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Posts Tagged ‘1930s’

Wilson Miller Tucker (1938)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on Februrary 21, 2008 in Rock Hill, SC.
Tucker was commissioned in the U.S. Navy, attended ship salvage school in New York City, and became a deep-sea diver. He was stationed in Manila, Philippines, where his unit raised 483 vessels from Manila harbor. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering and, at [...]



Ruby T. Scholz Scott (1938)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died Februrary 21, 2008 in Franfort, KS.
She received her master’s degree from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences. She taught at North Carolina State College East in Greenville, N.C., then at North Carolina State in Raleigh. In 1947, she returned to Kansas, where she was director of school food service for the Kansas [...]



Elizabeth Moore Weaver (1937)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on Februrary 17, 2008 in Nashville, TN.
She graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences.



Ann Harrison (1936)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died December 25, 2007 in Morristown, TN.
Harrison was an office manager at Prater’s in Morristown. She graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences.



Dorothy H. Maynard (1936)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died on Februrary 18, 2008 in Knoxville, TN.
She was a Girl Scout leader, piano teacher, and teacher of home economics at Holston High School in Knoxville. She graduated from the College of Education, Health, and Human Sciences.



Dr. Cyrus Cleveland Johnson, Jr. (1934)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died December 9, 2007, in Madison, MS.
Johnson served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as a flight surgeon, reaching the rank of major. He received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences, UT Knoxville, and his doctor of medicine (1936) from the UT Health Science Center.



William Albert Degroat, Jr. (1934)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died February 7, 2008, in Knoxville.
Degroat was the oldest member of the Pride of the Southland Band. He was with the employment security office for many years. He received his degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.



Virginia McClain Bell (1934)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died February 23, 2008, in Knoxville.
Bell was a member of several civic organizations. She graduated from the College of Arts and Sciences.



Dorothy Duncan (1930)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died September 4, 2005.
Duncan was an alum of UT Chattanooga.