If you know someone who has passed away and are not on the list below, please contact the Office of Alumni and Parent Relations.

To see a list of all deceased alumni, visit the Class Years page. 

May 2022

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of May. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service on Sunday, November 6, 2022. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Elizabeth Kearney Ellis ’82 on April 22, 2022
Clay T. Roberson ’05 in May 2022

April 2022

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of April. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service on Sunday, November 6, 2022. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Gene Powell Baker ’56  on June 26, 2021
Harold D. Burkhardt ’49, P’80 on April 7, 2022
Hubert L. Jones ’61 on April 13, 2022
Mary Delotto Kilday ’77 on April 1, 2022
Molly Price ’75 on April 14, 2022
Zelda Sue Bitner Zimmermann ’66 on April 1, 2022

March 2022

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of March. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service on Sunday, November 6, 2022. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Sean M. Allen ’94 on February 12, 2022
Sara E. Bryant ’11 on March 6, 2022
Caroline Berry Cryar ’46 on March 12, 2022
Joyce Carr Gorden ’53  on March 20, 2022
Catherine L. Meshew ’03 on March 8, 2022
Florence Burger on March 5, 2022
Jack Garey on March 18, 2022

February 2022

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of February. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service on Sunday, November 6, 2022. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Mima Hardin Barrett ’49 on February 13, 2022
Louis J. Davis ’74 on February 6, 2022
Jonabeth Fair Downing ’64 on February 19, 2022
Robert Andrew Morgan on February 7, 2022
Claude C. Cody, IV on February 8, 2022

January 2022

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of January. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service on Sunday, November 6, 2022. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Loretta Hicks Gahagan ’58 on October 13, 2021
Margaret Spilman Klostermann ’49 on January 6, 2022
Dorothy May Oglesby Perkins ’51 on January 23, 2022
Roberta Reed Petrie ’50 on December 12, 2020
Polly Sistrunk Porter ’46 on December 20, 2021
T. Shawn Wicker ’71 on December 24, 2021
Anna B. Winder Wood ’51 on January 3, 2022

December 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of December. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service in 2022. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Mary Helen Baker Moss ’48 on December 3, 2021
Lyle Raper ’71 on December 2, 2021
Jerry Bell Styner ’49 on December 2, 2021

November 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of November. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service in 2022. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Cynthia Davis Griffin ’74 on October 31, 2020
Peter R. Hassinger ’94 on November 26, 2021
Joy Merritt Howze ’68 on October 22, 2021
James R. Jones ’71 on November 5, 2021
Karen L. Munson ’63 on January 8, 2021
Dorrace Purgason Smith ’50 on June 25, 2020
Sharley Louise Early Steubing ’61 on November 10, 2021
Jay Ralph Tate ’70 on November 23, 2021
Elaine Forsvall Verret ’52 on January 16, 2021
William R. Wiemers ’55 on November 2, 2021

October 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of October. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service in 2022. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Frances Wallace Everidge ’44 on September 29, 2021
David C. Heatley ’70 on September 17, 2019
Francine Furlow Meyer ’69 on September 18, 2021
Gordon A. Roe ’57 on October 30, 2021
Frederick Whitecotton ’68 on October 21, 2021

September 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of September. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service in 2022. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

W. Everett Frizzell ’62 on September 1, 2018
Gladys Wilkinson Liese ’42 on August 27, 2021
Melody Hudson Link ’66 on September 2, 2021
Joseph P. Little, II ’67 on September 14, 2021

August 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of August. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Fall Homecoming Worship Service (October 17, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Verlon E. Feller ’48 on July 28, 2021
Dieter Gaupp ’49 on March 12, 2021 
J. W. Hegar Jr. ’57 on June 17, 2021
Clyde T. Lawton ’68 on November 26, 2020
Samuel N. Macferran, Jr. ’72  on August 3, 2021
Phil Ray “Buster” Magee III  ’66 on August 19, 2021
Carrie Miller ’03 on June 7, 2020
Scarlett Moss ’86 on August 13, 2021
Doris Scoggins Taylor ’62 on July 17, 2021
Dorothy Pyke Thompson ’57 on August 24, 2021

