John Lemley ’90, an award-winning radio host and producer, has been named anchor of the Crime Online News Update, a daily newscast feature of Crime Stories with Nancy Grace that airs weekdays at 12 p.m. ET on SiriusXM’s Triumph Channel 111. Lemley also anchors Momentum, an online TV news roundtable program that addresses topics impacting the greater metro-Atlanta area. Since 1997, he has hosted and produced a variety of news and arts shows.

Jeff Pomeroy ’92 joined Baker Donelson’s Birmingham office as a shareholder. Most recently, Pomeroy served as executive vice president and general counsel at Bayer Properties, LLC and has more than 20 years of experience in law.

Becky Kellogg ’94 received an Emmy Award from the Southeast Chapter of the National Academy for Television Arts and Sciences for her investigation titled “A Survivor's Story.” The piece tells the story of a middle school girl who says she was raped by a classmate but was not protected by her school system. Kellogg is currently a special projects producer for 11Alive News in Atlanta and has experience with network, digital, and local news outlets.

Doug Bates ’00 was inducted into Pensacola State College’s Athletics Hall of Fame. Bates played baseball for two years at Pensacola State before transferring to BSC. With the Panthers, he played in the 1999 and 2000 NAIA World Series tournaments and set a national record in hits by pitches for the NAIA in 2000. Bates is an attorney with the Clark Partington firm in Pensacola, and he serves as president of the Pensacola State College Foundation.

Dr. Kevin Chance ’00, assistant professor of piano at University of Alabama, was inducted into the inaugural class of the Steinway & Sons Teacher Hall of Fame. Chance was one of the youngest teachers of the 43 honorees from across the country. At age six, he began taking piano lessons at BSC’s Conservatory, which required a 45-minute trip from his home in Dora. Chance is a world-renowned concert pianist and has taken curtain calls in Japan, Mexico, Canada, and nearly all 50 states.

Jennifer DeLawrence ’01 was named vice president and controller at Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama. DeLawrence began her career with the company in 2008 as manager of financial reporting and has served as department manager of accounting and reporting since 2012. Prior to joining Blue Cross, she was an auditor at Ernst & Young and Dixon Hughes Goodman.

Jasen Jonus ’12 has excelled as the associate coach for men’s basketball and head coach for cross country teams at LaGrange College. In 2013, Jonus joined as a graduate assistant for the men’s basketball team after spending one season with the Birmingham Blitz. He quickly made an impact at LaGrange and has seen multiple tournament appearances and wins. He also earned his master’s degree in teacher education from LaGrange in 2015.

Kelsie M. Overton ’13 joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings LLP as a member of the litigation practice group. Overton earned her law degree from Washington University School of Law, where she graduated with a certificate in public interest law and served as a senior editor of the Washington University Law Review. She was a dean’s fellow as well as a member of the women’s law caucus and the public service advisory board.

Lindsey Chambers ’14 directed the Rome Little Theatre’s production of “The Best Christmas Pageant Ever” at the DeSoto Theatre in downtown Rome, Georgia. Last year, Chambers directed “Alice in Wonderland,” also through the Rome Little Theatre. She studied musical theatre at BSC and expresses her love for working with children’s theatre.

Meredith Dubberly ’15, director of Drama Kids International’s Birmingham location, was featured by Vestavia Voice for her work. Drama Kids partners with schools and communities to develop life skills of students ages 4-17 through creative theatre arts. Dubberly and her team provide children with an imaginative learning experience and fun weekly classes, which include acting, improvisations, theatre games, and character analysis.

Katie Jones ’18 was named one of StyleBlueprint's Faces of the South and was recognized as one of Buckhead’s youngest business owners. Jones has owned Buckhead Art & Company for almost two years. The art gallery in the Buckhead district of Atlanta represents more than 30 artists, mostly local plus some from Santa Fe, Los Angeles, Mississippi, and Birmingham.

Duane Reboul, former BSC basketball coach, was inducted into the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame. Reboul spent 17 years on the Hilltop and became the winningest coach in school history with 402 wins. He led the Panthers to two NAIA national championships, six conference championships, and nine tournament appearances. Spanning both the 1995 and 1996 seasons, the Panthers held a 44-game winning streak under Reboul’s leadership.

