Winter 2012 - Wayland Baptist University Alumni Association

Gifts that
Keep on Giving
Want to really make an impact for a
special occasion or to remember a
lost loved one? Consider memorials
and honorariums to Wayland!
He has been the driving force
for four endowed scholarships
and has supported many other
projects at Wayland. (mikedavis4@cox.net)
DR. KIRBY KENNEDY,
BA’80, plans to start home
dialysis soon as he awaits a
possible kidney transplant
after suffering from kidney
issues most of his life. “I am a
blood type B+ so anyone with
Type O or B (the Rh factor
does not matter) can begin the
process to see if they can be
a donor,” Kirby writes. When
he informed his church – First
Baptist of Palatka, Fla. where
he is senior pastor – he received
encouragement from a
sermon “Where is God When
It Hurts” from Habakkuk
3:17-19. CINDY GASAWAY
DUNSMOOR, BA’81, has
set up a Facebook page event
called “Prayer for Kirby.”
Folks can go to that open
event and commit to pray at
noon daily during December,
he says. Kirby and his wife
Debbie have two daughters.
(kirbykennedy@yahoo.com)
LARRY LANDERS, BS’81,
38 footprints
who has been a salesman for
Contractors Wholesale in
Amarillo, has been diagnosed
with Early Onset Alzheimer’s.
His wife, JO ELYN TARV-
ER LANDERS, BS’82, is
the education secretary at First
Baptist Church. Their oldest
daughter, Allison, graduated
from WTAMU with a degree
in Special Education on Dec.
14. Their youngest daughter,
Stephanie, attends nursing
school at Amarillo College.
Both girls assist with Larry’s
care. (4122 Tucson, Amarillo,
TX 79109; joelyn@firstamarillo.org.
1990s
RONNIE ARRINGTON,
BBA’96, and her husband
JOEL ARRINGTON, a
current online student, moved
to Borger in July 2011. Joel is
Pastor to Children and Families
at First Baptist Church
and Ronnie assists with
ministry as well as substitutes
in the schools. They have four
children – Hannah, Malachi,
Kestra and Tyler. (103
Davenport, Borger, TX 79007;
arringtonmom@yahoo.com;
joel@firstborger.com)
DR. SHANE DAVIDSON,
MBA’96, is new Vice President
for Enrollment Services
at the University of Evansville
in Indiana. A former financial
aid director at Wayland, he
has been Vice President for
Enrollment and Marketing at
Hardin-Simmons University
the past 15 years. He is also
was elected in May to the
Abilene school board. He and
his wife, AMY COATNEY
DAVIDSON, MEd’97, who
has been an elementary school
teacher since 2000, have two
sons.
PATTI GILBERT-BON-
NER, BSOE’96, MBA’06
from the Amarillo campus,
is a management analyst for
DCMA Bell Helicopter Textron
in Amarillo. She also has
a Master of Education from
Strayer University and a Doctor
of Education degree from
Argosy University. She also is
a volunteer for several organizations
and peer reviewer for
several professional journals.
(Patti.Gilbert-Bonner@dcma.
mil)
MANDI GRIFFIN LEWIS,
BS’98, is an accountant for
the Sherman Independent
School District. She and her
husband, Eric, who is studying
to be a radiology technician
after teaching agriculture for
seven years, have a 4-year-old
son, Hadley Max. (1403 S.
Travis, Sherman, TX 75090;
mandilewis1976@gmail.com)
JOSEPH MULLER II,
AAS, BSOE’99 from the
Wichita Falls campus, is the
new business administrator for
the Oriskany Central School
District in Oriskany, N.Y. He
will be directly responsible
for managing the district’s $13
million budget, as well as serving
as the Board of Education
clerk, district purchasing agent
and records management
officer. Muller most recently
served as the director of district
operations and safety for
the Utica City School District.
Prior to that he worked as
a safety coordinator for the
Oneida-Herkimer-Madison
BOCES in New Hartford. A
U.S. Air Force veteran, he and
his wife Lori have three high
school-aged children and live
in Taberg. (4354 Sheehan Rd,
Taberg, NY 13471)
KYLE REESE, BA’93, is
in his sixth year as pastor of
Hendricks Avenue Baptist in
Jacksonville, Fla. and is serving
on the search committee for
a new executive coordinator
of the Cooperative Baptist
Fellowship. He and his wife,
AMY GRISSOM REESE,
EX’94, have three children –
Peyton, 15; Hannah, 13; and