’ 84 Kaye Gibbons (’ 84) of Raleigh has been
inducted into the Twin County Museum
Hall of Fame in Rocky Mount. Gibbons is
the author of eight novels, including Ellen Foster and
A Virtuous Woman. David Culver Keesler (’ 84 AB)
of Charlotte has been selected as the inaugural
recipient of the Charlotte Latin School Distinguished
Alumnus Award. Kessler serves as a U.S. magistrate
judge in Charlotte. Sam Perkins (’ 84 AB) of Indianapolis, a member of the 2000 NBA Finals team
for the Indiana Pacers, has been named the team’s
vice president of player relations. Perkins was
inducted into the New York City Basketball Hall of
Fame in 2008. Kathryn Ficklin Twiddy (’ 84 ABJO,
’ 89 JD) of Raleigh has been promoted to group vice
president, general counsel, development and services for Misys PLC.
of Kinston; Aug. 28, 2008. Medlin was an Eagle
Scout who, in addition to his UNC degree, also held a
law degree. At UNC, he belonged to Sigma Phi
Epsilon, served on the Orientation Commission and
campus governing council and was vice chair for
WXYC.
’ 85 Deborah S. Elliott (’ 85 ABJO) of Wilmington served as a panelist at the Leadership in Action: Fundamentals for Success Seminar, hosted by the law firm of Ward and
Smith PA. Elliott is president and creative director of
Talk PR Inc. William Lofton Turner (’ 85 ABJO) of
Northfield, Minn., served as a member of the health
policy staff of Barack Obama’s Senate office. Turner
was on loan from the University of Minnesota, where
he is a professor of family therapy in the department
of family social science and director of the Center for
the Study of Families in Diverse Contexts. Turner was
the principal staffer in the drafting of the Stillbirth
and Sudden Unexpected Infant Death Act of 2008,
the Improving Food-borne Illness Surveillance and
Response Act of 2008 and the Autism Treatment
Acceleration Act of 2008.
■ marriage
Deborah Sue Simpkins (’ 85 ABJO) and Mark
Mitchell Fullerton of Chicago.
■ obituaries
Tony Eugene Absher (’ 85 BSIR), 45, of China Grove;
Sept. 17, 2008. Absher was employed by Lowe’s
Home Improvement in Huntersville. At UNC, his team
won the intramural football championship two years
in a row. Charles Kenneth Medlin Jr. (’ 85 AB), 45,
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1 Costume jewelry
6 Stereo adjuncts
10 Wineglass part
14 Negative particle
15 Electrical cable
16 Verdi masterpiece
17 Business order
20 Dijon donkey
21 Meal scraps
22 Property claims
23 Herring’s kin
25 Poetic tributes
27 Political order
33 Meditative ones
34 NY gambling parlor
35 Create lace
36 Feeds the pot
37 AARP members
38 Terre ___, IN
40 Half of B.S.
41 Food from taro
42 Buffalo team
43 Military order
47 Fine spray
48 Valuable stones
49 Go with the flow
52 Actress Gilbert
54 Lend a hand
57 Class order
61 Citrus drinks
62 Lays down the lawn
63 Twirler’s stick
64 Fancy schmancy
65 Golfer’s gadgets
66 Snatch
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1 South American rodent
2 Some time hence
3 Male parent
4 Zenith
5 Rock producer Brian
6 Tony, Oscar and Edgar
7 Kitchen glove
8 Separates before laundry
9 SSS word
’ 86 Robert Craig Bryant (’ 86 ABJO) of Pinehurst has formed a design, construction
and development company, Goneau +
Bryant Custom Homes, focusing on sustainable,
energy-efficient, green building methods. Bryant also
is a real estate broker with Prudential Gouger O’Neal
& Saunders Real Estate. Jena Page Culler (’ 86
BSBA) of Charlotte has been appointed to a judgeship in Mecklenburg County District Court.
Vincent Bernard DiFranco (’ 86, ’ 88 MSPH) of Mon-roeville, Ala., has been named CEO of the Monroe
County Hospital. James Hugh Slaughter (’ 86 AB,
’ 89 JD) of Greensboro has been re-elected president of the American College of Parliamentary
Lawyers. Slaughter is a lawyer with Forman Rossabi
Black PA. Cynthia Ann Wallace (’ 86, ’ 85 MAT) of
Boone has joined the Wachovia community advisory
board. Wallace is vice chancellor for student development at Appalachian State University. C. David
zum Brunnen Jr. (’ 86 AB) of Apex performed multiple
roles as the sole supporting cast member in the
stage adaptation of Life Is So Good by Michael
Lafon Wiley ’04 (MFA) at the Holly Springs Cultural
Center. Serena Michelle Ebhardt ’ 88 (AB) directed
the production. The play tells the story of George
Dawson, a descendant of slaves who lived into the
20th century.
■ marriage
Cassandra Poteat Foust (’ 86 ABJO) and Randall L.
Harper of Greensboro.
■ obituary
Angela Twitty Richardson (’ 86 AB), 43, of Stone
Mountain, Ga.; Oct. 10, 2008. Richardson’s career
was with AT&T as an international customer resolutions manager. At UNC, she belonged to Alpha Phi
Omega.
10 Pain specialist
11 Neap or ebb
12 Idyllic garden
13 Red planet
18 Pride sounds
19 Baldwin of “Malice”
23 Popeye’s ___ Pea
24 Towel ID
26 Record a voice-over
27 Body blow
28 Roman port
29 Shaped like a doughnut
30 Vehicular 180
31 Given a score
32 Summers in Provence
33 Fem.’s opposite
37 Tapless tap dancing
38 Soccer star Mia
39 Arab garments
41 Opp. of neg.
42 Sully
44 Like a rascal
45 Old-time actress Naldi
46 Female beast
49 Quickly, please!
50 Extinct bird
51 Surefire shooters
53 Helper
54 First part of a play
55 Flapjack chain’s letters
56 Unit of force
58 D-Day craft
59 6-pack muscles
60 Lacking experience
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’ 87 Elise Anne Fialkowski (’ 87 AB) of Paoli,
Pa., was a featured speaker on immigration law at a program hosted by Global
Village for Future Leaders of Business and Industry
at Lehigh University. Fialkowski is a partner in the
immigration law firm Klasko, Rulon, Stock & Seltzer
LLP. Reginald Kerry Henderson (’ 87 AB) of Fishers, Ind., has been named president of the automotive group of Telamon Corp.
Indiana Minority Busi-
ness Magazine named him one of its Men of
Distinction in 2008. Valerie Alston Johnson (’ 87
ABEd, ’ 94 JD) of Durham demonstrated a model
cross-examination for the mock employment law trial
at the American Bar Association’s Labor and Employ-
ment Conference in Denver. Johnson is scheduled to
speak on worker’s compensation at an ABA confer-
ence in New Orleans in March. Johnson is a partner
at Patterson Harkavy LLP and chair of the N.C. State
Bar’s Worker’s Compensation Specialty Committee.
Christopher John Kennedy (’ 87 AB) of Lititz, Pa.,
has been named principal at St. Anne School.
Kennedy recently retired from the Navy as a com-
mander. Barron Hal Maness (’ 87 ABEd) of Pine-
hurst and his new band, Easy Street, performed at
Sandhills Community College in October. By day,
