This report, written by Rhetta Pate Tatum of Birmingham, Alabama, was published a few weeks ago in Hugh's News.
Meanwhile Rhetta has sent me a photo of the group at the Sunday morning chapel service at the close of the 2011 Emmanuel College Gathering.
It was a delightful trip with lots of adventures: forts, historical homes, shopping, etc.
Charlotte Godwin Humphries did a splendid job of putting all the details together and even had the group out to her John's Island home for a "Pig Picking" on Saturday evening and back for Sunday service in the private chapel on her property. The service was followed by a brunch of shrimp and grits at the outdoor kitchen and dining area.
Jeannie and I made it fairly well through March 25th which would have been Tommy's 73rd birthday. Then on March 26th, Jeannie's birthday, Charlotte surprised Jeannie with a big birthday cake at lunch that was shared with everyone.
The 1958 EC Academy class was represented by Hope Ross Dunlow, Ben Dunn and his wife Beverly, Gilbert and wife Sheilah Guthrie Sha, Mona Kendall Clark, and me.
The 1960 class had several attending: Gilbert and Sheilah Guthrie Shaw, Ben Dunn and Beverly, Larry Queen and his wife Linda, Hope Ross Dunlow, Sherman and Betty Wright Smith, Eddie (Elliott) Williams and wife Jan and me.
Others you might know were: John and Fay Hedgepeth, Terry Reel and wife, Harrell and Linda Queen, Jean Harwell Thames and daughter, Ruth Cato Turton, Jerry and Linda Wilson Hopkins, Betty Jo Bailey, Ruth Brookshire, Bill and Judy Batts, Harold and Cindy Taylor (Harold is G. F. Taylor's grandson, the founder of EC). Cliff and Sara Wood, Sylvia Swails, Linda Howard, Willette Rollins, James and Rachel Sorrow, Frank and Gay Shepherd, Gene and Millie Stallings, Gerald and Jean Stephens, Ruth Jones, Beulah Sturkie, Lenoir Sturkie, Wesley and Jean Peyton, Mike (EC President) and Pam Stewart, and several others that were related to Charlotte including her son Fran and daughter Jan.
Some of the group was there for just a few activities but most of us were there for everything. Probably the most we had for any activity was close to 60. It was a very nice group. I hope that I can continue going and hope that maybe you will be able to join us. The next year's location has not been decided on yet but should be announced in the winter QUAD, EC magazine.
Rhetta Pate Tatum
Posted on
Thu, April 7, 2011
by Hugh Morgan