national programming underwriting director. After he
moved to the Chapel Hill area, he became head of
program underwriting for PBS affiliate UNC-TV. He
served in the Army. His many activities at UNC
included Alpha Tau Omega, AFROTC, Order of the
Grail, Golden Fleece and student government. ◆ J.
Robert Bowers (’ 56 AB, ’ 60 BSPHR), 77, of Bethel;
Oct. 17, 2011. Bowers was a pharmacist who co-founded Bethel Pharmacy, where he worked for more
than 30 years. At UNC, he belonged to Rho Chi. ◆
James Michael “Mike” Braswell (’ 58), 74, of
Charlotte; Oct. 22, 2011. Braswell was a real estate
broker and in retirement worked for a florist. He
served in the Army. At UNC, he belonged to Phi Kappa
Sigma. ◆ James Albert Bridger Jr. (’ 50), 80, of
Raleigh; Nov. 28, 2011. Bridger, a consulting engineer for FEMA, was a commissioner and Scoutmaster
for the Boy Scouts. He was a jet pilot interceptor in
the Air Force. ◆ Edwin Arnold Canine (’ 51 AB), 82,
of Crofton, Md.; Nov. 3, 2011. Canine retired from
the National Security Agency. He served in the Army
field artillery. At UNC, he belonged to Lambda Chi
Alpha. ◆ Daphene Ledford Cantrell (’ 52 AB, ’ 54
LLB), 81, of Charlotte; Oct. 16, 2011. Cantrell retired
as a District Court judge in Mecklenburg County
after 18 years. After she earned her law degree, she
was a civil servant in the Air Force. In law school
she was on Law Review. ◆ Ervin Dewey “Buster”
Cherry (’ 51), 84, of West Palm Beach, Fla.; Oct. 21,
2011. Cherry worked in sales. He served in the
Navy in WWII. At UNC, he belonged to Kappa
Sigma. ◆ A. Donald Christopher (’ 56 BSBA), 77, of
Wilmington; Nov. 18, 2011. Following a military career,
Christopher was owner and president of a shopping
center on Topsail Island. His career in the Air Force
included serving as a Strategic Air Command pilot, an
airlift controller in the Military Airlift Command and a
combat pilot in the Vietnam War. His honors included the Meritorious Service Medal with Oak Leaf
Cluster and the Air Medal with three Oak Leaf
Clusters. At UNC, he belonged to Alpha Kappa Psi
and AFROTC. ◆ Gene Douglas Clark (’ 56 BSBA),
77, of Concord; Nov. 5, 2011. Clark retired as a senior vice president with First Union Corp. He served in
the Air Force Strategic Air Command and was a pilot
of an aerial tanker. ◆ Samuel Johnston Clark Jr. (’ 50
AB), 87, of Fayetteville; Oct. 7, 2011. Clark retired as
an N.C. state probation officer. In WWII, he served in
the Navy Hospital Corps. At UNC, he belonged to
Alpha Tau Omega. ◆ David Marion Clinard (’ 54 AB,
’ 56 LLBJD), 79, of Washington, D.C.; Nov. 16, 2011.
Clinard retired as an officer in the Navy. He received
a presidential appointment to the Arms Control
Disarmament Agency. At UNC, he was elected to Phi
Beta Kappa and belonged to AFROTC and St. Anthony
Hall. As a law student, he belonged to Order of the
Coif and was an editor of Law Review. ◆ Sarah Buie
Coffey (’ 57 BSN), 76, of Raleigh; Nov. 26, 2011.
Coffey, a public health nurse, retired from the N.C.
Department of Facility Services. ◆ Raymond Teague
Copeland (’ 50), 89, of Greensboro; Oct. 15, 2011.
Copeland was a veterinarian who for many years
operated a small-animal hospital and then a large-animal practice devoted primarily to horses. He was
past president of the N.C. Veterinary Research
Foundation. He served in the Army Air Forces in WWII.
