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Archives for the ‘Obituaries’ Category

F. Joseph Miller (UT Retiree)

Jul 11th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

F. Joesph Miller, of Knoxville, died June 23, 2011. He was a graduate of the university of Alabama and attended Officer’s Candidate School. He was commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Corps serving during WWII and retiring with the rank of Captain. Joe was an analytical research chemist, working at Oak Ridge [...]



John Billy White (1969)

Jul 11th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

John Billy White, of Tuscaloosa, AL, died June 15, 2011. He served three years (1952-55) in the U.S. Marine Corps. Mr. White earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. He was an educator, having taught for many [...]



Raymond Murray (1950)

Jul 11th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Raymond Murray, of Raleigh, NC, died June 22, 2011. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of Nebraska and accepted a teaching assistantship in physics at the University of California. During WWII he served in a research program for the separation of uranium isotopes by the electromagnetic method. In 1943, he [...]



Edward Marvin Searcy (1951)

Jun 24th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Edward Marvin Searcy, of Knoxville, died June 21, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree (1951) from the College of Arts and Sciences and a second bachelor’s degree (1954) from the College of Engineering. Mr. Searcy was owner of Searcy & Associates.



William Henry “Bill” Roberson (1948)

Jun 24th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

William Henry “Bill” Roberson, of Salt Lake City, UT, died June 18, 2011. He entered the Army Air Corps in 1943 and was commissioned a second lieutenant in 1944. Following his military service, he graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. He began his career at Hercules Powder [...]



John William “Bill” Felton, III (1954)

Jun 24th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

John William “Bill” Felton, III, of Knoxville, died June 21, 2011. Bill was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. He entered the insurance industry in 1960 and founded Tennessee Brokerage Agency. Bill was very proud of his military career and founded the East Tennessee [...]



Ray Littrell Baker (1949)

Jun 23rd, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Ray Littrell Baker, of Kingsport, TN, died June 20, 2011. He served in the U.S. Army Air Force during WWII and graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration.



Mark Allen Moon (1950)

Jun 23rd, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Mark Allen Moon, of Seminole, FL, died June 18, 2011. Mark was a veteran of WWII and worked as a mechanical engineer for Wright Patterson AFB before retiring to Florida. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering.



Jerrell “Jerry” Perry Childress (1949)

Jun 23rd, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Jerrell “Jerry” Perry Childress, of Knoxville, died June 21, 2011. He served on the USS Ingersoll in the Pacific Theatre during WWII and was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a master’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. He began his career as a store clerk at Sterchi’s Furniture Company and [...]



Juanita Marie Davidson Lane (1957)

Jun 23rd, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Juanita Marie Davidson Lane, of Lancing, TN, died June 19, 2011. Juanita was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. She taught elementary school for 41 years.