Shown in the picture with Susan and me are Laura Susan
(far left, born in 1970) with her husband, Johnny Adams, and David Lionel
(far right, born in 1974) with his wife, Joy, and Laurie's children, Will,
5 and Laura Beth, 2. My third grandchild, Morgan Elizabeth, was born December
11, 2001, to David and Joy. What a blessing they all are.
Susan, (Kappa Alpha Theta '63) as some of you remember,
was the first girl at Auburn to be "pinned" with a Delta Colony
pin and also the first at Auburn to receive the "Black Diamond"
sweetheart pin. Mom Karick was so excited at the time, as one of "her
girls" had also become a "member" . Susan and I still remember
the many days and nights spent in Mom Karick's room playing bridge.
Laurie received her BA and MA degrees at LSU in Baton
Rouge, was elected homecoming queen, and was the first female SGA president
at LSU. Johnny received his BA at LSU and went on to graduate from the
LSU Law School. He is currently a regional manager with Lawyer's Title
Company in Baton Rouge.
David graduated from Marion Military Institute in Marion, Alabama, attended
UAB in Birmingham, and graduated from Auburn in turf grass management.
He is currently the assistant golf course superintendent at Tannehill
National Golf Course in Birmingham. Joy, a graduate of UAB in Birmingham,
was recently named the #1 rated customer service manager with Compass
Bank. She was "Blaze" the UAB mascot while in school and now
serves as a consultant to the UAB mascot program.
At the West Carolina game on September 7, I marched with
the Auburn Alumni Band at half-time for the 16th straight year. Susan
and I are charter members of the Alumni Band which started in 1987. Many
of you certainly remember Dr. Johnny Vinson, our brother, who is the current
Director of Bands at Auburn. Glenn Cowham, Ed Mixon, and Glenn Bannister
have also been regular participants with the Alumni Band.
Some of my most cherished memories are renovating and
moving into the Delta Colony house in the Fall of '61, "THE FIRE"
on January 13, 1962, being one of the delegates to the "114th Great
Southwest Ekklesia" in Dallas, August 1962, where we petitioned for
the charter, and the chartering initiation in October, 1962. Our reunion
is a great time for remembering and celebrating our "brotherhood
- not for college days alone".
