In Memoriam

ALUMNI

1940s

Eloise B. Capps ’43 of Raleigh, N.C., on March 12, 2022.
Lona M. Hackenberg ’44 of Silver Spring, Md., on Sept. 21, 2021.
Anne B. Murphy ’49 of Morehead City, N.C., on Feb. 16, 2022.
Florence Nowell ’40 of Hertford, N.C., on Feb. 8, 2022.
Slade Phillips Jr. ’49 ’50 of Elberon, Va., on Nov. 18, 2021.
Iola H. Winesett ’47 ’53 of Rowland, N.C., on Jan. 20, 2022.

1950s

Alison Atkins ’52 ’61 of Wilmington, N.C., on Nov. 2, 2021.
Janet Alligood ’55 of Washington, N.C., on Jan. 7, 2022.
Robert T. Cherry ’50 ’51 of Fayetteville, N.C., on Nov. 18, 2021.
Barbara Churn ’56 ’57 of Raleigh, N.C., on Feb. 23, 2022.
Barbara H. Cox ’56 of Greensboro, N.C., on Dec. 28, 2021.
Eleanor J. Cuthrell ’59 of Danville, Va., on Feb. 2, 2022.
Wade M. Davis ’53 of Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 21, 2022.
Donnie Dudley ’56 of Beaufort, N.C., on Oct. 17, 2021.
Joyce Ann Granger ’55 of Deland, Fla., on Jan. 8, 2022.
Daniel “Tom” Hannon III ’59 of Henderson, N.C., on Nov. 25, 2021.
Clare Jessup ’59 of New Bern, N.C., on Nov. 21, 2021.
James Thomas Lamm ’59 of Wilson, N.C., on March 23, 2022.
T. Parker Maddrey ’56 of Winston-Salem, N.C., on Jan. 10, 2022.
Linda McLawhorn Perry ’58 of Pine Knoll Shores, N.C., on Jan. 5, 2022.
Barbara C. Pollard ’57 ’60 of Durham, N.C., on Oct. 12, 2021.
Titus Nelson Price ’57 of Lumberton, N.C., on Jan. 28, 2022.
Leland Richardson ’56 of Winston-Salem, N.C., on Nov. 12, 2021.
Harold K. Warren ’56 ’72 of Fayetteville, N.C., on Oct. 16, 2021.
Wayne Workman ’58 of Greensboro, N.C., on Feb. 3, 2022.

