In Memoriam

ALUMNI

1940s 

Dr. Clifton Crandell ’49 of Chapel Hill, N.C., on Dec. 30, 2022. 

Mary L. Lamm ’48 of Lumberton, N.C., on Feb. 11, 2023. 

Audrey Page ’47 of Mount Holly, N.C., on Jan. 12, 2023. 

1950s 

June Carr ’52 of Wilson, N.C., on Nov. 5, 2022. 

George B. Causby ’55 ’59 of Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 1, 2022. 

Mary Ely ’57 of Castle Hayne, N.C., on Feb. 3, 2023. 

Tennielean Fletcher ’57 of Greensboro, N.C., on  Jan. 24, 2023. 

Ann R. Gunn ’53 of Bavon, Va., on Nov. 16, 2022. 

Ann W. Harrison ’54 ’61 of Greenville, N.C., on Oct. 3, 2022. 

Mary Howard ’54 of Bath, N.C., on Nov. 12, 2022. 

Carole Hennessee ’59 of Clover, S.C., on Jan. 19, 2023. 

Becky Hughes ’51 of Wilmington, N.C., on Sept. 28, 2022. 

John A. Jones ’59 ’65 of Monroe, N.C., on Oct. 18, 2022. 

Hazel F. Lamm ’57 ’64 of Durham, N.C., on Dec. 25, 2022. 

Paul R. Lindsey ‘58 of Powhatan, Va., on May 8, 2022. 

Charles W. McNeill ’58 of Sanford, N.C., on Sept. 28, 2022. 

Walter R. Parker Jr. of Rocky Mount, N.C., on Feb. 8, 2023. 

Bertha W. Poulson ’56 of Richmond, Va., on Oct. 8, 2022. 

Dallas “Bucky” Reep ’58 of Nebo, N.C., on Oct. 8, 2022. 

W. Howard Rooks ’55 of Sarasota, Fla., on Oct. 6, 2022. 

George Sauls ’53 of Greenville, N.C., on Dec. 15, 2022. 

Margaret Slate ’51 of Swansboro, N.C., on Feb. 20, 2023. 

H.L. Sorrell Jr. ’59 of Coats, N.C., on Dec. 27, 2022. 

James Speight ’59 ’62 of Boerne, Texas, on Sept. 25, 2022. 

Hilton Styron ’50 of Helotes, Texas, on Feb. 8, 2023. 

Joann S. Thompson ’53 of Goldsboro, N.C., on Jan. 11, 2023. 

Derl Walker ’58 of Mount Olive, N.C., on Nov. 16, 2022. 

John E. Warren ’54 of Rocky Mount, N.C., on Jan. 18, 2023. 

Alice Willingham ’54 of Roanoke, Va., on Oct. 27, 2022. 

1960s 

Montrose Arlauskas ’63 of Gloucester, Va., on Nov. 20, 2022. 

June Arnold ’61 of Chocowinity, N.C., on Nov. 16, 2022. 

James A. Asby ’67 of Cary, N.C., on Oct. 15, 2022. 

George R. Baines ’60 of Richmond, Va., on Jan. 20, 2023. 

Donald E. Batts ’64 of Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 10, 2022. 

James Buckner ’69 ’71 of Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Oct. 1, 2022. 

Henry Bunch ’68 of Eden, N.C., on Nov. 19, 2022. 

Murdock Butler Jr. ’63 ’69 of Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 19, 2023. 

Harriet Byrd ’68 of Hampstead, N.C., on Feb. 25, 2023. 

Elbert Chapman Jr. ’69 of Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 29, 2022. 

Helen Cleveland ’68 ’71 ’73 of Tarboro, N.C., on Jan. 10, 2023. 

Delano “Cobby” Deans ’65 of Ayden, N.C., on Nov. 29, 2022. 

Carlton Edmondson ’61 of Turner, Maine, on Feb. 22, 2023. 

