In Memoriam

Howard D. Wall

Local developer and philanthropist Howard D. Wall (’63), 80, a Distinguished Alumni and member of the Honors College Board of Visitors, died Dec. 23, 2021. Wall’s philanthropy and service to MTSU over the course of his lifetime was vast, including his commitment of $100,000 toward the completion of the baseball program’s Reese Smith Jr. Field and stadium. A section of the facility’s wall behind center field reads “The Howard and Sally Wall” in a slightly tongue-in-cheek manner that captures Wall’s famous sense of humor while honoring the family’s gift.

Miles J. Tate

Miles J. Tate (’84), who started Murfreesboro’s “Middle Half” race 16 years ago with his wife and daughter, died April 4 at age 62. A native of McMinnville, he met his wife Melinda (’84) at MTSU, and they had two children, Nicholas and Natalie (’05). Tate and other race board of directors created the Murfreesboro HalfMarathon Scholarship, which supports MTSU students in the “Middle Half” of their educations to help “finish the race.” The Melinda and Miles Tate Scholarship also benefits MTSU students who are married and have a child while in school.

1930s

Rachel Clark Scott (’37)

Mary Frances Brown Swift (’39)

1940s

Alice Boyd (’49)

Jean Patton Johnson Nisbet (’47)

Mary Skelton Tolbert (’47)

Frank E. Willard (’41)

1950s

Joyce Page Adams (’54)

Marjorie Thompson Bates (’55, ’74)

James Burton (’54, ’58)

Marjorie Grayson Canady (’57)

Ruth Calfee Cartwright (’53)

Gladys Bulla Cothran (’55)

Kenneth Crowell (’58)

Ben Earthman (’56)

Thomas Harvey (’52)

Sam T. Haun (’51)

Ernestine Hawkins (’55)

David Macon (’57)

Fred D. Mathis (’58)

Troy Maxcy Jr. (’57)

Linda “Kay” Williamson McArthur (’59)

Bruce McDonald (’58)

Elizabeth “Anne” Beesley Palmer (’51)

Betty Hale Price (’54, ’82)

John “Wayne” Robertson (’51, ’55)

Henry Sessoms Sr. (’58)

Edward “Bully” Sullivan (’50, ’60)

Arch “Thomas” Swain (’56)

Dorothy McClaran Swain (’58)

Wyatt “Nowlin” Taylor (’54)

Martha Harrison Teenor (’56)

Adrian Todd (’53)

Glen Wakefield (’53)

Dorothy “Dot” Key Woodard (’56)

Joe Youree (’52)

1960s

Robert “Bob” Andrews (’69)

Joseph Bartha (’60, ’61)

Earl C. Bass (’65)

William “Bill” Bass (’64)

David E. Brandon (’67)

Berry K. Brent (’69, ’75)

Robert Brim (’63, ’73)

Thomas Bruer (’67)

Lilah Harris Clack (’68)

William “Bill” Clardy (’67, ’71)

Kay Beard Clark (’69)

Susan Clark (’65)

Lee Clayborne (’64, ’66)

James “Jim” Cline (’63)

Jerry Cooper (’64)

Eloise Joyner Brantley Cunningham (’65)

William “Paul” Dailey Jr. (’62)

Donald Darden (’67)

James David (’69)

Richard S. “Dick” Davis Jr. (’68)

Dean “Coach” Fisher (’61, ’62)

William “Bill” Flanders (’68)

Charlyne Foster (’62)

Homer Garr Sr. (’69)

Joseph Garrett (’63)

Thomas Gooden Jr. (’67, ’70)

Barry Greever (‘68)

Aubrey “Joe” Hamilton (’62)

James Henry (’67)

Carolyn Sharp Hicks (’60)

Robert Johnson (’67)

Margaret Jackson Jordan (’67)

Charles Kardok (’61)

Linda Gilmore Kinard (’65)

William “Bill” Kirkpatrick Sr. (’67)

Phillip Lamberth (’67)

James “Jim” Leinart (’67)

Delmer Lowe (’69) B

arbara Luff Martin (’61, ’65)

Homer Martin (’60, ’68)

Marcia Maxson (’62, ’66)

Benjamin McClure (’62)

Jay Mick (’60)

Michael K. Milholland (’65, ’67)

Daniel L. Mosely (’68, ’72)

Gary Newport (’69)

David Payne (’66)

Howard “Chuck” Paysinger (’60, ’64)

James Pemberton (’65)

Clifton Piner (’61)

David Pitts (’60)

Marion E. Pope (’67, ’75)

Charles Rice (’63)

Harold Schrader (’61)

Francis “Dale” Shaver (’68)

Ronald Tennant (’69)

Randall H. Tidwell (’66)

William “Bill” Tucker (’60)

Harold Varden (’66)

Leon “Scott” Ward Jr. (’63)

Marilyn “Mac” McKillop Wells (’66)

Aldene Patterson Williams (’67, ’83)

Richard “Dick” Young Jr. (’68)

1970s

Janet Mathis Adams (’77)

Donald Ball (’70)

