■ retrospect: 1980
From the looks of it, these Franklin Street skaters were probably part of a parade — the annual Beat Dook parade, perhaps? Thaddeus Watkins ’ 80
took the shot; it appeared in the 1980 Yackety Yack.
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Elizabeth Frazier “Lib” Bartholomew (’ 43, ’ 44
AB), 91, of Wake Forest; June 8, 2013. Bartholomew began her career as a chemist with Burlington Mills and retired from the Food and Drug
Protection Division of the N.C. Department of
Agriculture after 42 years as an analytical chemist. Her civic work included service on the Wake
County Solid Waste Committee, the Wake County
Historical Society and the Wake Forest Fourth of
July Celebration, which she served for more than
20 years. In 1994, she was chosen Wake Forest
Citizen of the Year, and in 1995, she was the
American Business Women Association Woman
of the Year. She was one of the first female cheerleaders at N.C. State University, and her uniform
remains on display there. ◆ Mary Holmes “
Mollie” Bernard (’ 43 AB), 89, of Mishawaka, Ind.; July
1, 2013. For 16 years Bernard was director of
religious education at Sacred Heart Parish. She
and her husband founded the Mary Reid Cleland
School (now Stanley Clark School), and she was
the private elementary school’s director for five
years. ◆ L.D. Burkhead Jr. (’ 43 BSCOM), 91, of
Charlotte; July 2, 2013. Burkhead worked in the
banking industry in Charlotte until he joined the
N.C. State Motor Club, where he developed the in-
ternational travel department. He established his
own business, the International Travel Center, in
Charlotte. He was an Eagle Scout. During WWII,
he served in the Army in the South Pacific. ◆ Lou-
is Ogden Lineberger Jr. (’ 43), 92, of Waco; July
14, 2013. Lineberger retired after 27 years with
Procter & Gamble, for which he sold industrial
chemicals. A court at the Charlotte Tennis Club is
named for him. During WWII, he served in the Air
Force and was a radio operator on B- 17 bombers.
◆ Margaret Gaines “Peggy” Piatt (’ 43 AB), 91,
of Winston-Salem; June 21, 2013. Piatt volunteered for 37 years at Salemtowne. ◆ C. Louis
Shields (’ 43 BSPHR), 90, of Wilmington; July 3,
2013. A career pharmacist, Shields owned and
operated Johnson Drug in Jacksonville. A former
president of the N.C. Association of Community
Colleges and the National Community College
Board, he served on the board of trustees for
Coastal Carolina Community College for 35 years
and was chair for 20 years. The college named
its learning center for him. ◆ Irving L. Spiegel
(’ 43 BSCOM), 91, of Edison, N.J.; June 9, 2013.
Spiegel practiced law in Metuchen, N.J., for more
than 50 years and retired in 2006. During WWII,
he served in the Navy.
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Charles H. Beddingfield Jr. (’ 44 BSPHR), 90,
of Clayton; June 11, 2013. Beddingfield began
his pharmacy career with Walgreens in Durham.
Later, he worked at Toms Drug Co. in Wilmington
and then joined his father at Beddingfield Drug
in Clayton, from which he retired as owner. He
served on the Johnston County Board of Health
for 30 years and was Citizen of the Year in 1978.
A member of the boards of directors of Southern
National Bank, BB&T, the Raleigh Rescue
Mission and the Clayton Chamber of Commerce,
he also served two terms as the chamber’s
president. ◆ Barbara Epps Deering (’ 44 AB), 89,
of Greensboro; July 9, 2013. Deering taught sec-
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