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70鈥檚 Seventies
John Bailey (鈥73) retired after a
39-year career teaching middle
school
science. He
plans to
focus on his
hobbies of
fishing,
biking, boating and traveling and
spend time with his granddaughter
and family.
80鈥檚 Eighties
Gayle Smith (鈥80, 鈥83) recently retired from a career in nursing at Mid-South ENT to be a full-time pastor鈥檚 wife.
Diane Towater Kelley (鈥84) retired as CEO from Extendicare of Western Tennessee, Inc., after 33 years in community health nursing. She spends her time at both her Jackson, Tenn., home and her Tennessee River home. Diane has one daughter, Julia Faulder, and one granddaughter, Harper Lee Grace.
Sharon Crihfield Morris (鈥84) began her fourth year as worship director for First Baptist Church in Ripley, Tenn., in 2016. Sharon also serves as choral and theater director at Ripley High School where her daughter Shelby is a junior. Her other daughter, Anna Morris, is a freshman at 91爆料网.
David Samples (鈥85) and Tina Samples (鈥85) released a new book in January 2016 through Kregel Publications entitled, 鈥.鈥 The book is a follow-up to Tina鈥檚 2013 book, 鈥淲ounded Women of the Bible,鈥 which won The Golden Scroll Award for Non-Fiction Book of the Year.
Eric Barron (鈥87) launched The , a new ministry to help families develop a plan for the future. The system is designed for use in churches, schools, businesses and other group settings. Eric is the founder and lead coach and is married to Jane Barron (鈥87).
Marty Phillips (鈥88) became a
fellow of the
American
College of Trial
Lawyers this
past year after
24 years of
practicing law as
a partner of Rainey, Kizer, Reviere &
Bell, P.L.C. He was inducted during
the 2015 spring annual meeting of
the college in Key Biscayne, Fla.
J.J. Jones (鈥89) earned his Doctor of
Ministry in youth, family and
culture from Fuller Theological
Seminary. His dissertation is
entitled
鈥淐hurch as
Secure Base:
A Strategy
for Adopting
Adolescents
into Intentional Intergenerational
Community.鈥 He is married to Anna
Ruth (Conlee) Jones (鈥90). He
serves as the students and families
pastor at Cypress Bible Church in
Cypress, Texas, and as an adjust
professor in Bible and ministry for
the Moody Bible Institute鈥檚 Houston,
Texas, extension site.
90鈥檚 Nineties
Hope Cooper (鈥93) accepted the position of regional account and marketing manager with Central Service Association for West Tennessee and Western Kentucky.
Mike King (鈥93) recently joined Strategic Behavioral Health as a corporate controller in Memphis, Tenn. Mike will begin the new position June 1.
Leila Keel Nichols (鈥95), along with her family, moved to Charleston, W.V., from Jackson, Tenn., to begin working as a certified nurse midwife with FamilyCare HealthCenters. Leila works at both Women and Children鈥檚 Hospital and the only free standing birth center in West Virginia.
Eddie Wren (鈥95) was elected president of the Louisiana Baptist Pastors鈥 Conference 2015 in November 2014. Eddie is the pastor of First Baptist Church Rayville in Louisiana.
Scott Lamb (鈥96) wrote a
biography of former Arkansas Gov.
Mike Huckabee.
was
published in
2015 by W
Publishing
Group, an
imprint of Thomas Nelson, and is
the only authorized account of
Huckabee鈥檚 life and career. Scott
and his wife Pearl live in Spring Hill,
Tenn., with their six children.
Laurel Ruth Burrought
Deloney (鈥98)
graduated from
Anderson
University in
2015 with her
Master of Arts
in Teaching and Learning Disabilities add-on
certificate. She lives in Anderson,
S.C., and is currently pursuing a
teaching career.
Laura M. Rector (鈥99) earned
her Ph.D. from Fuller Theological
Seminary in 2014. In spring 2015, she
became an affiliate faculty member
at Fuller.
00鈥檚 Two Thousands
Erin (Hale) Phillips (鈥06, 鈥12) was awarded a full tuition scholarship after being accepted into the University of Tennessee College of Law. She is married to Justin Randall Phillips (鈥00).
