224 Years and Counting

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COLUMNS
THE MAGAZINE FOR LOUISBURG COLLEGE ALUMNI & FRIENDS
WINTER 2011
The Pathway to Education
224 Years and Counting...
DONOR
HONOR ROLL
Inside
Admissions
Counselor Katie
Price does her
best to focus
on the task at
hand as workers
remove layers of
paint from the
window casings
of Main.
A YEAR OF CAMPUS RENOVATIONS
Scrape, scrape,
pound, pound, beep,
beep…ah, the sounds
of improvement.
You could hear them
all around campus
this past year as
decades of paint
were stripped from
window casings
and replaced with
a fresh coat, outdated storage tanks
were removed, and
outdoor seating areas
were installed.
ADMINISTRATION
Dr. Mark La Branche
President
Dr. James Eck
Dean of the Faculty and Vice President for
Academic Life
Belinda Faulkner
Vice President for Finance
The many updates to
the College this year
included restoration
of two-thirds (175) of
the windows on the
Franklin-Main-Davis
Complex; removal
of five underground
storage tanks; new
lighting on the Main
lawn; new carpeting,
restoration of the altar, and seat reupholstering in Benson Chapel;
and a complete renovation of the first three floors of Franklin Hall.
Also on the list of completed renovations were new curtains for the
Frances Boyette Dickson Auditorium, as well as improvements to
the lobby of the Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center.
The majority of these improvements were made possible by the
contributions of a steady and growing number of generous supporters who believe in the mission of the College and understand the
importance of maintaining the beauty of this historic campus.
TRAVELING EXHIBITION SERIES
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Upcoming Events
At Louisburg College, we take great pride in presenting exciting visual arts exhibits throughout the academic year. We book an
eclectic variety of exhibits from outstanding working artists. In addition, we end each semester with a show of our own students’
works. All exhibits are housed in the Edith C. Lumpkin Community Gallery of the Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center.
SOMEPLACE LIKE HOME: Paintings by Shade Elam Maret (work pictured)
Tuesday, 3/15/2011—Saturday, 4/23/2011
Opening Reception and Gallery Talk/Slide Lecture by Shade Elam Maret, 3/15/2011 at 7 pm
SPRING STUDENT ART SHOW
Tuesday, 4/26/2011
Opening Reception and Awards at 7 pm (one night only)
FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOW, K—11
Thursday, 5/19/2011—Friday, 5/27/2011
FRANKLIN COUNTY SCHOOL SYSTEM SHOW, GRADUATING SENIORS
Thursday, 6/2/2011—High School Graduation Ceremonies
Opening Reception and Awards 6/2/2011 at 7 pm (set-up on Tuesday, 5/31/2011)
Columns cover photo by Leigh Ann Parrish; www.leighannparrishphotography.com
Jason Modlin
Vice President for Student Life
Stephanie Buchanan Tolbert ‘97
Vice President for Enrollment
OFFICE OF INSTITUTIONAL ADVANCEMENT
Kurt Carlson
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
TBA
Director of Annual Giving and Alumni Relations
Carmen Johnston
Manager of Donor Services
Amy Scoggin McManus
Director of Marketing and Communications
and Columns Editor
Robert Poole
Director, Seby B. Jones Performing Arts Center
ALUMNI OFFICERS
William Shelton ‘69
President, Alumni Association
Robert Beck ‘53
President, Golden Anniversary Council
BOARD OF TRUSTEES
Dr. John Cameron
Chairman of the Board
Mr. Michael W. Boddie ‘77
Vice Chairman and Chair of Governance Committee
Ms. Lucy Taylor Allen
Secretary
Mr. Raymond B. Hodges
Assistant Secretary and Chair of Finance and
Endowment Committee
Dr. Edgar J. Boone
Chair of Learning Enterprise Committee
Mr. William R. Cross ‘71
Chair of Advancement Committee
Mr. David (Tad) DeBerry ‘85
Chair of Audit Committee
Ms. Phyllis Bailey
Mr. Thomas L. Blalock
Mr. William H. Dove
Mr. H. John Hatcher, Jr.
Mr. Clyde P. Harris, Jr.
Mr. Seymour Holt ‘49
Mr. Billy R. Merritt ‘53
Ms. Beth M. Norris
Mr. Russell Odom ‘68
Mr. Ely J. Perry, III ‘84
Mr. Fred Roberson ‘62
Ms. Sue C. Robertson
Ms. Kim D. Spivey
Mr. John F. Strotmeyer ‘68
Mr. C. Boyd Sturges
Mr. Roger G. Taylor ‘68
Dr. James P. West
EX-OFFICIO MEMBERS
Ms. Rashetta Bellamy
President, SGA (2010-2011)
Mr. William C. Shelton ‘69
President, Alumni Association
Rev. Jon Strother
Superintendent, Raleigh District - UMC
LOUISBURG COLLEGE
501 N. Main Street Louisburg, NC 27549
1.800.775.0208
www.louisburg.edu
919.496.2521
OUR MISSION
Related by faith to The United Methodist Church, Louisburg College is committed to offering a supportive community which nurtures
young men and women intellectually, culturally, socially, physically and spiritually. As a two-year residential institution, we provide
a bridge for students to make a successful transition from high school seniors to colleges and universities.
Renewal
Leaning Forward in Faith,
Claiming a Great Future
Dear friends,
In nearly 225 years of service, Louisburg College has experienced many cycles of renewal. Regardless of the challenges we have faced, those surrounding the College have always leaned
forward in faith to claim a great future. Once again the College is in a period of renewal, and we
are reaching out to claim a great future for the institution, but also in the lives of our students.
Louisburg College continues to be a place where young lives are transformed and futures are
changed.
Mark and Mona La Branche, Christmas 2010
I recently attended the celebration of the life of
Mildred Fry, Louisburg College class of 1929.
Mildred was one of our oldest living alumni,
living to the age of 99 1/2 (her obituary is on
page 56). In 1929, as she attended the College, the Great Depression began and the Main
Building suffered from a devastating fire. It
must have been a very challenging time for her
and the College, but Mildred always leaned
forward in faith when it came to Louisburg
College. Through her 81 years of engagement
with the College as a student, alumna, trustee,
and trustee emeritus, she witnessed and participated in numerous cycles of renewal.
It is important for an institution to have faithful and loyal friends when the road gets tough, but
it is even more important that faithful and loyal friends join us on the road of renewal. We are
stepping into a Great Future. The Great Futures Campaign described on pages 4-5 will help to
ensure that Louisburg College will move into the future even more effectively in its mission to
transform the lives of our students.
It is my hope and prayer that you will join us!
Faithfully yours,
President, Louisburg College
Aftermath of the Main Building fire, 1929
LOUISBURG TO LAUNCH GREAT FUTURES
CAMPAIGN TO RAISE $15 MILLION FOR
FACILITIES AND PROGRAMS
BY B O B BY WAY N E C L A R K*
Watch this space over the next three years as Columns reports on the progress of the Great Futures
Campaign and the people whose vision and generosity will help Louisburg College flourish into its third century.
T
his fall, Louisburg College
will launch
the three-year
public phase of a $15
million campaign that
will provide muchneeded improvements in program
and facilities. The
Great Futures Campaign goals include renovations to
the Seby B. Jones Performing Arts
Center, the Holton Gymnasium,
and the Jordan Student Center, as
well as funds for scholarships and
an Academic Success Center for
all students. There are also plans
to construct a fieldhouse near the
College’s athletic fields. Already, the
College has raised almost $3 million through gifts in the campaign’s
“quiet phase” (read about recent
campaign commitments on page 36).
The campaign’s fundraising priorities
are one outcome of an intensive
planning process involving members
of the President’s Cabinet, trustees,
and key faculty and staff leaders
over the past year. Another result
is a three-year strategic plan that
plots out improvements in all areas
of the College. The campaign and
strategic improvements are aimed
at advancing one fundamental goal:
to ensure that the only private twoyear college in North Carolina will
continue to provide deserving students with a high-quality and affordable residential college experience.
A successful conclusion to the
Great Futures Campaign will help
Louisburg write an exciting new
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chapter in its remarkable history.
The college that traces its beginnings to 1787, which survived
closure during the Civil War and
averted bankruptcy in the Great
Depression, will earn new distinction as the oldest two-year, coeducational, church-related college in
America.
“The story of Louisburg College is
a story of perseverance,” says Dr.
Mark La Branche, who became the
school’s 27th president in January
2009. “It is a long history of preparing students for the world in which
they will live. The Louisburg story is
compelling for alumni and all those
who support us, and is the source
of our greatest strength.”
higher education,” he says, “creates a pathway of social mobility for
generations of students, serves as a
strong social witness, and fulfills an
important aspect of the mission of
the United Methodist Church.”
