In Memoriam
1940s
Mildred (Tietz) Sanderson, BA '42, of Waco, died Oct. 31, 2014, at age 92. She served as administrative assistant to Baylor president Pat Neff. Sanderson received her master's of education at West Texas State University in Canyon, TX, where she met her husband, Phil Sanderson. Sanderson was a teacher in Amarillo and Waco ISD for over 35 years. Among her survivors are sons Phil, BBA ’79, and Larry; and six grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Mildred Tietz Sanderson Endowed Athletic Scholarship Fund at Baylor University.
Virginia Estha (Phillips) Webb, BA '45, of Mustang, OK, died Aug. 18, 2014, at age 91. After Baylor, she majored in music at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary and played the piano for church services until age 86. Her husband of 64 years, Rev. H. Alton Webb, BA '44, died in 2009. The Webbs pastored in Spiro, Oklahoma City, Poteau, Hugo, and Anadarko, OK, churches.
Mary McCall, '40, MSEd '67, of Dallas, died Nov. 13, 2014, at age 95. The wife of Baylor's 10th President and later Chancellor Abner V. McCall, JD '38, Mary's servant heart, grace and passion for supporting the University's students have left an indelible mark on the lives of generations of Baylor men and women.
Mary began her Baylor education at just 16. She was an Athenean before transferring to North Texas State Teacher's College, where she earned her bachelor's degree while waiting for her husband, Lloyd Russell, to return from World War II. The Russells returned to Baylor, where Lloyd served as baseball coach and chairman of the Department of Health, Physical Education and Recreation. Mary was educator and counselor in Waco ISD. The Russells raised two daughters, and Lloyd passed away suddenly in 1968. Mary married Baylor President Abner V. McCall in 1970 and became the First Lady of Baylor. She helped to develop strong relationships across the University, opening doors for students and strengthening the ties that bind the Baylor family together.
Mary supervised the construction and decoration of the President's Home, Allbritton House. As president of Baylor University's Round Table, she helped establish the Round Table Scholarship Fund for Baylor students. Mary established the Lloyd O. Russell Memorial Scholarship Fund and the Abner V. and Mary McCall Scholarship Fund. Mary served as adviser to Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority, co-president of Heritage Club and was a charter member of the Endowed Scholarship Society, Old Main Society and The Presidents Club.
McCall was a trustee at First Baptist Church, Waco, and was a member of several civic organizations in Waco and later, Dallas, where she joined Park Cities Baptist Church. In 1995, then-Texas Gov. George W. Bush honored Mary as a "Yellow Rose of Texas," a distinction reserved for women who have made significant contributions to their communities and to Texas. McCall received the Baylor University Founders Medallion among many honors.
Ruth (McAtee) Belew BS '42, of McGregor, TX, died Dec. 31, 2014. She was 93. She was a member of the Humphrey Weidman dance group in New York and a faculty member at Wichita State, the University of Wisconsin and later, Baylor from 1972-92. In addition to teaching in the theater department, she contributed to Baylor's Honors Program and was a member and past president of the Baylor Round Table. In 1995, contributions from the Belew family led to the renovation of the original classroom of Dr. A.J. Armstrong into The Belew Scholars’ Room in Armstrong Browning Library. She and Dr. John Belew, BS '41, emeritus provost and professor of chemistry, celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary in 2014. Other survivors include son, Jay Belew and daughter, Janet Dizinno, BA '76, and their families.
Carlyn "Bobbie" (Fouts) Myers, BS '47, of Ann Arbor, MI, formerly of Dayton, TX, died Nov. 14, 2014, at age 88. Myers received her master's degree from the University of Houston. She worked as business teacher at Dayton High School from 1957-94 and was inducted in the Dayton ISD "Wall of Fame" in 2000. Survivors include her son, Perry Myers, BA '79, MBA '81, two granddaughters, and a sister, Doris Turner, '45.
