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Louise Short, AC
Louise Baird Short was valedictorian of her high school
in Indiana and attended the University of Louisville to
study. One day, Roy Hunter Short came to campus to talk
to her poetry club, and Louise and Roy married in 1926.
He became an esteemed Methodist bishop, traveling the
world, and they had three sons. They lived in Nashville
twice during his career and returned there after retirement.
Roy passed away at the age of 92, while Louise remained
in Nashville. She rode a camel in Petra, Jordan, at age 90,
visited the Great Wall of China at age 95, drove until the
age of 100, visited Costa Rica at age 101, and was honored
in Tampa at the age of 106 at the United Methodist General
Conference. Louise turned 109 on Jan. 17, 2015 and ref ected
fondly on meeting her husband at UofL and their adventurous
life in an article for The Tennessean.
Class Notes
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