Notice of Passing

Listed here are alumni, friends and family we have lost in recent months. Click the names for full obituaries.

August 24, 2023

1940s

Anita Jay Ehrler, BA ’43, April 24, of Dallas.

Katherine F. Ladd, BS ’44, May 7, in Houston.

Flora Lee J. Slatko, BA ’44, April 20, of Houston.

Emmie Lou Boston, BBA ’47, March 20, of Batavia, IL.

Anna Belle B. Johnson, BSN ’48, May 19, of Mountain Brook, AL.

E. P. Patterson II, BA ’48, May 17, Waterloo, Ontario.

Katie Lee (Gilbreath) Williams, BA ’48, May 2, of Longview, TX.

Ramona James Daniel, BA ’49, June 1, of Wichita Falls, TX.

Sidney H. Richardson, BA ’49, May 17, of Cameron, TX.

Dorothy (Sharp) Robin, BA ’49, May 22, of Plano, TX.

1950s

O. K. Bodine, BA ’50, April 17, of Rockport, TX.

Brownie H. Bryan, ’50, April 13, of Woodway, TX.

Betty Jean (Howard) Flournoy, BBA ’50, March 25, in San Antonio.

Billie Howard Perry, BM ’50, April 30, of Honolulu.

Charles O. Petty, BA ’50, May 22, of Tyler, TX.

John R. Sawyer, BBA ’50, April 19, of Magnolia, TX.

Shirley Colleen T. Snider, ’50, May 14, of Waco.

Kenneth B. Blanton, BBA ’51, March 17, of Germantown, WI.

A. S. Davenport, BA ’51, May 9, of Fredericksburg, TX.

Frank C. Ingraham, BA ’51, March 20, of Franklin, TN.

Darwin W. Miller Sr., BBA ’51, April 25, of Waco.

James O. Murray, BM ’51, March 13, of Greer, SC.

Marjorie D. Riley, BA ’51, April 15, of Waco.

Albert Kelly Caudell, BA ’52, May 15, of Fort Worth.

Macklyn W. Hubbell, BA ’52, May 31, of Cleveland.

Sue Ann Middlebrook Mansfield, BA ’52, Jan. 5, of Austin.

Shirley R. Eller, BA ’53, May 23, of Plano, TX.

Lynn W. Klatt, BA ’53, March 19, of Waco.

Grantson Harber Sublett, BA ’53, June 5, of Chandler, AZ.

Margaret A. Bates, BA ’54, June 2, of Boerne, TX.

Elynor G. Davis, BBA ’54, MSEco ’54, March 16, of Alpharetta, GA.

Raymond Gregg McLeod Jr., BBA ’54, May 7, in Austin.

Helen G. Osteen, BA ’54, May 16, of Allen, TX.

W. Leon Stertz Jr., BS ’54, March 24, of Frostburg, MD.

Janeth E. Strickland, BA ’54, April 10, of Houston.

Jackson R. Chaney, BA ’55, May 13, of Tyler, TX.

Wayne O. Craig, BM ’55, May 28, of Deville, LA.

William D. Hughes Jr., BA ’55, April 11, of Charleston, SC.

Nancy M. Wright, BA ’55, May 29, of Fort Worth.

Shirley S. Barker, BS ’56, May 19, of Portsmouth, VA.

Richard G. Beavers, BBA ’56, March 29, of Winnsboro, TX.

Garrett F. Chapman, BBA ’56, May 1, of Tomball, TX.

Peggy J. Gregory, BS ’56, May 2, of Montalba, TX.

Dr. John H. Herring, BS ’56, April 12, in Albemarle, NC.

Howard M. Lanham, BBA ’56, June 8, of Waco.

Patty H. Montgomery, BBA ’56, June 5, of Lubbock, TX.

James H. Nash, BA ’56, March 24, in Nashville, TN.

Rebekah E. Noel, BM ’56, April 25, of San Antonio.

