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Posts Tagged ‘1960s’

Howard Louis Loveless (1963)

Jul 26th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Howard Louis Loveless, of Knoxville, died July 3, 2011. He earned a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree from North Carolina State University. After a couple of short teaching stints at Clemson University and Auburn University, he moved to Knoxville in 1958 to start his teaching career at the University of Tennessee as an assistant [...]



Eldred Dennis Davis (1968)

Jul 26th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Eldred Dennis Davis, of Knoxville, died June 30, 2011. She earned a doctor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. Dr. Davis was an educator and retired from Knoxville College after 27 years of service.



John Billy White (1969)

Jul 11th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

John Billy White, of Tuscaloosa, AL, died June 15, 2011. He served three years (1952-55) in the U.S. Marine Corps. Mr. White earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Alabama and a master’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. He was an educator, having taught for many [...]



George B. Flippen, Jr. (1965)

Jun 21st, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

George B. Flippen, Jr., of Austin, TX, died Jun 14, 2011. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Engineering. He began his career with IBM in Lexington, Kentucky in 1965 and transferred to Austin, Texas in 1968. Mr. Flippen worked in the development laboratory as a product planner in [...]



Ronald “Ron” Stephen Jarvis (1968)

Jun 21st, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Ronald “Ron” Stephen Jarvis, of Knoxville, died June 16, 2011. Ron was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences. He was a letterman on the 63-67 Vols football team, which won the National Championship in 1967. He was a Captain in the [...]



Ronald Wayne “Ronnie” Stevens (1966)

Jun 14th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Ronald Wayne “Ronnie” Stevens, of Memphis, died June 9, 2011. Ronnie earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Engineering and returned to Memphis to become President of Stevens Electric, Co., a family owned business.



Joanne McDowell (1961)

Jun 13th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Joanne McDowell, of Indianapolis, IN, died June 1, 2011. She graduated from the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Arts and Sciences. Joanne was an accomplished watercolorist for many years and was also a talented ballet dancer.



Lucinda Creech Hansard (1963)

Jun 13th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Lucinda Creech Hansard, of Powell, TN, died June 4, 2011. She was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree from the College of Education, Health and Human Sciences and was a first-grade school teacher in the Knox County School System for over thirty years.



Raymond Ernest Cobble (1940)

Jun 9th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

Raymond Ernest Cobble, of Knoxville, died May 8, 2011. He was a graduate of the University of Tennessee with a bachelor’s degree (1940) and a master’s degree (1960) both from the College of Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources. Upon graduation, he served as an assistant county agent in Rhea County. In 1941, he was commissioned [...]



W. Dale Young (1963)

Jun 9th, 2011 • Category: Obituaries

W. Dale Young, of Maryville, TN, died May 21, 2011. He earned his Doctor of Jurisprudence Degree from the University of Tennessee, College of Law and began his career with Dunn, Felknor, Young, Paine, and DeLozier. He served as Assistant Attorney General for the 4th Judicial Circuit and was active in republican politics. He was Chairman [...]