Notice of Passing – Summer 2024

1940s 

Louise W. Zeliff, BA ’42, Oct. 13, 2023, of Sargent, NE.

Dorothy E. Hoban, BA ’44, Oct. 22, 2023, of Houston.

Ellen D. Smith, BA ’46, Nov. 2, 2023, of Cleburne, TX.

Cora A. Martin, BSN ’47, Jan. 2, of Tyler, TX.

Linda E. Holden, BS ’48, Oct. 6, 2023, of Oklahoma City.

Elsie M. May, BS ’48, Oct. 26, 2023, of Waco.

Karlyene C. Hall, BA ’49, Dec. 7, 2023, of Tyler, TX.

David Stilphen Harkness, BA ’49, Nov. 3, 2023, of Nashville, TN.

D. M. Hunter, BA ’49, Dec. 29, 2023, of Waco.

1950s

Jerry B. Gaultney, BS ’50, MS ’50, Oct. 6, 2023, of Austin.

James R. Harper, BA ’50, MS ’50, Oct. 31, 2023, of Portland, TX.

Nelwyn A. Penley, BA ’50, Nov. 11, 2023, of Denton, TX.

John R. Sawyer, BBA ’50, April 19, 2023, of Flint, TX.

Jeanne M. Palmie, BS ’51, Jan. 9, of Modesto, CA.

Mary Rea Boren, BA ’52, Nov. 27, 2023, in Burleson, TX.

Norman R. Forson, BA ’52, Oct. 11, 2023, of Dallas.

Eddie Morris, B.A. ’52, Jan. 19.

David E. Creech, BA ’53, Nov. 25, 2023, of Hamlet, NC.

Elouise S. Denton, BA ’53, Jan. 6, of Dallas.

Richard Wayne Dutton, BA ’53, Aug. 8, 2023, of Wilmont, NH.

Bennie B. Hansson, BS ’53, Oct. 18, 2023, of Gatesville, TX.

Betty J. McCommas, BA ’53, MA ‘53, Oct. 6, 2023, of Arkadelphia, AR.

Charles R. Melancon, BA ’54, Jan. 11, of Houston.

Blanche S. Burns, BM ’54, Nov. 1, 2023, of Houston.

Rex C. Hopson, BA ’54, Oct. 21, 2023, of Albuquerque, NM.

William D. Longest, BS ’54, Jan. 4, of Oxford, MS.

John Y. Robnett, DDS ’54, Nov. 13, 2023, of Brownwood, TX.

Troy Standley, JD ’54, Dec. 23, 2023, of Port Bolivar, TX.

William J. Damon, BA ’55, Oct. 9, 2023, of Chester, VA.

George K. Feather, BA ’55, MA ’55, Nov. 21, 2023, of Kerrville, TX.

James G. Graham, BBA ’55, Oct. 17, 2023, of Dallas.

Robert C. Marburger, BA ’55, Jan. 12, of Columbus, TX.

George A. Nelson, BA ’55, Dec. 6, 2023, of La Porte, TX.

Donald R. Niswonger, BA ’55, Dec. 24, 2023, of Naperville, IL.

William R. Payne, BA ’55, MA ’55, Dec. 26, 2023, of Seguin, TX.

Charlene M. Price, BA ’55, Nov. 5, 2023, of Tulsa, OK.

Elizabeth F. Deterling, BA ’56, Oct. 30, 2023, of Houston.

Evelyn Hargrove-Long, BA ’56, Oct. 31, 2023, of Port Richey, FL.

Kathryn E. Howard, BA ’56, Jan. 12, of Houston.

Jerry W. Lemon Sr., BA ’56, PhD ’56, Dec. 8, 2023, of Waxahachie, TX.

David R. Rowland, BA ’56, Jan. 8, of Midland, TX.

Tommy Tuttle Stigall, BA ’56, MA ’58, Oct. 15, 2023, in Baton Rouge, LA.

Clarence Glen Walker, BA ’56, Sept. 28, 2023.

Patsy R. Benson, BA ’57, Dec. 20, 2023, of Galveston, TX.

James Donnel Berry, BBA ’57, Oct. 14, 2023, of Arlington, TX.

M. J. Debenport, BM ’57, Dec. 4, 2023, of Temple, TX.

Barbara J. Gill, BS ’57, MS ’57, Oct. 16, 2023, of Lees Summit, MO.

Robert A. Liebelt, MD ’57, PhD ’57, Dec. 16, 2023, of Akron, OH.

Mary Ann Linder, BA ’57, Dec. 18, 2023, of Newton, MA.

Jean L. McReynolds, MA ’57, Oct. 28, 2023, of Waco.

Jane K. Rexilius, BA ’57, MA ’57, Nov. 24, 2023, of New Braunfels, TX.

Ronald L. Sanders, BA ’57, Oct. 7, 2023, of Beaumont, TX.

William “Bill” Augustus Atlee, BS ’58, MS ’60, Dec. 4, 2023, of Georgetown, TX.

Larry Gilliam, BA ’58, MSEd ’61, EdD ’73, PhD ’81, Aug. 25, 2023, of Irving, TX.

Linda L. Hogue, BS ’58, Nov. 25, 2023, in Conway, AR.

Jean R. Pike, BA ’58, Nov. 8, 2023, of North Little Rock, AR.

James E. Wentrcek, BBA ’58, Dec. 5, 2023, of Rogers, TX.

Sylvia M. Whitwell, BS ’58, Nov. 1, 2023, of Boca Raton, FL.

Glenda E. Williamson, BA ’58, Nov. 18, 2023, of Waco.

Laura M. Vick, BA ’58, Dec. 12, 2023, of Concord, NC.

J. Graham Bray, BA ’59, Oct. 14, 2023, of Santa Monica, CA.

Lucy W. Bruner, BA ’59, Nov. 10, 2023, of North Richland Hills, TX.

Paul H. Johnson, BA ’59, MSEd ’59, Oct. 30, 2023, in Edmonds, WA.

Carl L. Jones, BBA ’59, Nov. 14, 2023, of Jackson, TN.

Jack D. Jordan, BA ’59, Oct. 14, 2023, of Kyle, TX.

Douglas C. Miller, BBA ’59, Nov. 5, 2023, of Waco.

William Robert Phillips, BA ’59, Nov. 4, 2023, of Fairview, TX.

John P. Spraberry, BBA ’59, Nov. 3, 2023, in Roanoke, TX.

1960s

David N. Gately, BBA ’60, Oct. 20, 2023, of Wichita Falls, TX.

James C. Dalton, BS ’61, Jan. 1, of Waco.

Geraldine M. Williams, BBA ’61, Nov. 5, 2023, of Austin.

Sylvia E. Cutaia, BA ’62, Nov. 22, 2023, in Nederland, TX.

Rebecca P. Horne, BS ’62, Oct. 18, 2023.

Arch Corley Koontz Jr., BA ’63, MA ’65, Dec. 27, 2023, in Nolanville, TX.

Barbara N. Jay, BA ‘63, Oct. 27, 2023, of Waco.

Larry C. Norwood, BA ’63, Oct. 6, 2023, of Austin.

Frank M. Mejia, BA ’63, Jan. 5, of Hewitt, TX.

Johnny M. Brisby, BMEd ’64, Nov. 1, 2023, of McGregor, TX.

Cynthia P. Dickinson, BS ’64, Oct. 29, 2023, of Saint Louis, MO.

Jean A. Martindale, JD ’64, Oct. 25, 2023, of Pampa, TX.

James Wayne McKamie, BA ’64, MSEd ’64, Oct. 22, 2023, of McGregor, TX.

Nancy L. (Canada) Crouch, BA ’65, Sept. 17, 2023, of College Station, TX.

Michael G. Davis, BA ’65, Jan. 6, of Hernando, MS.

Sandra P. Farr, BA ’65, Dec. 1, 2023, of Dallas.

Billie R. Hulke, BA ’65, Oct. 29, 2023, of Valley Mills, TX.

Ronald C. Leslie, BA ’65, Jan. 18, of Shoreline, WA.

E. Jefferson Miller III, BA ’65, Oct. 19, 2023, of College Station, TX.

Shirley J. Thompson, BA ’65, Nov. 19, 2023, of Roswell, NM.

Clive D. Moon, BA ’66, Dec. 7, 2023, of Orem, UT.

Beverly A. Logan, BA ’66, Nov. 30, 2023, of Gatesville, TX.

Robert D. Bates, JD ’67, Jan. 11, of Galveston, TX.

William T. Carroll, BA ’67, Jan. 7, of Georgetown, TX.

Billy R. Engelke, BBA ’67, Nov. 23, 2023, of Chilton, TX.

Priscilla R. Harrier, BA ’67, Dec. 18, 2023, of Fort Worth.

John Mitchell Jr., BA ’67, Oct. 3, 2023, in Houston.

John E. Miller, BA ’67, Oct. 1, 2023, in Bryan, TX.

Eric E. Morris, BA ’68, Nov. 5, 2023, of Palo Alto, CA.

Johnny G. Newman, BA ’68, Oct. 19, 2023, of Burleson, TX.

Sharon E. Sheriff, BA ’68, Oct. 11, 2023, of San Antonio.

Ralph E. Collins, BBA ’69, Dec. 4, 2023, of Dallas.

Kay H. Dawson, BA ’69, Oct. 16, 2023, of Tyler, TX.

Norelle H. Lundy, BS ’69, Jan. 5, of El Campo, TX.

1970s 

Edward R. Neunuebel, BA ’70, Oct. 27, 2023, of Austin.

Linda C. Reid, BA ’70, Dec. 20, 2023, of Harker Heights, TX.

Susan J. Neville, BA ’70, Dec. 31, 2023, of Bee Cave, TX.

Douglas M. Smith, BBA ’70, Nov. 15, 2023, of Dallas.

Harold D. Bates, BBA ’71, Oct. 10, 2023, of Spokane, WA.

Ralph P. Cornelius, BBA ’71, JD ’71, Oct. 21, 2023, of Houston.

Kay K. Hawkins, BA ’71, JD ’71, Oct. 9, 2023, of North Richland Hills, TX.

H. Angel Navarro, BBA ’71, Dec. 29, 2023, of Waco.

F. Wayne “Tops” McWhorter, BS ’71, MBA ’71, Dec. 13, 2023, of Marshall, TX.

Thomas W. Rogers Jr., BBA ’71, Nov. 5, 2023, of Waco.

Terryl T. Smith, BA ’71, Oct. 12, 2023, of Bentonville, AR.

Rae Tarrant, BMEd ’71, Oct. 4, 2023, in Richardson, TX.

Vicki Lynn Gilliam, BA ’72, MSEd ’75, EdD ’86, Aug. 12, 2023, in Fort Worth.

Elaine W. Hand, BA ’72, Oct. 31, 2023, of Corsicana, TX.

Louis John “Johnny” Lacina, Jr., BBA ‘72, JD ’72, June 24, 2023, of Brenham, TX.

Thomas Woodrow “Woody” Rogers, BBA ’71, Nov. 5, 2023, of Waco. 

Glenn A. Sodd, JD ’72, Nov. 12, 2023, of Corsicana, TX.

Cynthia S. Calder, BA ’73, Oct. 23, 2023, of Cleburne, TX.

Rhett S. McMurray, BSN ’73, Nov. 16, 2023, of Juliette, GA.

Glenda F. Nix, BBA ’73, Oct. 12, 2023, of Dallas.

Brenda C. Boyd, BA ’74, Oct. 21, 2023, of Waco.

Mary V. Burgess, MSEd ’74, Nov. 15, 2023, of Temple, TX.

James “Jim” Hillman Eaves, BS ’74, March 22, 2023, in Fort Worth.

Ruthie A. Roberts, BSEd ’74, Jan. 5, of Plainview, TX.

Gustavo O. Casas, BSEd ’74, MS ’74, Dec. 30, 2023, of Brownwood, TX.

Raelynn Ramsey, BMEd ’74, Oct. 29, 2023, of San Antonio.

Jo Ann P. Cagle, MSEd ’75, Dec. 17, 2023, of Belton, TX.

Kathy S. Collins, BSEd ’75, Nov. 5, 2023, of Arkadelphia, AR.

Monroe J. Lange, MSEd ’75, Dec. 13, 2023, of Hearne, TX.

Vickye G. White, BSEd ’75, Jan. 6, of Waco.

Robert J. Woody, BA ’75, JD ’75, Nov. 8, 2023, of San Antonio.

John E. Miller, BA ’76, Oct. 1, 2023, of Bryan TX.

John I. Benson, BA ’77, Dec. 28, 2023, of Redlands, CA.

R. K. Penner, BA ’77, Nov. 4, 2023, of Lubbock, TX.

Carl W. Torbush, MSEd ’77, Nov. 6, 2023, of Sevierville, TN.

Rhonda G. Ackley-Swenson, BSEd ’78, Jan. 14, of Conroe, TX.

Robert Paul Weatherford, BBA ’78, Oct. 22, 2023, of Gallatin, TN.

Rose E. Hagood, BBA ’79, MTax ’79, Nov. 27, 2023, of Waco.

Dwayne N. Wise, BMEd ’79, Dec. 3, 2023, of Victoria, TX.

1980s

Sandra Marie Hofland, BFA ’80, Aug. 1, 2023, of McAllen, TX.

Hal M. Whitaker, BBA ’80, Nov. 19, 2023, of Waco.

Deborah A. Wilcox, BBA ’80, Nov. 9, 2023, of Fort Worth.

Martha H. Williams, BSEd ’80, Oct. 11, 2023, of Carthage, TX.

Stephen C. Daugherty, BBA ’81, Nov. 8, 2023, of Tulsa, OK.

Martin W. McCullough, BS ’81, Nov. 16, 2023, of Fort Wayne, IN.

David R. Black, BA ’82, Dec. 27, 2023, of Fredericksburg, TX.

Brooks W. Conover III, BBA ’82, JD ’82, Oct. 25, 2023, of Cleburne, TX.

Don Edwin “Skipper” Johnston Jr., BA ’85, Dec. 27, 2023, in Malang, Indonesia.

James R. Stelley, BBA ’85, Oct. 16, 2023, of Rochester, MN.

Carmen R. Snow, BA ’86, Nov. 19, 2023, of Mineola, TX.

Rhonda G. Ackley-Swenson, MSEd ’86, Jan. 14, of Conroe, TX.

Vera L. English, BBA ’87, Jan. 11, of Woodway, TX.

Jojuan Gardner Chapman, BS ’88, July 15, 2023, of Keller, TX.

William D. Martin, BA ’88, Oct. 26, 2023, of China Spring, TX.

Meganne E. George, BFA ’89, July 30, 2019, of Bronx, NY.

Jason P. Graham, BBA ’89, Jan. 1, of Gatesville, TX.

Paul R. Warren, BA ’89, Oct. 21, 2023, of Spring, TX.

1990s

Tabatha D. Ainsworth, BBA ’90, Oct. 27, 2023, of Jacksonville, TX.

Mark A. Mayfield, JD ’90, Oct. 21, 2023, of Austin.

Lucinda J. Ivy, MA ’91, Dec. 21, 2023, of Arlington, VA.

T. R. Mills Jr., EdD ’92, Oct. 31, 2023, of Winnsboro, TX.

Brady J. Vardemann, EdD ’92, Oct. 27, 2023, of Abilene, TX.

Stan W. Rochelle, BBA ’96, Jan. 4, of Lonoke, AR.

Sheadyn R. Rogers, BBA ’96, JD ’96, Dec. 24, 2023, of Corpus Christi, TX.

Stephanie M. Scott, BSEd ’98, Dec. 28, 2023, of Dallas.

Mark P. Daubert, BBA ’99, Dec. 30, 2023, in Austin.

David Henry Jenkins, BS ’99, Aug. 10, 2023, in San Antonio.

2000s

Aspen J. Dunaway, JD ’01, Oct. 25, 2023, of Austin.

Amanda Kelly, BA ’03, Oct. 31, 2022, of McKinney, TX.

2010s

Anne-Marie L. Yankowsky, BSEd ’10, Oct. 29, 2023, of Houston.

Kathleen A. Hinton, BA ’12, Dec. 2, 2023, of Robinson, TX.

Jeffrey Stephen Forsse, PhD ’18, Feb. 24, of Crawford, TX.

Allison F. Neidig, BSW ’18, Nov. 7, 2023, of Waco.

Jarred Isaiah Alwan, MSEd ’19, Jan. 19, 2023, in Atco, NJ.

Forrest J. Culotta, JD ’21, Oct. 17, 2023, of Austin.

Friends of Baylor

Verna F. Arp, ABC ’18, Dec. 9, 2023, of McGregor, TX.

Sally L. Askins, Nov. 15, of Waco.

John Mark Bateman, Nov. 22, 2023, of Homewood, AL.

Weldon E. Beckner, Jan. 4, 2023, of Conway, AR.

William B. English, Dec. 12, 2023, of Georgetown, TX.

Patricia A. Hannah, ABC ’14, Jan. 4, of Cleburne, TX.

Richard L. Henn, Nov. 22, 2023, of Barboursville, VA.

Billy R. Jackson Sr., ABC ’93, Oct. 26, 2023, of Waco.

Dennis A. Johnston, Dec. 6, 2023, of Waco.

Krassimira Jordan, ABC ’02, Jan. 31, in Reston, VA.

Jane E. Knowlton, ABC ’96, Jan. 8, of San Antonio.

Roger E. Kirk, ABC ’93, Dec. 31, 2023, of Waco.

William H. Lane, ABC ’98, Nov. 4, 2023, of Waco.

Martin D. Rudd, Oct. 14, 2023, of Natchitoches, LA.

James Shuffield, ABC ’96, Dec. 14, 2023.