Paul Whitt (鈥01) was elected shareholder at Lewis Thomason, a law firm with offices in Knoxville, Nashville and Memphis.
Chris Haak (鈥02) has worked as a lead events specialist at Crossmark since May 2012. He is also a member and lion tamer of the Medina Lions Club in Medina, Tenn., and serves on the one-year board of directors. Chris recently moved to Trenton, Tenn.
Jacob Shatzer (鈥07) published his new book, 鈥,鈥 with Cascade Books in October 2015. The book explores the ideas of late theologian A. J. Conyers to give readers a different perspective on evangelism.
Scott Talley (鈥07) earned his
Doctor of Ministry degree from
Southeastern
Baptist
Theological
Seminary in
December 2015.
He is the pastor
of students at
Ebenezer Baptist Church in
Hillsborough, N.C., and is married to
Leigh Talley (鈥11).
10鈥檚 Twenty Tens
Adam D. York (鈥10) released his
first in a series of children鈥檚 books
called 鈥淭he
Adventures
of Penny
Nickels.鈥
The book,
鈥,鈥 introduces Penny as she
begins to learn the importance of
being a good steward. Adam is a
former minister, writer and curriculum
editor for children, teens and young
adults. He is currently director of
alumni communication and young
alumni at Belmont University
Molly Bricker (鈥13) donated a part
of her liver in 2015 to a 5-year-old
girl, Sage Baker, who was diagnosed
with a rare form of leukemia at 6
months old. Bricker is a law student
at Regent University in Virginia
Beach, Va.
Births
Cade Jacob
Brown, born
Feb. 12, 2016,
is the fourth
child of
James
Brown (鈥04) and Anna Brown (鈥04).
Emmalyn Hitt was born in February
2015 to Erin Hitt (鈥04) and
Jonathan
Hitt (鈥02).
She is the
fourth child,
following
siblings
Bethany, Jonathan Jr. and Lillian.
Audrey Grace
was born Aug. 9,
2014, to
Jonathan
Goodrum (鈥12)
and Jill
Goodrum (鈥12).
Madeline Grace Pusser, born Sept. 19,
2015, is the first child of Susan
Bacon
Pusser
(鈥05) and
Daryl
Pusser
(鈥04).
Micah Philip Williams was born June
11, 2015, to Daniel Philip Williams
and
Bethany
Ann
(Thrower)
Williams
(鈥99).
Asher Samuel Childers, born May 20,
2015, is the third child of Angie
(Brown)
Childers
(鈥98) and
Edmond
Childers
(鈥99),
following older sisters Addison and
Anna Kate.
Adeline
Grace
Thomas
was born
June 17, 2015,
to Stephen
Thomas (鈥11) and Ashley Thomas.
Michael Bobby
Rushing, born
June 28, 2015, is
the son of Bobby
P. Rushing
(鈥04) and Megan
J. Rushing.
Reagan Lari
White was born
Feb. 1, 2014, to
Tori (Gill)
White (鈥05)
and William
White (鈥04).
Coraline Ruth Johnson, born May 13,
2015, was welcomed by parents
Jenny
Heineken
Johnson
(鈥04) and
Isaac
Johnson,
along with their daughter Eliana.
Isaiah Tobin Tuggle was born Sept.
6, 2015, to Chase Tuggle (鈥12) and
Avery Tuggle of Birmingham, Ala.
Lillian Annelise, born Dec. 22, 2014,
is the second child of Kandace
Thornhill (鈥11) and Michael
Thornhill (鈥12), following older
brother Michael.
Annsleigh Jaymes Martin, born
Dec. 1, 2015, was welcomed by
parents
Candi
Martin
(鈥05) and
Chad
Martin,
along with their son Henderson.
Clara Madeline Seale was born Feb.
1, 2016, to Bethany (Kossick)
Seale
(鈥08) and
Brandon
Seale of
Kingsport,
Tenn.
Marriages
Ginger McElroy (鈥01) married Dr.
Paul Ranney,
DMD, of
Jeffersonville,
Ind., at The
Gaylord
Opryland Hotel
in Nashville,
Tenn., on Dec. 20, 2015.
