Dr. Warner -- One of my Heroes.
I received this e-mail this afternoon.
With sadness we share that earlier today, the WV Wesleyan community learned that Dr. John Warner (Professor of Sociology, Emeritus) passed away this morning. We extend our deepest condolences to the Warner family.
Dr. John Warner taught Sociology at Wesleyan from 1970 until his retirement in 2005. He graduated from Baker University in Baldwin City, KS and earned his Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Ph.D. from Boston University. He was a retired United Methodist minister having transferred into the WV Annual Conference in 1970 from the Kansas East Annual Conference.
Condolences and notes may be sent to the Warner Family at 30 College Ave, Buckhannon, WV 26201.
Visitation will be Wednesday, December 2 from 4-8 p.m. at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home on Kanawha St., Buckhannon and Thursday, December 3 from 10-11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church on S. Florida St. The funeral will follow at 11 a.m. at the church.
At the request of the family, memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be sent to the Dr. John Warner Memorial Fund at West Virginia Wesleyan College, Office of Institutional Advancement, 59 College Avenue, Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201.
I had Dr. Warner a couple of times in class when I went to Wesleyan. Before that, he always spoke to me when I was around Haymond. His wife was in chamber orchestra with me and taught at one of my elementary schools. He was my freshman seminar leader when I had my first semester. I went to his house. In later semesters when I had him for American Minorities and Global Minorities, I would go into this office and listen to his stories. He lived an amazing life. He was active in the civil rights movement. Brown Vs. Board of Ed. happened in his hometown. He worked on the Mississippi Summer Project. He knew the two men who disappeared that summer and wrote a play about it, which was performed. He e-mailed me a real photo of Glen Smiley on the bus with Dr. King after the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He did so many great things, traveled all over the world and really cared about the world around him. Even through his illness and age, he continued to have a byline on The Charleston Gazette. He really fueled my love of sociology. Even after he retired, he still spoke to me kindly as a friend. I will miss him greatly. I will be attending the viewing on Wednesday to pay my last respects to one of the greatest men I've ever known.
He used to sing to me when he'd catch me taking smoke breaks -- "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)." I've never been able to hear that song since then without thinking of him.
With sadness we share that earlier today, the WV Wesleyan community learned that Dr. John Warner (Professor of Sociology, Emeritus) passed away this morning. We extend our deepest condolences to the Warner family.
Dr. John Warner taught Sociology at Wesleyan from 1970 until his retirement in 2005. He graduated from Baker University in Baldwin City, KS and earned his Bachelor of Sacred Theology and Ph.D. from Boston University. He was a retired United Methodist minister having transferred into the WV Annual Conference in 1970 from the Kansas East Annual Conference.
Condolences and notes may be sent to the Warner Family at 30 College Ave, Buckhannon, WV 26201.
Visitation will be Wednesday, December 2 from 4-8 p.m. at the Poling-St. Clair Funeral Home on Kanawha St., Buckhannon and Thursday, December 3 from 10-11 a.m. at First United Methodist Church on S. Florida St. The funeral will follow at 11 a.m. at the church.
At the request of the family, memorial contributions in lieu of flowers may be sent to the Dr. John Warner Memorial Fund at West Virginia Wesleyan College, Office of Institutional Advancement, 59 College Avenue, Buckhannon, West Virginia 26201.
I had Dr. Warner a couple of times in class when I went to Wesleyan. Before that, he always spoke to me when I was around Haymond. His wife was in chamber orchestra with me and taught at one of my elementary schools. He was my freshman seminar leader when I had my first semester. I went to his house. In later semesters when I had him for American Minorities and Global Minorities, I would go into this office and listen to his stories. He lived an amazing life. He was active in the civil rights movement. Brown Vs. Board of Ed. happened in his hometown. He worked on the Mississippi Summer Project. He knew the two men who disappeared that summer and wrote a play about it, which was performed. He e-mailed me a real photo of Glen Smiley on the bus with Dr. King after the Montgomery Bus Boycott. He did so many great things, traveled all over the world and really cared about the world around him. Even through his illness and age, he continued to have a byline on The Charleston Gazette. He really fueled my love of sociology. Even after he retired, he still spoke to me kindly as a friend. I will miss him greatly. I will be attending the viewing on Wednesday to pay my last respects to one of the greatest men I've ever known.
He used to sing to me when he'd catch me taking smoke breaks -- "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)." I've never been able to hear that song since then without thinking of him.