In Memoriam

1940s

Luther David “L.D.” Ralph Jr. (’49)

1950s

Joan Jernigan Ballard (’54, ’74)

Sarah Follis Barlow

Sarah Follis Barlow (’59, ’63, ’85), a lifelong resident of Murfreesboro, passed away Oct. 4, 2022. A former teacher and professor emerita at two of her alma maters, Central High and MTSU (Honors College), Barlow created an MTSU scholarship for Biology students, the Sarah F. Barlow Scholarship, which is awarded to a graduate teaching assistant who plans to teach at the secondary or college level. She is survived by her husband, Ed Barlow, who is also retired from MTSU. The married couple were students together at MTSU in the late 1950s.

James Clark (’56)

Leslie S. Dale (’50)

Helen Plemons Dickerson (’59, ’77)

William Foutch Jr. (’57, ’62)

Kenneth Fox Sr. (’54)

Peggy Ambrester Gouge (’54)

Harry Green (’57)

Alvin “Pal” Hawkins (’57)

Francis “Frank” Hill (’50)

James “Jim” Lofton (’53)

James Naïve (’56)

Carl Owen (’59)

Carl Grady Palmer (’56, ’66)

Bernice Suddarth Pellegrin (’51)

William A. Sadler Sr. (‘50, ’57)

Catherine Powell Salter (’53, ’61)

Fern Ingle Smith (’55)

George R. Stotser (’56, ’71)

1960s

Bobby Alexander (’60)

Richard Arnold (’69)

Gayle Whitworth Bradley (’69)

John Brittle Sr. (’69)

Howard “Ken” Caplenor Sr. (’68)

Sherry Chumbley Bush (’61)

Virginia Cook (’63)

James Cook (’69)

William “Billy” Cothern (’69)

Rebecca Reis Davis (’67)

Jack D. Dickson Jr. (’67)

Fred Dorminy (’65)

Jerry Dugan (’69)

Polly “Bettie” Calvert Dugger (’62, ’64)

Sarah Halliburton Estes (’63)

Mack Fannin (’61)

Ralph R. Foster (’69)

Donald Greever (’65)

Ralph Guthrie (’65)

Jim Hamilton (’63)

James “Don” Hoover (’66)

Jean Whitfield Jacobs (’68)

Walter “Bill” King Jr. (’65)

Charlotte Willard Martin (’64)

James “Jack” Martin (’69)

Bryant Millsaps

Jarrett “Bryant” Millsaps Sr. (’69, ’75), Tennessee’s secretary of state in 1990–93 and one-time Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) director, died June 13, 2022, at age 75 after a long battle with Alzheimer’s. A child of career educators in Chattanooga, Millsaps earned bachelor’s (Political Science) and master’s (Secondary School Administration) degrees at MTSU. Following stints at Balfour and in the classroom, he worked at MTSU while earning his Ed.D. at Vanderbilt University’s Peabody College. A 1978 phone call from House Speaker Ned Ray McWherter led to a 15-year career in state government including as chief clerk in the House (1983–90). Millsaps then served as a small business owner, educational consultant, and THEC director for two years before joining the ministry full time in 1998 and eventually becoming president/treasurer of the Tennessee Baptist Children’s Homes until retiring to his Hendersonville home in 2016.

Carroll Moore (’68)

Donald W. McRady (’64)

Julia Nichols (’65)

Marie Patterson (’60)

Paul Pique (’64,’70)

Joseph Puryear (’64, ’70)

Harry Reasonover (’62, ’66)

Howard Tracy Rivers (’68)

Mary Lankford Thomas Ross (’63)

Carol LeCroy Scott (’62)

Yvonne Slatton (’60)

Lana “Shot” Tabb (’67)

Rayburn Tankersley (’67)

Howard Vaughn (’65)

Sarah Ware (’69)

Jean Eaton Wilson (’63)

Patricia Jean Wilson (’64)

John Woodall (’60)

1970s

Mary Semmes Ammerman (’74)

Walter Anderton Jr. (’70)

Patricia Dale Baker (’71, ’75)

Martha Hickman Barron (’78)

Allen H. Barry (’78)

Elizabeth Blakely (’71)

Edward Bowles (’72)

Nancy Pharris Brittle (’71)

Dallas Burns (’79)

Dena Stewart Christian (’78)

William “Bill” Davidson (’71)

James L. Dozier Jr. (’73) J

on DeVore (’73)

Jeffery Farmer (’76)

John “Mark” Fly (’72, ’78)

Gloria J. Fogg (’76)

Clara Pinkston Smith Fourman (’70)

James F. Gilliam (’72)

Mary “Joyce” Godsey (’70)

Fradonna Phillips Griffin (’70)

Freddie Hackney (’79)

Laura Bledsoe Hall (’75)

Caroline Hoover Hawk (’72) J

ames Heath (’75)

Lawrence “Bob” Hoge III (’75)

Johnny Jaco (’73)

Alton Jolley (’70)

Susan Smith Keener (’74)

Dianne Dockery Lamb (’72, ’74, ’93)

Mike Liles (’73)

Frederick McLean (’71)

Fred McMillin (’79)

David H. Miller (’70)

Dan E. Moore (’78)

Mackie Owens (’71)

Clarence “Mike” Robison (’73, ’80, ’84)

Donna Spade Rose (’71)

Robert “Bobby” Russell (’76)

Laurel Parry Steele (’72)

Michael Stricklin (’78)

James “Wally” Sudduth (’72)

William Sugg Jr. (’78)

Paula Bevels Thomas (’78, ’83)

Emmett Toombs Jr. (’70, ’74)

Ronald Volpe (’74)

Jonathan Walker (’73)

Betty-Lou Waters (’76)

Paul Watson Jr. (’74)

Stephen Dell Wherley (’72, ’74, ’76)

Geraldine Knight White (’77, ’81)

Dennis E. Whittenberg (’73, ’77)

William Whitworth (’71)

Marie Holman Wiggins (’79)

Robert “Brad” Wilson (’70)

Charles Winton (’70)

1980s

Sandra Carter (’82)

Michael Clark (’86)

Penny Painter Cockmon (’81)

Michael J. Johnson (’89)

Rebecca Hodges Foster (’89)

Michael Griffin (’81)

Susan Russell Lassiter (’81)

Sue Anderson Male (’84)

James Samples (’83)

Mary “Sherry” Long Seal (’87)

Charles “Ricky” Stavely (’84)

Mark Stewman (’87, ’92)

Michael Vannatta (’87)

Larry D. Wallace Sr. (’85)

1990s

Melissa Barron (’98)

William “Mike” Carter (’92)

Tina Midgett Claridy (’94)

Jose “Joel” Escueta (’91)

Franklin Dee Frye II (’97)

Brady Gardner (’95)

Donna Martin (’96, ’98)

Matthew Morehead (’99)

Sheila Parker (’97)

Natalie Barker Ramey (’96)

Barbara Gregorash Walker (’95)

Carla Clemans Warner (’93)

2000s

Alana Auslander-Price (’05)

Terri Ankrum Compton (’04)

Daniel Hermey (’07)

Kason Kelley (’06)

Steven Kines (’03)

Daniel Leverett (’03)

Brian Meehan (’09)

2010s

Ashley Brewer-Bailey (’16)

Cody Derrington (’10)

Denis Duka (’12)

Kolton Holmes (’15)

Vickie Hull (’15)