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Posts Tagged ‘1950s’

Robert Lee Davis (1952)

Dec 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Robert Lee Davis, of Knoxville, died October 2, 2011. Recruited by General Neyland, he was the center on the 1951 University of Tennessee National Championship team. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a master’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Following graduation, he served in the U.S. Army as [...]



Charles Duncan Scarbrough (1957)

Dec 7th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Charles Duncan Scarbrough, of Knoxville, died September 25, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering, was a veteran of the U.S. Army and retired from TVA as a civil engineer after 38 years of service.



William Carl “Pat” Patterson (1956)

Dec 5th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

William Carl “Pat” Patterson, of Loudon, TN, died September 15, 2011. He served in the National Guard and the U.S. Army during the Korean War. Following his military service, Pat graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Business Administration. He retired after working many years for the Department [...]



James Earl Martin (1950)

Sep 16th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

James Earl Martin, of Hermitage, TN, died September 2, 2011. He was a veteran, serving in the Army Air Corp during WWII. Following his military service, he graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree (1950) from the College of Engineering. He was employed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad and retired in 1985 from [...]



William Holladay Spivey, Sr. (1950)

Sep 15th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

William Holladay Spivey, Sr., of Tampa, FL, died August 30, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources and served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He was employed by DuPont, where he retired, in Kinston, North Carolina.



Eugene J. Sanders (1958)

Sep 15th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Eugene J. Sanders, of Winchester, TN, died August 11, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree (1958) and a master’s degree (1977) both from the College of Engineering.



Roger Aubrey Coggins (1950)

Sep 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Roger Aubrey Coggins, of Knoxville, died August 27, 2011. After serving in the U.S. Navy during WWII, he received a football scholarship to the University of Tennessee and graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Following graduation, he began a high school teaching and coaching career, coaching football, basketball, [...]



Grady Whitman Agee (1950)

Sep 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Grady Whitman Agee, of Memphis, died August 26, 2011. He graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree (1950) from the College of Business Administration and a bachelor’s degree (1980) from the College of Law. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps and was awarded the Purple Heart for wounds received in the battle [...]



Ruth Mae Calzada (1954)

Sep 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Ruth Mae Calzada, of Gretna, LA, died August 22, 2011. She earned a bachelor’s degree (1944) from H. Sophie Newcomb College of Tulane University, P.E. Certification (1949) from Northwestern State College, a master’s degree (1954) from the University of Tennessee, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences, a master’s plus 30 (1966) from Tulane University [...]



J. Roy Weathersby (1958)

Sep 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

J. Roy Weathersby, of Asheville, NC, died August 13, 2011. Roy graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering and went on to study law at Vanderbilt Law School. He specialized in labor and employment law and practiced for 40 years in Atlanta and throughout the United States.