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Jeanice Falls

A Lifelong Friend and Fan of Tech Keeps Cheering

Jeanice Falls was born in Russellville in 1919. At 93, she is loved and respected by everyone who knows her and she's earned a reputation as an optimistic person with a love for entertaining, Tech women's basketball, travel, the Class of 1938, family, her church and Tech students.

Many Tech sports fans know her as the original and No. 1 Golden Suns fan. Jeanice began attending women's basketball games with Juanita Young in 1977. By the late 1980s, at the beginning of Coach Joe Foley's 16-year tenure, Jeanice, the Youngs and other friends and family faithfully cheered for the Golden Suns at every game, including tournaments. For more than 20 years, Jeanice has hosted a Golden Suns brunch with the help of the Young family.

Starting in the late 1940s, Jeanice and a group of close friends began coordinating the Class of 1938 reunion, the longest running college reunion in U.S. history. The annual reunion was a highlight of Tech homecoming for generations of '38 descendants. For many years, the Class of 1938 brunch was held at Jeanice's childhood home on Denver Street. Her classmates shared a love of Tech and a desire to help students achieve their goals, she says.

"Our class was close and we all knew the sacrifices made for our educations. It was important to us to help this generation," she says.

Jeanice was chief operator and marketing director at the telephone company for 40 years before retiring in 1981. After retiring, she volunteered at St. Mary's Hospital for 26 years and served two terms as president of the Arkansas Hospital Auxiliary Association. An avid traveler, she plans to go on a Baltic cruise with the Tech travel program in June.

Jeanice enjoys spending time with friends and her four nieces. Appropriately, Jeanice's birthday is near Mother's Day. She has been like a mother to so many.

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