In Memoriam

Inez Adams obtained a college degree in Science in 1912, and her husband, Wiley, was a talented artist and cabinet-maker. The Adamses had eight children—all of whom attended and earned degrees from Middle Tennessee State Teachers College training school. Two of those siblings died in recent years in Denver.

Carolyn Adams Grover (’43), who died at age 95 in 2017, obtained her degree during World War II, joined the Women’s Army Corps, and became a member of the first class to train physical therapists at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington, D.C.

James Winston Adams (’49), who died at age 90 in 2018, served in the Army during World War II, returned to MTSU for a degree in Physical Education, and received a master’s from the Peabody School of Education. He was director of the historic 20th Street Gym for Denver Parks and Recreation for 31 years.

Jefferson Louis Creek

Jefferson "Jef" fLouis Creek (’67), an Army veteran, attended MTSU and the University of Southern Illinois, and received a postdoctoral research position at the University of California–Los Angeles. He died Aug. 30, 2021, in Cookeville at age 76. Creek retired from Chevron Energy Technology Co. after a 38-year career but continued to be actively engaged in research as a consultant with the Letton Hall Group in Houston, as adjunct professor at Rice University, and as an affiliate professor at the Colorado School of Mines. In 2016, he was honored as MTSU’s Distinguished Alumnus.

1930s

Ruth Link Hessey (’38)

1940s

Delores Jones Brown (’49)

Louise Travis Parker (’42)

Radford Spivey (’49, ’60)

1950s

Elizabeth “Lib” Jarrell Aaron (’51)

Edmond Arnold (’55)

Harold Bass (’57, ’62)

Watt “Dick” Bell (’57)

Walter Bond (’53)

Milton Bracey Jr. (’55)

Lydia Laux Branch (’54, ’71)

Jon Collins (’59)

Eloise Harlan Stutts Dabney Cheatham (’59, ’78, ’79)

Mildred Hunter Edwards (’52, ’83)

Mary Reid Flury (’56)

Martha Glandon (’56)

E. Hale Harris (’51)

Gaines “Dee” Harris (’54, ’56)

Harris Hatcher Jr. (’59)

Mary Drewry Hedrick (’53)

Edd Helton (’56)

Fred “Pete” Holmes (’50)

Henry Horton III (’56)

William “Bill” Hust (’52)

Nancy Willis Keal (’59)

James Markum (’59)

Robert Martin (’53)

Ralph Massey (’58)

Joyce Meadors (’54)

Jean Miller (’55)

Joe Miller (’56)

Joyce Hibdon Mullinax (’58)

Gerald Noffsinger (’59)

Thomas Pedigo (’50, ’61)

Isabelle Scales Pewitt (’58)

Joyce Randolph (’59) B

etty Taylor Richards (’53, ’56)

Inez Sandusky (’56, ’62)

Katherine Smith (’59)

James Sullivan (’56, ’61)

Edward Tyring (’59)

Jane Johnson Waites (’56)

George Whitehorn (’58)

Melba “Faye” Carter Wilmore (’59)

1960s

Carole Agnello (’63)

Carolyn Powell Anderson (’65, ’86)

James Ash (’64)

Michael Austin (’69)

Ann Curtis Bailey (’60)

Emma Bass (’62)

Richard Bryan Bell (’60)

Benny Bills (’62, ’69)

Doswell Brown III (’67)

Willard Carr (’62, ’74)

Ben Cates (’66, ’69)

Edward Elam Jr. (’62)

Mallory Elrod (’69)

Barry Gaither (’69)

James “Randy” Griggs (’66)

John Hawkins Jr. (’65)

Sue Shoulders Herron (’67)

Sharon Malone Herndon (’63)

Ann Green Hockett (’69)

Robert Hope (’64, ’65)

Delores “Dee” Hunt (’69, ’76)

Wally Johnson (’63)

Malon “Al” Jones (’68)

Sandra Jones (’69, ’72)

Bruce Jordan (’68)

Patrick Langdon (’69)

Jack Lavender (’60, ’61)

John M. Lovelady (’65)

Fred Lynn (’62)

Donald “Hal” Manier (’67, ’68)

Felix Massey III (’67, ’71)

William “Billy” Mayfield (’60, ’76)

James McCarroll (’60)

Lynn Craig Miller (’64, ’74, ’90)

Kenneth Edward Moore (’66)

Dayton Moser (’67, ’79)

Kenneth Mott (’64)

Marcus Nichols (’61)

Gilbert Orr Jr. (’63)

Lynn Parker (’68)

Larry Presswood (’67)

