Class Notes

Athletics

Smith Chosen to Represent the SAC at NCAA Workshop

Mars Hill Head Volleyball Coach Mike Smith was selected by the South Atlantic Conference to represent the league at the NCAA Division II Identity for Coaches Workshop to be held in June. The Division II Identity Workshop will be held June 7-9, 2022, in Indianapolis. A wide range of topics will be covered that directly impact the coaches on Division II campuses. The coaches in attendance will have an opportunity to learn more about the NCAA from several departments including the Sport Science Institute, championships, academic and membership affairs, and governance. The South Atlantic Conference has selected three head coaches to represent the SAC at this year’s NCAA DII Identity Workshop for Coaches. The other two coaches were Bart Lundy, head coach of Queens University Men’s Basketball and Caitlyn Corace, head coach of Catawba College Women’s Lacrosse. “What an honor to be selected by The South Atlantic Conference to represent them and Mars Hill University at the NCAA II Identity Workshop,” Smith said. “Spending time learning at the NCAA from their many departments and meeting new colleagues from all over the country is a great opportunity. Enhancing my personal and professional development will allow me continued growth in my profession. I am grateful for this opportunity and will make the most of it.”

Class Notes

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1950s

Maj. Gen. James Dozier ’51 has written a book titled Finding My Pole Star. The book is a memoir of Dozier’s 35-year military career, including his 1981 kidnapping and 42-day captivity by Red Brigade terrorists in Verona, Italy. His subsequent rescue by a special operations team was front-page news around the world. Max Burgin ’54, a member of the MHU Board of Trustees, is the subject of a book written by Pat Jobe and Mattie Lackey titled, It’s About Jesus, It’s Not About Max Burgin: stories from an extraordinary career as an army chaplain, Baptist preacher, and friend to so many. The book was published in 2021 and is available on amazon.

1960s

Dr. Jerry C. Davis ’65 will transition to the role of chancellor for the College of the Ozarks, effective June 1, 2022. He has been president of the college since 1988, after having served as president of Alice Lloyd College in Pippa Passes, Kentucky, for eleven years. His tenure of 44 years in the college presidency is among the longest in the United States. John Luther Stancil, Sr. ’68 married Heather Presley on October 17, 2021. The couple resides in Lakeland, Fla.

1970s

Kay Huffman Gregory ’73 published an updated and expanded family memoir in August 2021, which is based on writing by her paternal grandmother. The book is titled Isma: Memoir of a Catawba Valley Family. Gregory was a member of the Mars Hill University English faculty

Dr. Jerry Davis ’65 John ’68 and Heather Stancil

from 1976-1987. She retired from Catawba Valley Community College in 2016, where she served as dean of the School of Academics, Education, and Fine Arts.

Dr. John Glenn McNutt ’74

has been awarded the status of professor emeritus from the University of Delaware’s Biden School of Public Policy and Administration. McNutt retired in August of 2021 after a 40-year career as a professor of social work practice and public policy. He has also been a frequent presenter and the author of numerous articles and books centered on his research areas of nonprofit organizations and technology. He lives in Newark, Del. Lawrence Edward “Larry” Pike, III ’75 has published a collection of poetry titled Even in the Slums of Providence in October 2021. The collection is available through Finishing Line Press. Larry, who lives in Glasgow, Ky., was a regular contributor to the Cadenza during his time at Mars Hill, winning first place in poetry in 1973 and in fiction in 1975. Carolyn “Jayne” Jaudon Ferrer ’78 of Greenville, S.C., has published a new book titled, Poems to Lift You Up and Make You Smile. The book is an anthology of 100 poems especially selected for their upbeat perspective, feel-good scenarios, and humor. Jayne has been the host and editor of www.YourDailyPoem.com since 2009. This is her sixth published book.