July 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of July. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Fall Homecoming Worship Service (October 17, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Sara Gruenewald Alles ’48 on June 25, 2021
Martha Thrasher Bleker ’67 on June 30, 2021
Carmin N. Cleavenger ’54 on March 18, 2021
John V. LaBarbera ’53 on March 18, 2021
Kenneth A. Matthews ’44 on June 10, 2021
Ina Sutherland Mudd ’51 on June 22, 2021
Lula Joanne Crayton Windbigler ’61 on March 19, 2021
Bruce J. Winslow ’75 on August 20, 2020
Joyce E. Sadler Wood ’51 on May 22, 2021

June 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of June. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Fall Homecoming Worship Service (October 17, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Joanne Powers Austin ’74 on June 23, 2021
Naoma L. Ball ’87 on May 29, 2021
Bobby F. Bostic ’60 on May 4, 2021
Charles Ronald Gahagan ’58 on June 3, 2021
Tami L. Grady ’87 on January 29, 2021
David E. Livingston ’72 on January 1, 2021
Susan Fitch LoGiudice ’78 on June 11, 2021
Nina Moore Neatherlin ’58 on July 26, 2020
Annette C. Hastings Nuse ’73 on April 28, 2021
Richard R. Sivertsen ’90 on August 9, 2020
Bill Springer ’66 on June 1, 2021
L. JoAnn Crayton Windbigler ’61 on March 19, 2021

May 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of May. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Fall Homecoming Worship Service (October 17, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Reb Bacchus ’70 on May 11, 2021
Tanna McClung Brock ’65 on May 23, 2021
Joyce Davis Clark ’50 on May 23, 2021
Robert A. Collins ’49 on May 18, 2021
C. Drew Sanders ’58 on May 4, 2021

April 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of April. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Fall Homecoming Worship Service (October 17, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Nolan M. Fisher ’49 on June 17, 2019
Martha Williams Heard ’49 on February 12, 2020
Wendell K. Johnson ’58 on April 8, 2021
Ouida Waddell Henderson ’49 on April 21, 2021
Manuel J. Leon ’47 on February 15, 2021
Harvey C. Moffett ’64 on April 1, 2021
Jewel Borders Parr ’46, P’75 on April 15, 2021
Douglas B. Smith on April 21, 2021
Donald G. Willis ’57 on May 12, 2020

March 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of March. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Fall Homecoming Worship Service (October 17, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Jonette Hall Boudreaux ’53 on December 18, 2019
Nancy Olsen Gregory ’81 on March 27, 2021
Paul M. Hunt ’58 on December 6, 2020
Kathleen Moore Stoneburner ’44 on January 25, 2021
Dale E. Wheelis ’69, P’93, P’95 on February 3, 2021
Ann Mast Williams ’64 on March 4, 2021

February 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of February. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Fall Homecoming Worship Service (October 17, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Lynn Robinson Brink ’65 on February 2, 2021
Louise Britt Carvey ’44 on January 31, 2021
William R. Savage ’66 on February 7, 2021
H. Grant Scoggins, Jr. ’44 on February 2, 2021
Gary P. Spring ’71 on May 6, 2019
Norma Mayfield Talbot ’53 on April 19, 2019
William P. Thomas, Jr. ’64 on January 17, 2021

January 2021

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of January. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Fall Homecoming Worship Service (October 17, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

James M. Croley ’62 on December 24, 2020
Michael F. Florence ’70 on December 20, 2020
J. Andy Fowler ’57 on January 5, 2021
Henry Furler ’20 on December 26, 2020
Sallie Smoot Lewis ’52 on June 27, 2020
J. Russell Martin ’85 on January 1, 2021
Marjorie Zimmerman Parrigan ’54 on November 29, 2020
Glenn E. Selander ’58 on January 5, 2021
Mary “Joanie” Atchison Swanson ’61 on January 14, 2021