“We aim to create believers in our
alumni and larger communities,” he
declares. “Our student body has
changed over the years but our mission is unchanged. We are continuing our work in transforming the
lives of students and helping them
become good citizens in a democracy that needs good citizens more
than ever.”
Dr. La Branche himself attended a
two-year college, which has proved
to be a formative experience in his
life as well as his education. As an
ordained elder in the United Methodist Church, with eighteen years
of parish ministry experience, he
emphasizes the College’s faith-based
mission. He speaks of helping students “lay hold” of their potential,
and applauds the “incredible staff
and faculty” for their devotion to
the mission. “People are called to
be here. That’s part of the Methodist tradition—an academic transformation that has a social mission,” he
says.
“This campaign is an essential next
step in strengthening and anchoring the College,” the president says.
“We need an Academic Success
Center that would let us be the
best we can be for our students.
That center would take the studentdevelopment tools and strategies
of our highly successful Learning
Partners program and, to the extent
possible, make them available to the
entire student body. That’s a reflection of our desire to do more of
what we already do well. We want
to be true to our mission even as
society has changed. We can be a
significant institution in our region
while rebuilding our historic ties to
the Louisburg and Franklin County
communities.”
“The mission of Christian higher education is to challenge each student
to ask the simple, but profound
question, ‘What has God called
me to do with my life?’ Providing
quality, affordable, and accessible
There is evident and growing excitement about the transformation
this campaign can accomplish in
Louisburg’s facilities and programs.
Faculty, staff, and key volunteer
leaders, called “champions,” talk
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about their hopes for new programs and improved facilities (see sidebar of campaign priorities and champions). They eagerly outline what
new technology and classroom space could mean
to students across the curriculum, from art to
mathematics, and how nice it would be for small
groups to have meeting spaces in the Student
Center, rather than in large classrooms. Athletes
imagine what it would be like to change clothes
in a new fieldhouse, rather than on the fourth
floor of Main Building, and what a renovated
gymnasium would look like. Inevitably, discussion turns to the importance of more scholarship
support for students at Louisburg—the kinds of
students who would benefit the most from help.
Jeff Olbrys, assistant professor of mathematics,
knows very well how Louisburg helps students.
Ten years ago, the Lockheed-Martin engineer and
navy veteran took a cut in pay to begin a more
rewarding life as a teacher at Louisburg. Over
those years, Olbrys has had what he calls “the
best seat in the house” to watch what Louisburg
can do. “I get to be in the front of the classroom
“The Louisburg story is compelling for alumni and
all those who support us, and is the source of
our greatest strength.” —President La Branche
Campaign Priorities
Annual Giving
GOAL: $3,500,000
Champions: William Shelton ’69 and Robert Beck ‘53
Capital
GOAL: $3,500,000
PRIORITIES
GYMNASIUM RENOVATION
$500,000
Champion: Roger Taylor ‘68
NEW FIELD HOUSE
$1,500,000
Champion: TBA
PERFORMING ARTS CENTER UPGRADES
$350,000
Champions: Parker and Lynda Lumpkin, Lucy Allen
and I can see when the light bulb goes on, when
a student really gets it.” Over ten years he has
seen a lot of students “get it,” he says.
STUDENT CENTER RENOVATION
$250,000
Champions: Sue Robertson and Russ Odom ‘68
“Part of our mission historically is helping students make the transition from wherever they
start to success in the university down the
street. We only get them for a small slice of
time—two years—but in that time a student can
come here and become a leader and be a starting
player as a freshman. It’s easy to see the effect
we have as teachers,” says the former engineer.
“I think that is true of donors. You can make
a big, big difference with a gift to Louisburg. A
$100,000 gift to Duke is one of a great many.
But here, that $100,000 would transform the
classroom experience of mathematics. We give a
lot of value for the money.”
CAMPUS INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS
$250,000
Champion: Ely Perry ’84
Be a champion for Louisburg College. Support
the people and values of this historic College that
mean the most to you. You will help today’s faculty do the College’s special work—transforming the lives of deserving students. For further
information about the Great Futures Campaign
and ways to support it, contact Kurt Carlson,
Vice President for Institutional Advancement,
919.497.3325 or [email protected].
*Bobby Wayne Clark is a writer specializing in higher
education issues. He has worked at Brown, Wesleyan,
Duke, Guilford, and Elon in various journalistic and
communications positions.
Program
GOAL: $1,000,000
PRIORITY
Academic Success Center
$500,000
Champion: John Strotmeyer ‘68
Endowment and Planned Giving
GOAL: $7,000,000
Champion: Dr. Reginald Ponder
PRIORITIES
UNRESTRICTED
$3,000,000
SCHOLARSHIPS (MERIT AND NEED)
$2,000,000
LECTURE SERIES
$100,000
C O N C E RT S TAG E D E D I C AT E D
On the evening of November 12th, Louisburg College and the children of Emily and Scott Gardner (pictured below)
proudly dedicated the Emily and Scott Gardner Concert Stage in the Frances Boyette Dickson Auditorium of the Seby B.
Jones Performing Arts Center. During a dinner at the Person Place, friends and family members gathered with President La
Branche and a group of LC staff to dine and share fond memories of
their parents.
Emily and Scott met at Louisburg College and married in 1948; both
were members of the Class of 1946. As a member of Wesley Memorial United Methodist Church for over sixty years, Emily served
faithfully as a Sunday School teacher, choir member, circle member,
youth leader, and board member. Emily was honored to serve on the
Louisburg College Board of Trustees from 1992-2008. Scott had a
successful career as owner of Warrenton Furniture Exchange, and
was also very supportive of the College. Both regularly attended the
Allen de Hart Concert Series.
Honoring their parents: (From L-R) Cathy Gardner, David Gardner,
Janet Adair, Susan Creed, and Richard Creed at the November dedication
Emily, who passed away in November 2009 at the age of 81, was preceded in death nine years ago by Scott. The couple are survived by a
son, David Gardner, and his wife, Cathy, of Warrenton, along with
two daughters: Janet Adair, and husband, Dodd, of Birmingham, AL, and Susan Creed and husband, Richard, of Greensboro. They also have nine grandchildren: Angela Thatcher; Clint Lorek; Matthew Gardner; Lauren, David, and Scott Adair;
and Jason, Megan, and Adam Creed; and two great-grandchildren: Avery and Breanna Thatcher.
2010 Speaker Series: A View From the Top
The College was honored to host Supreme Court Correspondent Robert Barnes (pictured) as the guest speaker in the
Fall 2010 Speaker Series held October 19th in the Frances Boyette Dickson Auditorium.
Barnes has been a reporter and editor at The Washington Post for more than twenty years, covering politics, government
and, since November 2006, the Supreme Court.
Early in his career at the Post as the deputy national editor in charge of
domestic policy, he supervised coverage of the Supreme Court, Justice
Department, the census, demographics, and race. As political editor
during the first term of the Clinton Administration, he coordinated
coverage of national politics, the White House, and Congress. He also
served as metropolitan editor, directing the Post’s local coverage of the
District, Maryland, and Virginia.
Presidential Inauguration
On Friday, April 16, 2010, The Rev. Dr. Mark David La Branche
was installed as the 27th president of Louisburg College.
Although La Branche had served as acting president
since January 2009, this very special day allowed the
College and surrounding community the chance
to officially recognize and celebrate La Branche’s
leadership.
The day began with a luncheon for delegates and
College trustees in the south wing of the Seby
B. Jones Performing Arts Center. Preceding the
inaugural program, Mr. Alan Davis, the great-great
grandson of the 11th president of Louisburg College, Matthew S. Davis, and the grandnephew of
the 12th president of Louisburg College, Mary Davis Allen, kicked off the inaugural ceremonies with
an organ concert in the Frances Boyette Dickson
Auditorium. Trumpeter Don Eagle joined Davis
in the processional music, “The Crown Imperial.”
The processions were led by College Marshals Lisa
Burchfield George, Scott Jeffrey Clagg, Shakeila
Lashawn Jones, and Chief Marshall Uriel Orlando
Rivera-Quintero.
The inaugural program, which was presided over
by Dr. John Cameron (pictured far right), Louisburg College chairman of the Board of Trustees,
included greetings from the Mayor of Louisburg;
NC Representative Lucy T. Allen; and Mr. Alfred
Gwinn, bishop of the North Carolina Conference of
the United Methodist Church. The Rev. Jon Strother, the
Raleigh district superintendent of the United Methodist
Church, delivered the invocation. Bishop Paul Duffey, the
bishop in residence at First United Methodist Church in
He returned to reporting in August 2005 as a political reporter and columnist, and began covering the Roberts Court in its second term. He
took a brief break to cover the presidential race during the summer and
fall of 2008, and returned to the court after the election. He covered the
nominations and confirmations of Justices Sonia Sotomayor and Elena
Kagan.