1960s

Robert Allen ’66 of Rocky Mount, N.C., on Dec. 2, 2021.
Betsy O. Anderson ’62 of Concord, N.C., on Dec. 13, 2021.
Patricia S. Basquin ’69 of Warrenton, Va., on Nov. 25, 2021.
Linda D. Bizzell ’68 of Smithfield, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2022.
Warren “Tony” Bowes ’69 of Greensboro, N.C., on Oct. 3, 2021.
Lawton Brown ’63 of Magnolia, N.C., on Jan. 16, 2022.
Faye Baker Bundy ’62 of Raleigh, N.C., on March 20, 2022.
Janet M. Burgess ’63 of Johnson City, Tenn., on Oct. 10, 2021.
Donna Colquitt ’68 ’70 of Charlotte, N.C., on Jan. 4, 2022.
Thomas John Daniel ’68 of Charleston, S.C., on Sept. 29, 2021.
Anthony Gruszczynski ’62 of Wilmington, Del., on Oct. 27, 2021.
Janice Johnson Hager ’69 of Taylorsville, N.C., on Nov. 25, 2021.
Brenda Higgs ’66 of Midlothian, Va., on Jan. 26, 2022.
Linda J. Hardison ’62 of High Point, N.C., on Jan. 21, 2022.
Charles M. Herring ’69 of Elizabeth City, N.C., on Jan. 1, 2022.
Brenda Higgs ’66 of Midlothian, Va., on Jan. 26, 2022.
Jimmy Thad Hodges ’65 ’72 ’81 of Washington, N.C., on March 6, 2022.
Joseph H. Jernigan Jr. ’62 of Graceville, Fla., on Dec. 1, 2021.
Jeanette Jones ’64 of Richmond, Va., on Jan. 13, 2022.
Peggy P. Jones ’65 of Lynchburg, Va., on Oct. 21, 2021.
Preston Jones Jr. ’64 of Washington, N.C., on March 13, 2022.
Donald E. Keller ’61 of Winston-Salem, N.C., on Dec. 15, 2021.
Charles R. Klingman ’66 of Roanoke, Va., on Nov. 13, 2021.
Sylvia L. Lamm ’62 of Lucama, N.C., on Oct. 3, 2021.
Eddie Mitchell ’65 of Winston-Salem, N.C., on March 1, 2022.
Thomas Newman ’69 of Richmond, Va., on Jan. 6, 2022.
Mary Lu Perry ’62 of Garner, N.C., on Dec. 14, 2021.
Victor Pickett ’64 of Arlington, Va., on March 17, 2022.
Jean Brown Pratt ’66 of Wilmington, N.C., on Dec. 9, 2021.
Sherrill G. Rafferty ’60 of Novato, Calif., on Jan. 26, 2022.
Stanley Roberson ’62 of Kinston, N.C., on Dec. 8, 2021.
Doris Rudisill ’63 of Treasure Island, Fla., on March 3, 2022.
Sandra Jones Sasser ’69 of Mount Olive, N.C., on Oct. 14, 2021.
Joanne “Cookie” Schaekel ’69 of Chapin, S.C., on Nov. 6, 2021.
Doris Sewell ’64 of Jacksonville, N.C., on Jan. 16, 2022.
Ella Mae Smith ’61 of Conway Lakes, Fla., on Dec. 2, 2021.
Forrest C. Smith ’62 of Roaring Gap, N.C., on Dec. 31, 2021.
Guy P. Sumpter ‘67 III of Wilmington, N.C., on Oct. 21, 2021.
Frances Tankard ’65 of Washington, N.C., on March 8, 2022.
Jeanne Whitford ’61 of Savannah, Ga., on Nov. 5, 2021.
Jerry Wilkins ’62 of Wilmington, N.C., on Dec. 24, 2021.
William G. Wilson ’60 of Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 9, 2021.

1970s

Charles Stephen Alford ’73 of Greenville, N.C., on Dec. 24, 2021.
Robert David Barbour ’75 of Weaverville, N.C., on Jan. 31, 2022.
Gene Bodenheimer ’79 of Clemmons, N.C., on Feb. 27, 2022.
David H. Bromm ’79 of Roanoke, Va., on Dec. 16, 2021.
Hewitt “Buddy” Brown Jr. ’77 of Buies Creek, N.C., on Dec. 11, 2021,
Donnie M. Dees ’76 of Fayetteville, N.C., on Jan. 2, 2022.
Owen Dudley Jr. ’71 of Naples, Fla., on Nov. 16, 2021.
Jerry B. English ’72 of New Bern, N.C., on Oct. 18, 2021.
Thomas Evans Jr. ’74 of Murfreesboro, Tenn., on Dec. 24, 2021.
John J. Gresko ’75 of Cranston, R.I., on Feb. 28, 2022.
Tommy Houston ’71 ’75 of Aiken, S.C., on Dec. 1, 2021.
Faye B. Jordan ’78 of Raeford, N.C., on Jan. 27, 2022.
Noel “Tommy” Manning ’78 of San Antonio, Texas, on Oct. 12, 2021.
Robert S. Parker ’72 ’78 of Wilmington, N.C., on Jan. 30, 2022.
Betty Lou Penny ’79 of Fuquay-Varina, N.C., on Nov. 22, 2021.
Hubert Poole ’74 of Martinsville, Va., on Jan. 12, 2022.
O. Phillip Qualls ’77 of Apex, N.C., on March 9, 2022.
Martha Robbins ’75 of Pinetown, N.C., on Feb. 16, 2022.
Eugene F. Scott ’79 of Kenly, N.C., on Feb. 12, 2022.
Diane C. Shelton ’74 ’76 of Virginia Beach, Va., on Jan. 30, 2022.
Laura S. Soles ’78 of Wilmington, N.C., on Feb. 18, 2022.
William Thomas Southam ’71 of Orange City, Fla., on Dec. 1, 2021.
Ralph Mark Stephenson ’78 of Knightdale, N.C., on Nov. 30, 2021.
Guy Beacher Stowe III ’78 of Washington, N.C., on March 2, 2022.
William Talley ’74 of High Point, N.C., on Jan. 27, 2022.
Lorene Carraway Walsh ’78 of Raleigh, N.C., on Sept. 21, 2022.
Mark Whitney ’75 of Raleigh, N.C., on Nov. 29, 2021.