Dr. John Daniel Rainbolt, BA '48, died May 2, 2014, in Sun City West, AZ. He was 87. Active in missions, he helped organize and preach in the Texas Youth Revivals. Also a graduate of Southwestern Baptist Seminary and Phillips Theological Seminary, Rainbolt served as a pastor in Oklahoma and Missouri for 37 years and as director of the doctoral program at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Survivors include his wife, Dora Dean, and two sons.
Billy "Bill" B. Story, BBA '48, of Waco, died Sept. 22, 2014, at age 88. He served in the Army during World War II and married Helen Joyce Schroeder in 1948. They had three children. He was an accountant in Houston, Waco, and Odessa before becoming a land developer in DFW. Story later worked for Texas Life Insurance Co. in Waco. Helen died in 1995, and Bill married Nell Smith in 1998. He and Nell were huge Lady Bear Basketball fans. Memorials may be made to Baylor University.
Milton Henry Covey, JD '49, of Houston, died Oct. 26, 2014, at age 90. He served in the Army Air Force during World War II and married Doris Mae Martin, BA '46, in 1947. After nearly 35 years there, he retired from Tenneco in 1983 as a vice president (legal) and corporate secretary. Covey served as president of the American Society of Corporate Secretaries in 1977-78. In 1965, he graduated from the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard University Graduate School of Business Administration. Covey was a deacon at Tallowood Baptist Church. He was married to Doris for 64 years until her death in 2012. They had three sons.
JD Ison, '49, of Appleton, WI, died Sept. 3, 2014. He was an All-American football player and inducted into the Baylor Athletics Hall of Fame in 1994. Ison worked in the grocery industry before settling in Sheboygan, WI, where he became executive vice president of operations for Schultz Say-O Corp. He was married to the late Jane Foley Ison for 58 years. They had two children.
Hector S. Lopez, LLB '49, of Alice, TX, died Sept. 10, 2014, at age 87. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. Lopez practiced law, specializing in oil and gas. He founded Galo Land and Cattle Co. He served on the board of numerous banks in Alice and Corpus Christi, TX. Among his survivors is his wife of 64 years, Gloria Garcia Lopez.
1950s
Dorothy "Dot" (Farrow) Dickerson, BA '50, of Dallas, died Oct. 3, 2014, at age 84. She was predeceased by her husband, Hank Dickerson, BBA ’50, a former Baylor football player, in 1996. Dickerson taught for three years in Dallas ISD. She was a member of groups including Dallas Women's Club, Junior Mentor Club, Luke’s Closet, and First Baptist Church Dallas. The Dickersons had three children and seven grandchildren.
Karolyn (Peaster) Kellum, '50, of Corpus Christi, TX, died Sept. 15, 2014, at age 89. At Baylor, she became the first female president of the Baptist Student Union and worked as the secretary to the dean of student affairs and the chaplain, Dr. WJ Wimpee, AB '40. She married Harold Kellum in 1950. They had two daughters, Cindy Kellum, BS '79, and Dr. Kathy Hirschman, BA '74. In 1969, she assisted Harold in the formation of Oxford Candle Co. They later developed Oxford International and expanded their business to porcelain figurines. She retired in 1986.
Jo Nan (Shaw) Kyger, BBA '50, of Whitehouse, TX, died March 12, 2014. She married Jim Kyger, BBA '50, in 1950, and he preceded her in death in 2010. Kyger was a retired teacher.
Rev. Dr. Charles Lee Williamson, BA '50, of Rowlett, TX, died Oct. 21, 2014, at age 87. He married Patsy Ann Cypert, '55, in 1953 and they had three children. In 1961, he became director of missions in Southeast Texas Baptist Association. He also served Waco Baptist Association. He served Texas Baptists as missions division director from 1968-92. Among his many endeavors, with his staff he completely reworked the Texas Baptist church starting strategy. After retirement, he formed Creative Church Consultations Inc. He was a trustee at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and Baptist University of the Americas. Williamson was a well-known missiologist and was a consultant in state conventions and associations. He was part of the M.E. Williamson family, named the Baylor 1991 Family of the Year. He was named an Outstanding Alumnus by Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.
