2000s
Airman Danielle N. Martin, Class of 2007, a photography apprentice, has arrived for duty at Cannon Air Force Base in Clovis, NM.
Daniel Cone, Class of 2007, received his Eagle Scout Award in a ceremony at Ft. Jackson on July 1, 2007. Many of his RNE friends who helped him complete his Eagle Scout project attended.
The Richland Northeast Cavalier Family mourns the death of Landrum
Washington, Class of 2003.
Chestina Perry has been named Teenpreneur of the Year for 2006 by Black
Enterprise magazine. She is the CEO and founder of Drive Safe, which markets magnetic car
stickers for student drivers.
Baseball player Clay Mitchell walked on this fall at USC. Brandon Faust
will play for Claflin and Nick Chinners for Charleston Southern.
Emily Robertson, Class of 2006, has received a Benjamin Duke Scholarship.
Airman Shimon D. Gray, Class of 2005, has completed basic training at Lackland Air Force Base.
Brian Highsmith, Class of 2005, is among the first recipients of Furman
University's Hollingsworth Scholarship, which provides more than $100,000 in scholarship
aid over four years. He spent 2005–06 in Germany on a Congress-Bundestag Scholarship.
Tavian Daniels, Class of 2004, wrote: I participated in football, wrestling, and track while attending RNE. I was co-captain of the wrestling team in '03-'04 season, then went to Newberry College on a wrestling grant. I finished the year as a national qualifier in the heayweight division as a freshman ranking as high as #3 in the nation. Now, I just finished my second year of coaching at RNE as the assistant wrestling coach to Richard Bonneville. I was at Hammond School for my first year of coaching, helping them to their second consecutive state title. I'm looking to have many more years of keeping the youth off the streets while being a wrestling coach. I also plan to stay with the RNE family as long as time can tell. Go Cavs!!!
Timothy Charles Cokley, Class of 2004, is starting his junior year at Johnson C.
Smith University, Charlotte, where he is majoring in Media Design and is graphics editor
of the student newspaper. He still performs with the rap group Elements, which started at
RNE. The group, which perfoms positive rap, released its first CD project in 2005.
Elements opened for the Grammy-winning Kanye West at the Colonial Center in 2005.
Sarah Gregory, Class of 2002, is interning for Dateline NBC this summer. Since
high school she has worked in the WIS newsroom, most recently as a producer and weekend
assignment editor.
The Cavalier Family mourns the death of Anthony White, Class of 2003, killed by a roadside bomb in Iraq.
Cameron Virkus, Class of 2002, graduated from Duke in 2006 and is teaching English in Taiwan through the Hess Educational Organization.
A note from Jessica Simpson, Class of 2001:
I graduated from USC in 2005 and currently work in the marketing department at CSC. I
was the first of three siblings to attend RNE, the second being Rachel Simpson, Class of
2003, who will graduate with a nursing degree from USC in the spring, and the third being
Melissa Simpson, Class of 2007, who will return to RNE to graduate in the spring.
Hopefully next year, my third, youngest sister will begin her journey at RNE. So from 1998
through 2010, 12 consecutive years, there will be Simpson girl attending RNE.
I send a special thanks to the teachers who helped to get me where I am today and my best
of wishes to all of the students at Richland Northeast High School.
The Cavalier Family mourns the death of Michael Davis,
Class of 2000.
Photography by Lauren Bockow, Class of 2000, a professional artist, is featured in a group show at the Daneyal Mahmood Gallery in New York on October 16, 2008.
She graduated from the College of Charleston and moved about a year later to Boston.
1990s
Nancy Kerves Dart, Class of 1998, married Brian Dart (of Statesboro, Ga.) on July 17, 2004. They welcomed their first child, Jackson, on April 3, 2006. Both Brian and Nancy attended and graduated from Georgia Southern University. They reside in Savannah, where Nancy is a stay-at-home mom and Brian is a financial specialist with Wachovia bank. Nancy invites her former classmates to keep in touch: nancykdart@yahoo.com.
Chryssie Whitehead, Class of 1998, is a principal cast member of "A
Chorus Line" at Broadway’s Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre, in New York City.
The Cavalier Family mourns the death of Bryon Kelsey McCoy,
Class of 1997.
A note from Levi J. Johnson, Class of 1997:
This is Levi J. Johnson from the critically acclaimed Class of 1997. How is my RNE fam
doin’ out there? For those who do not remember me, I was that stocky kid that
transferred from Columbia High School in fall 1995.I also played the position of defensive
tackle for the 1996 version of Big Blue and Orange Crush. Named co-captain for our
historic overtime victory v. #1 ranked in the state Sumter High. After that I went
straight into school at Voorhees College in fall 1997, where shortly after arrival I was
named Freshman Class VP. After a brief stint at South Carolina State University between
1998 and 2000, I decided to go back to Voorhees in fall 2000.I wasn’t even in school
during the fall semester of 1999. I regrouped and in spring 2004, I graduated from
Voorhees College with my B.S. in Health and Recreation. During that undergrad time, I was
on the Dean’s List on more than one occasion and was nominated to the National
Dean’s List in spring 2004. I am currently working in Lexington/Richland County
School District #5 as an administrative support staffer (2 yrs. and counting) at H. E.
