Department of Agriculture in Davidson County, Owen
collects cans and donates the money, $1,200 so far,
to Faithful Friends, a group building a no-kill animal
shelter. The award was presented by Keith Weatherly, state executive director of the Agriculture
Department, on behalf of then-President George W.
Bush. Adam Kane Thiel (’ 94 AB) of Fairfax, Va.,
has been appointed to the board of visitors for the
National Fire Academy. Thiel is fire chief for Alexandria, Va.
■ family additions
Matthew Porter Cook (’ 94 AB) and Melanie Kennedy
Cook of Bowling Green, Ky.; a daughter, Layne
Elizabeth Cook, on Jan. 14, 2009. Christopher
Lane Goodson (’ 94 ABJM) and Becky Reavis (’ 96
AB) of Lincolnton; a daughter, Lilith Maybelle Reavis-Goodson, on Nov. 21, 2008. Amy E. Kimbro-Bodle
(’ 94 AB) and Kevin R. Bodle of Hastings, England; a
son, Connor Kirk Bodle, on Oct. 2, 2008. Kimberly
Parnell Lafferty (’ 94 BSPHR, ’ 96 PD) and Robert
Patrick Lafferty of Doylestown, Pa.; a daughter,
Samantha Ann Lafferty, on Jan. 5, 2009. Kristian
Sean Rhein (’ 94, ’97 AB) and Courtney Ann Kegley
Rhein of West Hempstead, N. Y.; a daughter, Sydney
Taylor Rhein, on Nov. 12, 2008. David Stewart
Surles (’ 94 AB) and Alison Fowler Surles (’ 95, ’ 96
AB) of Charlotte; twin boys, Hampton Stewart Surles
and Fulton Harper Surles, on Aug. 31, 2008.
■ obituary
Jennifer Lisa Jones (’ 94 AB), 37, of Raleigh; Feb. 1,
2009. Jones was assistant principal at Middle Creek
High School in Cary from when the school opened
seven years ago. Previously, she taught at Goldsboro
High School and Garner Senior High School and was
assistant principal at Beddingfield High School in
Wilson. She was completing her doctorate in educational leadership at UNC at the time of her death.
Chapel Hill and his band, The High & Mighties, have
written a song, Chapel on the Hill, offering Chapel
Hill an unofficial town song. Proceeds from sales of
the anthem, played at UNC baseball games and
broadcast on WCHL, will be donated to the N.C. Children’s Promise charity, a project inspired by the
death of Belk’s younger brother. Story, page 56.
Stephanie Bates Lancaster (’ 95 AB) of Carolina
Beach has founded www.fabricwrapper.com. The
online business sells reusable gift-wrapping products
she designed, including cloth bags and cloth wrapping materials. Linda Sherck Rainey (’ 95 MA) of
Durham has been selected as a Robert G. Forman
Fellow by the Council of Alumni Association Executives (CAAE). Rainey will attend the 2009 CAAE winter and summer institutes and conduct a research
project that she will present at the 2009 Summer
Institute. Rainey is manager of alumni activities at
the GAA. Tim L. Sadenwasser (’ 95 MA, ’03 PhD)
of Augusta, Ga., has been named director of the honors program for Augusta State University. Sadenwasser is an associate professor in the English
department.
■ marriage
Lori Beth Wittlin (’ 95 AB) and Bradley Lewis of
Arlington, Va.
■ family additions
Emily Pike Allen (’ 95 BSPHR, ’00 PD) and Perry Earl
Allen (’ 93 BSPHR, ’00 PD) of Leland; a son, Kiah
Thanh Allen, born in Thanh Hoa, Vietnam, on Nov.
23, 2007, adopted on Dec. 25, 2008. Charles
Weaver Collini Jr. (’ 95 AB) and Katie Hudson Collini
(’97 BSPH) of Durham; a son, Charles Finley Collini,
on Nov. 9, 2008. Dr. Faison Green Knox (’ 95
BSPH) and T. Carlyle Knox of Charlotte; a son,
Benjamin Lane Knox, on May 7, 2008. Ann
Popovic Malone (’ 95 BSMS) and Gregory Nicholas
Malone of South Windsor, Conn.; a son, Kyle Gregory
Malone, on Jan. 7, 2009. Katherine Nase
McLean (’ 95 ABEd, ’97 MSLS) and William Starr
McLean II (’ 95 AB) of Delphi, Ind.; a daughter,
Gwendolyn Grace McLean, on Nov. 26, 2008.
Kimberly Evans Surabian (’ 95 ABJM) and Matthew
Surabian of Milltown, N.J.; a daughter, Caroline
Cragin Surabian, on Dec. 8, 2008. Alison Fowler
Surles (’ 95, ’ 96 AB) and David Stewart Surles (’ 94
AB) of Charlotte; twin boys, Hampton Stewart Surles
and Fulton Harper Surles, on Aug. 31, 2008.
Elizabeth Speight Wilson (’ 95 ABJM) and
Christopher Lee Wilson of Atlanta; a daughter, Hollis
Ann Wilson, on Nov. 19, 2008.
■ obituary
Debbie Wall Willis (’ 95 MSW), 56, of Raleigh; Dec.
31, 2008. After earning her master’s degree, Willis
obtained her license and began a private practice as
a counselor in Garner.
’ 95 Liz Kizer Arias (’ 95 ABEd) of Greensboro has been named a member of the
firm by Womble Carlyle Sandridge &
Rice PLLC. Arias specializes in estate planning, tax
advice and fiduciary litigation matters. Keith Garry
Baker (’ 95 BSPHR) of Youngsville has been named a
clinical informatics pharmacist at Central Regional
Hospital in Butner. Mark Dale Belk (’ 95 AB) of
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’ 96 Capt. J. Calvin Cunningham III (’ 96 AB;
’00, ’99 JD) of Lexington has received
the Bronze Star for service in Iraq with
the Army Reserve. Cunningham, now back in practice with Kilpatrick Stockton, served as the senior
trial counsel in the office of the staff judge advocate,
Multi-National Corps – Iraq, at Camp Victory, presiding over the largest court-martial jurisdiction in the
Army. As student body president in 1995-96, Cunningham was an ex officio member of the GAA
Board of Directors. Scott Patrick Dill (’ 96 AB) of
Morrison, Colo., has been elected to membership in
the firm of Sherman & Howard LLC. Dill’s practice
focuses on general corporate matters, mergers and
acquisitions, and securities regulation and compliance in the business department of the Denver
office. George Mason Oliver (’ 96 AB, ’99 JD) of
New Bern has been certified as a specialist in business bankruptcy law by the American Board of Certification and the N.C. Bar. Oliver is a lawyer with
Stubbs & Perdue PA, practicing in the areas of
Chapter 11 bankruptcy, workouts, civil litigation and
federal criminal defense. Deborah Evans Sperati
(’ 96 AB, ’99 JD) and her husband, Matthew Philip
Sperati (’ 96 AB) of Rocky Mount have received the
Woody Brown Award for community volunteerism
and service above self from the Rocky Mount Area
Chamber of Commerce. Deborah Sperati is a partner
with Poyner Spruill LLP. Matthew Sperati is a partner
at Keel Lassiter Duffy & Sperati. David Eugene
Whisnant (’ 96 MSW) of Chapel Hill has published All
That Is Native and Fine: The Politics of Culture in an
American Region. Whisnant is a historical researcher
and writer for the National Park Service.
■ marriage
Eric Matthew Wood (’ 96 BSBA) and Jennifer Dawn
Simmerson (’97 BSBA) of Mooresville.
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