James (Jim) A. Knight Jr., BBA '51, of Houston, formerly of San Antonio, died Sept. 1, 2014. He was married to Lois Bailey for 54 years. They had two children. After Lois' death, he married Kleo White who predeceased him in 2008. Knight served in the Army Air Corps during World War II. Afterward, he went back to the newspaper business in Arkansas and then Waco. He worked for ALCOA from 1955-83, having served in public relations during his last 17 years at the company’s headquarters in Pittsburgh, PA.
Carolyn (Bell) Weathersbee, BS '51, of Rotan, TX, died Sept. 7, 2014, at age 83. She taught school in Fort Worth and Rotan and married Mac Weathersbee, BBA '50, in 1956. She worked alongside her husband at Weathersbee Funeral Home and was an organist and pianist for the First Baptist Church. Among her survivors are children Burt Weathersbee, Dr. Byron Weathersbee of Salado, Texas; and Dee Ann Mullins, BSEd '80.
Roberta Hatch Bailey, BA '51, MS '52, of Waco, died Sept. 13, 2014, at age 83. She was married to Bill Bailey, BA '51, JD '51, for 63 years. At Baylor she was president of Delta Alpha Pi (now Kappa Alpha Theta) sorority. Bailey served as vice president and secretary of Wilkirson-Hatch-Bailey Funeral Home in Waco. She was a member of First Baptist Church, Waco, the Board of Trustees of Hillcrest Baptist Medical Center, the United Way Board of Directors, past president of the Junior League of Waco, and past president of Evangelia Settlement Child Care Board of Directors, among many other activities.
The Baileys provided funding for the Bill & Roberta Bailey Baylor Golf Center at Twin Rivers Golf Club. Baylor's Institute for Faith and Learning and Truett Seminary recently established the annual Bill and Roberta Bailey Family Lecture in Christian Ethics. The couple received the James Huckins, Pat Neff and Presidents Medallions from Baylor. Among her survivors are her husband, three sons, Roy William Bailey, Wesley Bailey, BBA '78, and Hatch Bailey, BA '84, 10 grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. Memorials may be made to the Bill and Roberta Bailey Family Lecture Series in Christian Ethics or the Bill and Roberta Bailey Endowed Scholarship Fund at Baylor.
Dr. H. Rhea Gray, BA '52, of Bonita Springs, FL, died June 17, 2014, at age 83. He earned advanced degrees from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. Gray was pastor of Waco's Lake Shore Baptist Church from 1963-67, president of HRG Associates, Management & Organizational Development Consultants from 1975-95, and director of the Pastoral Counseling Center in Waco and Chicago, among other positions. Survivors include his wife of 29 years, Sharon Gray, two daughters, and one granddaughter.
Peggy (James) York, BA '53, of Houston, died Nov. 4, 2014, at age 82. While at Baylor she was a member of Peers Club (Delta Delta Delta) and was in one of the first editions of All University Sing. She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, Lawrence York, BBA '56, and survived by her sister-in-law Margaret (York) Branan BA '56, MSEd '58. The couple had four children and six grandchildren, many of whom followed in her Baylor footsteps: Jennifer York, BSEd '77, Linda (York) Swindall, BBA '79, MBA '85, Judi (York) Klein, BSEd '86, Rebecca Klein, BS '14 (currently attending Baylor Law) and Rachel Klein (current Baylor student).
Brady Richmond Justice Jr., BBA '53, of Indianapolis, IN, died Nov. 23, 2014, at age 83. He and his wife, Sandra G. Justice, were married 57 years and had three children. Justice became a partner with Arthur Andersen in Dallas and partner-in-charge of the tax division of Arthur Andersen's Indianapolis office. He was chairman of the State Tax Committee and chairman of the State Ethics Committee. Justice was co-founder and president of Basic American Medical Inc., which merged with Columbia Hospital Corp., where he served as senior vice president. He served on the board of the Baptist Standard and the Radio/TV Commission of the Southern Baptist Convention.
