Mobile Area Residents Among UA Graduates

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama awarded some 2,500 degrees at spring commencement ceremonies held recently in Coleman Coliseum on the Tuscaloosa campus.

James P. Hayes Jr., president of the Economic Partnership of Alabama, was the featured speaker. Hayes also received an honorary doctor of humane letters degree during the event. Also receiving an honorary doctor of humane letters was Dr. John Hicks, executive assistant to the chancellor and secretary of the UA Board of Trustees.

With this graduating class, UA has awarded more than 189,000 degrees since its founding in 1831 as the state’s first public university. UA holds commencement ceremonies three times a year.

The following students from the Mobile area were listed as candidates to receive degrees:

JURIS DOCTOR DEGREE

ANDALUSIA — Grant John Scott

ATMORE — Bonnie Lee Branum

BAY MINETTE — William Gray Chason

DAPHNE — Jared Nathan Lyles

EIGHT MILE — Sonya Lashea Crawford, Faith Ann Pate

FAIRHOPE — Joshua Paul Myrick

GULF SHORES — Natalie Ann Daugherty, Sara Elizabeth Lee, Elizabeth Anne Sanders

MOBILE — Kelli Danielle Blake, Susan C. Dehghani-Sanich, Holly Mechele Hicks, Allison Star Kahalley, Christen Claire Risher

MONTROSE — Weldon Rushing Payne

ROBERTSDALE — Chad Leland Hobbs

THEODORE — Jennifer McPherson Hughes

MASTER’S DEGREE

ANDALUSIA — Julie S. Joiner

BAY MINETTE — Dawna Marie Ratliff, Donna G. Wynn

BIGBEE — Atokie Shondriko Boman

DAPHNE — Dreama Schofield

DEMOPOLIS — Cristy Sue Bell, Pamela Denise Jowers

FAIRHOPE — McKenzie Ruth Mesler

FRANKVILLE — Laparry Towanski Howell

GROVE HILL — Leslie Diane Brown, Laverne Taite

GULF SHORES — Sonja Dale Garris

LEROY — Stephanie Blount Warrick

MILLRY — Stephanie Michelle Duran

MOBILE — Uzezi Sophia Ajomale, Tammy Demoria Blackmore, Duane Alan Carley, James Raymond Chinners, Melissa Marie Crum, Shirley Ann Glenn, Ella Lipsey Harvey, David Ronald Haynes, Walter Keith Jeznach, Ashley Tennille Johnson, Karen Lynn McClure, Kimberly Michelle Pettway, Michael Keith Tyler, Joshua Charles Wimberly

THEODORE — Amy Elizabeth Kellogg

BACHELOR’S DEGREE

ANDALUSIA — Steven Barrow Barlow, James Martin Clifton, Kristen Renee Messick

ATMORE — Marisa Diane Bell

BAY MINETTE — Dancy Brock Mosley

BREWTON — Bradley E. Byrne Jr., Margaret Koster Henderson, Jayme Elizabeth Rotch

BUTLER — Charles Agnew Ezell IV

CAMDEN — Jennifer Susanne Luker

CHATOM — William Alexander Odom, Casey Neal Williams

CHUNCHULA — Amanda Leigh Norwood

COFFERVILLE — Jeania Renae Williams

DAPHNE — Catherine Grace Adcock, Chelsea Lauren Curtis, Elizabeth Marie Dees,
James Thomas Hunter, Charles Jackson Woodson Jr.

DEMOPOLIS — Terence Deshunn Braxton, Amanda Nicole Doyle, Meredith Lindbergh Giles, Thomas O’Neal Moore Jr., Gus Weiss IV

ELBERTA — William Berry Jenkins

FAIRHOPE — Wade Bentley Baldwin, William Hill Horton, Daniel Patrick McMahon, Jason Ryan Miller, Paul Wesley Outlaw, Joseph Pharez, Meredith Alane Price, Tiffany Lauren Rush, Frank Rutherford Smith III, Lucas Ramsey Wright

FLOMATON — Cassie Turner

FOLEY — Jill Kathleen Thompson

GRAND BAY — Aaron Lee Harbison

GREENVILLE — Wimberly Kate Edwards, John Michael Morris, Lauren Brooke Stephenson

GROVE HILL — Joy I. Benefield, Nicholas Ryan Reid

GULF SHORES — Elizabeth B. McKenzie, Molly Jane McKerall

JACKSON — Kimberly Kenise Campbell, Larry W. Shoultz, Gabriel Wade Tiggs

LOXLEY — Ashley Nicole Bozeman, Brian Nicholas Peturis

MOBILE — Jennifer Brooke Allen, Mary Frances Alston, Nicole Naomi-Tini Appelman, Amanda Lea Arnold, John Richard Beasley, Aurelia Bender Benton, Jennifer Hartley Bibber, Todd Watford Boehm, Charles Franklin Brown IV, Sarah E. Brutkiewicz, Amanda Marie Covert, Sharon Marie Davis, Anne Boykin Dawson, Kevin B. Deandrade, Mark Chistopher Delaney, Charles Hardy Demeranville, Courtney Blair Dreibelbis, Ashley L. Geringer, Heather Anne Hamilton, James Eugene Hasser, Amy Michele Hawkins, Nicholas Skyler Hines, Ellis Evans Holder, Sarah Elizabeth Hughey, Austin Veazey Hynson, Laura Michelle Irby, Brandi Lynn Jackson, David Graham Kennedy, Philip Jennings Lawler, Jeremy Mark Long, Alicia Tequlia Mackie, Laura Ann Mahoney, Jonathan Ross Maples, Howard Francis Mathis IV, Nonie Barksdale McInnis, Michael Stephen McNair, Sarah Madeleine McPhillips, Amber Shree Merriweather, Zackary W. Miller, Richard Derek Moss Jr., Carrie S. Norris, Brandon Douglas Otts, Justin A. Parden, Amy Rebecca Pridgen, Stacey Leann Proffitt, Carolyn Avery Quinn, Ann Taylor Reed, Jenna Kathleen Rogers, Emily Ann Russell, Mary Heather Ryals, Wendy L. Sommer, Anne Deason Stalcup, Sevanne Hagen Steiner, Chloe Caroline Thomas, Justin Adam Turner, Mary Kathryn Walker, Shinora Latreese Walker, Larry Mack Weed Jr., Holly C. Zaworotko

MONROEVILLE — Rachel Marie Rich

OPP — Elizabeth D. McLeod

ORANGE BEACH — Jessica Heather Bonnell, Jeremy Wade Buttram, Katherine Anne Cain, Thomas Glenn Scott

PINE HILL — Sabrina Godwin

POINT CLEAR — Anna Rachael Goldberg

RED LEVEL — Mary Anne Taylor

ROBERTSDALE — Seth Daniel Linne, Benjamin Tyler Ludke

SARALAND — Tara Lafaye Brown, Jason Andrew Curtis, Jeremy David Hunter

SATSUMA — Jennifer Marie Phillips, Jennifer Lee Scrimpshire

SEMMES — Emily Leanne Beegle, Kristie Leigh McMullen

SPANISH FORT — Corey Kathleen Barrow, Nathan Luke Cox, Daniel Parker Sweet, Lauren Noelle Wright

STOCKTON — John Dustin Draime

SWEET WATER — Randi Cherri Burnett, Thomas Earl Rodgers

THEODORE — Helen Cecelia Gwatkin, Christine Leanne Presken

THOMASVILLE — Jamie Amanda Crow, Jennifer Holly Hutto, Christopher Scott Knight

Contact

Linda Hill, Office of Media Relations, 205/348-8325, lhill@ur.ua.edu