Our mission is to preserve the history and traditions of St. Paul High School by establishing and maintaining a fund for the development of an Alumni Scholarship Endowment. Further, to provide leadership in future reunions and a forum for ideas that would stimulate continual support for the St. Paul Schools.
We will be the “alumni voice” to encourage the entire community to exercise their options provided by law to work together for the mutual benefit of St. Paul High School and become eligible for funding from all available sources to support the Alumni Scholarship Endowment.
BOARD MEMBERS
SPHS ALUMNI ASSOCIATION
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
2007-2011
Note-*All Board member terms expire July 2011.
New members will be elected in late Spring, 2011,
and just prior to 2011 all school years reunion.
Contact any board member directly with your
comments, suggestions or concerns;
Or, you may write us at-
SPHS Alumni Association
P.O. Box 516
St. Paul, VA 24283
Executive Board Members
| Suzy Pate Harrison ’68 Chairman sph@crpate.net |
Larry J. McReynolds ’66 Vice Chairman rfm_1@jetbroadband.com |
| Allyson Jessee Sutherland ’92 Corresponding Secretary allys28@yahoo.com |
Mary Peyton Gregory ’82 Recording Secretary gregoryp@naxs.net |
| Benny Greer Crowder ’61 Treasurer benbet56@aol.com |
Frank D. Molinary ’65 Ex-Officio molinary@hotmail.com |
| Anna Carter Student Representative |
Board Members
| Judy Pate Abbott ’63 JRPA.Wise@verizon.net |
Doris Crowder Fletcher ’55 dfletcher389@aol.com |
| Gloria Meade Annarelli ’65 gloria@annarelli.com |
Kyle Fletcher ’52 dfletcher389@aol.com |
| Peggy Jordan Austin ’70 peggyaustin129@verizon.net |
John Jones ’61 jrj003@msn.com |
| Debbie Stanley Baca ’74 debaca80@yahoo.com |
Kathy Thacker Stewart ’73 ekcars@yahoo.com |
| James “Chub” Crowder ’61 ChubCro56@aol.com |
Ann Stanley Worley ’69 amwlcw@yahoo.com |
| Kathy Stanley Ferguson ’71 kathyferguson@verizon.net |
Board Member Biographies
Judith (Judy) Pate Abbott is a proud member of the St. Paul High School Class of 1963 and has participated in all reunions! She attended college at the University of Tennessee, The University of Maryland in Munich Germany, and Clinch Valley College. After teaching AP U.S. History for fourteen years on the Electronic Classroom, she joined the faculty of St. Paul High School in August of 2007 where she teaches World History, U.S. Government, and U. S. History. Judy is divorced, lives in Wise, and has a daughter and son-in-law who live in Abingdon. She has a brand new grand dog named Moose. Her interests include her bridge club, her book club, and watching Tennessee VOL sports. (Yes, her blood does run deep orange) In addition, she is the State Recruitment Chairman of her college sorority, Chi Omega and is an adviser for the Sigma Lambda chapter of Chi Omega at VA Tech. In her limited spare time, she likes to read and travel.
Gloria Meade Annarelli, current Website Manager for the Alumni Association, is a 1965 graduate of SPHS and a 1968 graduate of Radford College with a BS degree and double major in Art Education and English. After a brief career teaching both Art and English in the Fairfax County, Virginia System, the family relocated to Atlanta, Georgia. She retired as Vice President of Human Resources and Communications with an international printing and publishing company headquartered in Georgia. Gloria and husband Tony live in Lawrenceville, Georgia and also have a home in St. Paul. They have three children – Kara, Kelley and Keith – and four grandchildren – Riley, Chloe, Maddox and Emeline.
Peggy Jordan Austin is second of a third generation graduate of Saint Paul High School. Her father, Beecher, graduated in 1948, Peggy graduated in 1970, and her son, Anthony, in 1998. She received a BA degree in Elementary Education from Clinch Valley College, now UVA at Wise, and began her teaching career December 1973. After retiring from the Wise County School system, she continues to reside in the Town of Saint Paul with her husband Larry who also is a 1970 graduate of SPHS. Their son, Anthony, currently teaches and coaches at SPES. Needless to say, her family has strong emotional ties to the Saint Paul Schools. She enjoys being on the SPHS alumni board and participating in preserving the history and future of this school.
Debbie Stanley Baca is a 1974 graduate of SPHS, attended UVA Wise and Red Rocks Community College in Denver, Co. After working for the United Mine Workers in Washington, DC for 2 years, she married in 1980 and relocated to Denver, Co for two years and then to Raton, NM where she worked as a business owner and an accountant for18 years. She purchased a business and returned to St. Paul in 1999 with her two daughters, Sareh (2001 graduate) and Caroline (2002 graduate). She and husband Leroy have a home in St. Paul and a home in Raton, NM. She is currently working as a paralegal for SW Virginia Legal Aid and is serving a second term of the SPHS Alumni Board of Directors.
