Published 8:00 americium Sunday, January 8, 2023
The archetypal Pilgrimage Garden Club Royal Court was presented astatine Stanton Hall connected Saturday, January 7, 2023.
The white-tie presentation, followed by a Court Ball, marked the inauguration of the Pilgrimage Garden Club’s royal court, which presents children and grandchildren of nine members.
Led by Queen Baylee Rose Graning and King Hagan Kennedy Speed, the tribunal besides includes Christi Harrison, Liza Mayo, Clare Frances Meng, Hannah Grace Mire, Emily Stewart, William Hayes Daly, John Donald Frasier IV, Lance Gaude Jr., William McClain Mitchell Henderson, Luke Ryan Wright, Albert Lael Lum, Jackson Moody, Coleman Miller Tate, and Will Vaughn.
Royal pages are Benton Ater, Aubrey Page Ryan, Abigail Lynn Hall, Ella Blasé Gaude, Grafton Keys Dollar and Sutton Ellis Smith.
The tribunal tradition, started this twelvemonth by PGC, continues to grant and admit the efforts of members who assistance conscionable the club’s overriding ngo of serving the community; preserving heritage; caring for the environment; and preservation of Stanton Hall and Longwood.
The tribunal was announced Nov. 19, 2022, with a picnic brunch astatine Longwood and recognized during the yearly PGC Christmas Party Dec. 17, 2022, astatine Stanton Hall.
The royalty includes:
Queen Baylee Rose Graning
Baylee is the girl of Mrs. Susan Graning and the precocious Mr. Alan Ward Graning, III. She is simply a postgraduate of Cathedral High School and presently attends the University of Mississippi wherever she is majoring successful workout science. After graduation successful May of 2023, she plans to proceed her acquisition and gain a doctorate successful carnal therapy.
Baylee is simply a subordinate of Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church. She has 2 brothers, Mr. Jimmy R. Hope, Jr. and Mr. Hunter O. Hope. She besides has 1 sister, Mrs. Elizabeth Shaye Hope-McAdory.
She is simply a subordinate of the National Society of Collegiate Scholars, the Society for Collegiate Leadership and Achievement, and Phi Sigma Theta Honor Society. Baylee is the recipient of the Academic Merit Award, the University of Mississippi 1848 Scholarship, the University of Mississippi Medical Center Faculty and Staff Tuition Award, and she received the United States Armed Forces Outstanding Scholar Athlete Award.
Her activities connected field see rank successful Kappa Delta Sorority wherever she has taken connected enactment roles. Baylee is besides progressive successful the University of Mississippi Exercise Science Club, Rotaract Club, Big Event, RebelTHON, and has participated connected aggregate run teams. Baylee is honored and excited for the accidental to correspond the Pilgrimage Garden Club arsenic queen for the 2022 court.
King Hagan Kennedy Speed
Hagan is the lad of Mr. and Mrs. James Arthur Stewart, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Earl Speed, Jr. He is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Cathedral High School wherever helium participated successful football, transverse country, way and field, and golf.
He is grandson of the precocious Mr. and Mrs. Windell Adrian Kennedy of Raleigh, Mississippi,and the precocious Mr. and Mrs. Charles Earl Speed, Sr. of Prentiss, Mississippi.
Hagan presently attends the University of Southern Mississippi wherever is pursuing a grade successful in Construction Management. He is an progressive subordinate of Kappa Sigma Fraternity wherever helium participates successful intramural sports and has served arsenic societal chairman. He is simply a subordinate of The First Presbyterian Church of Hattiesburg, Mississippi. His hobbies see golfing, duck hunting, and scuba diving.
Ladies of the Court
Christi Harrison
Christi is the girl of Genny Wrape Harrison and the precocious Grover Bradley Harrison. She is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Cathedral High School wherever she was a Middle and High School Cheerleader, a subordinate of the CHS Soccer Team and the CHS Tennis Team. She is the granddaughter of William R. Wrape, II and the precocious Betty Christian Wrape of Little Rock, Arkansas and the precocious Mr. and Mrs. James Grover Harrison of Ferriday, Louisiana.
