Feb 2, 2021 Feb 2, 2021 I lost one of my biggest mentors in life this week. Dennis Gilmore was one of my theater and speech teachers at Trinity Valley Community College in Athens. I met Dennis during my years at TVCC, where I went on a drama and speech scholarships from 1995-1997. Iâm ashamed to say, the last time I spoke to Dennis was through Facebook Messenger in 2016 when I was trying to get a reunion of TVCC drama students and staff together. Dennis retired to the Palm Springs area of California and wasnât going to be able to make it.