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Montevallo, Berry, Bessemer, and
Jess Lanier high schools; he spent
28 years as an adjunct professor
at UAB. An active musician, he
performed with numerous groups
and productions, including 20 years
as conductor of the Miss Alabama
Pageant. He is survived by his wife,
a son, two grandchildren, and three
great-grandchildren.
Dr. Juanita Willene Paxton ’50
of Johnson City, Tenn., formerly
of Birmingham, on July 23, 2016.
Throughout her career at East
Tennessee State University, and
following her retirement in 1993,
she was active in professional
associations and her church,
Munsey Memorial United
Methodist Church. Nieces and
nephews are among her survivors.
Charles C. Pinckney, Jr. ’50
of
Bear Creek Pike, N.C., formerly of
Columbia, Tenn., on March 18,
2016. Pinckney served in the U.S.
Army during World War II. In 1970,
he and his wife started a tax return
and bookkeeping business that
still operates in Columbia. He was
a student of history and enjoyed
sports, reading, and crossword
puzzles. He is survived by his wife,
four sons, four grandchildren, three
step-grandchildren, and four step-
great-grandchildren.
William Tinman Walker ’50
of
Tiburon, Calif., on Oct. 30, 2016.
Active in sports, Walker signed
to play baseball as a catcher for
the Giants, but was drafted into
the military instead. He became
a lieutenant in the U.S. Navy and
went to sea during the Korean War.
After the Navy, he earned a JD from
the University of Alabama. Walker
clerked for the Alabama Supreme
Court before re-enlisting as part of
the Judge Advocate General Service
stationed in Naples, Italy. He then
left the Navy and his law practice to
work for IBM and later, for several
large consulting rms. In 1974, he
started his own executive search
company. He is survived by his wife,
two children, a step-daughter, and
two grandchildren.
Barbara McClain Clyde ’51
of Chapel Hill, N.C., on Jan.
30, 2017. Clyde received her
bachelor’s and master’s degrees
in piano performance from BSC’s
Conservatory of Music. She served
on its faculty for two years and
performed with the Birmingham
Symphony Orchestra. Clyde
later served as a church organist
and was pianist for a chorus that
performed in New York City. She
was also a faculty member at the
Peabody College for Teachers
(now Vanderbilt). She had lived in
Chapel Hill since 1961, where she
taught piano in her home, played
concerts in the area, taught the
children’s choir at her church, and
served on the Chapel Hill Music
Teachers’ Association Board. For
many summers, Clyde was involved
with the International Workshops
performing in Austria, Norway,
and other countries overseas. She
is survived by her husband, two
daughters, one granddaughter, and
two great-granddaughters.
Millard Joe Crump ’51
of
Birmingham, on April 23, 2016.
Crump served in the U.S. Army
at Aberdeen Proving Ground in
Maryland and in the Philippine
Islands. He started work at Blue
Cross and Blue Shield of Alabama
in 1951 and continued for 35
years. After retirement, Crump
spent more than 15 years planning
and escorting tours all over the
world for his church, Huffman
United Methodist. Survivors
include his wife, two daughters,
four grandchildren, and a great-
granddaughter.
Richard M. Evans ’51
of
Birmingham, on April 26, 2017.
Evans enlisted in the U.S. Marine
Corps; at the end of World War
II, he was stationed in Guam. He
married and lived in Provo, Utah,
before returning to Birmingham
to join his father and brother
at Belcher-Evans Millwork Co.
Survivors include four children,
four grandchildren, and ve great-
grandchildren.
Harriette Kinnebrew Norman ’51
of Huntsville, on Oct. 2, 2016.
Norman went to seminary and
became an ordained Science of
Mind minister. She was a lifetime
lover of the outdoors and the arts
and was an avid traveler. She retired
and spent most of her later years in
Franklin, Tenn. Survivors include
ve children, a stepdaughter,
ve grandchildren, three step-
grandchildren, and three great-
grandchildren.
Dr. Ralph W. Powell ’51
of Smyrna,
Ga., on June 3, 2016.
Charles Brannon Smith ’51
of
Hueytown, on Jan. 1, 2017. Smith
was a WWII veteran who served in
the U.S. Air Force. He was a data
analyst for 23 years at U.S. Steel
and for 10 years with Jefferson
County, Ala. In 1978, he founded
his own computer company, S&W
Minicomputers, Inc. As CEO,
he was still partially active until
a few months before his death.
He was a lifelong member of
Bethlehem Methodist Church. He
is survived by three children, four
grandchildren, and eight great-
grandchildren.
Annie Sims Akin ’52
of Marietta,
Ga., on Jan. 1, 2016. Following
her BSC graduation, Akin went to
Atlanta to teach. She retired in the
1980s. Akin created many exquisite
pieces of knit and crochet lace,
carrying on the craft that her mother
taught her. She was also an avid
reader. Her survivors include her two
children and two granddaughters.
Dorothy Peggy Lee ’52
of
Birmingham, on Feb. 5, 2016. Lee
was a teacher in the Birmingham
area for 40 years and a lifelong
member of the United Methodist
Church. She is survived by nieces
and nephews.
Betty Jo Taylor Nash ’52
of
Trussville, on Jan. 20, 2017. Nash
graduated
summa cum laude
from
BSC. She later received her AA and
master’s degrees from the University
of Montevallo and was a much
beloved teacher at Leeds and Erwin
high schools. Nash was a longtime
member of Huffman United
Methodist Church and served on the
board of directors of the Shepherd
Center East and the Chalkville Girls’
School. She was the rst nationally
certi ed gymnastics judge from
Alabama. She is survived by her
husband,
James E. Nash Jr. ’51
; three
daughters; 11 grandchildren; and
three great-grandchildren.
Helen Waid Powers ’52
of Highland,
Texas, on March 30, 2016. Powers
taught science and mathematics at
Grissom High School in Huntsville
as well as in private schools abroad,
including Greece, Turkey and Spain.
She continued as a substitute teacher
in Highland Village into her late
70s. Powers remained an avid bridge
player and was a member of several
book clubs. Among her survivors
are her husband, two children,
two grandchildren, and a great-
grandchild.
Dolores Brow Cook ’53
of Destin,
Fla., formerly of McLean, Va., on
April 11, 2016. Cook worked in New
York City for Knoll Furniture and as
a research librarian before putting
down roots in Virginia. She had a
great love of literature, good food
and wine, British mysteries on PBS,
and travel. She is survived by her
husband, son, and two grandsons.
Dr. John “Jack” Reed Crawford
’53
of Mountain Brook, on Nov.
9, 2016. Crawford was a highly
accomplished pianist, organist, and
composer. He earned degrees from
BSC, Vanderbilt University, Harvard
University, Union Theological
Seminary, Emory University, and
the University of Strasbourg. After
studying, traveling, and working in
many different places, he returned
to live in Birmingham. Survivors
include nieces and nephews.