Sad news

This e-mail was sent to the Oklahoma Christian community just a few minutes ago. Dale and Carol Gaither, Kim's in-laws, are members of our Connection group. Our prayers are with them and all of their family.

November 19, 2005

To the Campus Community:

She fought the good fight, she finished the race, she kept the faith. II Timothy 4.

With great sorrow, Dr. Mike O’Neal and I let you know that our beloved teacher, colleague, friend, and sister — Dr. Kim Gaither — passed away this evening at about 7:30 p.m. She died at Mercy Hospital, surrounded by her husband David, her son Luke (a current OC student), her daughter Brianna, and her parents.

Dr. Gaither joined the Oklahoma Christian University faculty in 1988, and she was serving as Professor of Biology at the time of her death. Kim was greatly loved, admired, and respected by her students and colleagues at OC, who will miss her deeply.

We will let the campus community know of the arrangements for her funeral as soon as those are known.