Christi is presently a Senior astatine the University of Mississippi wherever she is majoring successful Communications Sciences and Disorders with plans to prosecute her Masters successful Speech Pathology and minoring successful Education. She is simply a subordinate of Chi Omega Sorority, a unpaid successful the Americorps Jumpstart Kids Program, and a subordinate of the National Speech Language and Hearing Association.
Her hobbies see traveling, watching movies with her friends, cooking, and cheering Hotty Toddy for the Ole Miss Rebels.
Liza Mayo
Liza is the girl of Monty and Monica Mayo. She is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Cathedral High School wherever she was a trainer for the shot team, a subordinate of the play team, and the 2018 Homecoming Queen. She is the granddaughter of Millicent Mayo and the precocious Red Mayo, and the precocious Mr. and Mrs. Henry LeBlanc.
Liza is presently a elder astatine Mississippi State University wherever she is majoring successful Marketing. After graduation, she has accepted a occupation with a existent property institution successful Rosemary Beach, Florida. She is successful the Delta Gamma Sorority, a subordinate of the American Marketing Association, and a subordinate of the Undergraduate Women successful Business club.
Her hobbies see traveling, attending MSU shot and shot games, and going connected walks astir field with her friends.
Clare Frances Meng
Clare is the girl of Paul and Susan Meng. She is simply a 2018 postgraduate of St. Joseph’s Academy successful Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She was a subordinate of the Schola Cantorum Choir each 4 years of precocious school, and had the accidental to sing successful Carnegie Hall successful New York City her elder year. She is the granddaughter of the precocious James Carroll and Catherine Meng, and the precocious John Ray and Pat Ray each of Natchez.
Clare is presently attending Mississippi State University wherever she is majoring successful Human Development and Family Sciences with a attraction successful Child Development. She is simply a subordinate of the University’s archery team, Archery Dawgs, and served arsenic the Vice President from the Fall of 2020 to the Spring of 2022.
She is an avid huntsman and is an progressive unpaid for the Dream Hunt Foundation. Clare is simply a subordinate of St. Mary Basilica and attends St. Joseph Catholic Church successful Starkville.
Hannah Grace Mire
Hannah is the girl of Dr. Blane and Jennifer Mire. She has 2 siblings, her older member Connor and younger sister Abby. She is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Cathedral High School, wherever she held the positions of Cheer Caption, Class President, Mrs. CHS, and Salutatorian her elder year.
During her freshman twelvemonth of assemblage astatine The University of Southern Mississippi, Hannah was a pupil successful the Honors College and a subordinate of the USM cheer team. She aboriginal attended LSU wherever she was a subordinate of Pi Beta Phi Sorority and a probe adjunct astatine Pennington Biomedical Research Center. She has since transferred to William Carey University, wherever she is completing a large successful biologic sciences and a insignificant successful chemistry.
She presently devotes her spare clip to moving successful the anatomy labs and volunteering for Worthy Stables wherever she helps with horses and trauma patients.
Hannah enjoys agelong region moving and spending clip with friends and her canine Winston. After
graduation, she plans to get a master’s successful biomedical sciences and aboriginal be aesculapian school.
Emily Stewart
Emily is the girl of Butch Stewart and Kristie Blanchard. She is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Cathedral High School wherever she was a cheerleader, subordinate of the Peer Ministry Team, and National Honors Society. She is the granddaughter of Barbara Nell Stewart and the precocious Van L. Stewart of Natchez, and Bennie and Evelyn Porter of Roxie.
Emily volition postgraduate successful May from the University of Louisiana astatine Lafayette with a Bachelor of Science successful Nursing. After graduation, she hopes to enactment successful the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. She is simply a subordinate of Kappa Delta Sorority, UL Student Nurses Association, and the Honors College. She is simply a unpaid with Prevent Child Abuse America, Faith House of Acadiana, and Girl Scouts of America.
Her hobbies see spending clip with friends, participating successful sorority activities, playing with her canine Biscuit, and cheering connected the Cajuns.
Gentlemen of the Court
William Hayes Daly
Hayes is the lad of Edward and Stephanie Daly. He is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Cathedral School
where helium was an grant graduate, an Eagle Scout, and an MAIS authorities champion successful cross
country and track.
He is the grandson of Ed and Astrid Daly of Natchez, and of Wayne and Mercedes Wells of Mandeville, La.
Hayes presently attends Auburn University wherever helium is majoring successful Aerospace Engineering.
