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Posts Tagged ‘1950s’

Carolyn P. Lynch (1959)

Apr 12th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Carolyn P. Lynch, of Sturgeon Bay, WI, died February 16, 2011. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Carolyn taught for a few years in California, then moved to Glen Ellyn, Illinois to raise her family and worked as a [...]



John McCorrmick Carson, Jr. (1957)

Apr 12th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

John McCorrmick Carson, Jr., of Madisonville, TN, died March 25, 2011. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources.



Richard Allen Pieron (1958)

Apr 12th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Richard Allen Pieron, of Los Angeles, CA, died January 23, 2010. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering.



Ralph O. Hodges (1952)

Apr 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Ralph O. Hodges, of Chattanooga, TN, died November 4, 2010. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering.



William H. “Bill” Land, Jr. (1959)

Apr 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

William H. “Bill” Land, Jr., of North Little Rock, AR, died January 15, 2011. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. Bill was retired from the Little Rock Interstate Commerce Commission and following retirement, owned a transportation consulting service.



Sarah Lowry Lay (1950)

Apr 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Sarah Lowry Lay, of Knoxville, died March 9, 2011. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration.



Ronson J. Warne, Jr. (1959)

Apr 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Ronson J. Warne, Jr., of Birmingham, AL, died September 12, 2010. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Warne served as assistant professor at LSU in New Orleans, doctoral fellow at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, associate professor at VPI and full [...]



Richard Robert “Dick” Tylor (1958)

Apr 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Richard Robert “Dick” Tylor, of Winchester, VA, died January 23, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. He was a retired civil engineer with the United States Army Corps of Engineers and served in the U.S. Army Air Corps during WWII.



Robert G. “Bob” Cunningham (1951)

Mar 29th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Robert G. “Bob” Cunningham, of Chattanooga, TN, died March 18, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. During the Korean War he served in the U.S. Navy and won a Navy welter weight boxing title in the Philippines. After military service, he worked for [...]



Donald M. Laycook (1951)

Mar 29th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Donald M. Laycook, of Jackson, TN, died March 15, 2011. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration and served in the U.S. Marine Corp during the Korean War. His entire professional career was as President of Laycook Printing Company.