Class Notes

Search the database below for class notes, births, memoriams and marriages reported by your classmates.  All online information is posted for one year from the date the information is received. If no selections are made to narrow the class year or information type, all information from the last year will be shown alphabetically by last name of alumni.

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Name
Note
Alex J. Anderson
Class of 2012
All Notes General Notes

finished 13th in the world at the 2015 Reebok CrossFit Games in July. In August he came back to campus to speak to this year’s Fighting Scots football team about his journey from being a student athlete to being a world-class competitor.

Alex J. Anderson
Class of 2012
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will compete in 2016 CrossFit Games in July 2016. See more here:

Alex J. Anderson
Class of 2012
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2016 was his second year qualifying and competing at the worldwide CrossFit Games. In 2015 he received 13th place, and in July 2016 came in at 11th place! He said while he was hoping to do better this year, he is still happy to improve upon last year. He looks forward to this years training, and is hungry to get back out there and represent East Tennessee and Maryville College.

Alex Anderson
Class of 2012
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During the international Reebok CrossFit Games Aug. 3-6 in Madison, Wis., Alex finished in ninth place after coming in 11th in 2016 and 13th in 2015. As a professional CrossFit athlete, he trains by doing multiple workout sessions a day in this discipline that involves everything from training with weights, to physical endurance, to gymnastics-like exercises. Read more here: http://trueviralnews.com/meet-tennessees-fittest-man/

Ellison McAlister Berryhill
Class of 2012
All Notes General Notes

is now Summer Law Clerk at Blount County District Attorney General’s Office.

Nathaniel J. Bishop
Class of 2012
Memoriam

Mr. Nathanial Jericho Bishop, age 32, of Dalton, passed away on Sunday, May 15, 2022, in Ascension Saint Thomas Hospital in Nashville, TN.

He is preceded in death by his grandfathers, James Clayton Winters, Sr., and James Franklin Bishop:

He is survived by his mother and stepfather, Sharon and Allen Green: father and stepmother, Rodney and Gina Bishop: sisters and brother in law, Jessica and David Grafton, Kristen Bishop: stepbrothers and sister in law, Ben and Kayla Patterson, Dustin Patterson: grandmothers, Barbara Winters and Effie Bishop. niece and nephew, Skylar and Des.  Numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins also survive.

Rachel Nicole Bossard
Class of 2012
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is currently Staff Interpreter/Educational Interpreter at Sign Language Specialists of Western, PA, Inc. and has interpreted at Overbrook Regional High School.

Nam Thi Dang
Class of 2012
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is now working at Childhelp, a nonprofit agency with group homes for abused children as a Behavioral Interventionist.

Tarah Slusher Davis
Class of 2012
Birth

Announce the birth of their son Levis James Davis on July 18, 2021.

James W. Fulton III
Class of 2012
Birth

My wife, Briana Fulton, and I welcomed our third daughter on February 22, 2022. Her name is Piper James Fulton.

Erin Cawthorn Gomez
Class of 2012
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Birmingham-based law firm of Carr Allison has added Erin Gomez as new associate to its Chattanooga office. Gomez, a graduate of Maryville College and Emory University School of Law, will focus her practice on commercial transportation, premises liability, professional liability and labor and employment litigation. At Emory, she served as an editor of the Emory International Law Review, a student member of the Emory International Humanitarian Law Clinic and president of Emory Immigration Law Practice Society. While in law school, Erin interned with the U.S. Department of Justice, the U.S. Department of Labor and the Coca-Cola Company.

Mollianne Reese Hubbs
Class of 2012
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Mollianne Reese Hubbs '11 has been named as the Sevier County Wildfire Response Coordinator by the Holston Conference of the United Methodist Church. The Holston Conference is partnering with the Appalachian Service Project to build 25 homes for people who lost their homes due to the wildfires.

Mollianne Reese Hubbs
Class of 2012
Birth

Cade Walker Hubbs was born October 27th, 2021. He is the son of Mollianne Reese Hubbs (2012) and Will Hubbs. Grandson of Jimmy Reese (1981) and Melanie Petree Reese (1983). Great-Grandson of Kyle Petree (1955) and Roberta Myers Petree (1956).

