Condolences Deaths
Berry College extends sincere condolences to family and friends of the following alumni and former faculty/staff members. This list includes notices received Nov. 1, 2013 – April 30, 2014.
1930s
Sally Keown Riggs (33H, 37C) of Atlanta, Oct. 31, 2013. Winifred McMillen Wilson (37H, 41C) of Durham, N.C., Jan. 2, 2014. Doris Davis Rush (37c) of Powder Springs, Ga., Jan. 25, 2014. Mary F. Turner Higgins (38H, 42C) of Jacksonville, Fla., Feb. 16, 2014. Evelyn Wall Hillman (39H) of East Brunswick, N.J., April 10, 2014.
1940s Marie Allison Barnett (41H) of Raleigh, N.C., Nov. 24, 2013. Melba Hitchcock Burgess (41H) of Birmingham, Ala., March 24, 2014. Frances Freeney (41C) of Lynchburg, Va., Dec. 19, 2013. Merrell W. Johnson (41c) of Chattanooga, Tenn., March 1, 2014. Joe Neal Kinney (42H) of Talmo, Ga., Nov. 18, 2013. Aubrine A. Nichols (42c) of Fayette, Ala., Dec. 30, 2013. Helen Bennett Watson (42C) of Atlanta, April 10, 2014. Cecil L. Adkins (43c) of Snellville, Ga., June 19, 2013. Nan Lipscomb Nelms (43H, 47C) of Douglasville, Ga., April 24, 2014. R. Jed Garrison (44c) of Rome, April 4, 2014. Farry L. Gibby (44c) of Conyers, Ga., March 17, 2014. Elizabeth Nesbitt Krupa (44c) of Saint Petersburg, Fla., Nov. 25, 2013. Marilyn Padgett Williams (44H) of Anniston, Ala., June 20, 2013. Doris Ledbetter Conger (45C) of Oconee, Ga., Nov. 13, 2011. Juanita Burkett Pierce (45c) of Orlando, Fla., Feb. 18, 2014. Mary Holland Duke (46C) of Toomsboro, Ga., Dec. 15, 2013.
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Josephine Kell Arthur (47c) of Buford, Ga., Feb. 13, 2014. Katherine Camp West (47H) of Alpharetta, Ga., Dec. 23, 2013. Evelyn G. Austin (48c) of Sylvania, Ga., March 8, 2014. Virginia Hall Atkins (49c) of Snellville, Ga., Jan. 16, 2014. Allowee Vickers Grantham (49c) of Augusta, Ga., April 2, 2014. Franklin Hyers (49H, 53C) of North Augusta, S.C., Jan. 4, 2014. Jimmye Hegwood Lipscomb (49C) of Cartersville, Ga., Dec. 4, 2013. Helen Holcomb Ramsey (49c) of Griffin, Ga., May 15, 2012.
1950s Kelly C. Fordham (50c) of Macon, Ga., June 12, 2013. Jack Bartles (52c) of Evans, Ga., May 5, 2013. Dorothy B. DuBose (52C) of Decatur, Ga., Dec. 16, 2013. Joyce Roe Greene (52C) of Dandridge, Tenn., Oct. 12, 2013. Joan Stewart Moore (52C) of Perry, Ga., Oct. 28, 2013. Carolyn McMahan Tate (52c) of Norcross, Ga., Nov. 13, 2013. Patricia Wood Pressley (53C) of West Lexington, S.C., Nov. 24, 2013. J. Bobby Bailey (54C) of Marietta, Ga., Jan. 30, 2014. A. Randall Cooper (54C) of Moultrie, Ga., Feb. 2, 2014. Eugene Speer (54C) of Milner, Ga., Dec. 8, 2013. Betty Meeks Thackrey (54C) of Valdosta, Ga., Oct. 28, 2013. John Hoyt Jiles Jr. (55c) of Macon, Ga., Jan. 12, 2014. Herman E. Kenney Jr. (55H) of Ellijay, Ga., Jan. 8, 2014. Mary Anderson Kicklighter (55C) of Jesup, Ga., April 11, 2014. Louise Payne Shelnutt (55C) of Rome, April 1, 2014. Chester Marion Smith Jr. (55H) of Hampton, Ga., Nov. 27, 2013. Leila Sue Thornton Ball (56C) of McDonough, Ga., Feb. 17, 2014. Grace Gordy Bearden (56C) of Calhoun, Ga., Feb. 27, 2014. James P. Branch Sr. (56c) of Decatur, Ga., Feb. 23, 2012.
