New Class Notes editor for East
Leanne Elizabeth Smith ’04 ’06 of Greenville (right) is the new class notes editor for East magazine. She takes over from Franceine Perry Rees, who will cover the ECU centennial programs for the magazine over the next three years. An English major and French minor who teaches research writing at ECU, Smith received the Robert H. Wright Alumni Leadership Award and was a DJ/newscaster at WZMB. She was the Department of English’s Outstanding Graduate Student last year. Smith also is president of the ECU Poetry Forum and the ECU Folk & Country Dancers. One of Smith’s photos was selected as the cover image for the Fall 2006 issue of Tar River Poetry. Send your news and notes to Leanne at ecuclassnotes@ecu.edu.
2006 KRISTEN BARBEE of Concord, a faculty member in the associate degree nursing program at the Cabarrus College of Health Sciences, was recognized as the N.C. Association of Nursing Students’ 2006 Adviser of the Year and elected to the board of the National Organization for Associate Degree Nursing. Barbee is the advisor for the association chapter at Cabarrus College. She earned her master’s degree in nursing in July from ECU.
ERICA PLOUFFE LAZURE of Greenville is in the low-residency master of fine arts program in writing and literature at Bennington College in Vermont.
DEA PAPAJORGJI, a coordinator with the Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina’s Pitt County, received certified recognition from the Mediation Network of North Carolina.
JENNIFER CLAIRE TAYLOR and Michael Todd Anthony were married August 5. She is a counselor with Pitt County Schools.
2005 VICTORIA DAWN BARTON and
ALAN LEE ZELL JR. were married Oct. 28. She is the program manager at Carolina Support Services; he is store manager with American Eagle Outfitters.
KATRINA CARTER was named sales and media manager of the Kinston Indians baseball team.
MATTHEW DAVIS, a physician assistant, has joined the staff of Southeastern Occupational Health in Lumberton. The practice is affiliated with Southeastern Regional Medical Center and focuses on work-related health care.
SARAH BETH FORDHAM and John Beddard McLawhorn III were married Nov. 4. She is a kindergarten teacher at Snow Hill Primary School.
MEREDITH ANNE HARDISON works for Pricewaterhouse Coopers in Charlotte.
TENEISHA HARDISON of Greenville was named executive director of the Pitt County AIDS Service Organization.
MANDI NICHOLS founded MISSON (Movitating Inner Strength, Sprituality, and Optimal Nutrition), a fitness training and spritual development program at Courtside Athletic Club.
KELLY DODD ROBERTS and Matthew Blake Grace were married Oct. 7. She works at Murray’s Carpet Gallery.
JAMES ROGERSON JR. and Katharyn Jette were married Oct 28. He teaches first grade at South Greenville Elementary.
ALLISON LEIGH WHICHARD and
ALBERT RAY BRAXTON JR. were married Oct. 28. She is an occupational therapist at Pitt County Memorial Hospital; he works at DSM Pharmaceuticals.
HEATHER MICHELE WILLIAMS and Darin Christopher Hall were married Sept. 30 and reside in Chocowinity. She teaches at Eastern Elementary School in Washington.
2004 ERIC CARLYLE ASKEW and Shelley Elizabeth Williams were married June 15. He is an estimator with Great Southwestern Construction of Denver, Col.
KRISTEN AMBER LANKFORD and
JONATHAN ERIC LOCKLEAR were married Aug. 19. She is in sales with WITN Channel 7; he is a mortgage broker with HSBC.
JESSICA ELLIOTT LILLEY and Jason Earl Brown were married June 3. She works at Martin General Hospital.
KIMBERLY MARIE MILLS and Matthew Alexander Sessoms were married Nov. 18. She is pursuing a birth-kindergarten certification at ECU.
CHRISTEL RUSSO and John Joseph Millichap were married Sept. 2. She works in the neonatal intensive care unit at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
MISTY WEST, the teen court coordinator with the Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina, received certified recognition from the Mediation Network of North Carolina.
2003 CARMEL LEAH DEAVER and Thomas Wilson Strickland were married Oct. 28 and reside in Wilmington. She is a mortgage loan assistant with Wachovia.
