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Posts Tagged ‘1940s’

Lila Jane Armstrong Pinkston Wilson (1942)

Jan 11th, 2012 • Category: Obituaries

Lila Jane Armstrong Pinkston Wilson, of Knoxville, died November 9, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and taught in Knoxville City Schools for 35 years, retiring in 1977. Following retirement, she worked part-time for twenty plus years in the University of Tennessee’s Bursar’s Office.



James Guthrie Webster (1949)

Jan 11th, 2012 • Category: Obituaries

James Guthrie Webster, of Knoxville, died November 6, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration and was a veteran of WWII.



Clifford M. Sinclair (1941)

Jan 11th, 2012 • Category: Obituaries

Clifford M. Sinclair, of Hoover, AL, died November 6, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. Clifford served in the U.S. Navy during WWII and was discharged as a Lieutenant in 1946. He was a Licensed Professional Engineer and retired in 1981 after a career [...]



Ralph Campbell Garner (1942)

Jan 11th, 2012 • Category: Obituaries

Ralph Campbell Garner, of Chattanooga, TN, died November 8, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. He worked as an accountant for the Tennessee Copper Company in Alcoa, Tennessee and Magnavox Corporation in Greenville, Tennessee. Ralph retired in 1987 from the U.S. Department of [...]



William Lee Rutherford (1949)

Jan 4th, 2012 • Category: Obituaries

William Lee Rutherford, of Lenoir City, TN, died May 15, 2011. Bill served in the U.S. Navy and received an honorable discharge in 1946. Following his military service, he graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. Bill was employed by Tennessee Eastman and retired in [...]



Esther Shagan Klein (1948)

Dec 16th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Esther Shagan Klein, of Sherman Oaks, CA, died April 26, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences and was a retired elementary school teacher.



Eleanor E. Grudier (1943)

Dec 15th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Eleanor E. Grudier, of Spencer, WV, died May 15, 2011. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences.



Hobart B. Kropff, Jr. (1949)

Dec 15th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Hobart B. Kropff, Jr., of Knoxville, died October 25, 2011. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering.



Louise S. Chastain (1948)

Dec 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Louise S. Chastain, of Thomasville, GA, died October 21, 2010. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a master’s degree from the College of Social Work.



Robert Lee Pearson (1948)

Dec 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Robert Lee Pearson, of Mandeville, LA, died October 17, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII. He worked for the Hudson Motor Car Company in Detroit, Tank Automotive Engineering of Detroit, and Frigidaire in [...]