Jean Kittrell, 1927-2018; Was Former English Professor
Jeannie Kittrell, nee McCarty, of Edwardsville, died Tuesday, Aug. 14 in hospice. She was 91.
A Birmingham, Ala. native, Kittrell served as a professor and later chair of the English Department with the SIUE School of Education, Health and Human Behavior. An accomplished ragtime and jazz performer, she retired from performing in 2008.
Memorials are appreciated to the SIUE Foundation, Jean Kittrell Archives & Scholarship. Memorials in her honor will be split between the College of Arts and Sciences and Library Information Services. Lovejoy Library is home to the Ragtime and Jazz Archives, to which Kittrell donated many items.
A complete obituary is available in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. A more complete story detailing Kittrell’s career is in The Syncopated Times.