Welch College Announces Retirement of Mrs. Brenda Spruill

Aug 31, 2023

For Immediate Release

GALLATIN, TN—Mrs. Brenda Spruill, longstanding administrative assistant in the Business Office at Welch College, retired in June, according to Mr. Craig Mahler, vice president for Financial Affairs. Mrs. Spruill has served Welch College for twenty-one years.

Mrs. Spruill began working at Welch as secretary for then-academic dean Dr. Charles Thigpen in the mid-1970s for approximately two years. She and her husband Wayne had both graduated from Welch in 1972. Their life’s work took them to work and live in Hawaii and Virginia, then return to Welch in the fall of 2004, when Mrs. Spruill began working first for academic dean Dr. Milton Fields, then began her nineteen-year career working for the Business Office as administrative assistant under Vice President for Financial Affairs Mr. Tom Sass, then Vice President for Financial Affairs Mr. Craig Mahler.

Mr. Mahler said, “Brenda has faithfully served her alma mater for 21 years. Her love for Welch’s mission to educate Christian leaders is evident in her diligent and sacrificial service in the Business Office and her genuine love and support of students, faculty, and staff.”

Mrs. Spruill is well-known and loved by students, employees, and friends as a loving and caring wife to her late husband, four children, and grandchildren. “The college wishes to extend its warmest gratitude to Mrs. Spruill for her longevity and dedication to the mission of Welch College,” Mahler said.

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