In Memoriam
Rochelle Jackson Pope ’25
of Dunn died April 14, 2018. She was 110 and likely the oldest alumnus of East Carolina at the time of her death. She taught and served as a principal in Harnett and Sampson counties.
ALUMNI
1930s
Ruth P. Linville ’39 ’52 of Kernersville, N.C., on June 12, 2018.
1940s
Rebecca Caison ’47 of Clinton, N.C., on April 9, 2018.
Willie M. Currin ’45 of Graham, N.C., on March 22, 2018.
Lallah B. Heath ’42 of Stone Mountain, Ga., on Feb. 14, 2018.
Elizabeth Hight ’46 of Cary, N.C., on April 11, 2018.
Camille J. Hite ’45 of Greenville, N.C., on June 22, 2018.
Ruffin Manning ’49 ’59 of Fredericksburg, Va., on March 23, 2018.
Dorothy Mae Whitley Oldenburg ’44 of Bonita Springs, Fla.,
on April 19, 2018
1950s
Daphne Jilcott Askew ’50 of Ahoskie, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2018.
Cleo Simons Beaman ’51 of Snow Hill, N.C., on June 17, 2018.
Nell Grantham Bray ’53 of Lumberton, N.C., on April 29, 2018.
Hattie Dietzel ’56 of Issaquah, Wash., on March 27, 2018.
Frances Douglas ’52 ’65 of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on May 9, 2018.
Thomas Edwards ’59 of Raleigh, N.C., on June 24, 2018.
Joel Farrar ’56 of Rock Hill, S.C., on April 23, 2018.
Elizabeth Carroll “Betsy” Gray ’52 of Garner, N.C., on May 3, 2018.
William J. Hair ’50 of Elizabethtown, N.C., on March 21, 2018.
Gene Marshall Hart ’51 ’58 of Garland, N.C., on April 22, 2018.
Howard “Buddy” Holcomb ’56 of Marietta, Ga., on May 21, 2018.
Margaret McArthur Holcomb ’53 of Marietta, Ga., on March 28, 2018.
William N. Howard Jr. ’56 of Raleigh, N.C., on June 19, 2018.
Benjamin Thomas “Tom” James ’59 of Rocky Mount, N.C., on May 23, 2018.
Norma Jean Jenkins ’54 of Ashburn, Va., on Feb. 8, 2018.
Thomas R. Lupton ’54 of Wilmington, N.C., on Feb. 22, 2018.
Bettie Carroll Massey ’53 of High Point, N.C., on May 15, 2018.
Alvin D. McArthur ’50 of Farmville, N.C., on March 22, 2018.
James Piner ’57 of Atlantic Beach, N.C., on March 27, 2018.
Robert Gilbert Stanley ’53 of Whiteville, N.C., on May 20, 2018.
Lillian Hofler Swain ’50 of Wilson, N.C., on May 2, 2018.
Ellis H. Townsend ’51 of Wallace, N.C., on June 4, 2018.
William H. Weir ’58 of Wilson, N.C., on May 16, 2018.
1960s
William Lloyd Barber ’65 of Chicago, Ill., on April 20, 2018.
Jerry Barnette ’68 of Estero, Fla., on Wednesday, April 25, 2018.
Marybeth Nichols Barris ’63 of Venice, Fla., on Nov, 11, 2017.
Theodore W. “Ted” Beach ’60 ’63 of Savannah, Ga., on Feb. 21, 2018.
Laura Knight Cagle ’62 of Carthage, N.C., on April 19, 2018.
Larry G. Carter ’69 ’81 of Madison, Va., on May 28, 2018.
Hubert A. Creech ’65 of Goldsboro, N.C., on June 11, 2018.
Theodore Charles Entzminger ’66 of Greenville, N.C., on April 25, 2018.
Dalton Finch Jr. ’63 of Plymouth, N.C., on May 12, 2018.
Susan C. France ’68 of Creedmoor, N.C., on Feb. 25, 2018.
Jerry P. Fulford ’64 of Raleigh, N.C., on June 18, 2018.
Flora MacDonald Gammon ’69 of Waynesville, N.C., on March 22, 2018.
James Ralph Ihrie ’72 of Statesville, N.C., on May 10, 2018.
Emily C. Jones ’65 of Snow Hill, N.C., on March 25, 2018.
Barbara Keller ’65 of Manteo, N.C., on April 18, 2018.
James R. Knight Jr ’60 of Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 17, 2018.
