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Judy K. Holliday Atchison

Profile Updated: September 4, 2023
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Class Year:
1972
City and ST:
Niceville, FL USA
Spouse/Partner:
Francis (Frank) Blake, Jr; Class 1966, 8/22
Occupation:
Retired
Children:
Mike Armstrong Jr, born 1974; Melissa (Armstrong) Yarbrough, born 1976
Yes! Attending Reunion
Biography, Stories, or Comments:

Several degrees mostly related to healthcare; ASN, BSN, MSCIS, BSHIM/RHIA (prev referred to as Medical Records); worked at Jackson Hospital & Clinic 1978-2000 as RN, Quality/Risk Mgr, HIM Coding Mgr, Y2K Implementation Team Leads for Medical Staff/HIM Depts. 9/2000 joined HCA, Inc international hospital system as Coding Education Coor, standardizing coding practices company-wide, to assure coded Inpt/Outpt reimbursement for care was current & accurate.
2001-2019 Director if Quality/ Risk Mgt, Accreditations overall & select Disease Specific federally mandated studies. Worked most of waking hours

Stories while at Lanier :

Unfortunately, the primary memories I always remember 1st was when girls voluntarily formed a basketball team,1969 Administration insisted if we played games, we must represent YWCO; Lady Poets was in breech of school CODE hanging in the lobby st the time; we played 1 game & disbanded. In the next decade, legislation was passed requiring equal female sports’ rights!!!!

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Feb 20, 2021 at 12:23 PM
Nov 06, 2020 at 12:16 PM

Hope you are enjoying living in Opelika; my mama, Flarcie McMillan Hopkins and elder sister Jackie Holliday Hundley live off Veterans Drive there also.
My eldest G-Dau, Samantha Yarbrough, #1 is a pitcher for AU Softball too.
Me? Sunny Florida in “Niceville”??

Oct 05, 2020 at 3:33 AM
Jun 27, 2020 at 11:05 AM

I see you are living in a quaint southern town my husband is from; his relatives are Radneys from his mother Addie Mae’s side of the family.
Interested in what career field you took.

May 26, 2020 at 10:41 AM

I have often thought of the softball games we played at Floyd Junior High and the hours of fun I had. Only to attend Sidney Lanier and never have had the opportunity to play school sponsored softball games again, nor in college as I did not go the traditional route. But currently my granddaughter Samantha Jane Yarbrough Class of 2022 is pitching at Auburn once campus opens again following Covid-19.
Look her up if you ever get a chance.

Mar 02, 2020 at 12:56 PM

Isn’t this interesting! We both were born in Oct ‘53, became nurses, have 2 children, have retired and live in counties along the Gulf now.
I am married now for 30 years, having divorced Mike Armstrong (children’s Daddy) in 1980.
I have 4 stepsons living in surrounding towns around Montgomery.
My son, Mike, Jr (45) is in Trussville working as a building contractor with a large company.
My dau, Melissa A. Yarbrough (43) is in Fairhope working remote in HR profession for CGI, international company of all sorts that I yet to grasp. Husband, Chad (46) roomed in athletic dorms w/my son when they attended TSU & played football. Chad is from Dadeville, AL.
Melissa & Chad plus all my Auburn family (3 sisters & mom) live/lived in Auburn, mama & older sister Jackie Class of ‘70, are excited as I am following this last weekend’s Auburn Softball Tournament as eldest granddau Samantha Yarbrough a Sophomore transfer from USA Mobile was MVP for her start-off pitching success. She is living out the dream I wanted but abandoned due to lack of support in State of AL public school & college girls sports. I will never forget having formed a basketball team in fall 1969-1970. Mr Adair told PE coach she would have to take us as “YWCO” because it was against the Lanier creed plaque on the 1st floor!
We played that one game against St.Jude private school & disbanded! 1974 legislation passed for equal girls funding for sports & scholarships. FYI: About 10 yrs later, PE coach quit teaching; went to TSU(M) Associate degree and became a nurse. We both were at Jackson Hospital together. She eventually went back to the Bd of Education as a school nurse in the rough primary schools of Montgomery until she retired.