Mollie Gene (Waldrop) Cowden, '54, of West Lake Hills, TX, died Nov. 26, 2014, at age 82. She studied voice and piano at Baylor and married George M. Cowden, BA '53, LLB '59, in 1952. The lived in Pearsall, Waco, Dallas and Austin. Mollie sang and taught Sunday school in her home churches, including Riverbend Church and 7th and James Baptist Church in Waco. She was chairman of the Counseling and Pastoral Care Center of Austin and a board member of the Austin Symphony Board. The Cowdens are charter members of Baylor’s Endowed Scholarship Society. Survivors include her husband and their three children and families.
Cecil Elmo Bishop Jr., BBA '54, of Houston, died Dec. 11, 2014, at age 82. He met his wife, Shirley, at Baylor and they were married in 1954. They were passionate supporters of Baylor. Bishop served in the Air Force and worked for Shell Oil Co. The Bishops visited over 60 countries and all 50 states. They had two daughters, Susan Bishop and Alison Davis, BBA '82, and two grandchildren, Conner Davis and Courtney Davis.
James Lee Pelzer, BBA '54, died June 23, 2014, in Orange Park, FL. He was 82. Pelzer played football at Tucumcari High School in New Mexico before enrolling at Baylor, where he completed the Air Force ROTC program and became a Colonel in the U.S. Air Force. He served at missile siloes in the Midwest and in Turkey.
Sarah Lynn (Estes) Greenlee, BSEd '55, died Feb. 23, 2014, in Dallas. She was 79. An Athenean and 1953 May Queen, Greenlee represented Baylor and the SWC in the 1953 Miss Football Contest as one of 10 beauties from the U.S. and Canada. She was married to Dr. William Purdy Greenlee for 57 years and earned a master’s degree at McNeese University. Greenlee finished her long teaching career at Kaufman Elementary in Lake Charles, LA. Among her survivors are her children, Lisa Beth Humphrey, BA ’82, Lori Brook McDowell, BA ’85, Leighton Brian Greenlee, BBA ’91, and four grandchildren.
Chester Eugene Carlson Sr., BBA '56, of Waco, died Oct. 10, 2014, at age 95. He was valedictorian of Thrall (TX) High School and was a captain in the U.S. Army Signal Corps. Carlson worked for First Federal Savings and Loan from 1965-90, retiring as a senior vice president. He was a 50-year Mason. He was president of Waco Founders Lions Club and the Baylor/Waco Foundation. Carlson was married to Florence Carlson for 68 years and they had three children. Memorials may be made to the Chester E. Carlson Endowed Scholarship Fund in Accounting at Baylor.
Jack Loftis, BBA '57, of Houston, died Dec. 29, 2014, at age 80. He spent 37 years at the Houston Chronicle, retiring in 2002 as editor and associate publisher. During his 15 years as editor, the Chronicle won hundreds awards and twice was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. Loftis served as president of the Freedom of Information Foundation of Texas and received the organization's James Madison Award in 1999. He also served as president of both the Newspaper Features Council and the American Association of Sunday and Feature Editors, receiving the NFC Jester Award in 1992 and being selected in 1997 as one of the first 10 inductees into the AASFE Hall of Fame. Loftis served as a director of the Texas Daily Newspaper Association and received the Headliners Foundation of Texas' Lifetime Achievement Award. A member of Baylor's Sesquicentennial Council of 150, Loftis received the school's Media Award in 1997. He served eight terms as a director of the Baylor Alumni Association, where he was named a Distinguished Alumnus. A Baylor baseball letterwinner, Loftis was a director of the Baylor Letter Winners Association. The press box at Baylor Ballpark is named in his honor. He served on the boards of several organizations in Houston and Hillsboro. Loftis and his wife, Beverly, served as honorary chairs of the Texas Inaugural Committee that oversaw the 1995 ceremonies involving Bullock’s second term as lieutenant governor and George W. Bush’s first term as governor. Loftis was also a Bullock appointee to the Texas Election Advisory Commission. The couple also received The Leon Goldstein Crime Stoppers Award, among many other honors. Memorials may be made to The Baseball Heart of the Order at Baylor University.
