Stephanie Brooke Ryan and Jason Charles Qualls were married Nov. 8 in a private ceremony at a secluded lake nestled behind Greystone. Mr. Frank Thompson officiated the ceremony. A reception celebration with friends and family was held at the home of the groom’s aunt and uncle, Dr. and Mrs. Harold Cooley Jr. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Ryan of Helena. She is … [Read more...]
Qualls-Eason
Jenny Anne Qualls and Clint Michael Eason were married in a sunset ceremony on Sept. 20 at the Thompson Farm on Lake Logan Martin. Dr. J. Wayne Kilpatrick officiated the ceremony. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Scott Qualls of Hoover. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Mae Cooley of Homewood and the late Dr. Harold Niles Cooley Sr., and Mrs. Betty Qualls of Decatur … [Read more...]
DeBardeleben-Eichold
Elizabeth Cunningham DeBardeleben and Bernard Herbert Eichold III were married June 6 at The Cathedral of the Advent Church in Birmingham. The Rev. Samuel Gates Shaw officiated the 6 p.m. ceremony. A reception followed at Mountain Brook Club. The bride is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Whitney De Bardeleben of Birmingham. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Adair … [Read more...]
Green and Golden: Spartans Climb to Top in 1975
By Lee Davis More than 40 years later, Mat Whatley vividly remembers the first time he met Robert Higginbotham. Whatley, a rising sophomore tackle at Mountain Brook, was attending the initial team meeting with Higginbotham, who had just been named the Spartans’ new head coach. “I didn’t know what to expect,” Whatley recalled. “He was all business and didn’t smile a lot. We … [Read more...]
Carson Late-Nights
By Lee Davis Carson Griffis can’t believe his senior year at Homewood has finally arrived. “We had a senior meeting yesterday,” Griffis said, when contacted just days before the Patriots’ opener against Decatur. “I think that’s when it hit me for the first time that this will be my final year to play quarterback at Homewood.” Even with his final year ahead of him, Griffis … [Read more...]