In Memoriam

July 1, 2022

Joy Renolds

John A. Wood

Paul W. Stripling

Nathan E. Christian

Susan Stark Elliott

Joyce G. Jones

Debra “Debbie” Lynn Hixson

1930s

E. Jeannette McGinnes, BA ’35, MA ’65, Feb. 9 in Moody, TX.

Josephine Roberts, BA ’36, Jan. 13 in Bonham, TX.

1940s

Betty Patterson, BMus ’40, Jan. 31 in Mission, TX.

Dorothy P. Laux, BA ’41, Jan. 6 in Dallas.

Isabelle Roddy Burkett Koons, BM ’42, Jan. 18 in Casper, WY.

Robert H. Lloyd, BS ’43, Feb. 22 in Houston.

Jannette Tucker Duncan, BA ’44, Feb. 5 in Arlington, TX.

Esta T. Kirk, BS ’44, Jan. 13 in Bend, OR.

Hazel Chevis, BSN ’47, March 17 in Port Neches, TX.

William J. Dean Jr., BBA ’48, BMus ’50, Jan 19 in Leander, TX.

Mary B. Knipper, BS ’48, March 14 in Waco.

William M. Tate, BBA ’48, March 24 in Spring, TX.

David G. Taylor, BA ’48, MA ’49, March 3 in Lafayette, LA.

Donald H. Cheney, BBA ’49, Jan. 19 in Ormond Beach, FL.

Arthur C. Miller, BA ’49, March 8 in Brenham, TX.

Warren Graves Milner, BBA ’49, Jan. 30 in Comfort, TX.

Nancy M. Ratchford, BS ’49, Feb. 15 in Waco.

Faye Elaine Wellborn Robbins, BA ’49, MA ’56, PhD, March 13 in Keller, TX.

Durene H. Crouch, BS ’49, Feb. 22 in Whitney, TX.

James B. Fox, BBA ’49, March 11 in Horseshoe Bay, TX.

Warren G. Milner, BBA ’49, Jan. 30 in Comfort, TX.

Arleene F. Ponton, BA ’49, March 17 in Corpus Christi, TX.

Hon. Edward N. Smith, BBA ’49, JD ’54, March 9 in Marshall, TX.

Robert J. Robinson, BA ’49, PhD, ThD, Feb. 8 in Augusta, GA.

1950s

Betty V. Goss, BA ’50, MS ’53, March 23 in College Station, TX.

Lottie Jo B. Kidwell, BA ’50, March 31 in Waco.

Everett T. Taylor, BA ’50, Feb. 27 in Tyler, TX.

Edward C. Barnes, BA ‘51, Jan. 13 in Kinston, NC.

Lorenzer T. Jones, BA ’51, March 16 in Stockbridge, GA.

Rosemary T. Ramsey, BA ’51, Feb. 25 in Norman, OK.

Hon. William F. Rutherford, BBA ’51, JD ’51, Feb. 1 in Norfolk, VA.

Thelda C. Taylor, BA ’51, Feb. 6 in Odessa, TX.

Edwin F. McMeans, BA ’52, Jan. 23 in Greenville, TX.

Rev. Thomas W. Watson, BA ’52, Feb. 16 in Griffin, GA.

Roy Dean Welch, BA ’52, Feb. 14 in Ballwin, MO.

Max Funderburk, BS ’53, DDS ’56, Dec. 29, 2021, in West Monroe, LA.

Elizabeth A. Hope, BA ’53, March 4 in Lubbock, TX.

Rev. John A. Wood, BA ’53, DM, March 15 in Waco.

B.A. Holley, BA ’54, March 3 in Pearland, TX.

Ralph W. McCann, BBA ’54, March 30 in Dallas.

Joyce M. Swedenburg, BBA ’54, March 6 in Little Rock, AR.

Shirley R. Carey, BA ’55, Feb. 12 in Hitchcock, TX.

Patricia A. Griffin, BA ’55, March 24.

Rodney R. Irby, BA ’55, Feb. 26 in Woodway, TX.

Barbara Barrier, ’56, May 7, 2021, of Georgetown, TX.

