In Memoriam

1940s

Pearl Robinson Dennis (’48)

Marvin Stepp (’48)

Ruth Willis (’42)

1950s

Frank Atchley II (’51)

Phyllis Nichols Baker (’50, ’73)

Richard Brown (’56)

Phillip Davis (’59)

Jack Duggin (’57, ’58)

Frank Edwards (’52, ’71)

Anita Turner Fields (’57)

Thurman Gregg (’58)

Mary Hayes (’57)

Gladys Shadow King (’50)

L. Quentin Lane

Lane (’54), president emeritus of Cleveland State Community College, died peacefully at the age of 88 at his home in Fleming Island, Florida, on June 5, 2023. He graduated from MTSU at the age of 19. Named an MTSU Distinguished Alumnus in 1979, Lane was one of the founders of Cleveland State Community College, where the L. Quentin Lane Gymnasium is named after him. He also served as president of the MTSU National Alumni Association

Dorothy Richardson Lee (’55)

June Lenz McBride (’50, ’72)

Jimmie Juanita Merrell (’59)

James Mullins (’55, ’62)

Billy Wayne Pyle (’59, ’61)

James “Jim” Robinson (‘56, ’58)

Jo Ann Young Sharber (’58, ’72)

Mary Jane Ray Shelton (’55)

Ira W. Simmons III (’59)

Mary Trumphour (’59)

William Woodfin Sr. (’52)

1960s

Randall Armsbury (’68)

Billie Smelley Bain (’69)

Paul Barnett (’68)

Richard Beasley (’69, ’73)

Annette Woodmore Cothron (’61)

Larry Cox (’68)

Joe Don Delay (’60)

Robert “Bobby” Hall Duffey (’69)

Walter “Kim” Foster (’63)

Carl Gadsey Jr. (’63, ’74)

Phillip Harper (’60, ’69)

David Hester (’67, ’72)

Ralph Jackson (’63)

Bobby Jernigan (’64)

Norman Kaylor (’60)

Don Keaton (’61)

Cammie Carl Mangrum (’63, ’70)

Robert Mayes (’60, ’65)

Ronnie Murphy (’69)

Cynthia Wilkerson Oliphant (’63)

Albert “Chuck” Pearce (’65, ’70)

Danny Shedd (’69)

Elizabeth “Betty” Campbell Skogman (’68)

Ruth Garner Stewart (’66)

Michael Sweeney (’67)

Josh Tenpenny (’68)

Anne Dark Underhill (’67, ’71)Lane (’54), president emeritus of Cleveland State Community College, died peacefully at the age of 88 at his home in Fleming Island, Florida, on June 5, 2023. He graduated from MTSU at the age of 19. Named an MTSU Distinguished Alumnus in 1979, Lane was one of the founders of Cleveland State Community College, where the L. Quentin Lane Gymnasium is named after him. He also served as president of the MTSU National Alumni Association

1970s

William “Fred” Bradley (’75)

Gary Brewer (’73)

Lois Gilling Brown (’75)

Jame Burkhalter (’70)

James Chadwell (’79)

Shirley Maxwell Clark (’76)

Katherine Dunham (’78)

Keithlin Durkee (’72, ’78)

J.W. Harper (’72)

Patricia Clifton Harwood (’70)

Brenda Bernstel Heberling (’78)

Thomas Fowler Jackson (’74)

Donna Rowlette Keene (’70)

John “Jack” McDonald (’78)

Thomas McGaugh (’73)

John Murray Jr. (’75)

Jim Powers (’72, ’73)

Martha Ann Simmons (’76)

Ronald Stansell (’71)

Roy L. Stephens (’76)

Jerome Taylor Jr. (’78)

Sandra Werth (’72)

Janet George White (’78)

Douglas Woodlee (’78)

Dimples Davis Zipperer (’75)

1980s

Paul Babcock (’83)

Donald Beck (’89)

Jeffrey Binegar (’83)

Barbara Ledbetter Daughtry (’80)

Edmond “Eddie” Deeb (’81)

Eddie Gossage

Gossage (’82), one of the motorsports world’s leading executives, died on May 16 at age 65. The president and general manager of Texas Motor Speedway, Gossage was the 2017–18 MTSU Distinguished Alumni Award recipient and a member of the College of Media and Entertainment’s Wall of Fame. After graduating with a communications degree, Gossage worked at The Tennessean sports department, then the Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway in public relations before joining Speedway Motorsports in 1989. Considered a legendary racing promoter with colorful and memorable promotions and an innovator on the business side of the sport, Gossage formerly served on the board of professional advisors for the College of Media and Entertainment.

David Hale (’85)

Donald Holland (’83)

Daniel Jackson (’86)

Timothy Merrell (’80)

Emily Pegg (’89)

Kathy Wright Sarno (’80)

1990s

Timothy James Brown (’99)

Meredith Moss Collier (’96)

Katherine Walls Colvin (’94)

John Davenport (’92, ’94, ’96)

Lars Leif Hall (’92)

Lucy Utt (’97)

Sandra Melson Williams (’90)

2000s

Aaron Carver (’04)

Lori Farney (’03, ’06)

Tavares Jones (’08)

Lori Pyles Lockmiller (’01)

Robert “Chris” Norton (’05)

Amy Dedrick Peterson (’02)

James “Jim” Sales (’01)

William “Franky” Sims (’02)

Deanna Hagan Thigpen (’08)

2010s

Trevor Hornsby (’15)

Michael Maren (’13)

Meghan Taylor McGuire (’10)

Michael Morrison (’10)

Davin T’Rell Sharp (’16)

John Sivilaylack (’16)

2020s

Brandon Austin Mayo (’20)

Tanner Spalding (’20)