Sue Ragland Barren (’70, ’75)

Peter Bernhart (’78)

Larry Bilbrough (’71)

Pamela Arnold Bonson (’72)

Henry “Randy” Boswell Jr. (’72)

Dwight “Pat” Bradley (’72)

James “Jim” Brooks (’71)

Phillip Brown (’78, ’89)

Robert Buchanan Sr. (’72)

Dixie Burns (’73)

Leanne Busby (’73)

Donald Denton (’78)

Maie Short Edwards (’74)

Diane Benson Fink (’76)

Judi Cochran Garner (’76)

Ellen Thornburg Geeslin (’74)

Charles Goad (’77)

Charles “Greg “Gregory (’73, ’74)

Rickland “Rick” Hatfield (’79)

Betty Robinson Hawkins (’75, ’81)

Kenneth Hinson (’72)

Jerry Horn (’73)

William “Ron” Hosse (’72, ’74)

Mary Tucker Howell (’73)

Eddie D. Jernigan (’78)

Charles Johnson (’72)

Jerden E. Johnson (’76)

Michael “Mick” Jones (’75)

Grant Kelley Jr. (’72)

Marvin W. Kohler Sr. (’71)

Bethany Wright Kroemer (’79)

Samuel Ledford Sr. (’73, ’76)

Paul E. Lemay (’74)

Nelda Draughon Lunn (’74)

William Mathias (’75)

Richard Matthews (’79)

Michael McCormack (’79)

Faye Wall McKee (’77)

Brenda McKinney (’75)

Khalil Ziady Moore (’75)

Marvin M. Nichols (’73)

Robert Porter (’73)

David “’Andy” Reed (’72)

Anna Curran Reppermund (’77)

Mary Garrett Reynolds (’76)

Raymond Rich (’74)

Michael Seals (’78)

Kathy Sutton Shanks (’76)

Sheena Lankford Shepard (’77)

Johnny F. Smith Jr. (’74)

Robert Taylor (’73)

Judith Pickerhill Thompson (’76)

Sharlene Rogan Waters (’78)

Karen Fields White (’75)

Stephen Williams (’70)

Benjamin Womack (’73)

Paul Wright (’74)

1980s

Charles T. Ackerman (’83)

Timothy Buckley (’81)

Elizabeth Clark (’86)

William “Bill” Coombs (’85)

Miles Cotham (’87)

Larry Crim (’83)

Curtis Joel Davenport (’84)

Douglas Deyong (’88)

Jania Gonzales Doud (’81)

Ronald Easter Jr. (’85)

Elizabeth Waller Fortenberry (’85)

James “Brian” Freeland (’86)

Ricky Gordan (’84)

Charlotte Glascoe Hankins (’84)

Lounita Cook Howard (’85)

Edwina Jacobs (’82)

Violet Jones-Capps (’80)

Joan Katz (’82)

E.J. Kreis III (’87, ’89)

Frances Alsup Lawson (’88, ’90)

Angela Pettross Martin (’87)

Regenia Murdock (’80)

Jeffrey Myers (’89)

Cynthia Pennington (’85)

Mary Rudd Rackard (’82)

Elizabeth Coulter Royalty (’85, ’92)

Michael Scales Sr. (’82)

Thomas “Jeff” Smedley (’86)

Ronald Turner (’88)

Brenda Gilliam Wells (’84)

Connie Hartman Woosley (’83)

Josephine McKee Wright (’83)

1990s

Barry Cramer (’90)

Sarah Goad (’98)

Mark Gore (’93) Martha Hood (’96)

Linda Knowles (’93, ’95)

Tracie Olive Moore (’98)

Courtney Parsons (’95)

Robert Prestininzi (’94)

William Rogers (’99)

Charles “Rankine” Roth (’93)

Richard “Keith” Sanders (’92)

Lamar “Brandon” Sentell (’97)

Timothy Waters (’94)

Robert “Dallus” Whitfield (’92)

Linda Hogan Wilson (’90)

2000s

Susan Boyd Beasley (’00)

Angelic “Lin” Feagans Bowman (’00, ’16)

Derek Carter (’04)

Rebecca Belcher-Rankin (’00)

Mark Chism (’07, ’11)

Gregory Garrett (’06, ’13)

Constance Schneider Gowder (’02)

Rachel Hardaway (’03)

Tedra Herrington (’07)

April Hoare (’02)

Jana Houston (’01, ’08)

Terrie Escoe Hurtt (’01)

Latoria Alexander McKenzie (’04)

Christian Roseberry (’09)

William “Bill” Schenck (’09, ’16)

Kevin Stolinsky (’04)

Michael Vonner (’00)

Matthew Wallace (’08)

2010s

Cody Bieber (’14)

Velecia Covington (’18)

James “Hutch” Crowley (’10)

Michael Dye Jr. (’11)

Sean Hudson (’12)

Brandon Johnson (’12)

Timothy Kastner (’10)

Kelby Kraft (’14) Allison Mathers (’19)

Leslie Myers (’15)

Rashad Wilson (’14)