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The Jewel Ball

The Jewel Ball was held on June 22nd at The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. The event is a benefit for the Museum and the Kansas City Symphony. This year’s theme was an English country garden. Wendy Hockaday Burcham (Mrs. James Grant Burcham) served as chairman.

Mr. Harry Claxton McCray III presented his daughter, Miss Caroline Tinka McCray.

 

Mr. William McClellan Lyons, representing the Kansas City Symphony; Mrs. James Grant Burcham, Ball chairman; and Mr. Richard Calvin Green, Jr., representing The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

 

Mr. Mark Russell Frame and Miss Grace Frame

 

Miss Reagan Kahl Mitchell and Mr. John Wood Mitchell, Jr.

 

Mrs. Matthew Mills Adam and Mrs. Joseph Quinby Pindell II

 

Mr. Maxwell Lewis Dickinson and Miss Larkin Louise McLiney
(back row) Mr. Brian Charles King, Jr., and Miss Catherine Anne Wilkerson

 

Miss Ann Elizabeth Kerr with her escort, Mr. Samuel Curry McKnight

 

Mr. and Mrs. William Hutton Parkerson with Mr. Michael Langdon McCann

 

Mr. Jonathan Frederick Roney, Jr.

 

Mr. and Mrs. Thornton Truss Tyson


Additional photos featured in the August 3rd, 2019 issue of The Independent.
Photo Credit: Wirken Photography

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