The 10-year-old son of ACU's sports information director died this weekend after a two-year-long fight with cancer. Rex Fleming passed away at about 11:30 p.m. Sunday night in home hospice care. "He died peacefully at home, surrounded by his parents and grandparents, just the way he would have wanted it," said his father, Lance. Rana Travieso, ... [Read More…]
Alum dies in local car accident
Acar accident in Abilene claimed the life of 27-year-old ACU alum Jillian Hope Thomas early Saturday morning. Thomas was riding in the passenger seat of the 2008 Nissan Altima driven by Spencer LaBrie, 19-year-old 2011 graduate of Wylie High School, who was also killed in the accident at the intersection of South 14thand South Danville ... [Read More…]
Rock House landlady remembered
The ACU community lost Kathryn Brasher Rockwell last Sunday at the age of 100. Rockwell was landlady to 90 different men over a 24-year period, mostly members of the men's social club Galaxy. Dr. Gary McCaleb, vice president of the university, said it all started when Rockwell's son, Walter Rockwell, was playing baseball at ACU. Walter decided ... [Read More…]
Management professor dies of sudden heart attack
A faculty member in the College of Business Administration who died suddenly last week will be remembered for his loving and caring personality, heavy involvement in ACU academics and his deep faith in God. Dr. Darryl Jinkerson, associate professor of management, died Friday afternoon of a heart attack. Jinkerson, 54, joined ACU in 2002 after ... [Read More…]
Community mourns death of former student who battled cancer
Samantha Bahl, former ACU art and design student who battled adrenal cancer for more than two years, died last week at age 21. She was diagnosed on Oct. 1, 2009, and fought until Wednesday, Nov. 23, 2011. Jackie Hughes, Samantha's mother and former ACU faculty member, said Samantha had a very strong relationship with God, which was evident ... [Read More…]