Carolina Alumni Review - January/February 2010

Grier (’ 49 AB), 87, of Farmerville, La.; Oct. 23, 2009. Grier was active in his church and served as president of the Union Parish Farm Bureau. He was an Army veteran of WWII. u William Glenn Griffin (’ 40), 90, of Sanford; Sept. 9, 2009. Griffin retired as owner and operator of an electrical business. u Oma Hundro Hester Jr. (’ 46), 84, of Hickory; Sept. 22, 2009. Hester was a lawyer in Hickory after a 20-year career in the Air Force, serving in WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War. At UNC, he belonged to Phi Kappa Sigma. u E. Irl Howell (’ 40 PhD), 95, of Pensacola, Fla.; Sept. 13, 2009. Howell was professor emeritus of physics at Mississippi State University. He helped construct an observatory for the astronomy department, which was named in his honor. u Dorothy Ann Huskey (’ 45 MSPH), 91, of Knoxville, Tenn.; May 17, 2009. Huskey retired as professor of health education at Sam Houston State University. The Texas Society of Public Health Education gives an excellence award yearly in her name. She spent three years in New Delhi helping to organize a health education bureau for the U.S. International Cooperation mission. u Glenn Hays Johnson (’ 42 AB), 88, of Portland, Ore.; Sept. 27, 2009. Johnson retired as a consultant for industry and the armed forces from Rand Corp. In WWII, he served with the Army Air Forces; he served in the Korean War with the N. Y. Air National Guard. At UNC, he belonged to Alpha Phi Omega. u Mary Carraway Johnson (’ 48 MAEd), 90, of Colfax; Sept. 15, 2009. Johnson taught school for many years in North Carolina and Florida. She served as the agent for two gold mines and worked for 19 furniture markets. u A. Warren Jones (’ 46 AB, ’ 48 MPH), 86, of Swannanoa; Sept. 14, 2009. A microbiologist, Jones retired from the Western N.C. Sanatorium and then worked for the Episcopal Western Diocese of North Carolina at a conference center in Black Mountain. He was choir director at his church in Black Mountain for more than 35 years. In WWII, he served in the Navy Medical Corps. At UNC, he was in Glee Club. u Richard Aaron Katz (’ 46), 85, of Wykagyl, N. Y.; Nov. 10, 2009. Katz was involved in the jazz scene in New York for six decades, stretching across many styles and generations of players as a pianist, producer, music label founder and writer. At UNC, he was a member of Tau Epsilon Phi and Hillel Foundation. He was a veteran of WWII, fighting in Saipan. Story, page 74. u Benjamin Granade Koonce Jr. (’ 43 AB, ’ 48 MA), 87, of Raleigh; Sept. 20, 2009. Koonce retired after 32 years of teaching English at N.C. State University. He served in the Army in WWII. u Robert Jefferson Lilly (’ 47 BSCOM), 88, of Burlington; Sept. 20, 2009. Lilly spent almost 40 years as an accountant for AT&T. In WWII, he was a bomber pilot in the 8th Army Air Force, receiving five Air Medals and a Presidential Citation. u Carlton “Pete” Lindsey Jr. (’ 47 BSCOM), 87, of Lumberton; Aug. 22, 2009. Lindsey was the retired owner of an oil company. At UNC, he belonged to Phi Delta Theta and Order of Gimghoul. u Virginia Osment Matthews (’ 46), 84, of Indian Trail; Jan. 26, 2009. u Verna Suitt McDermott (’ 45), 84, of Burlington; Aug. 26, 2009. McDermott retired as a school guidance counselor in High Point. u Robert Lee McGinn Jr. (’ 43 BSCOM), 88, of Matthews; July 27, 2009. McGinn ran an equipment leasing division for American Bank and Trust in Monroe. He became a pilot at 72. He served in the Navy in WWII. u George Shelton Miles Jr. (’ 43), 89, of Marietta, Ga.; Nov. 16, 2008. Miles retired from 3M Corp. as a

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