Susan Willingham Walker The Columbia Cotillion Club, a gentlemen’s dance club founded in 1890, held its Winter Ball Monday evening, December 28, 2009, at the Columbia Marriott. Four daughters, three granddaughters, and two great granddaughters of members were presented. A reception and receiving line were followed by the debutante figure. Mrs. John Cantey Heath Jr. directed the figure, which was followed by dinner and dancing to the music of The Jimmy Farr Orchestra.

Daughters presented were Miss Susan Willingham Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pope Barrow Willingham Walker, granddaughter of Mr. Robert Bratton Walker Jr. and the late Mrs. Walker, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Bratton Walker, escorted by Mr. Wesley Alex Wall; Miss Catherine Heyward Walker, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rivers Pinckney Walker III, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Rivers Pinckney Walker Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. George Rivers Pinckney Walker, great great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. John Jacob Seibels, escorted by Mr. Walter McNeel Keenan III; Miss Nathalie FitzSimons Matthews, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Steve Allen Matthews, granddaughter of Mrs. Christopher FitzSimons III and the late Mr. FitzSimons, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christopher FitzSimons Jr., great great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Christopher FitzSimons, escorted by Mr. Marion McLean Sims; Miss Frances Eugenia Ellerbe, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers Ellerbe III, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rogers Ellerbe Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Wallace Robinson, escorted by Mr. Jonathan Robert Zurcher.

Catherine Heyward Walker Granddaughters presented were Miss Camille Perrin Cunningham, daughter of Mrs. Margaret DesPortes Cunningham and Mr. Timothy Enoch Cunningham, granddaughter of Mr. Fay Allen DesPortes and the late Mrs. DesPortes, escorted by Mr. Frank Dantzler Hemphill III; Miss Lantye O’Neill Edwards, daughter of Mrs. Patricia Tobias Edwards and Mr. Thomas Earle Edwards Jr., granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Cowan Tobias III, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Ashley Cowan Tobias Jr., escorted by Mr. William Henry Lacey IV; Miss Caroline Bailey Raye Thorne, daughter of Mr. Roland Edward Fulmer Thorne and Jay Lynn Connelly, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Calvin Thorne II, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Eugene Thorne, escorted by Mr. John Calvin Thorne IV.

Nathalie FitzSimons Matthews Great granddaughters presented were Miss Heyward Boykin Foxworth daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Dewey Foxworth, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Burwell Boykin Clarke, great great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Albert Rhett Heyward, escorted by Mr. Williams McIver Bryan IV; Miss Sarah DesPortes Hughes, daughter of Mr. Thomas Mazyck Hughes and Mary DesPortes, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. James Edwin Hunter Jr., escorted by Mr. Daniel McGill Freeman.

Frances Eugenia Ellerbe Guest debutantes were Miss Margaret Leigh Becker, escorted by Mr. Tyler Baldwin III; Miss Jennifer Trezevant Blencowe, escorted by Mr. Henry Dargan McMaster Jr.; Miss Helen Jervey Brennan, escorted by Mr. Frank Taylor Brennecke; Miss Virginia Hallett Connell, escorted by Mr. Macdonald Rhodes Amaker; Miss Sara Watts Faulks, escorted by Mr. Thomas Robertson Kibler; Miss Caitlin Campbell Floyd, escorted by Mr. Matthew Cain Branstom; Miss Charlotte DuBose Gantt, escorted by Mr. Marion Sadler Walker; Miss Elizabeth Skardon Garrison, escorted by Mr. John Theus Hinson; Miss Anne McMeekin Herlong, escorted by Mr. James Augustus Herlong; Miss Ella Hampton Hyatt, escorted by Mr. Parkerson Carter Moore; Miss Alice Patterson Hymson, escorted by Mr. Daniel Richardson Amaker; Miss Catharine Alexander League, escorted by Mr. John Franklin Bethea; Miss Ada Margaret McKinney, escorted by Mr. Edward Andrew Stevenson IV; Miss Harriette Caroline Peele, escorted by Mr. Paul Baxter Rodgers IV; Miss Emma Simms Short, escorted by Mr. William Lawrence Turbeville III; Miss Martha Glazener Walker, escorted by Mr. Robert Stevens Walker,

Camille Perrin Cunningham Seated at the head table were Mr. William Powers McElveen Jr., president, and Mrs. McElveen; Mr. Christian Tucker Weston III, president of The Columbia Ball, and Mrs. Weston; Mr. William Harrison Theus, vice president, and Mrs. Theus; Mr. John Calvin Thorne, secretary–Treasurer, and Mrs. Thorne; Mr. Benjamin Walter Taylor Jr., past president and debutante announcer and Mrs. Taylor; Mrs. John Cantey Heath Jr., director of the debutante figure, and Mr. Heath.

Lantye O’Neill Edwards Also seated at the head table were executive committee members: Mr. George Screven Bailey and Mrs. Bailey, Mr. John Lyles Glenn IV and Mrs. Glenn, Mr. Ansel Claiborne Bunch and Mrs. Bunch, and Mr. John Heslep Moorman Jr. and Mrs. Moorman.
Caroline Bailey Raye Thorne
Heyward Boykin Foxworth
Sarah DesPortes Hughes