Condolences
Berry College extends sincere condolences to family and friends of the following alumni and former faculty/staff members. This
list includes notices received April 1 – Aug. 31, 2015.
1940s Esther Bell de Cardenas (42H) of Land O’ Lakes, Fla., Nov. 27, 2014. James O. Carden (43C) of Rome, Oct. 18, 2014. Arthur Wallace Lloyd (43H, 50c) of Rome, July 29, 2015. Jasper Earl Pendley (43C) of Hampton, Ga., May 29, 2015. George Edward Harvell (44H) of Mobile, Ala., July 3, 2015. Oscar Olive (44H) of Marianna, Fla., Oct. 19, 2014. Sara Lowery Queen (44c) of Abilene, Texas, April 14, 2015. Joyce Jones Striplin (44H, 48c) of Ocala, Fla., Feb. 13, 2015. Electa Chesnut Summers (44c) of Mableton, Ga., Aug. 1, 2015. Geraldine Hallmark Alloway (45C) of Cookeville, Tenn., Nov. 30, 2014. Sara Ansley Burke (45C) of Decatur, Ga., April 20, 2015. Evelyn McEwen Hall (45c) of Wilsonville, Ala., April 8, 2015. Ernest C. McLeod (45c) of Blacksburg, Va., May 24, 2015. Allie Seay Scoggin (45H) of Rockmart, Ga., Nov. 23, 2014. Paul H. Cook (46c) of Spartanburg, S.C., Dec. 27, 2014. Eunice Breedlove McNeal (46C) of Alamo, Ga., May 3, 2015. Betty L. White (47H, 51C) of Rome, April 23, 2015. Sarah Edwards Young (47H, 51c) of Marietta, Ga., April 18, 2015. Frank George Cloer (48c) of Conyers, Ga., June 12, 2015. Clyde Padgett Dean (48H, 52c) of Dublin, Ga., Nov. 24, 2014. Virginia Carden Denson (48H) of Watkinsville, Ga., Oct. 26, 2014. Joseph M. Shiflett (48H) of Atlanta, Oct. 10, 2014. J. Ronald Stegall (49H, 53c) of Soddy Daisy, Tenn., Oct. 10, 2014.
1950s R. Dwight Peterson (50H) of Defuniak Springs, Fla., Nov. 20, 2014. Joe Power Smith (50c) of Norcross, Ga., July 17, 2015.
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Carl J. Welch (50C) of Smyrna, Ga., July 9, 2015. Alton W. Davis (51c) of Charlotte, N.C., May 17, 2015. John Robert Findley (51c) of Tiger, Ga., July 17, 2015. Bennie T. Hardin (51H) of Rome, April 17, 2015. Carolyn Edwards Barton (53H) of Cedar Point, Ala., July 16, 2015. Shirley Porterfield Murray (53H) of Avon Park, Fla., June 24, 2015. Olivia Chambers Newton (53C) of Athens, Ga., March 11, 2015. Martha Ann Pass Parker (53H) of Plainville, Ga., July 7, 2015. Oliver Faye Williams (53C) of Wedowee, Ala., April 26, 2015. Janice Moses Jones (55C) of Fayetteville, Ga., May 9, 2015. Hoyal B. West (55C, FFS) of Ellijay, Ga., May 20, 2015. Ann Allen Williams (55C) of Gainesville, Ga., July 25, 2015. Jean Scott Williams (55C) of Valdosta, Ga., July 24, 2015. Sammy Joe Peacock (58c) of Canton, Ga., Aug 6, 2015. Dorothy Smith Reeve (58C) of Calhoun, Ga., Aug. 18, 2015. Harvey E. Stewart (58H) of Milledgeville, Ga., Oct. 7, 2014. Everett Jackson Cowart (59c) of Winder, Ga., March 4, 2015.
Leslie Horton Parker (77C) of Portsmouth, Va., Aug. 25, 2015. Linda K. Bowers (78G) of Bridgewater, Va., July 17, 2015. Shirley Cook Fickey (79G) of Ringgold, Ga., May 8, 2015.