Phillip Ellis Langford ’66 of Clayton, N.C., on April 29, 2018.
Paul K. Lanning ’66 of Supply, N.C., on June 1, 2018.
Eleanor Rodman May ’66 of Washington, N.C., on March 29, 2018.
Lucile M. McIntyre ’65 of Wilmington, N.C., on June 11, 2018.
Barbara J. Mobley ’67 ’75 of Robersonville, N.C., on March 2, 2018.
Elizabeth E. Morgan ’66 of Sunbury, N.C., on March 31, 2018.
Peggy C. Pearce ’64 of Franklin, Va., on May 27, 2018.
Herman L. Pusser ’65 of West End, N.C., on June 16, 2018.
Lynda R. Robbins ’67 of Alexandria, Va., on May 26, 2018.
James B. Smith Jr. ’66 of Williamsburg, Va., on March 26, 2018.
Josephine B. Thomas ’67 of Wilson, N.C., on June 11, 2018.
Joseph J. Thompson ’66 of Fayetteville, N.C., on March 24, 2018.
Charles W. Wilkinson Jr. ’63 of Oxford, N.C., on May 6, 2018.
1970s
Dorothy Brock Aydlett ’73 of Elizabeth City, N.C. on June 7, 2018.
James R. Barnes Jr. ’79 of Raleigh, N.C., on March 4, 2018.
Jack Donald Bateman ’71 of Chesapeake, Va., on March 13, 2018.
Karen V. Bell ’78 of Fleetwood, N.C., on May 11, 2018.
Harold “H.B.” Bissett Jr. ’70 of New Bern, N.C., on Feb. 19, 2018.
Carolyn Brown ’71 of Winston-Salem, N.C., on May 22, 2018.
Katherine Knight Collins ’75 of Rocky Mount, on April 29, 2018.
Robert E. Currin Jr. ’74 of Newport News, Va., on Jan. 24, 2018.
Sylvia Daniel ’76 of Huntersville, N.C., on June 19, 2018.
Pantice P. Fish ’76 of Venice, Fla., on Feb. 13, 2018.
Claron G. Gibbons ’71 of Logan, Utah, on Feb. 26, 2018.
Shelia J. Harrell ’78 of Oak City, N.C., on June 18, 2018.
William H. Harrell ’78 of Eure, N.C., on April 15, 2018.
Edward Hawes Jr. ’70 of Richlands, N.C., on April 2, 2018.
Deborah E. Henderson ’76 of Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 18, 2018.
George Benjamin “Ben” James ’76 of Greenville, N.C., on April 5, 2018.
William E. Jones ’73 of Kitty Hawk, N.C., on June 3, 2018.
Dorothy S. Kinlaw ’78 of Raeford, N.C., on June 18, 2018.
Joan M. Kocen ’70 of Solomons, Md., on March 12, 2018.
Susan B. Lawson ’70 of Lewisville, N.C., on June 8, 2018.
Stewart Longacre Jr. ’71 of Collegeville, Pa., on Feb. 28, 2018.
Beverly K. MacQueen ’79 of Goldsboro, N.C., on Feb. 7, 2018.
Gary Elwood Miller ’73 of Virginia Beach, Va., on May 13, 2018.
Wilson Ray Mozingo ’73 of Raleigh, N.C., on May 12, 2018.
Allen H. Perry ’72 of Morehead City, N.C., on March 20, 2018.
Thomas E. Price ’75 of Portsmouth, Va., on Feb. 15, 2018.
Rhonda B. Raper ’77 ’78 of Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 13, 2018.
Frances Lee Reesman ’72 of Trent Woods, N.C., on April 22, 2018.
Davey D. Sawyer ’79 of Graham, N.C., on March 13, 2018.
Kathy Lane Williford ’73 of Garner, N.C., on March 30, 2018.
Oliver H. Yancey Jr. ’75 of Raleigh, N.C., on April 7, 2018.
1980s
Debra West Bailey ’83 of Hickory, N.C., on May 23, 2018.
Brenda Pearsall Cayton ’89 of Greenville, N.C., on March 28, 2018.
Charles Eatmon ’82 of Ernul, N.C., on June 14, 2018.
Bret D. Lee ’83 of Elizabethtown, N.C., on March 8, 2018.
Marcy M. Moore ’86 of Cary, N.C., on Feb. 9, 2018.
Priscilla K. Murphy ’81 of Beaufort, N.C., on Feb. 11, 2018.
