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Posts Tagged ‘1938’

Lyman H. Goff, Jr. (1938)

Feb 9th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died January 2, 2009 in Foxborough, MA.
Goff graduated from the Air Corps Flying Center in Randolph and Kelly Fields, Texas, where he received his pilot wings and was commissioned a second lieutenant. During WWII in 1943, he was squadron commander of the 15th Anti-Submarine squadron at Batista Field in Cuba and performed anti-submarine patrol in [...]



Lois Whitehead Parker (1938)

Feb 6th, 2009 • Category: Obituaries

Died Aug. 9, 2008 in Knoxville, TN.
After traveling with the FBI, Parker served as a trustee of the Knoxville-Knox County Public Library and was the first woman president of the library board of trustees. She also served as the first woman on the Knoxville Utilities Board. She graduated from the College of Education, Health, and [...]



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 [...]