Hilda C. Evans ’65 of Pamplico, S.C., on Jan. 23, 2023. 

Louis P. Forrest ’69 of Washington, N.C., on Oct. 14, 2022. 

William Francis Jr. ’68 of Washington, N.C., on May 20, 2018. 

Paul Goodwin ’62 of Cincinnati, Ohio, on Oct. 27, 2022. 

James Malcolm Hall Jr. ’61 of Wallace, N.C., on Sept. 5, 2022. 

Peggy Hollingsworth ’67 of Morehead City, N.C., on  Oct. 13, 2022. 

Carlyle P. Humphrey ’62 of Wilmington, N.C., on Nov. 20, 2022. 

William Jackson ’67 of Ayden, N.C., on Dec. 3, 2022. 

Mary Gail Johnson ’64 of Greensboro, N.C., on Oct. 24, 2022. 

Bette McCotter Koon ’62 of Grifton, N.C., on Feb. 9, 2023. 

James Leftwich Jr. ’65 of Midlothian, Va., on Sept. 26, 2022. 

Myra “Jean” Lunsford ’67 of Hickory, N.C., on Dec. 12, 2022. 

Raymond Mancini ’66 of New Castle, Del., on Dec. 16, 2022. 

Judy Mattsson ’69 ’93 of Chicago, Ill., on Jan. 8, 2023. 

Jerry Medford ’66 of Kernersville, N.C., on Jan. 19, 2023. 

Joy Moser ’68 ’69 of Charlotte, N.C., on Nov. 25, 2022. 

Thomas L. O’Neal ‘69 of Manteo, N.C., on Dec. 22, 2022. 

Karen Nelson ’69 of Albuquerque, N.M., on Dec. 6, 2022. 

Hal W. Pierce ’68 of Winterville, N.C., on Feb. 20, 2023. 

Timothy Prichard ’69 of Kingwood, Texas, on Feb. 9, 2023. 

Lynn F. Rowell ’68 of Greenville, S.C., on Dec. 18, 2022. 

Anne V. Seymour ’62 ’63 of Bel Air, Md., on Dec. 24, 2022. 

Velsa Spencer ’67 of Faison, N.C., on Jan. 21, 2023. 

H. Lamar Strother ’64 of Jacksonville, Fla., on Nov. 7, 2022. 

Faye Sullivan ’65 of Mount Pleasant, S.C., on Sept. 19, 2022. 

William “Randy” Sutton ’69 of Burlington, N.C., on Oct. 29, 2022. 

Myrtle Talton ’65 ’85 of Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2023. 

Kenneth Tarleton ’64 of Greenville, N.C., on Jan. 20, 2023. 

Frank Tobin ’69 of Bushnell, Fla., on Dec. 13, 2022. 

Fred West ’65 of Greenville, N.C., on Oct. 14, 2022. 

Robert Whitfield ’69 of Asheboro, N.C., on Oct. 24, 2022. 

C.M. Williams Jr. of Falmouth, Va., on Oct. 28, 2022. 

Linda D. Workman ’64 of Lansing, N.C., on Oct. 9, 2022. 

Rosemary Worthington ’67 of Greensboro, N.C., on Dec. 13, 2022. 

1970s 

Benny David Allen ’76 of Winston-Salem, N.C., on Jan. 25, 2023. 

Stephen Allen ’78 of Greenville, N.C., on Dec. 24, 2022. 

Patricia Barber ’73 of Durham, N.C., on Jan. 18, 2023. 

Robin Berzak ’75 of Winter Park, Fla., on Jan. 4, 2023. 

William H. Boone ’72 of Fort Mill, S.C., on Jan. 10, 2023. 

Connie S. Boyd ’70 of Cary, N.C., on Oct. 10, 2022. 

Lou Branch ’77 ’84 of Chocowinity, N.C., on Feb. 2, 2023. 

Reba Brown ’72 of Beaufort, N.C., on Feb. 24, 2023. 