Marilyn E. Cooper, BA ’57, Feb. 1 in Lexington, KY.

William Roger Hyde, BS ’57, March 16 in Cleburne, TX.

Barbara J. Allen, BA ’58, Jan. 25 in Edwards, CO.

Jimmy F. Daniel, BBA ’58, March 11 in Dallas.

David M. Ford, BMus ’58, Jan. 17 in Nashville, TN.

Lewis L. Williams, JD ’57, Jan. 2 in Austin.

Paul Wayne Stripling, BA ’58, ThD, March 4 in Mansfield, TX.

Aubrey J. Flowers, ’59, Feb. 16 in Canyon Lake, TX.

Joanne P. Ledwidge, BBA ’59, Feb. 8 in Henrico, VA.

William F. Ramsaur, BA ’59, Feb. 19 in St. Simons Island, GA.

1960s

J. Roland DeWitt, BA ’60, March 29 in Chamblee, GA.

Stanley D. Forester, BA ’60, Jan. 13 in Pittsboro, NC.

James R. Hill, BMEd ’60, April 1 in Jacksonville, FL.

Maurice E. Miller, BS ’60, Feb. 1 in Hamilton, OH.

Mary J. Moore, BA ’60, Jan. 27 in The Woodlands, TX.

R. John Nelson, DDS ’60, Jan. 26 in Denton, TX.

Hon. Larry D. Salmans, BA ’60, Jan. 23 in McGregor, TX.

Margaret Terrell, BA ’60, Jan. 31 in Tyler, TX.

Robert W. Alexander, BBA ’61, Feb. 28 in Waco.

Carol K. Cantrell, BA ’61, Jan. 12 in Arlington, TX.

Vernon R. Haddock, BBA ’61, April 3 in Lorena, TX.

Thomas L. Hanna, BA ’61, Feb. 6 in Nederland, TX.

Kenneth W. Paris, BA ’61, Feb. 26 in Woodway, TX.

Brenda K. Bullock, BSHE ’62, March 21 in Waco.

James R. Lindley, JD ’62, Jan. 22 in Killeen, TX.

C. Thomas Warren, BBA ’62, Jan. 20 in Amarillo, TX.

Arthur P. Brashear III, BA ’63, Feb. 17 in Dallas.

Robert D. Burks, BBA ’63, Feb. 10 in Waco.

O.B. Johnston III, BBA ’63, March 26 in Vinita, OK.

Keigaku Kashiwagi, MA ’63, PhD, Feb. 15 in Fukuoka, Japan.

Linda L. Mankin, BA ’63, Jan. 31 in Beaumont, TX.

M. Gene Robertson, BBA ’63, March 5 in Longview, TX.

Emma C. Watkins, BA ’63, Feb. 17 in Newport, Wales.

Philip D. Bourland, BS ’64, MS ’66, PhD ’70, Jan. 27 in Temple, TX.

John E. Dagley, BA ’64, Jan. 31 in Waco.

Daniel A. Gestring, BA ’64, DDS ’68, Feb. 12 in Garland, TX.

Sheila B. Parker, BBA ’64, April 1 in Lookout Mountain, TN.

Rev. Wallace R. Philpot, BA ’64, MS ’70, March 5 in Haslet, TX.

Emily B. Simpson, BA ’64, Jan. 16 in Georgetown, TX.

William B. Sutton, BBA ’64, Feb. 2 in McAllen, TX.

Walter G. Brandt, BA ’65, March 18 in McGregor, TX.

Frances C. Bolin, BA ’66, Feb. 8 in Frisco, TX.

Weldon E. Rodgers, BBA ’66, Jan. 14 in Houston.

James V. Seals, BA ’66, Jan. 31 in Worthington, OH.

Douthit D. Baxley, BBA ’67, Feb. 15 in Waco.

Janna S. Starr, BA ’67, MA ’73, Feb. 16 in Portland, OR.

Patricia A. Swanner, BA ’67, March 28 in Waco.

George Charles Adams, JD ’68, Nov. 6, 2021, in Leander, TX.

Linda L. Ford, BMus ’68, Jan. 30 in Nashville, TN.

