The Reinhardt community gathered on April 4, in Donor Plaza to honor and remember the lives of those who have passed away. The annual ceremony, a Reinhardt tradition, included music performed by Jared Brooks ’24, a scripture reading by Oliva Adams ’25, and each name of those lost from the Reinhardt community, read aloud, followed by the chiming of the carillon bell.
“Our time together to read aloud the names of loved ones signifies our university’s care for our extended community and recognizes the legacies that make us who we are,” said Mark A. Roberts, Ph.D., president of Reinhardt University. “Each name represents a life – a life lived worthily and with purpose, a life lived through faith, hope, and love.”
“Many of these individuals have demonstrated for us lives of generosity and love and compassion and scholarship,” said Rev. Brian Smith, pastor of Waleska United Methodist Church and campus chaplain. “We remember those individuals who embody virtues of patience and peace, kindness and faith.”
Josh Garner, coordinator of spiritual life and service, shared, “There is great power in remembering. The power comes from remembering the best qualities of people and letting those qualities inspire us.” Also honored were the nearly 1 million lives lost to COVID-19 in the United States.
This year, Reinhardt honored the following members of the Reinhardt faculty, staff, friends, and family who have passed away:
Gary L. Adams
Gilbert Adams ’58
Alan D. Allen
Elizabeth D. Berkner ’54
Hoyt M. Brown
Dallas William Buckner ’62
Lillian W. Childre
Bobby B. Cleghorn ’52
Chloe Couvrette Gail Cromey Hollis Acey Cronon ’52
Deborah J. Curtis ’93
Eva C. Davis ’78 Julia Rosalyn Davis ’60
Mary Louise Dixon
David Duncan
Robert J. Eubanks ’56
Rhonda Leigh Fields
David A. Ford
Betty Tippens Forrester ’50
Frances Foster
Ernest W. Gaines, Jr. ’64
Carolyn S. Galt Judy Garner Homer L. Gold, Jr.
June Lewis Goss Earl Groover ’68 Jack A. Hardin ’77
Frank L. Hemphill ’40
Donna Atkinson Jackson ’60
Emily James-Lesser
Chris O. Jernigan Lloyd
H. Johnson ’51
Mary Jeanne Johnson ’52
Paul Michael Jones ’62
Valarie L. Jordan
Michael J. Kelly ’75
Anne Starr Kling ’52 J. Malcolm Kling Robert K. Konior ’96
Sandra M. Lackland ’67
Patsy Campbell Madariaga
Betty Mansell ’46 Mary Eula Whittemore McKnight ’60
Vickie Mulkey
Dave Olsen Joan Poole James A. Porcari James Franklin Pruitt
Jeffrey L. Shultz ’79
Richard D. Summers
Amanda Casteel Torbett ’17
Eben J. Williams, Jr.
Donald D. Wilson, Jr. Edna Roquemore Young ’56
