We remember the following alumni, staff, faculty, students and friends whose deaths were reported to us since the last issue. Click on underlined names to read full obituaries.
To report a death, please visit Alumni Records.
1940s
Erin Virginia Gardner (’47), May 6, 2026, Highland Beach, FL
Morton Clifton Miles Jr. (’49), April 22, 2026, Williamsburg, VA
1950s
Wade Conrad Motsinger (’51), June 27, 2026, Winston-Salem
Stanley “Stan” Joseph Najeway (’51), April 26, 2026, Akron, OH
Osby Zachary “Zack” Gentry Jr. (’53), September 23, 2025, Virginia Beach, VA
Judith Ann Mathews Johnson (’53), June 17, 2026, Gloucester, VA
Paul Batteux Scott Jr. (’53), May 25, 2026, Snow Hill, NC
Russell Owen Woody Jr. (’53), May 29, 2026, Venice, FL
John Samuel Johnson Jr. (’55, JD ’57), April 11, 2026, Allen, TX
George Thomas “Tom” Arnold Morris (’55, MD ’59, P ’82, ’87), March 18, 2026, Durham, NC
Varion Herndon Spear (’55), April 11, 2026, Sandy Springs, GA
Marietta Perry Shelly Dormire (’56, P ’83), May 15, 2026, Richmond, VA
Wallace Jackson Conner (’57, P ’82, ’87), May 17, 2026, Newport, NC
Frank H. Crumpler (’57), July 13, 2026, Atlanta
Nancy Weaver Hamilton (’57), April 6, 2026, Virginia Beach, VA
Currie Linwood Holt (’57), April 16, 2026, Clarksville, VA
Jack Murdock (’57), May 25, 2026, Raleigh
David Gordon Ogilvie III (’57), March 30, 2026, Frankfort, IL
Larry Jones Reavis (’57), April 30, 2026, Winston-Salem
John Alsa “Pete” Eberhart Jr. (’58, P ’89), June 9, 2026, Raleigh
Jane Linder Falls (’58), July 3, 2026, Bessemer City, NC
Paul Jennings Kennedy Jr. (’58, P ’82), May 13, 2026, Aiken, SC
Samuel Franklin Vance III (’58, P ’96), April 19, 2026, Roanoke, VA
Bettie Mobley Church (’59, P ’89), May 27, 2026, Richmond, VA
Jay Donald Dickerson (’59), May 12, 2026, Atlanta
Harvey Ralph Durham (’59, P ’90), May 15, 2026, Boone, NC
Norman Bryant Kellum Jr. (’59, JD ’65, P ’96), May 11, 2026, Trent Woods, NC
1960s
Barbara Horton Bellamy (’60), May 31, 2026, Marietta, GA
Lois Dempsey Bentley (’60, P ’82), February 10, 2026, Raleigh
Betty Lou Hollifield Roberts (’60), June 17, 2026, Weaverville, NC
Allen “Jack” Smith (’60), April 26, 2026, Carthage, NC
Dale Oren Steele (’60), May 5, 2026, Burlington,NC
Frederick “Fred” Monroe Tate (’60), June 16, 2026, Elizabethtown, NC
Janice “Jan” Lee Allen (’61), April 12, 2026, Longwood, FL
Pruette Leroy Carter (’61), June 18, 2026, Greensboro, NC
Louise Floyd Gorham (’61), May 10, 2026, Wilmington, NC
Paul Gray Hauser (’61), April 23, 2026, Sevierville, TN
John Elledge Hutchins (’61), April 5, 2026, Winston-Salem
Benjamin Alan Long (’61), May 23, 2026, Raleigh
Richard Lou Witcofski (’61, PhD ’67, P ’80), June 26, 2026, Winston-Salem
David Brady Morrison (’62), June 23, 2026, Statesville, NC
Mary Catherine Baker Porchey (’62), April 6, 2026, Yadkinville, NC
John Robert Smerznak (’62), March 31, 2026, Fairhope, AL
Dorothy Copenhaver Edes (’63), July 8, 2026, Kennebunk, ME
H. Edward “Eddie” Knox (JD ’63), June 22, 2026, Cornelius, NC
Thomas Marshall Wilson (’63), June 6, 2026, Chapel Hill, NC
Robert “Bob” William Yelton (’64, JD ’67), May 27, 2026, Shelby, NC
Stephen “Steve” John Bozarth (‘65), April 28, 2026, Winter Park, FL
