Amber Tepedino is teaching band at Johnakin Middle School in Marion, SC.


Grace Watson is teaching music at Fair-Oak Elementary School in Westminster, SC.


Caleb Willingham earned an honorable mention in Closed Form Poetry from the Co- lumbia Scholastic Press Association (CSPA) Gold Circle Awards. His poem, “An Elegy for Sleep,” appeared in NGU’s 2018 literary and art magazine, “Te Mountain Laurel,” themed “Voices.”


IN MEMORIAM


Rev. Dr. Joseph Wilson Smith, Jr., (’42) on Dec. 7, 2018


Robert Edward Lee (’54) on Nov. 2, 2018


Rebecca Jean McElveen Abreo (’55) on May 4, 2017


William Carroll Burns (’58) on Dec. 15, 2018


Kenneth Kevin Whitt (MCM ’07) on Dec. 15, 2018


Rachel Glazebrook (’14) on Oct. 22, 2018


Dr. Wilson Cooke (retired math professor) on Dec. 25, 2018


Dr. Joe Frank Hayes, Sr., (trustee) on Jan. 16, 2019


Dr. Ralph Hendricks (trustee) on Feb. 17, 2019


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NGU.EDU | 27 BABIES


3 Sheila Moore Price (’08) and her husband, Cody Price, welcomed their baby girl, Birdie Elizabeth, on Dec. 13, 2018. She weighed 7 pounds, 14 ounces and was 20 inches long.


4 Grace Cobin Balding (’13) and her husband, Joseph Balding, welcomed their baby boy, William Joseph, on Dec. 18, 2017. He weighed 9 pounds, 8 ounces and was 20 inches long.


5 Elizabeth Ray Epting (’14) and her husband, Josh Epting (’15), welcomed their baby boy, Jude Tomas, on Dec. 13, 2018. He weighed 7 pounds, 1 ounce and was 20 inches long.


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WEDDINGS


Stephanie Quinn Green (’14) to Ethan James Price (’13) on Nov. 25, 2018


Anna Grace Sullivan (’14) to Caleb Michael Gunter (’17) on June 16, 2018


1 Victoria Danielle Sheriff (expected ’19) to William Richard Goubert (’18) on April 28, 2018


2 Leslie Ilene Turner (expected ’19)


to Charles Micah Barksdale (’18) on Dec. 15, 2018


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