Search the database below for class notes, births, memoriams and marriages reported by your classmates. All online information is posted for one year from the date the information is received. If no selections are made to narrow the class year or information type, all information from the last year will be shown alphabetically by last name of alumni.
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Class of 1934
Passed away 2 weeks short of her 100th birthday on July 31st, 2013. In the course of her life, she was a devoted teacher, legal secretary, Navel Officer (LTJG) during World War II, and mostly, a loving wife, mother, grandmother and great grandmother. She married fellow Navel Officer, Russell Warner Gash in 1946. The United States NAvy did not allow female officers to have children in those days. As such, Marion reluctantly resigned her commission and assumed the role of a Navy wife for the rest of Russell’s navel carrer. It turned out to be a very fullfilling life nonetheless with many exciting duty stations and the acquisitio of many wonderful life long friends. When Russell retired from the Navy in 1961, the family settled in his hometown of Fresno CA. Russell abd Marion both earned their teaching credentials with Marion adding a Master’s Degree. They both retired from teaching in 1978 ad began a series of fantastic travels worldwide. Marion loved her job of teaching English at Cental High School. She also directed the junior class play and coached the debate team. She became lifelong friends with many of her former studdents, particularly her debaters. Marion is preceded in death by Russell, her husband of 58 years in 2004. She is survived by her sons, Frank and Warner, grandchildren, Taylor and Emily and her great grand-children, Isabella, Jamie, Osker, Luke and Brady.
Class of 1934
Betty Hunt of Raleigh, NC died at her home in North Hills August 12th after a brief illness. She was 102 years old. Betty, the only child of Clarence Bell and Alice Hardy Lanterman, was born on May 13th, 1911 in Chicago, IL and was raised in Evanston IL. She attended Maryville College class of 1934. She married Charles Lindsey Hunt of Asheville, NC in 1937. He was a graduate of UNC, and worked for the Federal Department of Soil Conservation Service. They lived in Asheville, Forest City, Greensboro and Raleigh. Having met on a Greyhound bus bound for Chicago’s Century of Progress in 1933, it was natural that the Hunt’s would share their great passion to travel, and after his retirement in 1972, they traveled the world making new friends, seeing new places, and learning new cultures. Lindsey died in 1993 after 56 years of marriage and adventure. Betty was active in the community serving on the board of elections, in the PTA as a president, in the DAR as a regent, in the Presbyterian Church on many committees, and was a registered Democrat. She enjoyed being with friends in book clubs, bridge clubs, sewing groups and entertaining in her home. She is survived by her son Joe Hunt of Durham, and her daughter Helen Coman of Asheville, two grand children Michael Hunt and Carrie Cooper, and one great grandson Walter. She is predeceased by her son John who died in 1976.