He presently serves arsenic the enforcement vice President of the Interfraternity Council, wherever helium has spearheaded a field wide run for men’s intelligence wellness consciousness and philanthropy. Hayes is simply a subordinate of Sigma Nu fraternity, Sigma Gamma Tau Aerospace grant society, and the Auburn waterski club. Hayes is simply a Presidential Scholar and recipient of the Aerospace Engineering Advisory Council Endowed Scholarship. His hobbies see golf, skiing, and Running.
John Donald Frasier IV
JD is the lad of John and Mary Frasier of Church Hill. He is the grandson of the precocious John Donald and Flora Ann Fraiser of Lorman and Mary Lee and the precocious Hugh Denton of Church Hill.
He is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Cathedral High School wherever helium was a subordinate of the Greenwave shot squad and selected to the MAIS All District 2nd Team. He was an MAIS District Doubles Tennis Champion.
JD is simply a combat technologist successful the Mississippi Army National Guard having precocious completed his One Station Unit Training astatine Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri. He is attached to Company A of the 150th Brigade Engineer Battalion of the 155th Armored Brigade Combat Team.
He is presently attending Copiah Lincoln Community College successful Natchez. In the spring, helium volition be the University of Southern Mississippi majoring successful concern and concern and volition service arsenic a Cadet successful the USM Army ROTC. His hobbies see hunting, fishing, and playing guitar. He is simply a subordinate of Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Catholic Church.
Lance Gaude Jr.
Lance is the lad of Lance and Tracy Gaude. He is the grandson of Ron and Roseminette Gaude and the precocious James Carroll and Catherine Meng each of Natchez. Lance is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Cathedral High School. During his years astatine Cathedral helium excelled academically and athletically. He was a subordinate of the National Honor Society and participated successful football, way and baseball. He received the National Football Foundation Team of Distinction Honoree.
Lance is presently attending LSU connected an world scholarship. He is majoring successful Construction Engineering. He is simply a subordinate of the Sigma Nu fraternity and expected to postgraduate May of 2023. When not studying, Lance enjoys hunting and sportfishing and his newest passionateness is golf.
William McLain Mitchell Henderson
McLain is the lad of Emily Smith Wright and Gregory Ryan Wright of Bloomington, Indiana, and Carlisle Henderson of Brookhaven.
He is the grandson of Marion and Carolyn Vance Smith of Natchez, Anne Henderson of Brookhaven, Ed and Tricia Henderson of Baton Rouge, La., Roger Wright of Spencer, Indiana, and the precocious Mary Wright.
McLain was an honors pupil astatine St. Richard’s Episcopal School, Indianapolis, Indiana, and is simply a 2020 honors postgraduate of Brookhaven High School.
There helium was a subordinate of the BHS varsity hoops team, elected Most Popular, president of the BHS Literary Club, exertion of the BHS literate magazine, president of Quill & Scroll, a subordinate of the National Honor Society and a subordinate of the Mississippi Mad-Lax Lacrosse team. An Eagle Scout, helium attended Mississippi Boys State and successful 2019 was a U.S. Senate Page successful Washington, D.C, appointed by Mississippi Senator Roger Wicker.
McLain is simply a inferior astatine The University of Mississippi, wherever helium is successful the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College and the Trent Lott Leadership Institute. Among different awards, helium received the Academic Merit Scholarship, the 1848 Scholarship and the Mississippi Eminent Scholars Grant.
He is majoring successful nationalist argumentation with a insignificant successful English. He is moving part-time successful the Oxford, Miss., bureau of U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith.
His interests see reading, writing, basketball, lacrosse, trapshooting, play and hunting. He is simply a subordinate of Trinity Episcopal Church successful Natchez.
Luke Ryan Wright
Luke is the lad of Nancy Hinesley Wright of Greenwood, Indiana, and Emily Smith Wright and Gregory Ryan Wright of Bloomington, Indiana. He is the grandson of William and Rosemarie Hinesley of Greenwood, Indiana, Roger Wright of Spencer, Indiana, the precocious Mary Wright, and Marion and Carolyn Vance Smith of Natchez.
In 2021, Luke simultaneously earned a precocious schoolhouse diploma from Center Grove High School, Greenwood, and an Associate of Science grade from Vincennes University, Vincennes, Indiana.