David Chamberlain (’65), April 28, 2026, San Francisco
Phyllis Eileen Steele (’65), June 28, 2026, Quincy, IL
Thomas “Tom” Myers Grady (JD ’66), May 28, 2026, Concord, NC
James Willard Parker (’66, P ’01), April 15, 2026, Afton, VA
Richard Thomas “Dick” Jamback (’67), June 16, 2026, Winston-Salem
John Joyner Snow Jr. (’67, JD ’70), June 16, 2026, Murphy, NC
Louise Matheny Squires York (’67), May 28, 2026, Cary, NC
Jerry Alan Bovenizer (’68), April 6, 2025, Cary, NC
Durante Avan Griffin Jr. (’68, P ’06), May 24, 2026, Greensboro, NC
Robert Joseph Scott (JD ’68), March 22, 2026, Kernersville, NC
Stephen “Steve” Searle (’68), April 15, 2026, Edgartown, MA
Edgar “Ed” M. Roach Jr. (’69), April 1, 2026, Chapel Hill, NC
Richard John Staiger Jr. (’69), May 8, 2026, Knoxville, MD
1970s
David Roger Alden (’70), April 24, 2026, Summerfield, NC
Nancy Miller Culp (MA ‘70), May 25, 2026, Winston-Salem
Thomas Bryan Ingram (’71), April 28, 2026, Glen Allen, VA
Daniel Zalacain (’71), July 9, 2026, South Orange, NJ
Timothy “Tim” Joe Evans (MA ’74), April 3, 2026, Colonial Heights, VA
David Sigmon Williams (’74, JD ’77), April 25, 2026, Vero Beach, FL
Stephen N. Weed (’75), June 16, 2026, Wynnewood, PA
Jeanne Thompson Holmes (‘76), May 9, 2026, Durham, NC
Leslie “Glenn” Tyndall (MA ’77), March 5, 2026, Ashburn, VA
Mark Dudley Robertson (’78), June 5, 2026, Charlotte
Hiroshi “Hiro” Takahashi (’79), June 21, 2026, Ridgewood, NJ
1980s
Howard Mark Ward (’80), October 7, 2025, Virginia Beach, VA
John D. Martin (’81), May 11, 2026, Wilmington, NC
Susan Kathleen Starkey (’81), March 29, 2025, Winston-Salem
William “Bill” Marion Wilcox IV (JD ’83), April 16, 2026, Greensboro, NC
Amy Katherine Badgett (’84), May 12, 2026, Mount Airy, NC
David Gregory Keane (’85), May 12, 2026, Atlanta
Joyce Hayes Shealy (’88), May 20, 2026, Charlotte
Erika Michelle York Ray (’89), April 28, 2026, Winston-Salem
1990s
Warren Elliott Belin (’90), May 1, 2026, Clemmons, NC
John Thaddeus Dorsey (JD ’91), April 14, 2026, Arlington, VA
David Markham Dalton (MBA ’92), April 21, 2026, Danbury, NC
Robert Fletcher Mann Jr. (’92), May 30, 2025, Norfolk, VA
Kenneth Percy Sugden Jr. (’93, MBA ’03), May 10, 2026, Winston-Salem
Marshall “Gus” August Wakat III (’95), February 21, 2026, Vail, CO
2000s
Lindsay Nicole Chambers (‘00), August 26, 2026, Malibu, CA
Marcus Edward Tunstall (’01), January 23, 2026, Warrenton, NC
Myrna J. Mackin (MALS ’03), April 14, 2026, Winston-Salem
Mark James Edwards (MBA ’04), June 9, 2026, Charlotte
William “Alex” Alexander McHenry III (’04), April 10, 2026, Raleigh
Alphonso Smith (’08), Sept. 2, 2026, Pahokee, FL
2010s
Patricia “Pat” Eastburn Boswell (MDIV ’15), June 4, 2026, Greensboro, NC
Taylor Elizabeth Clark (’19), June 27, 2026, Birmingham, AL
Friends, Faculty, Staff, Students
Roger Wain Clarke (MLS ’30, P ‘30), May 4, 2026, Apex, NC
Marjorie Beth Boyd, April 3, 2026, Winston-Salem
Margaret W. Burns, May 5, 2026, Winston-Salem
Harold McKenzie “Mackie” Eagle Jr., April 11, 2026, Greensboro, NC
Carl Douglas Fulp Jr., June 8, 2026, Winston-Salem
Sandra Holder, April 29, 2026, Winston-Salem
Mary “Elen” Read Knott, June 27, 2026, Winston-Salem
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