December 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of December. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Pauline Johnson Bouse ’54 on May 14, 2020
Frederick C. Gates ’63 on November 29, 2020
Angus G. Hendrick, III ’66 on July 29, 2020
Rose-Mary Dunkin Radick ’68 on October 27, 2020
Robert T. Rork ’62 on December 29, 2020
John Lind on December 22, 2020

November 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of November. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Beryl Kermeth Bierman ’51 on November 14, 2020
Roger R. Butler ’57 on November 6, 2020
Anton E. Fraps, IV ’83 on October 24, 2020
Kristen L. Hendrix Hayes ’95 on October 30, 2020
Richard T. Light ’89 on November 23, 2020
Ryan E. Moriarty ’19 on November 28, 2019
Jan Ramsay ’82 on November 22, 2020
William Forrest Smith ’49 on November 3, 2020

October 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of October. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021). During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Martha Winters Hines ’80 on October 15, 2020
George Holcombe ’55 on July 30, 2020
Maynel Tatum Humphrey ’59 on October 16, 2020
Darlene Blackwood Jones ’71 on October 5, 2020
Richard Wayne Kalmbach ’78 on September 29, 2020
Carol Armitage McCall ’75 on October 9, 2020
Cindrette Ricker McDaniel ’56 on October 15, 2020
William B. Medart ’63 on October 25, 2020
Dean Neubek ’19 on September 10, 2020
Charles E. Porter ’71 on August 25, 2017

September 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of September. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Jack E. Albright, Jr. ’55 on September 15, 2020
Vivian Leighanne Ward Brechin ’87 on January 28, 2020
Joseph R. Cavness ’52 on August 21, 2020
George F. Lawhorn ’51 on February 3, 2020
John H. Seale ’67 on August 25, 2020

August 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of August. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Theodore J. Maier, III ’86 on August 7, 2020
Lydia Ovitz Powell ’70 on March 23, 2020
Janet Elaine Fagan Tittle ’55 on August 2, 2020
Sara Cupp Smith ’68 on April 14, 2020

July 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of July. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Rev. Dr. William Winfrey Alley ’74 on July 12, 2020
Helen Dodd Hawkins ’56 on December 23, 2019
Daniel Z. Rodriguez ’54 on July 19, 2020
Sammie Miller Jr. on July 26, 2020

June 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of June. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Mary Weller Cates ’79 on May 23, 2020
Larry I. Korts ’56 on June 2, 2020
Stephen L. Lescher ’86 on May 24, 2020
Zachary J. Mills ’11 on June 5, 2020
Patricia Corbello Peacock-Dean ’59 on May 10, 2020
William A. Reese, Jr. ’69 on June 3, 2020

May 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of May. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Malford C. Hierholzer ’57 on April 8, 2020
Jane Storter Kline ’74 on May 13, 2020
Jeffry J. Wiley ’66 on March 7, 2020
W. Russell Wood ’50 on January 2, 2020

April 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of April. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Paula Trietsch Chaney ’86 on April 26, 2020
Edith Jane Edens Hatch ’47 on April 10, 2020
Bill Dozier Thornton ’59 on April 10, 2020

March 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of March. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Sam H. Baker ’54 on October 31, 2019
Janice E. Doughty ’78 on August 30, 2019
William Fair ’63 on March 6, 2020
Suzanne Peterson on February 27, 2020

February 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of February. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Genevieve Britt Caldwell ’42 on February 7, 2020
Linda Wilson Craddock ’64 on February 10, 2020
Thomas N. Harrison ’66 on January 31, 2020
Gordon M. Smith ’59 on January 21, 2020
Marjorie Poole Thomas ’56 on January 29, 2020
Col. Bob P. Tindell ’62 on March 24, 2019

