April 25, 2024

Death of a UMW Alumnus

It is with sadness that the University notifies you of the death Saturday of Mark Bareford, 2008 alumnus of the Bachelor of Liberal Studies program. He died of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Mark, 47, was a science teacher at Walker-Grant Middle School.

Mark earned a Purple Heart in 1987 for his service in the Navy.

For more information, go to http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/082011/08022011/642980.

About Brynn Boyer

Brynn Boyer is assistant director of media and public relations and a 2010 graduate of UMW.

Comments

  1. Patsy Hockaday says

    Larry Atkins accomplishment (purple heart) attached to Mark Bareford??????

  2. Our apologies for the error. The sentence now correctly reads, “Mark earned a Purple Heart in 1987 for his service in the Navy,” per the Free Lance-Star article.

Death of a UMW Alumnus

It is with sadness that the University notifies you of the death Saturday of Mark Bareford, 2008 alumnus of the Bachelor of Liberal Studies program. He died of injuries suffered in a motorcycle accident. Mark, 47, was a science teacher at Walker-Grant Middle School.

Mark earned a Purple Heart in 1987 for his service in the Navy.

For more information, go to http://www.fredericksburg.com/News/FLS/2011/082011/08022011/642980.

About Brynn Boyer

Brynn Boyer is assistant director of media and public relations and a 2010 graduate of UMW.

Comments

  1. Patsy Hockaday says

    Larry Atkins accomplishment (purple heart) attached to Mark Bareford??????

  2. Our apologies for the error. The sentence now correctly reads, “Mark earned a Purple Heart in 1987 for his service in the Navy,” per the Free Lance-Star article.