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Home » 'Roo Notes » 'Roo Notes - January 2017 » In Memoriam

In Memoriam

Updated on: December 12, 2016

’32 Marguerite Flecher David
’39 Jaqueline Dickson Hallet
’39 Alice Louise Mills Moore
’41 Mary Janice Blackburn Goff
’43 Jean A. Christian
’43 Christine Harling Smith
’44 Jean McCutchen Steakley
’44 Robert Steakley
’46 Mary Thorington Guerrant
’46 Peggy Oglesby Whitley
’49 Stephen O. Bruno
’49 Mack Quinn Hunter
’49 Jennie Echo Griffin Martin
’50 James Blackmon
’51 Gwyn Morton
’52 Gordon Bowers
’52 Janet Marie Guthrie Sims
’53 Shirley Enix Brazill
’53 Jack Bryant Walker
’54 Jo Ann McLane McClaren
’54 Charles Purdy
’57 Donis Kay McBee Henson
’57 Mary Scott “Scottie” Daugherty
’57 Ray Keith Sprinkel
’58 Charles Ralph Galbraith
’58 Martha Tarpley Sanford Port
’58 James Sandridge
’58 Lemuel Scarbrough Jr.
’58 Lila Lois Hall Smith
’60 Mary Elizabeth Kennedy
’62 Donnie Duncan
’62 Richard Wayne Hairston Sr.
’63 Mary Sue Hand Adams
’63 Margaret “Margo” Ann Hubbard
’63 Donald Frederick Manthei
’65 Henry Adams
’65 Bedford Mather Vestal
’66 Michael Morris
’67 Frances Johnson Bailey
’67 Kathrine Elizabeth Neel
’68 James Harmon “Sandy” Beach
’69 Kerry Anne Warren Goldsmith
’69 Freddie Ray Maples
’69 John Michael McKinney
’72 Bobby Anderson
’73 Ronald Lynn Floyd
’74 Kay Bartholomew Eldredge
’75 Thomas Edwin Blackwood
’75 Joseph D. Whitson Jr.
’77 Ray Matthews
’79 Donald Byers
’81 Randel Dean Spoonemore
’82 Rickey Turner
’84 Lea “Lelo” Schafer
’85 Melody Ann Tadlock Mills
’86 Timothy George Schroeder
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Friends We Will Miss

Robert Alther, who taught history at Austin College in the early 1960s, died February 15, 2016.

Alan R. Isley, who served as an adjunct instructor in the Department of Music in spring 2011, died November 19, 2016.

Sue Sappenfield, who worked in the College library and Registrar’s Office from 1973 until her retirement in 1997, died September 16, 2016.

Lenora Ann Steadman, who worked at Austin College in public relations from 1979 through 1981, died April 23, 2016.

Annabelle Wilson, who worked for Austin College and ARAMARK Housekeeping for 30 years before retiring, died May 20, 2016.

Janet SimsRemembering Senior Trustee Janet Sims

The Austin College community lost a beloved friend and supporter in senior trustee Janet Guthrie Sims, who died September 24, 2016.

Janet served as a member of the Austin College Board of Trustees from 1989 until 2001 when she was elected to the Senior Board, remaining active until her death.

Janet taught history and English at Hillcrest High School in Dallas while her husband, Dr. Jerry Sims ’53, was in medical school. The couple moved to McKinney, Texas, in 1965.

The daughter of a minister, Janet found her true calling in church work. She was an active member of First Presbyterian Church of McKinney for more than 50 years, serving as an elder and involved in all phases of the work of the church. She also was active in ministries of Grace Presbytery and the Synod of the Sun, serving as moderator of Grace Presbytery in 1991.

Janet aspired to help others; her work as an Austin College trustee helped many students discover their potential.

Community Mourns Deaths of Faculty

Jack Pierce died September 26, 2016.
Don Rodgers died November 13, 2016.

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