John McNutt ’74

1980s

Tim Greene ’82 has retired as the county manager of Mitchell County, effective December 31, 2021. He previously served as the county manager of Avery County and vice president of administrative services at Mayland Community College. He served as the finance officer in Avery County before taking the manager position in Mitchell County in April 2020. Russell (Rusty) Enscore ’82 retired from the Centers for Disease Control (Division of Vector-Borne Diseases, Fort Collins, Colo.) in May 2021, completing a career in public health that spanned 37 years. Rusty completed graduate work at East Tennessee State University and Colorado State University. He then spent 11 years with the Indian Health Service followed by 26 years with CDC where he conducted research and public health interventions for vector-borne infectious diseases all over the world. He said he would love to hear from old friends. Contact alumni@mhu.edu for his email address. Rev. Barry John Morris ’83 retired from Randolph Health in Asheboro, N.C., as Director of Spiritual Care and Community Integration in 2020. Morris completed David Sawyer ’79 has received the Order of the Long Leaf Pine upon his retirement from the U.S. Wildlife Resources Commission. Sawyer served the agency for more than 30 years before his retirement in 2019. The Order of the Long Leaf Pine is the state of North Carolina’s highest civilian honor. It is bestowed by the governor on those who have made significant contributions to the state and their communities through their exemplary service and exceptional accomplishments. Sawyer is shown at right receiving the award from Brad Howard, Chief of the Wildlife Management Division of the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission.

a two-year residency in clinical pastoral education at Carolinas Medical Center in Charlotte, N.C. at Atrium Health. He served six years as a chaplain at Gaston Hospice before finished his career at Randolph Health. Morris said he found his calling at Mars Hill College, where campus friendships and involvement at Trinity Baptist Church solidified what God was doing in his life. Norma Hefner Duncan ’89 has served for the past two years as Madam Speaker of the North Carolina Senior Tar Heel Legislature, an informational and advocacy group for N.C. senior citizens created by the General Assembly. Duncan, who is a delegate from Mitchell County, was also recognized as the Outstanding Senior Tar Heel Legislature/Regional Advisory Committee Member 2021 by the High Country Council of Governments for distinguished service and contributions while serving as a member of the board.

1990s

Jonatha Paige Cook ’91 has been selected as the 2021 Dance Teacher of the Year by the Physical Education Association of NC SHAPE, the professional organization representing K-12 health and physical education teachers in the state. Cook teaches at North Buncombe Elementary School in Weaverville, N.C. Aleisa Alexander Baker ’96 has been selected as North Carolina’s 2021 High School Choral Section Teacher of the Year. Baker is the chorus director at T.C. Roberson High School in Buncombe County. She also serves as the color guard instructor and visual designer for the T.C. Roberson Marching Band and directs the school-wide musical each spring. Baker is the chair-elect of the NC

Music Educator Association High School Choral Section. Martin J. Gilbert ’99 was named to the NCAA Division II Implementation Committee in December 2021. The committee will review the division’s rules and policies and make recommendations to ensure that changes are consistent with the principles agreed upon in the division’s new constitution. Gilbert is an associate professor of computer science at Mars Hill University. Walter “Walt” Summerlin ’99 has been hired as a park ranger at the Cliffs of the Neuse State Park in Goldsboro, N.C. He comes to the park after nine years as a ranger at Mayo River State Park in Mayodan, N.C. Summerlin said he caught the “bug” to be a ranger during trips out west with the recreation club at Mars Hill College.

2000s

Jessica Blanford Wildfire ’09 received her Ed.D. in Higher Education Administration from the University of West Georgia in the fall of 2021. Jessica’s dissertation focused on the leadership identity development of student-athletes.

2010s

Johnathon “John” Carl Faircloth ’13 has been named the new head football coach of R-S Central High School in Rutherfordton, N.C. Faircloth comes to the position from a coaching position at Robert Morris University in Pennsylvania. He will be teaching physical education at R-S Central in addition to coaching.

In Memoriam

Samantha Burdick ’15 has been hired as the new town planner for Beaufort, N.C. After completing her degree at MHU, Burdick earned a M.S. at Duke University Nicholas School of the Environment. Prior to the new job as town planner, Samantha held positions with N.C. Division of Coastal Management, N.C. Coastal Reserve and Estuarine Research Reserve, and Duke Marine Laboratory. Ashley Michelle Staton ’16 married Austin Williams on September 29, 2021 in Hendersonville, N.C. Both of the Williamses work for the City of Hendersonville, N.C. Elizabeth Kihm ’18 has been hired as a teacher assistant at T.C. Ashley ’16 and Austin Williams Henderson School of Science and Technology in Lake Toxaway, N.C.

Several members of Pi Kappa Phi (now Delta Kappa Theta) organized a reunion in February 2022, in Spartanburg, S.C. Shown are, front L to R: Paul Powell ’79 (current trustee), Wayne King ’79 (former alumni board member); Back L to R: Tony Charping ’79, David Mathis ’79, Lynnwood Roach ’80, Woody Sprouse ’80 (former board of advisors member).

Since the last issue of Mars Hill, the Magazine, we have learned of the following deaths of alumni and other members of the MHU community.

1930s

Josephine West Shultz ’39, Tesuque, N.M., July 29, 2021 Sara Orren Yount ’39, Clayton, N.C., July 3, 2019

1940s

Mary Catherine Adams Brothers ’40, Deland, Fla., March 11, 2021 Kenneth Charles Ward ’41, Greensboro, N.C., October 16, 2021 Pearl Edith “Edie” Franklin Bridges ’42, Kings Mountain, N.C., May 30, 2019 Lt. Col. James “Jim” Monroe Hardin Sr. ’42, (U.S. Air Force, retired), Shelby, N.C., September 2, 2021 Elizabeth Lois Higgins Morgan ’43, Marion, N.C., July 23, 2021 William “Bill” Turman Reece ’43, Virginia Beach, Va., May 9, 2021 Clarence “Pete” Davis Scott ’43, Ferndale, Md., September 29, 2021 Norma Wayne Brooks Funderburk ’44, Monroe, N.C., April 24, 2021 William “Bill” Royall Martin, Jr. ’44, Raleigh, N.C., March 16, 2020 Clara Lee Dedmon Shive ’44, Greenville, S.C., January 23, 2022 Marian Grace Anderson Bradley ’45, Asheville, N.C., December 4, 2021

In Memoriam

William “Jennings” Brooks, Sr. ’45, Shelby, N.C., April 13, 2020 Margaret “Willadean” Day Rector ’45, Drexel, N.C., March 3, 2021 Louvene Elizabeth Jordan Cooper ’46, High Point, N.C., August 29, 2021 Marilyn Deal Harrington ’46, Statesville, N.C., January 28, 2019 Elsie Densmore Anderson Morris ’46, Hillsborough, N.C., July 11, 2020 Margaret “Estaleen” Digh Rockett ’46, Morganton, N.C., October 6, 2020 Mildred “Millie” Irene Leath Shuford ’46, Matthews, N.C., October 30, 2021 Betty Rae Carter Watson ’46, Tuscaloosa, Ala., April 23, 2021 Charles Ashford Barefoot ’47, Lexington, N.C., April 6, 2021 Beulah “By” Upchurch Yates Collins ’47, Gastonia, N.C., January 22, 2022 Hilda Kathryn Bean Cowsert ’47, Jacksonville, N.C., November 6, 2021 Eula Mae Coffey Fox ’47, Boone, N.C., April 10, 2020 Hazel Louise Hodge Rathel ’47, Americus, Ga., June 22, 2021 Ferne Helen Wall Spillman ’47, Yadkinville, N.C., September 16, 2021 Betty Jane Sisk Swain ’47, Asheville, N.C., January 12, 2021 Iris “Mildred” Nix Whitted ’47, Maggie Valley, N.C., November 18, 2019 James “Jim” Nielson Andrews, Sr. ’48, Cary, N.C., September 17, 2021 Peggy Dawn Johnson Barnes ’48, Fuquay-Varina, N.C., January 24, 2020 Rev. Clay “Hudson” Favell ’48, Fort Smith, Ark., May 25, 2021 Mary Lena Green Mayberry ’48, Pinellas Park, Fla., September 27, 2021 Dr. John Robert “Bob” McClure ’48, Greenville, S.C., November 5, 2021 Betty Lou Steelman McNeil ’48, Thomasville, N.C., July 23, 2020 Molly Lou Cox Nolen ’48, Nashville, Tenn., December 17, 2021 Dr. Aubert “A.C.” Calvin Snow ’48, Raleigh, N.C., January 14, 2022 Ruth Virginia Simmons Wright ’48, Clifton Forge, Va., November 20, 2021 Sarah E. Johnston Allen ’49, Greenville, S.C., August 5, 2021 Walter Egbert, Jr. ’49, Viera, Fla., May 12, 2021 Christine Love Jones Long ’49, Roxboro, N.C., March 23, 2021 Elsie Lee McFarland ’49, Rocky Mount, N.C., September 5, 2021 Emerson Charles “Charlie” Metcalf, Jr. ’49, Asheville, N.C., December 11, 2020 Shirley Dale Robertson ’49, Richmond, Va., November 1, 2021 Charles Everette Sharpe, Sr. ’49, Canton, N.C., January 15, 2020

1950s

Joyce Louise Parsons Campbell ’50, Freeport, Fla., February 9, 2021 Alta Wendallyn “Winnie” Pringle Crawford ’50, St. Petersburg, Fla., December 28, 2021 John Henry Falkner ’50, Henderson, N.C., April 23, 2021 Norma Jean Fannon Lewis ’50, Salisbury, N.C., November 3, 2021 Marie Young Messer ’50, Asheville, N.C., February 18, 2021 Rev. Mark Owens ’50, Holden Beach, N.C., July 8, 2021 Col. Robert “Bob” Garrett Ray ’50 (U.S. Air Force, retired), Niceville, Fla., June 28, 2021 Betty June McCracken Ray ’50, Waynesville, N.C., December 29, 2020 Hobart Clark Stafford ’50, East Bank, W.V., June 19, 2019 Rev. Abraham “Odell” Breland ’51, Orangeburg, S.C., July 11, 2021 William Louis Gulley ’51, Lake St. Louis, Mo., March 8, 2021 Vera W. Brown Jarvis ’51, Statesville, N.C., October 25, 2021 Betsy Brooks McGee McLean ’51, Greensboro, N.C., September 9, 2021 Betty June Wallin Morgan ’51, Weaverville, N.C., January 22, 2022 Robert “Bob” Lee Smith ’51, Winter Park, Fla., August 30, 2021 Rev. Dr. Robert Smith Dendy, Sr. ’52, Laurinburg, N.C., July 31, 2021 Anne Geraldine “Gerry” Ott Harrelson ’52, Charleston, S.C., April 27, 2021 Rev. Jarvis McDonald Hearn, Jr. ’52, Sperryville, Va., April 6, 2021

