Edmund Lee Thompson (’ 59), 81, of Graham; Sept.
12, 2009. Thompson was owner of Southeastern
Adjustment Co. He served in the Air Force in the
Korean War. u Arnold Jay Toomes Sr. (’ 52), 82, of
Randleman; June 10, 2010. Toomes retired from
Boyles Furniture. He was a veteran of the Army, with
the 82nd Airborne Division. He belonged to Chi Phi
at UNC. u Frank LeRoy Turner Jr. (’ 52 MA, ’ 60 PhD),
80, of Dallas; Feb. 17, 2010. Turner was professor
emeritus of library science at Texas Woman’s
University. Early in his career, he taught at UNC. u
Dr. Robert Harrell Vinson (’ 51 BSMED, ’ 54 MD), 81,
of Vero Beach, Fla.; June 1, 2010. Vinson retired as a
pediatrician in Vero Beach. He was a clinical professor
at the University of Florida College of Medicine and
president of the state Mental Health Association. In
retirement, he was an adjunct professor with
Upward Bound. He served in the Air Force. At UNC,
he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and belonged to
Phi Chi. u Shantilal Amidas Vora (’ 50 PhD), 87, of
Moraga, Calif.; Jan. 15, 2010. Vora was an assistant
professor in the department of statistics at Stanford
University before working as a statistician in Bombay.
u C. Bertram Wade Jr. (’ 54), 77, of Greensboro; May
27, 2010. Wade owned a copywriting, design and
consulting firm. A freelance writer, his articles
appeared in ESP Magazine, USA Today and The Denver
Post. In the Korean War, he was ship photographer in
the Navy. He belonged to Phi Kappa Sigma at UNC.
u Haile Otto “Pete” Watson (’ 53), 81, of Lugoff,
S.C.; June 4, 2010. Watson formerly owned a golf
course in Lugoff. He was a rifleman with the Army. u
Dr. Benson Reid Wilcox (’ 53 AB, ’ 57 MD), 77, of
Pittsboro; May 11, 2010. Wilcox was professor of surgery at UNC and emeritus chief of the UNC division
of cardiothoracic surgery. He joined the School of
Medicine in 1962, specializing in congenital heart
disease, pediatric cardiac morphology and pediatric
chest disease. He had many professional honors,
was named a Carolina Priceless Gem and received
the Distinguished Service Award from the Society of
Thoracic Surgeons. He was president of the Society
of Thoracic Surgeons, the world’s largest association
of thoracic surgeons. In 2008, the Benson R. Wilcox
Distinguished Professorship in Cardiothoracic Surgery
was established. At UNC, he was chairman of the
faculty committee on athletics, president of the ACC,
president of the Nathan Womack Surgical Society
and chairman of the Morehead (now Morehead-Cain)
Scholarship Central Selection Committee. At UNC, he
was president of Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Rex of the
Order of the Gimghoul, president of his medical
school class and belonged to Alpha Omega Alpha. u
Robert Edwin Wylie (’ 52), 81, of Charlotte; May 30,
2010. Wylie retired from the U.S. Postal Service. In
the Korean War, he served in the Marine Corps. He
was a member of Alpha Tau Omega at UNC.
’ 60 A. Donald Stallings (’ 60) of Rocky Mount and his wife, Billie Stallings, participated in the dedication of the Stallings-Evans
Sports Medicine Center at UNC, a renovation and
construction of the space formerly known as
Women’s Gym. Stallings, a lead donor, is chairman
and CEO of Eagle Transport Inc. The building honors
Stallings, a three-year letterman in football at UNC,
and Eddie Evans, the late son of Billie Stallings.
; obituaries
Betty Green Hollister (’ 60 AB), 72, of Atlanta; May
21, 2010. Hollister was an editor at Southern
Seasons Magazine. After college, she was a model
for Saks Fifth Avenue in New York. At UNC, she
belonged to Kappa Kappa Gamma. u George
Winfield Jackson (’ 60 AB, ’ 66 LLBJD), 72, of Roxboro;
June 18, 2010. Jackson, a lawyer, was mayor of
Roxboro, a city councilman and an executive commit-
tee member of the N.C. Republican Party. He served
in the Army Intelligence Corps before attending law
school. At UNC, he belonged to Chi Psi. u J.D. Landes
(’ 60 PhD), 94, of Beaumont, Texas; May 13, 2010.
Landes retired as dean of the Lamar University
College of Business. He received the Paul Harris
Award from his Rotary Club and was a longtime vol-
unteer in his church. He served in the Army in WWII.
u Natalie Bonder Tsonev (’ 60 AB), 88, of Cobb
Island, Md.; July 12, 2009. Tsonev retired as editor of
the Russian language edition of the USIA publication
America Illustrated.