An grant pupil successful precocious school, helium was a subordinate of the hoops squad and played with Indiana Elite AAU Basketball and different teams. He was besides a committee subordinate of Best Buddies Club, a nationalist nine that works with peculiar needs children. Active successful younker sports camps, helium worked 1 summertime with a younker ngo task successful the Dominican Republic.
Luke is simply a sophomore astatine The University of Mississippi, with a large successful Business and a insignificant successful Central Intelligence and Securities Studies.
At Ole Miss helium is simply a subordinate of Mississippi National Guard, U.S. Army ROTC, Beta Theta Pi fraternity and Ole Miss Ducks Unlimited Chapter. His interests besides see play and hunting.
Albert Lael Lum
Lael is the lad of Deborah Dulaney Lum and William D. Lum, Jr. He is simply a 2020 postgraduate of Van Dorn Academy. He is the grandson of the precocious Martha Brady Lum and William D. Lum, Sr., and the precocious Catherine Gunn Dulaney and Sim C. Dulaney, Jr. each of Port Gibson.
Lael graduated Summa Cum Laude from Hinds Community College May of 2022. Lael was the lone recipient of the Outstanding Awards implicit each HCC campuses successful Mathematics, Physical and Computer Science. He was inducted into Who’s Who astatine HCC. He received the Phi Theta Kappa Scholarship and the Community College Scholarship. Lael is presently a inferior astatine Mississippi State University majoring successful Computer Engineering.
His hobbies see competing successful eventual frisbee, bicycling, disc play and tennis. Lael is simply a subordinate of the Reformed University Fellowship astatine MSU campus. He attends Grace Presbyterian Church successful Starkville.
Jackson Moody
Jackson is the lad of Cara Winter Moody and the precocious Monroe Jackson “Jack” Moody III. He is the grandson of Margaret Marshall Moody, the precocious Monroe Jackson “Jack” Moody Jr. and the precocious Kim Louis Winter.
Jackson is simply a subordinate of First Presbyterian Church of Natchez. He is simply a 2019 Cathedral Catholic School postgraduate and is presently attending Mississippi State University successful Starkville majoring successful Forestry with attraction successful Wildlife Management.
He served arsenic PGC Page successful 2008 and has participated connected small maypole, large maypole, picnic, and soiree. Jackson enjoys spending clip with his family, friends, and being outdoors.
Coleman Miller Tate
Coleman is the lad of Chris and Laura Copeland Tate. He is the grandson of Charlotte Copeland and the precocious Marlon Copeland some of Natchez, and Elizabeth Tate and the precocious Larry Tate of Memphis, Tennessee.
He is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Richmond Hill High School successful Richmond Hill, Georgia.Coleman is presently attending Mississippi State University wherever helium is majoring successful Biochemistry. He is simply a subordinate of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity, Student Association Senate, Rho Chi of Interfraternity Council, Maroon VIP, diversion recruiting, President’s grant roll, and the Dean’s grant roll.
Coleman is an Eagle Scout, and a subordinate of the Eagle Class of 2017. He attends St. Joseph Catholic Church successful Starkville.
Coleman’s hobbies see camping, traveling, spending clip with his household and friends, and going to Mississippi State shot games.
Previous information successful the Pilgrimage Garden Club includes the Little Maypole.
Will Vaughan
Will is the lad of Chris and Susan Vaughan of Ferriday, Louisiana. He is simply a 2019 postgraduate of Cathedral School wherever helium lettered successful Cross Country, Track & Field, and Soccer. He was a subordinate of Boy Scout Troop #158 wherever helium attained the fertile of Eagle Scout. Will besides was a subordinate of the 2019 State Champion Cathedral Science Olympiad Team.
He is the grandson of Al and Jane Vaughan of Ferriday, and the precocious Ray and Joyce Turner of Collierville, Tennessee.
Will is presently attending the University of Mississippi wherever helium is majoring successful Mechanical Engineering. He is simply a Provost scholar, a subordinate of Phi Eta Sigma National Honor Society, Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society, Tau Beta Pi Honor Society and Phi Kappa Tau fraternity wherever helium serves arsenic Vice-President of Alumni Relations.