January 2020

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of January. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

M. James Adamson, Jr. ’71 on Dec. 26, 2019
J. C. Bumgardner ’48 on Jan. 4, 2020
Charles A. Coward ’75 on Jan. 24, 2020
Barry K. Fawcett ’59 on Jan. 15, 2020
Donald Gerlinger ’81 on Nov. 1, 2019
Dr. Byron M. Griffin ’51 on Dec. 29, 2019
Jimmy C. Hull ’57 on Dec. 27, 2019
Frances Dickson Loveless ’65 on Jan. 21, 2020
Robert W. Loveless, Jr. ’64 on Jan. 10, 2020
Helen Black McAllister ’49 on Jan. 11, 2020

December 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of December. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our Homecoming Worship Service (April 18, 2021) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Ashley G. Finnie, Jr. ’63 on December 4, 2019
Ann Radenz Jones ’53 on December 9, 2019
Charline Hamblin McCombs ’50 on Dec. 12, 2019
Betty Anna Mackan ’57 on Dec. 4, 2019
William Seale, Jr. ’61 on November 21, 2019

November 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of November. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2020 Homecoming Worship Service (TBD) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Charles B. Ponder ’52 on Sep. 13, 2019
R. Dwayne Stevens ’85 on Nov. 12, 2019
Barbara Tharp Vanderpool ’48 Nov. 22, 2019
Weldon Edwin Wink ’59 on Oct. 7, 2019

October 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of October. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2020 Homecoming Worship Service (TBD) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

James Stiles Byrom, Jr. ’51 on Sep. 30, 2019
Vera Anderegg Crow ’45 on Oct. 10, 2019
Carol Cockrell Gulley ’67 on Oct. 4, 2019
Jimmie Bohana Smith ’55 on Oct. 21, 2019
Muriel Wittbold Snow ’53 in October 2019
Michelle Ann Hudson Yoxall ’89 on Oct. 26, 2019

September 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of September. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2020 Homecoming Worship Service (TBD) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Linda Olson Cotton ’63 on Sept. 19, 2019
Charles J. Gauntt ’59
Janell Farris Johnson ’59 on Jul. 7, 2016
Mildred Arnold Spears ’43 on Sept. 11, 2019

August 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of August. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Charles F. Noon ’49 on Apr. 1, 2007
Tommie Oscar Keepers, III ’58 on Aug. 16, 2019
Laura Youens Wexler ’69 on Jul. 22, 2019

July 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of July. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Audrey Whitley Altman ’43 on Mar. 15, 2008
Wayne W. Coffin ’44 on 04 Jul. 4, 2019
Steven S. Hopkins ’75 on Feb. 28, 2019
Virginia St Clair Lackey ’46 on Apr. 22, 2015
Rev. Ike Franklin Ledger ’62 on Mar. 17, 2017
Mary Wilcox Mason ’41 on Mar. 18, 2018
Mary Logan Mayes ’44 on Aug. 14, 2014
Johnny M. Sessums ’63 on Nov. 4, 1984
Rev. Edwin T. Silliman ’56 on Jul. 6, 2019
Judy Franze Winn ’69 on Jun. 14, 2019

June 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of June. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Mary Lewis Bost ’61 on Jun. 5, 2019
Dan Houston Carper ’56 on Jun. 15, 2019
Mary Eddins Earles ’53 on Jun. 5, 2019
Richard K. Ellis ’71 on May 22, 2019
Catherine Eddins Fremming ’48 on Oct. 23, 2017
Harold Gillespie ’42
Ramona Norris Johnson ’66 on Sept. 23, 2018
Thomas T.S. Kaung ’62 on Jun. 16, 2019
Martha Fox Nelson ’54 on May 25, 2019
Judith Streett ’68 on May 1, 2019
Jerry Cullen Torrence ’50 on Apr. 1, 2019
Rev. Boyce Arnold Vardiman ’53 on Jan. 16, 2019
George M. Wilkinson ’50 on Feb. 25, 2014

May 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of May. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.

