Law Firm, has been named 2006 Outstanding
Citizen of the Year by the Madison Board of
Alderman.
■ obituaries
Walter Eugene Alexander (’ 56), 72, of Gastonia; Nov. 23, 2006. Alexander retired from the
U.S. Postal Service and then opened a courier
business. He was an umpire and coach for a
number of baseball and softball teams. When
he served in the Army in Japan, he was on the
baseball team and, after his military service,
played in the Softball World Series. He was
named Sports Director of the Year by the N.C.
State Baptist Association. He was on the baseball team at UNC. Daniel Clinton Boney
Jr. (’ 51), 77, of Raleigh; Nov. 2, 2006. Boney
retired as senior vice president of Durham Life
Insurance Co. He was president of the Wake
County Cancer Society, Raleigh Little Theatre
and Family Services, among other civic activities. He served in the Army and, at UNC,
belonged to Chi Phi, receiving its Alumni
Recognition Award in 2001. John Edgar
Brown III (’ 59 BSBA, ’ 62 LLBJD), 70, of
Brentwood, Tenn.; Nov. 2, 2006. Brown retired
as a partner in the law firm of Bell & Associates. He served on the commissioner’s committee to rewrite the title insurance laws for
Tennessee. In addition, he was elected to the
Tennessee Bar Foundation. Linwood Alton
Brown Jr. (’ 53 BSBA), 75, of Raleigh; Dec.
16, 2006. Brown retired as president of a roofing and sheet metal company. Emelia
Gillett Burt (’ 57 ABED), 71, of Columbia,
Md.; Nov. 26, 2006. Burt retired as a high
school health sciences teacher. Earlier in her
career, she taught at the University of Toledo in
Ohio and Montgomery College in Maryland.
Harry Boyce Covington Jr. (’ 50), 83, of
Raleigh; Sept. 1, 2006. Covington, an optician,
served in the Navy in WWII. Dr. James
Allen Crawford (’ 51, ’ 50 AB; ’ 55 DDS), 78,
of Raleigh; Nov. 12, 2006. Crawford was a
dentist for more than 30 years, but was also
active in music throughout his life. A tenor
saxophonist, he played jazz with area groups,
including The Doctors Orders and The Fifth of
Jazz. He received Raleigh’s Medal of Arts in
the early ’90s, to recognize his support for up-and-coming local musicians. He served in the
Air Force in France. At UNC, he was in the
Marching Band and performed with The
Johnny Satterfield Band. Jane-Iris Crutchfield (’ 55 BSLS), 92, of McLean,Va.; Dec. 10,
2006. Crutchfield retired as an elementary
school librarian in Arlington,Va., following
almost 20 years of service. Prior to that position, she was a teacher and librarian in
Danville and Richmond. James Charles
De Weese (’ 56), 73, of Waynesville; Sept. 16,
2006. De Weese was a teacher, driver’s educa-
50s
tion instructor and football coach. In the
Korean War, he served in the Army. At UNC,
he was on the football team. Dick Lee
Drake (’ 50 BSIR), 81, of Asheville; Oct. 25,
2006. Drake was an accountant for U.S. Gypsum
and Anning Johnson Co. in Atlanta, retiring to
Asheville in 1995. He served in the Navy.
Mary Harmon Dunbar (’ 52 AB), 75, of
Laurinburg; Dec. 25, 2006. Dunbar was active
in her church and received the United Methodist
Women Outstanding Leadership award. For
her volunteer work with Hospice of Scotland
County, she received the Governor’s Award for
Outstanding Volunteer Service. She belonged
to Delta Delta Delta at UNC. Shirley
Cloninger Fisher (’ 59 BSPT), 70, of Chapel
Hill; Dec. 30, 2006. Fisher was a physical therapist in the Chapel Hill area for many years. She
was honored by the Physical Therapy Alumni
Association with the Margaret L. Moore Distinguished Alumnus Award. She was the program’s first and only graduate in the class of
1959. She had been president of UNC’s Physical Therapy Alumni Association. Eda
Thomas Fitzpatrick (’ 59 AB, ’ 60 MSW), 95,
of Wrightsville Beach; Oct. 7, 2006. Fitzpatrick
retired as a social worker with Wilmington
Family Service Society. In WWII, she was an
overseas recreation worker in Europe with the
American Red Cross. Robert Lorane
“Lody” Glenn (’ 50 MAED), 85, of Greens-
liapway.
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