiteville City Schools.
She has a 2 ½ year-old daughter, Allison
Kaylee, born on Oct. 25, 2007. She
resides in Clarkton, N.C.
Whitney
Hammonds Bell
is a licensed
nursing home
administrator.
She serves as
the assistant
administrator for
the N.C. State
Veterans Home
in Fayetteville,
N.C. Whitney and her husband, Windell,
have two children, Lucas James, 7, and
Julianna Eden, 4. After graduating from
UNCP, Whitney attended UNC-Chapel
Hill School of Public Health Long Term
Care.
1999
Jennifer Dail Blakely
is the associate
director of Foundation Outreach at
Sandhills Community College. She
resides in Southern Pines, N.C.
Kristy Nance
and
her husband,
Jeff, welcomed
a daughter, Julie
Anna, on May 10.
She weighed 8
lbs. and was 20
inches long. The
couple resides in
Lumberton, N.C.
Melissa Comer Pruitt
is a teacher with
Gaston County Schools. She resides in
Belmont, N.C.
Adam Thompson
is an assistant principal
with Columbus County Schools. He
resides in Clarendon, N.C.
1998
Yolanda Sinclair
is an administrative
services manager with the N.C.
Correctional Institution for Women. She
resides in Garner, N.C.
1996
Johnathan Hedgepeth
is an agent
for the Horace Mann Companies in
Pickerington, Ohio. He earned the
company's Rookie of the Year award for
2009. The award recognizes the newest
top sales producer in the first year of their
career with Horace Mann. The award
was presented to Hedgepeth at Horace
Mann's annual, national sales conference.
He is also a volunteer basketball coach
for the Pickerington schools and is an
active member of Jersey Baptist Church.
He sponsored the Partners in Education
program and helped support Discovery
Day at Brown Elementary School in
Hilliard and the Ohio Achievement
Test for French Run Elementary in
Reynoldsburg. He has also donated
bicycles and iPods to the Pickerington
and Canal Winchester Schools for student
attendance and student achievement. A
former high school science teacher, he
earned his MBA from Franklin University.
He and his wife, Heather '96, reside in
Pickerington, Ohio.
1995
Tosha Ann Kinlaw
and Jason Allen Autry
were married on May 14 on the Cape
Fear River.
1994
Cynthia Jacobs
published her first
book, "The Children of Job." The book
is available online at www.xlibris.com.
She is a teacher with the Tuscon Unified
School District.
Summer 2010
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