The Northside Sun from Jackson, Mississippi • Page 20

Page 4B Thursday, November 24, 2011 Continued from Page 3B Mississippi in 2010. Miss DeRossette was graduated with honors from Saint Aloysius High School in 2010 where she served as student body president, captain of the Flashette Dance Team, captain of the varsity softball team, and captain of the Retreat Team. She was the recipient of the Bishop Brunini Leadership Award. While in high school she traveled to Saltillo, Mexico, on a mission trip and participated for three years in Catholic Diocese of Jackson Search Retreat, serving as a group leader for two years. Asophomore at the University of Mississippi, Miss DeRossette is studying exercise science with a minor in environmental studies.

She is a Provost Scholar, on the Honor Roll, an Ole Miss Ambassador, and a member of Gamma Beta Phi Honor Society, Cardinal Club, and Kappa Delta sorority. In Kappa Delta sorority she is a member of the Standards Board and serves as chaplain. She was a member of Freshman Focus and currently serves as a mentor for this organization. She serves as the community service coordinator for Lambda Sigma Honor Society. Miss DeRossette works in the office of sustainability as the game day coordinator at Ole Miss.

She is a member of St. Paul Catholic Church of Vicksburg and St. John Catholic Church of Oxford. MISS FENELON is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Brian Thomas Fenelon of Jackson. She is the granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Otis Bennett Walton Jr. of Jackson, and the late Mr.

and Mrs. William James Fenelon of St. Paul, Minn. Miss mother, Kelley Walton Fenelon, was presented by the Debutante Club of Mississippi in 1976, and her grandmother, Frances Patterson Walton, was presented in 1950. Miss Fenelon was graduated from Jackson Preparatory School where she was inducted into the Cum Laude Society, received the Class Day Senior Service Award and Quill and Scroll Award, served as a drill team officer and was elected a class beauty.

In addition to being on the Honor Roll and a Spanish Club officer, Miss Fenelon was active in the National Honor Society, the Italian Exchange Program, and as a junior, was on the homecoming court and prom co-chairman. She chaired the Mississippi Museum Youth Concern, assisted with special projects for Operation Christmas Child, and was a member of Youth Leadership Jackson and the March of Dimes Council. Asophomore at the Barksdale Honors College of the University of Mississippi, Miss Fenelon is a liberal arts major and active in Delta Delta Delta sorority. She attends Galloway Memorial United Methodist Church and spent the summer interning with a cancer philanthropy in Nashville and volunteering with Salt and Light ministry in Honduras. MISS GEX is the daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Walter Joseph Gex IVof Ridgeland. She is the granddaughter of the Hon. and Mrs. Walter Joseph Gex III of Diamondhead, and Kathleen Lavecchia Gex of Jackson, and Mr.

and Mrs. Charles Peyton Henry of Oxford. Miss Gex was graduated from Jackson Academy where she served on student council, was photo editor for the yearbook, and chapter leader for a mentoring program pairing high school girls with middle school girls. She was project chairperson for the Neighborhood Christian Center, worked with Habitat for Humanity, and was a representative of the Jackson Symphony League Sub-Debs. She was a member of the Fellowship of Christian See Debutantes, Page 5B Debutantes.