He gave up all thoughts of law school for a career in newspapers after taking a journalism class at the University of
Florida. It did not occur to him, as it apparently did to others, that he could do both.
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The First Family (L-R): Son, Robert, and his wife, Mindy; Mark and Mona
La Branche; Granddaughter, Maggie Delikat; Daughter, Emily Delikat; and
Mona’s parents, Delores and Russell Maxwell
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Montgomery, Alabama, gave the inaugural address. Duffey, who La Branche describes as his “mentor,” spoke of
the president’s “vision, persistence, desire for growth,
and an ability to recognize all who help.” Miss Shekanah
Solomon, student body representative for the inauguration, reflected upon La Branche’s integrity, persistence,
openness, and hospitality.
A festival choir, comprised of Louisburg College students
and choir members from Louisburg United Methodist
Church, performed throughout the program. Ms. Phyllis
Ihrie from the College’s business office accompanied the
choir on the piano. Mr. Larry Speakman, LC director of
chorale activities, and Mr. Craig Eller, LC English professor and Louisburg United Methodist Church choral director, provided musical direction. The program came to
a close with La Branche delivering an inaugural response
in which he recognized the commitment of the College
faculty and staff. “They stood firm in the face of what
sometimes appeared to be overwhelming challenges, and
cleared a path for God’s providence to work.”
A reception on the lawn of the Jones Center following the
inauguration included live music by a string quartet.
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Profiles in
TEACHING
Profiles in
TEACHING
Profiles in
TEACHING
One of the most important roles for an academic dean is to serve as an advocate for
the faculty. With the following “Profiles In Teaching,” we showcase the talents of eight
full-time faculty members at Louisburg College. As you read about my colleagues, you
will clearly sense their commitment to our students as we work together to continue to
build strong foundations for great futures—just as we have for last 224 years.
I have had the privilege of serving as academic dean since June 1, 2010. I am honored
to lead a group of faculty members who not only have extensive expertise within their
fields of study, but who also care deeply about learning and how to help our students
achieve the highest levels of success. If you’re wondering where transformational learning occurs, that’s what we do here at Louisburg College—one student at a time.
Biology Instructor Jennith Thomas with students
— Dr. James Eck, Dean of the Faculty
Dr. James (Jim) Eck serves as the dean of the faculty and vice president for academic life.
Prior to coming to Louisburg, he spent five years at Samford University (Birmingham, Alabama)
and eight years at Rollins College (Winter Park, Florida). Jim earned an undergraduate and
graduate degree in psychology from Ball State University (Muncie, Indiana), an MBA from Samford University, and a PhD in higher education from the University of Georgia.
Will Hinton
PROFESSOR OF VISUAL ART
M
y name is Will Hinton.
I’ve been employed at
Louisburg College for
over twenty-seven years,
where I hold the rank of
professor of visual art. I
currently teach Foundation Drawing 111A, Ceramics-Pottery 136A, and
Art Appreciation 111A. I am also responsible for all
curatorial work in the Louisburg College Permanent
Art Collection and in the Traveling Exhibitions Art
Gallery housed in the Jones Auditorium.
and academics at Louisburg High School. My oldest
daughter, Camilla, is graduating from North Carolina State University in the Spring of 2011, majoring
in fashion marketing and design.
I grew up in northeastern North Carolina in a small
town named Gatesville, population 300. I knew
everyone in the town. Both of my parents grew up
there, and both of my grandmothers lived there.
One of them, Addie, taught me how to work with
my hands, sewing, cooking, and gardening. The
other one, Camilla (a 1919 LC alumna), taught me
about perseverance, history, and politics. I have
always trusted in this strength of “family.” Each semester I try to create in my classes some sense of
this community, trust, and interdependence which
was modeled for me growing up.
Louisburg College has provided me the metaphorical and physical space to realize my potential as an
artist and an educator. Ideas and quotes are both
vital and cheap to me at the same time. What I
mean is that one should not hold on too tightly
to either, because you won’t move on to the next
one. The quote that I am looking at right at this
moment as I type this is from one of my heroes,
Vincent Van Gogh, “I am not an adventurer by
choice, but by fate.” I turn my head and I see this
from Leonardo da Vinci, “Where the hand does not
work with the spirit there is no art.”
My partner of twenty-five years, Pat, is one of our
librarians here at Louisburg College, and is also
an accomplished landscape painter. My youngest
daughter, Zoe, is sixteen and enjoys both athletics
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I received my A.A.
Degree from Chowan
College in 1977, my
B.F.A. from East Carolina University in 1980,
and my M.F.A. from The
New York State College
of Ceramics at Alfred
University in 1982. I have
completed additional academic work at both Duke
University and North Carolina State University. In
addition to my teaching responsibilities here at LC,
I have been fortunate to teach at two of the most
respected art and craft schools in the United States:
Penland School of Crafts in the mountains of NC,
and at Anderson Ranch in Aspen, Colorado. I have
planned, created, and installed five different public art
installations across NC, and
received a National Endowment for the Arts grant for
my design team’s work with
The Arts Council of Wilson. In 2001, I created and
installed the Davis Circle
College Seal—a permanent
installation on the LC campus. Since
1983, my work has been shown in twenty individual and group exhibitions.
I am in the midst of ideation and design of our Louisburg College Labyrinth to be installed in the Summer
of 2011 in front of the Cecil Robbins Library. Initial
project funding has come from the Louisburg College GAC, the Franklin County Arts Council, and LC
Trustee Fred Roberson.
WHAT IS A LABYRINTH?
During my tenure I’ve been the 1995 LC Commencement Speaker, the 1988 Outstanding Faculty
Member (initial recipient), the 2005-2006 Faculty
Chair, Chair of the Franklin County Annual Fund
Drive, and member of the following committees:
Faculty Senate, Salary and Benefits, LC Bicentennial,
Faculty Development and Evaluation (chair), Academic Affairs, Long-Range Planning, Public Affairs,
and SACS Steering Committee.
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A labyrinth is an ancient spiritual
tool. Seen at its core, a tool is an instrument of amplification. A tool increases what we can accomplish. A
labyrinth is a tool of transformation and a crucible for change
in our lives. It is a container which you walk into,
contemplate, and out
of; where your psyche
meets your soul. A
labyrinth is also a devotional tool where
walking
meditation
takes place. It heals
and comforts, confronts
and supports, as it helps
the participant remember
the ancient paths where others
have journeyed before. A labyrinth
allows us to experience the rhythm
of our souls as we are woven into the
mercy of God’s grace and forgive-
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ness. This winding circuitous walk
symbolizes a pilgrim’s walk with
their faith. The Louisburg College
Labyrinth is patterned on the floor
labyrinth in Chartres Cathedral. Our
labyrinth is a seven circuit circular labyrinth which will
be forty feet in diameter,
constructed out of cut
common brick and cast
concrete. My goal is for
this installation to be
sturdy enough for a car
to drive over it and a
tractor to scrape ice off
of it; while retaining a
lyrical, delicate invitation
for a child to dance their way
on its winding path. This tool
for walking meditation will always
be open to our Louisburg College students, staff, faculty, and alumni; as
well as all community members and
visitors on their particular journey.
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Dan
Bartholomew
A
s full-time
faculty at
Louisburg
College, my
mission is
to develop
a multifaceted music program. Our
students come to us with
an abundance of talents; our
charge as teachers is to provide guidance and opportunities for that talent to be put
to use, for the benefit of both
the student and the community.
include implementing a
pep band with a drumline to provide support
to our athletic teams.
I grew up in a rural
community along the
Kentucky/West Virginia
border and I feel great
loyalty toward that
region. However, in
the five years since my
husband and I married
and bought a home in
Franklin County, this
place has become dear
to us and to our family.
Even before my recent
employment as music
faculty at Louisburg
College, I volunteered
with the Franklin County Arts
Council, serving on the Board
of Directors and as a judge of
the 2009 International Whistler’s Competition in Louisburg.
My responsibilities on campus
this semester have included
individual piano and voice
lessons, music appreciation
classes, and a small vocal
ensemble. In addition, I have
had the privilege to work
closely with Chaplain Davis to
provide music for our weekly
chapel service. I have come to
know many of our students as
My own musical training and
curious, talented and enthusihistory are vital to the teachastic, and as I look at my class
er I am today. I
rosters for
received a bachthe spring
“It is my belief that as
elor’s degree in
semester I
human beings we all have
fine arts with an
am thrilled
emphasis in clariand optimis- a special connection to
net performance
tic. I have
music.”
from Marshall
every conUniversity where I
fidence that
also participated in and comwe have some amazing music
pleted the prestigious Society
in our future here at the Colof Yeager Scholars academic
lege and I am blessed to be a
program. I earned a master of
part of it. My immediate plans
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INS T R U C T O R O F C H EMIS T R Y
M
music in clarinet from Ohio
University and completed
four semesters of graduate
work in ethnomusicology at
Wesleyan University in Connecticut.