Jack Nolan Price, LLB '57, of Austin, died Dec. 1, 2014, at age 80. He graduated from Lamar University in 1954 and served as an assistant attorney general from 1957-62. His expertise included general business litigation, antitrust and trade regulations law. Price ran his own legal practice in Austin from 1974-99. Price chaired both the General Practice and the Antitrust and Trade Regulations sections of the State Bar. He established the Jack N. Price Endowed Scholarship at Baylor Law School. Price served in the Army and National Guard. Among his survivors are his wife, Cindy Price, and children.
Dr. William Thomas Butler, BA '58, of Austin, died Feb. 20, 2014 at age 78. After becoming a teacher, he earned a doctorate from Vanderbilt and became a professor at the University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Dentistry for over two decades. In 1987, he became chairman of the Department of Biochemistry at the University of Texas Dental Branch in Houston. He was an expert in mineralized tissue and was a prolific scholar and speaker.
Alan D. "Al" Myers Jr., BBA '58, of Olney, TX, died Nov. 24, 2014, at age 78. While at Baylor, he met Janis Carol Caskey, BS '60, and they were married 57 years. They had five children. He worked as president and CEO of Olney Savings and as president of Media Recovery in Graham, TX. He served on many boards and was a mayor and volunteer fireman.
Dr. Carl Seale, BM '58, died Sept. 10, 2014, in McAllen, TX. He was 78. Seale served as drum major of the Baylor Golden Wave Band. A prolific composer, he was conductor of the Rio Grande Valley Symphony Orchestra for 30 years and a professor at the University of Texas-Pan American. He held advanced degrees from Louisville and North Texas. Surviving are his wife, 2012 Texas Poet Laureate Jan Epton Seale, '60, three sons and four grandsons. Contact Jan at janseale@rgv.rr.com or 400 Sycamore Ave., McAllen, TX 78501.
1960s
Donald Lee Hay, BA '60, MA '67, of Waco, died Oct. 25, 2014, at age 76. He married Dr. Beverly (Reeves) Hay, BA '61, MSEd '94, PhD '00, in 1960 and they had three daughters, Melissa Ishio, BA '86, MPP '91, MSW '08, Sharla Garcia, BA '87, and Kristin O'Neal, JD '96. Hay worked at Plantation Foods as the personnel director, director of human resources, and later vice president of human resources. He was a trustee for McLennan Community College for over 24 years, serving as chairman for 10 years. Hay served on the Connally ISD Board of Trustees from 1975-94. He was an ordained minister and a deacon at First Baptist Church, Waco. For decades, Hay was the timekeeper for Baylor basketball games and the 25-second clock operator for Baylor football home games.
Larry M. Walker, BA '61, of Dallas, died Sept. 12, 2014, at age 79. He spent his life doing ministry and international revivals. Walker pastored churches in Lewisville, TX, and Long Island, NY. He had been an ambassador-at-large at First Baptist, Dallas, since 1974. Walker was a violinist, writer, poet and composer. He his survived by his wife of 57 years, Carmen (Kolb) Walker, '60, children Vic Walker, BBA '81, Van Walker, BA '83, Kevin Walker BSEd '86, daughter Devonna (Walker) Holland, BBA '84, and five grandchildren.
Clark "Corky" Nelson, '60, died Nov. 17, 2014, in Temple, TX. He was 75. Nelson served as defensive coordinator at Baylor from 1974-81 and head coach at University of North Texas for eight years. He finished his career as an assistant Mary Hardin-Baylor and was inducted into the UNT Hall of Fame in 2013.
Dr. Norman "Randy" Lofgren, BMEd '62, MM '70, EdD '74, retired associate vice president of constituent engagement at Baylor, died Dec. 26, 2014 at age 74. Lofgren served as minister of music at Calvary Baptist Church and as choral director at Waco High School. He was on faculty at Carson-Newman College and created and directed the touring musical group, Something Special. He later worked for First Baptist Church, Duncanville, TX and at Duncanville High School. In 1988, Lofgren began his association with Baylor as an administrator. He retired in May 2014 after 26 years with the University. Among his survivors are his wife, Jeanine Lofgren, daughter, Wendy Lofgren Smith, and son Kevin Lofgren, and sister, Karla. Memorials may be made to The Randy and Jeanine Haube Lofgren Endowed Scholarship Fund in Music at Baylor.
