Sympathy

The Wesleyan College Alumnae Association extends sympathy to: Beverly Burgess Meadors ’46, on the death of her spouse, Mortimer Franklin “Mort” Meadors, on November 24, 2021.

Jane Mobley Dickey ’48, on the death of her spouse, Robert Lee “Bob” Dickey II, on November 16, 2022.

Mary Webb Lockhart ’55, on the death of her brother, Morris Payne “Buddy” Webb, Jr., on August 6, 2021.

Temple Wilson Ellis ’58, on the death of her spouse, Judge Greeley Ellis, on December 30, 2022.

Nancy McCook Spence ’58, on the death of her son-in-law, Philip Broome, on July 19, 2022.

Carol Patch Mathis ’60 and Nancy Patch Pederson ’70, on the death of Carol’s spouse, and Nancy’s brother-in-law, Robert Neil Mathis, on May 4, 2022.

Peggy McKinney Youngblood ’61, on the death of her spouse, Robert Youngblood, on August 6, 2022.

Vida Gentry Beall ’62, on the death of her sister-in-law, Edwina Hall Beall ’53, on September 20, 2022.

Harriet Laslie Reynolds ’62, Martha Jean Laslie Woodward ’54, Beulah "Bootsie" Laslie Brinson Bird ’58, and Eleanor Laslie Griffin ’60, on the death of Harriet’s husband, and Martha Jean, Bootsie, and Eleanor’s brother–in-law, John D. Reynolds III, M.D. on August 19, 2022.

Alexis Xides Bighley ’67, on the death of her husband, John A. Bighley, on October 6, 2021.

Marilyn A. Vickers ’67, on the death of her spouse, Lief Hastings Carter, on January 2, 2023.

Virginia “Jenny” Crapps Johnson ’68, on the death of her brother-in-law, Donald Levin Burch, on June 14, 2022.

Melissa Lane Thomas ’69, on the death of her mother, Margery O’Kelley Lane, on May 22, 2022, her brother, Clark Hughes Lane, on April 29, 2021, and her aunt, Eleanor Adams Lane ’58, on July 31, 2022.

Gena Ware Wilson ’69, on the death of her brother, Alva "Durward" Ware III, on September 9, 2022.

Linda Ennis Johnson ’70, on the death of her mother, Betty Ann Henderson Ennis, on January 16, 2022.

Margaret Morris Creech ’73, on the death of her spouse, Lewis Melvin “Mel” Creech, on July 15, 2021.

Kathy Amidon MacGregor ’73, on the death of her spouse, Scott S. MacGregor, on June 27, 2022.

Nancy Osgood ’73, on the death of her mother, Sarah Glover Osgood ’44, on December 7, 2022.

Adriane Kelly Wood ’73, on the death of her spouse, John Leland Wood, on September 17, 2022.

Kay Hickman Beasley ’75, on the death of her father, Gene LeGrande Hickman, on June 4, 2022.

Melissa Worley Callahan ’76 and Jeanette Worley Casey ’78, on the death of their mother, Carol Northcutt Worley, on December 2, 2021.

Cathy Bradach Rockoff ’78, on the death of her mother, Carol Gray Bradach, on December 9, 2021.

Lauretta Elliott Garrett ’79, on the death of her husband, Charles Edward “Charley” Garrett, Jr., on January 20, 2023.

Diana Jones Becker ’80, on the death of her husband, William Pierce “Will” Becker, on December 23, 2022.

Louise Daniels DeLaurier ’80 and Daisy Daniels ’23, on the death of Louise’s mother, and Daisy’s grandmother, Elsie Todd Daniels, on June 17, 2022.

Jan M. Lawrence ’80 and Lindi Lemasters Lewis ’80, on the death of Jan’s mother and Lindi’s mother-in-law, Edna Mae Davis Lawrence, on October 26, 2022.

Flora Hasty McCook ’82 and Elizabeth Hasty Sutton ’86, on the death of their mother, Betty Upchurch Hasty ’55, on August 22, 2022.

Wadra Garner McCullough ’83, on the death of her spouse, Roy Alonzo McCullough, on May 31, 2022.

Lisa Shiveler ’87, on the death of her mother, Wanda Ann Whatley Kirby ’65, on June 16, 2022.

Linda Gay Eubanks ’88, on the death of her spouse, LTC Philip E. “Phil” Eubanks USAR (Ret.), on June 28, 2022.

Virginia Bowman Wilcox ’90, on the death of her brother-inlaw, Marvin Homer Moore, on August 15, 2022.

Cindy Hershey ’91, on the death of her mother, Carol Lee Dunn Fisher, on November 27, 2022.

May Morgan Ackerman ’94 (HON), on the death of her spouse, Dr. Robert Kilgo Ackerman, former president of Wesleyan College from 1984 -1997, on October 3, 2022.

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Christina Coté Findley ’99, on the death of her grandmother, Mary Jo Winters Coté, on April 23, 2022.

Abbie Smoak Lacienski ’01, on the death of her grandmother, Frances “Kay” Austin Boyer, on November 9, 2022.

Bonne Boyd Bedingfield ’03, on the death of her father, David Boyd, Sr., on September 20, 2022.

Mary Kathryn Borland ’04, on the death of her grandfather, Emile Frank Evans, on May 24, 2022, and her grandmother, Kathryn Elizabeth “Beth” Bohnstorff Evans, on November 6, 2022.

Jan Giles Tedders ’08, on the death of her mother, Nancy Taylor Giles, on January 29, 2023.

Devyn Foti-Dickinson ’13, on the death of her grandfather, Angelo Foti, on December 10, 2021.

Abbie Price ’19, on the death of her father, John Bagley, on April 29, 2022.

FACULTY, STAFF, AND TRUSTEE DEATHS

Ferdinand Vogt Kay, M.D., former physician at Wesleyan (1960s), died on September 14, 2022.

Rick Maier, current interim chief financial officer at Wesleyan, on the death of his mother, Maybelle “Trudie” Maier, on January 22, 2023.

Dotty Ivey Morgan, retired accounts payable coordinator in Wesleyan’s business office (2000-2022), died on November 13, 2022.

Marjorie Roberson Willingham, retired assistant director of safety and Wesleyan’s physical plant, died on January 19, 2023.

Find sympathies from Summer WESmag 2022 and current classnotes: wesleyancollege.edu/classnotes