HUNTINGDON COLLEGE

News Release

July 7, 2025
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June 2025 Alumni News

Births

• Brandon Shrout ’08 and his wife, Terah Phillips Shrout ’11, welcomed a daughter, Tyler Katherine Shrout, in June 2025.
• Kent Hagan ’11 and his wife, Caitlin McMahon Hagan ’12, welcomed a son, Linus Ransom Hagan in June 2025.
• Kylee Blake Goodwin ’15 and her husband, Chris, welcomed a son, Hudson Keith Goodwin, in June 2025.
• Brennan VanMeter ’16 and his wife, Mallory, welcomed a daughter, Makenna Jo VanMeter, in June 2025.
• Kira Jo Bohlke Gilbert ’17 and her husband, Matthew, welcomed a son, Colton John Gilbert, in June 2025.
• Jordan Anderson ’20 and his wife, Saylor, welcomed a son, John Richard Anderson, in June 2025

Weddings

• Harden Spencer ’15 married Rylee Schofield in June 2025.
• Ben Richardson ’17 married Ryan Sanford in June 2025.
• Dylan Powell ’21 married Laekyn Bennett in June 2025.
• Andrew Hines ’22 married Alayna Shipman in June 2025.
• Chandler McDougal ’22 married Mackenzie Nolan ’24 in June 2025.
• Madison Caffee ’23 married Austin Boehm in June 2025.

Graduate School Graduations

• Hannah Pace ’22 completed her degree in physical therapy assisting from South University.

Retirements/Promotions/Honors/General News

• Kay Gomillion Elam ’76 was elected as a Vice President for the 2025-2027 Alpha Omicron Pi Executive Board.
• Les Stuedeman ’93 retired after 30 seasons as the head coach of the University of Alabama Huntsville softball team.
• Katrina Keefer ’95, CEO of DCH Health System, was named one of Becker’s Hospital Review’s Women Hospital and Health System Presidents and CEOs to Know.
• Judge Grace McLemore Jeter ’96 was sworn in June 2025 as the newly appointed Covington County Circuit Court Judge.
• Talia Brown Johnson ’02 was named the 2025 Alabama Association of Elementary School Administrators Outstanding Elementary Assistant Principal of the Year for District II in Mobile, Alabama.
• Amanda Leigh Kraft ’04 has accepted a position as the Director of Music Ministry at Bethel Methodist in Stockbridge, Georgia.
• Emily Dueitt Kincaid ’06 was awarded the #BeUMC Clergy Award at the June 2025 Alabama West Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
• Matt Johnson ’08 led his Reeltown baseball team to their best finish in program history.
• Chelsey Jones Brown ’11 was commissioned as a provisional deacon in the United Methodist Church.
• Rhett Butler ’13 was awarded the Frances Asbury Award at the June 2025 Alabama West Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
• Tori Jackson ’15 had her painting, “Milk and Honey” displayed at the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts in the 46th Biennial Museum Exhibition. The piece was part of her Huntingdon show in the Seay Twins Art Gallery in February 2025.
• Dr. Kristen Curtis Wright ’16 has been appointed as the Associate Pastor at Fairhope United Methodist Church.
• Carlee Nobles Wright ’16 opened an interior design consulting business, Velvet and Vine Designs, LLC.
• Sarah Roberts ’19 was commissioned as a provisional elder in the United Methodist Church.
• Wesley Faulk ’20 has been named the Band Director at Charles Henderson Middle School in Troy, Alabama.
• Amber Shirley ’20, served as the chair of The Region of the American Medical Association Medical Student Section. Her section was awarded Region of the Year for outstanding accomplishments in membership recruitment, healthcare policy, and grassroots advocacy initiatives.
• Lavia Walker ’20 joined the Huntingdon College admissions staff as an Admissions Counselor.
• Lucy Burch-Griffin ’21 was commissioned as a provisional elder in the United Methodist Church.
• Candace Carnegie ’21 has joined the YMCA of Montgomery, Alabama as the Creative Content Strategist.
• John Kelsoe ’21 was commissioned as a provisional elder in the United Methodist Church.
• Justin Raley ’21 was named the new head baseball coach of Northview High School.
• Koby Townsend ’21 was named to The Business Magazine of Northwest Florida’s Thirty Under Thirty recognition of young business professionals.
• Lee Herring ’23 has been named the Band Director at Charles Henderson High School in Troy, Alabama.
• Jordan Alvis ’24 has joined the Huntingdon College Women’s Lacrosse staff as an assistant coach.
• Ty Martinez ’24 completed the Regional P.O.S.T Academy of the St. Charles Parish Sheriff’s Office.
• Tyler Bentheimer ’25 has joined the Huntingdon College staff as a Residence Director.
• Nick Brashear ’25 has joined the Huntingdon College Wrestling staff as an assistant men’s coach.
• Rod Brown ’25 has joined the Huntingdon College staff as the Huntingdon Bands Recruiter.
• Cassidy Campbell ’25 was awarded the NCAA Ethnic Minority Graduate Scholarship. She has also joined the Huntingdon College staff as a Residence Director.
• Evan Ellenburg ’25 was awarded the Denman Evangelism Laity Award Jane Walker Scholarship at the June 2025 Alabama West Florida Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church.
• Bailey Huston ’25 has joined the Huntingdon College staff as the Student Success Coordinator in the Staton Center.
• Brady Ritchey ’25 has joined the Huntingdon College staff as the Accounts Payable Clerk and a Residence Director.

In Memoriam

• Jean Snodgrass Thomas ’47 passed away on June 13, 2025, in Pompano Beach, Florida
• Sallie Wood Millsap ’49 passed away on June 23, 2025, in Montgomery, Alabama.
• June Adcock McLain ’50 passed away on June 23, 2025, in Panama City Beach, Florida.
• Caroline Poole Ryan ’50 passed away on June 19, 2025, in Greenville, Alabama.
• Charlotte Boyd ’58 passed away on June 25, 2025, in Brunswick, Georgia. She is preceded in death by her husband, Roy J. Boyd ’59.
• Lyn Bentley Tucker ’58 passed away on June 3, 2025, in Dothan, Alabama.
• George Garzon ’59 passed away on February 12, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama.
• Lady Claire Davidson Studstill ’60 passed away on June 3, 2025, in Montgomery, Alabama.
• Jamie Blake ’62 passed away on June 7, 2025, in Mobile, Alabama.
• Julia Nan Bost Newman ’62 passed away on June 1, 2025, in Franklin Square, New York.
• Judith Pierce Croxton ’68 passed away on June 23, 2025, in Kershaw, South Carolina.
• Mary Delia Foy Estes ’70 passed away on June 16, 2025, in Eufaula, Alabama.
• Elizabeth Thompson Curles ’72 passed away on March 5, 2025, in Cordele, Georgia.
• Charlotte Jones Cabaniss ’73 passed away on June 6, 2025, in Bay Minette, Alabama.
• Gail Sanford Kendrick ’80 passed away on June 29, 2025, in Wetumpka, Alabama.
• Charles A. Stakely, III, long-time friend of the College, passed away on June 10, 2025. He is survived by his wife, Winnie Stakely ’66.

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