Mary Linda Cambron Maddox (BA ’57). She got her English degree here in 1957.
Hazel Maxwell (BS ’35)—2-2-03. She was a retired teacher who had taught in Pike, Celeste, Leonard, Blue Ridge and McKinney, TX.
Shirleye McCollam (BS ’59, MED ’67, MBA ‘79)—12-31-02. After retiring from teaching, she had a career as a financial planner in Greenville, TX. She was the current president of the American Association of University Women and a member of Greenville Retired Teachers. Shirleye was a former board member for Clean Greenville and former member of the Greenville Revitalization Organization.
Evelyn H. Hathaway McCullar (BA ’37)—11-6-02. She had been a public school and private piano teacher and had helped in the family business.
Joe W. McKenzie (BS ’41, MED ‘54)—1-30-03. He taught for 34 years and was a basketball coach and high school principal in the Alba-Golden, TX, area.
Mayfair Owings (BA ’32) —12-01. A resident of Georgetown, TX, she was an elementary teacher in Menard and Austin, TX.
Melvin William Perkins—12-7-02. He was a retired lighting technician at ETSU.
John Locke Phillips (BS ’83)—1-12-03. He was a resident counselor at a home for others who, like John, aspired to live independent lives despite their handicaps.
Benny Ridge (BBA ‘70)—On Feb. 7, University flags few at half staff in memory of Mr. Ridge, a retired employee in Financial Services.
Fran Roberts (BS ’82)—1-21-03. She was a volunteer for the American Cancer Society, the Home Health Care Hospice Program and Presbyterian Hospital of Greenville.
Dorthel Robinson (MA ’48)—12-24-02. She taught elementary grades in Trenton, TX, for 45 years.
Nelson N. Ross (MED ’62)—12-13-02. He was a teacher at Corsicana High School and at Navarro College.
Albert “Al” Earl Russell Jr.—12-1-02. He was an aircraft mechanic.
Mary Jo Bell Scott (BS ’52)—8-14-02. She was retired and residing in Wichita Falls, TX.
Kathy A. Shelton (BS ’78)—12-24-02. She was an award-winning special education teacher in Carrollton, TX.
Otis H. Slaughter Jr. (BS ’47, MED ’54)—9-16-02. He had retired from the First National Bank of Mount Vernon after 45 years there.
Oleta Stubblefield (BA ’35) —1-28-03. She was a home economist, with her last 23 years of experience at Denison (TX) ISD.
Marion A. Taylor (BS ’41)—1-24-03. He was in life insurance and a longtime Midland, TX, resident.
Sharon Ruth Thomas-Smith (BS ’72)—1-5-03. She was a longtime special education teacher at W.E. Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy in Dallas.
Loraine Story (BS ’38, MS ‘68)—11-17-02. She had been a librarian at the public library in Greenville, TX, before retiring and then moving to Opelika, AL.
Darrel Tilton (BS ’51)—1-12-03. He had taught in secondary and higher education at ETSU for 15 years until his retirement in 1985.
Charles H. “Coach” Watson (BS ’38, MED ’52)—2-8-03. A WWII Army Air Corps veteran, he became a teacher and retired from Henderson (TX) ISD in 1976.
Patrick Wells (BA ’72)—12-10-02. He taught at O.W. Holmes Middle School and Pinkston High School in Dallas.
Walter Merle Wester (BS ’40)—12-9-02. In 1984 she had retired following many years of teaching, including in Frisco, TX, where the district named a middle school after her and her husband, Cal.
Marguerite Winans (BS ’30, MED ’59)—11-16-02. She taught for several years in Greenville, TX, and worked in her husband’s business, H.S. Winans Jewelry.
Mary Iva Weatherford Young (BA, ’40, MA ’55)—1-28-03. An Abilene, TX, resident, she was an English teacher for many years.

In Memory of Former Students

Wallace Gordan Cockerham—11-29-02. He was superintendent of a Class 5A school for more than 14 years and served in public school administration for more than 25 years. He was president of the Texas Association of School Administrators 1993-94.
Douglas W. Copland—11-24-02. He had a long career in information systems,including The Trane Co. in Tyler, TX and Information Builders in Dallas.
Fay Crader—11-22-02. She had been a teacher and was a resident of Plainview, TX.
Elbert Crowe—1-24-03. He taught and coached for 43 years, most recently in New Diana, TX.
Nora Nell Gafford—11-28-02. She attended the University’s Training School for 10 years. Mrs. Gafford was an administrative assistant for Cannon Craft Shutters, Inc. for 27 years until her retirement in 1989.
Joseph Ralph Hammerle—11-26-02. He was a Vietnam veteran who was associated with the paper industry for most of his business career.
Ruth Henson—11-9-02. She was with West Texas A&M more than 50 years and was an active volunteer in Canyon, TX, where she lived with her husband, Virgil, whom she met as a student here.
Edmon Lang Jr.—1-17-03. He was principal in several Ector County schoolsbefore retiring in ’92.
Nikki Tolliver Littleton—2-8-03. She was a homemaker and a certified medical assistant.
Charles Lynch—1-28-02. He was a high school coach, a biologist/chemist at Core Lab in Dallas and a homebuilder in Greenville, TX.
Randy Sloan—1-16-03. A Sherman, TX, resident, he owned Texoma Water Company.
Robert F. Varley—10-20-02. He had been owner and chief executive officer of R.F. Varley Directional Drilling, an offshore drilling company, until his retirement in 1982.
Woodrow Wilson—11-28-02. In 1958, he was the only science teacher in Texas to be selected to participate in the National Foundation’s Chemistry-Physic Teachers Institute in Washington, D.C. He taught high school science for 38 years until his retirement from Austin ISD in 1979.