In Memoriam

1940s

Oma Wilson McNabb (’45, ’62, ’75)

1950s

Ann Stribling Alley (’57, ’58)

Frank Bale (’57)

Hutton Smith Brandon (’55)

Ernest Brothers Jr. (’59)

James Bruce (’59)

Betty Brown Tipps Crabtree (’50)

Luckett Davis (’55)

Craig Fox (’55)

Ulric Henegar (’55)

Angie “Lorene” Craddock Hill (’57, ’63)

Randall Kennedy (’58)

George Lahde (’59)

Howard “Glenn” Lawson (’52)

Dorothy Leavitt (’52)

Jeanene Merrell (’51)

Marian Penuel Penrod (’52)

Robert Tipps Sr. (’52)

John Todd (’51)

Robert “Bobby” Vance (’54)

Hershel Wall (’57)

Jerry Wauford (’59)

1960s

Susan Biggs (’69, ’86)

Karl Bren (’67)

Jerry Wayne “Coach” Broadbent (’66, ’68)

Geneva Brookman (’62, ’72)

Mavis Cameron (’65)

William Coleman (’68)

Harold Duff (’60, ’65)

Margaret Eakin (’60)

Carl Fussell (’62)

John Lawton Hager (’69)

Allen Hall (’63)

David Kirk (’66)

Dorris Taylor Lentz (’69)

Gaylon Parton (’68)

John Perry (’68)

Webster Pickard Jr. (’61)

Walter Ragsdale II (’69)

Patsy Tucker Reeder (’67)

Ronald Rowlett (’68)

Richard Saad (’65)

J. Tom Sawyer Sr. (’60)

Yvonne “Bonnie” Slatton (’60)

Lynwood Smith (’64)

Christine Strong (’60, ’81)

Dixie Jackson Waggoner (’67)

1970s

Frank Adkins (’70)

Donald Alderson Jr. (’71)

John W. Alexander (’71)

Edward Balinger (’76)

Clifton Beckwith (’74)

Jimmie Bell (’70)

Olivia “Libby” McClain Benderman (’74, ’79)

John Bramblett (’71, ’74, ’77)

Linda Bogle (’72)

Barbara Cobble (’76)

Sherry Corbin (’73)

Stephen Duke (’71)

Brenda Gibson (’71, ’78)

Edward Greenwood (’76)

Billy Groce (’71)

Charles Hartmann II (’76)

Elizabeth Hicks (’77)

Henry Isenberg Jr. (’78)

Jacobs

Joey Jacobs

Joey Jacobs (’75), who served as a founding member of MTSU’s Board of Trustees and chaired its Finance and Personnel Committee, died Jan. 14 at age 69. He was a nationally recognized business leader with a career that spanned almost 50 years in the health care industry. He was among the leaders of the Build Blue campaign, an ambitious effort announced in late 2021 to improve and modernize the University’s athletics facilities. Jacobs was honored in 2013 with MTSU’s Jennings A. Jones Champion of Free Enterprise Award in recognition of his tenure as chairman and CEO of the nationally traded Psychiatric Solutions Inc. He also served in various executive roles at HCA Healthcare, Quorum Health Corp., and Cumberland Pharmaceuticals. Additionally, Jacobs established the Joey A. Jacobs Chair of Excellence in Accounting in Jones College, which provides a national and international presence for MTSU in the field of accounting.

James Murry Johnson (’78)

James Jones (’73, ’82)

Gary Loyd (’72)

Patricia Sparkman Martin (’73, ’76)

James “Jim Ed” McKnight (’74)

Glenda Mitchell (’78)

Jimmy Moss (’78)

Susan Gardner Mullinax (’77)

Johnie Payton (’71)

Mimi Pollock (’75)

Gregory Polman (’78)

Orville “Buddy” Reed Jr. (’72)

Marcus Rinks (’74)

Kenneth Roark (’73)

Diana Blackwell Robinson (’78)

Richard Rose (’72)

Patrick Sanders (’71)

Kelly Matthew Sharbel Jr. (’70)

Willie “Hawk” Shaw (’75)

Barbara Sisk Shelton (’70)

Stephen Stewart (’73)

Linda Wallheiser Thompson (’73)

Danny Todd (’77)

Robert “Bob” Turman (’74)

Barry Wagner (’76)

Lenita Wilson (’76)

Constance Jordan Wilson (’73)

1980s

Tara Cannon (’88)

Barry Chandler (’87)

Thomas Gad (’88, ’90)

Paula Holt Gardner (’84)

Dana Garrard (’87)

Dorothy Curry Grimmitt (’89)

Gregory Lane (’89)

D. Madison “Matt” Riley

Former Blue Raider offensive lineman D. Madison “Matt” Riley (’88), who spent nearly 40 years as a student-athlete and athletic department staff member at MTSU, died June 1 at age 58. A member of the football team in 1984 and ’85, Riley played for Coach Boots Donnelly’s 11-0 Ohio Valley Conference championship squad in 1985. The Strawberry Plains native served as MTSU assistant strength coach in 1988, returned in 1993 as a strength coach, and was elevated to associate athletic director of strength and conditioning in 2007. After 11 years in that role, Riley transitioned to a position in the MT Varsity Club and Blue Raiders Hall of Fame. Memorials may be made to MTSU Foundation c/o Matt Riley Memorial Foundation, MTSU Box 109, Murfreesboro, TN 37132, or to the Jefferson County High School Sideline Club.

Jody Rivers (’85)

Charles “Chuck” Stinson (’85)

Gwendolyn Hale White (’88)

Harry “Hal” Williams Jr. (’83)

Candace Farmer Wilson (’87, ’93)

1990s

Robert Beverly (’98)

Donald Geddes (’99, ’01)

Angela Cairo Ford (’93)

Alex Jenkins Jr. (’92)

James Mitchell Jr. (’98)

James Parker (’94)

David Phillips (’90)

Carla Richards (’95, ’97)

Stephen Williams (’99, ’01, ’02)

2000s

Carey Bush (’00)

Joel Johnson (’00)

Derrick Waggoner (’06)

2010s

Emily Hardin (’18)

Victor Huey (’12)

Anita Plumley (’10)

Preonda Simpson (’14)

2020s

Brandon Mayo (’20)