1 CHRISTINE “CHRIS” ROSEBOROUGH GILLEY ’35, of Lookout Mountain, Georgia, died January 17, 2021. A graduate of The Bright School, GPS, and Randolph-Macon Woman’s College, Gilley had a lifelong passion for learning and was an avid reader. She worked for TVA until taking over her husband’s business, Comolli Memorials. While she enjoyed her time as a businesswoman, she considered her work in the community the most rewarding. She served as President of the Board of the Girl Scouts and the YWCA, as well as President of Lookout Mountain Community Aid and The Florence Crittenton Home for Girls. 2 DOROTHY ELIZABETH “PRESH” EVANS PATTEE ’38 died March
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31, 2021. She attended Randolph-Macon College and, after World War II broke out, joined the Women’s Air Raid Defense in Hawaii. In Honolulu she met her husband, Lt. Commander William Burlight Pattee, and later the couple moved to Hillsborough, California. In 1975 she returned to Lookout Mountain and became an active supporter of the Creative Discovery Museum, Siskin Children’s Institute, and the Church of the Good Shepherd. 3 MARIE CATINHOUR WOODS ’43, of Monteagle, Tennessee, died
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August 27, 2020. She attended Randolph Macon Women’s College in Virginia. Married for almost 50 years to the Very Reverend G. Cecil Woods Jr., she was a dedicated, active, and faithful member of the Episcopal Church who always considered Sewanee her true home. Woods was a devoted and loving mother to her four daughters and their families. 4 REBECCA TRAIN STIMSON ’43, of Chattanooga, died January 23,
2021. She was a graduate of Wesleyan College. The mother of four taught generations of fourth-graders in her classes at Rivermont School and The Bright School. Her grandchildren and great-grandchildren complemented the last 40 years of her life. She was a voracious reader and lover of history and readily shared this passion with her children.
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5 BETT Y OEHMIG FIELD ’46, of Centreville, Mississippi, died November 11, 2020. She graduated from Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University and built her life around serving God, supporting her husband’s surgical career, and raising their three children. She was a longtime community advocate, a member of many clubs, and taught a kindergarten class and led youth groups at Thompson Memorial Presbyterian Church. 6 NANCY CARTER JEWELL ’46, of Charlotte, North Carolina, died October 24, 2020. After GPS, she attended Sweet Briar College. Jewell lived in Chickamauga, Georgia, before moving to Atlanta and then Charlotte. Jewell was involved with St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, where she was active in the soup kitchen. She and her husband travelled extensively. 7 PATRICIA TROTTER FREEMAN ’48, of Hilton Head Island, South
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Carolina, died on August 7, 2020. She attended the University of Georgia and was a mother of two. Freeman was a member of St. Luke’s Church, where she led Bible study. She was also a member of the Junior League of Atlanta.