Connor Stephen on Aug. 9, 2019, to Katie Pellerin Furtado ’05 and Stephen Furtado. Connor joins big sister, Emmeline, age three.

Nell Dickinson Bell ’41 of Birmingham on Dec. 13, 2019. Bell retired from South Central Bell after many years of service. She was a member of the Princess Sehoy Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was baptized, confirmed, and married at Grace Episcopal Church in Woodlawn, where Bell and her husband were members for many years. She was most recently a member of Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross in Trussville.

William James Sullivan, Jr. ’43 of Birmingham on Dec. 14, 2019. Sullivan attended BSC before graduating with honors from Vanderbilt University and serving in the U.S. Navy during World War II. Following the war, he attended the University of Alabama School of Law and joined Sadler & Sadler as an associate. He remained at the firm until his retirement from Sadler Sullivan, P.C. in 2003. Sullivan represented the Catholic Diocese of Birmingham for more than 50 years, was a member of the Knights of Columbus, and was awarded membership in the Knights of St. Gregory by Pope John XXIII. He was also the founding president of the Parish Council at Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church in Homewood. Sullivan’s sisters, the late Marie Alaine Sullivan Lancaster ’32, Rosalie Sullivan ’36, and Eleanor Sullivan Sawyer ’40, as well as his grandchildren, BSC Director of Exploration Term and Contract Learning Katie Sullivan Kauffman ’03, Anna Sullivan Price ’05, Sarah Sullivan Johnson ’05, and William James Sullivan ’12 all attended BSC.

Cecile Morgan Webb ’43 of Montgomery, Ala., on Dec. 15, 2019. A longtime Montgomery resident, Webb attended Alabama's Bicentennial Parade on the last full day of her life. She was a faithful Meals-on-Wheels driver, a past president of the Montgomery-Autauga Medical Auxiliary and the Colonial Dames XVII Century, and an active member of Daughters of the American Revolution, Daughters of the American Colonists, and Magna Carta Dames. Webb enjoyed tennis, knitting, bridge, and she supported the arts throughout her life. Her sisters, the late Mary Ruth Morgan Coleman ’31 and Virginia Morgan Haskell ’37, and her son, John Walter Webb IV ’79, also attended BSC.

Hope Robinson Northington ’51 of Spring Hill, Ala., on Dec. 21, 2019. A poet and essayist, Northington left behind a large body of creative work. Many of her poems were published in the Alabama State Poetry Society's Sampler, and in 1995, she received the First Place Essay Award from the Alabama Writers Conclave. Northington worked as a high school English teacher and later established a nearly 15-year career as a columnist for the Mobile Press Register. She was known for her travel writing, interviews with war veterans, and charming depictions of old Mobile's history and people. Northington worked as the southeast representative for the Bronte Society, served on the Board of Directors of the Widowed Persons Service of Mobile, taught Sunday School, and volunteered with the Girl Scouts of America. She also kept close ties with British relatives as a member of the Cornish American Heritage Society and the Cornwall Family History Society. She met her husband, the late I. J. Northington ’49, at BSC before they moved to Mobile.

Rev. Charles Phillip Huckaby, Jr. ’56 of Homewood, Ala., on Dec. 21, 2019. Huckaby graduated from Vanderbilt Divinity School in 1959 and San Francisco Theological Seminary in 1972. He served the North Alabama United Methodist Conference for 40 years and retired in 1996. Huckaby enjoyed a wonderful 62 years of marriage with his wife, Harriette Houston Huckaby ’57.

Carolyn Cox Hunter ’56 of Birmingham on Dec. 5, 2019. Hunter taught for many years, including at Woodrow Wilson Elementary School and Pilgrim Congregational in Birmingham and at Noble Street Elementary School in Anniston. She also started the after-school program at Edgewood Elementary School in Homewood and served there for 12 years. She and her husband, Bob L. Hunter ’56, were members of South Highland Presbyterian Church, where she taught children's Sunday School, sang in the choir, and served as a deacon and an elder.

Emmett F. Hildreth ’61 of Santa Rosa Beach, Fla., on Dec. 11, 2019. Hildreth attended Emory University’s School of Law and began practicing law in 1963. He served in the U.S. Army, stationed in South Carolina. His wife, Linda Stokes Hildreth ’60, also attended BSC.

