Class Notes

will be teaching and coaching at his high school alma mater, Dodge County High School in Eastman, GA. He will be teaching PE and weight training, also he will be the defensive cooridinator for the football team and will also serve as the Head Boys’ and Girls’ Track Coach.

Mary Denmark ’93 has moved to Clarksville, TN after accepting a position as Academic Recovery Coordinator at Austin Peay State University.

In Jan 2022 accepted a job offer to be a Supply Systems Analyst for the VA’s Veterans Integrated Services Networks (VISN) in Nashville, TN, covering the five VA Healthcare Systems (6 hospitals) in KY and TN after working at the VA Hospital at Mt. Home (Johnson City, TN) for 13 years.

is pleased to announce the opening of his new law firm, David C. King, LLC, in downtown Marietta, Georgia (a suburb of Atlanta). David handles a wide array of legal matters, including construction law, commercial litigation, personal injury, business matters, and insurance disputes.

After I left Maryville College, I worked from 1993 to 1996 in a residential facility for abused children. Then I went to TN School of Nursing to finish pursuing my nursing degree receiving my Nursing Diploma in 1998 and began my work as night shift charge nurse on a Transitional Care Ward at Ft Sanders Regional Hospital. In 2005, I transferred into the field of hospice care. I had finally found my calling. I loved taking care of hospice patient’s and their familes. Then 2008 hit and I had a slipped disc that caused foot drop and an emergency surgery to remove it which lead to working in the intake and triage department. I did not stay there long but my hospice job was gone by the time my lower back had fully healed. I ended up working again with Autistic children as the school nurse for about two years before retuning back to hospice in 2010. Back again in my zone of happiness, until Oct 4th 2012 disaster struck and I ended up with a demyelinating disease called Neuromyelitis Optica Spectrum Disorder Vs Multiple Sclerosis. That was the last day of my nursing career. I had lesions on my brain and all the way down my spinal cord from C3, C4, C5 etc, to T10. (It all started after a respiratory and gastrointestinal virus combination.) I have been on various medications since to tone down the symptoms of what is now looking more like Relapsing Remitting MS. Some of the damage is permanent. So I began to focus on getting my Reiki II and Reiki Mastership as well as my Animal Reiki Certifications. Then began volunteering at Young Williams Animal Shelter. I often goto physical therapy when my symptoms act up. Water therapy seems to benefit me the most. My balance and coordination are off and my congnitive skills, memory and language get a little strange at times, so I just laugh it off. I try to maintain a positive attitude as best I can by lifting others up. Oh and I forgot to mention, I am now and ordained interfaith minister which had helped me with hospice and helps me understand others with the utmost compassion. If you wish to know more just simply ask. I am not afraid to talk about MS and how it affects my daily life.

was named principal of Alcoa Middle School by Alcoa City Schools starting in the 2015-2016 school year. Currently Dr. Porter serves as the Alcoa High School Principal, a position he has held for 9 years. Before that Dr. Porter served as Alcoa High School Assistant Principal and taught there as well. He also taught at Karns High School and Oak Ridge High School. Dr. Porter received his Bachelor’s degree at Maryville College, Masters from the University of Tennessee, and his Educational Specialist Degree and Doctorate from Lincoln Memorial University.

Lanai Ballard Slater was inducted into the Blount County Sports Hall of Fame in October 2019 for volleyball and basketball.

Mindy Stooksbury, has been promoted to Vice President of CBBC Bank. She joined the bank in December, 2015, and assumed the role of Controller. Mindy currently volunteers with Junior Achievement teaching Economics for Success and has previously served in many capacities with United Way of Blount County. She is a graduate of William Blount High School, Maryville College and Lincoln Memorial University. Mindy resides in Louisville with her husband Joel and their daughter Ava.

The Alcoa City Schools system has named Mary Beth Hunt Warwick ’93 as director of special education and coordinator for the prekindergarten program and accommodations for students with disabilities under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act. She began working with students with disabilities at Alcoa Middle School in 2004, and she has been a resource teacher and team leader.