Profile Category: In Memory

Dennis was a long time friend and member of the Bay Area Whip Dance Club, and was a Whip Dance and Lindy Hop Instructor, along with his wife, Lavenia. He was also our Webmaster from the beginning. Godspeed Dennis. You are greatly missed.

Sad news of our very dear dance friend, Jean Payne, she passed away December 19, 2007. She will be sadly missed by all that knew her. See original obituary– from Galveston’s Daily News.

Jeff passed away from an accidental drowning while on vacation in Tahiti on Sept. 9, 2011. He loved to dance and was active in the dance community. He will be missed by all.

Our beloved friend Ray Owen passed away on August 29, 2013, from a massive heart attack. Ray served as Vice President of our club from 2012 to 2013. He was a wonderful man, loved and respected by all, and he will be dearly missed!

Our good friend, Robert Hill, passed away late Monday, October 21, 2013, after a brave 2-year struggle with pancreatic cancer. Everyone who met him liked him immediately and very soon came to love him. He was a loyal member of BAWDC and he cared about so many people in the club.

Johnnie Beck Wallace served valiantly in the Navy on the USS Porpoise submarine during World War Il. After leaving the Navy he excelled in various professions. Anyone who knew Johnnie knew his great passion was dancing. There was never a time from his teenage years forward he did not dance. His last years were spent...

On March 11th, 2015 we lost a good Friend, a devoted Husband, and a loving Father.  Fred Thompson was all those things and much more.  He was a genuine human being.  A true Southern Gentlemen.  He served his Country, his family, his friends, and our dance club.  Before passing he was nominated for induction into...