Edward Price Jr. (’61)

Harold Sansing (’62)

Jess Shearin Jr. (’60)

Thomas Sterritt Jr. (’69)

John Sweatt Jr. (’65)

Marguerite Holder West (’64)

Raleigh Wooten (’60, ’62)

Winston Wrenn (’63, ’71, ’76)

Charles Yancey (’60)

1970s

Joseph Adkisson (’71)

Larry Ashmore (’74, ’75)

Charles Bennett (’75)

Pamela Ann Haynes Bingham (’74)

Carl Bronson II (’73)

Michael Carter (’75)

Paul Coakley (’75, ’79)

James Fisher Sr. (’74)

William “Lamont” Haislip (’70)

John Hernandez (’74)

Bobbie Hinsley (’73)

Edward “Randy” Hurt (’77)

Katy Johnson (’74, ’83)

Grace Keith (’73)

A. Grant Kelley Jr. (’72)

Patrick K. Lindsay (’79)

Nelda Draughon Lunn (’74)

William Lynn Jr. (’73)

Barbara “Bobbie” Martin (’70)

James Martin (’78)

Roger Maultsby (’76)

Suzanne Corwin McDowell (’78)

Thomas McKee (’71)

Tommy McKnight (’73)

Sandra Woodard McLelland (’74)

Patty Schneider McManus (’75)

Judith Brown Miller (’76)

Phyllis Morgan (’71)

William “Alex” Nelson Jr. (’75)

Janice Nolen (’76, ’83)

Don Owens (’70)

Janice Parsley (’71, ’74, ’76)

Don Patterson (’78)

Randy Rader (’79)

Catherine Rhodes (’72)

Patricia Sisk Ritchie (’74)

Barbara Roman (’72)

Mitchell Rowland (’72)

Kenneth Rushlow (’71)

Carl R. Russell Sr. (’71, ’74)

George Slater (’72)

Jean Gooch Spann (’78)

Thomas “Randy” Speed (’78)

David Stephens (’72)

Doris Graham Sullivan (’71)

Danny Todd (’77)

Marjorie Childress Voorhies (’72)

Barry Wagner (’76)

Howard Watson (’78)

Robert Woods (’73)

William Wynne (’78)

Alice Yokosuk (’74)

Stanley “Roger” York (’72)

1980s

Donna Eley Bush (’85, ’88)

Mary Ellen Petree Carlton (’80)

Michael Dedmon (’89)

Crystal Webb Dotson (’82)

Richard Friant (’88)

Timothy Grandey (’82)

Keith Hateley (’88)

Scott R. Hendrickson (’83)

Linda Holder (’80)

Connie Himes Hyer (’85)

William “Bill” Jones Jr. (’80)

Benjamin Payne Jr. (’81)

Frankie “Fran” Womack Perry (’82)

Nancy McLaughlin Roberts (’87)

Suzanne Givens Trussell (’89)

Raimon Williams Jr. (’82)

Ralph Williams (’82)

Sherman Wright (’87)

1990s

Virginia “Lynn” Bogle Baxter (’90)

Richard Chesterman (’93)

Charles “Jeff” Enis (’92)

Evelyn Gordon (’97)

Reita Harris Gorman (’91)

Don Henegar (’93)

Laquita Jones (’98)

Terry Maynard (’97)

Richard Moores Jr. (’99)

Leslee Brent Nelius (’93)

Judy Glasscock Reger (’91)

Theodore Rodgers (’94)

Jonathan Tubville (’97)

William “Bill” Work (’99)

2000s

Sean Barr (’09)

Jared Bates (’08)

Abby Brueggen Boivin (’05)

Ross Brown (’00)

Matthew Clifft (’08)

Earle “Rich” Harnett (’05)

Bridgett Heil (’02)

Ekinadose Isibor (’04)

Shannon Forner Loar (’03)

Jennifer McDowell (’06)

Sally Michello (’08)

James “Blake” Pearson (’08)

Brenda Nelms Poag (’05)

Amie Breazeale Restuccio (’01)

Edward “Andy” Roadarmel (’07)

Richard Rorabaugh (’01)

Cynthia Skelton (’06)

2010s

Nathan Butturini (’11)

Nicholas Guarino (’15)

Jadareius Hamlin (’13)

Cory Hutchison (’13)

Michael Montalbano (’15)

Brian Moore (’14)

Derek Peck (’18)

Dary Phanthavong (’14)

Ellen Sykes (’11)

2020s

Bradley Wayne Blomgren (’20)

David “Brenden” Spelta (’21)