1980s

Steven Craven ’80 of Pinebluff, N.C., on Jan. 19, 2022.
Betsy Fidalgo ’85 of Durham, N.C., on Oct. 7, 2021.
Virginia Flippin ’82 of Sandston, Va., on Feb. 17, 2022.
Steven Hixon ’84 of Richmond, Va., on Jan. 4, 2022.
Sarah Brewer Irvin ’84 of Spring Hope, N.C., on Nov. 14, 2021.
Hugh C. Mitchum III ’86 of Charlotte, N.C., on Dec. 18, 2021.
David Neil Morgan ’80 of Winston-Salem, N.C., on Jan. 17, 2022.
Jennifer Pickwell ’87 of Eldersburg, Md., on Nov. 2, 2021.
Sharron Regan ’88 of Raleigh, N.C., on Jan. 5, 2022.
Joy Lee Schwan ’87 of Hampstead, N.C., on Dec. 13, 2021.
Millette Perry Sorie ’80 of Rocky Mount, N.C., on Dec. 21, 2021.
Nancy Trevillian ’83 of Wake Forest, N.C., on Feb. 24, 2022.

1990s

Michael Patrick Phillips ’93 of Stokesdale, N.C., on Oct. 4, 2021.
Michael Stair ’95 of Wilmington, N.C., on Feb. 2, 2022.
Roger S. Woolard ’92 of Foxfire Village, N.C., on Jan. 2, 2022.

2000s

Dondi Duff Callaway ’03 of Callaway, Md., on April 11, 2021.
Brett G. Ciccone ’04 of Fayetteville, N.C., on March 17, 2021.
Kelly-Grier Ferguson Costin ’06 of Suffolk, Va., on March 19, 2021.
Ted Overton ’02 of Aurora, N.C., on July 23, 2021.
Regina Parker ’08 ’19 of Clinton, N.C., on June 5, 2021.
Brian D. Pyle ’04 of Pittsburgh, Pa., on June 8, 2021.

2010s

Gregory Paul Knight ’12 of Morganton, N.C., on Jan. 6, 2022.

2020s

Gavin Cox ’21 of Huntersville, N.C., on March 20, 2022.
Thomas S. Jenkins ’20 of Raleigh, N.C., on Dec. 12, 2021.

Faculty and Staff

Jane Boardman (nursing) of Greenville, N.C., on Jan. 18, 2022.
Joy Tyson Clark (student affairs) of Greenville, N.C., on Dec. 22, 2021.
John L. Eatman (business) of Greensboro, N.C., on Feb. 3, 2022.
Bobby Griffin (materials management) of Grimesland, N.C., on Sept. 16, 2021.
Marguerite Miller (career services) of Greensboro, N.C., on Oct. 22, 2021.
Marilyn Miller (library services) of Valdosta, Ga., on Feb. 15, 2022.
Timothy Moreland (athletics) of Salisbury, N.C., on Jan. 27, 2022.
Bruce C. Trible (library services) of Lafayette, La., on Jan. 27, 2022.

Sam Wornom

If you’ve bought a ticket to an ECU sporting event, you might know the name Sam Wornom III ’65. His name and the name of his wife, Sandy, adorn the ECU Athletic Ticket Office. Sam Wornom died Jan. 30 in his hometown of Sanford. In 1967, Sam co-founded The Pantry, a convenience store chain that started in Sanford and eventually spread to 480 stores in five states before it was sold in 1987. An entrepreneur, he went on to start other stores and businesses. Wornom also was a founding member of the Boys & Girls Club of Sanford/Lee County and was a national trustee for Boys & Girls Clubs. At ECU, Wornom served as a trustee, chairing the board in 1990-1991, and on the executive committee of the Pirate Club. He received the Outstanding Alumni Award in 1980. A significant donor, Wornom held season tickets for every Pirate sport. The new Wornom Makerspace in the Isley Innovation Hub on campus is named for him and is part of a $1 million fundraising challenge.