Benjamin R. Burton ’79 of Asheboro, N.C., on Aug. 8, 2022. 

John Calhoun ’77 of Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 14, 2023. 

Susan Collins Mizelle ’71 of Ayden, N.C., on Feb. 4, 2023. 

Susan Creech ’71 ’74 ’78 of Southern Pines, N.C., on Nov. 2, 2022. 

Robert Evans ’71 of Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 20, 2023. 

Evelyn Deane ’70 of Stanardsville, Va., on Dec. 20, 2022. 

John Gregory of Scotland Neck, N.C., on Nov. 25, 2022. 

Samuel Guy Jr. of Fayetteville, N.C., on Dec. 1, 2022. 

Walter House ’73 of Beaufort, N.C., on Jan. 21, 2023. 

Craig Johnson ’79 of Rocky Mount, N.C., on Jan. 4, 2023. 

Sharon G. Jolly ’71 of Arlington, Va., on Jan. 29, 2023. 

John W. Lowe Jr. ’70 of Grimesland, N.C., on Jan. 30, 2023. 

Catherine Arthur-MacDonald ’73 of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada, on Oct. 30, 2022. 

Joey McGroarty ’72 of North Myrtle Beach, S.C., on Oct. 7, 2022. 

Bobby McMillan ’77 of Kinston, N.C., on Feb. 9, 2023. 

Patricia L. Nichols ’79 of Cedar Point, N.C., on Nov. 28, 2022. 

William M. Orr III ’72 ’79 of Baltimore, Md., on Nov. 1, 2022. 

Martha Overton ’73 of Morehead City, N.C., on Nov. 8, 2022. 

Michael Peters ’72 of Greenville, N.C., on Dec. 14, 2022. 

Terry Rivers ’76 of Huntersville, N.C., on Jan. 22, 2023. 

Benjamin E. Spell ’77 of Cullowhee, N.C., on Dec. 7, 2022. 

Winston Spurgeon ’70 of Sarasota, Fla., on Oct. 18, 2022. 

Jane W. Spruill ’76 of Raleigh, N.C., on Nov. 8, 2022. 

Nancy Steffa ’73 of Asheville, N.C., on Nov. 7, 2022. 

Anna Stewart ’71 of Morehead City, N.C., on Feb. 21, 2023. 

Constance Swartzwelder ’79 of Wilson, N.C., on Oct. 27, 2022. 

Walter R. Taylor ’74 of Belhaven, N.C., on Jan. 10, 2023. 

David Temple ’74 of North Wilkesboro, N.C., on Dec. 20, 2022. 

Bobbye T. Trimble ’77 of Yorktown, Va., on Jan. 7, 2023. 

Iola Walton ’77 of Carthage, N.C., on Feb. 27, 2023. 

Phillip Watts ’73 ’74 of Marquette, Mich., on Dec. 29, 2022. 

1980s 

Kemp Bradshaw ’80 of Greenville, N.C., on Oct. 6, 2022. 

Barbara Bremer ’83 of Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 25, 2023. 

Brian M. Cofer ’87 of Kernersville, N.C., on Dec. 31, 2022. 

Rose Cunningham ’81 of Pensacola, Fla., on Jan. 12, 2023. 

Andy Dellinger ’82 of Ocean Isle Beach, N.C., on Dec. 20, 2022.

Grady Dickerson II ’80 ’81 of Sugar Grove, N.C., on Dec. 10, 2022. 

Mary-Frances Fisher ’82 of Roanoke Rapids, N.C., on Oct. 8, 2022. 

Greg Foster ’80 of Goldsboro, N.C., on Jan. 14, 2023. 

Christine Gantt ’83 of Charlotte, N.C., on Feb. 8, 2023. 

Terry J. Gatlin ’81 ’05 of Merritt, N.C., on Dec. 31, 2022. 

