Harding College - Petit Jean Yearbook (Searcy, AR)

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Ruth Goodwin died in Leachville at the home of her daughter, Evelyn Cashion, on September 1, 1978, at the age of 72, following an extended illness. Mrs. Goodwin was born at Grand Glaze Station, near Newport, on April 24, 1906. In 1963, sixteen years after the death of her husband, she was employed by Harding College as housemother for Kendall Hall. In 1967, she became the housemother for Pattie Cobb Hall where she served through the 1974 spring semester. She retired on January 1, 1975, after serving one additional semester as Relief Dormitory Director. During the summers of her employment at Harding, she served as dietitian and cook for the various sessions at Camp Tahkodah. Having lost her own mother at the age of two and her stepmother at 11 and having lived with foster parents in southeast Missouri until she was 14 because of the serious illness of her father, she understood from experience the heartaches that many young people have. Having reared a family of two boys and three girls and having served as a nurse in Rodman's Clinic in Leachville, Mrs. Goodwin knew how to minister to the needs of young people and to relate to any problem that they had. 428 P In Memoriam l In Memory And what is it to cease breathing, l but to free the breath from its restless tides, that it may rise and expand and seek God unencumbered? Kahlil Gibran, The Prophet Richard Duke Fuller died on July 31, 1978, at the age of 74 in a Memphis, Tenn., hos- pital after an extended illness. A native of Nashville, Tenn., where he was born on January 10, 1904. ln 1937, he founded in Memphis the Fuller Align- ment Service which he owned until 1968. He was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of Harding College in 1952 and served continuously on the Board until his death. During many of these years, he was elected Secretary of the Board. He had a major interest in Boy Scouts of America, ser- ving as president of its Chickasaw Council and a member of the National Coun- cil. He also served as vice presi- dent of the Memphis Chamber of Commerce and as president of the Memphis Kiwanis Club. He was one of the first elders of the White Station church of Christ in Memphis, serving as an elder for 24 years. He was a great supporter of the Harding Graduate School of Religion. He is survived by his wife, Jeannie, and two daughters, Mrs. Sara Brewer and Mrs. L-urlayne Yarbrough. William Floyd Curry died on October 10, 1978, at the age of 56 in a Searcy hospital. He died of a massive heart at- tack after going to the hospital some three days earlier for an evaluation of chest pains. He was born in Savannah, Georgia on September 14, 1922. In the food service business for many years, he moved to Searcy from New Orleans in the summer of 1965 to open the American Heritage Cafeteria where he served as manager until his death. He was also a 32nd degree Mason and a member of the Bass Association, An avid hunter and fisherman, he was a strong supporter of the Harding Bisons and the Academy Wildcats. He was noted for the excellent banquets he served to large groups, numbering more than 600 in the case of the an- nual Searcy Chamber of Com- merce banquet in the late fall. His wife, Jean, works in the College business office. He had nine children, including An- thony Butler, Philip DeWayne and Pamela Lee who are stu- dents in Harding Academy. ' H - 'Tl , 'I2- TILT' 3 L.Ji'-RT-v 'ffm' Sv ' 1 ' 'r - ff if 5517.-.fE. . .'.-rf-C .i 2. ll 'r . - 1 4. -H 'T -If-wi iif' iii--'11..2,'1 1 I-V--1 -sf' ' -- 'fi 7.-'f s 'T tifffl V . TF: ,I-Z :ig , .E-Sgt gfif-ff , -1 F 1 1. u .,- 35. - I V , r? ,a,. L wr- Q- 9 i'-- -L. J. -X ,.v . ,Ig If 1, , , . . '-I 1 11, H W X71 l , 'T V , . V . AEM. 3 A ,. , . 1, ,wg U, ,., ' I ,-ga., if 1 1' Russell L. Simmons died at his home on August 20, 1978, at the age of 72, after a relatively brief illness with lukemia. A native of Florida, he was born on October 24, 1905, in Forte Meade. Sim- mons came to Harding in 1955 to direct the public relations of- fice, retiring in 1971. Prior to becoming Director of Public Relations and Publicity, he had worked 26 years with the Cleveland Press in the field of promotion and research. Sim- mons was a man of many talents and interests. He was a poet, an artist, a bird watcher, a photographer, and a gard- ener. He had a quick wit and a notorious flair as a pun artist. He loved people, especially young people with whom he had worked closely for many years. He had worked closely with the A Cappella Chorus in the recording, duplicating, and distribution of the Hymns from Hardingv program. The students dubbed him 'Uncle Russ, a title that stuck through the years, Survivors include his wife, Myrtle Williams Sim- mons, with whom he celebra- ted 51 years of marriage in Ju- ly, two sons, Ernest of Phoenix and Kenneth of Searcy, and a daughter, Ruth Simmons Glo- ver of Corpus Christi, Texas.

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Q16 Clubs Cheryl Cox, Editor Gordon Clancey, Nancy Lowry, Patti Farmer Q2 Crganizations Lora Fleener, Editor Bruce Taylor 12 Sports Matt Flinchum, Editor Rick Foster, Pam Adams 16 Academics Carolyn Flinchum, Editor Brenda Cole, Brian Sanders Honors Susan Pryor, Editor Classes Sherril Brazell. Editor Cyndi Hughes, Lynette Vance, Robin Harvill, Laurie Hodges Academy John Glenn, Editor Kim Capps, Assistant Editor, Renee Gentry, Copy Editorg Susan Wright, Jenny Tindell, Rees Lloyd, Kathy Polk, Brent Oldham, David Clark Staff Credits P

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he memories of 1979 could be compared to a large magnifying glass. With the glass in hand, we can move it back and forth like the lens of a camera, surveying the events of the year and discriminating the long-term effects that those happenings had on our lives. The after- thoughts concerning those events are quite different now from those we had immediately after their occurrence. And they will continue to change. ,- -fl' .- .yigw-1' X ,J - I Above: SHIFT ING her focus from prints to people, Petit Jean stafer Susan Pryor works on her section during an all-nighter. Epilogue P 429