Notice of Passing - Fall 2024
1940s
Mary L. Stiefel Hightower, BA ’46, Sept. 29, 2023, in Fort Worth.
Carlotta Criswell Oliver, BA ’47, Sept. 3, 2023, in Dallas.
Margaret A. Greer, BA ’48, April 8, of Gaylord, MI.
Dunreath R. Holleyman, BA ’49, Feb. 4, of Lakeland, FL.
William G. Plueckhahn, BBA ’49, Jan. 31, of Boise, ID.
Walter G. Scott, BA ’49, MA ’58, Jan. 25, of Stillwater, OK.
1950s
Hunter Hammett, BA ’50, June 5, in Houston.
James Robert Harper, BA ’50, MS ’55, Oct. 31, 2023, in Portland, TX.
Claude W. Jacks, BA ’50, April 8, of Cypress, TX.
Jane H. Moore, BA ’50, March 29, of Houston.
Clyde Vance Dunnam, BBA ’51, JD ’53, May 3, of Waco.
Claude Forrest Malone, BS ’51, Feb. 10, of Tyler, TX.
William Y. Rice, BBA ’51, March 2, of Longview, TX.
Mary K. Roberts, BS ’51, Jan. 23, of Little Rock, AR.
Jo Bess Campbell, BA ’53, March 10, of Bellmead, TX.
Floyd L. Miller, BBA ’53, Feb. 25, of Waco.
Robert L. Templeton, BS ’53, JD ’54, March 22, of Amarillo, TX.
Margery L. Walker, BM ’53, March 25, of Blanket, TX.
Marlan G. Anderson, BBA ’54, MBA ’61, Feb. 27, of San Antonio.
Roland L. Skelton, BBA ’54, April 12, of Houston.
Della F. Whatley, BA ’54, MSEd ‘60, March 19, of Waco.
I. Saralyn Winn, BSN ’54, March 13, of Oklahoma City.
Raymond A. Drake, BA ’55, Jan. 28, of Pantego, TX.
Barbara J. Lutz, BA ’55, Feb. 17, of Nashville, TN.
Thomas E. Riggs, BBA ’55, Feb. 5, of Waco.
Wilma “Ann” Savage, BA ’55, March 12, of Green Mountain, NC.
Robert O. West, BM ’55, March 9, of Houston.
Gerald L. Burks, BBA ’56, Jan. 26, of Jacksonville, TX.
Paul L. Hendrix Jr., BA ’56, Dec. 23, 2023, of Dallas.
Fountain B. Kimbell, BA ’56, April 7, of Waco.
Nolan H. Mills, BBA ’56, April 24, of Lewisville, TX.
Ervin L. Betts, MA ’57, May 2, of Palm City, FL.
Ellen “Delores” Sharp Reynolds, BSN ’57, April 28, of Valley Park, MO.
Bobbie C. Sanders, MA ’57, Feb. 5, of Austin.
Patsy N. Sessions, BA ‘57, May 7, of Austin.
Betty J. Thompson, BS ’57, Jan. 29, of Austin.
Lois Rutledge Chambers, BA ’58, Dec. 4, 2023, of Lufkin, TX.
Yong Gook Cheong, BS ’58, April 30, of Warrenton, OR.
Richard Irvin Darling, BA ’58, Feb. 29, in London, Ontario.
Loyd Ray Kindiger, BA ’58, Sept. 23, of Chattanooga, TN.
Darrell W. Robinson, BA ’58, Jan. 23, of Conroe, TX.
Robert E. Sanchez, BS ’58, May 3, of Suwanee, GA.
Mary A. Stipe, BA ’58, March 10, of Baton Rouge, LA.
Peter Willard, BA ’58, Feb. 25, of Dresden, ME.
Linda J. Douthit, BA ’59, Feb. 28, of China Spring, TX.
John F. Kirn, BA ’59, March 17, of Columbus, OH.
Patsy L. McDonald, BA ’59, March 10, of Jarrettsville, MD.
Jackie S. Pennell, BA ’59, March 25, of Shreveport, LA.
John C. Russell, BS ’59, MD ’62, April 4, of San Antonio.
Gene A. Sherman, BA ’59, May 4, of Austin.
1960s
Tommy L. Cawood, BA ’60, March 7, of Fayetteville, AR.
Gene R. Hill, BBA ’60, Feb. 13, of Austin.
A. S. Knowles, BA ’60, March 7, of Bolivia, NC.
Mary M. Lee, BA ‘60, April 27, of Panama City Beach, FL.
Richard C. Mills Jr., BA ’60, JD ’65, April 26, of Waco.
William E. Moore, BA ’60, May 10, of Little Rock, AR.
Joyce F. Sinclair, BA ’60, March 25, of Houston.
John Blaine Utsey, BBA ’60, April 13, of Spring, TX.
James C. Dalton, BS ’61, Jan. 1, in Waco.
Judith M. Dies, BA ’61, Feb. 6, of Austin.
James Farrell Fisher, BA ’63, March 12, of Brentwood, TN.
Donald R. Gribble, BA ‘61, Feb. 28, of Rome, GA.