Albert L. White Jr., BBA ’56, JD ’61, April 11, of Hico, TX.

Robert F. Wooley, BS ’56, April 27, of La Porte, TX.

Patrick H. Beckham, BA ’57, April 30, of Austin.

Gwen C. Dyrud, BA ’57, April 3, of Laurel, MD.

Dot Miller, BBA ’57, May 20, of Houston.

Doris C. Mims, BSN ’57, April 27, in Austin.

Martha L. Rogers, BS ’57, April 18, of Houston.

Betty J. Brown, BA ’58, May 29, of Dayton, TX.

Dian Lane, BS ’58, May 25, in Houston.

Arthur R. Miller, BBA ’58, BAcc ’64, March 18, of Houston.

Carolyn A. Park, BM ’58, March 26, of Verona, WI.

Jack W. Stanford, BA ’58, April 21, of Brownwood, TX.

Raymond E. Weldon, BA ’58, MSEd ’59, April 30, of China Spring, TX.

David H. Beene, BBA ’59, March 18, of Bulverde, TX.

Curtis S. Doss, BBA ’59, May 26, in Austin.      

William T. Ferguson, BA ’59, BS ’59, May 15, of West Monroe, LA.

Larry E. Gladden, BA ’59, May 2, of Flower Mound, TX.

Rondy T. Gray, BBA ’59, April 3, of Waco.

Sue H. Hall, BA ’59, April 22, of Tyler, TX.

Emil W. Plasek Jr., BA ’59, May 20, of Waco.

Edwin R. York, BA ’59, April 22, of Hudson, WI.

1960s         

James A. Bettersworth, BA ’60, March 30, of New Braunfels, TX.

Jerry S. Harris, JD ’60, May 26, of Longview, TX.

C. R. Johnson, BA ’60, May 22, of Jacksonville, Florida.

William C. Kinsey, BBA ’60, May 13, in Hilton Head Island, SC.           

Robert Wayne Cessna, BA ’61, April 18, of Jacksonville, TX.

Jane C. Easterwood, BA ’61, April 25, of Dallas.

Sue K. Prock, BA ’61, May 21, of Richmond, TX.             

Tommy L. Russell, BA ’61, May 13, of Dallas.

Steven S. Barnes, BS ’62, May 22, of Corpus Christi, TX.

Allah B. Conant Jr., JD ’63, April 2, of Woodway, TX.

Diana L. Kohler, BSN ’63, April 11, of Waco.

James E. Craft, BA ’63, MA ’67, EdD ’70, March 20, in Dallas.

Artie G. Giotes, BBA ’63, JD ’65, May 15, of Lorena, TX.

Julia L. Roberts, BA ’63, May 14, of Southlake, TX.

Gloria Pat Barnett Culpepper, BSN ’64, May 10, in Georgetown, TX.

Dorothy L. Wells, BSN ’64, May 30, of Batesville, MS.

Nita G. Beane, BA ’65, April 6, of Irving, TX.        

James M. Humphreys Jr., BA ’65, May 19, of Midland, TX.

Nancy R. Little, BA ’65, June 2, of Bedford, TX.

James D. McCrady Sr., PhD ’65, March 14, of College Station, TX.

Gilford D. Taylor III, BBA ’65, June 7, of Waco..

Carol Wyatt, BMEd ’65, April 1, of Lumberton, TX.

Arturo C. Delgado, BS ’66, April 6, of Corpus Christi, TX.

Eva J. Hoffman, BS ’67, May 4, in Evergreen, CO.

Martha R. Howe, BBA ’66, May 17, of Waco.

W. M. McCrocklin, BA ’67, May 22, of Peyton, CO.

Terry L. Southall, BBA ’67, April 10, of Austin.

John R. Emmett, MS ’68, June 2, of Memphis, TN.

Janis P. Evans, BA ’68, March 17, of Temple, TX.

