Alumni News Last Updated: August 2024
1980s
Donna Mahoney Dufford (’87) received Atrium Health Navicent’s Daisy Award for extraordinary nursing on April 11.
Karla Redding-Andrews (’80) was featured in Georgia Trend’s 500 Most Influential Leaders 2023 for the 2nd time in a row. She is the Vice President of The Otis Redding Foundation.
Greg Brooking (’89) released his first book titled From Empire to Revolution: Sir James Wright and the Price of Loyalty in Georgia (University of Georgia Press, 2024) July 15, 2024.
Monroe Abrams (’82) received the 2024 Bill Chisolm Award given by the NATA Ethnic Diversity Athletic Trainers Committee.
1990s
Andrew Jenkins (’99) has been named Teacher of the Year at Palmetto Scholars Academy in North Charleston, SC. He teaches Honors English II and Contemporary Literature while serving as the 9th Grade Lead Teacher and Student Council Advisor.
2000s
Hamilton Hardison (2002) and his wife, Hwa Young, welcomed their first baby, Sol Lee Hardison born of April 21, 2023.
Maggie O’Brien Gerwig (2008), and her husband, Chris Gerwig, welcomed their new baby girl, Abigail Grace Gerwig on November 6, 2023.
Commander Burnes Brown (2002), United States Navy, was promoted to Commander of the USS South Dakota (SS790), a nuclear powered Virginia-class submarine on February 23, 2024.
Michael Conforti (2006), and his wife, Carolyn, welcomed their new baby boy, Luca Conforti on March 3, 2024.
President & CEO James F. Simpson, III (2004), has been selected by Independent Banker to be part of their annual 40 under 40 community bank leader awards. Simpson has been with Community Bank of Louisiana since 2015, holding the position of President & CEO since 2021.
2010s
Laura Smoak (2015) graduated from Augusta University with a Master of Physician Assistant, Summa Cum Laude.
Chelsey Cashwell (2011) recently became the first MMA champion in the women’s 60K category in the history of Vietnam.
Stephen Murphey (2012) and Lauren Webb Murphey (2011) welcomed their new baby girl, Mia Sloane Murphey, on January 13, 2024. Sloane and Stephen now share the same birthday!
Bella Bass (2018) joined the Atlanta Braves Team as their 2024 Ticket Sales Trainee. As a ticket sales trainee, she is responsible for selling both single game tickets and group and hospitality groups for the Atlanta Braves.
Lindley Kay Dillard (2021) will be serving as an intern for Justice Gregory C. Cook of the Supreme Court of Alabama this summer. She plans on attending law school after graduating from Samford University in 2025.
We mourn the following members of the Cavalier family who recently passed away. Last updated: August 2024.
In Memoriam (April 2023 – August 2024):
1949 Beverly Joe Sherling Petty
1954 Ann Wood Land
1959 Karen Ethridge Ginnasio
1960 Marjorie Union Tillery
1963 Alan Cortes
Minter Garvin
Thomas Allen Cook
1964 Donald Ennis
1966 David Lee Davis
1967 Diane Hadarits Pinson
1978 Ronald Alan Jiles
1981 Otis Redding, III
2013 Brandon Sanders
2017 Kayla Elise Royal
Karla Redding Andrews (’80) and Demetria Redding (‘91) on the death of their brother Otis Redding, III on April 18, 2023
Ken Cortes (‘65), Sandra Cortes Corley (‘73), and Stephen Cortes (‘80) on the death of their brother Alan Cortes on June 1, 2023
Theresa Cook (’65), Katherine Davis (’68), and Mary Glore (’69) on the death of their brother Thomas Allen Cook on February 24, 2023.
Bobby Huellemeier (’67) on the death of his wife Susan on July 24, 2023.
Roland Brown (’82) on the death of his mother.
Pauline O’Mahony (’56) and Louise Peyton (’50) on the death of their brother Minter Garvin (’63) on September 16, 2023.
Denise Crider (’82), Mary Alice Rentmeester (’89), and Jennifer Tillery (’91) on the death of their mother Marjorie Union Tillery on November 20, 2023.
James Robert Jiles (’76) on the death of his brother Ronald Alan Jiles (’78) on December 6, 2023.
Linda Davis (’67), David Davis (’90), Sean Davis (’96), and James Davis (2000), on the death of their husband and father, Dr. Davis Lee Davis (’66).
Keith Royal (2021), on the death of his sister, Kayla Royal (2017) on November 17, 2023.
Jane Stoner (’81) and Anne McGee (’82), on the death of her father, Horace Reginald Wilson Jr. on November 27, 2023.
Todd Stuart(’87) on the death of his father, Glynn Edwin Stuart on March 3, 2024.
Mitzi Gautreaux (’85) and Mark Freville (’87) on the death of their mother, Alice Freville on March 25, 2024.
Sara Suchower Keever (2003) and Kenneth Suchower (2004) on the death of their father, Jonathan “Andy” Andrew Suchower on April 14, 2024.
Carly Freliche George (2008) and Caroline Freliche Horne (2004) on the death of their mother, Laura Lewis Mimbs on July 18, 2024.