Dr. James Verner Gatewood, BS '64, DDS '68, of Columbus, MS, died Sept. 9, 2014, at age 72. He was a dentist for 37 years and a deacon and Sunday school teacher at the First Baptist Church. Gatewood was part of the North Mississippi Emmaus Community, the Gideons International and the Columbus Kiwanis Club. He was a former Baptist Memorial Hospital board member and a current board member of Trinity Place. Among his survivors are his wife of 49 years, Diane Ward Gatewood, BMEd '63, and children David Ward Gatewood, BA '92, and Leigh Anne Carmichael, BSEd '93.
Barbara Jan Massey, BS '64, died Oct. 11, 2014 in Dallas. She was 72. She started her own business and was an IT project management consultant. Massey served with the Dallas-Fort Worth Baylor Women's Council and was a philanthropist and world traveler. Memorials may be to Baylor's Martin Museum of Art.
Robert Felton Freeman, LLB '65, of Midland, TX, died July 20, 2014, at age 79. He served in the U.S. Army, practiced law in state, federal and appellate courts and provided probate, personal injury and family law to many clients. Freeman was a member of the Waco Masonic Lodge 92 and a 32nd Degree Scottish Rite Mason. Among his survivors is his wife of 33 years, Doris "Suzy" Freeman.
Kent H. McMahan, BA '68, of Dallas, died Sept. 29, 2014, at age 68. He was a member of Baylor Chamber of Commerce and Air Force ROTC. McMahan earned a law degree from Vanderbilt and practiced 39 years at Fulbright & Jaworski LLP in Houston, where he was a senior partner and leader of the trusts and estates group. He served as chair of the real estate, probate, and trust section for the State Bar of Texas. McMahan was active on a state and national level in the development of the Uniform Trust Code. He was a deacon at Tallowood Baptist Church, Houston, and later at Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas. Among his survivors are his wife of 46 years, Barbara Elaine McMahan, four children and 10 grandchildren.
1980s
Roger Davis, BBA '74, MBA '76, senior lecturer in marketing in the Baylor Hankamer School of Business, died Dec. 16, 2014. He was 66. Davis served in the U.S. Army in Vietnam and worked toward a doctorate at Harvard Business School in 1977. Davis was on the Baylor faculty for almost 35 years. He also taught in the MBA program and the EMBA program, both of which he loved to teach. In 1992, he received the Hankamer Teaching Excellence Award. Among his survivors are his wife of 45 years, Lynne Barber Davis, former coordinator of administrative services in Baylor's Casey Computer Center, and their children, Shane Davis and Kelli Davis, BSN '94; and his father, Dr. Phil Davis.
1980s
Roland O. Stewart Jr., BSEd '81, of Houston, died Dec. 1, 2014, at age 69. He taught for 25 years in Klein ISD before retiring in 2005. Stewart is survived by his wife Belena and children Justin, BA '11, daughter-in-law Amanda, BA '11, Joel, Kyle, Class of '18, and Kaitlyn. He loved his family and his Baylor Bears.
Lisa Carol (Lansford) Maple, BS '84, of Sugar Land, TX, died Nov. 4, 2014, at age 52. An interior designer, she worked for Pope and Turner in Tyler and Brittains Fine Furniture in Houston. She later became a stay-at-home mom with her two sons, Isaac and Josh. Maple was married for 29 years to Mark Maple, BBA '84. She was inducted into Bullard High School's Wall of Honor in 2014.
William Henry "Bill" Beazley Jr., of Waco, died Sept. 20, 2014. He was 83. Beazley graduated from Texas A&M and served in the U.S. Army in Korea. He married Lea Wilkinson in 1952 and they lived in Waco for the next 54 years, raising four children. Lea preceded him in death. He married Madeline "Madge" Currier in 2008. Beazley was a member of the Truett Seminary Board of Advisors and Bear Foundation.