His hobbies see running, watching the Ole Miss Rebels, and participating successful Rocket Rebels motorboat competitions. Will is employed arsenic a probe adjunct astatine the National Center for Physical Acoustic located connected the University campus. He attends the First Presbyterian Church successful Ferriday.
Court Pages
Benton Ater
Benton is the lad of Rivers and Thomas Ater of Natchez. He is the grandson of Mrs. Susie Ater and the precocious Al Ater, and Mr. and Mrs. Butch Hosea, some of Ferriday, LA. Benton is besides the arrogant large member to small sister, Mary Alan Ater, property 4.
Benton attends Cathedral School wherever helium shines academically arsenic a second-grade student. He is simply a subordinate astatine St Mary Basilica wherever helium loves to beryllium portion of his parish family. Benton is besides progressive successful respective extracurricular activities including, golf, tennis, and creation classes. He enjoys reading,Legos, subject projects, and playing games with his dad.
Aubrey Page Ryan
Aubrey is the girl of Mr. and Mrs. David Ryan. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gary Blackwell and Mr. Alan Ryan and Ms. Tammy DeLaney.
Aubrey is simply a first-grade pupil astatine Cathedral Elementary School and attends St. Mary’s Basilica. She enjoys ballet, gymnastics, speechmaking and baking. Aubrey loves spending clip with her household and friends, playing soccer, softball and cheering astatine the AYA games.
Her past tableaux information includes Little Maypole.
Abigail Lynn Hall
Abigail is the girl of Matthew and Elizabeth Hall. She is simply a second-grader astatine Cathedral School. Abigail is the granddaughter of the precocious Dr. David and Christina Hall of Natchez, and Dr. Byram and Jennifer Ratliff of Mount Sterling, Kentucky. She is the great-granddaughter of Bobby and the precocious Joyce Hall of Natchez, and Sonny and Veronica Womack of Byram.
Abigail is progressive successful AYA Cheerleading, Basketball, and Natchez Adams Girls Softball. She besides dances astatine Middleton School of Dance. Abigail is simply a subordinate of Girl Scouts of America. She is simply a erstwhile subordinate of Little Maypole, and a class victor successful the Garden Club’s yearly angiosperm show. Her hobbies see drawing, reading, swimming, and playing with her small sister Caroline.
Ella Blase Gaude
Ella Blasé is the 7 twelvemonth aged girl of Kakki and Blase Gaude. She is the arrogant large sister to Landry, Brady, and Miller. She is the granddaughter to Connie and Kim Grantham of Brookhaven, Linda and John Frenz of Brandon, and Ann and David Gaude of Natchez. She is successful archetypal people astatine Cathedral Elementary School. Ella Blase attends St. Mary Basilica. She loves to play soccer, softball, play and tennis. She has danced for 4 years astatine Middleton schoolhouse of dance. In the winter, you tin find her successful the cervid basal with her Daddy, and successful the summer, Ella Blase likes to beryllium anyplace adjacent water. She draws whenever she tin and dreams of being an creator erstwhile she grows up.
Grafton Keys Dollar
Grafton is the lad of Adam and Kassie Dollar, and large member to his sister Leighton. He is the grandson of Robbie and Morgan Dollar, Cindy Moore, and Kevin Dodge, each of Natchez. Grafton is successful the archetypal people astatine Cathedral School. He is simply a subordinate of the Catahoula Riding Club and Feliciana Youth Rodeo Association wherever helium competes successful assorted rodeo activities. Grafton plays shot successful the outpouring with the Concordia Dixie Youth Baseball league and AYA emblem shot successful the fall. His hobbies see hunting, fishing, riding horses, playing sports, and spending clip with his cousins and friends.
Sutton Ellis Smith
Sutton is the lad of Brad and Ashlee Smith of Church Hill. He is simply a first-grade pupil astatine Cathedral Elementary, wherever helium sings successful the pupil Mass choir. He is the grandson of Dr. J. George, Jr. and Mary Elizabeth Smith of Jackson, Mississippi and Richard and Ellen Ellis of Memphis, Tennessee. Sutton’s younger member George attends pre-kindergarten astatine Cathedral Elementary, his older sister India attends Woodward Academy successful Atlanta, Georgia, and his older member Gibson is simply a sophomore astatine Texas Christian University. His hobbies see art, music, soccer, tennis and t-ball. He attends First Baptist Church of Natchez.
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