Throughout my life I have
been active as a vocalist and
I currently sing with the
chancel choir at Louisburg
United Methodist Church.
It is my belief that as human
beings we all have a special
connection to music and that
as a teacher I should take
full advantage of that fact. I
look forward to helping make
music an important asset and
attribute of Louisburg College
and the Louisburg community.
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y first
day with
Louisburg
College
was August 16,
2010—the day before the first
day of classes. Most students
have been here longer than I
have so it’s hard to imagine that
anyone has been here a shorter
period of time. I have the opportunity and pleasure to work
and learn with students enrolled
in general chemistry, chemistry
of life, and elementary algebra.
After obtaining an associate’s
degree earlier in life from
Haywood Community College,
it wasn’t until I was forty-three
years old that I earned my
undergraduate degree in chemistry from Western Carolina
University (my second attempt
at higher education—there was
a time when surfing was just
more important…). I earned my
graduate degree in chemistry
from the same college two years
later.
Before completing my degrees,
I was a stone mason and then a
general contractor. Believe me
when I say that I fully understand the value of education. I
have experienced firsthand the
opportunities that education
offers and the doors it opens. I
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know the difference it makes—
in one’s thinking, understanding,
planning, and in her/his job opportunities and earning potential.
I spent eleven years working
as a research and development
manager for Nomacorc, LLC, in
Zebulon, NC. During this time I
had the opportunity to develop
an early prototype wine closure
that became the leading global
synthetic wine closure, with
sales of two billion closures in
2008. I worked with legal entities to create and protect patents (I have three) and helped
our company comply with governing agencies (FDA and EU).
In that role, I had the opportunity to travel to Australia, South
Africa, Argentina, Germany,
and France. I have never been
good at completely leaving the
classroom behind. Even while
doing this work, I taught several
courses at community colleges,
as well at Western Carolina and
NC State.
When I’m not working or teaching or learning, I enjoy coastal
fishing and oil painting. I also like
to garden and cook (and eat). I
have been known to knock the
little white ball around the golf
course, too. For me, life-long
learning is the only option. Last
year I enrolled, as a non-degree
student at NC State, in microbiBuilding Strong Foundations for Great Futures
Photo by lc freshman daniel carroll
Angela
Adkins
D I RE C T O R O F C H O R A L A C T I V I T I E S
A N D I NS T R U C T O R O F MU S I C
ology coursework. It was fascinating to learn about the zillions
of tiny complex organisms that
inhabit the earth with us.
In my new role at Louisburg,
I welcome the opportunity to
engage students. My goal (in
addition to teaching basic chemistry and concepts) is to challenge them to develop critical
thinking and problem-solving
skills. In the process, they are
engaging me to find the best
and most effective strategies to
present essential and sometimes
difficult materials. We began our
coursework together by thinking and expressing our mutual
expectations; this agreement has
provided the background for
this exploration. We address
challenges as opportunities for
reframing and exploring varied
classroom strategies (daily quizzes, small group work and even
occasional M&M candy rewards)
that lead to the development
of new and life-long learning
skills and ultimately success. The
students know that I am a true
chemistry geek. If sharing my
authentic excitement, curiosity,
and joy about chemistry gets
them to wonder about chemistry and/or how things work in
the universe, they’re thinking—
and learning. That’s why I’m
here…and delighted to be part
of Louisburg College.
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Jennith Thomas
INS TRU C TOR OF B I OLOGY
I
have been at Louisburg College since 2002,
teaching biology, world regional geography,
and botany. I have served on the Judicial
Board since 2004 and have also been one of
the faculty members on the Board of Trustees’ Building and Grounds Committee.
them study this curriculum as surely as they do their
academics.
It upsets me when my students waste their time and
money, and I noticed that they were always done with
lab in less than the allotted three hours. According to
I attended the
University of
Oklahoma,
and also
West Texas
A&M University where I
earned a B.A.
in geography
magna cum
laude and an
M.S. in biology. My academic work
prepared me
to be a scientist, but the
rest of my life
prepared me
to teach.
God calls you to is the
place where your deep
gladness and the world’s
deep hunger meet.’”
I was a professional actor
for seven
years, and
can draw on that experience to gather and hold my
students’ attention. I also designed kitchens, toiled in
an editorial library, worked in the kitchen of a nursing home, worked in various scientific labs, and wrote
a “Dear Abby” horoscope column for a newspaper
in New Mexico. My life has made me a generalist,
which is critical for teachers. Our students haven’t
come here just to study biology, geography, math, or
English, they have come to learn about being independent, cooperative, and self-directed, and we help
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Kansas State University, which teaches all its introductory biology courses this way. I learned that this
form of teaching is called “studio instruction,” and
that as far as anyone knew, the only schools in the
country offering studio biology courses were Kansas
State University, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute,
and Louisburg College. Our studio strategy is still
being honed to provide the best instruction possible for each student, but $450 times forty students
per semester means that
students are spending
“I am a believer in
$18,000 worth of otherFrederick Buechner’s
wise-wasted instructional
observation: ‘The place time actually learning.
I have worked in the field
on environmental impact
statements and Playa Lake
research, but since coming to Louisburg College,
I have devoted most of
my time to teaching both here and in the community
(the College used to offer a summer science camp
for local youngsters, and my colleagues and I judge
science fairs and visit elementary schools in Franklin
and surrounding counties). Recently, however, we
were offered an opportunity to partner with Virginia
State University on a grant from NASA. Thanks to
this grant, four of our best students will intern for
eight weeks at the Goddard Space Flight Center in
Washington, DC in 2011, 2012, and 2013—twelve
students in all. This is an opportunity offered to only
a few, and I am excited to have participated in bringing it to Louisburg.
I am here because this is where I was led to fulfill
my vocation. I am a believer in Frederick Buechner’s
observation: “The place God calls you to is the place
where your deep gladness and the world’s deep
hunger meet.”
Louisburg College is partnering with Virginia State University on a CIPAIR (Curriculum
Improvements Partnership Award for the Integration of Research) grant from NASA supporting undergraduate science research at minority-serving institutions. Our share of the
funding is $156,000 over three years, some of which will come to the College directly to be
used for classroom supplies and help to cover salaries and travel
expenses. Each summer for the next three years (2011, 2012, 2013),
Thomas will accompany a group of four LC students to an internship
at the Goddard Space Flight Center in Washington, DC. Participants
will receive a stipend for this internship and their expenses will be covered by the grant.
my calculations, a student who leaves the lab an hour
early each week wastes about $32 each time—almost
$450 per semester—and I have that much less time
to teach. I wanted to give the students more time on
task, so I asked to be able to offer my classes as three
two-hour blocks of teaching time per week. Each day
we have lecture and some kind of activity to reinforce
the concepts we’ve been learning.
A year or so after we started, I read an article about
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“We will be initiating a research project on the local level, and then inputting our data to the computers at the GSFC for analysis,” Thomas explains. “No project
has been chosen yet, but I’m leaning toward doing something with the Tar River. I hope to
meet with representatives from the Tar River Conservancy in the coming months to discuss our options for partnering on this project.”
For more information about CIPAIR, please visit
www.nasa.gov/offices/education/programs/descriptions/Curriculum_Improvements_Partnership_Award.html
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Leej
Copperfield
Karen Martin
“I look forward each day to
collaborating with our students
as we work together to learn
how to express language clearly
on paper.”
DIR EC T O R O F LEAR NING S ER V IC ES
W R I TIN G C EN TE R D I RE CTOR
T
his is my
sixth year
at Louisburg College. When
I was hired
to “run” the
Writing Center, I was told that
not many students utilized the
free service that the College
offered. My job, then, was to
make the Writing Center a
welcoming place where students would want to get help
with their writing.
Now, the Writing Center is
a thriving and, at times, overflowing support center where
students come and go each
day for grammar, writing, and
revision tutoring. I also teach
English classes as needed,
including expository writing, argument-based writing,
and literature courses. Currently, I am a member of the
Handbook Committee and the
Academic Affairs Committee.
