In Memoriam

Virginia Marsh Bell ’44, Lexington, mother of Brenda S. Bell ’67 and Marsha Bell Uselton ’69, and sister of Emily Marsh Wilcox ’46, died April 8, 2023.

Martha Townsend Moore ’44, Frankfort, Kentucky, died Aug. 26, 2022.

Ruby Collins Eastwood ’47, Waukesha, Wisconsin, died Dec. 3, 2022.

Milton Fisk ’49, Bloomington, Indiana, died Sept. 8, 2022.

Allan H. Bruckheim ’50, Winter Garden, Florida, died Nov. 20, 2022.

Charles “CC” Calhoun Lee ’50, Lexington, died May 3, 2023.

Della Wheeler Osborn ’50, Richmond, Kentucky, died Jan. 9, 2023. 

Kenneth D. Dean ’51, Seminole, Florida, died Sept. 20, 2022.

Eleanor Lancaster Howard ’51, Georgetown, Kentucky, died Sept. 9, 2022.

Anita Short Poorman ’51, Terre Haute, Indiana, died April 27, 2023.

Vesta Knighton Porter ’51, Macon, Georgia, died Oct. 5, 2022.

Dianne Fischer Seymour ’52, Fresno, California, died March 16, 2023. 

Herbert Hoover Stewart ’52, Nellysford, Virginia, died Jan. 22, 2023.

Keven J. Henkaline ’53, Zionsville, Indiana, husband of Virginia Kollars Henkaline ’52, died April 20, 2023.

June Conner Kasunic ’53, Greenville, Ohio, died May 14, 2023.

Peggy Humbert Knowlton ’53, Asheville, North Carolina, mother of Diana Spangler-Crawford ’76, died Dec. 7, 2022.

Faye Eddleman Mitchell ’54, Lexington, died Feb. 2, 2023.

LoAnn Fields Blankenship ’55, Versailles, Kentucky, mother of Beth A. Blankenship ’87 and Mark V. Blankenship ’81, grandmother of Stephen N. Blankenship ’09, Julie Blankenship Canada ’11 and Kelsey Blankenship White ’06, died Oct. 6, 2022.

Betty Chambers Gerlach ’55, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, died March 2, 2023.

Mary Lou Dietrich Harmon ’56, Lebanon, Ohio, died Jan. 8, 2023.

John D. Elkins ’57, Paris, Kentucky, husband of Josephine Stroker Elkins ’57, father of Albert M. Elkins ’85 and Kathy Jo Elkins ’87, died April 3, 2023.

Robert H. Nixon ’57, Owenton, Kentucky, died Sept. 9, 2022.

James H. Florence Jr. ’58, Lexington, died June 14, 2023.

H. Markstone Johnson ’58, Denver, died July 20, 2022.

Pat Hinkle Sisson ’58, Knoxville, Tennessee, died Jan. 11, 2023.

Nancy Sue Thompson ’59, Tavares, Florida, died Jan. 23, 2023.

Alvin “Guy” Waldrop ’59, Lexington, father of Robin Waldrop Swaringer ’84 and Carri Waldrop ’91, grandfather of Spencer G. Waldrop ’24, died June 2, 2023.

James “Jim” R. Stephens ’60, Eminence, Kentucky, father of J. Drane Stephens ’83 and grandfather of Rebecca Beyer ’20, died Oct. 29, 2022.

Mary J. Towles ’60, Lexington, died Jan. 30, 2023.

Hope Oswald Yarnall ’60, Sparta, New Jersey, died March 3, 2023.

Marilyn Estridge Cardwell ’61, Winston Salem, North Carolina, wife of Walter Douglas Cardwell Jr. ’61, died Dec. 25, 2022.

Ronnie Thomas King ’61, Plano Texas, brother of Judy King Cowgill ’64, died Oct. 10, 2022.

Noel Weller Terrell ’61, Cincinnati, sister of Carol Weller Hauerman Rowe ’57, died Jan. 20, 2023.

Mary Jo Akin Martin ’62, Bluffton, South Carolina, died Jan. 23, 2023.

Linda Heath Everman ’63, Richmond, Kentucky, died Dec. 31, 2022.

William Thomas “Tom” Phillips ’63, Lexington, died May 22, 2023.