William Eugene Hudson ’52, Jacksonville, Fla., July 10, 2021 Betty “Maxine” Myers Ray ’52, Boonville, N.C., February 13, 2020 Rev. Ralph William Riley ’52, Fort Mill, S.C., November 4, 2021 Theresa Freezor Bolick ’53, Lexington, N.C., April 10, 2021 John Nelson Hutchins ’53, Asheville, N.C., April 21, 2020 Caroline Hartsell McCauley ’53, Greenville, S.C., June 23, 2021 John Dalas Vance, Sr. ’53, Zebulon, N.C., May 29, 2020 Martha “Marty” June Miller Brown ’54, Fort Collins, Colo., August 27, 2021 Rev. James “Ward” Burch ’54, Greensboro, N.C., July 11, 2021 Carl Glenn Godfrey, Jr. ’54, Eden, N.C., February 4, 2019 Dr. Bruce Hugh Hawkins, Sr. ’54, Mount Holly, N.C., April 16, 2021 Mary Ruth Rice Higgins ’54, China Grove, N.C., February 11, 2019 Stokes Allen Hughes ’54, Newland, N.C., September 8, 2021 Nancye Anne Sugg Johnson ’54, Dunn, N.C., September 13, 2021 Vivian Mae Jenkins Kruse ’54, Wake Forest, N.C., April 2, 2021 Mildred L Scroggs Martin ’54, Brevard, N.C., July 26, 2021 Janice Dawn Aydelette Neese ’54, Greensboro, N.C., October 3, 2021 Mary Sue Paysour Rainey ’54, Clover, S.C., December 21, 2020 Shirley Jean Winn Spargo ’54, Gastonia, N.C., September 2, 2021 Rev. Paul Weagley Stouffer ’54, Centerville, Tenn., June 19, 2021 Kenneth Edward Woodard, Sr. ’54, Landrum, S.C., November 11, 2021 Joe Burton Young ’54, Walkertown, N.C., January 11, 2020 Mollie Jane Parrish Barrow ’55, Deland, Fla., April 27, 2021 Charles “Scott” Briers, Jr. ’55, Shady Spring, W.V., August 31, 2020 Shirley Anne Starnes English ’55, Raleigh, N.C., November 22, 2021 Mary Lou Martin Gentry ’55, State Road, N.C., September 7, 2021 Sadie “Joyce” Allen Guffey ’55, Florence, S.C., March 21, 2021 James “Jim” Marion Lee, Jr. ’55, Pfafftown, N.C., February 19, 2020 Ann Kierulff Wilkins Lorge ’55, Brevard, N.C., January 16, 2022 Jennis “Redell” McLamb ’55, Calabash, N.C., October 7, 2021 Betty Doris Merritt Turner ’55, Evergreen, N.C., September 11, 2019 Dr. Robert Earnest Gray ’56, Weaverville, N.C., June 20, 2021 Gerald Everett Hewitt ’56, Hendersonville, N.C., July 15, 2021 Jeanine Benton Hughes ’56, Hampton, Va., October 26, 2021 Sarah Jo Allen Phillips ’56, Mount Pleasant, N.C., September 26, 2021 Danny Norman Young ’56, Swannanoa, N.C., March 4, 2019 Hardie William Ammons ’57, Asheville, N.C., February 3, 2019 Chief Master Sgt. James “Josh” Edward Brisson ’57, (U.S. Air Force, retired) Fayetteville, N.C., January 19, 2021 Olin Clark ’57, Kingsport, Tenn., June 7, 2021 Theodore “Ted” Charles Conrad ’57, Spartanburg, S.C., June 27, 2021 Charles Finley Cook ’57, Hiddenite, N.C., March 22, 2021 Rev. William “Bill” Jackson Corey, Jr. ’57, Hanover, Va., October 10, 2021 Jewell “Dean” Brigman Icard ’57, Kannapolis, N.C., September 14, 2021 Kenneth “Ken” William Parker ’57, Advance, N.C., December 13, 2019 Richard Alan Phillips ’57, Richmond, Va., February 18, 2021 Kirby Devane Powell ’57, Clinton, N.C., March 1, 2020 Dr. Donald Lewis Shaw ’57, Chapel Hill, N.C., October 19, 2021 Vivian Leigh Wood Wade ’57, Charlottesville, Va., January 16, 2022 Lt. Col. John Lewis Whaley ’57, (U.S. Marine Corps, retired) Wilmington, N.C., November 16, 2020 Stuart Dean Dale ’58, Morganton, N.C., August 12, 2020

In Memoriam

Norman Dixon Faircloth ’58, High Point, N.C., January 27, 2021 Charles “Martin” Johnson ’58, Mooresville, N.C., July 29, 2020 Nancy Ella Miller Lawrence ’58, Mars Hill, N.C., November 30, 2021 Margaret Yvonne Duncan Morrison ’58, Winston-Salem, N.C., June 9, 2021 Rev. Dr. Ted Lee Purcell ’58, Durham, N.C., June 24, 2021 Barbara Ann Griffith Ray ’58, Waynesville, N.C., September 7, 2021 Roy William “Bill” Reece, Jr. ’58, Candor, N.C., August 24, 2021 Patricia “Pat” Ann Smith Stewart ’58, Winston-Salem, N.C., August 11, 2021 Thomas “Tom” Arthur Tillman ’58, Charlotte, N.C., August 23, 2021 Carl Jerry Ball ’59, Horse Shoe, N.C., April 12, 2020 Gerald “Jerry” Young Brown ’59, Buies Creek, N.C., December 11, 2019 James “Jim” Coe Chernault, Jr. ’59, High Point, N.C., January 16, 2021 Capt. Johnny Lee Elliott, Ph.D. ’59, Cornelius, N.C., August 21, 2021 Betty Austine Drum Griffin ’59, Maiden, N.C., July 5, 2021 Elianor “Ellie” Francis Riley Kamp ’59, Charlotte, N.C., June 26, 2021 Robert “Bob” Cooper Malpass ’59, High Point, N.C., June 28, 2020 William “Bill” Patterson Sudderth ’59, Asheville, N.C., November 21, 2021 Benjamin “Ben” William Swank ’59, Glendale, Ariz., March 29, 2021 Dr. David Edmond Trawick ’59, Charlotte, N.C., December 7, 2021 Harold Garry Wilde ’59, Woodstock, Ga., February 1, 2021

