Torchbearer: Illuminating the University of Tennessee Alumni

Archives for the ‘Obituaries’ Category

William E. Sallee Sr. (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died February 25, 2008 in Oak Ridge, TN.
Sallee served with the U.S. Navy and Air Force at the end of WWII. He graduated from the College of Engineering.



Ralph W. Croley (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died March 19, 2008 in Knoxville, TN.
Croley was owner and president of Croley Realty Company and Success Builders Inc. He graduated from the College of Business Administration.



Dr. Joe Pat Anderson (1950)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died February 25, 2008 in Memphis, TN.
He served in the Army during the Korean War. Anderson received his bachelor’s degree and doctorate degree (1957) from the UT Health Science Center.



Joe Page Peck Sr. (1949)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died March 20, 2008 in Biloxi, MS.
Peck served in the military during WWII and retired with the rank of colonel, as the staff judge advocate Keesler Technical Training Center. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration and his LL. B. degree (1950) from the College of Law.



Anna Lynne Evans Murray (1949)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died November 29, 2007 in Bellevue, TN.
Evans was a teacher for Knoxville City Schools and elementary librarian for Chilhowee and Belle Morris Schools. She graduated from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.



Dr. Murray K. Mantooth (1949)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on March 14, 2008 in Jacksonville, FL.
Mantooth served in the U.S. Army during the Korean Conflict. He practiced medicine for more than 30 years. He received his doctor of medicine degree from the UT Health Science Center.



William C. Skaggs Jr. (1948)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died March 16, 2008 in Knoxville, TN.
Skaggs was a veteran of WWII. He was associated with the law firm of Ayres & Parkey throughout his legal career. He served as president of the Knoxville Bar Association. He received his jurisprudence degree from the College of Law.



Jess Herbert Brown (1948)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died March 5, 2008 in Sanford FL.
Brown was a veteran of the U.S. Army during WWII. He was a teacher in Knoxville for 24 years. He graduated from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.



Betty Louise Colbert Russell (1947)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died December 19, 2007 in Oak Ridge, TN.
Russell was formerly with the FBI in Knoxville, Los Angeles, and Washington D.C. She was an office assistant with Emory Valley Center for more than 10 years. She graduated from the College of Business Administration.



Dr. Stephen Allen Pridgen (1947)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died Februrary 2, 2008 in Germantown, TN.
Pridgen graduated from the UT Health Science Center.