1980s Dorothy Jane West (80C) of Athens, Ga., May 26, 2015. Laurie Ann Davison (86C) of Lexington, Ky., June 28, 2015. Mary Stewart White Fortune (86C) of Pace, Fla., June 11, 2015.
1990s Tony Lee Horsley (93C) of Douglasville, Ga., Aug. 9, 2015. Martha Faye Tomlinson (99G) of Rome, June 30, 2015.
Former Faculty/Staff William Ferrell Childres Jr. of Rome, June 10, 2015. Robert H. DuPree of Tuscaloosa, Ala., July 13, 2015. Patricia A. Geisel of Madison, Ga., April 27, 2015. Martha Kennedy of Rome, June 4, 2015. Susan K. Simmons of Rome, Aug. 25, 2015. Laura Delle Weaver of Calhoun, Ga., April 1, 2015.
1960s
In Memoriam
Betty Jones Whitten (60c) of Charlotte, N.C., June 16, 2015. Albert Carter Johnson (61c) of Moneta, Va., July 6, 2015. John Barry Lavender (61H) of Jefferson, Ga., July 5, 2015. Carol Anderson Caldwell (64C) of Clarkesville, Ga., June 25, 2015. William Phillip Carney (66H) of Ellijay, Ga., June 16, 2015. David Franklin Roberts (66C) of Cedartown, Ga., Dec. 24, 2014. Dolores Nix Rutland (66C) of Covington, Ga., April 2, 2015. R. Frank Davis (67C) of Concord, N.C., Aug. 24, 2015.
The Berry community extends deepest sympathy to the family of Dr. Bobbie Bailey, who died July 25 at the age of 87. Bailey’s life was shaped by an adventuresome spirit and love of a challenge. She started her first company, Our Way Inc., in 1960, and after selling it in 2001 launched three other businesses. She also was an avid music lover and generous philanthropist who spent a large portion of her life strengthening the civic and nonprofit communities in Atlanta and Georgia. Bailey provided two Steinway pianos for Berry students and created a Gate of Opportunity Scholarship. Among others, she is survived by her sister, Audrey Morgan, a member of the Board of Visitors and recipient of Berry’s honorary doctorate.
1970s Robert H. McWhorter (71C) of Silver Creek, Ga., March 25, 2015. Annette G. Hanson (73G) of Rome, Aug. 5, 2015. Mary Miller Kirk (76C) of Fayetteville, Ga., April 23, 2015. Jeffrey Patrick Murray (77A) of Decatur, Ga., Aug. 3, 2015.
The Berry community mourns the loss of Jeannette McNeil Cathy, who died July 22 at the age of 92. Widow of the late Chick-fil-A founder and chairman emeritus S. Truett Cathy, she is credited with inspiring many of the philanthropic efforts that are part of the Chick-fil-A legacy today. Among these efforts are the WinShape Foundation, which has helped so many students attend Berry College, and WinShape Homes, which serves more than 500 foster children through 13 homes in three states, including three homes on Berry’s mountain campus. Cathy is survived by sons Dan T. and Donald M. “Bubba” Cathy, daughter Trudy Cathy White, 12 grandchildren and 20 greatgrandchildren. Dan Cathy is a Berry trustee. Berry College lost a great friend, supporter and leader with the Sept. 17 passing of Trustee Emeritus James Malcolm “Jimmy” Sibley at the age of 96. Sibley served as a Berry trustee from 1967 to 1990, including six years as board chair. His father also served as trustee and board chair; for 80 years, Berry College had a Sibley as trustee or trustee emeritus. Sibley was a partner at the Atlanta-based King & Spalding law firm and served on many boards, including Coca-Cola, SunTrust Banks and the Trust Company of Georgia. He also served on the boards of the Robert W. Woodruff, Lettie Pate Evans and Joseph B. Whitehead foundations, among many other charitable and educational organizations. He was a 2009 recipient of Berry’s honorary doctorate. His wife and one son preceded him in death. Sibley is survived by four children, nine grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren.
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1930s Anne Wingfield Charpie (37C) of Toledo, Ohio, June 15, 2015. Zell Ryan Hemphill (39C) of Cedartown, Ga., Dec. 6, 2014.