Pike-Tuscaloosa County AlArchives Obituaries.....McLure, John Rankin, Dr. (Phd) March 28, 1973
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McLURE, JOHN RANKIN (Phd) (b. 11-6-1888 – d. 3-28-1973)

	Dr. John Rankin McLure, widely known educator, died Wednesday night.  A native
Trojan, he was educated in Troy [Ala., Pike Co.] City Schools, receiving his
higher education at Troy State Normal School, Columbia University, and
University of Alabama.
	Dr. McLure began his teaching career at the Laboratory School of Troy Normal
School in 1907.  He taught in Disque High School in Gadsden, Ala., was
Superintendent of Troy City Schools for 10 years, and was on the faculty of the
University of Alabama for 35 years, serving for many years as Dean of the
school.  Upon retirement in 1959, he was given the title of Dean Emeritus of the
University.
	In 1925, Columbia University Press published, as a book, his doctoral
dissertation.  He was author of various monographs and magazine articles on
professional education problems and issues.
	Dr. McLure died at age 84.  Funeral services will be a 2 p.m. Friday at McGehee
Funeral Home Chapel in Troy, with Rev. John Clelland officiating.  McGehee will
direct the burial in Oakwood Cemetery in Troy.
	Survivors include the widow, Mrs. Sallie Le Boyd McLure of Troy; one brother,
Joseph H. McLure, Sr., Atlanta, Ga.; two nephews, Joseph H. McLure, Jr.,
Atlanta, and James Martin Farris, Jr., Birmingham; two great nieces of Atlanta;
and a great nephew in Birmingham.
	Active pallbearers will be Frank H. McLure, Dr. William P. McLure, William R.
McLure, Ray B. McLure, Dr. Hugh Thornton, Jr., and C. M. Riddle.
	Honorary pallbearers will be the elders of the Troy Presbyterian Church – also
Charles “Tack” Brantley, Joe Kervin Brantley, Marvin Brown, L. D. Bynum, David
Conrad, Gibson Clower, Corley Chapman, Sr., Dr. J. O. Colley, Jr., Marvin
Dodson, Ed Dunbar, Vernon Grant, Doublas [Douglas?] Griffin, Robert Gilmore, W.
E. Hanchey, Herman Jernigan, Charles McKinnon, William A. White, Bill Murphree,
Ed Murphree, Foy Pierce, Rudolph Shelley, Ara Thompson, Shirley Wynn, and Walter
Walters.
	

Additional Comments:
Parents of Dr. McLure were Richard Umphrey McLure and Sarah Elizabeth Hamil
McLure.


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