Quentin Eugene Anderson, Sr. ’50 on Jan. 27, 2018
Jerusha Giles Crawford Bartay ’64 on Jan. 22, 2017
Patricia Brabham ’48 on Oct. 5, 2016
James Mabry Burnett ’73 on May 11, 2017
Brian E. Davis ’84 on May 7, 2019
Gale Newman Emerson ’74 on Mar. 15, 2019
Doris Forsvall Johnapelus ’42 on May 8, 2019
Donald Ledbetter ’84 on May 8, 2019
Harry M. McBride ’53 on Mar. 16, 2016
Rickie Frances Sinclair McGinty ’69 on May 19, 2019
Paul Roach ’03 on May 1, 2019
Susan C. Rosson ’52 on Aug. 12, 2016
Glenn Sandlin ’64 on Dec. 19, 2018
Eva Long Smith ’51 on May 22, 2019
John Arthur Thomason ’66 on Apr. 23, 2019
Riley Jackson Webb ’13 on May 16, 2019

April 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of April. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.  

Lila Whitefield Atkins ’53 on Apr. 7, 2019
Rowena Nixon Dillard ’44 on Apr. 7, 2019
Evan D. Faram ’10 on Apr. 13, 2019
Gordon Finley ’60 on Sept. 17, 2016
Lindal Compton Finley ’61 on Nov. 15, 2011
Elizabeth DeLaune Jordan ’66 on Mar. 12, 2019
Karen Froehlich McCarver ’77 on Mar. 18, 2019
Hollis B. Landrum ’46 on June 28, 1994
Mildred Holtz Landrum ’48 on Dec. 20, 2006
A. W. McLaughlin ’30 on 28 Sept. 28, 1992
Edwina Chrietzberg McLaughlin ’32 on Sept. 6, 2001
Robert A. Pennybacker ’51 on Apr. 9, 2019
John R. Powell ’55 on Apr. 11, 2019
LTC Gerald W. Sylvester ’61 on Mar. 26, 2019
Flavius E. Taylor ’82 on Nov. 19, 2018

March 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of March. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read.  

Mark W. Frost ’82 on May 6, 2018
James E. Fry ’49 on May 17, 2017
Robert Dyer ’50 on Jun. 7,  2015
Doris Brown Morriss ’50 on Mar. 5, 2019
Janette Pearson Ramsay ’61 on Mar. 10, 2019
Rev. Harold W. Reynolds ’49
William F. Roden ’43 on Sept. 8, 2010
Judge John R. Saringer ’68 on Jan. 10, 2019

February 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of February. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Fannie Jo Nance Ault ’46 on Dec. 26, 2017
Alyce Moerner Phillips ’45 Jan. 28, 2019
Rosemary Holzapfel Stroman ’57 on Nov. 15, 2018

Friend of SU: William C. Powers on Mar. 10, 2019

January 2019

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of January. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Charlie Garrett Guymon ’66 on Jan. 21, 2016
Margaret Meldrum Huffman ’58 on Apr. 5, 2018
Diana Reed Mendenhall ’64 on Jan. 8, 2019
Paul  Foust Oliver ’57 on Jan. 12, 2019
Ann Stimson Potter ’44 on Aug. 24, 2013
Clayton E. Sparks ’16 on Jan. 9, 2019
Marcus R. Wichman ’67 on 09 Jan. 9, 2019

December 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of December. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

George Truett Briggs, Jr. ’53 on Jan. 12, 2016
Lynn Harris Greer ’66 on Dec. 7, 2018
Rev. Harold G. Sassman ’59 on Aug. 16, 2018
Joe B. Turner ’58 on Dec. 15, 2018

