Married A. Lester Thrift in B'ham, AL. He is with St. Regis Paper Co., Jacksonville, FL. They had 5 children: 1) Eugene Thrift, b. Feb 16, 1934; d. Jan
1, 1958; buried at Bessemer, AL. M. Louise Kitchens. Child: Cynthia D. Thrift, b. Feb 25, 1954. 2) Silvia Annette, b. Mar 12 1936. M. Dr. Robt. T. Morgan, Dec 20, 1954; Child: Patricia Susanne, b. Jan 312 1959. 3) Patricia Marie, b. Mar 11 1940, Georgetown, SC; m. H. Wyatt Hammett, Jun 14 1958, of Folktown, GA. 4) Kathy Pearl, b. Dec 2 1946, Georgetown, SC. 5) Wm. Richard b. Mar 8 1951.
M. Roy Andrew Ward, Jun 3 1933 and Jun 3 1956 with a 5-year separation.
Three children: 1) Larry Wayne Ward, b. Feb 24, 1934, NYC; 2) Faith Regina, b. Mar 7 1939 at Bessemer, AL. 3) Mark Andrew, b. Aug 3 1940.
M. Hester Faulkner, 1942 in Tuscaloosa, AL. Child: Tommy b. Jul 6 1951, B'ham.
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DEATH: The following Obituary was Printed in the Iowa City Press Citizen:
DEATH: William P. McLure, 91, of Solon Care Center, died Saturday, March 9, 2002, in Mercy Hospital, Iowa City, from complications of Parkinson’s
Disease.DEATH: A memorial service will occur in Iowa City on April 17 at 3:00 pm at the Unitarian Universalist Society of Iowa City. His body has been donated to the College of Medicine, University of
Iowa. Later, a graveside ceremony will be held to bury his ashes in the Tuscaloosa Memorial Park, where his wife is buried.DEATH: Dr. McLure was born November 29, 1910 in Pike County, Alabama, on a farm near Troy, to Samuel Edwin and Mary Ollie McLure. He attended a one-room school built on land that his
father gave, finished high school in Brundidge, and earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from The University of Alabama.DEATH: He married Inez Deal in Tuscaloosa on August 18, 1933. He taught science in Citronelle and Talladega, became high school principal in Talladega, and joined the Masons there. He also
worked briefly as a chemist.DEATH: In 1945, he earned his Ph. D. from Teacher’s College, Columbia University, after which he worked for a year at the New York State Education Department. For a short time, he taught in the
College of Education at the University of Mississippi, and then in 1948, began his major life work as member of the faculty of the College of Education at the University of Illinois,
Champaign-Urbana. In 1951, he took over leadership of the Bureau of Educational Research at the University of Illinois, a position he held until he retired in 1979.DEATH: One of Dr. McLure’s research reports, Vocational and Technical Education in Illinois: Tomorrow’s Challenge, was influential in shaping the master plan for the junior college system in
Illinois, including the movement toward full state funding for these colleges. Another, A Study of the Public Schools of Illinois, attracted the interest of the governor and led to the formation
of a 57-member blue ribbon task force to review statewide problems and priorities in education and make recommendations in Education for the Future in 1966. Many of the proposals,
including one in 1973 for financial reform, were incorporated into law.DEATH: Dr. McLure served as president of the American Educational Finance Association. He was one of five professors assigned responsibility for a National Educational Finance Project in
1969-1972. He was a leader in cost analysis studies of school finance and organizational characteristics in Illinois, Texas, Florida, and conducted major studies on public school financing in
some 20 states.DEATH: As he approached retirement, he attended Parkland College in Champaign and earned certificates as a master watchmaker and a master clockmaker. He joined the American Watchmakers &
Clockmakers Institute. He also studied the violin for several years after his retirement and entertained family and friends with his music. He was an active member of Presbyterian churches
in Talladega, in Champaign-Urbana, and after retirement, in Tuscaloosa.DEATH: Survivors include his son, John William, and daughter-in-law, Gail Thomas of Iowa City; two brothers, Ralph of Marianna, Florida; Frank of Troy, Alabama; three sisters,
Helen Park and Betty Drew of Marietta, Georgia, and Mary Alice Jump of Dalton, Georgia; two grandsons, David Paul of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts, and John Rankin of
Iowa City, Iowa, and three great-grandchildren. His wife died in 1995.
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