The Debutante Club of Greenville will present fourteen young women at its 70th Annual Ball at the Poinsett Club on Dec. 28, 2026. The young women being presented are Eleanor Ann Bell, Elizabeth Lenore Chambers, Charlotte Grace Fridy, Louise Porter Gray, Eva Nicholson Grow, Elinor Millian Howell, Anna Clare Hull, Caroline Elizabeth Lyerly, Catherine Glenn Lyerly, Molly Elizabeth Morgan, Elizabeth Rose Nolté Newton, Julia Gambrill Reeves, Mary McKeithan Sagedy, and Elizabeth Mae Wright.
These young women are students at various universities, including Furman University, the University of Kentucky, Wofford University, the College of Charleston, the University of Saint Andrews, Duke University, Texas Christian University, the University of Tennessee, the University of South Carolina, and Clemson University.
Debutante Club Officers and Committee Members
Officers of The Debutante Club of Greenville are Mrs. Edward Perry Heidtman IV, president; Mrs. Phillip Griffin Bell, vice-president/president elect; Mrs. Michael Jason Palmer, secretary; Mrs. David Milling Lominack, assistant secretary; Mrs. James Benjamin Alexander, treasurer; and Mrs. Michael Dean Fletcher, assistant treasurer.
Other board members are Mrs. Leroy Wilson Brasington III, Mrs. Ross Benjamin Kester, Mrs. Gregory Martins Koch, Mrs. Benjamin Oscar Lovelace, Mrs. David Bynum Poole and Mrs. James Hunter Wright. Mrs. Joseph Cart de Brux, junior is the ex-officio member of the board. Mrs. Thomas Martin Fridy is the chairman of the Mothers’ Committee. Mrs. Jack Eric Hinsdale is the advisor to the board. Mrs. Ryan Williams Trail is the calendar chair. Mrs. Francis Watters Jackson, junior, and Mrs. Jennings Gillem Pressly are the historians. Mrs. Lynwood Breeden Hollis, junior, is the archivist.
Original reporting: Greenville Journal — read the source article.