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Posts Tagged ‘1940s’

Eleanor K. Hardcastle Hall (1949)

Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Eleanor K. Hardcastle Hall, of Gainesville, GA, died February 5, 2010. She received her bachelor’s degree from Drexel University and her master’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Home Economics. She taught two years in high school at Clifton Heights, Pennsylvania, taught Home Economics at the University of Tennessee for one year, and at [...]



Allen B. Lee (1941)

Feb 15th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Allen B. Lee, of Chattanooga, TN, died February 11, 2010. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, he received his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. He was a fisherman and a reporter, appearing on WRGP, one of the first television stations in Chattanooga. He also had a radio show on WAPO, WGOW, and WDOD reporting on [...]



Howard Blanc Cockrum (1948)

Feb 12th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Howard Blanc Cockrum, of Knoxville, died February 11, 2010. He attended Carson-Newman College until his schooling was interrupted by WWII, during which he served in the U.S. Army Air Forces. When the war ended, Mr. Cockrum earned his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Engineering. He worked briefly for the Knoxville Utilities [...]



William R. Simmons (1948)

Feb 9th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

William R. Simmons, of Covington, VA, died July 1, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree (1948) and his master’s degree (1950) from the College of Arts and Sciences.



Katherine Milner “Kitty” Black (1949)

Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Katherine Milner “Kitty” Black, of Charlotte, NC, died January 29, 2010. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving her bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences.



Dorothy Jane Whittle Seatz (1941)

Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Dorothy Jane Whittle Seatz, of Knoxville, died January 27, 2010. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, she received her bachelor’s degree from the College of Home Economics.



Mary Bee Northcross Clark (1943)

Feb 3rd, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Mary Bee Northcross Clark, of Clarksville, TN, died January 20, 2010. A graduate of the University of Tennessee, she received her bachelor’s degree from the College of Home Economics.



Charles F. Niles, Jr. (1943)

Jan 28th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Charles F. Niles, Jr., of Haines City, FL, died January 15, 2010. He received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Engineering and his master’s degree from Purdue University. He enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1943 and received his Midshipman training at Notre Dame and graduated from Radar School at both [...]



Martha W. Cooke (1948)

Jan 27th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

Martha W. Cooke, of Tuscumbia, AL, died January 21, 2010. She received her bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and her master’s degree from the University of North Alabama. She was a teacher in the Tuscumbia school system.



James W. Fly (1943)

Jan 27th, 2010 • Category: Obituaries

James W. Fly, of Montgomery, AL, died August 19, 2009. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, receiving his bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering.