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The girls of ’61: together through thick and thin
When these ladies were classmates at Graham High School, the most scandalous
mischief they or their classmates got into involved chewing gum in class,
smoking cigarettes, dragging Main Street, and (worst of all) drinking beer.
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Bums with
buddies at the beach.
Becoming friends with
the spouses and staff of other professional speakers is one of the
neat "perks" of professional speaking. Six "speaker-related" women
buddies gather on the pier at North Myrtle Beach. (l-r) Toni
Meredith, Margaret Walker, JudyBabe Townsend, Jeanne, Merrilyn Henry
and Jo Beach.
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"What does she do in her spare time?"
Answer
Raises relief funds for hurricane victims.
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Spends time with her
family
Jeanne and husband Jerry ("LB") with son Beaver, daughter-in-law Dayna
and grandsons Gray and Ryder at dedication of the Elon University
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Delivers Elon University commencement address
and has a ball!
Elon held its 115th Commencement exercises
Elon University awarded 953 degrees during its 115th Commencement
exercises, held under the oaks on campus May 21.
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Hangs
out with her buddies
“Our Guest”
“Abby, I’d like you to meet my guest so and so.” It seems like I hear
that phrase daily from Ocean Club neighbors when I walk around our
luscious green grounds. I usually don’t remember the name of the
person I am meeting but the word “guest” sticks with me. Here a guest,
there a guest, everywhere a ...more |
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New York City
Jeanne and her friend Jane Tucker from New York City (Yes, of body
suit and Pashmina fame) visit The Gates in Central Park.
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Supports Elon
University
Jeanne and her husband Jerry are avid fans of their alma maters,
Auburn and Duke respectively. But they are also fans and supporters of Elon University, located in their home county. Members of the Elon
Athletics Foundation since 1984 and parents of a former Elon athlete,
they recently pulled a big surprise on good friends when they named
part of the new Track and Field complex in their honor.
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Judges
the Miss America Pageant
Jeanne was in Atlantic City, New Jersey, for nine days in October,
2000, to serve as a preliminary judge to select Miss America 2001. You may
have seen her the nano second she was on national TV. Before she left, her
son advised, "Mom, don't go. You're not going to win!" |
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All
work and "no play" make Jeanne a dull speaker...
Therefore Jeanne stopped giving speeches from Thanksgiving, 2000, until
the second week of January, 2001, to appear in the play
"Legends" by James Kirkwood.
"Legends" was performed at the Paramount Theater in
Burlington, NC. The production is a project of the Alamance Arts Council
in association with CenterStage Productions and was directed by Jeffrey Blair Cornell of
UNC-CH.
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Labor Day weekend, 2005, she walked in the Rock 'N' Roll 1/2 Marathon at Virginia Beach
with her son Beaver. She fell at mile 8.5 in front of her grandchildren
Ryder and Gray, daughter-in-law Dayna and husband Left Brain - and a
thousand other spectators. (Small crowd for a speaker.)
Knocked the caps off her teeth, broke several ribs and almost
knocked herself out. The black eye popped up immediately. The
photo is not pretty but she still finished in under three hours.
Two hours, 58 minutes, 46 seconds to be exact. But who's
counting? :)
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In 2003, she powered walked the Rock 'n Roll half marathon in
Virginia Beach on Labor Day, finishing in 2 hr. 54 minutes.
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Jeanne goes to
Disney World!
With no track experience, Jeanne walked in a half marathon in
September, 2000. Why? Well, this physical education major and former
coach has found that the only way to stay in shape "on the road"
giving speeches is to walk, and walk, and walk. After years of walking
in cities all over the country, she needed a goal. In February,
2000, she started training for a marathon. That September, she
completed the half marathon in the Carrabba's Classic in Raleigh, NC
in 2 hours & 48 minutes. Hey, give her a break, she was 57 years old
at the time. In February, 2001 she met her goal and
power walked the Myrtle Beach Marathon in 6 hours 20 minutes 35
seconds! And then? Jeanne wanted to go to Disney
World and she did! She power walked the Walt Disney World
Marathon in Orlando in 6 hours, 3 minutes, 5 seconds on January 6,
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Jeanne in the Walt Disney World
Marathon January, 2002
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Jeanne and buddy Abby after Myrtle
Beach Marathon
26.2 miles |
Jeanne & friend
Margaret Parham after 1/2
marathon: 13.1 miles |
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