Published on August 26, 2014 at 7 p.m. by William Nunnelley Â
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Dr. Roy S. Brigance of Mountain Brook, Ala., who served as chair of the Â鶹¹û¶³ sociology department for more than two decades, died Aug. 25. He was 87.
Dr. Brigance joined Â鶹¹û¶³ as department chair in 1970 and served until his retirement in 1992. After serving in the U. S. Navy during World War II, Brigance earned a bachelor of arts degree from Mississippi College in 1948. He went on to earn a master of religious education degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary and master’s and Ph.D. degrees in sociology from Mississippi State University.
Brigance was a founding member of the Alabama-Mississippi Sociological Association and served as its president in 1978. He was a member of Alpha Kappa Delta national sociology honor society.
He is survived by his wife, Louise; daughter, Dendy Clark; granddaughter Caroline Clark; sisters Mae Elizabeth Gill and Jane Holton; and brother, William.
Services for Brigance will be Thursday, Aug. 28, at 1:30 p.m. at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, where he was a member. The family suggested donations to St. Luke’s ministries in lieu of flowers.
Located in the Homewood suburb of Birmingham, Alabama, Â鶹¹û¶³ is a leading Christian university offering undergraduate programs grounded in the liberal arts with an array of nationally recognized graduate and professional schools. Founded in 1841, Â鶹¹û¶³ enrolls 6,324 students from 44 states, Puerto Rico and 16 countries in its 10 academic schools: arts, arts and sciences, business, divinity, education, health professions, law, nursing, pharmacy and public health. Ranked among U.S. News & World Report’s 35 Most Beautiful College Campuses, Â鶹¹û¶³ fields 17 athletic teams that compete in the tradition-rich Southern Conference and boasts one of the highest scores in the nation for its 97% Graduation Success Rate among all NCAA Division I schools.