Dorothy E. Kocian, BA ’61, Jan. 28, of Lacy Lakeview, TX.
Wayne Stone, BS ’61, April 16, of Brownwood, TX.
Claude E. Fest, BS ’62, April 12, of Seymour, TX.
Henry William “Bud” Hoffer, BA ’62, Jan. 24, of Fort Worth, TX.
Danny R. Richardson, BBA ’62, Feb. 18, of Wichita Falls, TX.
Miskit B. Airth, MA ’63, March 13, of Elkton, MD.
Jerald D. Crow, BM ’63, JD ’66, April 23, of Conroe, TX.
Jean K. Morrison, BA ’63, Feb. 16, of Abilene, TX.
Gary E. Purdy, BA ’63, Feb. 6, of Fairview, TX.
Drexel H. Riley, MA ’63, April 10, of Stockdale,. AZ.
Blake Blakewood, BA ’64, Jan. 5, in Lecompte, LA.
Bobby D. Brantley, BA ’64, Jan. 30, of Knoxville, TN.
Patricia R. Bridges, BA ’64, Feb. 25, of Houston.
Eleanor R. Davis, BMEd ’64, MM ’67, Feb. 14, of Dallas.
Mervin D. Peters, BBA ’64, Feb. 27, of Bryan, TX.
Natishua R. Brandt, BA ’65, MSEd ’76, March 12, of McGregor, TX.
Lynn R. Moore, BBA ’65, March 18, of Tyler, TX.
Larry A. Rickard, BA ’65, March 8, of Stuart, FL.
Sammye A. Ruppeck, BA ’65, April 24, of San Angelo, TX.
E. L. Atkins, JD ’66, Feb. 4, of Arlington, TX.
Mary N. Butler, BA ’66, MSEd ’71, March 26, of Corsicana, TX.
R. Paul Holder, BA ’66, MA ’69, March 6, of China Spring, TX.
Barry W. Jones, BA ’66, April 15, of Athens, GA.
Martha F. Murphy, BA ’66, March 10, of Katy, TX.
Kenneth Glen Norman Jr., BA ‘66, Dec. 5, 2023, of Baytown, TX.
Leellyn G. Simpson, BA ’66, March 5, of Dallas.
Russell V. Dargel, BA ’67, MA ’69, March 19, of Weslaco, TX.
Claudie A. Hamilton, BA ’67, March 14, of Papillion, NE.
Gerald E. Jungjohan, BS ’67, April 18, of Denton, TX.
Lynn T. Pearson, BA ’67, March 5, of Waco.
Peggy N. Bills, BA ’68, MSEd ’78, March 1, of Denton, TX.
Gary G. Grabow, BA ’68, May 2, of Brownwood, TX.
Ernest W. Reinke, BBA ’68, May 7, of Granbury, TX.
J. R. Shipp, BA ’68, April 18, of Lewes, DE
Wanda L. Teel, BBA ‘68, Jan. 25, of Junction, TX.
Patricia Ann Mayfield Wysong, BA ’68, in McKinney, TX.
Jerry B. Byrd, BBA ’69, Feb. 19, of McKinney, TX.
Reba O. Gray, BA ’69, Feb. 20, of MI.
Alva M. Hooker, MA ’69, March 18, of Temple, TX.
Gilbert Montemayor, BA ’69, MA ’74, March 4, of Waco.
Sheila D. Moore, BA ’69, May 1, of Dallas.
Charles A. Nye IV, BS ’69, Feb. 1, of Austin.
Margaret L. Robison, BA ’69, March 7, of Colorado Springs, CO.
Randolph “Randy” Shipley, BBA ’69, Aug. 16, 2023, of Spring, TX.
1970s
Linda L. Crow, BS ’70, March 15, of Cataula, GA.
Norman C. Maples, JD ’70, April 18, of Burleson, TX.
Darrell E. McDonald, BBA ’70, Jan. 25, of Irving, TX.
Judith Ross McNeely, BA ’70, Jan. 18, of Friendswood, TX.
Kenneth B. Nichols, BBA ’70, May 1, of Beaumont, TX.
Matthew A. Rosenstein, JD ’71, April 5, of Plano, TX.
Estherbell Caesar, MSEd ’72 , Feb. 20, of Temple, TX.
Sue Edwards McLelland, BSN ’72, Feb. 8, of Burnet, TX.
Louis John “Johnny” Lacina, Jr. BBA ’72, JD ’72, June 24, 2023, of Brenham, TX.
Jannifer Deem, BA ’73, May 31, of Cleburne, TX.
Dwight L. Hunt, BA ’73, Feb. 27, of Georgetown, TX.
George G. Kernen, MHA ’73, Jan. 24, of Gold River, CA.
Gary H. Mayer, PhD. ’73, March 18, of Nacogdoches, TX.
Charles A. Morgan, BBA ‘73, JD ’73, May 4, of Texarkana, TX.
Danny H. Mulkey, BA ’73, March 1, of Waco.
Rhonda H. Kelley, BA ’74, MS ’75, Feb. 17, of New Orleans, LA.