November 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of November. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Lewis Cartwright ’49 on Oct. 8, 2018
Dr. William Ray Engvall ’55 on Oct. 31, 2018
Nancy Medley Rowley ’51 on Oct. 5, 2018
Dr. Mark White ’75 on Oct. 21, 2018

October 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of October. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2019 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 6) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Steven Costley ’63 on Sept. 27, 2018
Dorothy Hahn Dare ’48 in August 12, 2018
Richard Lehman ’67 on Sept. 3, 2018
Clarke Harton Morian, III ’65 on Oct. 2, 2018
Claudette Jones Spillyards ’74 on Oct. 12, 2018
Jonelle Wheatley Thornton ’61 on Sept. 23, 2018
Steven P. Truitt ’80 on Sept. 30, 2018

September 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of September. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at either our 2018 (Sunday, Oct. 28) or 2019 (Sunday, Oct. 6) Homecoming Worship Service in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Virginia Henderson Adams ’43 on Sept. 6, 2018
Richard Eason ’73 on Sept. 9, 2018
Joe Edwards ’52 on Sept. 1, 2018
Tom Kirkscey ’48 on Aug. 19, 2018
Carolyn Pirtle McNabb ’61 on Sept. 20, 2018
Louis Spellman, Jr. ’48 on Aug. 25, 2018

August 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of August. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Pamela Parr Bohmfalk ’75 on Aug. 2, 2018
Rayford L. Lasseter ’49 on Oct. 28, 2017

July 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of July. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Barry Simmons Queenan ’65 on July 3, 2018
John L. Smith ’73 on June 8, 2018
L. Nathan Winters ’60 on July 18, 2018

June 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of June. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Joyce Sauer Harlowe ’59 on May 11, 2018
Shawna Koehler ’05 on Aug. 26, 2015
Katherine Ford Russell ’73 on June 5, 2018
John R. Saul ’48 on Nov. 1, 2013
Colleen Camp Taylor ’50 on May 26, 2018
David V. Wilson ’64 on May 31, 2018
Eugene F. Wood ’51 on May 7, 2018

April 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of April. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

James H. Clarke, Jr. ’69 on Mar. 20, 2018
Clarolyn Harris ’51 on Mar. 28, 2018
Nancy Hamilton Moss ’55 on Mar. 21, 2018
Jesse Purdy on April 16, 2018
Nancy North Stanley ’62 on Mar. 29, 2018
Donald Stonecipher ’50 on April 8, 2018
Helen Rebecca Tidwell ’46 on April 5, 2018
Beverly J. Turner ’57 on April 15, 2018

March 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of March. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Barbara Coppin Arnold ’57 on Feb. 28, 2018
Andrew Eugene Bell ’01 on Mar. 10, 2018
Grace Maroneey Schaefer ’68 on Feb. 23, 2018
Laura Sue Durrenberger Smith ’54 on Feb. 16, 2018
Ronald L. Wilkerson ’84 on Jan. 4, 2018

February 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of February. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Peggy Jane Hailey ’88 on Oct. 27, 2017
Nancy Roesler Pry ’52 on Dec. 29, 2017

January 2018

We were notified of the passing of the individuals listed below during the month of January. Names are listed in alphabetical order by last name. The individuals listed below will be remembered at our 2018 Homecoming Worship Service (Sunday, Oct. 28) in the Lois Perkins Chapel. During this service, the names of these and other alumni, and members of the Southwestern community whom we have lost in the past year, will be read. 

Gail Abdnor Aleman ’66 on Jan. 22, 2010
Pete Aleman, Jr. ’66 on Jan. 14, 2018
Nan Mickle Lanford ’43 on Jan. 20, 2018
Felicia Melburn Myrick ’55 on Dec. 9, 2017
David W. Scarcella ’61 on Dec. 24, 2017
Glenn Del Weimer ’58  Jan. 11, 2018
Marianne Barcus Welch ’47 on Jan. 10, 2018