Wesley R. Idlette
Class of 2012
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Kingsport City Schools has announced the appointment of Wesley Idlette as the head coach of the high school’s wrestling program. Idlette has been teaching physical education at Andrew Johnson Elementary School since 2012. See the full article here: http://www.timesnews.net/Sports/2017/07/20/KCS-names-D-B-wrestling-coach.html?ci=stream&lp=14&p=1

Sam Jackson
Class of 2012
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In July 2018, Samuel T. Jackson ’12 started new position with University of Tennessee, Knoxville Alumni Affairs Office as Assistant Director for the Center of Student Alumni Programs.

Sam T. Jackson
Class of 2012
Birth

Carter Montgomery & Christopher Douglas born 2/21/2023 to Sam (‘12) and Hayley Carter Jackson (‘11).

Leah Morgan Kelley
Class of 2012
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The East Carolina softball program completed its staff with the hiring of Leah Kelley ’12 as an assistant coach according to an announcement from head coach Beth Keylon-Randolph on Monday. Kelley, who will work with infielders and outfielders and also be involved in game management and recruiting responsibilities, was a two-year letter winner at Maryville College and helped the Scots reach the championship game of the Great South Athletic Conference in 2012.

Mindy Lauren Lewelling
Class of 2012
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has a new position as a PRN Resident Advisor for a recovery and sobriety home in Nashville.

Kurt Lloyd
Class of 2012
All Notes Memoriam

Alexander Kurt Lloyd, formerly known as Tabatha Kathleen Lloyd, 25 of Knoxville, passed away on September 27th 2015 in Knoxville, Tennessee. Kurt is survived by his father and step-mother James and Tabitha Lloyd; his brother Christopher Shafer, and siblings R.L., Gracie, and Chloe Lloyd; and his grandparents Genevieve Spurgeon, Raymond and Jo Lloyd; and by his aunts and uncles Kevin and Deb Spurgeon, Louis and Misty McGill, and Courtney and Chan Smith. He is predeceased by his mother Stacey Kathleen Spurgeon. Kurt received his GED at 17. He graduated summa cum laude from Pellissippi State Community College in 2008 with an associate's degree in chemistry. He graduated magna cum laude from Maryville College in 2012 with a degree in history and a minor in art history and was inducted into Alpha Gamma Sigma honor scholarship society. He was pursuing a master's degree at the University of Tennessee's School of Information Science and was working as Computer Trainer at the Clinton Public Library. Kurt was an amazing person and was loved and will be missed by his family and friends. He was very active in supporting the LGBT Community. He was an active member of the local chapter of the SCA. In lieu flowers, please make donations in Kurt's honor to PFLAG Maryville in care of Foothills Bank and Trust, P.O. Box 4759 Maryville, Tennessee 37802.

Nicole A. McNabb
Class of 2012
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Completed her master’s degree at College of Charleston and is a Researcher at the US Environmental Protection Agency in Chapel Hill, NC. The lab group works on lung cellular epigenetic responses to air pollutant exposures (primarily ozone) using in vitro primary cell models and some clinical human exposure studies.

Craig Alan Owens
Class of 2012
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Is employed by Morristown-Hamblen High School West in Morristown, TN as a Science Teacher.

Donald Rucker
Class of 2012
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Donald Rucker ’12, elementary school principal for KIPP Metro Atlanta, was recently selected as one of Atlanta’s most eligible bachelors for 2018 by Jezebel Magazine. See more: https://www.modernluxury.com/jezebel/digital-edition

Paige P. Sevier
Class of 2012
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Paige Sevier ’12 has been hired as Watertown (TN) High’s girls’ basketball coach. Sevier spent the previous two years teaching math at her alma mater Jackson County and serving as an assistant on the Lady Devil team under Jim Brown. She was two seasons an assistant at Macon County. She played two years each at Roane State Community College and at Maryville College. Read more here: http://www.lebanondemocrat.com/Basketball/2018/06/19/Sevier-takes-over-Tigerettes.html?ci=stream&lp=1&p=

Casey Williams Smith
Class of 2012
All Notes

Cayce Williams Smith ’12 has a new baby boy, Luca Bjorn Smith. He was born on February 3rd and weighs 7.5 lbs.

Morgan Goodman Taylor
Class of 2012
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Graduated with a Master’s of Science in Occupational Therapy from Milligan College in 2014. Now works as an OTR.

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