Emily R. Magnuson, BS ’74, April 16, of Azle, TX.
Roberta N. McKelvy, BS ’74, Feb. 22, of Hendersonville, NC.
Kyle S. Morrison, BSEd ’74, JD ’76, April 17, of Tyler, TX.
Deborah C. Heard, BA ’75, April 13, of Houston.
Natishua R. Brandt, MSEd ’76, March 12, of McGregor, TX.
Wayne A. Hubik, BSEd ’76, Feb. 10, of Weatherford, TX.
Bill R. Moss, JD ’76, Feb. 29, of Lakeway, TX.
Roy E. Neuman, MSEd ’76, April 28, of Crawford, TX.
Retha S. Comer, BS ’77, April 16, of Longview, TX.
Kathryn M. Daniel, BA ’77, BSN ’78, April 8, of Arlington, TX.
Danny K. Dobbs, BBA ’77, Feb. 24, of Austin.
Lee T. Mays, BA ’77, Feb. 25, of Atlanta, TX.
Robert Kevin Penner, BA ’77, Nov. 4, 2023, of Lubbock, TX.
Patricia K. Barrett, BS ’78, March 7, of Mesquite, TX.
Nancy E. Carney, BSEd ’78, March 29, of Mount Pleasant, TX.
David K. Phillips, BA ’78, JD ’81, March 22, of Burkburnett, TX.
Dolly J. Adams, ED ’79, Feb. 3, of Atlanta, GA.
Krassimira Jordan, ’79, Jan. 31, of Herndon, VA.
Angela D. Miller, BBA ’79, Feb. 24, of Fort Worth, TX.
Cheryl E. Reyna, JD ’79, May 12, of Lorena, TX.
Thomas G. Zimmerman, BBA ’79, Feb. 24, of Dallas.
1980s
Kathleen V. Connor, BSEd ’80, MSEd ’86, April 2, of Hubbard, TX.
Roger E. Williams, BA ’80, March 7, of Stockton, CA.
Randy G. Burch, BBA ’81, March 1, of Dallas.
Juanita M. Case, MSEd ’81, April 7, of Hewitt, TX.
Richard H. Davis, BSEd ‘81, Feb. 5, of Tyler, TX.
Mark L. Wright, BS ’81, April 23, of Grapevine, TX.
Jerry L. Coyle, JD ’82, Feb. 29, of Paris, TX.
Paul D. Perry, BBA ’82, Feb. 11, of Milford, TX.
Susan M. Watts, BS ’82, Feb. 21, of Gilbert, AZ.
Daniel M. Morales, BA ’84, April 23, of Denton, TX.
Carolyn J. Miller, BA ’85, April 8, of Denton, TX.
William H. Mullis, JD ’85, April 14, of Mitchell, INndiana.
Murray A. Butler, BA ’86, March 6, of Chandler, AZ.
Francis P. Anderson, MBA ’87, March 2, of Salado, TX.
Lowell T. Adkins, BA ’88 April 30, of Waco.
Donya R. Easterly, BMEd ’88, May 5, of Mobile, AL.
Terrie Jo J. McWilliams, BBA ’89, March 30, of Snyder, TX.
1990s
Alan W. Meeks, BBA ’90, Feb. 6, of Frisco, TX.
William R. Crocker Jr., BBA ’93, March 26, of Carrollton, TX.
Cristin H. Foreman, BSEd ’93, May 6, of San Antonio.
Regina M. Perkins, BBA ’93, Feb. 18, of Lorena, TX.
D. C. Spinks, BA ‘94, MDiv, ’97, April 22, of Eugene, OR.
Paul V. Russell, BSEd ’95, April 8, of Centennial, CO.
Michael Brodie Bruner, BBA ’96, March 5, of Fairview, TX.
2000s+
Michael Kevin Inman, BA ’05, Feb. 28, of Argyle, TX.
Douglas K. Newsom, BA ’09, March 23, of Dallas.
John A. Spaulding, BA ’13, Jan. 24, of Fort Worth.
Taylor C. Roth, BA ’24, April 19, of Dallas.
Daniel G. Averitt, BBA ’15, March 23, of Waco.
James Casey Dees, BA ’15, April 23, of Azle, TX.
Doris Nicole Machanic, EduSpec ’17, March 11, of Greenville, SC.
Friends and Family
Todd M. Brady, ABC ’22, March 19, of Baton Rouge, LA.
Dora J. Carter, ABC ’08, Feb. 10, of Pearsall, TX.
E. Jean Chapman, ABC ’01, Feb. 29, of Lorena, TX.
David G. Cleveland, ABC ’96, Feb. 11, of Mineral Wells, TX.
Gordon T. Neal, ABC ’22, Jan. 27, of Waco.
William M. Pratt, ABC ‘02, April 27, of Dallas.
Charles B. Richardson, ABC ’06, March 31, of Azle, TX.
Lois R. Rutledge Chambers, Dec. 4, 2023, of Lufkin, TX.
Diane L. Walbesser, ABC ’93, April 29, of Waco.