Walkers for breast cancer funds

Jane Browning Parsons of Alto and Dixie Guinn Mayall of Clifton, Va. were among the 3,100 participants in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer May 5-6 in Washington D.C. The event benefitted breast cancer research. A total of $7.4 million has already been raised through the Washington D.C. walk. Mrs. Parsons and Mrs. Mayall together raised more than $5,000 in memory of their Rusk High School classmate, the late Beth Ann Parrott Rogers. They walked 26.3 miles on the first day, slept in a tent and showered in a truck at the Slugo Middle School in Maryland and walked 13.1 miles the second day, ending at the Kennedy Center. Dixie Guinn Mayall and Jane Browning Parsons were among the 3,100 Avon Breast Cancer Benefit Walk participants May 5-6 in Washington D.C.