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Submitted: 5/28/22 • Approved: 6/19/22 • Last Updated: 6/22/22 • R1434214-G0-S3
April 4, 1918 - January 10, 2007
Alice, daughter of the late Percy Elmer and Mamie Adelle Clark Boatright, died in her home in Van Buren, AR. She was preceded in death by her parents; her sister, Laura Eugenia Boatright; her brothers, Jack Harmon Boatright and Percy Clark Boatright. Alice was a graduate of Van Buren High School, class of 1936, the Univ. of Arkansas 1947 and the Univ. of Ill. in Champaign Urbana, Ill., with a master's of fine arts degree in 1952. She served in the US Navy during WW II from 1944 through 1945 as a topographic draftsman.
Alice retired from the Univ. of Ill, Urbana, ILl. where she was a biological illustration specialist for the School of Life Sciences from 1953-73. She returned to Van Buren in 1974.
She is survived by her adopted family, Jane Kennedy of the home; Jane's children, Sarah Kennedy, the Rev. Tommy and Ruth Kennedy, Jeffrey and Annette Kennedy of Georgia.
Source-Times Record, Fort Smith, Arkansas January 11, 2007
Photo courtesy of Frances Allen Titsworth
Contributed on 5/28/22 by Billsully060
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