CYNTHIA ELIZABETH HAVENS and Jason Ryan Beaudoin were married Oct. 14. She is a teacher in the Pitt County school system.
APRIL LUTHERAN, manager of design at Bill Clark Homes in Greenville, received the 2006 Outstanding Early Achievement Award from the National Association of Industrial Technology’s Industry Division at the group’s convention in Cleveland.
CLIF MOORE and
ANGELA KENWARD ’05 ’06 were married July 15. He mentors children in Washington and she works at Metrics.
WILLIAM MATTHEW VANDIFORD and Laura Leigh George were married May 21. He is finance manager for CTMG in Greenville.
BROOKE WEITZ, who has a background in legal technology, was named assistant marketing manager at Builder Services in Pineville.
TROY MATTHEW WILCOX and Diedre Renee Coffey were married Nov. 11 in Wilson. He works for Empire Distributors of Morrisville.
SAMUEL DREW WILLIAMSON and
SARAH ANN FORREST WADDILL were married July 1. Both are employed by New Hanover Regional Medical Center.
2002 ALBERT DELTON ANDERSON JR. and
MELISSA LEE BARBOUR were married June 10. She is an associate agent with Nationwide Insurance in Greenville; he is employed by Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
JEFFREY WAYNE BELL ’02, ’04 and Jennifer Lynn Corey were married Sept. 9. He is employed with Pitt County Memorial Hospital’s Children’s Hospital. J
ONATHAN THOMAS CHAMBLISS and Amy Lynn Whitehurst were married Sept. 30. He is employed by BB&T in Wilson.
BRANDY PINER ’02 ’05 of Charlotte was named registrar at York Technical College, Rock Hill, S.C. She worked in the registrar’s office at ECU for seven years.
CHAD SMITH ’02 ’06 is coordinator for the Citizens’ Water Quality Monitoring Program through ECU’s Institute for Coastal and Marine Resources.
PATTON ELIZABETH SMITH and Jordan Stanley Simpson were married Nov. 25 in Fayetteville. A Chi Omega, she is a special education teacher for Wake County Public Schools.
WILLIAM HARVEY WHITEHURST JR. and Christina Denise Pate were married Aug. 26 and reside in Wilmington. He works with Ready-Mix Concrete.
2001 DAVID BRYAN COX and
AUDRA LEIGH MAYTON were married July 8 and reside in Cary. He is a photographer with Lifetouch Studios.
KATHRYN LENNOX of Greenville was named executive director of the Mediation Center of Eastern Carolina.
ANGELA SUE MITCHELL and Russell Stuart Cayton were married July 15. She is a CPA and a partner at Collins, Asbell, Ward & Greene in Greenville.
ALAN WRIGHT RIGGS is assistant vice president and Greenville branch manager for First South Bank.
2000 SHAWNA GRAY BATTS and Brian Ray Sumerlin were married Sept. 16. She is a nurse in the medical intensive care unit at Pitt County Memorial Hospital.
JONATHAN CHARLES FOREHAND and Lauren Rae Smith were married Sept. 23. He works at Wachovia.
BRIAN CHARLES MINSHEW and Debbie Rochelle Vandiford were married Aug. 5. She is a cardiovascular hospital specialty representative for Sanofi-Aventis Pharmaceuticals, and he is a senior systems engineer with Construction Imaging Systems.
KARA ANN PARROTT and Chad Eric Holland were married Sept. 30 and reside in Raleigh. She works for the State Employees Credit Union.
1999 CHRISTOPHER GLENN BULLOCK and Amy Elizabeth Price were married Oct. 21. He works at Eastern Radiologists. DR.
HENRY CAPPS received a distinguished alumnus award and delivered a commencement address at Campbell University in December. A full scholarship graduate of BSOM, he practices at Lakeside Family Physicians in Huntersville, where he directs the urgent care center, serves on the board and is a volunteer physician leader at the Lake Norman Free Clinic.
KEVIN EICHNER, who teaches metal sculpture at Central Carolina Community College, hosted an iron pour at his studio at the Moncure Museum of Art during the 14th Annual Chatham Studio Tour in December. DR.
