Alice Robertson Voorheis, age 97, of Ooltewah, TN, passed away on Saturday, January 6, 2024. She was born Alice Genevieve Smith, in Brooklyn, NY on September 11, 1926.

 

Alice earned a bachelor of science degree in elementary education from Southern Missionary College and a master’s degree in educational leadership with an emphasis in the teaching of reading from Andrews University. She taught in several elementary schools before becoming Dean of Girls at Mount Pisgah Academy in Candler, NC, she then served as associate superintendent of education for the Carolina Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. She retired as superintendent of education and director of communication for the Gulf-States Conference of Seventh-day Adventists in 1991. Being dedicated to education, she was a life-long learner with a passion for knowledge and the value that it brings to life.

 

Read Voorheis’s full obituary here.