R.A. Brookshire, of Lufkin, TX, died Oct. 25, 2014, at age 80. He graduated from SFA, where he later served on the board of regents and established scholarships at SFA as well as Baylor’s Truett Seminary. He served in the U.S. Army before his career with Brookshire Brothers, which was started by his father and uncle in 1929. He and his brothers continued running the family business. Brookshire was a member of Lufkin First Baptist Church. Survivors include his wife, Barbara, and three children.
Hannah Butler, a Baylor senior from Houston, died Nov. 12, 2014. Hannah was a member of Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority and, as a sociology major, planned to pursue a career in counseling. She was a member of Ecclesia Church in Houston.
Ezra Thompson "Tommy" Dunn Jr., of Levelland, TX, died Oct. 10, 2014, at age 85. He married Maxine Bozeman in 1955, and they had two children, Valerie and David. Maxine preceded him in death in 2004. Dunn worked for Southwestern Public Service and later was an instructor at South Plains College for 20 years. He was a member of Second Baptist Church, the Lion's Club, Masonic Lodge and Baylor's Endowed Scholarship Society.
Barbara Guinn, of Hewitt, TX, died Aug. 19, 2014, at age 69. She married Dwane Guinn in 1977 and worked in the Baylor athletics department for 17 years. She was a member of Hewitt First Baptist Church. Among her survivors is daughter Alain Humphrey, BSEd '96, MSEd '99.
Starla (Hand) Horton of Tyler, TX, died Sept. 6, 2014, at age 59. She was a member of the Baylor Tyler Women's Council. Among her survivors are her husband Kenny and daughters, Stacy Stelzel, BA '08, and Elizabeth Walter, BSEd '11.
Gary L. Mattson of Waco died Oct. 13, 2014, at age 75. He received his BA from Grand Canyon College and his master’s from Arizona State. He was a 1961 NAIA basketball All-American. Mattson coached dozens of youth sports teams, most notably the Waco Bears basketball team from 1972-78. This team compiled an overall record of 135-4 including three state championships and a third-place finish nationally. Mattson was a successful businessman for over four decades and was known an expert in franchise development. He was an NFL agent for eight years and a member of the Bear Foundation.
Hunter Noon, a sophomore psychology major from Greenwood Village, CO, died Nov. 18, 2014. He was 19.
Billie Don O’Neal of Houston died Aug. 25, 2014. He served in the U.S. Navy for three years. He graduated from Texas A&M and worked 33 years for Exxon and another 17 years as a consulting petroleum engineer. He established scholarships at several universities, including Baylor.
Mary Louise Valentine of Dallas died Oct. 9, 2014, at age 91. She graduated from Rice University in 1944, married her husband, Dr. Foy Valentine, BA ’44, in 1947, and was a supportive minister's wife. Valentine traveled around the world with her husband and family. She was a member of Immanuel Baptist Church in Nashville and later Park Cities Baptist Church in Dallas. She is survived by her daughters, Jean Valentine, Carol Valentine, and Susan Valentine Brown, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. Memorial gifts may be made to the Valentine Professorship in Christian Ethics at Baylor.
Beverly Warlick, office manager in Baylor's Department of Campus Recreation, died Dec. 11, 2014. She was 57. Warlick worked at Baylor for more than 20 years and loved her Baylor family with all of her heart. She enjoyed being with her family, country living and raising goats. Among her survivors are her husband, Pete Warlick, son Justin Warlick and wife, Amy.
Charlene (Buchanan) Williamson of Donna, TX, died July, 26, 2014, at age 69. A graduate of Middle Tennessee State University, she taught in Baylor's physical education department from 1967-69, where she helped start the women’s gymnastics program. She was the former wife of Dale T. Williamson, BBA '69.
Velma Irene (Rich) Dwyer, of Waco, died Sept. 15, 2014, at age 96. Dwyer was active in Baylor student life, working as credit manager in the Baylor financial aid department from 1951-82. There she received many honors, including 1966 Outstanding Woman in Service. Survivors include her son Paul Dwyer, BA '67, and daughter Dee Dee Rich Dwyer, BA '69. Memorials may be made to the Eddie L. and Velma Rich Dwyer Endowed Scholarship Fund for Graduate Students in Religion at Baylor.