ELISABETH ANN SCOTT, who practices family medicine and obstetrics at Kate B. Reynolds Medical Center in Snow Hill and teaches family medicine part-time at BSOM, received the 2006 Pfizer Teacher Development Award.
1998 STEVEN BLAND ’98 ’00 and
MEGAN ELIZABETH OGLESBY ’00 ’02 were married Sept. 16. He is a loan officer at Home-A-Loan Mortgage in Greenville. She is a speech-language pathologist at Caswell Center in Kinston.
LINDA CHRISTIAN BREWER and John David Heuer IV were married Sept. 30 and live in Raleigh. She is a medical sales representative for Zimmer Spine. DR.
SANDI PARDO has joined Family Medicine Associates, a Taylorsville location for the Catawba Valley Medical Group.
VICKIE SMITH is FavoriteAgent.com’s first agent realtor in the Raleigh market.
JASON ROBERT THEOBALD and
CAROLINE GRAHAM CAMERON ’99 were married Sept. 9, at Saint Mary’s Catholic Church in Wilmington. He works for Sanofi-Aventis US and she works at Sun Trust Bank.
1997 PRENTICE ADAM TURNER of Richlands and
ELIZABETH SUZANNE JAYNES ’99 ’02 of Pfafftown were married July 22 at Wendell Baptist Church in Raleigh. He is the human resources manager at Lowe’s of Apex and she is a physician assistant at Triangle Spine and Back Center in Raleigh.
1996 MELEAH LEA BARNHILL ’96 and Darin Lee Reynolds were married Aug. 12 and live in Mount Pleasant, S.C. She is employed with Nucor Steel.
MICHELLE CASEY ’96 ’99, a special education teacher, was recognized as a teacher of the year at Polenta Elementary School in Garner.
MICHELLE HARRELL COURIE, a board member of March of Dimes and the Cape Fear Regional Theater, was named 2007-2008 president of the Junior League of Fayetteville. GREGORY TAYLOE EVERETTE and TIFFANY PAIGE PERSON ’01 were married Sept. 9. She works with Graham, Silver, Nuckolls & Brown; he works with Triple E Trucking Co.
SUSAN JANE KOLVICK NAZARIO, a teacher in Cumberland County, has participated in the Visiting International Faculty (VIF) teaching program and was based in Surrey, England, with her husband,
GREGORY JAVIEL NAZARIO ’95. She earned the VIF Primary School Teacher of the Year recognition. They recently had their first child, Riley Nereida Nazario.
NICOLE TRIPP SMITH ’96 ’98 ’04 was named assistant principal at Falkland Elementary School and received Pitt County’s Wachovia Assistant Principal of the Year recognition.
TAMRON RENE’ WHITLEY and Michael Christopher Person were married Sept. 23 and reside in Clayton.
1994 ANNA BARRETT, a case manager at Pitt County’s JobLink Career Center, was one of five people and two companies to receive the Wayne Daves Award for Outstanding Achievement in Workforce Development during Gov. Mike Easley’s award banquet in Greensboro in October.
ROBERT CARL NELSON II of Bryan, Texas, has completed his second year as president of the Association for Computer Educators in Texas (ACET).
1993 STANTON BLAKESLEE, founder of Eye Integrated Communications and a line of kids’ chairs called Freddy & Friends, released a series of children’s books, The Chronicles of the Blue Moon, that accompany the chairs.
1991 MICHELE SUSAN BROOKS and
RICHARD MAURY MILLER JR. ’94 were married Sept. 16. She works for KB Home in Charlotte and he works for Bank of America.
STEVE JONES of Raleigh was appointed to the ECU Board of Visitors. DR.
REGINALD WATSON, an ECU English professor, was appointed board chair of Democracy North Carolina.
1990 PAT CLARK, principal of Hope Middle School, was named Pitt County’s Wachovia Principal of the Year.
SHELLY SHUMAN-JOHNSON is director of the Victim-Witness Assistance Program in the Henrico County (Va.) Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office. She is married with two children, 11-year-old Evin and 8-year-old Brooke.
