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Homecoming Queen

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The first “Homecoming Queen” at Lee was crowned in 1960 when Charlotte Miller was presented to the alumni gathered for the annual activities.

The tradition can be traced to Lee's first Homecoming for alumni in 1958, when a Football King and Queen were crowned during halftime of the Homecoming football game. Charles Sloan was Football King and Becky Tull was Football Queen. Earlier that year, in March 1958, the school had crowned its first Campus Queen: Annette Lee of Lakeland, Florida, after she won a contest based on a point-system: 10 points for talent, 15 points for school activities, 20 points for personal charm, and a certain number of points (up to 50) for money turned in for the contest. It seems a combination of the Campus Queen and the Football Queen evolved into the designation of “Homecoming Queen”, which is elected by a vote among the student body.

When Charlotte Miller was elected as Homecoming Queen in 1960, her crown was placed upon her head by Miss Lee College, Helen Anderson. Each year thereafter, the previously reigning queen places the crown on the newly elected queen during the presentation ceremony.

According to the Lee College Clarion issue from December 1960, “The Lee College football field marked the setting of the crowning of the 1960 Home-coming Queen. Queen Charlotte Miller, nominated by the Freshmen football team and escorted by Dale Hughes, captain of the team, was crowned Home-coming Queen by Miss Lee College, Helen Anderson. The event took place during halftime of the exciting football game between Alumni and Lee All-Stars. The queen was attended by Judy Maxwell, escorted by Freddie Killman, Senior team captain, and Janice Hughes, escorted by Lavoy Newton, High School team captain. Bouquets of red roses were presented to the queen and her attendants.”


/ L.F. Morgan

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Homecoming Queen 1963
Carolyn Aldrich
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Homecoming Queen 1975
​Sherry Pennington
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Homecoming Queen 1987
Debbie Haymore
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Homecoming Queen 2002
Serra Haris
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Homecoming Queen 2007
​Meghan Smith
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Homecoming Queen 2019
​Sarah Sajja
Those elected as Homecoming Queen at Lee since 1960 include:
YEAR
HOMECOMING QUEEN
1960
Charlotte Miller
1961
Janice Hughes
1962
Billie Ruth Syphurs
1963
Carolyn Aldrich
1964
Pat Purvis
1965
Janice Crafton
1966
Carol Graham
1967
Donna Wilbanks
1968
Joan Dee Pickle
1969
Debbie Elliott
1970
Ann Hudson
1971
Sandi Holcombe
1972
Helen Johnson
1973
Sandra Yvonne Carpenter
1974
Kathy Flynn
1975
Sherry Pennington
1976
Debbie Wooden
1977
Lynn Golden
1978
Karen Boatwright
1979
Maris Goalen Totherow
1980
Carla Talley
1981
Tammy McAtee
1982
Lorrie Luke
1983
Valerie Dixon
1984
Cheryl Lewis
1985
Judy Jacobs
1986
Patricia Hudson
1987
Debbie Haymore
1988
Patty Stone
1989
Kimberly Patterson
1990
Samita Alleyne
1991
Gail Galloway
1992
Stephanie Culverhouse
1993
Claire Sanger
1994
Kim Horstman
1995
Stacey Bowden
1996
Abagail Holt
1997
Jennifer Brothers
1998
Lauren Brasseaux
1999
Jessica Childers
2000
Amber Holt
2001
Rachel DiGuilio
2002
Serra Harris
2003
Keshma Fontaine
2004
Jessica Fentz
2005
Katie Murphy
2006
Rosie Holsinger
2007
Meghan Smith
2008
Morgan Van Norman
2009
Jill Singerman
2010
Alyssa Shumaker
2011
Audrey Jackson
2012
Randi Vasquez
2013
Katelyn Richards
2014
Caroline Campbell
2015
Brittany Preston
2016
Shawna Wood
2017
Ali Baker
2018
Emily Gates
2019
Sarah Sajja
2020
Kat Lange
2021
Erica Tuttle
2022
Tehillah Gichuru
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