1960s

Lelon Russell Bulluck ’60, Kill Devil Hills, N.C., February 28, 2020 Carol Ann McCarthy Crymes ’60, Alexandria, Va., April 25, 2020 James “Jim” Howard Early, Jr. ’60, Winston-Salem, N.C., June 21, 2021 James Gaston Harron, Jr. ’60, Pisgah Forest, N.C., June 16, 2020 Rev. Harry Ellsworth Miller ’60, Spanish Fort, Ala., October 21, 2020 Bert Allen Price ’60, Stoneville, N.C., August 3, 2020 Paul Richard “Dick” Stewart ’60, Stanley, N.C., November 5, 2020 Clyde Smith Triplett ’60, Granite Falls, N.C., March 16, 2020 Jimmy Ray Beasley ’61, Morganton, N.C., January 29, 2021 Leonard Ray Beaver ’61, Salisbury, N.C., March 16, 2021 Dr. James “Jim” Clyde Elliott, Jr. ’61, Asheville, N.C., July 16, 2020 Walter “Jake” Vincent Ferguson ’61, Glen Alpine, N.C., July 7, 2020 Cebron Douglas Fussell ’61, Clinton, N.C., June 10, 2021 Major Eddie Lee Hackworth, Jr. ’61, Hampton, Va., April 9, 2019 Dixie Yvonne James Jones ’61, Summerfield, N.C., February 2, 2021 Mamie L. Purvis Murray ’61, Bennett, N.C., March 3, 2021 Richard Thomas Prince, Sr. ’61, Afton, Okla., September 5, 2020 Leon Little Rhyne, Jr. ’61, Chapel Hill, N.C., November 25, 2020 Rev. Timmie “Tim” Allen Sellers ’61, Lumberton, N.C., November 26, 2021 Howard Wayne Shook ’61, Canton, N.C., December 31, 2020 Samuel James “Jim” Showalter, III ’61, Greenville, S.C., June 13, 2021 William “Franklin” Smith ’61, Raleigh, N.C., November 4, 2020 Jackie “Jack” T. Street ’61, Johnson City, Tenn., November 20, 2019 Dr. Larry Albert Williams ’61, Benson, N.C., August 18, 2021 Charles Guy Wilson ’61, Sylva, N.C., December 19, 2020 Walter “Doc” Burton Altizer, Jr. ’62, Martinsville, Va., February 16, 2021 Margaret Reid Ridenhour Falcetta ’62, Rock Hill, S.C., October 20, 2021 Giles Donald “Don” McLane ’62, Ninety Six, S.C., August 4, 2021 Joseph Hubert Voss, Jr. ’62, Hickory, N.C., June 5, 2020

