Celebrate Alumni Achievement
Alumni Awards
Each year, the McMurry University Alumni Association celebrates alumni achievement at the Night of Distinction event, where we recognize alumni who are leading lives of distinction and who embody McMurry’s core values of Learning, Excellence, and Service.
Nominations will be accepted through Friday, December 31, 2022.
Alumni Photo Galleries
Enjoy looking at photos from recent events in our Alumni Photo Galleries.
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The Kettle Club: A Legacy Program
The kids in your life can “soar with the kettle”—a group of hawks in flight—by enrolling in The Kettle Club, a new program for legacy children/grandchildren of McMurry alumni, faculty, and staff.
Benefits of membership include annual birthday cards, age-specific gifts on milestone years, opportunities to attend Legacy-specific events, and more!
McMurry shares in the loss of our loved ones and friends
When we’re made aware of the passing of an alumnus/a or friend of the University, we update the record and print an In Memoriam notice in The Messenger magazine and remember the deceased at our annual Final Ala Cumba ceremony.
* Listing in the magazine is not guaranteed due to limited space. A full listing of Friends We’ll Miss is posted below.
Report A DeathEvery Homecoming, we hold the Final Ala Cumba ceremony near the Sacred Wind statue on the McMurry University campus. This annual ceremony honors the memory of McMurry alumni, friends, former students, faculty and staff who have passed away since our last homecoming.
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In Loving Memory
The following alumni deaths have been reported to the University. This web feature is updated with each printed issue of The Messenger.
| Royace | Aikin | ’67 | Seattle | WA | 8/30/2022 | |
| Jim | Arnold | ’57 | Pinehurst | NC | 7/25/2022 | |
| Dyana | Teeter | Ashcraft | ’81 | Sevierville | TN | 8/19/2022 |
| Kay | Sanders | Babington | ’73 | Abilene | TX | 7/3/2022 |
| Janie | Morgette | Barnes | ’50 | Odessa | TX | 8/21/2022 |
| Earl | Blair | Canyon | TX | 10/13/2022 | ||
| Randy | Cassens | Elk Grove | CA | 5/20/2022 | ||
| Judy | Willis | Colvin | Abilene | TX | 6/13/2022 | |
| Dick | Countiss | ’58 | Houston | TX | 10/28/2022 | |
| Elmo | Cure | ’60 | Plano | TX | 6/18/2022 | |
| Lou | Dunn | Diekemper | Lubbock | TX | 6/17/2022 | |
| Tom | DuBois | ’62 | Simpsonville | SC | 6/30/2022 | |
| Christine | Rockover | Eastus | ’54 | Dallas | TX | 8/14/2022 |
| Bruce | Edwards | ’70 | Shreveport | LA | 9/11/2022 | |
| Tommy | Estes | Abilene | TX | 7/24/2022 | ||
| Larry | Hall | Abilene | TX | 7/25/2022 | ||
| Ronald | Hamby | ’66 | Rockport | TX | 7/18/2022 | |
| Linda | Bryant | Harper | ’64 | Midland | TX | 8/30/2022 |
| Norma | Schaefer | Harris | ’59 | Bedford | TX | 8/18/2022 |
| Randy | Hisey | ’76 | San Angelo | TX | 8/30/2022 | |
| Mary | Dwyer | Hoganson | ’39 | Montrose | CO | 8/4/2022 |
| Robert | Keppel | Abilene | TX | 6/2/2022 | ||
| Marie | Woodard | Kidd | ’48 | Abilene | TX | 9/29/2022 |
| Betty | Jones | Kinnard | ’66 | San Angelo | TX | 6/25/2022 |
| Janice | Thompson | Lloyd | ’52 | Floydada | TX | 7/8/2022 |
| Joan | Wurgler | McCullough | Las Cruces | NM | 10/2/2022 | |
| Reta | Beights | McGaughey | ’45 | Richardson | TX | 6/6/2022 |
| Virginia | Rogers | McNeely | ’52 | Plano | TX | 10/20/2021 |
| Marjorie | Hinds | Rives | ’55 | Borger | TX | 9/20/2022 |
| Mike | Rosenberg | ’72 | Gainesville | TX | 7/12/2022 | |
| Caro | Russell | Abilene | TX | 8/17/2022 | ||
| Lucille | Wallace | Slater | ’48 | Auburn | NY | 9/14/2022 |
