{IN MEMORIAM}
Ida Louise Alford Noblin, B.A. 1937, of Dallas, died Jan. 4, 2013. She grew up in various parsonages in Mississippi and attended Whitworth College before enrolling at Millsaps. She earned a master’s degree from the University of Southern Mississippi in 1957. She taught in the Dallas Independent School District for 23 years, retiring in 1980. She later served as a chaplain at Parkland Hospital and as oncology, gerontology, and hospice chaplain at Riverside Methodist Hospital in Columbus, Ohio.
Elizabeth Sue Cunningham Turnbull, B.A. 1937, of Houston died
Andrew’s Episcopal School from 1963
accomplishment was piloting the super-
until 1968 before opening a preschool
sonic Concorde jet while he and his wife,
known as the Briar Patch Primer. She was
Roberta, enjoyed the very first around-the-
a communicant of St. Andrew's Episcopal
world transit of the iconic aircraft.
Cathedral for 65 years and served in many nior League of Jackson and the Mississip-
Catherine E. Herring Lindsey, B.A. 1947, of Collierville,
pi Museum of Art Gallery Guild, a docent
Tenn., died Feb. 15, 2013. She was a retired
at the Old Capitol Museum of Mississippi
accountant and music teacher.
capacities. She was a member of the Ju-
History, a volunteer at Methodist Rehabilitation Center, and a member of the Habitat for Humanity Board of Directors.
Rose Campbell Lancaster, B.A. 1948, of Austin, Texas, died May 23, 2013.
In 1995, Mississippi Goodwill Industries
She studied Spanish literature for a year
honored her for her volunteerism.
at the University of Mexico in Mexico City
Carolyn Falk Katz, 1946, of Hous-
and then earned a teaching certificate at Tulane University. Her volunteer focus
ton, Texas, died on June 25, 2013. She
during the last 20 years of her life included
attended Millsaps for two years before
children as well as women’s empower-
leaving to work at the phone company af-
ment, border ministries, the indigent, and
Compensation Commission in Jackson.
ter her father died. She and her husband,
the homeless. She was a founding board
Ralph, were merchants who operated a
member of Samaritan Counseling Center,
Marguerite Darden Godbold,
store founded by his father in 1905.
the Presbyterian Border Corp., and the
Oct. 9, 2013. After graduation, she worked at The Clarion-Ledger as assistant society editor and later for the Unemployment
1940, of Shalimar, Fla., died Jan. 14, 2013. She met her husband to be, John Walter Godbold, at Millsaps. They lived during their 60-plus years together in Decatur, Ga., St. Louis, and northern Virginia and reared three children. The two traveled both in the U.S.A. and to Europe, South America, and Asia after John Godbold retired. She was involved in the Fort Walton Beach Chapter of the National Panhellenic Conference, the Northwest Florida Military Officers Association, the National
Dr. Jim C. Barnett, a Navy V-12
Austin Human Services Association and a trustee emeritus of the Trull Foundation.
alumnus, of Brookhaven, died July 26,
Her interest in international work includ-
2013. He served as a Navy flight surgeon
ed two trips to Mexico, serving as official
with Fighter Air Group Fifteen during
observer during presidential elections
the Korean War, where he was aboard
and also involved women's empowerment
the aircraft carrier the U.S.S. Princeton,
issues with a trip to Kenya for Planned
CV37. He earned his medical degree from
Parenthood International, a trip to Guate-
the Southwestern Medical College of the
mala for the Center for Development and
University of Texas in 1949 and practiced
Population Activities, and a trip to Cuba
medicine in Lincoln County for 36 years.
for Population Institute.
In 1990, Barnett became the president of Southern Medical Association, the second
Kenneth Lloyd Farmer Sr., B.S.
largest multi-specialty medical organiza-
1949, of Leeds, Ala., died May 10, 2013.
tion in the world, with more than 60,000
He survived the Bataan Death March and
members. He had the honor of meeting
almost three and a half years as a pris-
Orchestra of Northwest Florida.
with and advising on healthcare issues
oner of war during World War II. He then
every U.S. president from Lyndon John-
graduated from Millsaps College and had
Elizabeth “Bettye” Timberlake Nicholson, B.A.
son to the current administration. Barnett
a career at Universal Atlas Cement Co.
was a member of the Mississippi House
and with the City of Leeds. In 1993, he was
of Representatives from 1992 to 2008.
honored as Leeds’ Citizen of the Year. He
As a commercial rated pilot with more
served on the U.S. Department of Veterans
than 10,000 hours of flight time, Barnett
Affairs’ Federal Advisory Committee, the
flew everything from a small Piper Cub
Former Prisoners of War Board and the
to the Concorde. His favorite aviation
Selective Service Board.
Active and Retired Federal Employees Association, and the Republican Women of Okaloosa Federated and served on the board of directors of the Philharmonic
1944, of Ridgeland, died Sept. 15, 2013. Nicholson worked several years for Delta Airlines in Atlanta and Jackson and then for the Mississippi Department of Archives and History. She taught at St.
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