MERRI KATHERINE “KATEE” TULLY ’90 ’92 of Staten Island, N.Y., was named dean of continuing education and workforce development at Borough of Manhattan Community College in New York City.
DON M. WILKERSON JR. a partner in S.G. Wilkerson & Sons funeral home, was appointed to East Carolina Bank’s Greenville board.
1989 MARTHA SPARKS BROWN is one of Pitt County Memorial Hospital’s dozen staff chaplains.
GINGER HARRISON, who has taught at Woodington Middle School in Woodington for 15 years, was named the Lenoir County Schools Teacher of the Year.
STEVEN MILLS ’89 ’91 and
AUTUMN NGAMTHONGLOR ’03 were married Aug. 26 at Yankee Hall Plantation. He works for Pitt County Memorial Hospital in clinical information management and teaches at ECU. She is a realtor.
KARLA SCOTT is the new director of the Naval Academy Gospel Choir. A resident of Bowie, Md., she also teaches middle school English in Upper Marlboro, Md., at a Christian private school and is working on her doctorate in vocal pedagogy.
1987 CASSANDRA “CASEY” DECK-BROWN is the first woman to be promoted to the rank of major in Raleigh’s police department. She worked as a community relations officer, detective, and grants manager.
DANIEL HARDY of Southern Shores was appointed to the ECU Board of Visitors.
CHRIS KNOTT, a former sales representative for Burberry, has developed a clothing line called Peter Millar. Partly as a result of a large stock sale to Georgia’s Sea Island resort, Knott has expanded the line’s marketing into more media and men’s specialty stores.
GREG THOMAS ’87 ’95 of Greenville coached J.H. Rose High School’s football team to their fourth consecutive N.C. High School Athletic Association Class 4-A title in December.
1986 DR.
ROSA E. CUENCA ’86 was appointed to the N.C. Advisory Committee on Cancer Coordination and Control by Gov. Mike Easley. She is an associate professor of surgery, director of the Breast Center and the surgical director of photodynamic therapy at ECU.
DONNA WHITE ROBERSON ’86 ’93, a clinical instructor with ECU’s School of Nursing, received the Great 100 Nurses designation for North Carolina. She is pursuing a doctorate at UNC Chapel Hill.
1985 BRADFORD M. BROWN, a 20-year veteran of family business succession planning, benefit planning, and estate planning, joined Callahan and Rice Insurance Group in Fayetteville.
1984 ROSS RHUDY was named chief operating officer, general manager and partner at Ammons Pittman GMAC Real Estate in Raleigh. During his 23 years of residential sales and management in North and South Carolina, he also received the Realtor of the Year award from the Raleigh Regional Association of Realtors, and he is active in the N.C. Association of Realtors.
1983 MARK KEMP, a former music editor at Rolling Stone and MTV Networks, read from his book, Dixie Lullaby: A Story of Music, Race, and New Beginnings in a New South, at a program sponsored by ECU’s creative writing program on Nov. 28.
KATHY SPENCER ’83, ’87, ’03 of Sneads Ferry was named superintendent of Onslow County Schools after 23 years of teaching and holding administrative positions in the system. Her husband,
TIM SPENCER ’77 ’83 ’96, is principal at Richlands High School.
1982 DR.
WILLIAM A. BURKE of Greenville was named to the 2006 Best Doctors list. He is the only dermatologist in the group of 25 BSOM physicians named to the list.
MIKE HUGHES of Raleigh was appointed to the ECU Board of Visitors. DR.
JULIUS Q. MALLETTE was named director of telemedicine at BSOM.
1981 RAMONA SHANNON HANSON of Edmond, Okla., has established the Social Security Disability Law Center of Oklahoma and was accepted to Oklahoma State University (Stillwater) in the philosophy masters program.
DAN STONE, a realtor in Alexandria, Va., has reached $270 million in career sales and earned several recognitions. He and his wife Cynthia have two teenage sons.
1980 ROBERT BENNETT “BOB” GARRETT of Broadway had perfect attendance during his four years in the Masters in Teaching program, which he completed at the Continuing Education branch at Fort Bragg while teaching seventh grade and coaching several sports teams.
