Gastonia Debutante Club announces new members
The Gastonia Debutante Club held its 68th Annual Member Luncheon on May 10, 2024 at the Gaston Country Club in Gastonia where President, Mrs. Bryan Keith Farris (Jami), welcomed 13 new members and recognized the 2024 officers and board of directors.
In addition to Mrs. Bryan Keith Farris (Jami), President, Mrs. Davis McAllister Ferguson (Baity), Vice President; Mrs. Otis James Holder II (Kim), Secretary; Mrs. William Sumter Henry (Frances), Corresponding Secretary; Mrs. James Thomas Comer III (Anne), Treasurer; and Mrs. Zachary Scott Stroupe (Penelope), Past President.
The other board members for 2024 are Ms. Dorothy L. Cherry (Dot), Ms. Gregory Vincent Cherry, Jr. (Tammy), Ms. Jeffrey Ryan Eisenhuth (Amy), Ms. John Michael Feduniec (Veronica), Ms. Jeffrey Kent Howe, Jr. (Yvette), Ms. Richard Rankin Jarman, Jr. (Amanda), Dr. Stephanie DeMatteis Lowry (Stephanie), Ms. Robert Martin McKinley (April), Ms. Paul Timothy O’Donohue (Katie), Ms. Eric Barry Smith (Stephanie), and Ms. Joseph Clark Stewart (Sarah).
The new members are:
Mrs. Robert Campbell Barnett III (Sally)
Mrs George Alexander Churchill (Jessica)
Mrs Joshua Michael Clagg (Courtney)
Mrs. Jeffrey Stephen Gibbons (Kelsey)
Kemery L. Gilbert (Kemery)
Mrs. D. Russell Harris (LeeAnn)
Mrs. Justin Corey Helms (Maggie)
Mrs. Worth McLendel Helms III (Cameron)
Mrs. Derek Matthew Huffstetler (Tyler)
Mrs Coleman Sean Russell (Lauren)
Mrs. Donald Kevin Stacey, Jr. (Kimberly)
Mrs Jonathan Gray Stewart (Jessica)
Mrs. Michael Lindy Vohs (Hanna)
The 2024 Gastonia Debutante Ball will be held on Saturday, December 28, 2024, at the Gaston Country Club. 23 young ladies from the community will be presented.
The first Gaston Debutante Club Debutante Ball was held on Friday, June 14, 1957. Over a year of planning and work by a group of women from the community had two goals: to present a select number of young ladies, age 18 and older, to the society and to donate any surplus to charitable organizations. Since then, over 1,163 outstanding young ladies have been presented at 67 balls.
Over the years, more than $117,000 has been donated to organizations including the former Mary Ellen Nelson Center (now Webb Street School), Gaston Comprehensive Day Center, Gaston Skills, Schiele Museum of Natural History, Hospice of Gastonia, Community Foundation of Gaston Country, Gaston Literacy Council, House of Mercy, West Gastonia Boys and Girls Club, Holy Angels, Heart Society of Gaston County, Backpack Weekend Food Program, Gaston County Virus Relief Fund, Least of These Carolinas and Bountiful Blessings.
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