Prior to obtaining my M.A.
degree from Duke University, I worked as an editor
on several published projects
at Duke University Medical
Center. Then, as a graduate
student, I had the privilege of
studying with Harvard’s visiting
professor, Dr. George Gopen,
who helped me define a way
to teach writing that is both
logical and learner-friendly. His
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I
have a long association with
Louisburg College. Not only am
I the director of Learning Partners, a program serving college
students with learning disabilities (LD) and AD/HD, but I am
also an alumna of the College. I
came to LC through the Weekend College
Program in 1997 after my youngest child,
Olivia, started pre-school. While working
on my degree, I was hired as a financial aid
counselor.
Learning Partners (LP) began as a pilot
program in 1999, and, after some discussion with LP personnel and a profound
passion for understanding differences in
learning, I decided my career path led in
the direction of psychology, with an emphasis on LD and AD/HD.
approach, interestingly enough,
built on my earlier tennis
training with Dennis van der
Meer, who emphasized breaking entire strokes and strategies down into the most basic
elements, making the pieces
easier to grasp and to incorporate as successful habits. I find
both of these teaching strategies useful in helping students
understand how to put a paper
together successfully.
After receiving my graduate
degree, I worked as a dissertation writing consultant for Dr.
Edgar Boone’s (a LC Trustee)
NCSU doctoral students. In
addition, I served as an editor
for Suzanne Stevens, a Winston-Salem based author and
dyslexia specialist who proBuilding Strong Foundations for Great Futures
vided an excellent introduction
to dyslexia, AD/HD, and other
learning disabilities as well as
to teaching strategies for LD
students. Both roles prepared
me to work with flexibility
and with an appreciation for
a myriad of writing styles and
abilities.
Now, at Louisburg College, I
look forward each day to collaborating with our students
as we work together to learn
how to express language clearly on paper. The successes of
each student always make me
happy, but I strive daily to find
ways to improve my teaching so that more students will
benefit from being enrolled at
Louisburg College and utilizing
the Writing Center.
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I received my bachelor’s degree in psychology from Peace College, and interned with the disability office at Peace
and the LP program at Louisburg while finishing up that degree. Upon graduation, I became a full-time learning specialist in LP while working on my master’s in clinical psychology at North Carolina Central University. In
2008, after five years as a learning specialist, I completed my master’s degree and became the director of LP, the
very program that informed my career path almost ten years prior!
While in college, I discovered that I had struggled with undiagnosed AD/HD. Because this disorder is often a
“hidden disability,” particularly in girls with the Inattentive Type, diagnosis is sometimes made late in life. However, this struggle set me on a quest for knowledge and a life of service to others who struggle with differences,
and I am so fortunate to have a job I love where I am able to share strategies and give hope to young adults with
similar challenges. I tell my students that big successes come by taking small steps consistently over time. My own life attests to that, and I encourage students to keeping moving
forward in spite of setbacks that come their way.
“I tell my
I am interested in the relationship between psycho-educational testing and intervention
strategy. My thesis focused on college students with LD and AD/HD, SAT scores, and the
influence of academic supports on student outcome. As part of my practicum, I completed
750 hours at Whitaker School conducting psychotherapy and psychological testing for
troubled youth. In addition to serving as the director of disabilities at LC, I am a member
of the Learning Enterprise, Division Chair, Academic Life, and Academic Council Committees.
My son, Isaac, continues the tradition of attending LC, where he is currently a sophomore.
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students that
big successes
come by
taking small
steps consistently
over time.”
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Sheilah Cotten
ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF SOCIOLOGY
RETIRED SOFTBALL COACH
I
came to LC in 1977
after completing my
master’s in education
from East Carolina
University. I was
hired by President J.
Allen Norris, Dean
C. Edward Brown, and Athletic Director Russell Frazier, for
all of whom I have much admiration, respect, and gratitude.
My life’s work has been all
about and for Louisburg College. This is the place that I
could make the biggest difference in the lives of young
people. Hopefully, I have
opened as many doors of opportunities for our students as
have been opened in my own
life.
I was blessed to have had
the opportunity to coach at
Louisburg for twenty-eight
years. During that time, the
student-athletes I worked with
left me with many treasured
memories and experiences.
Serving as Region X Director
and NJCAA Softball Committee Chair provided me opportunities to travel nationally and
internationally, develop professionally, and form lifetime
friendships with my fellow
coaches in women’s sports.
In addition, I have served on
numerous committees as a
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member of the faculty, including committees of the Board
of Trustees; Faculty Senate;
Faculty Review; Faculty Professional Development and Evaluation; and Academic Affairs
and Student Life.
improving and innovative
technologies used in the
classroom. Traditional lecture
and classroom instruction is
rapidly being replaced by a
multitude of different learning systems and techniques
utilizing online and web-based
programs.
Being a teacher first and
always emphasizing the STUDENT in student-athlete, I
It is essential that LC continwanted to end
ues to improve
my career as an
its information
instructor in the “My life’s work has been
technology infraclassroom. Menstructure and we
all about and for Louistally and physiexpand our utilizacally exhausted
tion of technology
burg College. This is the
after twentyin the classroom.
place
that
I
could
make
eight years of
Laptops, Ipads, and
coaching, I was
Smartphones are
the biggest difference in
offered an opsupplying
the lives of young people.” quickly
portunity to
access to ebooks,
teach the sociolaudio books, and
ogy courses that our beloved
an unlimited array of resource
Bob Butler had taught for
material that is rapidly transso many years. Infused with
forming education as we have
new energy and enthusiasm,
traditionally known and underI attended NC State and NC
stood it. Through the use of
Central for a summer and fall
technology, I believe we can
session, taking coursework,
improve our student learning
and renewed my love for and
outcomes and better increase
knowledge in sociology. Curour ability to reach the nurently in my thirty-fourth year,
merous students we have
I hope to continue in the classwith various learning styles
room as long as my passion
and needs. In today’s society,
burns inside for academia and I
just as sport is entertainment,
can be of value to the students
education requires offering
I serve.
students an exciting and challenging opportunity to learn!
I am very interested in the
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Tommy Jenkins
O
INSTRUCTOR OF ENGLISH AND FACULTY CHAIR
n a sparkling clear August day in 2007, I arrived for my first day as an instructor at Louisburg College. I strode through the front doors of Taft confident, yet a little nervous, and I
immediately realized I had no idea
where my classes were located; I
had left the schedule sheet at home.
Luckily, some nice soul quickly let
me know the room numbers and I
was on my way. Now in my second year as a full-time
faculty member, I find myself one of the veterans who
can point the way to both new faculty and students.
I love to teach. It took me a while to recognize my true
career calling, but I have now found a wonderful home,
more than just a job, at Louisburg College.
Once upon a time I was living in Manhattan and working at a large publishing firm. I had received promotions,
been given some major responsibilities, and had a clear
professional path. But I soon understood that it was not
what I wanted. I wanted to teach and learn and be in an
environment where those things were possible. After
living in New York for almost ten years, I gave up the
corporate job and the big city life and moved back to
North Carolina.
Small gestures can often be life-altering events. After I
finished graduate school at NC State, a professor sent
me an e-mail from Louisburg College about opportunities to teach part-time. I
jumped at the chance and
now I can look on my deci“We are blessed to sion
to move, my decision
have a wonderful
to go back to school, and
my decision to respond to a
faculty. I consider
forwarded e-mail as acts of
myself very lucky”
fate. Or they were at least acts pretty close to fate. That is what it felt like when I
found my calling here at Louisburg.
Teaching English composition, literature, and creative writing allows me to impart things I have learned both
in school and in the corporate world. Having also studied film at Columbia University—and I actually made a
couple of short films—I think I am able to relate English and the written word to other mediums. I like to bring
in exercises learned from creative writing classes into a first year English composition class because it forces
students to see a topic in a different perspective. It also shows students that we are going to expand our conceptions of analysis in college.
I am thrilled to be a part of Louisburg College and to work daily with our students. It is a joy to see student
progression. We are blessed to have a wonderful faculty. I consider myself very lucky.
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2010 Alumni Events
Spring Alumni Weekend
The College hosted its Spring Alumni Weekend April
15th and 16th. The weekend began with a meeting of
the Golden Anniversary Council. Council President
Robert Beck ‘53 presided over the meeting in which
the group discussed council business and upcoming
events.
Members of the Golden Anniversary Council gathered in Benson
Chapel during the Spring 2010 Alumni Weekend
Other weekend events included campus history tours,
hosted by College staff member Leigh Ann Parrish; an
alumni luncheon; an awards dinner; a meeting of the
Alumni Association; an art studio open house hosted
by Art Professor Will Hinton as he created a piece
of pottery; the inauguration of President La Branche;
and tours of the Franklin Male Academy Building (on
campus) and Person Place (adjacent to campus on
Main Street), where guests could stroll through two
of Louisburg’s most historic buildings, view displays,
and record memories through oral interpretation.