William Earl Whitaker, Sr. ’62, Wytheville, Va., December 16, 2021 Norman Frederick Arant, Jr. ’63, Garner, N.C., July 1, 2021 Perlie “Edwin” Cabe ’63, Franklin, N.C., November 7, 2021 Anne Betha “Beth” Powers Taylor Norman ’63, Woodstock, Ga., March 6, 2021 Gladys Louise Ponder Ball ’64, Mars Hill, N.C., July 22, 2021 Fredrick “Fred” Eugene Hundley ’64, Swainsboro, Ga., March 11, 2021 Patricia Anne Burgess Nott ’64, Richmond, Va., July 13, 2021 John “Moe” Clarence Richardson, Jr. ’64, Williamsburg, Va., December 19, 2021 Jack Dillard Reece ’65, High Point, N.C., October 20, 2020 Lynda Gail Whitaker Rothwell ’65, Irmo, S.C., June 29, 2021 Robert Lee Watkins ’65, Black Mountain, N.C., October 22, 2019 Linda Grace Pierce Adcock ’66, Trinity, N.C., December 8, 2020 Rev. Ronald Charles Coward ’66, Scranton, S.C., May 17, 2021 Janet Lee Blakeley Hogan ’66, Winston-Salem, N.C., November 3, 2019 David Henry Patton ’66, Marion, N.C., September 30, 2021 Miriam Jean Stone Funderburk ’67, Charlotte, N.C., December 4, 2021 Joyce Annette Pace Johnson ’67, Anderson, S.C., November 22, 2021 Lewis Samuel Rudisill ’67, Asheville, N.C., January 29, 2021 Lawrence “Bryce” Whitmire ’67, Brevard, N.C., September 29, 2021 Charles “Sandy” Hugh Boykin, Jr. ’68, Roanoke Rapids, N.C., June 14, 2020 Sybil Marie Fain ’68, Landrum, S.C., September 4, 2020 Dorothy Jane Thompson Key ’68, Forest City, N.C., February 19, 2021 Charles “Michael” Parrish ’68, Pfafftown, N.C., February 5, 2021 James “Felton” Stephens ’68, Inman, S.C., January 2, 2022 Donnie Michael Dees ’69, Fayetteville, N.C., January 2, 2022 Donald Rufus Gilreath ’69, Charlotte, N.C., December 14, 2021 James Darwin “D” McIntyre ’69, Raleigh, N.C., June 29, 2021

1970s

Doyle Willard Ammons ’70, Mars Hill, N.C., September 23, 2021 Susan Esther Baker Bell ’70, Clayton, N.C., February 25, 2019 Lee Odus Burry ’70, Mars Hill, N.C., March 20, 2019 Gerald “Jerry” Ronald Davis ’70, Burnsville, N.C., July 3, 2021 Anthony “Tony” Ralph DiNapoli ’70, Holly Springs, N.C., October 17, 2021 William “Marty” Phillips ’70, Hickory, N.C., April 25, 2021 Roger Lewis Pittman ’70, Spruce Pine, N.C., December 11, 2021 Donald “Don” Lee Suggs ’70, Wilmington, N.C., November 3, 2021 Ford Bruce West ’70, Davidsonville, Md., February 14, 2021 Ronald “Ron” Neil Glass ’71, Greensboro, N.C., December 11, 2021 Patricia Ann Brown Griffin ’71, Asheville, N.C., July 28, 2021 Marshall Allen Hill ’72, Rock Hill, S.C., March 2, 2021 Margaret Hawkins Knight ’72, Advance, N.C., October 30, 2021 Othella May Rice Ogle ’72, Marshall, N.C., September 10, 2021 Marlene Gertrude Peeler ’72, Shelby, N.C., September 2, 2021 Harold “Hal” Mellanchamp Reeves, Jr. ’72, Everett, Wash., June 15, 2021 Jane Elizabeth Lorenz Boberg ’73, Supply, N.C., January 27, 2020 Mark Ashton Cope ’73, Anderson, S.C., July 5, 2021 Ruth Hensley Decker ’73, Asheville, N.C., November 12, 2021 Robert E. Lee Gaskey, Jr. ’73, Greensboro, N.C., July 24, 2021 Nancye Laurice Duncan Johnston ’73, Greenville, N.C., August 6, 2021 Joe Murry Carter, Jr. ’74, Chimney Rock, N.C., November 24, 2021 James Robert Dixon ’74, Leeds, Ala., January 19, 2019