Ed W. Morris Jr. (56C) of Columbia, S.C., April 9, 2014. Mary Stewart Torbert (56c) of Athens, Ga., March 22, 2014. Sidney A. Brothers (57H, 61c) of Woodruff, S.C., Feb. 8, 2014. Robert L. Mason (57H) of Buford, Ga., Feb. 5, 2014. James Lee Stewart (58c) of Armuchee, Ga., April 23, 2013. Geraldine Wood McClure (59c) of Dahlonega, Ga., Nov. 1, 2013. Maurice B. Webb (59C) of Cartersville, Ga., Nov. 18, 2013.
1960s Raymond A. Martin (60H) of McDonough, Ga., June 23, 2013. Patricia Mills Edison (62C) of Bainbridge, Ga., Sept. 1, 2013. John L. Burrell (63C) of West, Miss., Feb. 9, 2014. Bert W. Stiles (63C) of Buchanan, Ga., Nov. 6, 2013. Clifford S. Hewitt (64C) of Conley, Ga., Feb. 10, 2014. Loretta Johnson Padgett (64C) of Inman, S.C., Jan. 12, 2014. Ruth Ledbetter Simmons (64C) of Clermont, Ga., July 4, 2013. Joseph W. Allen (65C) of Kenbridge, Va., April 1, 2014. Martha F. Melton (65c) of Smyrna, Ga., April 12, 2013. Paula Loyd Umberhandt (67C) of Rome, Sept. 28, 2010. R. Glenn Singleton (69C, 80G) of Cedartown, Ga., July 13, 2011.
1970s Rebecca Hall Thompson (70C) of Smyrna, Tenn., Nov. 24, 2013. Edgar L. Fowler Jr. (71c) of Anniston, Ala., March 9, 2014. Linda Kinman Steele (71C) of Calhoun, Ga., July 1, 2013. Gary L. Wombacker (72C) of Bedford, Texas, Feb. 25, 2014. Paula Pyle Baker (74G) of Rossville, Ga., Jan. 19, 2014. Susan Oakes Jarrett (78C) of Dallas, Ga., Sept. 1, 2013. Jane M. Teasley (78C) of Blue Ridge, Ga., May 30, 2012. Tonya Bowen Boylan (79c) of Silver Creek, Ga., Nov. 20, 2013.
Robert R. McCann Jr. (79c) of Avondale Estates, Ga., Feb. 17, 2014.
1980s
Teresa Gail Wasson Lyle (86G) of Marietta, Ga., Feb. 26, 2014. Nicole Hajosy Dellis (87C) of Rome, May 30, 2013. Michael K. Smallwood (89C) of Lincolnton, Ga., Dec. 18, 2013.
2000s Heidi Anne Keen (04C) of Ocracoke, N.C., Aug. 9, 2013. Jeffrey David Gibb (06c) of Atlanta, April 12, 2014.
Former Faculty/Staff Margaret Latzak of Statesboro, Ga., April 18, 2014. Marnie L. Ray of Kingston, Ga., Nov. 29, 2013. Homer M. Savige of Ruskin, Pa., April 13, 2014.
In Memoriam The Berry community was saddened by the April 10 death of Ted A. Owens of Rome. At 20 years, his service as a member of the Berry Board of Visitors was one of that body’s longest. He was a deacon at First Baptist Church and active with Habitat for Humanity. Survivors include wife Joanne, three daughters and sons-in-law, and eight grandchildren.