Corley Elementary School in the area of in-school suspension that I co-facilitate with the
assistant principal. That is about it: single, but in a very extended relationship, with
no children. I still have aspirations to earn my Master’s. See you next year for the
reunion, with love. . . .
Pasquail Stewart, Class of 1997 and former senior class president and
cheerleader, is a Special Education teacher and Varsity cheerleading coach at Lugoff-Elgin
High School. She resides in Columbia and is planning to pursue a Ph.D. in Adminstration.
Nathanial William "Nicky" Davis III, Class of 1994 and RNE basketball
standout, is getting married on July 8th in Atlanta. He spends half the year playing pro
basketball in Japan and the other half of the year playing pro ball in Puerto Rico.
Bobby Belton, Class of 1996 and a 2001 graduate of USC, is District One's
Information Security Administrator and owner of I.C. Consulting, which provides technology
consulting services for small businesses, local organizations, and individuals. He and his
wife are expecting their fourth child.
1980s
Vickie Reese, Class of 1989, is a senior human resources director at
an entertainment company in Los Angeles. After RNE, she went to Wake Forest University, then worked in non-profits in various capacities
before finally landing in entertainment eight years ago.
years.
Brenda Joy (B. J.) Bernstein, Class of 1981, has been named the University of Georgia Law School Distinguished Alumni of the Year. B.J.,
a criminal attorney in Atlanta, has handled many high-profile cases and often
discusses legal issues on network news shows and Court TV.
She recently launched a new organization called My5th, devoted to informing youths under age 21 what laws apply to them. She received her undergraduate degree from Emory University and her law degree from the University of Georgia.
A note from Iris (Pleasent) Faber, Class of 1989:
I saw your Alumni News page and thought I'd drop a line. I was a very shy student when
I went to Northeast. I was a member of the FBLA and SADD clubs. I always hung out wherever
there was anything business-related going on. I am married with two kids and currently
live in Jackson, Mississippi. I graduated from Belhaven College in August 2001 with a B.S.
in Computer Science. I work for the MS Insurance Department as a Senior Programmer
Analyst. My husband and I also have a home based business call Unique Oils. The website is
located at www.uniqueoils.com. Check it out sometime. Hope we have a class reunion in 2009
since I missed the last one.
The Class of 1989 is planning their 20th Reunion. If you are a member of the class, or know someone who is,
please send an e-mail to De'Chancela (Dee) Williams,
dwilli17@bellsouth.net, for more information.
Doris Driggers Rickett, Class of 1989 and a Band member, lives in Jacksonville.
She has her AA and is one year from getting her BA to become an elementary-school teacher.
She is married and has three daughters.
Chief Petty Officer William J. Volk USN, Class of 1986, completed 20
years of service in the U.S. Navy and is currently the Officer in Charge
of training Naval Aircrewman at Naval Air Station Brunswick, Maine.
Chief Volk has completed multiple tours of duty overseas to 13 different
countries, accumulating more than 4,000 flight hours aboard the P-3 Orion
Maritime Patrol Aircraft.
Elizabeth (Matsui) Cox, Class of 1985, now owns Say It With
Flowers LLC, a Teleflora, FTD, and 1-800-FLOWERS affiliated
florist, which sells plants, floral arrangements, and silk flowers. Web site:
www.sayitwithflowerssc.com
Lt. Col. Jessie Tucker, Class of 1985, has assumed command of Fox Army Health
Center at Redstone Arsenal, Ala. He is also the regent for the Army of the American
College of Healthcare Executives.
The Cavalier Family mourns the death of Elizabeth Bryant Shuford, Class of 1984, who passed away on November 7, 2007.
Steven Ward, Class of 1982, lives in Tampa, Florida.
Cynthia A. Hatchell-Messmore, Class of 1981, spent the six years after high
school in the South Carolina Air National Guard. She has two children—a son, Tyler,
at Dent and a daughter, Lauren, at RNE. She also has a granddaughter named Gracie
Elizabeth. Cynthia has been working for the State of South Carolina for a little over 10
years in the Division of Vital Records. She lives in Woodfield Park.
The Cavalier Family mourns the death of Stephen Potts Bates, Class of 1980, and we extend our deepest sympathies to his family.
1970s
From Jill Alsop Grater, Class of 1979: I graduated from
Richland Northeast in 1979. I then went to USC, where I majored in
Accounting (AS, 1985). I married in 1984 (my husband is a revenue agent
for the IRS), and we have three sons (all in high school or college). I
moved to Pittsburgh in 1992 and finished my bachelor’s degree in
Accounting at Robert Morris University and earned my Masters in Taxation
from Robert Morris.
Wendy Haskett-Nemetz, Class of 1979 (first graduating class), lives in Hampton, Va., is married,
and has four children, two boys and two girls: Khristophe, Devon, Ryan and
MacGyver.
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