Sherrill Leah Lamppin ’62 of Seattle, Wash., on July 14, 2019. Lamppin studied education and lived across the country throughout her life, including in Louisiana, Florida, Pennsylvania, Utah, and Texas. In the 1990s, during which she settled in Seattle to be closer to her oldest son, Lamppin’s vision deteriorated due to a degenerative eye disease. However, she overcame many challenges and lived a full life. She was stationed at Mount Rainier National Park for a few summers, when she recognized her dream to become a park ranger, and she housed international students for years.

Jerry B. Oglesby ’63 of Anniston, Ala., on Nov. 17, 2019. After graduating from BSC, Oglesby attended Cumberland School of Law and practiced law at his Anniston firm, Sides, Oglesby, Held and Dick. In 2017, he was recognized by the Alabama Bar Association for his 50-year career in law.

Pamela Payton-Wright ’63 of Brookville, Pa., on Dec. 14, 2019. Payton-Wright made her Broadway debut in 1967 as Amy in George Kelly's “The Show Off,” following her graduation from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. She performed in many shows on and off Broadway, taking on leading roles at most of New York’s great theatres in works of nearly every major playwright. Payton-Wright began her television and film career in 1972. She was known best for her work on ABC’s “One Life to Live” as Addie Cramer, a role she played on and off for a 12-year period beginning in 1991. She received a Drama Desk Award for her role in the Broadway revival of “Mourning Becomes Her” in 1972 and was nominated for a Primetime Emmy in 1976 for her role in “The Adams Chronicles.” Her sister, Barbara Payton-Wright Quackenbush ’65, also graduated from BSC.

Martha Cupps Reed ’78 of Jasper, Ala., on Dec. 30, 2019. Reed received her master’s degree from the University of Alabama and pursued a career in teaching. She taught at Sumiton Elementary School in Walker County for 35 years. She enjoyed traveling and showcasing her artistic talent.

Audrey Cook Calabro ’04 of Chepachet, R.I., on Oct. 15, 2019. Calabro was born with a serious congenital lung condition that was diagnosed as a total disability by age of 13. Still, she competed in equestrian events, played the flute, and studied ballet. She attended BSC with a dance scholarship and continued to perform. In 2014, Calabro received a double lung transplant. She worked at HealthSouth in Birmingham and Gold Chiropractic and Radney Chiropractic clinics in Georgia, and she married Kevin Calabro in 2017. She was an advocate for organ donation, animal rescue, and adoption.

Harold Bowman Nicrosi of Montgomery, Ala., on Dec. 10, 2019. Nicrosi graduated from Randolph-Macon Woman's College in 1950 before completing graduate work at the University of Alabama. In 1969, she served as president of the Junior League of Montgomery, which was an early role in her many years of leadership throughout her community and church. Nicrosi was elected seven times as a deputy to the General Convention of the Episcopal Church as well as the Executive Council of the Episcopal Church. She served as a board member of Episcopal Relief and Development and was a founding board member of Holy Cross Episcopal School. A distinguished alumna of the University of Alabama, Nicrosi was the first female member of the university’s President's Cabinet and a founding board member of the Society for the Fine Arts. She also served on the BSC Board of Trustees from 1977 to 1983.

Annie Ford Lester Wheeler of Birmingham on Dec. 7, 2019. Wheeler studied chemistry and library science at Athens State University, graduating in 1941. She worked as an analytical chemist briefly before marrying, moving to Ohio, and accepting her first job as a librarian. After World War II, Wheeler and her husband, Glynn, moved to Birmingham, and she worked as an assistant librarian at Southern Research Institute. In 1958, she joined the library staff of Samford University (then Howard College) where she moved up the ranks from special collections cataloger to associate librarian for collection development to acting university librarian. Wheeler spearheaded the organization of Samford's Institute of Genealogy and Historical Research. She also served as librarian, archivist, and church historian at Trinity United Methodist Church, and her research on the church’s centennial history was published in 1989. Thanks to her family, particularly her daughter, Anne Pearce Wheeler ’69, the Wheeler Scholarship for the Fine and Performing Arts allows many BSC students to pursue arts education.