In Mem.oriam ORAL WOOD CONE died at the age of 69 after being in a coma several days following a massive stroke. Mrs. Cone, a member of the President's Developme~t Council and wife of James Thomas Cone who was Vice Chairman of the·Board of Trustees at the time of his death in 1968, enrolled in Harding College as a freshman in the fall of 1934 when the College opened its doors in Searcy. Her emphasis was speech and dramatics. She had leading parts in a number of major productions and assisted significantly in the development of dramatics at Harding, being instrumental in establishing the Eta Omega Cast of Alpha Psi Omega. She also served Northeastern Christian College and Ibaraki Christian College. She was a member of the Downtown church of Christ, and was involved in mission work in Central America, the Orient, and other parts of the world. She had also been a leader in Garden Club activities and had served the state of Arkansas in educational and political affairs. Born in Calico Rock on August 12, 1908, Mrs. Cone died in a Little Rock hospital on December 14,1977. JERRY REESE MOORE was ' killed instantly at the age of 29 in a plane crash shortly after take-off from Searcy Airport. Jerry had been associated with Harding since the fall of 1958 when his parents moved to Searcy so that their children could have a Christian education. He attended Harding from the fifth grade through college, receiving the B.A. degree with a major in physical education on June 3,1971. He was a versatile athlete in the Academy. In college, he lettered four years in varsity baseball and participated widely in intramurals. He was a member of the A Cappella Chorus and served as Sports Editor of the 1970 Petit Jean. After graduating from college, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served six years as a Navy pilot, being discharged with the rank of lieutenant. He was married April 1, 1977, to Becky Ross, a 1970 graduate of Harding from Pensacola, Florida . Jerry had made application to the College to serve as pilot of the College plane. Born November 2, 1948, in Perryville, Jerry died February 18, 1978, at Searcy. 1 Y But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him. For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep. For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord. Wherefore comfort one another with these words." [I Thessalonians 4:13-18] KIM LOEEN RICHARDS died at the age of 22 after waging a brave, courageous battle against leukemia for over two years. Kim enrolled in Harding College as a freshman from Crossville, Illinois, in the fall of 1974 and pursued a physical education major. She possessed a warm, outgoing personality and a dedicated committed Christian character. She was a member of Omega Phi social club and was active in intramurals . In the fall of 1975 she became seriously ill with leukemia and was taken to St. Jude's Hospital in Memphis , Tennessee, for radiation and chemotherapy treatments. Going into remission, she was able to pursue a light course load for the next three semesters, while returning periodically to Memphis for treatments. Her condition worsened during the summer of 1977 and she was not able to return for her senior year in 1977-78. Born in Carmi, Illinois, on January 11, 1956, Kim died in Florida on February 22, 1978. DONALD J. SMITH died at the age of 38 following a plane crash shortly after take-off from the Searcy Airport. Don had served as pilot of the College plane since August, 1970. He served in the United States Navy from 1957 to 1961 as a boilermaker and in the United States Marine Corps from 1961 to 1966 as a jet mechanic. After the latter enlistment, he attended the Sparta in School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and graduated as a licensed pilot in December, 1966. From 1966 to 1970 he was sales representative and a charter pilot for Byerly Aviation in Peoria, Illinois. Don is survived by his wife, Ann Cowan Smith, who serves as a library assistant at the College on a part-time basis, and three children, Cynthia, Timothy, and Andrea, who attend the Academy. Born October 14, 1939, in Peoria, Illinois, Smith died February 18, 1978, at Searcy. 410 • In Memoriam
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