1979 JACKIE ADAMS ’79 ’86, a former teacher and principal in Pitt County, joined the sales staff at Century 21, and will specialize in residential real estate and new home construction.
LUKE WHISNANT of Greenville, a creative writing and literature professor at ECU, was named editor of Tar River Poetry and has published a new collection of short stories entitled Down in the Flood. TERRY YEARGAN of Willow Spring was appointed to the ECU Board of Visitors.
1975 TOM MARSH was inducted into the New Bern/J.T. Barber High School Athletic Hall of Fame after 19 years as the wrestling coach for the New Bern Bears and principal of Pamlico County High School.
1974 DENNIS DELAMAR, who has retired from teaching fifth grade in Charlotte-Mecklenburg schools to pursue theater full time, plays Joseph and Potiphar in the traveling Troika Entertainment production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat. A new theater at Dilworth Elementary will be named for Delamar. At the Actor’s Theatre of Charlotte, he recently directed I Am My Own Wife, and will direct The Great American Trailer Park Musical soon. MONTY CASTEVENS is celebrating 10 years as executive director of Special Olympics Florida. J
. RICHARD JONES II of Chocowinity, a senior vice president at Wachovia in Greenville, was appointed to the ECU Board of Visitors.
1972 TONY ROBERTSON BANKS, a special education teacher at A.G. Cox Middle School in Winterville, has retired after 34 years. Before retiring, she received Winterville’s Educator of the Year recognition.
1971 STEVEN D. MICHAEL of Kitty Hawk was elected president of the N.C. State Bar. He received his law degree from UNC Chapel Hill and has served since 1996 as a state bar councilor representing the 1st Judicial District.
1969 BOB BIRD of Cary and DR.
JIM GALLOWAY of Greenville have been appointed to the ECU Board of Visitors.
1968 ERNEST VICTOR LOGEMANN of Winston-Salem, who is treasurer of ECU’s Alumni Association, was elected to serve a three-year term on the board of the North Carolina CPA Foundation.
1955 EDWARD M. GORE received a distinguished alumnus award and delivered a commencement address at Campbell University in December. He is an Air Force veteran and continues the coastal real estate business his father started, Sunset Beach and Twin Lakes.
In Memoriam
’06 DONNA BLAKE WILLIAMS died Dec. 24. She taught fourth grade at Southeast Elementary School in Kinston and Sunday school at Rivermont Baptist Church.
’98 NORMAN JAMES ABERNATHY JR. of Wilson died Dec. 13. He was director of RR Donnelly Co. and was active in the Lutheran church.
’88 MICHAEL SCOTT BUSH of Statesville died Sept. 17. He was a certified financial planner.
’86 JESSICA R. SMITH of Winterville died Dec. 30. Originally from New Jersey, she provided home health speech and language therapy as a Tri-Therapy East employee.
’85 SHARON HEWITT DIXON of Reidsville died Oct. 2. She worked at Moses H. Cone Hospital.
’82 PETER J. JOOS of Conway, S.C., died Oct. 17. He owned and operated PJ’s Spirits and PJ’s Auto Sales and created “Wildman” Competition Chili.
’80 THOMAS BLACK of Plainwell, Mich., died Oct. 22. He served in the Navy, worked in the paper industry and taught at community colleges.
’78 GLENN T. CARPENTER of Washington, D.C., died Nov. 30. A Greenville native, he had worked as an insurance agent.
’77 ALVIN JOYNER of Chicago died Nov. 17. He was a member of Omega Psi Phi Fraternity.
’77 LEONARD LEE OETTINGER III of Beaufort died Dec. 18. He was a mortgage broker and vice president with Great Southern Mortgage Corp.
’76 MARY GEORGE AKERS of Kinston died Dec. 27. She taught at public schools in Ohio and private schools in Kinston. She was active in Queen Street United Methodist Church for 50 years.
’76 LINDA BUTLER WALKER of Yanceyville died Nov. 8. She was a social worker with the Division of Services for the Blind of Alamance County.
