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Posts Tagged ‘1940s’

Helen Creech Upshaw (1941)

Dec 6th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Helen Creech Upshaw, of Farragut, TN, died September 24, 2011. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. She worked as a statistician at UT and taught at South High School.



Wilma Rogers Kneeland (1942)

Dec 6th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Wilma Rogers Kneeland, of Apopka, FL, died September 18, 2011. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. Wilma was one of UT’s first female cheerleaders and was chosen Miss University of Tennessee in 1940.



Virgil Gibson Kennedy, Jr. (1943)

Dec 6th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Virgil Gibson Kennedy, Jr., of Knoxville, died September 21, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering and from the U.S. Coast Guard Academy.



Elma Neal Roane (1943)

Dec 6th, 2011 • Category: Honor Roll, Obituaries, Young Alumni

Elma Neal Roane, of Cordova, TN, died September 19, 2011. Elma graduated from the University of Tennessee with a master’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. She was one of the founders and second president of the Tennessee College Women’s Sports Federation, formed in 1969, to re-institute intercollegiate athletic programs and [...]



William Lloyd Clement (1940)

Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

William Lloyd Clement, of Murfreesboro, TN, died September 1, 2011. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee, earning a bachelor’s degree (1940) from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. He served in the U.S. Air Force, U.S. Army, and the National Guard. Mr. Clement retired in 1972 as an agent for [...]



Roland H. Rawls (1942)

Sep 15th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Rowland H. Rawls, of Jonesborough, TN, died July 19, 2010. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.



Joyce Hall Williams (1947)

Sep 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Joyce Hall Williams, of Florence, AL, died August 24, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree (1947) from the College of Arts and Sciences. She earned a master’s degree from the University of North Alabama, where she was an English professor.



Owen Everett Hodges (1943)

Sep 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Owen Everett Hodges, of Nashville, died in August 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree (1943) from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Owen served in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He was employed by the Tennessee Department of Agriculture as a County Agent in Davidson County, as [...]



Marcellus D. Harris (1943)

Sep 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Marcellus D. Harris, of Jacksonville, FL, died April 24, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.



Lucy Ellen Rowntree Cole (1942)

Sep 13th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Lucy Ellen Rowntree Cole, of Knoxville, died August 22, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration and was employed by the Tennessee Valley Authority during the 1940s.