Newsmakers, August 2014
AWARDED
• Sherri Mazur, a 2014 graduate of Faulkner University’s Jones School of Law in Montgomery, Ala., second-best trial advocate in the nation at Baylor University’s Top Gun Competition.
• Jacob Sims, a student at Mobile Christian School in Alabama, the National Merit Scholarship from the University of Alabama.
RETIRING • Bobby Dockery as pulpit minister for the Baldwin Church of Christ in Fayetteville, Ark., after 43 years of service.
ANNIVERSARIES
58th: David and Marion Tyree, Dallas.
60th: Burt and Sammye Baggott, Nashville, Tenn.; Ed and Barbara Berlin, Charlotte, N.C.
61st: Zann and Lexie Ray, Benton, Ky.
67th: L. T. and Joan Barber, Bethany, Okla.; Don and Shirly Genrich, Albion, Neb.
BIRTHDAYS
99th: Mary Frances McHam, Bryan, Texas.
97th: Ethel McCallie, Nowata, Okla.
95th: Elzora “Susie” Rowe, Pensacola, Fla.; Trudie Wright, Livingston, Texas.
92nd: Shirley Genrich, Albion, Neb.
89th: Mabel Perry Taylor, Florence, Ala.
PASSAGES
• Gerald Austin Beasley, 93, April 19, Oklahoma City.
• Lawrence “Larry” Bosworth, 90, March 22, Jewett City, Conn.
• Pearl Boyce, 96, May 27, Wichita, Kan.
• Phyllis Chambers, 83, June 9, Edmond, Okla.
• Almarie (Payne) Denham, 91, May 31, Paragould, Ark.
• Doris Elder, 86, June 10, Greeley, Colo.
• James Timothy “Tim” Eldridge, 47, May 10, Nashville, Tenn.
• Ernest “Ernie” Gill, 85, May 27, Corbin, Ky.
• Carlos Martinez, 45, May 22, San Pedro Sula, Honduras.
• Hubert “Hugh” Glenn Minor, 85, May 7, Madison, Ala.
• Rex Owens, 88, April 12, Fort Worth, Texas.
• Alice Sheppard, 86, May 23, Austin, Texas.
• Vivia Simmons, May 30, Pheonix, Ariz.
• Larry W. Tubbs, 58, June 16, Licking, Mo.