’75 ELLEN MAYER ROBERSON of Washington died Nov. 27. She operated two companies: Special Shapes, a custom brick sculpting business, and Ellen’s Studio, a pottery on Water Street.
’74 RAYMOND LEE CHURCH JR. of Wilmington died Sept. 25. He was a long-time director of environmental management for New Hanover County.
’74 JAMES MICHAEL WILLIAMS of Greensboro died Oct. 22 in an airplane accident. He was a cheerleader and a member of Phi Kappa Tau. He established an alumni scholarship for promising students and served on several boards at ECU. Memorials may be made to the ECU Educational Foundation.
’73 DONALD LEE MOYE of Greenville died Dec. 18. He was a farmer and volunteer firefighter in Belvoir.
’73 MARY ANNE KERR SHELTON of Oxford died Oct. 15. A musician, she was active in the Oxford Presbyterian Church.
’72 MARTHA “SISSIE” LEWIS of Winterville died Dec. 21. A Burgaw native, she worked for the U.S. Department of Veteran’s Affairs.
’72 ’75 MALCOLM BRUCE MACDONALD of Sebastian, Fla., died Nov. 11. He was a musician before changing careers to become an electrical engineer.
’71 VICTORIA DAVIS JOSEPHSON of Matthews died Oct.3. She was an art teacher in North Carolina and Florida in public and private schools and colleges.
’71 ALICE ETHERIDGE LILES of Knotts Island, Va., died Sept. 5. She was a Kappa Delta who worked with BB&T and owned several businesses.
’70 ’81 JANE ELIZABETH TUCK DODGE of Raleigh and Hampstead died Dec. 13. She was a career development coordinator at Athens Drive High School in Raleigh and Lakeside High School in Wilmington.
’69 GEORGE THOMAS HICKS of Raleigh died Oct. 16. He was president of Pi Omega Pi in his junior year. He taught business education at Whiteville High School and later was self- employed in the rental property business.
’65 JEAN NEWTON REILLY of Creedmoor died Aug. 31. She was a member of the Mayflower Descendents, the Daughters of the American Revolution and the United Daughters of the Confederacy. She was married to Dr. Bart M. Reilly, an ECU English professor emeritus.
’64 ’69 L. MICHAEL AVERETTE of Greenville died Nov. 15. He taught for 33 years at Farm Life School in Vanceboro and then at West Craven High School.
‘64 ’66 ’76 TOMMIE LAWRENCE PHELPS of New Bern died Sept. 22. An Alpha Delta Tau, he taught in Craven County schools and was principal of New Bern High School.
’63 JULIAN DANIEL RHEM JR. of Raleigh died Dec. 23. He worked for IBM in Fayetteville and Raleigh, at Kodak and Charron Sports Services.
’62 GRAHAM DALTON LYON SR. of Durham died Oct. 13. He worked for the Union Camp Corp. for 35 years. A recent recipient of a 50-year Masonic pin, he was a Grand Master of the Masonic Lodge in Winton.
’62 EDITH BAKER RUDDER of Raleigh died Dec. 18. She taught for 30 years in Wake County Public Schools.
‘61 ANN BYRD SPELL JEFFORDS of Winston-Salem died Nov. 18. She was a long-time elementary school teacher in North Carolina and Florida.
’61 JUNE PAIGE MURPHY LOONEY of Suffolk, Va., died Dec. 24. She taught psychology at Elon College, where she became dean of women and associate dean of students.
’60 JOHN EARNEST BURLESON of Hampstead died Sept. 21. He was a professional pianist and organist.
’59 CAROLYN ROBERTS LEBER of Matthews died Oct. 4. For 30 years, she was a substitute teacher for Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools.
’58 ELIZABETH “LIZ” MERRITT JAMES of Savannah, Ga., died Nov. 7. A business teacher, she worked in Florida and Georgia.
’57 ROBERT “BOB” G. BAIRD of Richmond, Va., died Oct. 12. In 2003 he retired from Lehigh Portland Cement Co.
’57 MARILYN BLINSON LEE of Clayton died Nov. 3. She worked as a legal secretary for the State Attorney General’s Office and at Carolina Power and Light Co.
