Death of Evonne Wagoner, Faculty Dames, SEMO

I shall never forget going to my first Faculty Dames meeting after Bill Stacy joined the Speech Faculty here at SEMO.  Pearl Scully, the wife of President Scully, ran the meeting in a gloved, firm hand and those who had been in constant attendence during the years, took care of the new people who ventured in.   I had no choice in the matter:   Dr. Scully and I were both from Charleston;  I would be in attendance.

They discussed business and they did not take kindly to my kind of joking around.   I learned that when no one laughed at my attempts at humor, even after the second try.   But Evonne Wagoner got me through the training....along with Elnora Michel, Helen Collins, Virginia Goodwin, Merry Gay Lorberg and a few others who were brave enough to take me on.  They took Lauchette Low on at the same time so they had their hands full with the both of us.

Then they found out that I could not knit,  no sew a button on anything,   No stitchery or craft of any kind, for me.   Did I "play the piano like my sisters?"     No, I answered, "I can only play 'My Jesus I love Thee'." which no one but a Baptist could ever know.  So what did I do besides raise three children !

Well, Dames of the Faculty, I could cook and I announced it and they realized that it was one true statement. 

It saved my bacon.  Thanks, Evonne, for your many, many kindnesses to me!  You and Graham mean the world to me.