Author: inzax01

Hi Guys,

One of the goals Cale & I have had for a long time has been to keep the alumni together more at homecoming.

A lot of us see each other in Sylva on Friday night & then we spend time together at the tailgate, but as soon as the game starts we all go in different directions. When that happens, a lot of the “magic” of homecoming is lost until the next year.

We’ve been thinking if we could find lodging near each other, more of us could spend time together after golf / before the party in Sylva on Friday and before / after the game on Saturday.

Cale has worked with Smoky Mountain Country Club to come up with a really good opportunity. See below for links to the 16 condos & one house that are available at the Country Club for homecoming weekend. If we can get a big enough group together, the Country Club will give us use of their Clubhouse (The Persimmon Grille) both Friday night & Saturday night.

Please think about this idea & check out the links below. Reach out to me or Cale know if you have any questions or want more info.

In ZAX!

Pat

Condo 1 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-1/

Condo 2 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-2/

Condo 5 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-5/

Condo 6 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-6/

Condo 7 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-7/

Condo 8 (3-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-8/

Condo 9 (3-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-9/

Condo 10 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-10/

Condo 11 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-11/

Condo 12 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-12/

Condo 14 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-14/

Condo 15 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-15/

Condo 16 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-16/

Condo 19 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-19/

Condo 20 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-20/

Condo 22 (2-Bedroom): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/condo-22/

Misty Mountain House (5 Bedroom/3.5 Bath): https://www.smcclodging.com/accommodation/misty-mountain-house/

Brothers, Here are the details for the services & visitation for Philip Preston.

Brothers,

We’ve heard over the last 24 hours that a lot of brothers are struggling with losing Lip. I am too. We’re searching for some kind of lasting tribute to pay to him. If you have any ideas, please let me or Matt Harnad know.

I’m heading out of the country on a long trip today. Every day I’m going to hoist a glass to Lip wherever I am & post the picture. I encourage you to do the same. This may seem strange to say but I feel like we need to do something to show how much he meant to us. I think this should also serve as a reminder to all of us not to wait until tomorrow to let those you care about know how you feel because tomorrow is not guaranteed. Love you brothers.

ZAX,

Pat

Brothers,

It is with profound grief that we must announce the passing last night of BZ373, brother Philip Preston. We have almost no details at this point. When details are available, we will share them.

Please keep Catherine and their boys in your thoughts and prayers as they go through what can only be an unimaginably difficult time.

Lip was a great person and a great brother. He will will be missed by everyone who knew him.

Good Morning brothers! In order to make sure we aren’t missing any brothers who are on Instagram but not on Facebook, we’ve added an Instagram account for the alumni association. The Instagram account is “lcabzalumni”. The profile picture is the image below.

It’s a private account. If you haven’t already gotten an invitation to follow it, I think you can just search for it & hit “follow”. We’ll approve the requests as fast as we can.

I’m trying to figure out how to link our Facebook & Instagram accounts so everything posted to one automatically gets posted to the other.

ZAX,

Pat

Good evening brothers. The Beta Zeta alumni association is sponsoring a hole in the 2025 Bob Waters Memorial Golf Tournament which will be played on September 12th at Sequoyah National in Cherokee. We don’t know which hole it will be so please keep an eye out for the flag. Design below. Thanks!

Brothers, the information below was shared by David’s sister.

Good evening brothers. With deep sympathy, we announce the passing of brother David Rhea, BZ 286 from Kings Mountain NC. Brother Rhea was initiated in the Fall of 1982. He is remembered as a kind, funny soul who was full of life and as a favorite brother by many. As soon as an obituary is available, we’ll send it out in a post.

Thanks to Pat Anderson for sharing the pictures. If anyone has any additional pictures they’d like to share, text them to 909-992-9806 or email them to prwatson91@gmail.com.

Morning brothers! If your name is on the list below, I need your t-shirt size. Please let me know.

Thanks!

Pat Watson

909-992-9806

BZ1 Wilson Boyd

BZ18 Lonnie Padgett

BZ38 Matt Norris

BZ55 Karl Giles

BZ60 Glen Phagan

BZ95 Alan Duckett

BZ96 Stan Hedrick

BZ97 Roland Johnson

BZ122 Wesley Sparks

BZ127 Alan Griffin

BZ135 Kevin Vasquez

BZ186 Ken Marshall

BZ206 Mark Ethridge

BZ212 John Andrews

BZ223 Rick Elliott

BZ233 James T. Miller

BZ240 Mark Edwards

BZ244 Dale Place

BZ259 Guy Suttle

BZ262 Mark Benge

BZ267 Mike Gillespie

BZ268 Tim Gillespie

BZ270 Rob Hosack

BZ274 Romulus Lenny Teague

BZ282 Tripp Hughes

BZ288 Marty Stamey

BZ311 Mike Jones

BZ319 Todd Hoppes

BZ320 Greg Hutchinson

BZ322 Mike Neal

BZ341 Pat Anderson

BZ353 Vance Cook

BZ359 John McArthur

BZ373 Philip Preston

BZ399 Gibbs Jones

BZ458 Matt Garrett

BZ489 Tommy Laughter

BZ526 Troy Baker

BZ547 Roddy Duckett

BZ548 Kent Egan

BZ566 Matt Reilly

BZ567 Travis Stutts

BZ607 Donald Johnson

BZ687 Josh Duckett

BZ704 Taylor Callicut

TTZ905 (WFU) William Norris

Brothers,

When you’re half way to your goal of 150 brothers paying dues with less than 90 days before homecoming, how do you incentivize those who haven’t paid yet?

T-shirts!

We’ve ordered 150 shirts. The next 71 brothers who pay dues will get a t-shirt.

Don’t worry… brothers who have already paid (79 of you) will get one too. They were ordered in sizes as follows. If you’ve already paid, let me know what size you need & I’ll reserve that size for you. As with last year, sizes are first come, first served.

L-50

XL-70

XXL-15

XXXL-15

Unlike last year, instead of mailing them, we will give them out at homecoming. For anyone who pays but doesn’t come to homecoming, we’ll mail your shirt afterward.

If more than 150 brothers pay, we’ll order more shirts.

Let me know any questions. Thank brothers!