Tributes to departed members of the Long Blue Line.

|1920s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | 2000s | Faculty & Staff|

1920s

Brunette Crawford Nelms ’28 of Memphis, May 4, 2021.

 

1940s

Anne Dorman Sanford ’42 of Starkville, June 29, 2020.
Mary Clark Metts ’43 of Jackson, April 9, 2021.
Dorothy King Dixon ’44 of Philadelphia, Oct. 19, 2019.
Peggy Cheape Hardin ’44 of Marietta, Georgia, Jan. 30, 2019.
Laura Caldwell Sharp ’44 of Ruston, June 23, 2012.
Norma Johnson Walker ’44 of Natchez, June 21, 2021.
Charlotte Boggs Rea ’45 of Fayetteville, Georgia, Sept. 30, 2020.
Mae Carroll Harrison Thornton ’45 of Meridian, Nov. 23, 2019.
Allan Clements Womble ’45 of Winston Salem, North Carolina, March 24, 2021.
Julia LaGarde MacDonell ’46 of Augusta, Georgia, Dec. 23, 2020.
Ann Loeb Tamlyn ’46 of Peabody, Massachusetts, March 31, 2021.
Mary Smith Wise ’48 of Sherman, Texas, May 18, 2021.
Perian Collier Conerly ’49 of Oxford, June 17, 2021.
Elsa Eubanks Davis ’49 of Brandon, Dec. 31, 2020.
Charlene Wilson Gaines ’49 of Towson, Maryland, Dec. 28, 2019.
Sammie Doolittle Hardin ’49 of Calhoun City, Nov. 10, 2020.
Dahra Faulkner Martin ’49 of Mendenhall, Dec. 15, 2020.

 

1950s

Frances Jaudon Kelly ’50 of Columbus, March 24, 2021.
Mary Morrison McKinnon ’50 of Maryville, Tennessee, June 8, 2021.
Rose Rowan Whitaker ’50 of Memphis, Tennessee, Dec. 19, 2020.
Josephine Cox Hannaford ’51 of Greer, South Carolina, June 8, 2020.
Sudie McCool Manning ’51 of Flowood, July 19, 2021.
Jean Etheridge Duffer ’52 of Winston Salem, North Carolina, May 17, 2021.
Betty Ann Kaiser ’52 of Natchez, Dec. 26, 2020.
Betty Sampson Donelan ’53 of Greeley, Colorado, May 16, 2021.
Roberta Moody Sadler ’53 of Denver, Colorado, Nov. 11, 2020.
Sarah Carr Boyd ’54 of Columbus, March 12, 2021.
Iris Smith ’54 of Alexandria, Virginia, May 12, 2021.
Flora Rye Dobbs ’55 of Hamilton, Dec. 1, 2020.
Carolyn Williamson Hull ’55 of Jackson, Nov. 18, 2020.
Wilsye Turner “Wish” Lott ’55 of North Carrollton, Feb. 27, 2021.
Dottie Huggins Tomlinson ’55 of Holly Springs, March 30, 2021.
Margaret Seale Barruel ’56 of Holly Springs, Jan. 13, 2021.
Rheta Myers Bunnell ’56 of Metairie, Louisiana, June 22, 2021.
Edna Phillips Jackson ’56 of College Station, Texas, Nov. 16, 2019.
Barbara McMillin Webb ’56 of Hazelhurst, July 23, 2021.
Sondra Dismuke Huddleston ’58 of Greenville, June 1, 2020.
Beverly Wall ’58 of Monroe, Louisiana, Oct. 13, 2020.
Grace Green Sanderson ’59 of Amory, June 19, 2020.
Betty Jones Unger ’59 of Martin, Tennessee, June 15, 2021.

