The Carolinian Debutante Club introduced the 2024 debutantes during the annual Mother-Daughter Tea held Saturday, May 18 at Greenville Country Club. The 15 young women who will be presented at the 55th annual winter ball on December 20th at the Poinsett Club are as follows:
Kathryn Ann Batson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Elliott Batson, is a student at Clemson University. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Everett Gasque, junior, of Elloree and Mrs. Louis Pinckney Batson, junior, and the late Mr. Batson of Greenville.
Crawford Ivy Clayton, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Helvenston Clayton, is a student at Washington and Lee University. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Lawrence McKenney of Flat Rock, North Carolina, and Mr. and Mrs. Craig Helvenston Clayton of Orlando, Florida.
Mary Ellison Joye, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Randall Joye, junior, is a student at the University of Virginia. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Morgan Todd Milford, junior, and the late Dr. Milford of Greenville, Sustaining Members of The Carolinian Debutante Club, and Mrs. Patricia Fletcher Joye of Simpsonville and Mr. Richard Randall Joye of Greer.
Ava Gray Kitchens, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. George Gray Kitchens, junior, is a student at High Point University. She is the granddaughter of Ms. Jane Langford Gray of Greenville and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Samuel Kimel of St. Simons, Georgia, and Mrs. George Gray Kitchens and the late Dr. Kitchens of Greenville.
Abby Rose Morgan, daughter of The Honorable and Mrs. Grenville DeLorme Morgan, junior, is a student at The University of Mississippi. She is the granddaughter of Mr. James Leonard Davidson and the late Mrs. Davidson of Greensboro, North Carolina, and Mrs. Grenville Delorme Morgan, senior, and the late Mr. Morgan of Greenville.
Evan Jaymes Parramore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Len Parramore, is a student at the University of South Carolina. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Vance Crowther of Wildwood, Florida, and Mr. and Mrs. James Alexander Parramore of Madison, Georgia.
Anastasia Timmons Pelham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Heyward Pelham, is a student at Savannah College of Art and Design. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Gibbs Pelham of Greenville, Charter Members of The Carolinian Debutante Club, and the late Mr. Robert Donald Ballenger and the late Mrs. Mary Ballenger, all of Greenville.
Mary Ellen Philpot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eric Holcombe Philpot, senior, is a student at the University of South Carolina. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Boyce Blanks, senior, and Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Henry Philpot, junior, all of Greenville.
Page Holden Rogers, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Brian Alan Rogers, is a student at Clemson University. She is the granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Lynn Moore of Lakeland, Florida, and Mrs. Betty Rogers Sherwood of Taylors and the late Mr. William Kenneth Rogers of Walhalla.
Anna Lane Sanders, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Richard Sanders, junior, is a student at Clemson University. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Jenkins Sarvis of Greenville and Mrs. Henry Richard Sanders and the late Mr. Sanders of Spartanburg.
Caroline Chatham Seaver, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Kay Seaver, is a student at the University of South Carolina. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Glen Ardeen Boulton of Greenville and Colonel and Mrs. Roy Arthur Seaver of Greer. Mrs. David Kay Seaver is a past president of the club.
Sara Grace Sierra, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Luis Sierra, is a student at Wofford College. She is the granddaughter of Dr. Falls Lewis Harris and the late Mrs. Harris, Sustaining Members of The Carolinian Debutante Club, and the late Mr. and Mrs. Hilario Sierra, all of Greenville.
Estelle Humphreys Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Pickens Taylor, junior, is a student at the College of Charleston. She is the granddaughter of Mrs. Bobbie Jo Wynn Long and the late Dr. Woodrow Wilson Long, junior, and Mrs. Victoria Smith Taylor and the late Dr. John Pickens Taylor, all of Greenville.
Caroline Davis Uprichard, daughter of Dr. Kristen Lee Uprichard and Mr. John David Uprichard, is a student at Rhodes College. She is the granddaughter of Vice Admiral and Mrs. Albert Henry Konetzni, Retired, of Woodbine, Georgia, and the late Ms. Barbara Lee Konetzni of Greenville and Dr. and Mrs. Albert Edward Uprichard of Greenville.
Virginia Grace Whaley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Erik Bryan Whaley, is a student at the University of South Carolina. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. David Bruce Betts of Columbia and Dr. and Mrs. Robert Bryan Whaley of Greenville.
Mrs. Sidney Paul Mitchell, junior is the president of The Carolinian Debutante Club. Other officers are Mrs. James David Cowart, president-elect; Mrs. Wadley Raoul Glenn III, recording secretary; Mrs. Willie Mears Howard, assistant recording secretary; Mrs. George Gray Kitchens, junior, corresponding secretary; Dr. Kathryn Repass Freedman, treasurer; Mrs. Thomas Andrew Fox, ball chair; Mrs. Creighton Edward Likes III, social chair.
Board Members are Mrs. Erik Bryan Whaley, Mrs. Lane Whittaker Davis, Mrs. Lee Andrew Scroggins, III, Mrs. Bruce Wyche Bannister, Mrs. Thomas Claiborne Mardre, III and Mrs. William Sinton Cobb. Mrs. David Kay Seaver is the ex-officio member of the board. Advisors are Mrs. Thomas Searcy Ledbetter, Mrs. David Alexander Crigler and Mrs. David Alan Wilson.
