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In Memory
John Anderson, 71, d. Aug. 26, 2014, maintenance/
grounds. A 24-year employee, he was known for his
broad smile, whether planting flowers in spring or blow-
ing leaves in fall. His wife Brenda and several extended
family members survive him.
Dr. J. Howard Cobble, 78, d. July 4, 2014, director of
Development/assistant to the president. e 1956 alum-
nus joined the staff as director of Social and Religious
Activities in 1960, where he served until his promo-
tion three years later. His fulltime ministerial career in-
cluded pastorates in Alabama, Georgia and Tennessee
and Southern Baptist denominational service in several
states and at the national level. Survivors include his
wife Norma and an adult daughter and her husband.
Diris Quarles May, 81, d. April 29, 2014, media center
secretary. A life-long member of Alpha Baptist Church,
she worked in the institution's Treasurer's Office for a
decade prior to moving to the media center. She is sur-
vived by a daughter and son, several grandchildren and
three siblings, as well as numerous nieces and nephews.
Dr. Calvin S. Metcalf, 80, d. Sept. 10, 2014, trustee.
A 1956 alumnus who pastored churches through the
Southeast, including Knoxville's Central Baptist of
Fountain City, he joined the Board of Trustees in 1977,
serving several terms across the following four de-
cades. Carson-Newman bestowed an honorary doctor-
ate on him in 1985. Bobbie, his college sweetheart and
wife, survives him, as do two daughters, a son, a pair of
grandchildren, three siblings and many cousins, nieces
and nephews.
Correction- We regret the misspelling of Dusty Roden's name in our
Fall/Winter 2013 issue. It should also be noted that Dr. Sherman Vana-
man is survived by a son, daughter, and son-in-law.
In Memory
