Former UA Homecoming Queens Return for Reunion

October 29th, 2001 - Filed under: News

reunion1Many of The University of Alabama’s homecoming queens are returning to the Capstone this Homecoming for a reunion and to discuss having a special garden in their honor in the Crimson Promenade. Gloria Ann Terry Pennington, who was UA homecoming queen in 1939, and MarLa Sayers, the 1958 queen (and wife of Dr. Roger Sayers, past UA president), are hosting the first reunion to honor homecoming queens.

There will be a group introduction of the queens during the Homecoming Pep Rally on the Quad at 7 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2. The reuniting homecoming queens will participate in the Homecoming Parade on Saturday, Nov. 3.

The 45 former queens are coming from Alabama, Florida, Tennessee, Mississippi, California, Colorado, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Washington D.C., Georgia, Illinois, Ohio, Texas and Washington. They include:

1939 – Mrs. Gloria Ann Terry Pennington
1942 – Mrs. Jane Hinton Puryear
1947 – Mrs. Sue Donegan Wright
1949 – Mrs. Madge Barnett Roberts
1951 – Mrs. Oneida Moore Poulsen
1952 – Mrs. Mary Katherine Doss Hyde
1953 – Ms. Carol Joyce Fox Sabin
1954 – Mrs. Locke Rankin Coleman
1956 – Mrs. Joan Kintz Griffin
1957 – Mrs. Charlotte Adams Reeves
1958 – Mrs. MarLa Stephenson Sayers
1959 – Ms. Lenora “Sis” Pride
1960 – Ms. Carole Lackey
1961 – Mrs. Jeanne Davey Huckaby
1962 – Mrs. Annie Carol Warren Benise
1964 – Mrs. Leigh Stanford Godin
1965 – Ms. Carleton Lackey Real
1966 – Mrs. Rebecca Gail Haynie Hill
1967 – Ms. Rebecca Dyar Wingett
1969 – Mrs. Sue Shimoda Espy
1970 – Mrs. Kathy Neugent Mouron
1971 – Mrs. Barbara Allen Broadway
1972 – Ms. Caron Halsey Hess
1973 – Mrs. Terry Points Boney
1974 – Mrs. Laura Owen Walker
1976 – Mrs. Billye Faye Scott Kee
1977 – Ms. Marty L. Midkiff Van Houten
1978 – Mrs. Harriet Troxell Frederick
1979 – Ms. Cammie Williams
1980 – Mrs. Christi Johnson Kallam
1981 – Mrs. Carla Burton Gale
1982 – Mrs. Joan Belinda Turner Woodard
1983 – Ms. Carla Louise Carruth Tigner
1984 – Dr. Lisa E. Lindley McEniry, MD
1985 – Mrs. Angela Gay Wages Rush
1987 – Mrs. Opal Atonita Bush Butler
1990 – Mrs. Nancy Metcalf Gray
1992 – Mrs. Cynthia Ann Hunt Selph
1993 – Ms. Christa Valencia Hardy
1995 – Mrs. Mary Mac Reeves Stukes
1996 – Mrs. Beth Miller-Sims
1997 – Ms. Kimberly A. Haggard
1998 – Ms. Elena Ann Strong
1999 – Ms. Reagan Leigh Croyle
2000 – Ms. Amanda Christine Ellis

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