Department News

Faculty News - Spring 2006

Former History Professor Dies

Dr. James H. Edmonson, former professor of history at Union, died on February 3, 2006, after a long illness. Dr. Edmonson came to the history department in 1965 and remained there until 1992. He served as department chair from 1971 to 1989. During his tenure, he developed and for many years administered a history contest for local high school students. He also served as a district coordinator for the Tennessee National History Day competition in the 1980s and was the state coordinator one year. In addition, Dr. Edmonson was actively involved in local and state politics during the 1970s and 1980s, and he served as pastor of Woodlawn Baptist Church in Nutbush, Tennessee, from 1973 to 2004.