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Contact: Jenni Brockman Phone: 804-443-3357 Fax: 804-443-6781 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tappahannock (May 28, 2004) - Fourteen girls from the Northern Neck and Middle Peninsula are among the 36 members of the St. Margaret’s School Class of 2004 who were graduated on Saturday, May 29. The graduates will be attending 27 different schools in 13 states that include Vermont, Texas, Ohio and Florida. In addition, many have been awarded merit-based scholarships to support their studies in fields as diverse as vocal performance, culinary science, equine management and fine arts. 
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The St. Margaret's School Class of 2004
Local graduates are: Mary Kathryn Carpenter (Wofford College), daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Richard Carpenter of Irvington; Sarah Louise Copeland (Garrett College), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Copeland of Tappahannock; Lauren Marie Crockett (Virginia Tech), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Crockett of Irvington; Blair Forrester Fisher (Virginia Tech), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Fisher of Lottsburg; Jessica Blake Hinson (undecided), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hinson of Warsaw; Allison Renee Johnson (Mary Washington College, honors program), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Johnson of Aylett; Erin Rosser Kelley (Roanoke College), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Kelley of Lancaster; Katherine T. McKeon (undecided), daughter of Ms. O’Connell McKeon of Urbanna and Mr. Kenneth McKeon of Saluda; Margaret Lide Moncure (Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts), daughter of Ms. Milly Rixey of Tappahannock and Mr. Richard Moncure of Colonial Beach; Margaret Marston Ransone (James Madison University), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Malcom Ransone of Kilmarnock; Allison Leigh Smith (James Madison University), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hervey Smith of Warsaw; Jessica Renae Stokes (Virginia Tech), daughter of Mr. Jack Stokes of Tappahannock and Ms. Sandra Stokes of Jacksonville, FL; Lindsay Olivia Swinson (Johnson and Wales University), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joe Swinson, Jr., of Tappahannock; and Sarah Chevallie Weakley (Longwood University), daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Rhys Weakley of Montross. The graduating boarding students include Erin Suzanne Atchison of Dharan, Saudi Arabia (Auburn University); Joyce Veazey Bobo of Lookout Mountain, TN (University of Tennessee); Tiedi Madia Greaves of Euless, TX (Savannah College of Art and Design); Martha Anne Houstoun of Houston, TX (study abroad in Australia); Yoo Ri Jung of Seoul, Korea (Syracuse University); Jee Sun Lee of Seoul, Korea (Carnegie Mellon University); Yin Chen Liu of Kaohsiung Hsien, Taiwan (Campbell University); and Katherine Elizabeth Lowe of Darnestown, MD (Roanoke College). Also: Savannah Taylor McClain of Brambleton (University of Vermont); Megan Christine McCuan of Glenwood, MD (Otterbein College); Chelsea West McDowell of Lexington, KY (Auburn University); Lee Nelson Osborne of Charleston, WV (Roanoke College); Julia Michelle Peeler of Glen Allen (Hollins University); Anna Elizabeth Reed of Fredericksburg (Shepherd University); Lorna Elnora Ridderhof of Fredericksburg (Virginia Commonwealth University School of the Arts); Tirza Romero Diaz of San Pedro Sula, Honduras (undecided); Cariad Louise Shepherd of St. Thomas, USVI (Skidmore College); Taylor Whitney Tomnitz of Dallas, TX (Westminster College); Patricia Van Pelt of Charlotte, NC (University of North Carolina-Wilmington); Meredith Elizabeth Walsh of Bluemont (Rollins College); Jessica Lynn White of Bartlett, TN (Ohio State University); and Hye Joon Yoon of Seoul, Korea (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute). The Rt. Rev. Leo Frade, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida, gave the commencement address. Sarah Belle Eason Parrott, an SMS alumna who chairs the school’s Board of Governors, joined Head of School Margaret R. Broad in conferring the diplomas. |
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