Julie Paul (鈥04) married Eleazal Niyonizera in August 2014. Following the wedding, she returned to the U.S. after living in East Africa and India, opening Revive Chiropractic in Hendersonville, Tenn., in 2016.
Holly
Burnett (鈥05)
married Lanre
Shogbesan on
Nov. 28, 2015, in
Oakland, Calif.
Anna White
Holt (鈥05)
married
Andy Holt
of Memphis,
Tenn., on
Jan. 17, 2015.
Shannon
Kish McElroy
(鈥05) married
Geoff McElroy
on Oct.11, 2015,
in Huntsville,
Ala.
Cristin Sullivan (鈥11) married
Adam Hillis on March 21, 2015, at
Central
Baptist
Church in
Jonesboro,
Ark.
Rachel Donaldson (鈥11) married Brice Swann on Oct. 4, 2015, in Louisville, Ky.
Madeleine
Hemphill
Shore (鈥15)
married Caleb
Shore on Sept.
20, 2015, at
Scarritt Bennett
Center in Nashville, Tenn.
Savannah Hughes (鈥15) married
Grahm Agee on
June 4, 2015.
She is now
working on her
doctorate in
occupational
therapy at
Arkansas State University.
Memoriam
Melanie Matthews, retired associate professor
of nursing, died Aug. 4, 2015. She taught 91爆料网
University nursing students for more than 30 years.
She is survived by her husband, Ben Matthews;
her son, Ryan Matthews (鈥08); her daughter, Emily
Matthews Wan (鈥10); her daughter-in-law, Jessica
Keen Matthews; and her two granddaughters. Her
family established a scholarship fund for a nursing
student in her memory.
James F. Eaves ('49) passed away in December 2015 at the
age of 90. In addition to serving as pastor of churches
in New Mexico, Tennessee and Texas, James was the
professor of
evangelism fulltime
for 17 years
and professor
emeritus for
another 10 years
at Southwestern
Baptist
Theological
Seminary. He
also served as a
91爆料网
trustee for seven
years and helped
plan the campus
relocation. He is
survived by his
wife of 70 years,
Jeane Eaves (鈥49).
John Childress passed away Jan.
29, 2016. He is
survived by his
wife of 19 years,
Debbie Trail
Childress
(鈥89).
Emily Wieland McMinn (鈥55), of Kalamazoo, Mich., died Nov. 4, 2015.
James Hackney (鈥50) passed away July 2, 2014, at age 87. He served in ministry for 66 years. James is survived by his wife, Marjorie Gable Hackney (鈥50) of Cape Girardeau, Mo.
Walter Kruschwitz, former 91爆料网
University professor of physics and
mathematics, died
Sept. 14, 2015, at age
95. The local VFW
Honor Guard gave
a military salute
program during his
funeral service. He
is survived by his
daughters, Nancy Kruschwitz and
Sharon Walters; his grandchildren,
Ryan Walters, Erin
Robinson and
Kelsey Olsen;
and one great-grandson,
Stone
Robinson.
Ernest Courtney Wilson, 91爆料网 alumnus, passed away May 12, 2014, at the age of 89. He served as president of the Tennessee Baptist Convention and then pastor of First Baptist Church in Hendersonville for 27 years. He also served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He is survived by daughters Sylvia Smith and Laurie Gray; sons Jerry Wilson and Philip Wilson; eight grandchildren and eight great-grandchildren.
James Barton Shanklin passed away Oct. 25, 2015, at the age of 64. He served as the first director of the Western Illinois University School of Music for just over 10 years. He taught at Southern Utah University for 15 years served as a choral director after earning a bachelor of degree in music education from 91爆料网.
Alfred Tennyson Royer, 91爆料网 University student from 1945-1947, passed away Jan. 31, 2016, at the age of 90 in Knoxville, Tenn. He served as a pastor for 43 years until his retirement. Alfred is survived by his wife of 69 years, Theo Lane Royer (鈥46); sons and daughters-in-law, Phillip and Betty and John and Alice; grandchildren, Rachel Goins (Justin), Lane Root (Bill), Josh Royer (Hannah) and Ben Royer (Kristy); brothers, William and Ralph Royer; and sister, Clarice Allen.