Marcia Goodman ’88 of Elizabeth City, N.C., on Nov. 29, 2022. 

Marilyn Hinson ’89 of Kill Devil Hills, N.C., on Jan. 15, 2023. 

Stuart Jernigan ’84 of Charlotte, N.C., on Oct. 14, 2022. 

Patrick McHugh ’85 of Troy, Mich., on Nov. 30, 2022. 

Tammy C. Pentony ’85 of Buies Creek, N.C., on Nov. 3, 2022. 

Lori Thigpen ’84 of Snow Hill, N.C., on Dec. 21, 2022. 

Anne Wilgus ’80 of North Chesterfield, Va., on April 30, 2022. 

Jon “Bart” Williams ’86 of Wilmington, N.C., on Jan. 22, 2023. 

1990s 

Leslie Cannon ’93 of Greenville, N.C., on Dec. 22, 2022. 

Edna “Penny” Faulkner ’94 of Morehead City, N.C., on Nov. 30, 2022. 

Koren Harrison ’94 of Raleigh, N.C., on Oct. 12, 2022. 

Sommer H. Helm ’93 of Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. 30, 2022. 

John D. Milliken ’90 of Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 23, 2023. 

Robert O’Neil ’95 of Baton Rouge, La., on Sept. 15, 2022. 

Mary Tyer ’92 ’95 of Washington, N.C., on Feb. 1, 2023. 

Laura W. Walker ’99 of Hudson, N.C., on Jan. 12, 2023. 

2000s 

Amanda D. Alligood ’03 of Washington, N.C., on Jan. 22, 2023. 

Kevin Boyle ’05 of Middletown, Md., on Nov. 12, 2022. 

Samuel Brooks ’00 of Chocowinity, N.C., on Feb. 23, 2023. 

Brenda Chastain ’09 of Sunset Beach, N.C., on Oct. 13, 2022. 

Christopher Durkin ’06 of Evansville, Ind., on Nov. 20, 2022. 

Keith Esarey ’04 of Alexandria, Va., on Nov. 18, 2022. 

Anthony Nobles ’00 of Randleman, N.C., on Jan. 13, 2023. 

Christina Steward ’07 of Greenville, N.C., on Jan. 14, 2007. 

Dee Emory Tripp ’05 ’08 of Winterville, N.C., on Nov. 17, 2022. 

FACULTY/STAFF

Charles Boklage (medicine) of Washington, N.C., on Oct. 27, 2022. 

Larry Coyer (athletics) of Coralville, Iowa, on Feb. 10, 2023. 

Dr. Sue Ehrlich (medicine) of Port Townsend, Wash., on Nov. 13, 2022. 

Dr. Eric Fearrington (medicine) of Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., on Feb. 23, 2023. 

Frédéric Fladenmuller (foreign languages) of Winterville, N.C., on May 25, 2022. 

Dixie Friend (nursing) of Washington, N.C., on Oct. 25, 2022. 

Patricia Higson (library science) of Greenville, N.C., on Feb. 28, 2023. 

Dr. John Leonard III (medicine) of Greenville, N.C., on Sept. 28, 2022. 

Jun Qing Lu (physics) of Greenville, N.C., on Oct. 27, 2022. 

Kathryn Moore (cafeteria) of Washington, N.C., on Dec. 20, 2022. 

Minnie Ridenour (registrar) of Greenville, N.C., on Oct. 31, 2022. 

Joy Roberts (philosophy) of Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Dec. 17, 2022. 

Ronald Rouse (medicine) of Kinston, N.C., on Oct. 2, 2022. 

Ralph Scott (library services) of Greenville, N.C., on Nov. 12, 2022. 

Nancy Spalding (political science) of Greenville, N.C., on Sept. 21, 2022. 

Bill Still (history) of Greenville, N.C., on Jan. 8, 2023. 

Ning Zhou (CSDI) of Greenville, N.C., on Dec. 26, 2022.