1960
Dr. Julia
2020
Dr. Julia Carolyn Guernsey- Pitchford
March 29, 1960 — February 4, 2020
Dr. Julia Carolyn Guernsey Pitchford, Associate Professor of English University of Louisiana at Monroe
February 4, 2020
Dr Julia Guernsey Pitchford passed away February 4 following a brief but devastating illness. She leaves behind her beloved son, Christopher Eugene Shaw. Other surviving family include two siblings, Elizabeth Guernsey Jacobs (and Carl) of Leesburg, Virginia, and Ralph Stewart Guernsey of Water Valley, Mississippi; nieces Katherine Elizabeth Jacobs of Leesburg, Virginia, and Melissa Claire Guernsey Cooper of Columbus, Mississippi, and nephews W. Carl Jacobs (and Joelle) of Charlotte, North Carolina and Nicholas Guernsey of Atlanta, Georgia. Also surviving are 8 great nieces and nephews. Preceding Julia in death were her husband, Roy Pitchford, her twin brother, Purser Eugene Guernsey, and her parents, Judge Carl Eugene Guernsey and Sue Stewart Dunning Guernsey of Jackson, Mississippi.
Julia grew up in Jackson Mississippi where she graduated from Murrah High School. She attended college in Mississippi, and later received both an M.F.A. in creative writing (1989) and a Ph.D. in English Literature (1996) from the University of Arkansas. While at Arkansas, she received numerous awards for her creative and critical work, including two Lily Peter Fellowships for poetry, a Parler Randolph Fellowship for Work in Literary Studies, and a Hudson Dissertation Fellowship. Her poetry has appeared in a number of journals including The Poet, Piedmont Literary Review, Poet Lore , The Formalist, and Perspectives. She also published several scholarly articles, which later became chapters of a book. Julia’s scholarship will be most remembered through her two books, The Pulse of Praise: Form as a Second Self in the Poetry of George Herbert (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1999) and (soon to be published by McFarland) Milton and Postmodern Popular Culture.
Julia leaves a lasting legacy through the many students whose lives she touched over 20 years of teaching at ULM. Her love of learning and her dedication, respect, and joy for her students was always evident in her work. Family and friends will also remember Julia as a devoted mother and a gentle and loving companion who dedicated her life to the lives of others.
A memorial service is planned for Saturday, February 29, at 11:00 am at The ULM Wesley Foundation 112 Bayou Drive. Visitation will begin at 10:00, and the service will be followed by a potluck lunch celebration of her life. Interment and burial rites will be held in a small family ceremony at St. Thomas Episcopal Church .
Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA
February 4, 2020
Dr Julia Guernsey Pitchford passed away February 4 following a brief but devastating illness. She leaves behind her beloved son, Christopher Eugene Shaw. Other surviving family include two siblings, Elizabeth Guernsey Jacobs (and Carl) of Leesburg, Virginia, and Ralph Stewart Guernsey of Water Valley, Mississippi; nieces Katherine Elizabeth Jacobs of Leesburg, Virginia, and Melissa Claire Guernsey Cooper of Columbus, Mississippi, and nephews W. Carl Jacobs (and Joelle) of Charlotte, North Carolina and Nicholas Guernsey of Atlanta, Georgia. Also surviving are 8 great nieces and nephews. Preceding Julia in death were her husband, Roy Pitchford, her twin brother, Purser Eugene Guernsey, and her parents, Judge Carl Eugene Guernsey and Sue Stewart Dunning Guernsey of Jackson, Mississippi.
Julia grew up in Jackson Mississippi where she graduated from Murrah High School. She attended college in Mississippi, and later received both an M.F.A. in creative writing (1989) and a Ph.D. in English Literature (1996) from the University of Arkansas. While at Arkansas, she received numerous awards for her creative and critical work, including two Lily Peter Fellowships for poetry, a Parler Randolph Fellowship for Work in Literary Studies, and a Hudson Dissertation Fellowship. Her poetry has appeared in a number of journals including The Poet, Piedmont Literary Review, Poet Lore , The Formalist, and Perspectives. She also published several scholarly articles, which later became chapters of a book. Julia’s scholarship will be most remembered through her two books, The Pulse of Praise: Form as a Second Self in the Poetry of George Herbert (Newark: University of Delaware Press, 1999) and (soon to be published by McFarland) Milton and Postmodern Popular Culture.
Julia leaves a lasting legacy through the many students whose lives she touched over 20 years of teaching at ULM. Her love of learning and her dedication, respect, and joy for her students was always evident in her work. Family and friends will also remember Julia as a devoted mother and a gentle and loving companion who dedicated her life to the lives of others.
A memorial service is planned for Saturday, February 29, at 11:00 am at The ULM Wesley Foundation 112 Bayou Drive. Visitation will begin at 10:00, and the service will be followed by a potluck lunch celebration of her life. Interment and burial rites will be held in a small family ceremony at St. Thomas Episcopal Church .
Online Registry/Condolences: www.mulhearnfuneralhome.com
Mulhearn Funeral Home
Sterlington Road, Monroe, LA
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