In Memoriam
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
Charles Earl Heaton Sr. ’64
Charles Heaton, also known as the “Auburn Santa”.
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