 

1960s

Dr. Janie Arnold Bradley ’60 of Cleveland, June 7, 2021.
Sara Horton Chapman ’60 of Franklin, Tennessee, Dec. 18, 2020.
Geraldine Gibson Barnes ’61 of Monticello, Jan. 19, 2021.
Adrianne Farmer Bean ’61 of Franklin, Tennessee, Dec. 3, 2019.
Sue Gates Bennett ’61 of Mission Viejo, California, Sept. 17, 2020.
Mary Dallas Edmondson ’61 of West Memphis, Arkansas, May 16, 2021.
Kathleen Watt (Kay) Harris ’61 of Colorado Springs, Colorado, Dec. 27, 2018.
Eda Winders Jackson ’61 of Ridgeland, Feb. 11, 2021.
Marjorie Hess Morris ’61 of Jackson, June 13, 2021.
Margaret Johnson Foster ’62 of Trinidad, Colorado, April 10, 2021.
Shirley Beatty Wand ’62 of San Antonio, Texas, Nov. 19, 2019.
Juliana Harden Dowell ’63 of Coralville, Iowa, July 2, 2021.
Virginia Curtis Thomas ’63 of Madison, Aug. 19, 2020.
Eleanor Milner Batey ’65 of Gulfport, June 2, 2021.
Mary Hill Jones ’65 of Enterprise, Alabama, May 16, 2021.
Sandra Ledlow Phillips ’65 of Miami Lakes, Florida, Oct. 27, 2020.
Nancy Harbison ’66 of Sugar Land, Texas, March 12, 2020.
Carla Barnes Camp ’67 of Jackson, May 7, 2021.
Virginia Gordon Grisson ’68 of Meridian, June 21, 2021.
Hazel Blalock Lawrence ’68 of Winfield, July 19, 2021.
Frances Reynolds ’69 of Raleigh, North Carolina, Sept. 29, 2020.

 

1970s

Mary Jane (Janie) Burke’70 of Hernando, May 16, 2021.
Sherry Carpenter Hofmister ’70 of Clinton, March 28, 2021.
Carolyn Worrel (Susan) Saulsbury ’70 of El Dorado, Arkansas, Nov. 17, 2020.
Emily Browning ’71 of Saltillo, May 14, 2021.
Ava Wimbush ’71 of Iuka, Sept. 25, 2020.
Frances Bach Gong ’71 of San Antonio, Texas, Dec. 25, 2019.
Thelma King Campbell ’72 of Columbus, May 27, 2021.
Martha Cilburn Whitley ’72 of Tupelo, Nov. 28, 2020.
Lois Tiffin ’74 of West Point, July 3, 2021.
Mollie Jones ’76 of Guntersville, Alabama, June 16, 2021.
Mary Helen Hicks ’78 of The Colony, Texas, June 21, 2021.
Sherry Plunk Elmore ’79 of Tupelo, May 19, 2021.
Kathryn Gallagher (Kathy) Byars ’79 of Milport, Oct. 4, 2020.

 

 

1980s

Moteshia Odom Batts ’81 of Pensacola, Florida, April 29, 2020.
Dr. Angela LaFarge Blizzard ’81 of Hillsboro, Oregon, Feb. 27, 2021.
Jean Wilson Schwindaman ’81 of Rockville, Maryland, July 26, 2021.
Jackie Arnold Wallace, ’81 of Milton, Florida, May 18, 2021.
Freda Fulgham Thomas ’85 of West Point, April 27, 2021.
Dr. Gaynell Reeves (Gay) ’85 of Hitchcock, Texas, July 1, 2021.

 

1990s

Debra Oliver Butler ’91 of Columbus, Feb. 4, 2021.
Steven Wallace ’91 of Columbus, May 27, 2021.
Barbara Bergum Myers ’93 of Brookings, South Dakota, May 6, 2021.
Leslie Winters Hollis ’98 of Columbus, July 20, 2021.
Candace Witherspoon Antwine ’99 of Baltimore, Maryland, July 16, 2021

 

 

2000s

Jackie Dillard Parker ’01 of Tupelo, March. 3, 2021.
Barbara Temple ’01 of Columbus, May 25, 2021.
Herbert (Bert) White Jr. ’01 of Columbus, July 21, 2021.
Doris Connor ’03 of Caledonia, May 23, 2021.
Danny Bolton ’06 of Saltillo, May 27, 2021.

 

 

Faculty & Staff

Dr. James Hunt, professor emeritus of education and the director of the Center for Special Children, May 20, 2021. An avid history buff and a wonderful story teller, Hunt served campus from 1963-1989.

Ken Linton, May 6, 2021. Linton served as comptroller from 1973-1993.

Dr. Elaine Parrish ’93, Feb. 28, 2021. Parrish worked in continuing education as the coordinator of technology-based instruction from September 1999 - June 2002. She was also an adjunct instructor in computer classes, Word and Excel for teachers, a non-credit instructor, CEUs for teachers and computers for retirees.