2008. 2335 South 10th Street, Abilene, TX 79605. brenw15@yahoo.com
2007 Carissa Martus earned her master’s degree in music from Portland State University in Summer 2011. 819 N.W. Wheelock Place, Hillsboro, OR 97006. clm02e@gmail.com
BORN To Jason and Amy (Martin ’11) McCarty, a girl, Caoimhe Joy, June 11, 2011. 2349 Bridge Avenue, Abilene, TX 79603. To Maher and Maria (del Pinal) Saab, a boy, Ezra, Aug. 6, 2011. To Cody and Bethany (Freede) Girod, a boy, Maxwell Stone, April 26, 2011. 11821 Bittern Hollow Road, #10, Austin, TX 78758. hcg02@gmail.com
2008 MARRIED
To Koby (’10) and Christie (Thomas) Andrews, a boy, Knox Thomas, July 20, 2011. 825 Hickory Street, Colorado City, TX 79512. candrews@ccity.esc14.net To John and Lisa (Etchison) Culkin, a girl, Brooklyn Adelle, June 12, 2011. 4630 Magnolia Cove Drive, #1326, Kingwood, TX 77345. lisa.k.culkin@gmail.com To Jacob and Jamie (Hall) Banks, a girl, Jordan Nicole, June 3, 2011. 6032 Judy Drive, Watauga, TX 76148. jamielynn_acu@hotmail.com To Michael Walker (’04) and Kristen Ruhl-Walker, a girl, Michaela, Jan. 15, 2011. 3341 Winding River Trail, Round Rock, TX 78681.
2009 BORN To Andrew and Abigail (Goldsmith) Harmon, a boy, Luke Walling, Oct. 29, 2010. 1407 Oak Knoll Drive, Colleyville, TX 76034. To Taylor (’08) and Sarah (Sparks) Brooks, a boy, Wilson “Beckett,” Aug. 22, 2011. 221 Rodeo Drive, Keller, TX 76248. sarahbrooks13@gmail.com To Coy and Karitsa (Meinke) Greathouse, a boy, Owen Adam, Oct. 26, 2011. 1116 Bracy Street, Odessa, TX 79761.
Matt Worthington and Jessica Lynn Reyna, July 16, 2011, in San Antonio. The couple moved to Washington, D.C., where Matt is a middle school reading teacher and technology coordinator in the D.C. public schools. He recently completed a two-year commitment to Teach for America and received a M.Ed. from George Mason University. 610 Irving Street NW, Apt. T-02, Washington, DC 20010. worthingtonmatthew@gmail.com
Sam Hurley and Ashley Ohlhausen, June 4, 2011, in Abilene.
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To Peter and Kristen Nicole (Cothran) Ellwood, a girl, Brynlee Paige, Nov. 17, 2011. 5069 Bartlett Drive, The Colony, TX 75056. To Nathaniel and Amanda (Burke) Hamilton, a boy, Logan, Dec. 15, 2005; a girl, Brooke, March 26, 2008; and a boy, Noah, June 25, 2009. 834 S. Bowie Drive, Abilene, TX 79605.
2011 MARRIED
BORN To Bryce and Paige (Bates) Williams, a boy, Major Dean, Aug. 18, 2011. 10702 E.C.R. 105, Midland, TX 79706. bmw08b@acu.edu
IN MEMORIAM 1944 Henry O’Neal Forgy Jr., 87, died Jan. 12, 2012, in Jackson, Tenn. He was born Nov. 27, 1924, in Dierks, Ark. He attended Freed-Hardeman University before ACU, and did two years of graduate work at Harvard Divinity School. He worked 35 years with the family-owned H.O. Forgy and Son scrap metal business, then retired after working for the Tennenbaum Company in Little Rock, Ark. He was appointed chair of the Tennessee State Advisory Commission to the United States Commission on Civil Rights, and also served as president of the Institute of Scrap Iron and Steel. Among survivors are his wife, Linnie Roberta Pruett; four children; a sister; and six grandchildren.
1945 Dr. Billy Joe (B.J.) Maynard, 88, died May 25, 2011, in Crane. He was born May 10, 1923, in Ranger and lived most of his life in Crane. He married Frankie Tidwell (’45) June 27, 1946. He served in the Naval Reserves and later the Army, and earned his M.D. from the University of Arkansas. B.J. practiced medicine in Crane for more than 40 years. He is survived by his wife; two sons, Stephen Maynard (’69) and Dr. Tim Maynard; four grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
1949 Ouita Marie Roberts Shelton, 82, died July 5, 2011, in Dallas. She was born Dec. 7, 1928, in Taft and grew up in South Texas. She married Louis Shelton in 1948 and worked for Dow Chemical as a secretary. She and Louis later lived in Colorado, Texas and Hong Kong. He preceded her in death in 2007. Ouita is survived by two daughters; Lisa (Shelton ’76) Barnes and Barb (Shelton ’81) Mayben; a sister, Dorothy Bradley; and two grandsons, David and Jacob Barnes. Robert Alton Lowry, 82, died July 13, 2011, of complications from polio. He was born Aug. 22, 1928, in Oklahoma City and served in the Army after graduating high school. He met his wife, Mary Virginia “Ginny” Bell (’52) at ACU. Bob worked at IBM for 28 years and also earned his master’s degree in education. He preached for Churches of Christ in Oklahoma and Kentucky and also served as an elder. He is survived by his wife, three sons, a daughter, 13 grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
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1948 Dr. Robert Rex Meyers, 88, died Jan. 8, 2012, in Bellingham, Wash. He was born Aug. 7, 1923, and grew up on a farm near Henrietta, Okla. During World War II, he served as an Army correspondent in England, writing for Stars and Stripes. He earned a bachelor’s degree in English literature from ACU, a master’s from the University of Okahoma and a doctorate from Washington University in St. Louis. He served as minister of Riverside Church of Christ, Plymouth Congregational Church and University Congregational Church (UCC), all of Wichita, Kan. Meyers was professor of English for more than 30 years at Wichita State University, where he authored two books and more than 100 journal articles. In 2008, UCC began the Robert
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Melba Jean Cranfill Hearn, 84, died Oct. 13, 2011. She was born June 1, 1927, in Plainview and met her first husband, Cullen Cranfill (’48), at ACU. He preceded her in death in 2009. Melba married Jim Hearn in 2010. He survives her, as do two daughters, Christy (Cranfill ’73) Nelson and “Connie” (Cranfill ’77) Hackney; two stepdaughters; five grandchildren; and five great-grandchildren.
1952 Ralph Parker Williams, 79, died June 30, 2011, in Bartlesville, Okla. He was born Aug. 14, 1931, in San Angelo and grew up in Brownwood.
Brandon Bolden (’13) and friends from Shades step their way through the parade.