| Marj | Stout | Sledge | ’78 | Georgetown | TX | 9/16/2022 |
| Gwen | McMurry | Sonnenburg | ’60 | South Jordan | UT | 10/6/2022 |
| Louis | Stallings | Big Spring | TX | 7/1/2022 | ||
| Walter | Urban | Abilene | TX | 5/16/2022 | ||
| Nell | Tankersley | Williams | ’95 | Knox City | TX | 7/16/2022 |
| Doug | Wofford | Llano | TX | 6/22/2022 | ||
| Noah | Abeita | ’05 | Roscoe | TX | 4/15/2022 | |
| Nevelyn | Crawford | Alexander | ’58 | College Station | TX | 4/12/2022 |
| Margaret | Houston | Bolding | ’87 | Abilene | TX | 11/7/2021 |
| Dean | Brown | ’78 | Caldwell | TX | 4/20/2022 | |
| Mary Sue | Bynum | Avary | Katy | TX | 1/29/2022 | |
| Mary | Butler | Chaffin | Cleburne | TX | 1/21/2022 | |
| Richard | Chaffin | Cleburne | TX | 1/10/2022 | ||
| Elmo | Cummins | ’50 | Midland | TX | 11/24/2021 | |
| Bill | Deffebach | Houston | TX | 4/11/2022 | ||
| Donald | Dix | ’59 | Belton | TX | 12/30/2021 | |
| Ophelia | Dietz | Ernst | 3/19/2022 | |||
| Bob | Gill | Abilene | TX | 4/22/2022 | ||
| Mike | Goode | ’70 | North Richland Hills | TX | 1/5/2022 | |
| Paul | Gothard | ’58 | Blackwell | TX | 12/10/2021 | |
| Robin | Green | ’67 | Lubbock | TX | 12/9/2021 | |
| Dorothy | Hunter | Griffin | San Antonio | TX | 3/28/2022 | |
| Gus | Guthrie | ’66 | Fort Worth | TX | 1/12/2022 | |
| Marie | Helm | ’73 | Comanche | TX | 5/5/2022 | |
| Dennis | Laster | ’92 | Abilene | TX | 11/7/2021 | |
| Joan | Hughes | Lee | Austin | TX | 12/18/2021 | |
| Carlos | Mainord | ’68 | Broken Arrow | OK | 11/8/2021 | |
| George | Martin | ’62 | San Antonio | TX | 12/15/2021 | |
| Sandra | Shields | Martin | Merkel | TX | 4/3/2022 | |
| Donald | Mazy | ’62 | Pleasanton | CA | 2/1/2022 | |
| Roxanne | Medina | Medina | ’15 | Dallas | TX | 5/4/2022 |
| Jack | Meixner | ’65 | May | TX | 1/28/2022 | |
| Denise | Johnson | Moore | ’99 | San Antonio | TX | 12/4/2021 |
| Hugh | Moore | Abilene | TX | 1/12/2022 | ||
| Wayne | Mooring | ’70 | Waco | TX | 4/29/2022 | |
| Pat | Weaver | Parr | Nocona | TX | 12/28/2021 | |
| James | Payne | ’66 | The Colony | TX | 3/4/2022 | |
| Michael | Pelfrey | ’60 | Amarillo | TX | 3/10/2022 | |
| Claudette | Perry | ’51 | Abilene | TX | 12/10/2021 | |
| Ben | Pilcher | Georgetown | TX | 11/24/2021 | ||
| Dusty | Rhodes | Houston | TX | 11/19/2021 | ||
| Erma | Folley | Ridge | Houston | TX | 2/25/2022 | |
| Ron | Salmon | Ruston | LA | 3/29/2022 | ||
| Jean | Sauze | ’51 | Midland | TX | 3/14/2022 | |
| Dick | Schofield | Abilene | TX | 3/19/2022 | ||
| Pat | Moore | Shackelford | Abilene | TX | 3/14/2022 | |
| Ronald | Sitton | ’69 | Lubbock | TX | 2/2/2022 | |
| Jimmie | Davis | Smith | ’52 | Sweetwater | TX | 3/23/2022 |
| Billy | Spencer | ’62 | Abilene | TX | 12/21/2021 | |
| Glenn | Stanberry | ’72 | Dallas | TX | 4/16/2022 | |
| Rita | Hood | Stephenson | ’47 | Winters | TX | 2/2022 |
| Jackie | Stowe | Abilene | TX | 2/9/2022 | ||
| David | Sullivan | ’56 | Breckenridge | TX | 2/16/2022 | |
| Clark | Sutley | Cypress | TX | 6/16/2021 | ||
| Linda | Cooper | Taylor | ’63 | Buffalo | WY | 1/20/2022 |
| Judia | Terry | Coleman | TX | 10/11/2021 | ||
| Thomas | Trinkner | ’71 | Abilene | TX | 3/7/2022 | |
| Mary | Warner | ’64 | Albuquerque | NM | 2/23/2022 | |
| Sarah | Ragle | Weddington | ’64 | Austin | TX | 12/26/2021 |
| Don | Welch | Crowell | TX | 11/18/2021 | ||
| Lee | Wescott | ’60 | Lakeway | TX | 1/25/2022 | |
| Scott | White | ’75 | Abilene | TX | 12/5/2021 | |
| Orlier | White | ’55 | San Diego | CA | 12/20/2020 | |
| Phil | Widmer | ’59 | Rangely | CO | 2/8/2022 | |
| Mary | Deffebach | Williams | Early | TX | 11/11/2021 | |
| Violet | Wood | ’71 | Buffalo Gap | TX | 5/2/2022 |