Hannah Coker Baldwin Nine daughters and two nieces were presented at The South Carolina Debutante Ball on Thursday, December 23, 2004, at Forest Lake Club. Receiving the guests at a reception prior to the ball were Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ransom Bowers, president of the Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Patrick Cutler, president–elect and chairmen of the Ball, the debutante daughters and their fathers.

The presentations of the debutantes by their fathers and uncles with introductions by the Ball chairman were followed by the debutante figure led by Mary McDonald Stewart, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Heath McAlvin Stewart Jr.

Staci Katherine Hymson Debutante daughters making their bows were Hannah Coker Baldwin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Tyler Baldwin Jr., escorted by Benjamin Dunkin Allison; Staci Katherine Hymson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lewis Hymson, escorted by James Greenlee Davis; Catherine Cameron Leppard, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Edward McIver Leppard Jr., escorted by William McIver Leppard; Keller Elizabeth Lindler, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. William Ward Lindler, escorted by Jessen Robinson Lindler; Anna Taylor McCabe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Michael McCabe, escorted by Jonathan David Wyman; Kathryn Elizabeth O’Farrell, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Timothy O’Farrell, escorted by Vann Fraylick Jordan; Margaret Ellen Pendarvis, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Olin Pendarvis Jr., escorted by William Gourdin McMaster Jr.; Mary McDonald Stewart, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Heath McAlvin Stewart Jr., escorted by Heath McAlvin Stewart III; and Julia Elizabeth Zimmerman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Michael Zimmerman, escorted by William Oliver Keels.

Catherine Cameron Leppard Nieces presented were Cameron Ann Coggins, niece of Dr. and Mrs. Robert Haber Ellis Jr., escorted by Claude DeTreville Bowers, and Anna Louisa Ross, niece of Mr. and Mrs. William Izlar McKinney Jr., escorted by Benjamin Hunter Ross.

Keller Elizabeth Lindler Guest debutantes attending were Colette Bennett Andrews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Lowndes Andrews, escorted by Michael Brooks Biediger; Anne Marie Atkinson, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Larry Neal Atkinson, escorted by Edward Granderson Crosswell; Elizabeth Kershaw Blackmon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Ellison Suggs, escorted by George Parks Bunch; Abbot Land Bristow, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. Walter J. Bristow III, escorted by Edward Morgan Connell; Sara Elizabeth Caughman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Jennings Caughman, escorted by William Tennent Manning; Brittany Ann DeKnight, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas William DeKnight, escorted by Harrison Reid Malcolm; Meredith Leigh Dyar, daughter of Dr. Clary Benson Dyar III and Mrs. Sharon Floyd Smith, escorted by Lawrence Harris Chewning IV; Mason McNulty Hubbard, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Coleman Hubbard, escorted by Andrew Strubing Ellison; Elizabeth Wood McCoy, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Lambert McCoy III, escorted by Adger Gaillard Ellison; Laura Cole Miot, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph D. Miot III, escorted by Ansel Claibourne Bunch; Sara Burton Osborne, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Hamilton Osborne, escorted by James Cranston Gray III; Nancy Nash Reynolds daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William MacKenzie Reynolds III, escorted by William MacKenzie Reynolds IV; Eleanor Voigt Stanley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Cleatus Owens Jr., escorted by Michael Clark Roberts Jr.; Brenna Michelle Taylor, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stephen Taylor, escorted by Matthew Kenneth Ryan; Rebecca Lynne Turner, daughter of Dr. and Mrs. James F. Turner, escorted by Walter McNeel Keenan, III; Sarah Jernigan Weston, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christian Tucker Weston III, escorted by Preston McConnell Trippe; Lee Forester Whittle, daughter of Mrs. George Aimar Durban III and Mr. Mac Ira Whittle Jr., escorted by Anthony Tyler Colpini; and Maggie Lucile Woodrum, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Havern Woodrum, escorted by Tobias Gavin Ward III.

Anna Taylor McCabe Post debutantes present at the Ball were Jordan Whaley Scott, escorted by Robert Marion Scott, and Caroline Elizabeth Taylor, escorted by Wesley Paul Bryant.

Kathryn Elizabeth O’Farrell Sons of members attending the Ball for the first time were Edward Morgan Connell, son of Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Carl Connell; Harrison Reid Malcolm, son of Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Read Malcolm; Preston McConnell Trippe, son of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gordon Trippe; and Tobias Gavin Ward III, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Gavin Ward Jr.

Margaret Ellen Pendarvis Following the presentation and debutante figure, the members, debutantes, and guests dined and danced to the music of Ross Holmes and the Ross Holmes Band. Seated at the head table were Mr. and Mrs. William Brunson DePass, chairmen of the Board; Mr. and Mrs. Robert Ransom Bowers, president of the Ball, Mr. and Mrs. Earl Patrick Cutler, president–elect and Ball chairmen; and Dr. and Mrs. Ralph Seer Owings Jr., co–chairmen of the Ball.

Mary McDonald Stewart After dinner, coffee was served in the foyer. Other officers of the Ball are Mr. and Mrs. William Deaderick Snyder, secretary, and Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Michael McCabe, treasurer. Committee chairmen are Mr. and Mrs. Tobias Gavin Ward Jr., coffee table; Dr. and Mrs. Stephen Harmes Humphrey, debutantes; Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Carl Connell, debutante flowers; Mr. and Mrs. James Virgil Hicks, decorations; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lewis Hymson, decorations co–chairmen; Dr. and Mrs. Hampton Wade Collins III, figure; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wallace Salley, figure co–chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. Richard McKenzie Elliott, house and seating; Mr. and Mrs. David Richard Hyatt, house and seating co–chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. William Izlar McKinney Jr., invitations; Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hunter Howard Jr., invitations co–chairmen; Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Michael Roach, menu; Mr. and Mrs. David Crawford Prezioso, music; Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Charles Scott, publicity; Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gordon Trippe, photography; Dr. and Mrs. Gregory Read Malcolm, photography co–chairmen; Dr. and Mrs. William Ward Lindler, scrapbook; Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Nick Theodore, stags; Mr. and Mrs. David Christian Goodall, reception; Mr. and Mrs. Mark Thurston Stuckey, reception co–chairmen; and Mr. and Mrs. Otto Wayne Corley, registrar.

Julia Elizabeth Zimmerman