Mabel James Perry ’81 ’88 of Bethel, N.C., on May 22, 2018.
Paula Stokes Qualliotine ’85 of Winston-Salem, N.C., on May 19, 2018.
Milbrey C. Starnes ’80 of Hillsborough, N.C., on May 15, 2018.
William Henry Taylor Jr ’81 of Greensboro, N.C., on April 25, 2018.
Bruce Thompson ’82 of Conway, S.C., on May 3, 2018.
Kay Fish Toombs ’89 of Disputanta, Va., on April 30, 2018.
Warren H. Vestal ’82 of Walnut Cove, N.C., on May 1, 2018.
1990s
Eric Bailey ’91 ’00 of Southport, N.C., on March 18, 2018.
Lawrence E. Cherry Jr. ’94 of Elizabeth City, N.C., on June 7, 2018.
Fred Corbin ’92 of La Grange, N.C., on May 11, 2018.
Eloise Kennedy Cullen ’91 of Morehead City, N.C., on May 9, 2018.
Betty Clarke Harris ’94 of Bath, N.C., on April 14, 2018.
William Carlton Harrison ’92 of Biloxi, Miss., on June 13, 2018.
Marjorie R. Holmes ’90 ’95 of Greenville, N.C., on March 17, 2018.
Christopher Raynard Johnson ’96 of High Point, N.C., on Feb. 20, 2018.
Kevin Wayne Lowery ’97 of Mount Pleasant, S.C., on May 15, 2018.
Walter T. Rampersaud ’91 of Alexandria, Va., on May 12, 2018.
Jeffrey Thomas Smith ’90 of Wilson, N.C., on April 26, 2018.
2000s
Brian N. Babyak ’09 of Jamestown, N.C., on June 9, 2018.
James A. Bullard ’06 of Rocky Mount, N.C., on Feb. 26, 2018.
Kristin M. Day ’06 of New Bern, N.C., on Feb. 7, 2018.
John W. Harrawood ’08 of Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 17, 2018.
Mark Jeffrey Larson ’02 of Orlando, Fla., on April 16, 2018.
Sean M. McLaughlin ’07 of Concord, N.C., on June 23, 2018.
Bradford “Stephen” Quinn ’06 of Pacolet, S.C., on May 9, 2018.
James Christopher Rogers ’06 of Jamesville, N.C., on April 2, 2018.
Mark Steven Wheeler ’01 of Stoughton, Wis., on April 15, 2018.
2010s
Kisha Murphy Harrington ’12 of Grimesland, N.C., on Feb. 10, 2018
STUDENTS
Jennifer Ervin of China Grove, N.C., on Feb. 24, 2018.
Amanda L. Gibbons of Wake Forest, N.C. on Nov. 3, 2017.
Michael Richard Harrold of Winston Salem, N.C. on March 22, 2018.
Stephanie D. Honeycutt of Clayton, N.C., on June 5, 2018.
Caleb Louis Mehlman of Raleigh, N.C. on Dec. 19, 2017.
Tracy Manning Moore of Williamston, N.C., on Jan. 28, 2018.
FACULTY/STAFF
Simon Baker (geography) of Greensboro, N.C., on May 9, 2018.
Anita Brehm (education) of Greenville, N.C., on June 21, 2018.
Anne Donovan (athletics) of Wilmington, N.C., on June 13, 2018.
Daryl Guffey (accounting) of Anderson, S.C., on May 5, 2018.
Joyce Helms (student fund acct. ofc.) of New Smyrna Beach, Fla., on June 24, 2018.
Richard Henton (art) of Columbus, Ga., on May 31, 2018.
Otis K. Karr Jr. (athletics) of Pickens, S.C., on March 11, 2018.
Donald R. Lennon ’60 ’61 (Joyner Library) of Greenville, N.C., on April 26, 2018.
Leslie Paul “Ty” Moore (facilities) of Greenville, N.C., on June 22, 2018.
Robert S. Moye (ITCS) of Greenville, N.C., on June 6, 2018.
William M. Phillips (facilities) of Baltimore, Md., on May 4, 2018.
Lawrence Stanley “Stan” Harris (pathology) of Studio City, Calif., on May 1, 2018.
Carl Jacob Twarog (art) of Greenville, N.C., on May 29, 2018.
Alvin Volkman (pathology) of Greenville, N.C., on April 11, 2018.
Odell Welborn (health and physical education) of Greenville, N.C., on May 10, 2018.