Sandhills Alumni Gathering
Alumni from the Sandhills
area gathered for fellowship on Thursday, August
26th, at the Fayetteville
Public Library. The event
was hosted by Bill Hurley
‘53 and Doug Bryant ‘47.
Sandy and Bill Hurley ‘53 at the Sandhills gathering
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Fall Homecoming
On Saturday, October 16th, the Louisburg College family celebrated Homecoming. The weather
was perfect, the grounds were immaculate, and
the various events were outstanding. The day was
filled with some great wins on the football field,
soccer field, and volleyball court, along with the
presentation of the Homecoming Court and an inspiring Athletic Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Each Hall of Fame inductee reminded us of Louisburg’s long lineage of transformative leaders and
transformed lives. Highlighting the Hall of Fame
induction were a number of fascinating archival
displays prepared by our Library, Advancement,
and Athletic staff,
with special help
from LC alumnus,
Doug Edwards ’53.
The LC softball
team hosted an
Alumni Game Saturday afternoon. It
was a great event
that allowed former
players to step back
on the field and play
against the current
Lady ‘Canes. The
first pitch of the
game was thrown by
Shirley and Doug Edwards ‘53 at
Ms. Japlyne “Jackie”
the Homecoming football game
Stallings ‘46, a member of the LC women’s baseball team in the 1940s. Stalling’s career
included a stint playing for the Rockford Peaches,
an All-American Girls Baseball League playing out
of Rockford, IL.
As the sun set on this beautiful day, alumni gathered in the historic Person Place for dessert before
making their way over to the Jones Performing
Arts Center for an awesome and heartwarming
performance by the bluegrass group, IIIrd Time Out.
The night ended as our students celebrated with a
Homecoming Dance.
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Athletic Hall of Fame Inductees with President Mark La Branche (far left) and LC Athletic Director Mike Holloman ‘83 (far right): (L-R) Sheilah Cotten, accepting
for Ruth Cooke (Faculty Member and Women’s Basketball Coach); William “Tank” Hardin ’85 (Baseball); Bob Butler (Faculty Member and Mentor to Athletes); Paul
Sanderford ’70 (Women’s Basketball Coach); Howard McCullough ’74 (Baseball); Regina Miller ’82 (Women’s Basketball); and Jeb Barlow ’80 (Men’s Basketball)
Athletic Hall of Fame Induction
They either played or coached for Louisburg College
during their successful sports careers and the College
was proud to officially induct them into its Second Athletic Hall of Fame during Homecoming.
Noted North Carolina Sportscaster and Radio Personality Reese Edwards emceed the event, introducing the in-
ductees, who each gave acceptance speeches. Former LC
Baseball Coach and current ECU Coach, Billy Godwin,
also spoke during the ceremony, fondly recalling his
coaching years at the College.
At a BBQ reception after the ceremony, former LC Basketball Coach J. Enid Drake signed copies of the book,
Road to Hutchinson: J. Enid Drake’s 52 Years’ Coaching
Journey by J. Andrews Smith.
Keep an eye on your
mailbox and on
our website at
www.louisburg.edu
for information about the
GAC Reunion on April 16th
and the 2011 Homecoming
(L-R): Japlyne “Jackie” Stallings ‘46, softball player Lindsey
Holtz, and Coach Monica Gordy at the 2010 softball reunion
game
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Weekend coming this fall!
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“
W
hen joy and duty clash,
let duty go to smash!”
Not exactly the selfproclaimed motto you
would expect of a highlysuccessful businesswoman,
but, for Pamela Barefoot ‘69,
the SBA’s 1999 Virginia Small
Business Person of the Year and recipient of the
2003 Outstanding Woman Entrepreneur Award
in the United States, it’s the motto she chooses
to live by.
...and beyond!
Find Out What Inspires This Alumna to Take Trips & Chances
b y A m y S c o g g i n M c Ma n u s
Photo b y Kindr a Clineff (w w w.k in dra c l in ef f.c om )
“Every once in a while, I have to take off and
go somewhere,” says Barefoot, a Louisburg
alumna and owner of Bay Beyond Inc. (trading as
Blue Crab Bay Co.), a Chesapeake Bay-inspired
specialty food and gift wholesale/ retail business
on Virginia’s Eastern Shore. Her wanderlust
—sparked by a letter written in 1929 that she
found tucked inside a book she had purchased
for fifty cents at a downtown thrift shop as a
Louisburg College student some 40 years ago
—has taken her around the world and inspired
her to take chances, both personally and
professionally.
“Every spring,” says Barefoot, “I would pull out
that letter and re-read it.” The two-page type-set
plea, written on the 22nd day of March, 1929,
begins simply with “Dearest Lady,” and closes
with the signature of a woman by the name of
“Amy BVD.” Hoping to persuade the friend to
travel abroad with her, Amy writes, “Must you
really stay home to care for your brother’s
children? I do so want you to come. Why not
follow the philosophy of Rebecca of Sunny Brook
Farm—‘when joy and duty clash, let duty go to
smash!’”
T he Adven t ure B egin s
Barefoot spent the first seventeen years of her
life living and working on a tobacco farm near
Four Oaks, North Carolina—a place where, she
says, “I learned that hard work builds character.”
Her childhood was filled with a close-knit group
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of cousins and anchored by grandparents who
had raised nine of their own children in and
around Four Oaks. During her childhood, travel
consisted mostly of “short family trips in Ford
station wagons with my parents and siblings to
see relatives.”
Barefoot was especially close to her cousin
Michael and felt rather lost when he left North
Carolina to attend Northwestern University, but
was also inspired by his determination to go to
college. Barefoot began considering her options,
eventually deciding to attend Louisburg. “Being
a country girl, I
liked that it was
in a small town,”
she explains. “I
had not traveled
much and was
hesitant to go
to a large city.
Louisburg was
a good stepping
stone.”
During the brief
time she spent
at Louisburg,
Barefoot
managed to
immerse herself
in all that the
small liberal arts
college had to
offer, enrolling
Barefoot as an “Island Girl” in LC’s
in an honors English 1969 production of “SOUTH PACIFIC”
class, playing
an “Island Girl” in the theatre department’s
production of “South Pacific,” and establishing
life-long friendships. “I think Louisburg gave me a
strong foothold to burst forward into the world
on my own,” she says.
In spite of Mrs. Gladys Bailey, Merritt Dorm’s
strict housemother, Barefoot and fellow
residents cut loose on occasion. “We would
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have to sign out every time we left the dorm,
recording where we were going and with
whom,” she says. She laughingly recounts
“panty raids” in which the girls in Merritt Dorm
would throw various undergarments out of the
Barefoot in her Merritt dorm room, 1969
windows onto the boys below. At a time when
girls were only allowed to wear jeans if they
were on their way to theatre practice, Barefoot
pushed the dress-code boundaries. “I was
always getting in trouble for wearing my skirts
shorter than the allowed 2”
from the knee.”
This past year, with the
utilization of social media,
Barefoot and a handful of
former classmates have been
in contact with their drama
teacher, Mr. Versteeg. “We are
all in agreement that he was a
big force in our lives and helped
us to be better people.”
Upon completing her degree in psychology,
Barefoot began working with at-risk youth
—something she was good at, but, after four
years, knew was not going to be her long-term
career choice. Using money she raised through
a grant from the National Endowment for
the Humanities and donations from tobacco
companies, Barefoot traveled back home to
photograph and document tobacco farms and
the people who owned and worked them. Upon
completion of her self-published book, Mules
and Memories, A Photo Documentary of the
Tobacco Farmer, Barefoot sold many of the
10,000 printed copies at tobacco festivals in
Virginia and North Carolina.
While living in Richmond, Barefoot met and
married Jim Green. By the early 80’s, the couple
was living on Berkeley Plantation in Virginia
when a friend invited them to visit the state’s
Eastern Shore. They immediately
fell in love with crabbing,
clamming, and the tidal rhythms
of the Chesapeake Bay on one
side and the rolling waves of the
Atlantic Ocean on the other.
Knowing they had found a new
place to call home, the couple
packed their belongings and soon
found themselves living amongst
the quiet serenity of the shores
of Onancock.
“I think Louisburg
gave me a strong
foothold to burst
forward into the
world on my own.”
Near the end of the ‘69 spring semester,
Barefoot was invited by a classmate to visit
Virginia Commonwealth University—a sprawling
campus located in the heart of Richmond’s
“Fan District.” Barefoot took one look and was
hooked, and by the next school year, she flew
from the nurturing nest of Louisburg College to
the fast-paced avenues of Virginia’s capital. VCU
offered the chance to earn a bachelor’s degree
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and, for Barefoot, the opportunity to explore
the unknown – an undertaking partially inspired
by the letter she’d found just one year before.
