1974 Cindy Myers Reynolds has retired following a 43-year career in law enforcement. She was the first female patrol officer in Montgomery, Alabama. Upon retiring from the police department after 20 years, she spent one day retired and then took a job as a deputy with the Montgomery County Sheriff’s office. After 16 years as a patrol deputy, she moved to the legal services division
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Connections: Spring 2019
1948 Joseph and Jane Zazzi Mitchen celebrated their 73rd wedding anniversary on Nov. 2, 2018. They were married by L.C. Sears. They have six children and a host of grandchildren. (822 Canforth Drive, Baton Rouge, LA 70810) 1967 Gary Turner has been selected as deputy region director for Region 14 for the American Society of Quality. His duties are in assisting governance of sections in
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Connections: Winter 2019
1970 Di An Bomar Williams taught elementary school for 18 years. She received her master’s in library media from Jacksonville State University in 1998 and served as a library media specialist until retiring from Alabama schools in 2010. She currently contracts with SubTeach USA and was honored with the SOAR Award for going above and beyond in the field of education. Her husband, Roy (’71),
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Connections: Fall 2018
1953 Hubert and Dorothy Todd McCray celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary with a reception hosted by their three sons, Todd, Michael and Nathan. (2910 Toccoa St., Beaumont, TX 77703) 1959 Gordon “Vic” Cotton was recognized by the Mississippi Historical Society with the Award of Merit for a series of articles, “Warren County Before Statehood,” which he authored in commemoration of Mississippi’s 200th birthday. He also
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Connections: Spring 2018
1950 Clarence Richmond was honored at a 90th birthday reception held in Cone Chapel on the Harding campus Feb. 17 by family and friends. He has a master’s degree from Stevens Institute of Technology and is a retired aerospace engineer. He was employed 32 years by American Airlines and eight years by Bendix Aviation. He holds a commercial pilot’s license with an instrument rating. He
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Connections: Winter 2018
1949 Stephen Eckstein has taught a class on a spiritual A-bomb, an outgrowth of an article he wrote in regard to the A-bombs of 1944, at Green Lawn Church of Christ in Lubbock, Texas. He served in World War II. (2605 N. County Road 1700, Lubbock, TX 79416) 1959 Lewis (’57) and Charlene Stewart celebrated their 60th wedding anniversary June 1, 2017. They are both
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Connections: Fall 2017
1959 Douglas Cloud was awarded third place from the Emerging Screenwriters Contest for a script he co-wrote, “No Mercy Rule.” (6325 Williams Grove Drive, Brentwood, TN 37027) 1968 Charles Hearne was inducted into the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame. In his 30 years of coaching, his overall record was 995-333. He coached 39 varsity teams with 28 of them qualifying for the
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Connections: Spring 2017
1956 Lawrence Barclay was named professor emeritus of Bible and biblical languages by the board of regents of Amridge University in June 2016 after 57 years of teaching (1959-75 at Faulkner University and 1967-2016 at Amridge University). He has been involved in deaf ministry for 45 years and currently serves as minister to the deaf at University Church of Christ in Montgomery, Alabama. His wife,
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Connections: Winter 2017
1957 Richard J. Richardson, former provost and vice chancellor of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, had a distinguished lecture series established in his honor. The inaugural Richardson Lecture was given by Dr. Aziz Sancar, 2015 Nobel Prize recipient in chemistry. (220 Carolina Meadows Villa, Chapel Hill, NC 27517) 1981 Scott Conner has been appointed to the crisis negotiation section of the Bernalillo
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Connections: Fall 2016
1939 Paul Edward Miller celebrated his 100th birthday July 4. (709 Po St., Mountain View, AR 72560) 1944 Eddie and Reba Faye Nadeau (’47) Shewmaker celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in July. (7303 Walden Road, Paragould, AR 72450) 1950 Clarence and Valle Horton (’52) Richmond celebrated their 65th wedding anniversary June 22. After leaving Harding, Clarence went to the Northeast as a counselor for Camp
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