Anna Carter, class of 2010, is our current student representative.
Benny Greer Crowder, current Treasurer of the Alumni Association, graduated as Valedictorian of the Class of 1961 and then went on to graduate from the University of Tennessee with a BS degree in Biology. She and Chub married in 1965 and returned to St. Paul in 1973. Benny works in the office at St. Paul Builders. They have two grown daughters, Betsy and Barbi, one granddaughter and five grandsons.
James “Chub” Crowder graduated in the Class of 1961 and then graduated from the University of Tennessee in 1965 with a degree in accounting. He began his career with Beaunit Fibers and Tennessee Eastman. He then became co-owner and manager of St. Paul Builders in 1973. He and Benny live on Gray Hill and they are looking forward to being great grandparents in December.
Kathy Stanley Ferguson is a 1971 graduate of Saint Paul High School. She attended Hiwassee College and University of Virginia’s College at Wise (Clinch Valley College). She has been the Treasurer and Clerk of Council since 1998 and has been employed by the Town of Saint Paul for 26 years.
Doris Crowder Fletcher graduated from St. Paul High School in 1955. She and Kyle were married in that same year and began their life of travel in the military. They have three grown sons, Hubert, Michael and Kevin who are all graduates of St Paul High School as well. They also have three grandchildren, Jack, McKenzie and Taylor. Doris and Kyle returned to St. Paul in 1972 where they remain involved in school and community activities.
Hubert Kyle Fletcher graduated from St. Paul High School in 1952. He graduated from Carson-Newman College and then went on to serve in the United States military for sixteen years. Upon returning to St. Paul in 1972, he coached and taught at St. Paul High School until 2000. He is currently serving on the Wise County School Board. Kyle and Doris reside on Gray Hill.
Mary Peyton Gregory, who serves as Recording Secretary of the SPHS Alumni Association, is a 1982 graduate of St. Paul High School. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in Elementary Education from the University of Kentucky in 1986, and her Master’s Degree in Reading from the University of Virginia in 1992. She completed her Special Education credentials in 1997. Employed by the Russell County School Board since 1987, she is currently teaching Special Education at Castlewood Elementary School. A starting guard on St. Paul High School’s 1981 21-4 basketball team (Black Diamond District champion & Region D runner-up), she has held several basketball coaching positions at Castlewood High School over the past few years. She lives in St. Paul.
Suzy Pate Harrison, Class of 1968. Graduate of Virginia Intermont College. Airline Stewardess with United Airlines. Married Bob Harrison 1970, 2 sons, Matthew (Class of 1990), Mark (Class of 1994), granddaughters Emma and Olivia. Moved from Washington, D.C. to St. Paul in 1980. Owner and insurance agent with C. R. Pate and Company from 1980 to present.
John R. Jones is a 1961 graduate of St Paul High School, a graduate of Virginia Tech in 1967 with a Bachelors of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering and Certificates in Business Management from the University of Michigan in 1976, and the MIT Sloan School of Management in 1987. John worked in management with American Electric Power in many different locations including Carbo, New York City, Southwestern Michigan, and Columbus, Ohio. He managed the engineering, design, construction, operations & maintenance of AEP’s generating facilities. This included coal-fired, nuclear, hydro, natural gas-fired and wind generating units in 12 states and 3 foreign countries. He retired from AEP after 36 years in 2002 as President of a subsidiary he started, AEP Pro Serv, Inc. John lives in Dublin, Ohio and part-time in St Paul. He and his sister, Vicki (Class of 1963), own Tri-County Tire Service.
Frank D. Molinary, current Ex-Officio and former Chairman of the Saint Paul High School Alumni Association, is a 1965 graduate of St. Paul High School; graduate of UVA-Wise (Clinch Valley College) in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Business and Public Administration. Frank worked in management of Norfolk Southern (old N&W) Railway in various capacities throughout the Mid-West for 34 years, and took early retirement in 2001. He and wife Connie moved back to live in St. Paul, Va., in July 2002.
Allyson Jessee Sutherland, who serves as Corresponding Secretary of the SPHS Alumni Association, is a 1992 graduate of Saint Paul High School and attended Virginia Tech where she received her bachelor’s degree in Housing, Interior Design and Resource Management in 1996. After graduation, she returned to Wise County to teach Family and Consumer Science. She taught at Appalachia High School for 5 years where she coached basketball and and volleyball. Allyson taught at J. J. Kelly and currently teaches at Coeburn High School. She resides in St. Paul with her husband Kevin and their two sons, Andrew and Ben.
Ann Stanley Worley, SPHS class of 1969, graduated from Clinch Valley College – beginning thirty fifth year as teacher at St. Paul Elementary School currently teaching sixth and seventh grade history, just retired as SPHS PACE academic team coach for last 17 years, mother to 2 daughters who were SPHS honor students and grandmother to Savannah Anderson and Emily Broadwater (2nd grader at SPES).
MEETING MINUTES
Minutes fromm board meetings (in PDF format) can be downloaded here:
