Summer 2026 — In Memoriam

Listed here are alumni, friends and family we have lost in recent months.

1940s

George Anne Monger, BA ’46, Dec. 11, 2025, of Austin. 

Jean J. Shellenberger, BA ’47, Oct. 15, 2025, of Sherman, TX. 

Patsy R. McKee, BA ’48, Nov. 6, 2025, of Austin. 

Betty G. Yndo, BSN ’49, Oct. 14, 2025, of Alpine, TX. 

1950s

Miriam B. Griffis, BM ’50, Oct. 8, 2025, of Houston.  

Irene A. Lancaster, BS ’50, Dec. 22, 2025, College Station, TX. 

Beth B. McLeskey, BSPE ’50, Dec. 18, 2025, Abilene, TX. 

Joyce C. Seale, BA ’50, Jan. 23, of Deming, NM. 

Kay H. Gregory, BA ’51, Sept. 28, 2025, of Austin. 

Betty Sue Knight, BM ’51, Nov. 16, 2025, of Bryan, TX.

Margie McCarter-Thompson, BA ’51, Sept. 18, 2025, of Waco. 

Ewart E. Phillips, BA ’51, Nov. 20, 2025, of Lubbock, TX.  

Mary C. Schrader, BBA ’51, Jan. 7, of Hewitt, TX. 

Doris J. Strickland, BA ’51, Nov. 19, 2025, of Houston.  

Phyllis B. Young, BA ’51, Sept. 16, 2025, of Gulfport, MS. 

H. K. Lindley, BA ’52, Oct. 15, 2025, of Glen Ellyn, IL. 

Billy Joe Dickerson, BA ’53, May 7, 2025, of Celebration, FL. 

Charles F. Fake, BA ’53, Oct. 18, 2025, of Rockport, TX. 

Elmo B. Meroney, BBA ’53, Oct. 3, 2025, of Houston. 

Janie T. Suter, BA ’53, Dec. 8, 2025, of Garland, TX.

Martha A. Dietzen, BA ’54, Sept. 30, 2025, of Destin, FL.  

D. J. Hawkins, BA ’54, Sept. 29, 2025, of Weslaco, TX. 

Parker E. Moreland, BS ’54, Dec. 27, 2025, of Southbury, CT. 

David R. Richards, BA ’54, Nov. 13, 2025, of Austin. 

William B. Webb, BA ’54, Dec. 10, 2025, of Madison, MS. 

James W. White, BA ’54, Sept. 15, 2025, of Conroe, TX. 

Bob L. Hairston, BA ’55, Nov. 9, 2025, of San Antonio. 

Martha R. Adams, BA ’56, Dec. 13, 2025, of Tyler, TX. 

Sheila Fling, BA ’56, Dec. 29, 2025, of Wimberley, TX. 

A. D. Lingerfelt, BA ’56, Dec. 8, 2025, of Portland, OR. 

Duane J. McCullough, BBA ’56, Dec. 24, 2025, of Sugar Land, TX. 

Walter E. Davidson, BA ’57, Sept. 21, 2025, of Gatesville, TX. 

Jo E. Gray, BA ’57, Oct. 8, 2025, of Fairview, TX. 

Carol A. Kelley, BSPE ’57, Oct. 20, 2025, of Atlanta. 

Joseph R. Kilman, BBA ’57, Nov. 25, 2025, of San Angelo, TX. 

B. W. McFerrin, BBA ’57, Jan. 2, of McKinney, TX.

Robert W. Payne, BA ’57, Nov. 30, 2025, of Columbia, MO. 

Helen S. Anderson, BA ’58, Nov. 11, 2025, of Midlothian, TX. 

James L. Bryan, BS ’58, Oct. 6, 2025, of Houston.  

Larry “Rex” Richard Rexilius, BBA ’58, Dec. 22, 2025, of New Braunfels, TX.

Albert G. Walker, JD ’58, Sept. 20, 2025, of Austin. 

Dan F. Andrle, BS ’59, Nov. 7, 2025, of Waco. 

Robert E. Fadal, BA ’59, Nov. 7, 2025, of Waco. 

Donald E. Jackson, BA ’59, Nov. 18, 2025, of Amarillo, TX. 

Delores S. Jenkins, BBA ’59, Dec. 16, 2025, of Nacogdoches, TX. 

Janice F. Kretschmar, BA ’59, Dec. 10, 2025, of Sugar Land, TX. 

John V. Maresh, BA ’59, Sept. 27, 2025, of Woodway, TX. 

LaVern Plett, BA ’59, Nov. 11, 2025, of Dallas. 

John A. Via, BA ’59, Sept. 10, 2025, of Port Republic, VA. 

Robert L. Woods, JD ’59, Dec. 3, 2025, of Upper Marlboro, MD. 

1960s

Carolyn S. Bray, BS ’60, Oct. 26, 2025, of Little Rock, AR. 

Milton M. Dillard, BA ’60, Sept. 17, 2025, of Huntsville, AL. 

Lynn E. Hawkins, BA ’60, Oct. 22, 2025, of Ruston, LA. 

Gayle M. Jennings, BA ’60, Dec. 18, 2025, of Electra, TX. 

Beverly B. Miller, BSN ’60, Nov. 19, 2025, of Dallas. 

Harold D. White, BBA ’60, Dec. 21, 2025, of Tallahassee, FL. 

Ronny H. Looney, BSPE ’61, Dec. 1, 2025, of New Boston, TX. 

Robert H. Maynard, LLB ’61, BA ’63, Nov. 7, 2025, of Pickerington, OH. 

George E. Mims, BM ’61, Dec. 10, 2025, of Houston.  

Mary F. Holstein, BS ’61, Dec. 3, 2025, of Fort Worth. 

Jeannie R. Patterson, BA ’61, Oct. 9, 2025, of Lubbock, TX. 

Richard A. Ray, BA ’61, Oct. 13, 2025, of Richardson, TX. 

Martine Theurer, BA ’61, Nov. 27, 2025, of San Antonio. 

Herbert W. Adkins, BBA ’62, Oct. 29, 2025, of Houston.  

Mary R. Boyce, BA ’62, Jan. 1, of Austin. 

C. K. Bradfute, BA ’62, Sept. 16, 2025, of New Braunfels, TX. 

 Rufino E. Lopez Jr., BA ’62, LLB ’64, Sept. 5, 2025, of San Antonio. 

Billy G. Priddy, BSN ’62, Nov. 5, 2025, of Biloxi, MS. 

Jill Shugart, BA ’62, Oct. 8, 2025, of Sachse, TX. 

James N. Chambers, BA ’63, Dec. 2, 2025, of Spring, TX. 

LuNette C. Evetts, BBA ’63, MBA ’66, Jan. 20, of Amarillo, TX.

Nelson R. Speed, BA ’63, Oct. 19, 2025, of Waco. 

Charles D. Harris, BS ’64, Oct. 2, 2025, of High Rolls Mountain Park, NM. 

John L. Stringer, BA ’64, Jan. 5, of Eugene, OR. 

Laurence W. Watts, BA ’64, Nov. 13, 2025, of Missouri City, TX. 

Katherine H. Westmoreland, BA ’64, Nov. 4, 2025, of Conroe, TX. 

Thomas R. Zeigler, BBA ’64, Nov. 27, 2025, of Weatherford, TX. 

Rodney C. Brown, MSEd ’65, Sept. 26, 2025, of Austin. 

Betty V. Click, BA ’66, Nov. 1, 2025, of Austin. 

Charles J. Elrod, BA ’66, Nov. 26, 2025, of Galveston, TX. 

Barbara L. Kinsey, BA ’65, Dec. 13, 2025, of Durham, NC. 

Tom L. Ragland, LLB ’65, Dec. 25, 2025, of Waco. 

Dall E. Weech, MS ’66, Oct. 2, 2025, Lehi, UT. 

Aletha A. Beane, BA ’67, Nov. 24, 2025, of Dallas. 

William C. Pearce, BA ’67, Dec. 26, 2025, of Breckenridge, TX. 

Mary K. Roberts, BS ’67, Sept. 23, 2025, of Duncanville, TX. 

Linton J. Whittles, BA ’67, Sept. 9, 2025, of Cloverdale, OR. 

Michael F. Adams, BSPE ’68, Nov. 21, 2025, of Hewitt, TX. 

Joe Carroll, LLB ’68, Nov. 17, 2025, of Belton, TX. 

Judith L. Harrison, BA ’68, Sept. 15, 2025, of Spicewood, TX. 

Curtis Holland, BSPE ’68, Nov. 18, 2025, of Waco.

Nettie J. McCulley, BA ’68, Nov. 27, 2025, of Pensacola Beach, FL.  

Felipe S. Reyna, BA ’68, Dec. 21, 2025, of Lorena, TX. 

George E. Staples, BA ’68, Sept. 16, 2025, of Waco. 

James R. Ames, BBA ’69, Dec. 31, 2025, of Bedford, TX. 

Lewis C. Hurt, BA ’69, Oct. 2, 2025, of Mountain Home, TX. 

1970s

Carter C. Eustace, BA ’70, Sept. 17, 2025, of Austin. 

Mark E. Holton, BS ’70, Sept. 12, 2025, of Centralia, WA.

Sharla L. McGee, BA ’70, Dec. 16, 2025, of Henderson, TX.  

Cynthia A. Williams, BA ’70, Nov. 13, 2025, of Broken Arrow, OK. 

Clyde L. Wright, JD ’70, Dec. 19, 2025, of Alice, TX. 

Lloyd H. Cage, BBA ’71, Nov. 18, 2025, of Corpus Christi, TX. 

Paula A. Gilliland, BA ’71, Nov. 5, 2025, of Canyon, TX. 

Neeley C. Lewis, JD ’71, Sept. 25, 2025, of College Station, TX. 

Walter D. Salmans, BA ’71, Dec. 22, 2025, of Hanston, KS. 

Larry W. Stafford, BSPE ’71, Oct. 14, 2025, of Norman, OK. 

Robert D. Rose, MHA ’72, Oct. 5, 2025, of Rockwall, TX. 

G. A. Slaughter, BBA ’72, Dec. 20, 2025, of Corpus Christi, TX. 

J. G. Wheeler, BA ’72, Oct. 22, 2025, of Waco. 

H. S. Woods, BS ’72, Oct. 18, 2025, of Austin. 

Brenda K. Prine, BA ’73, Nov. 27, 2025, of Dallas. 

Bennie O. Spickard, BBA ’73, Sept. 12, 2025, of Bowling Green, KY. 

Norbert A. Stingle, MHA ’73, Sept. 15, 2025, of Fairfax, VA. 

Jackie G. Beard, BBA ’74, Oct. 14, 2025, of Waco. 

Charles C. Stone, BA ’74, Nov. 10, 2025, of Munich, Germany. 

Ted J. Cantrell, BBA ’75, Nov. 27, 2025, of McKinney, TX. 

Steven M. Dowd, JD ’75, Nov. 1, 2025, of Colleyville, TX. 

James L. McDougald, BA ’75, Oct. 26, 2025, Kerrville, TX. 

Phyllis K. Moon, BSEd ’75, Sept. 20, 2025, Duncanville, TX. 

Kathy A. Rolan, BBA ’75, Nov. Dec. 2025, of Woodway, TX. 

James L. Scarborough, BA ’75, Dec. 30, 2025, of Mineral Wells, TX. 

Vicki L. Stieg, BM ’75, Oct. 25, 2025, of Waco. 

James T. Cail, PhD ’76, Dec. 29, 2025, of Oklahoma City. 

Hayden L. Mitchell, BA ’76, Nov. 9, 2025, of Longview, TX. 

James R. Thorne, JD ’76, Dec. 10, 2025, of Horseshoe Bay, TX. 

Danny R. Unger, BBA ’76, Sept. 9, 2025, of Palestine, TX. 

William M. Holman, BBA ’77, Dec. 12,  2025, of Woodway, TX. 

Sherman Patton, BSEd ’77, Dec. 12, 2025, of Katy, TX. 

Phillip N. Cockrell, JD ’78, Dec. 27, 2025, of Texarkana, TX. 

Stephani L. Hardy, BFA ’79, Sept. 19, 2025, of Altadena, CA. 

Eileen M. Kubala, BSEd ’79, Oct. 13, 2025, of McGregor, TX. 

1980s

Scott C. Harris, BA ’80, Oct. 1, 2025, of Woodway, TX. 

Michael F. Landis, BBA ’80, Nov. 22, 2025, of Houston.  

Tommy A. Rowe, BSEd ’80, Oct. 31, 2025, of Fort Worth. 

William J. Woods, BA ’80, Nov. 14, 2025, of Waco. 

Melinda C. Mar, BA ’82, Sept. 22, 2025, of Fort Worth. 

Russell B. Smariga, BA ’82, Jan. 5, of Justin, TX. 

Lisa A. Mayes, BA ’84, Dec. 30, 2025, of Austin. 

Robert L. Roberts, BBA ’84, Nov. 30, 2025, of Franklin, TN. 

M. D. Bullard, BA ’86, Sept. 9, 2025, of Arlington, TX. 

Steven R. Smith, BA ’86, Oct. 24, 2025, of Little Rock, AR. 

Michael W. Jenkins, BBA ’87, Nov. 30, 2025, of Longview, TX. 

C. A. Mackenzie, BA ’87, Jan. 4, of Houston. 

W. S. Cochrane, BBA ’88, Oct. 27, 2025, of Denver. 

C. D. Hopper, BA ’89, Nov. 14, 2025, of Las Vegas. 

James W. Jackson, MM ’89, Jan. 9, of Bryan, TX. 

1990s

Kristalynn M. Redstone, BBA ’90, Dec. 13, 2025, of Overland Park, KS. 

Jana L. Vanderslice, BSEd ’90, Oct. 28, 2025, of Mineola, TX. 

Russell W. Walker, BBA ’91, Dec. 11, 2025, of Waxhaw, NC. 

J. R. Douglas, JD ’92, Oct. 28, 2025, of Midland, TX. 

Sherry L. Rhoads, MSEd ’92, Dec. 8, 2025, of Valley Mills, TX. 

Jeffrey B. Wigley, BA ’92, Dec. 13, 2025, of Dallas. 

David C. Mullins, BBA ’93, Dec. 28, 2025, of Houston.  

M. K. Atwood, BBA ’94, Nov. 5, 2025, of Greenville, TX. 

Mandy L. Eliot, BA ’94, Jan. 9, of Bedford, TX. 

Juanita A. McLain, BSEd ’94, Dec. 13, 2025, of Hubbard, TX. 

Richard E. Wilkes, BA ’94, Oct. 8, 2025, of Boston, MA. 

Bruce W. Monroe, BBA ’95, Dec. 20, 2025, of Lorena, TX. 

Patricia A. Genarlsky, BA ’96, Sept. 25, 2025, of China Spring, TX. 

James L. Igleheart, EdD ’97, Dec. 6, 2025, of Waco. 

2000s

Stuart R. Hanzlik, BBA ’00, Jan. 1, of Round Rock, TX. 

Shane J. Prochnow, MS ’01, Dec. 5, 2025, of Fredericksburg, TX. 

David J. Engfer, BSI ’06, Sept. 19, 2025, of Argyle, TX.

2010s

Amanda C. Gregory, BA ’11, Oct. 19, 2025, of Houston.  

Lauren M. Housley, MS ’16, Nov. 10, 2025, of Reston, VA. 

2020s

Brittany A. Hildebrand, MBA ’23, Oct. 16, 2025, of Houston.  

Cashmear D. Marshall, MPH ’24, Oct. 16, 2025, of Des Plaines, IL.

Friends & Family

L. L. Campbell, Dec. 25, 2025, of Waco.

A.H. Coker, ABC ’96, Sept. 16, 2025, Comanche, TX.

Patrick C. Dupont, Nov. 4, 2025, Aledo, TX.

Pedro O. Gutierrez, Nov. 11, 2025, of Waco.

Clarence E. Iba, ABC ’95, Sept. 22, 2025, Orlando, FL.

Ronald S. King, Dec. 19, 2025, of Waco.

Susan N. Lawson, Dec. 31, 2025, Temple, TX.

Vicki C. Stephenson, Oct. 30, 2025.

Russell E. Talbert, ABC ’96, Oct. 6, 2025, Deer Park, TX.

Jerry T. Weems, ABC ’08, Nov. 4, 2025, Abilene, TX.

Edna H. Wood, ABC ’96, Nov. 4, 2025, of Waco.