◆ Troy Lester Davis (’ 51, ’ 50 BSBA), 81, of Axton,
Va.; Oct. 5, 2011. After Davis retired as manager of
a Sears store, he was a professional photographer
and framer. A pioneer in the use of computers, he
developed a software program to track inventory for
Sears stores. In the Korean War, he served in the
Army Counterintelligence Corps. At UNC, he was
elected to Phi Beta Kappa, was first chair violin with
the symphony and was a member of Chi Phi, which
honored him for his academic achievements. ◆
Arthur Christian Dietzel (’ 50 ABEd), 83, of Baltimore;
Dec. 10, 2010. Dietzel was a human resources specialist with a manufacturing company. In the Korean
War, he was in the Army artillery. At UNC, he was on
the swim and lacrosse teams and belonged to Phi
Delta Kappa and Phi Mu Epsilon. ◆ Audrey Donnan
Evarts (’ 50 AB), 82, of Durham; Oct. 20, 2011.
Evarts retired as a survey researcher and an insurance agent. Earlier in her career, she was secretary
for the dean of UNC’s School of Journalism. At UNC,
she belonged to Alpha Delta Pi. ◆ Dr. Robert
Joseph Freedy (’ 54), 86, of Upper Arlington, Ohio;
April 2, 2011. Freedy retired after a long career as
medical director of Battelle Memorial Institute in
Columbus, Ohio. In WWII, he served in the Navy. ◆
Wilson Oliver Gerringer (’ 50 BSCOM), 87, of
Greensboro; Oct. 31, 2011. Gerringer retired from a
long career with Carolina Steel. In WWII, he was in
the Army. ◆ Arthur Fountain Goodwyn (’ 51 AB), 83,
of Tarboro; Nov. 17, 2011. Goodwyn retired from a
22-year career in the Air Force. He was a radar navigator and bombardier; he served in the Vietnam
War. In retirement, he worked for Edgecombe County
schools. At UNC, he was on the track and field team
and belonged to Sigma Nu and AFROTC. ◆ Freda
Hobowsky Gordon (’ 55 BSPHR), 78, of Norfolk, Va.;
Nov. 3, 2011. Gordon retired as a pharmacist after
40 years, many of which were at the Children’s
Hospital of the King’s Daughters. ◆ Edwin Brown
Hatch Jr. (’ 50 AB, ’ 53 LLBJD), 83, of Raleigh; Nov.
22, 2011. Hatch was a lawyer in private practice in
Pittsboro and Raleigh and served in government. He
worked in the N.C. secretary of state’s office and, in
Washington, D.C., in the U.S. departments of justice
and commerce. In Raleigh, he was staff attorney for
Raleigh-Durham International Airport and with the
state Division of Highways. In WWII, he served in the
Army Air Corps. At UNC, he was elected to Phi Beta
Kappa and belonged to Chi Phi and Dialectic Society.
In law school, he was on Law Review. ◆ Walter Elias
Haywood (’ 51), 84, of Columbus, Ga.; Nov. 1, 2011.
Haywood retired as an insurance adjuster. In WWII,
he served in the Navy as a radar specialist. At UNC,
he belonged to Phi Delta Theta. ◆ Hugh Linwood
“Sonny” Hennis Jr. (’ 55), 78, of Mount Airy; Nov. 12,
2011. Hennis operated a business that furnished
and decorated motels and country clubs. ◆ Lewis
Gerald Holland Sr. (’ 58 BSBA), 75, of Atlanta; Oct.
5, 2011. Holland retired as president of Central
Atlanta Progress. He was involved in many community
activities, including serving on the ’ 96 Olympics
committee. He belonged to Zeta Beta Tau at UNC. ◆
Dr. William Davis Huffines (’ 50, ’ 51 BSMED; ’ 55
MD), 84, of Chapel Hill; Oct. 17, 2011. Huffines was
professor emeritus of pathology at the UNC School
of Medicine. In his 41 years on the faculty, he was
associate dean of basic sciences for the medical
school and director of student laboratories and the
medical planning office. He was official scorekeeper
for the men’s basketball team for 30 years. In WWII,
he served in the Navy. ◆ William Thomas Hughes
Jr. (’ 52 ABJO), 81, of Monticello, Ga.; Oct. 16, 2011.
Hughes was owner and publisher of The Monticello
News. In the Korean War, he served in the Air Force,
then the Air Force Reserve and N.C. National Guard.
