JACKSON, Tenn. - According to The Jackson Sun, Lane College President Wesley McClure passed away Friday evening at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
Bishop Lawrence Reddick, Chair of the Lane College Board of Trustees, sent out this release confirming Mr. McClure's passing.
The Lane College Family mourns the passing of President Wesley Cornelious McClure on Friday evening Dec. 6, 2013 at the Jackson-Madison County General Hospital.
We ask your prayers at this time for Mrs. Mary Bradley McClure, the McClure Family and for the Lane College Family - students , staff, faculty and Administration.
President McClure loved Lane College with all his being, giving himself untiringly to its progress. His presidency has been marked with outstanding growth in the student body and the Campus, and with exemplary personal and professional recognition among his peers.
He will be missed.
Bishop Lawrence Reddick
Chair
Lane College Board of Trustees
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