David E. Hull, BS ’68, May 9, of Calico Rock, AR.

Keith W. Kennedy, BBA ’68, JD ’70, April 10, in Dallas.

Roy D. Ackland, BA ’69, March 14.

Michael L. Mitchell, BBA ’69, Dec. 12, 2022, of McGregor, TX.

Joy Elaine (Edwards) Nelson, BA ’69, JD ’78, April 21, of Dallas.

Gregory Louis Gregg, JD ’69, March 29, in Houston.

1970s

Anthony D. Pryor, BA ’71, JD ’74, April 9, of Houston.

James D. Brooks Jr., BA ’72, MBA ’75, May 14, of Waco.

Joseph Anderson “Andy” Harris, DDS ’72, May 25, of Dallas.

Sherilyn F. McClain, BA ’72, April 7, of Houston.

Gretchen S. Cox, MA ’73, April 20, of Landenberg, PA.

Jay R. Crenshaw, BBA ’73, April 5, of Carrollton, TX.

John E. Lewis Jr., BBA ’73, April 9, of Spring, TX .

Michael M. Luce, BSEd ’75, May 1, of Beeville, TX.

Kathy S. Morales, BA ’75, May 6, of Austin.           

Jay C. Whitt, BBA ’75, May 13, of Waco.

Bee J. Collins, BBA ’76, May 22, of Waco.

Linda C. Mosley, BSEd ’76, MSEd ’80, March 18, of Eddy, TX.

W. T. “Terry” Cornelius, BS ’77, March 21, of Houston.

Carla J. Garrison-Mitchell, BSEd ’78, April 8, of Edmond, OK.

Thomas D. Koeneke, JD ’78, May 20, of San Isidro, TX.

Sandra L. Tennill, BA ’78, April 11, of Georgetown, TX.

Karen E. Crisp, BA ’79, MA ’87, May 18, of Molokai, HI.

1980s

Karen R. Garner, BSEd ’80, May 15, of Weatherford, TX.

Charles Haney Jr., BBA ’81, May 4, of Greenville, TX.

Marland J. Copeland, BBA ’83, JD ’88, of Pinehurst, NC.

Paul E. Venable, BBA ’84, June 7, of Montgomery, TX.

G. D. Browning, EdD ’85, April 10, of Waco.

Anne D. Alaimo, BBA ’89, May 30, of Dallas.

Denise Alston Brown, BSEd ’89, March 28, of Coppell, TX.

1990s

Clara J. Henderson, BSEd ’90, April 7, of Hewitt, TX.

David Scott Morris, BA, ’90, Feb. 23, in McKinney, TX.

Jeanie S. Johnson, MSEd ’91, May 10, of Robinson, TX.

Ashley R. Nicholas, BSEd ’92, March 17, of San Antonio.

John M. Hill, BBA ’94, April 24, of Dallas.

Jennifer Page Cook, BSEd ’95, April 1, of San Marcos, TX.

Rebecca E. Reeder, BBA ’95, May 30, of Arlington, TX.

Wendy E. McLouth, BBA ’97, April 6, of Culleoka, TN.

2000s

Paul Bailiff, JD ’05, April 6, of Houston.

Eric K. Leibold, BBA ’06, June 2, of Houston.

J. J. Henry, BSEd ’07, MTS ’10, MACM ’10, May 20, of Wortham, TX.

2010s

Blake L. Hadley, BA, ’17, June 7, of Waco.

2020s

Sharnise Gossett, DNP ’22, March 25, of Lewisville, TX.

Friends & Family

James G. Peters Jr., ABC ’94, March 20, of Sugar Land, TX.

Norman R. Davis, ABC ’96, Dec. 15, 2022, of Paris, TX.

Wilma A. Oliver, ABC ’98, April 10, of New Braunfels, TX.

Martha A. Salome, May 6, of Crawford, TX.

Richard A. Shanley, March 16, of Woodway, TX.