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Russell Irvine
1944-08-18 2018-06-17
Obituary for Dr. Russell W. Irvine
“I have tried to live my life in the service of something greater than myself.”
-Dr. Russell W. Irvine on receiving the Hall of Excellence Award in 2015
from his alma mater, the University of Maryland Eastern Shore.
Dr. Russell W. Irvine, affectionately known as “Irvine,” was born on August 18, 1944, in Havre de Grace, Maryland to the late Laura Christy Irvine Greene and the late Russell W. Irvine, Sr. He is survived by his wife of 49 years, Dr. Jacqueline Jordan Irvine; his daughter Kelli Irvine Neptune (Lionel); his grandsons, Devin and Jalen; his sister, Joyce Clarke; his only surviving aunt, Mae James...
Alma Williams (Stone)
1921-04-26 2013-11-05
Alma Stone Williams, educator, English and Music scholar, and pioneer in college racial integration, passed away on Nov. 5, 2013 at her home in Savannah, GA, after a brief illness.
Born in Athens, GA in 1921 and raised in Savannah, Alma enrolled at Spelman College at age 15, after achieving the second highest score in the state on the college entrance exams. She majored in English and Music, and graduated from Spelman at age 19, valedictorian of her class. She immediately entered a Master’s Program in English at Atlanta University.
Two years later, she began a long teaching career, with a position at the historic Penn School on St. Helena Island, SC. She...
Julian Williams
1953-05-20 2011-07-06
Dr. Julian M. Williams
Julian Marshall Williams, 58, a pioneer in broadcast communications, passed away suddenly and unexpectedly on July 6, 2011 after minor surgery. A native of Savannah, Williams was a veteran television reporter and a highly respected professor of Mass Communications. He split his time between Gainesville, Florida and Orangeburg, South Carolina where he taught at Claflin University.
Williams was a 1971 graduate of Savannah’s Sol C. Johnson High School, where he was elected student body president during 1969-70, the school’s first year of integration. After graduation, Williams attended Boston University, earning a Bachelor’s degree in Mass Communicatio...