◆ Carolyn Speight Jessup (’ 52 MEd), 83, of Littleton;
Nov. 9, 2011. Jessup retired as director of Student
Health Services at N.C. State University. ◆ Charles
Blythe Jones (’ 50 BSCOM), 85, of Lewisville; Oct. 8,
2011. Jones retired as assistant comptroller for
General Telephone Co. in Tampa, Fla. In WWII, he was
in the Army. At UNC, he belonged to Alpha Kappa Psi.
◆ Richard Alton Johnston (’ 57), 77, of St. Petersburg,
Fla.; Nov. 11, 2011. Johnston retired as a senior
vice president with BB&T in Wilson. In retirement, he
was a financial consultant. ◆ Walker Jung (’ 57
ABEd), 76, of Abingdon, Md.; Sept. 26, 2011. Jung
retired as director of learning resources for Dundalk
Community College. In retirement, he and his wife
operated a mobile disc jockey business. ◆ Donald
Joseph Kelly (’ 53 MEd), 89, of Winston-Salem; Oct.
14, 2011. Kelly retired as athletics department
chairman and coach at Elon College. In retirement,
he continued to work at Camp Sea Gull. In WWII, he
was a demolition specialist in the Army. He earned
two Bronze Stars. ◆ Bennie Lafayette “Bud” King
(’ 51 ABEd), 84, of Raleigh; Nov. 24, 2011. King was
headmaster at Warren Academy. He had been a
teacher, coach and administrator in Warren County
schools. ◆ William Harry Labenberg (’ 57 MEd), 76,
of Emmaus, Pa.; Nov. 28, 2011. Labenberg was a
health and physical education teacher in the East
Penn school district. For many years, he was the
public address announcer for sports events. He
was active in his church. ◆ William Reid Lambert
(’ 52), 81, of Merritt Island, Fla.; Nov. 13, 2011.
Lambert developed and owned Lambert Seafood Co.
After he sold the business, he spent most of his
time in Mexico, acquiring and improving wildlife preserve land. ◆ Eugene Fred Layman Jr. (’ 50
BSCOM), 86, of Charlotte; Oct. 8, 2011. Layman
retired as a manager with the Ford Motor Co. He was
a Navy pilot. ◆ William Hendren Long (’ 50 AB), 85,
of Tallahassee, Fla.; Oct. 3, 2011. Long taught meteorology at Florida State University for almost 40
years. He was honored by the university for his undergraduate teaching skills. He was in the Army in WWII.
◆ William Hewetson Lorimer Jr. (’ 54), 79, of West
Melbourne, Fla.; Nov. 12, 2011. Lorimer was a pilot
in the Air Force and retired as a major in 1974. ◆
Warren Grey Love (’ 55 ABJO), 78, of The Villages,
Fla.; Nov. 11, 2011. Love retired as a colonel after
30 years in the Air Force. He was a command pilot
for a variety of aircraft and an administrative officer
for air traffic control. He received the Bronze Star,
among other honors. After he retired, he was an
analyst with a Pentagon contractor. At UNC, he was
in AFROTC and belonged to Phi Kappa Sigma. ◆
Dr. Douglas Keith MacDonald (’ 50 MPH), 85, of
Vancouver, British Columbia; Oct. 7, 2011. After working for the World Health Organization, MacDonald
became a family doctor, practicing for more than 40
years. He was a clinical professor of family medicine
at the University of British Columbia. ◆ Diane
Karraker Manning (’ 58), 74, of Chapel Hill; Oct. 19,
2011. Manning was an artist and illustrator who
won a number of awards for her work. Her show A
Tennessee Family was exhibited at the Horace
Williams House in Chapel Hill and the Carrboro Town
Hall. ◆ Frances Gardner McLane (’ 50 ABEd), 90, of
North Miami Beach, Fla.; Nov. 7, 2011. McLane was
a physical education teacher. She worked at her
church as its secretary. In WWII, she served in the
Navy WAVES. ◆ George Ervin Moore Jr. (’ 58 BSBA),
80, of Brentwood, Tenn.; Nov. 4, 2011. Moore retired
as partner in a CPA firm. In the Korean War, he was
in the Air Force. At UNC, he belonged to Theta Chi.
