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Archives for the ‘Obituaries’ Category

Morris Howard Nimmo (1953)

Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Morris Howard Nimmo, of Suffolk, VA, died October 20, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. Morris served his country with honor in the field of electrical engineering in the U.S. Army. He later retired as an engineer from the U.S. Patent office [...]



Ewin Allen Ottinger (1960)

Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Ewin Allen Ottinger, of Norfolk, VA, died October 16, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. Ewin was a letterman on the cross country and track teams at UT. He proudly served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1961 until 1967. He [...]



Robert (Bob) Merritt (1973)

Oct 28th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Robert (Bob) Merritt, of Knoxville, died October 16, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his master’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Bob retired from Knox County Schools after 39 years of service, having taught at Ridgedale and Northwest Schools.



Glen Fielden Nicely (1939)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Glen Fielden Nicely, of Maryville, TN, died October 18, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Glen taught Vocational Agriculture in Renick, West Virginia for five years before going to Seoul, Korea to work for the U.S. Government in [...]



Billy M. McLemore (1960)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Billy M. McLemore, of Memphis, died October 15, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. He served with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and was a founding member of Tennessee Grocers Association. Mr. McLemore’s contributions to the grocery industry were recognized with [...]



Carroll C. Raines, Sr. (1950)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Carroll C. Raines, Sr., of Surgoinsville, Tennessee, died October 16, 2009. He attended North Carolina State University, Gardner Webb University, and was a graduate of the University of Tennessee. He received his bachelor’s degree and master’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Mr. Raines served in the U.S. Navy during WWII [...]



Dorothy Beeman Roehl Cook (1949)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Dorothy Beeman Roehl Cook, of Knoxville, died October 15, 2009. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving her bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration.



John P. Long (1976)

Oct 27th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

John P. Long, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died October 13, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.



Maxwell “Max” Elsworth Spinger (UT Retiree)

Oct 26th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Dr. Maxwell Elsworth Springer, of Knoxville, Tennessee, died October 11, 2009. He received a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from the University of Missouri and a doctor’s degree from the University of California, Berkeley. Max was on the Missouri faculty before coming to the University of Tennessee, where he was a dedicated teacher and [...]



George Clinton Queener (1953)

Oct 26th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

George Clinton Queener, of Hillsboro, Illinois, died October 11, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee and served in the U.S. Navy during the Korean War.