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PEOPLE
THE CHRISTIAN CHRONICLE 27
APRIL 2018
NEWSMAKERS
Milestones
Anniversaries
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APPOINTED: Foy Mills Jr., as
provost and chief academic officer of
Lubbock Christian University in Texas.
The 1980 LCU graduate previously
served as professor
and program leader
of agribusiness
at Sam Houston
State University in
Huntsville, Texas. He
taught at Abilene
Christian University
in Texas for two
decades. Dana
Slinguff, as chaplain for Willow Brook
Christian Village in Delaware, Ohio,
and preacher for the Northeast
Church of Christ in Galena, Ohio.
He and his wife, Cindy, served the
Camden Avenue Church of Christ in
Parkersburg, W.Va., for 14 years.
HONORED: Frank"Butch" Jones,
as distinguished alumnus of
the College of Biblical Studies at
|—------, Faulkner University
Bin Montgomery, Ala.
Jones is evangelism
and outreach
ministry for the
Ellijay Church of
Christ in Georgia and
a Faulkner trustee.
Andrew Itson, as
distinguished young
alumnus of Faulkner's Bible college.
Itson is minister for the Robertsdale
Church of Christ in Alabama.
INDUCTED: Dale Neal, women's
basketball head coach at
Freed-Hardeman University in
Henderson, Tenn., into the NAIA
Hall of Fame. In his 24th season at
FHU, Neal had compiled a 668-176
overall record entering the recent
NAIA national tournament.
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PHOTO PROVIDED BY MATT BARKER
Coach Dale Neal discusses strategy.
Derwood Clifton Patton, 90,
of Charleston, S.C., widower
of Mary Maxine Musslewhite
Patton and Bemeda Lunsford
Patton, entered into eternal rest
Wednesday, February 21, 2018.
Bom May 26, 1927, in Jones
County, Texas, Derwood was the
son of the late Edward Cleveland
Patton and Tommie Rowland
Patton. He was a veteran of the
U.S.M.C. and retired planner and
estimator with the Charleston
Naval Shipyard. Patton was a
member and former elder of
Essex Village Church of Christ.
He is survived by his four
daughters, Linda P. (Ronald)
Stoddard of Lilburn, Ga.,
Deborah P. (Jay) Gully of
Greenville, S.C., Michele Patton
(Jasper) Gentry of Ladson, S.C.,
and Nancy P. (Alan) Hay of
Myrtle Beach, S.C.; two sisters,
Mary Webb of Garmon, Texas,
and Peggy Moore of Carlsbad,
Director at the Stillwater
Regional Airport for 31 years.
Emalee has worked for Stan
Clark for 26 years.
Congratulations, Gary and
Emalee!
63rd: Ron and Peggy
Holmes, March 5, Tuscaloosa,
Ala.
N.M.; two brothers, Cloys Patton
of Houston, Texas, and Billy
Patton of Thompsons Station,
Texas; ten grandchildren and
thirteen great-grandchildren.
Derwood was preceded in death
by a brother, Dwayne Patton, and
grandson, Jeffrey Alan Gully.
The family wishes to thank
Oliver Levin for his years of
wonderful care, support and
friendship. Memorials may be
made to Mt. Pleasant Church
of Christ, PO Box 393, Mt.
Pleasant, SC 29465. A memo-
rial message may be sent to the
family by visiting the website
www.jhenrystuhr.com or guest-
book at www.legacy.com/obitu-
aries/charleston.
The Christian Chronicle
appreciates and acknowledges
generous gifts received in honor
of Bailey McBride and Tom
Tryggestad and in memory
of Cathy Conway, Leo P
Meerscheidt III, Allan C. Mitchell,
and Margaret Tryggestad.
Gary and Emalee Johnson
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary at a reception hosted
by their family, Jennifer and Jeff
Gilliland, Denise and Richard
Lofton, Chris Johnson and Marti
Davies-Jones. They were married
on March 2, 1968, in Watonga,
Okla.
Gary and Emalee grew up in
Oakwood, Okla., and like many
others, moved to Stillwater
to attend Oklahoma State
University and never left!
Their daughters, Jennifer and
Denise, and son, Chris, were
raised in Stillwater. They have
four grandsons and two grand-
daughters. Gary is the son of
the late Ray and Jeri Johnson of
Oakwood. Emalee’s parents are
the late Jim and Joy Brandly, of
Oakwood and Canton.
Gary has been the Airport
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