In Memoriam

Bonnie Sue Collins Kennedy ’74, Mooresville, N.C., February 10, 2019 Robert “Kirk” Randleman ’74, Clyde, N.C., October 10, 2021 Margaret Elizabeth “Betsy” Rusby ’75, San Diego, Calif., August 29, 2021 John Calvin Critcher, IV ’76, Arden, N.C., June 12, 2019 Amy “Reva” King King ’76, Waynesville, N.C., August 15, 2021 Susan Stewart ReMine ’76, Fletcher, N.C., January 9, 2021 Roger Dean Allison, Sr. ’77, Marshall, N.C., July 26, 2021 Roger “Dean” Foster ’78, Clemmons, N.C., August 24, 2019 Bishop Rickey Dale Hayes ’78, Elkin, N.C., May 5, 2021 Michael Ray Johnston ’78, Charlotte, N.C., February 22, 2021 Rev. Roger Wayne Alewine, Sr. ’80, Gulfport, Miss., January 7, 2021

1980s

Charles Timothy “Tim” Carter ’80, Taylors, S.C., January 19, 2022 Rev. Roy Mace Honeycutt ’80, Asheville, N.C., December 10, 2019 Charles Fred Middleton ’81, Youngsville, N.C., December 25, 2020 Samuel Love Fox ’82, Gainesville, Fla., September 27, 2021 Perry Allen James ’82, Fairview, N.C., January 28, 2021 Terry Ray James ’82, Robbinsville, N.C., April 19, 2021 John Paul Marion, Jr. ’84, Greensboro, N.C., December 3, 2020 Pamela Dawn Taylor ’85, Cherokee, N.C., May 15, 2020 Nancy Robinson Brittain ’86, Mars Hill, N.C., July 15, 2021 Timothy “Tim” Jay Pritchard ’86, Morganton, N.C., September 7, 2021 Patricia Louise Kincade Lausch Engle ’87, Hendersonville, N.C., May 2, 2020 Ruth Elliott Neal ’87, Shelby, N.C., January 10, 2022 June York Patton Biggs ’88, Morganton, N.C., August 21, 2021 John Arthur Dodson ’88, Marshall, N.C., January 1, 2019 Tracy Ulysses Barnes ’89, Moravian Falls, N.C., March 25, 2021 Linda Ford Gregory ’89, Waynesville, N.C., December 25, 2020 Rev. James “Jimmy” Herbert Paul ’89, Mebane, N.C., January 9, 2022 Talitha McDaris Price ’89, Weaverville, N.C., September 5, 2021 Jeffrey Neil Swain ’89, Murphy, N.C., January 4, 2020

1990s

Samuel Webster Gore ’90, Wilmington, N.C., August 2, 2021 Dr. Amelia Beth Easlic Pierce ’90, Oliver Springs, Tenn., January 27, 2022 Jeanetta “Diane” Satterfield ’90, Hendersonville, N.C., July 16, 2019 Janine Kaye Lankford Waits ’90, Harrisburg, N.C., July 10, 2021 Randy Howard ’91, Asheville, N.C., September 19, 2021 Darryl Kent Gosnell ’93, Asheville, N.C., January 25, 2022 Steven “Steve” Daniel Ledford ’93, Canton, N.C., September 2, 2021 Myra Pate Fields ’95, Knoxville, Tenn., September 7, 2021 Howard “Malcolm” Owen, III ’95, Burnsville, N.C., December 22, 2021 Teresa Dianne Guthrie Buckner ’96, Weaverville, N.C., October 10, 2021 Robert “Jason” Dickert ’97, Murphy, N.C., September 16, 2021 Crystal Dora “Gail” Norton Baines ’98, Marshall, N.C., November 18, 2021 Genell Rice King ’99, Marshall, N.C., December 16, 2021

2000s

Dr. David Wayne Robinson ’03, Mars Hill, N.C., January 25, 2022 Steven Christopher “Chris” Spurrier ’06, Candler, N.C., November 9, 2021

Faculty/Staff

George Kelly Humphries, adjunct faculty, Barnardsville, N.C., December 21, 2021 Dr. Walter Lee Stroud, Jr., retired faculty, Weaverville, N.C., July 4, 2021 Dr. Margaret “Pat” Merchant Verhulst, retired faculty, Burnsville, N.C., October 12, 2021 M. Claude Vess, Jr., retired CFO, Burnsville, N.C., May 23, 2021