’ 61 ; obituaries Edgar Warren “Skip” Chilton (’ 61 MEd),
86, of Winston-Salem; May 31, 2010. Chilton was a
retired high school and
community college mathematics teacher. He
served in the military in
WWII. u Robert Joe Jenkins (’ 61), 70, of Wedding-ton; May 22, 2010. Jenkins had been a real estate
broker. He played football at UNC and belonged to
Sigma Chi. u Dr. James Nelson Poovey (’ 61 BSST,
’ 65 DDS), 70, of Hickory; Feb. 23, 2010. Poovey was
a dentist for more than 40 years. He served in the
Navy Dental Corps. At UNC, he belonged to Psi Omega
and was vice president of his dental school class.
Class of ’61:
May 6–8, 2011
50 Reunionth
’ 62 ; obituary Nancy Jo Peterson (’ 62 BSMTC), 69, of
Orlando, Fla.; May 24, 2010. Peterson was a medical
technician for a community blood bank. She was a
member of the Bach Festival Choir in Winter Park, Fla.
’ 63 ; obituaries Joseph William Barber III (’ 63), 69, of
Raleigh; June 29, 2010. Barber retired as senior
deputy commissioner of the N.C. Department of
Insurance. He helped develop the Capital Area Soccer League and was instrumental in developing the
WRAL-TV Soccer Park. u Toni Thompson Barfield
(’ 63 BSN), 69, of Wilmington; June 18, 2010.
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Edith Shuford
Summey (’ 62
ABEd), 69, of
Carbondale, Ill.;
May 1, 2010.
Summey was a
scuba diver who
did underwater
photography. In
addition, she was
a public school
art teacher and
taught at several
universities, including Ball State, Marshall and
Northern Illinois universities. Her photos may be
viewed at e-diver.spaces.live.com.
60s
Barfield, a registered nurse, retired as an instructor
of nursing at UNC-Wilmington. She practiced at New
Hanover Regional Medical Center. At UNC, she
belonged to Kappa Delta and Order of the Old Well.
u Carl Leslie Byrd (’ 63 BSBA), 71, of Raleigh; June
9, 2010. Byrd retired as a management consultant in
the N.C. state government. u S. Herbert Cockburn
(’ 63), 93, of Ontario, Canada; May 22, 2010. Cockburn was a minister who served churches in Canada,
Kentucky and Virginia. He spent 10 years as a minister in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and four years as minister in Madrid. At Campbell University, he created its
Latin American studies program. u Henry Sanford
Howie Jr. (’ 63 MSW), 82, of York, S.C.; May 21,
2010. Howie was executive director emeritus of the
Episcopal Church Home for Children in York. Among
his professional accomplishments, he was a delegate in 1970 to the White House Conference on Children and conducted seminars on child care at several universities. He served in the Navy in WWII. u
Vera Broughton Lentz (’ 63 MEd, ’ 68 PhD), 95, of
Fort Walton Beach, Fla.; June 1, 2010. Lentz was an
educator whose positions included director of counseling in Sanford city schools and director of psychological services in Greensboro public schools. She
was longtime president of the Sanford unit of Delta
Kappa Gamma. She worked for the U.S. Civil Service
in WWII.
’ 64 Philip Augustine Baddour Jr. (’ 64 AB, ’ 67 JD) of Goldsboro has been elected president of the N.C. Advocates for Justice, a statewide association of lawyers who protect
the rights of citizens in civil and criminal cases. Baddour is a partner at Baddour, Parker & Hine PC and
a former member of the N.C. House of Representatives. Baddour served on the GAA Board of Directors
(1971-74 and 2004-07).
; obituaries
Don Wynne Mattocks (’ 64), 67, of Trent Woods;
March 23, 2010. Mattocks moved to New Bern after
he retired as senior vice president of an automotive
financial service, a division of Ford Motor Credit
Corp. He served in the Army Security Agency in
Turkey. u Josie Chapman Tomlinson (’ 64 MSLS), 84,
of Wilson; June 24, 2010. Tomlinson retired as director of the Wilson County Public Library. She received
the Book of Golden Deeds from the Exchange Club
to recognize her many volunteer activities, including
American Cancer Society, soup kitchen, hospital gift
shop and numerous leadership roles in her church.
u Dr. Ernest Marshall Walker Jr. (’ 64 AB, ’ 67 MS),
66, of Huntington, W.Va.; June 11, 2010. Walker was
professor of pathology at the Marshall University
medical school. He patented an approach to treating
iron overload and wrote numerous scientific articles
and book chapters. A past president of the
Association for Clinical Scientists, he was named its
Clinical Scientist of the Year. At UNC, he belonged to
Alpha Phi Omega.
’ 65 S. Davis Phillips (’ 65) of High Point has received the 2010 Choate Alumni Award. Phillips, the founder of Phillips
Industries, served as N.C. secretary of commerce
(1992-97) and as U.S. ambassador to the Republic
of Estonia (2007-09). u David Bryan Sentelle (’ 65
AB, ’ 68 JD) of Washington, D.C., has been appointed
chairman of the executive committee of the Judicial
Conference of the U.S., the national policymaking
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