Marie Buckley

Miss Marie Buckley of Little Rock died September 9, 2010. She was the Goodman Professor of Nursing and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs at the University of Tennessee College of Nursing in Memphis where she served from 1955 until her retirement in 1980. She remained an Emeritus Professor until her death. Miss Buckley earned a Bachelor's Degree in nursing from Vanderbilt University and a Master's Degree and Professional Diploma from Columbia University in New York City. Before joining the faculty at the University of Tennessee, she taught at the Vanderbilt University School of Nursing in Nashville, Tennessee and at the University of Texas in Galveston. Miss Buckley held numerous leadership posts in nursing and academic organizations at the state and national level and received many professional achievement awards. Among her honors was being named in 1984 the outstanding alumnus from the University of Tennessee College of Nursing in recognition of her contributions in the field of nursing and nursing education. She was a member of Kappa Delta Pi, Pi Lambda Theta, Sigma Theta Tau, Quota Club of East Memphis, and of Highland Valley United Methodist Church in Little Rock. Survivors include one sister, Mrs. Evelyn Callahan of Little Rock, Arkansas and one brother, Herbert Buckley of Madison, Alabama [as well as many loving nieces and nephews]. The family requests that any memorials be sent to Highland Valley United Methodist Church, 15524 Chenal Parkway, Little Rock, Arkansas, 72211, or to the Marie Buckley Scholarship Fund at the University of Tennessee College of Nursing, Memphis, Tennessee, 62 South Dunlap, Suite 500, Memphis, Tennessee 38103 Graveside funeral services will be 11 a.m., Saturday, September 18, 2010 at the Carlisle Cemetery, Carlisle, Arkansas. Arrangements by Griffin Leggett Healey Roth, 501-661-9111, 5800 W. 12th St., Little Rock, Ark. 72204. Please sign her online guestbook at www.griffinleggetthealeyroth.com.