The Columbia Cotillion Club, a gentleman’s dance club founded in 1890, held its 134th Winter Ball Saturday evening, December 27, 2025, at Forest Lake Club. Ten daughters and two granddaughters of members were presented. A reception and receiving line were followed by the debutante presentation and figure. Mrs. Steve Allen Matthews directed the figure, which was followed by dinner and dancing to the music of The Charlie Gatch Band.
Daughters presented were:
Miss Sarah Wheeler Haselden, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William Mace Haselden, granddaughter of Dr. Edward Wheeler Haselden, Jr. and the late Mrs. Edward Wheeler Haselden, Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Edward Wheeler Haselden, escorted by Mr. William Tilgham Osborne. Miss Pamela Ann Milliken Pope, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph High Pope, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Llewellyn Pope, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Lowndes Cain, escorted by Mr. Brice Matthew Martinez.
Miss Nancy Crawford Davenport, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Tyson Davenport, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Geddings Hardy Crawford, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Geddings Hardy Crawford, Sr., escorted by Mr. Phillip Konstantine Koutrakos.
Miss Anne Ashe Edmunds, daughter of Dr. Thomas Bryant Edmunds, Jr., granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bryant Edmunds, Sr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Julian Bonham Shand, escorted by Mr. Tyler Banks Hudson.
Miss Suzanne Verigood Kapp, daughter of Dr. Lloyd McCrary Kapp, Jr., granddaughter of Mr. Lloyd McCrary Kapp and the late Mrs. Lloyd McCrary Kapp, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Louis LeConte Gibbes, escorted by Mr. Christopher Taylor Brown.
Miss Margaret Reid Brabham, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Heyward Clarkson Brabham, granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Angus McKay Brabham III, great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Nathaniel Heyward Clarkson, Jr. escorted by Mr. Charles Bennett Griffin V.
Miss Lucy Pride Heyward King, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Newton King, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Bryant Edmunds, Sr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Julian Bonham Shand, escorted by Mr. Julian Bonham Owens.
Miss Margaret Crawford Roney, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Peter John Roney, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Crawford Clarkson, Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Crawford Clarkson, escorted by Mr. Walker Thompson Draffin.
Miss Emily Elaine Moore, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Seabrook Moore, granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Woodberry Moore, Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Robert Childs Seabrook, escorted by Mr. Thomas Hammond Cawley.
Miss Eva Hermione Barringer, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Hugh McFaddin Barringer, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Scott Barringer, Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Laurence Scott Barringer, escorted by Mr. James Hugh McFaddin Barringer, Jr.
Miss Samantha Sloan Rice, granddaughter of Dr. and Mrs. Joseph Sherrard Rice, Jr., great granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Sam Arn McPherson, escorted by Mr. George William Peacock.
Miss Elizabeth Austin Tuller, daughter of the late Mr. William DuBose Tuller, III, granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William DuBose Tuller, Jr., escorted by Mr. William Dickson Morris, III.
Guest debutantes were: Miss Sara Albritton Grimsley, escorted by Mr. Hughes Burton Ingram; Miss Barra Winn Jenkins, escorted by Mr. Henry Dixon Edens; Miss Mary Katherine Penninger, escorted by Mr. Andrew Mark Brown; Miss Lucile Milliken Sammataro, escorted by Mr. Joseph High Pope, Jr.; Miss Caroline Mynda Sanders, escorted by Mr. Merritt Lyles Brazell; Miss Caroline Evelyn Tinch, escorted by Mr. David Barnwell Shealy.
Seated at the head table were Mr. William Mace Haselden, President, and Mrs. Haselden; Mr. Blake Edmunds III, Vice President, and Mrs. Edmunds; Mr. Mason Bonnycastle Hardy, Secretary-Treasurer, and Mrs. Hardy; Mr. Carroll Jones DuBose, Jr., Past President and debutante announcer, and Mrs. DuBose; Mr. James Edwin Miller and Mrs. Miller, guest of President William Mace Haselden. Also seated at the head table were executive committee members Mr. Robert Cleland FitzSimons and Mrs. Sue Erwin Harper; Mr. Charles Hamilton Cate, Jr. and Mrs. Cate; Mr. Shaun David Ferguson and Mrs. Ferguson, and Mr. Thomas Lowndes Pope and Mrs. Pope.
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