Browsing a bookstore one day, Barefoot
happened upon the book Beautiful Swimmers
—Watermen, Crabs and the Chesapeake Bay.
Inspired by the watermens’ stories, she began
experimenting with crab and clam dips in
her farmhouse kitchen, hatching the idea for
the Blue Crab Bay Co. brand, and eventually
expanding the line to include everything from
coastal-themed snacks and Bloody Mary mixers
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with clam juice to seaweed soaps.
great a treasure to just toss away.”
Barefoot hails from a family of successful
entrepreneurs. Her much-beloved cousin,
Michael, owns A Southern
Season, a large-scale gourmet
and gift shop in Chapel Hill,
and her mother, now in her
eighties, owns and operates
Barefoot’s TLC Nursery near
Four Oaks.
Going by the name on the letterhead, Barefoot
ran a search for Van Deusen, and came across
a man in California who had hundreds of
them in his family tree. “I sent
him a message through
Ancestry’s site and heard
back from him shortly
thereafter. He said he did
not have Amy’s name on
his tree, but he would be
glad to help me research
it. A couple of hours later,
he sent me a link to a
photograph on Flickr. It was
Amy, her husband Edwin, and
daughter Marjorie on the very
cruise she referred to in the
eighty-year-old letter! I got
chills seeing her face for the first
time. I posted a message to the
Flickr site owner and did not hear
back. But Peter (my new friend in
California) was persistent and kept
looking, coming across census logs and ship
manifests with her name. Six days later, after
lots of web research, I managed to track down
Amy’s great-grandson in Texas…and from there
her four grandchildren.”
“I started the business out
of desperation,” recalls
Barefoot. “There were no
jobs here. If you wanted
to work, you had to
create it yourself.” Soon
after she opened the
business, she sent out
brochures to specialty
shops throughout
Virginia. Much to
her delight and surprise, “the
business took off very fast,” she says. “There
was a niche there that was empty and ready to
be filled.”
Since that time, Barefoot has moved Bay
Beyond’s headquarters to a 24,000 square-footbuilding not far from her waterfront home.
Her husband, a former boat builder and bronze
wildlife foundryman, along with a staff of twenty
dedicated employees, help run the thriving
wholesale and retail business.
A Letter’s Long Journey Home
While recovering from foot surgery in 2009,
and feeling somewhat restless in her immobility,
Barefoot did a bit of research on the genealogy
site Ancestry.com. “My husband asked if he
could look up the name of someone he used to
know, and a light bulb went off in my head…
could I possibly find Amy’s family? I kept
thinking it was such a special letter that it
should be in the hands of the family; it was too
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During Memorial Day Weekend of 2009,
Barefoot traveled to Media, Pennsylvania, where
she met Barb Banet, Jan Alexander, Steve
Edwards, and Dave Edwards, all four of the Van
Deusen grandchildren. “Never in my wildest
dreams would I have imagined that a photo we
uploaded to Flickr would play an important
role in an amazing detective story—and lead to
surprising information about our grandmother
and also to such a wonderful connection to
Pam Barefoot,” says Banet. “It is nothing short
of incredible that Pam was able to find us after
all these years,” adds Alexander. “Without
her determination and persistence—and the
internet—it would never have happened.
Everyone in our family has mementos from our
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Board of Trustees Welcomes Two New Members
grandmother’s many trips to Europe, handed down
to us by our mother. Thanks to Pam, and the letter
she found that our grandmother wrote, we now
have a greater appreciation of those ‘treasures’
from abroad. We now realize that traveling
‘meant the world’ to Amy. How nice that Amy’s
letter ended up bringing so much pleasure to Pam
through the years!”
For Barefoot, the experience of placing the letter
in the hands of the family was “amazing. They
were the perfect recipients, very interested in
history.” The group spent the long weekend
together, getting acquainted and sorting through
Amy’s historic travel photos from the early 1900s
in which she led tours of Europe, along with old
letters and postcards from that era. Since that
first meeting, she has kept in contact with the
grandchildren, who were so touched by Barefoot’s
determination to find them, that they sent two
antique sterling silver spoons engraved with a “V”
on each handle to Barefoot and her husband. The
package included a note that read, “Welcome to
the family.”
The Louisburg College Board of Trustees is pleased to welcome two new members: Ms. Kim Spivey and Mr. H.
John Hatcher, Jr.
From L-R: Barefoot, Dave Edwards, Jan Alexander, Barb
Banet, and Steve Edwards
Prior to forming her own firm, she was the Director of Diversity and Employee
Engagement for Wachovia Corporation. In her various roles, Ms. Spivey has advised
managers and senior leaders on a wide range of business functions including finance,
legal, operations, brokerage, retail sales, marketing and wealth management in both
the corporate and non-profit sectors. She has developed and implemented successful
strategies for mergers and acquisitions, new business creation, employee branding
and engagement, communications, culture change, organizational redesign, and team
performance. Her clients value her keen understanding of their business challenges
and objectives and describe her as adept at quickly identifying the critical path to
achieving improved performance. Ms. Spivey lives in Charlotte, NC.
The A dv enture Continue s
Having a trusted group of employees to steer the
ship in her absence has allowed Barefoot more
time to do some traveling. Just recently, Barefoot
spent two weeks in Scotland—a trip that included
a stop on the Isle of Skye, the home of her greatgreat-great grandparents. “Taking a trip refreshes
me and makes me want to get back to work,” she
says. “I always come back with new ideas.”
With a successful business to run and many more
journeys in her sights, don’t expect Barefoot to be
slowing down any time soon.
“Thankfully, I have time to
work on my special side
projects. I hope to write a
small book about four sisters
from North Carolina I met
when I was working on my
book about tobacco farmers
in the 1970s.” She also
hopes to do another tobacco
farming photo book.
“You can’t be afraid to take
chances,” she says. “If you
have an idea, don’t just sit on
it, act on it. Lots of people
have ideas, but you have to
act on them.” C
Crossing the Atlantic: Amy Van Deusen (left) with her husband, Edwin, and daughter, Marjorie, 1929
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Ms. Kim Spivey has over twenty-five years of experience in organizational strategy leadership, leadership
development, human resources, and financial sales and service management. She received her B.A. in American
government from the University of Virginia and an M.A. in organization development
and management from Fielding Graduate University.
Please visit www.bluecrabbay.com to
view Barefoot’s full line of products.
Louisburg College faculty, staff, and
alumni will receive a 10% discount on
all purchases (use code 11LC10 at
checkout).
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Mr. H. John Hatcher, Jr., was raised in a strong Methodist home but graduated from
two Baptist-affiliated colleges, Mars Hill and Wake Forest. In the midst of his formal
education, he joined the US Army and served three years on active duty, most of
which was overseas. On his return to Wake Forest, he married Blair Tucker, a Wake
Forest College co-ed and Louisburg native. They have been married 54 years.
Mr. Hatcher was a banker for more than twenty-seven years. His career spanned
from Winston Salem to Asheboro, High Point, Raleigh, Mocksville, and finally, Cary,
which has been home since 1970. He began a second career in commercial real estate
and is a broker with White Oak Commercial in Raleigh. He is also a retired officer of
the North Carolina Army National Guard, with more than twenty years of service.
As a member of Cary’s First Baptist Church for more than thirty years, he served as
church moderator and chairman of the Board of Deacons. He and Blair are now active members of Greenwood
Forest Baptist Church, where he is a deacon. He has served as a trustee and member of the Foundation Board of
Mars Hill College and has been Advisory Board chairman of the Salvation Army, as well as an enthusiastic bell
ringer.
Mr. Hatcher is also active in Rotary, having served his Cary club in many capacities, including president. He was
district governor of Rotary International’s District 771. In addition, he has been active in the Cary Chamber of
Commerce, serving as president; in American Legion Post 67, a former commander; the North Carolina Division
of the American Cancer Society; and member of the Wake County Bond Financing Authority.
Mr. Hatcher and his wife are the proud parents of three children and two grandchildren. He and his family have
maintained strong ties to Louisburg, with extended family and lifelong friends there.
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SHEILAH COTTEN INDUCTED INTO
NJ C A A S O F T BA L L H A L L O F FA M E
heilah Cotten was officially inducted as the
lone member of the 2010 NJCAA Softball Hall of
Fame Class Thursday, December 9, 2010.
During the National Fast-Pitch Coaches
Association (NFCA) Annual Coaches’ Meeting
in San Diego, CA, Cotton was presented with a
ring and honored for her decades of service
to both the NJCAA and her student-athletes. Cotten describes
the award as “a humbling experience and honor.”
ARRAY OF ATHLETIC ACHIEVEMENT
After a successful career as a student-athlete at
East Carolina University and a brief coaching stop
at North Carolina State University, Cotten began
her career with the NJCAA in 1977 when she
took a teaching position at Louisburg College.
