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In Memoriam

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2023 Fall Issue Alumni Obituaries

All In Memoriam entries are listed by graduation year and then alphabetically by last name.

Due to limited space, Auburn Magazine is prioritizing obituaries of contributing members in the print version of In Memoriam.

1940

Dorothy Hurst Dulion ’41 of Maitland, Fla. on April 14, 2023

Gene Miller McDonald ’48 of Niceville, Fla. on April 6, 2023

Claud J. King ’49 of Dothan, Ala. on May 23, 2023

Bryan Wilson Webb ’49 of Trussville, Ala. on April 21, 2023

Hilda Lacy Wilson ’49 of Little Rock, Ark. on May 26, 2023

Ralph S. Winn ’49 of Birmingham, Ala. on April 1, 2023

1950

James Whitfield Bird ’50 of Forkland, Ala. on April 10, 2023

William Deward Brown ’51 of Huntsville, Ala. on April 6, 2023

Richard D. Williams III ’51 of Decatur, Ala. on April 29, 2023

Jack P. McDonald ’52 of Birmingham, Ala. on June 1, 2023

Katherine M. Robinson ’52 of Walton, Ind. on April 28, 2023

Donald Rogers Thomas ’52 of Winter Springs, Fla. January 23, 2023

Teddy Eugene Williams ’52 of Chatom, Ala. on April 23, 2023

John Carlton French Sr. ’53 of Auburn, Ala. on May 11, 2023

Milton R. Jordan ’53 of Mansfield, Texas on May 13, 2023

Robert Elliot Lamkin ’53 of Tallahassee, Fla. on May 7, 2023

John S. Pate Jr. ’53 of Cordele, Ga. on May 13, 2023

Floyd M. Shoemaker Jr. ’53 of Richland, Wash. on April 15, 2023

Banks Brazell ’54 of Warner Robbins, Ga. on April 15, 2023

Davis Collier Jr. ’54 of Jacksonville, Fla. on April 9, 2023

Culver J. Deloach Jr. ’54 of Austin, Texas on May 23, 2023

Marvin C. Hill Jr. ’54 of Ponte Vedra, Fla. on May 28, 2023

Miriam Jones Thomas ’54 of Pell City, Ala. on May 24, 2023

Wendell A. Childs ’55 of Rome, Ga. on April 15, 2023

Herbert J. Furman Jr. ’55 of Camden, Ala. on May 3, 2023

Barbara Jones Johns ’55 of Roselle Park, N.J. on May 13, 2023

Alfred J. Liepold ’55 of Silver Spring, Md. on April 28, 2023

Charley J. Deuel ’56 of Mobile, Ala. on May 22, 2023

Robert Ellis Flaherty ’56 of Chelsea, Ala. on May 29, 2023

John William Gunter ’56 of Niceville, Fla. on April 1, 2023

Renzo M. Guy II ’56 of Atlanta, Ga. on May 7, 2023

Fred Lewis Lawrence Jr. ’56 of Anniston, Ala. on May 18, 2023

Charles Robert Stone ’56 of Brewton, Ala. on May 28, 2023

James Hunter Thorington ’56 of Birmingham, Ala. on May 6, 2023

Thomas Steve Tucker ’56 of Birmingham, Ala. on May 8, 2023

Ted Donald Tyus Sr. ’56 of Selma, Ala. on May 8, 2023

Julius James Born ’57 of Peachtree City, Ga. on April 3, 2023

John Evans Culp ’57 of Brownsboro, Ala. on April 14, 2023

Evelyn Rogers Farris ’57 of Birmingham, Ala. on April 9, 2023

Terence Evans French ’57 of Lillian, Ala. on April 11, 2023

Donald Gordon Kalec ’57 of Penney Farms, Fla. on May 26, 2023

Thomas J. King Jr. ’57 of Advance, N.C. on May 25, 2023

Larry A. McGlaun ’57 of Talking Rock, Ga. on May 15, 2023

Lee Holloway Nichols Sr. ’57 of Walterboro, S.C. on April 14, 2023

Larry Dale Stamps ’57 of Dallas, Texas on May 25, 2023

Sara McWilliams Tirey ’57 of Easley, S.C. on April 13, 2023

Billy W. Burton ’58 of Guntersville, Ala. on April 15, 2023

Ernest L. Champion Sr. ’58 of Dothan, Ala. on April 5, 2023

Geraldine Payne McEldowney ’58 of Brewton, Ala. on April 30, 2023

John L. Roberson ’58 of Midlothian, Va. on April 21, 2023

Joyce Coggins Shields ’58 of Mobile, Ala. on April 9, 2023

Robert Earl Sumners ’58 of Rome, Ga. on May 10, 2023

Joe H. Brannen ’59 of Monticello, Ark. on April 28, 2023

James R. King ’59 of Rogers, Ark. on April 29, 2023

Ray R. Metzger Jr. ’59 of Tifton, Ga. on May 11, 2023

Patricia Patton Nelson ’59 of Auburn, Ala. on May 27, 2023

Julian C. Nichols ’59 of Cuthbert, Ga. on May 8, 2023

John L. Roberson ’58 of Midlothian, Va. on April 21, 2023

Nina Jones Weeks ’59 of Niles, Ohio on April 16, 2023

Donald Earl Whitlock ’59 of LaGrange, Ga. on April 17, 2023

1960

Carolyn Sellers Allman ’60 of Shalimar, Fla. on April 8, 2023

Shelby H. Baker ’60 of Tifton, Ga. on April 30, 2023

Mary Barnes Cato ’60 of Hoover, Ala. on April 7, 2023

Charles R. Cobb ’60 of Verona, Wisc. on April 12, 2023

William August Freise ’60 of Powder Springs, Ga. on April 27, 2023

Frank R. Gutteridge ’60 of Birmingham, Ala. on May 29, 2023

Phillip Alan Hartman ’60 of Fairview, N.C. on April 19, 2023

Donald Elton Noel ’60 of Boaz, Ala. on May 21, 2023

Alvin Bruce Turner ’60 of Rome, Ga. on May 1, 2023

Herbert M. Waldrop ’60 of Auburn, Ala. on April 9, 2023

Luther E. Bridges Jr. ’61 of Tuscaloosa, Ala. on June 1, 2023

Robert A. Dickinson ’61 of Graysville, Ala. on May 19, 2023

John D. McCartt ’61 of Warrior, Ala. on May 31, 2023

Jacquelyn Johnson Preston ’61 of Franklin, Ga. on April 21, 2023

William W. Ziebach ’61 of Mobile, Ala. on May 28, 2023

Henry W. Copeland Jr. ’62 of Montgomery, Ala. on May 23, 2023

Joe H. Maltby ’62 of East Palatka, Fla. on May 4, 2023

Robert C. McKibbon Sr. ’62 of Fairhope, Ala. on May 23, 2023

Dexter Brooks ’63 of Marietta, Ga. on April 26, 2023

Fred Alan Trest ’63 of Augusta, Ga. on April 25, 2023

Harry L. Biering ’64 of Toccoa, Ga. on April 28, 2023

Frank H. Coupland III ’64 of Alexander City, Ala. on May 7, 2023

Hiram Gerald Daugherty ’64 of Abbeville, Ala. on May 21, 2023

Rickey Arthur Gibb ’64 of Vestavia, Ala. on April 4, 2023

Elizabeth M. Hamilton ’64 of Arab, Ala. on May 21, 2023

William D. Hart III ’64 of Fairhope, Ala. on May 17, 2023

William Harry Mauldin ’64 of Albany, Ga. on May 22, 2023

Robert H. Miller ’64 of Sunrise Beach, Mo. on May 22, 2023

Gilbert H. Edmondson Sr. ’65 of Owens Cross Roads, Ala. on April 30, 2023

Barry Lewis Wilson ’65 of Auburn, Ala. on May 11, 2023

Clarence Edison Asbill ’66 of Johnston, S.C. on April 6, 2023

Mary Lou Brewer Dement ’66 of Columbus, Ga. on May 19, 2023

Clifford Bourke Doyle ’66 of Magnolia Springs, Ala. on May 29, 2023

Charles Joseph Griffith ’66 of Westerville, Ohio on May 3, 2023

Lyndall Smith Hamrick ’66 of Wellington, Ala. on April 27, 2023

Kenneth W. Hartsfield ’66 of Pinson, Ala. on May 22, 2023

Charles A. Hunt ’66 of Minneapolis, Minn. on May 7, 2023

Dewey V. Northcutt ’66 of Auburn, Ala. on May 11, 2023

Martha Melvin Culleton ’67 of Dothan, Ala. on May 7, 2023

Hugh L. Fellows Jr. ’67 of Auburn, Ala. on May 4, 2023

Carolyn Sue Phillips ’67 of Columbus, Ga. on April 13, 2023

John Coleman Allman Jr. ’68 of Birmingham, Ala. on Nov. 19, 2022

Devindra P. Anand ’68 of Trumbull, Conn. on April 22, 2023

Vivian E. Bowden ’69 of Louisville, Ala. on April 17, 2023

Katherine Scott Eldridge ’68 of Charlotte, N.C. on April 12, 2023

Leonard Monroe Gavin Jr. ’68 of Bessemer, Ala. on May 31, 2023

Bill Wilson Kirby Jr. ’68 of Gulf Breeze, Fla. on May 16, 2023

Deirdre McGowan ’68 of Ridgeland, Miss. on May 23, 2023

William E. Selby ’68 of Chelsea, Ala. on April 15, 2023

Jean A. Trochet ’68 of Beaufort, S.C. on April 22, 2023

Gary Stephen Wood ’68 of Cantonment, Fla. on April 24, 2023

Vivian E. Bowden ’69 of Louisville, Ala. on April 17, 2023

Flora B. Culpepper ’69 of Columbus, Ga. on May 28, 2023

Gregory Daniels ’69 of Russell, Kan. on April 14, 2023

Richard C. Guess Jr. ’69 of Quantico, Va. on April 5, 2023

Linda Ruth Hatley ’69 of Dothan, Ala. on May 22, 2023

Kristin Poole Helms ’69 of Greenville, S.C. on April 10, 2023

Dennis Herbert ’69 of Fort Valley, Ga. on May 12, 2023

Ann M. Lambert ’69 of Camden, Ala. on April 24, 2023

Evelyn Lawrence Mauldin ’69 of Summerville, S.C. on April 12, 2023

Jerry C. Pemberton ’69 of Vestavia, Ala. on May 17, 2023

Shirley King Scarborough ’69 of Montgomery, Ala. on May 9, 2023

1970

Charles B. Ingram Jr. ’70 of Montgomery, Ala. on May 2, 2023

Shirley G. Schoonover ’70 of West Point, N.Y. on May 25, 2023

Jackie Earl Forbus ’71 of Lineville, Ala. on May 22, 2023

Stuart W. Gaines Jr. ’71 of Birmingham, Ala. on April 20, 2023

Leonard A. Eason ’72 of Auburn, Ala. on May 12, 2023

Edsel F. Matthews Jr. ’72 of Pensacola, Fla. on April 14, 2023

June Thomas Young ’72 of Graceville, Fla. on April 28, 2023

Paul H. Blackwell Jr. ’73 of Hoover, Ala. on April 20, 2023

Fennell Burns ’73 of Birmingham, Ala. on May 5, 2023

James Robert Heath ’73 of Saraland, Ala. on May 19, 2023

Bruce Edward Norton ’73 of Colonial Heights, Tenn. on May 3, 2023

Teresa Scroggins Richburg ’73 of Wetumpka, Ala. on April 24, 2023

Thomas Blakey Vinson ’73 of Montgomery, Ala. on May 13, 2023

Charles L. Bishop ’74 of San Antonio, Texas on May 9, 2023

Leslie Allan Davis ’74 of Youngsville, N.C. on April 30, 2023

Ted R. Moring ’74 of Shorterville, Ala. on May 31, 2023

Charles E. Price ’74 of Jacksonville, Ala. on May 4, 2023

Norm F. Rauscher ’74 of Aumsville, Ore. on May 6, 2023

Joe Brian Eichelberg ’75 of Pike Road, Ala. on April 27, 2023

Chester P. Neiswender III ’76 of Karnes City, Texas on April 16, 2023

David J. Tomlinson ’76 of Potomac, Md. on April 11, 2023

Robert C. Wippich ’76 of Memphis, Tenn. on May 22, 2023

Cynthia Ann Cox ’77 of Athens, Ala. on April 19, 2023

Richard Donald Jolly ’77 of LaGrange, Ga. on April 23, 2023

David B. Pylant ’77 of Pine Mountain, Ga. on May 4, 2023

Robert H. Blount ’78 of Lincolnton, Ga. on April 16, 2023

Jennifer Wells Burdick ’78 of Pelham, Ala. on May 18, 2023

Timothy Ray Jones ’78 of Madison, Ala. on May 1, 2023

Anna H. Lawrence ’78 of Montgomery, Ala. on April 26, 2023

Janice K. Baylinson ’79 of Atlanta, Ga. on April 23, 2023

Dianne Kirkman Wells ’79 of Webb, Ala. on April 7, 2023

1980

Julie Nall Knowles ’80 of Webb, Ala. on May 17, 2023

Harold Jett West ’80 of Dunedin, Fla. on May 3, 2023

Randy Lee Branch ’81 of Auburn, Ala. on May 1, 2023

Randy Alan Bridges ’81 of Defuniak Springs, Fla. on May 1, 2023

Phillip Dale Eads ’81 of Carbon Hill, Ala. on April 15, 2023

John Key Griffin ’81 of Pensacola, Fla. on Sept. 20, 2022

Olivia Turner ’82 of Montgomery, Ala. on April 6, 2023

Robert Belfield ’83 of Charlotte, N.C. on April 18, 2023

Joan Sheffield Baker ’85 of Moultrie, Ga. on April 2, 2023

Tamela D. Brogdon ’85 of St. Augustine, Fla. on May 1, 2023

George Duke Thigpen Jr. ’85 of Hoover, Ala. on May 24, 2023

Virginia M. Edwards ’86 of Auburn, Ala. on April 17, 2023

Benjamin Houston Smith ’86 of Warner Robbins, Ga. on April 24, 2023

Ann Tingle Palmer ’87 of Dauphin Island, Ala. on May 8, 2023

Christopher W. Hammonds ’88 of Panama City, Fla. on May 6, 2023

William Tracy James ’88 of Jefferson City, Tenn. on May 31, 2023

Ralph Russell Martin ’88 of Selma, Ala. on April 2, 2023

Robert Donalson Wheat ’88 of Gainesville, Ga. on May 13, 2023

Gerald Robert White ’88 of Douglasville, Ga. on April 26, 2023

1990

Barry Paul Brooks ’90 of Bonaire, Ga. on May 24, 2023

John Allen Dees Jr. ’90 of Jefferson, Ga. on May 9, 2023

Brett Alexander Sutton ’90 of Birmingham, Ala. on April 18, 2023

Harvey E. Glance ’91 of Mesa, Ariz. on June 1, 2023

Lynn Ballard-Siaway ’91 of Montgomery, Ala. on April 13, 2023

Joel P. Simpson ’91 of Birmingham, Ala. on April 20, 2023

Miles L. Cashwell ’92 of Mooresville, N.C. on May 17, 2023

William Blaine Downs ’92 of Cody, Wyo. on April 23, 2023

Victor William Edwards ’92 of Calera, Okla. on April 5, 2023

Frank Graham Neely ’94 of Atlanta, Ga. on May 9, 2023

Steven Denver Crews ’95 of Union City, Tenn. on May 4, 2023

Jeremy Chad Blackwell ’97 of Boaz, Ala. on May 4, 2023

Scott Edward Tiffany ’98 of Naples, Fla. on May 22, 2023

Jeffrey Stephen Dickman ’99 of Woodstock, Ga. on May 19, 2023

2000

Mark David Bedsole ’00 of Demopolis, Ala. on April 24, 2023

Gregory Eugene Bethune ’00 of Opelika, Ala. on April 20, 2023

Paul Matthew Nolan ’02 of Charleston, S.C. on May 10, 2023

Warner L. Pinchback Jr. ’02 of Pike Road, Ala. on May 25, 2023

Sara K. Brotherton ’03 of Mars Hill, N.C. on April 19, 2023

Gary E. Kolb Jr. ’04 of Daphne, Ala. on April 17, 2023

Jared A. Kime ’05 of Birmingham, Ala. on May 9, 2023

Lauren Harper Wilder ’07 of Montgomery, Ala. on April 8, 2023

Jamie Clark Nash ’09 of Rogersville, Ala. on May 26, 2023

2010

Jeffrey Robert Scott ’10 of Trussville, Ala. on May 28, 2023

Hannah N. Windsor ’12 of Dothan, Ala. on May 18, 2023

Thomas J. Howe Jr. ’16 of Lake Geneva, Wisc. on May 23, 2023

William Ryan Newton ’19 of Rogersville, Ala. on May 2, 2023

2020

Lucie I. Moore ’22 of Birmingham, Ala. on July 25, 2023

Josiah L. Phillips ’23 of Birmingham, Ala. on June 17, 2023

John Thomas Vaughan ’55

John Thomas Vaughan ’55

Dean Emeritus John Thomas Vaughan ’55 was born in Tuskegee, Ala. and earned his Doctor of Veterinary Medicine from Auburn University in 1955.

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