W. Michael “Mike” Hill, BA ’69, March 24 in Tulsa, OK.

Richard W. Jackson, BMEd ’69, Feb. 1 in El Dorado, AR.

Lt. Col. Frank McDowell, MAT ’69, MHA ’69, U.S. Army (ret.), Feb. 6 in Columbia, SC.

1970s

Ronnie D. Howell, BBA ’70, April 3 in Waco.

Richard O. Rogers, BA’ 70, JD ’72, Jan. 16 in Texarkana, TX.

Nathan E. Christian, BBA ’72, MS ’73, Jan. 18 in Austin.

Hon. John W. LaGrone, JD ’72, March 27 in Fritch, TX.

Rev. Charles H. Dodd, BA ’73, Feb. 3 in Waco.

Robert B. Freele, MSD ’73, DDS, April 2 in Houston.

David J. Fuentes, BA ’73, March 31 in Waco.

Ronald H. Arender, BBA ’74, Jan. 28 in Argyle, TX.

Hugh Davis Jr., BA ’74, JD ’83, Dec. 20, 2021, in Fort Worth.

Rebecca L. Creel, BSN ’75, Feb. 11 in Abilene, TX.

Hon. Orvis O. Davis, BA ’75, March 28 in Waco.

Beverly A. Stohner, BSEd ’75, Feb. 7 in Dallas.

Henry L. Salmon, BBA ’76, Jan. 21 in Henderson, TX.

Mark G. Nalley, BMEd ’77, Jan. 25 in Belton, TX.

David E. Bushman, BA ’78, Jan. 14 in Burleson, TX.

Brian Q. Crews, JD ’78, March 25 in Spring Branch, TX.

John C. Webb Jr., BBA ’78, JD ’80, Feb. 15 in College Station, TX.

Brenda Karen Crain, BA ’79, Nov. 8, 2021, in Denver.

1980s

John B. Green, BBA ’80, March 23 in Waco.

Jay E. James, BBA ’81, Feb. 27 in Sherman, TX.

David T. Pack, BA ’81, Feb. 26 in Abilene, TX.

G. Kevin Lyons, BMEd ’83, March 15, Richardson, TX.

C. Tracy Slaughter, BSEd ’84, Feb. 3 in Waco.

Susan S. Elliott, BA ’86, Jan. 21 in Clifton, TX.

Helen Elizabeth Tuthill, BA ’86, Dec. 10, 2020, in Jacksonville, FL.

Marcus H. McMillan, BBA ’89, Jan. 20 in Waco.

Jane A. Ostroski, BSN ’89, Jan. 18 in Plano, TX.

1990s

Rhonda M. Harmon, JD ’92, Jan. 19 in Manakin Sabot, VA.

Jeffrey S. Kelly, BBA ’94, Jan. 15 in Windcrest, TX.

Regina M. Phillips, BBA ’96, March 8 in Mexia, TX.

Andrew W. Lucas, JD ’99, Jan. 28 in Glen Rose, TX.

2000s

Chadwick R. Vahrenkamp, BBA ’01, Jan. 31 in Dallas.

Brady Mitchell Kent, BA ’08, Jan. 26 in Fort Leonard Wood, MO.

Friends and Family 

Stephen J. Barrett, Jan. 3 in Dallas.

James “Jim” Daniel Bargainer Jr., PhD, March 4 in Waco.

Howard R. Clark, March 23 in Katy, TX.

Barbara M. Dale, March 24 in Houston.

Bobbie L. Durham, Feb. 24 in Conroe, TX.

Mary A. Ferguson, March 29 in Waco.

Byron P. Jordan, Jan. 14 in Zwolle, LA.

Joyce G. Jones, DMA, Feb. 28 in Waco.

Mary Sue “Susi” Lockard, Feb. 2 in The Villages, FL.

Sherman N. McPhee, March 13 in Galveston, TX.

Holly G. Moore, March 23 in Brentwood, TN.

David L. Nichol, March 25 in Allen, TX.

James O. Rowell, Jan. 25 of Meadows Place, TX.

John W. Scott Jr., March 17 in Granger, TX.

Hon. Helen M. Taylor, Jan. 25 in Orange, VA.