Southern Wesleyan University

Alumni Association invites

all alumni and friends to

A Southern Breakfast

Sunday, June 8, 2008 during
the General Conference, Orlando, Florida.

Click here for details!

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The Gaston Breakfast Rotary Club in Gastonia, N.C., celebrated its 22nd year where District Governor Graham Wilson, was on hand to conduct the installation of Wes Brown as the incoming president.

Rotary is a worldwide organization of business and professional leaders who provide humanitarian service,
encourage high ethical standards in all vocations and help promote peace and goodwill throughout the world.

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As of September, Tracy Morgan is the new elementary school principal at Oconee Christian Academy. She
credits Southern Wesleyan University with preparing
her so that she could make a difference in the lives of children. “My professors trained me professionally, but more importantly spiritually,” Morgan said. “I am what I am because so many people invested their time in me. I hope that I will always carry that same spirit as I train the next generation. Thank you, SWU, for making a difference for Christ.”

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Michael Keaton was a featured expert on a History Channel show called “Hillbilly: The Real Story,” hosted by Billy Ray Cyrus. Keaton told the story of the life of his great-great grandfather, Lewis Redmond, who was a colorful character in the history of the Upstate South Carolina region. Keaton is an adjunct history professor
at Southern Wesleyan University.

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On July 27, Fr. James Hager passed his committee and became a CPE diplomat candidate of the College of Pastoral Supervision and Psychotherapy. On Oct. 5,
he concluded more than eight years as a hospice
chaplain for Palmetto Health and on Oct. 22, he began as the director of chaplains and pastoral education for Ascension Hospice. Fr. Hager is the curate/director of
the Goshen Community, an ecumenical covenant community of reconciliation located in Wagner, S.C.

WEDDINGS
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Christal Page Evatt and Todd Hardin Wolff were
married Aug. 8, 2007.

’03
Jason Paul Moore and
Laura Smith were married
June 9, 2007.

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Beau Hammer and Gidget (Jarrett) Hamner were married Oct. 16, 2004.

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Jamie Lynn Shirley, and
David Bradley Turnage
were married Oct. 20, 2007.

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Ben James and Betsy
Walker were married July
28, 2007.

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Christin Denise Shealy and Kelvin Allen Smith were married July 21, 2007.

Joshua Timothy Bryant and Renee Lynne Raker were married June 16, 2007.

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Mark Edward Tolan and Erin Elizabeth (Woodbury) Tolan were married June 23, 2007.

Alumnus Tiffany Darlene
Christiana Connor and
James Franklin Pearson
were married Sept. 7, 2007.

OBITUARIES
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Walter J. (Billy) McCutcheon -- Chesnee, S.C., Sept. 9, 2007

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Kenneth E. George -- Kings Mt., N.C., July 20, 2007

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Ernestine (Short) Henderson -- Kings Mt.,
N.C., Aug. 14, 2007

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Cora Sue Barnes -- Clanton, Ala., Feb. 2, 2007

Former faculty member passes away
Dorothy Hollenbeck passed away in Matthews,
N.C., on Oct. 14, 2007.
She was employed as a faculty member in 1948,
at Southern Wesleyan University, which was known at that time as Wesleyan Methodist College.