Adytum on High
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Life lost to tornado brings chapters together Nearly six months after University of Alabama student Marcus Smith (QO, Alabama) died from injuries sustained in the April 27, 2011, tornado, friends and acquaintances reflected on the many things they miss about him. “He was one of those really nice guys,” said Clark Hilton, who was in the same fraternity as Smith. “Every time I saw him around campus, he would get a big smile on his face, and we would have a short conversation about what we were doing and everything.”
“The Sunday night before the tornadoes hit, he taught a college Bible study in one of the homes of our members,” Roberson said. “That’s the last memory I have of him.” The last time Roberson and many of Smith’s peers ever saw him, he was encouraging them to put God first, Roberson said. “That night, he was sitting in the recliner with his Bible and notes in his lap, talking about how we should put God first in our lives,” he said. “He did an excellent job and was very encouraging. That’s how Marcus always was. He always cared about serving God.”
Hilton said that he remembers Marcus as being a friendly, outgoing and overall genuinely good guy. The Theta-Omicron chapter of the Sigma Pi Fraternity, where Smith was a brother, along with Sigma Pi chapters at Auburn University and the University of West Alabama, dedicated a plaque in Smith’s honor a few weeks ago, fraternity brother Sonny Age said. The plaque is located in one of the public rooms of the fraternity house and serves as a memorial of Smith to the fraternity.
William V Hesson Jr. ’56 Florian V Kaczmarek ’57 Ronald P.F. Albertsen ’56 John A Brownell ’59 Robert L Keith ’56 Richard F Bomberg ’57 James A McMillan ’59 Ronald C Patchen ’58 Donald H Bryant ’56 Michael S Fong ’91 Cornell - Mu John R Martz ’46 Raymond N Zimmerman ’50 Robert B Whyte ’41 Charles C Huey ’44 Richard B Felbeck ’52 Detroit - Gamma-Alpha Jon J Kabara ’65 Drexel - Beta-Theta George R Adams ’52 Gerard F Songster ’51 S. Douglas Steele Jr. ’53 Stephen D Pine ’55 Samuel McCullough ’55 Phillip I Plugfelder ’55 John J Donlan ’55 Alan L Dietrick ’56 Alan B House Jr. ’56 James D Wagoner ’58 Frederick E Lewis ’59 William H West ’60 Daniel J McNichol ’63 William A Iulicci ’67 Nicholas Rondolone ’69 Eastern Illinois - Beta-Gamma Vitus J Mockaitis ’63 Kurt V Jaenike ’79 Robert E Yamnitz ’06
Justin Roberson, who was a good friend of Smith and also a minister at Northwood Church of Christ, where Smith attended church, said he remembers Smith as being someone who was always genuinely happy and seeking ways to encourage other people.
Fairmont State - Gamma-Epsilon Gale P Bentz ’67 Franklin & Marshall - Nu Gordon K Banzhoff ’47
Roberson attended a Bible study that was taught by Smith a few nights before the tornado hit Tuscaloosa. from The Crimson White, Univ. of Alabama
Georgia - Alpha-Phi John R Rader Jr. ’71 Michael H Bloodworth ’68 Illinois - Phi Richard R Stouffer ’44
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Alabama - Theta-Omicron Marcus J Smith ’12
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Arizona State - Beta-Kappa John W McGann ’50 Humphrey D Knight Jr. ’53 Willard E Scheidler ’51 William B Woodman ’52 Allen L Isaacs ’54 Kenneth E Ragle ’54 Luke A Kirby ’52 Nondas W Brooks ’54 James Aloian ’53 Robert F Ohnleiter ’54 Charles R Haltigan ’54 Phelps K Ter Heun ’57 Herbert R Randel Jr. ’55 Frank S Giuliano ’60
Edgar T Weekes III ’71 James E Warne ’63 Dennis R Conklin Jr. ’86 Arkansas - Alpha-Sigma Richard J Hostetter Joseph N Beasley ’52 Arkansas State - Alpha-Pi Glenn C Griffith ’63 Darrell L Richey ’64 William D Penick ’55 James A Connor ’72 Ronald R Henson ’67 Gerald W Dudley ’59 Leo J Sallee ’50 Auburn - Alpha-Delta James D Lindsey ’45
John M Ponder ’78 Ball State - Delta-Nu Harold E Voight ’74 Beloit - Alpha-Theta Jess W Lobdell ’52 Cal State - Long Beach - BetaOmicron Jay W Munce ’72 Thomas G MacFarlane Joseph W Blocker ’54 William T Poulsen ’54 Duane J Ring ’54 Charles Krepcoe ’55 Eugene R Ferkich ’57 Gordon S Yater ’57 Richard D Luttrell ’56
Indiana - Beta Albert A Rucinski ’48 Lloyd A Emerson ’57 Thomas R Marshall ’51 Dr. Thomas R Marshall ’24 Paul L Hertenstein ’43 Ronald L Hoff ’59 Sam G Van Arsdell Jr. ’40 Kenyon - Lambda James A Zedella ’57 William H Harsha ’43 Louisiana State - Alpha-Kappa Otto F Diettel Jr. ’59 Louisiana Tech - Delta-Lambda Michael J Garcia ’02