’55 SHEPHERD RUSSELL GRIST of Washington died Nov. 25. He was principal of P.S. Jones Junior High School in Washington from 1968 to 1989 and then the Beaufort County Schools assistant superintendent.
’55 GARLAND F. WILLIAMS JR. of Conway, S.C., died Aug. 31. He was an Army veteran, business owner, and member of Pawley Swamp Baptist Church.
’54 VIVIAN MCDOWELL of Marion, S.C., died Dec. 13. A retired elementary school teacher, she was active in her church and studied the history of Bladen County, N.C.
’53 PEGGY CALDWELL ELLERS of Chesterfield, Va., died Dec. 28. She taught seventh and eighth grade in North Carolina and Virginia for 31 years.
’53 ANNE COLE LANDING of Littleton died Nov. 6. She retired from federal civil service.
’52 DONALD DEAN BLOOD SR. of Statesville died Nov. 14. He was an English and French teacher at West Iredell High School and Mitchell Community College.
’52 KATHRYN LONG “JUNE” LIVERMAN of Engelhard died Oct. 12.. She was a chemist at Union Carbide and the first woman east of Raleigh to become a licensed pilot. She was married to Henry Liverman, who was Hyde County’s one family physician for 52 years.
’51 HELEN ALDERMAN HARPER died Dec. 19. She taught home economics in Murfreesboro and kindergarten in Snow Hill before becoming a full-time homemaker.
’50 WILLIAM PITTMAN “BILL” WARREN of Candler died Oct. 12. He taught at Candler High School and then at Enka High School, where he became the principal. He also was principal of Venable and Candler elementary schools, served on the Buncombe County School Board and taught at Asheville-Buncombe Tech.
’49 ’61 DENNIS BURNETTE BASNIGHT of Camden died Sept. 18. He taught and coached at Camden High School and was principal at Grandy Primary School.
’47 THEODORE BERKLEY LUPTON JR. of Durham died Oct. 8. He worked for Liggett & Myers Tobacco Co. and retired as supervisor of Leaf Information Services.
’44 ANNE FRANCES ROBERTSON TUTTLE of Madison died Dec. 12. She taught sixth grade at several schools in Rockingham County before serving two terms as alderman and then becoming the first woman mayor of Madison.
’44 DOROTHY MARIE “DOT” WILSON of Raleigh died Oct. 7. From her ECTC graduation until her 1991 retirement, she worked in the State Treasurer’s office.
’43 HAZEL WALL STRICKLAND of Smithfield died Sept. 6. She was a homemaker active in 4-H and Cub Scouts.
’37 ’39 ALMA RUFFIN WELLONS of Dunn died Nov. 16. She taught public school in Micro, Dunn and Erwin and received the Dunn Area Chamber of Commerce’s Woman of the Year recognition.
’37 RUTH WOOD PROCTOR of Southport died Aug. 31. She was a frequent speaker for garden clubs and sang in church choirs.
’36 GLENNIE MAYO SMITH of Macon, Ga., died Nov. 7. In Macon, she was active in the First Christian Church.
’36 JANIE OUTLAND SAMS of Thomasville died Nov. 8. She taught for 30 years in Ahoskie, Woodland and Conway.
’36 NELL GRIFFIN GREEN of Lexington died Dec. 16. She taught third grade for several years and then was a homemaker.
’33 BEULAH BARBARA MEWBORN of Snow Hill died Nov. 6. She was a pianist and organist, and was active in the Home Demonstration Club in Greene County.
’33 LETA MAE WILLIAMS SHOULARS of Kinston died Oct. 28. Her first teaching job was at B.F. Grady School in Albertson, where she met her husband. Both then taught at Southwood School in Lenoir County for 27 years. She later served as the reading supervisor for Lenoir County’s elementary schools.
’31 CHARLIE FRANCES ROBERTS TERRELL of Hillsborough died Sept. 18. She retired from the Hillsborough Farmer’s Exchange. Active in the community, she was a long-time Red Cross volunteer, started an AARP Organization in Hillsborough, and was a member of the Hillsborough Crafters.