Sandra Goode Bricker ’64, Westerville, Ohio, died Oct. 28, 2022.

Betsy Reynolds Kuster ’64, Paris, Kentucky, died June 10, 2023.

Carter G. Mann ’64, Grosse Pointe, Michigan, died Sept. 26, 2022.

Judy Alexander Stokes ’65, Bowling Green, Kentucky, sister of Pryntha Alexander Hardenbergh ’59, Patsy Alexander Nielsen ’61 and Anna Margarette Alexander Wilson ’66, mother of Allison Stokes Gorrell ’01 and Shana Stokes Woodyard ’97, died Aug. 19, 2022.

Dona Swiger Cooper ’66, Cornelius, North Carolina, died April 14, 2023.

Barbara Daniel Ellis ’68, Brentwood, Tennessee, died March 20, 2023.

Eleanor Lee Ripley ’68, Knoxville, Tennessee, mother of Alisa V. Ripley ’91, died March 23, 2023.

Judy Ann Ford ’69, Lexington, died Nov. 10, 2022.

Billie Jean Allen Hurt ’69, Lexington, died Sept. 17, 2022.

William M. “Skip” Redmond Jr. ’69, Lexington, husband of Pennie Franklin Redmond ’70, died June 20, 2023.

Charles “Jack” Arnold ’72, Fort Myers, Florida, died Sept. 28, 2022.

Rebecca Thomas Ford ’73, Anchorage, Kentucky, died Aug. 21, 2022.

Mark S. “Steve” Cook ’74, Newnan, Georgia, husband of Francie Harris Cook ’74, died May 5, 2023.

William K. Stilz ’74, Lexington, husband of Jane Penn Stilz ’73, died Dec. 27, 2022.

Theadis Stivers Damewood ’75, Plano, Texas, died March 22, 2023.

Alice Codell Roberts ’75, Winchester, Kentucky, sister of David W. Codell ’74, mother of B. Blanton Coates ’00 and Taylor C. Coates ’03, died Dec. 17, 2022.

Daniel D. Stewart III ’76, Lexington, died Dec. 12, 2022.

James W. Horton ’77, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, died April 2, 2023.

Paula K. Lenox ’79, Hamilton, Ohio, died Jan. 9, 2023.

Thomas “Clyde” Litton ’80, West Palm Beach, Florida, died July 8, 2022.

Ida Kathy Yelton ’81, Highland Heights, Kentucky, died April 10, 2021.

Mark E. Barfield ’82, Lexington, husband of Mindy Gute Barfield ’85, father of Ally Barfield-McClure ’19, died Oct. 17, 2022.

Perry S. Moore ’82, Louisville, Kentucky, died March 30, 2023.

Paul G. Harmon II ’89, Cambellsville, Kentucky, died Aug. 22, 2022.

Thomas C. Fain ’90, Franfort, Kentucky, brother of Rodney N. Fain ’81, father of Brandon T. Fain ’14, died Aug. 7, 2022.

Ann “Morgan” Woodford ’90, Mount Sterling, Kentucky, died May 18, 2023.

Michael E. McCarty ’91, Midland, Michigan, died June 20, 2023.

John E. Batts ’92, Midway, Kentucky, husband of Cindy Mimlitch Batts ’92, father of Isaac Batts ’19, died Sept. 25, 2022.

Ephraim Woods III ’93, Hamilton, New York, died Feb. 13, 2023.

Caroline “Brook” Gover Mills ’01, Louisville, Kentucky, died April 24, 2023.

Dean A. Barnes ’06, Geneva, Ohio, died March 7, 2023.

Phillip Jackson “Jack” Baugh Jr., lifetime trustee, Nicholasville, Kentucky, father of Patricia Baugh ’79, died Sep. 10, 2022.

Roger M. Dalton, former trustee, Louisville, Kentucky, died Oct. 15, 2022.

Charles H. Haggard, faculty emeritus, Georgetown, Kentucky, father of Ellen Haggard Cunningham ’73, died May 25, 2023.

James M. Mills, former registrar, Lexington, father of Emma Mills Golden ’97, died March 7, 2023.

Paul W. Murphey, retired faculty, Dothan, Alabama, father of F. Warren Murphey ’76 and Paul A. Murphey ’74, died Oct. 21, 2022.