Lavaun H. CALLISON

CALLISON, Lavaun H. of Tucson, AZ, passed away on November 14, 2016 at The Villas at La Canada in Tucson. She was born in Mouth of Wilson, VA, to Neal and Emma Halsey on May 22, 1926. Lavaun attended Oak Hill Academy in Mouth of Wilson and was a graduate of Berea College in Berea, Kentucky, as was her late husband Gilmer W. Callison. Lavaun received her Masters Degree in Education from the University of Arizona. She taught school with unbounded energy and positive enthusiasm for 24 years in the Tucson Unified School District, retiring in 1986. Lavaun was an active member of Christ Presbyterian Church, and was also a member of Delta Kappa Gamma, the Tucson League of Women Voters, and the Berea College and Oak Hill Academy Alumni Associations. Lavaun was a loving and devoted mother, grandmother, and aunt. She was an avid Arizona Wildcat basketball fan and a gracious hostess. She is survived by her sister, Shirley Hash of Virginia; her daughters, Alice Callison (John Richardson) of Tucson and Ann Callison of Williams Bay, Wisconsin; her four grandchildren, Andrea, David, James and Trevor, and a considerable number of nephews and nieces and their families. Arrangements by BRING'S BROADWAY CHAPEL.