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Posts Tagged ‘1930s’

Aaron Shankman (1938)

Jan 31st, 2012 • Category: Obituaries

Aaron Shankman, of Memphis, died August 3, 2011. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences.



Charles David Lockett (1939)

Jan 11th, 2012 • Category: Obituaries

Charles David Lockett, of Knoxville, died November 7, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Law and practiced law for over 60 years. He served in the U.S. Army during WWII and the Korean conflict, retiring as an Infantry Colonel with 30 years of regular and reserve [...]



Rhea Browder (1938)

Jan 4th, 2012 • Category: Obituaries

Rhea Browder, of Harriman, TN, died September 12, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.



Theodore M. Swingle, Sr. (1937)

Dec 13th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Theodore M. Swingle, Sr., of Chattanooga, TN, died October 20, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering, and served in the Signal Corps during WWII. Theodore worked for the TVA following the war and retired in 1979 as Chief of Communications Branch.



Amy Armstrong Moyers (1934)

Dec 8th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Amy Armstrong Moyers, of Knoxville, died October 17, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. Amy was a retired educator after 42 years of teaching in Knox County at Powell High School where she taught Latin, French, Spanish, English, US and Tennessee History.



Nancy Adelaide Hale Hook (1937)

Sep 2nd, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Nancy Adelaide Hale Hook, of Knoxville, died August 4, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and a master’s degree from Duke University. She taught at the high school level in Morristown and Kingsport, was a Navy officer in WWII, and worked [...]



Eleanor V. Goodrich (1935)

Aug 17th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Eleanor V. Goodrich, of San Antonio, TX, died July 10, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and was a devoted military wife.



Nannette Manning West (1939)

Jul 27th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Nannette Manning West, of Bogart, GA, died July 7, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. She served in the American Red Cross during WWII.



Cecil Chandler Dale (1931)

Jul 26th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Cecil Chandler Dale, of Knoxville, died July 5, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Home Economics. She taught fourth grade for many years in Knoxville and Decatur, Georgia.



Murray Warmath (1934)

Apr 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Murray Warmath, of Minneapolis, MN, died March 16, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Warmath was named head football coach at the University of Minnesota in 1954 and led the Gophers to a national championship and two back-to-back Rose Bowls. [...]