It wasn’t long before Coach Cotten took on the
responsibility of coaching two different teams at
Louisburg.
38-36 and in 1988 won the Region X Championship while also making it to the NJCAA National
Tournament.
Cotten began coaching women’s fast-pitch softball
in 1986, but it wasn’t until 1989 when she really hit her stride in the sport. In 1989, Louisburg
finished as the Region X runner-up and again
in 1990. In 1991, Louisburg won the Region X/
District C Championship and made it to their
first NJCAA Tournament where they finished in
As a Hurricane, Cotten has been very diverse in
seventh place. Two players from that squad (Keeterms of coaching responsibilities. She first began
sha Estes, Donna McLamb) received All-American
her coaching journey in 1977 as both the men’s
accolades. The next year, the Hurricanes finished
tennis coach and the women’s volleyball coach. As
runner-up in the Region X tournament, falling
the men’s tennis coach, she found a great deal of
short of qualifying for the national tournament. In
success, tallying an overall record of 35-9 and a
1996, Cotten and the Hurricanes again made it
winning percentage of .800 until she left the sport
to the Region X Championship but lost to Chatin 1980. In her four years as women’s volleyball
tanooga State Tech and Community College in
coach, Cotten excelled by accumulating an overall
district play. Then in 1997, Cotten found her
record of 93-45 and
most success by winning
in each year (‘77, ‘78,
the Region X/District C
‘79, ‘80) her teams
Championship and taking
won the Region X
her team all the way to a
championship, made
fifth place finish at nationan NJCAA Tournaals. That year, she coached
ment appearance, and
one NJCAA All-American
she was named the
(Ameka McDougal) and
Region X Coach of
three Academic All-Amerthe Year.
icans. The next year, Louisburg would have to settle
In 1981, Cotten
for a Region X Runner-up
switched to coaching
finish. In 1999, Cotten’s
women’s slow-pitch
team again won the Region
softball where she
X/District C Championship
continued her winand made their way back
ning ways by posting
to the NJCAA National
Cotten (far left, back row) with the 1984 slow-pitch team
an overall record of
Tournament, finishing in
90-48. From 1983 to
seventh place with one All1985, Cotten won the Region X Championship,
American (Misty Faircloth). From 2000 to 2004,
made an NJCAA Tournament appearance, and
the Hurricanes would win the Region X Champiwas selected the Region X Coach of the Year.
onship, and in 2005 they won both the Region X
and District C Championship en route to a 12th
In 1986, Cotten gave up her duties as head coach
place at nationals.
of slow-pitch softball and began coaching yet another two sports when she took over the LouisIn her twenty years as the head fast-pitch softball
burg women’s basketball program and the sport
coach at Louisburg, Cotten not only produced
that would gain her the most prosperity: fast-pitch
an impressive overall record of 516-293, but also
softball. From 1986 to 1988, Cotten produced
helped fifty-six graduates receive scholarships to
a winning record in women’s basketball by going
NCAA Division I or Division II schools. Under
Cotten (center) with NJCAA Division 1 Representative Rick Church to her left, and Brent Doane, President of the NJCAA
Coaches Association, at the 2010 NJCAA Softball Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony
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Cotten’s guidance, fifteen players were selected
NJCAA All-Americans and fourteen made Academic All-American status. The highly decorated
coach was not only passionate about sports, but
also about her player’s success in life. From 1990
From 1988 to 2000, Cotten served as the NJCAA
Region X Women’s Director. Her duties included the
supervision and administration of women’s athletics
in Region X, while also serving as a regional representative on the national level. Between the years of
1990-2000, Cotten served as the NJCAA fast-pitch
softball committee chair. In that position, she played
a major role in establishing sports procedures, implementing divisional play, and assisting in the development of international play in NJCAA softball.
In 1992, she began a nine-year stint as the NJCAA
District C Director for women’s soccer, volleyball,
and women’s basketball. Until 2000, she was responsible for creating guidelines for district tournaments
in each sport as well as supervising district playoffs in
each of these respective sports.
Cotten (center) coaching the women’s basketball team in the
early 1980’s
until her retirement from coaching, Cotten’s
players amassed a graduation rate of ninety-two
percent.
A Career Filled With Credit
In 1981, Cotten was inducted into the East Carolina University Athletic Hall of Fame. Having set
many of ECU’s single game records for women’s
basketball between the years of 1971-75, Cotten
became the first female athlete ever to receive
that honor. In 2000, she received the Naomi
Dickens Shaw Award for Excellence in Teaching
from Louisburg College and was also selected for
the “Who’s Who among American College Teachers.” In 2001 she was nominated for the Carnegie
Institute’s CASE Professor of the Year Award
which honors undergraduate teachers who excel
in both teaching and positively influencing the lives
of their students. In 2003, Louisburg showed their
appreciation for her services by naming their softball facility “Sheilah R. Cotten Softball Field.” In
2007, she was inducted into the Louisburg College
Athletics Hall of Fame after thirty years of providing unequaled athletic and academic guidance to
her student-athletes.
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Thoug hts Sha red by Coa ch Cotten’s
Form er Pl a yers a nd Stu dents
NJCAA Service
From 1992 to 2000, she also held the title of NJCAA
Sectional Director for Women’s
Basketball. With
this title came
the responsibility of ranking the
top teams from
the southeastern
U.S., as well as
developing the
women’s basketball national poll
each season.
Over the last
thirty years,
Cotten has been
a crucial part of
Louisburg College’s athletic
success as well
as the growth of
fast-pitch softball
within the NJCAA. Her actions, accomplishments, and the
influence she has
had in her time
Cotten looks out on the field named
of service to not
for her, 2004
only the NJCAA
but also to her
student-athletes exemplify what every coach strives
to accomplish in their career. C
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Jina “J” Stamey ‘99
come professionally and personally and
I am in awe at the positive impact she
has had and continues to have on the
lives of so many women.
pushes you to be the best you can be
on and off the field! As a coach, she is
enthusiastic, fun, and encouraging. She
puts a lot of support into the college
also. I am grateful I got recruited by
her and learned a lot of life lessons, as
well as had the best time of my life at
Louisburg College.
From the time I stepped onto the
Louisburg College campus as a young
female not having a clue which road to
travel, Coach Cotten believed in me.
No matter how much I thought I knew James Wood ‘99
Coach Cotten was and still is a teacher,
everything, she never once gave up on
leader and mother figure of youthme. Coach Cotten took me under her
ful minds, not only for her teams,
wing and molded me into the person I
Alana Thomas ‘02
am today. She made me realize my fam- but other students in her classrooms.
She
helped
mold,
guide,
and
prepare
Coach Cotten was at the core of my
ily should always be first and I should
motivation when I attended Louisnever take life for granted. Her dedica- each of us for what is called “society.”
Coach Cotten has helped those of us
burg College. She knew more about
tion to her students and her desire for
in
her
life
become
who
we
are
today.
my talents and flaws then I knew.
each of us to become successful on and
Her
accomplishments
on
the
field
are
She made sure to push me as much as
off the field will forever be
I needed in order to see the
instilled in all of us. She
things I needed to change in
taught us all to work hard
order to become an amazing
and to never give up. Coach
athlete, and most of all, a sucCotten is the reason we
cessful woman. I owe much of
all hold Louisburg College
who I am today to her. I had
near to our hearts. Her
many things that I needed to
dedication, heart, motivaimprove about myself and she
tion, and passion has been
played a great role in that. I
placed in all of us and
will forever be grateful for the
because of that, she is not
hard work and dedication she
only a great mentor and
has placed in each young lacoach, but a friend that we
(L-R): Samantha Beavers, Jina Stamey, Toni Champ, Unknown, Cat Smith
dy’s life she has encountered.
all continue to seek guidYoung, Coach Cotten, Melissa Register, and Alana Thomas at a wedding of
Even today, she still cares
ance from and hold very
one of their former LC teammates
for each of us deeply and has
close to our hearts. Coach
never forgotten to make sure
Cotton, for all you have
we are still working to improve ourtremendous but her influence off the
done for me and for never giving up on
selves and become better at whatever
field is felt through her former players
me, “Thank You!”
we do every day. She is a true leader,
who are nurses, coaches, doctors, lawmentor, teacher, coach, and most of all,
yers, teachers, and most importantly,
Kim Nesbitt Jones ‘98
friend! She should be very proud of the
parents.
I would like to say that I am very
role she has played in helping so many
thankful to have had such a kind, caryoung ladies achieve their success and
Emily Allen Stanley ‘98
ing, enthusiastic, and knowledgeable
develop their character.
She has the biggest heart of anyone I
softball coach in Coach Cotten. I think
know
and
she
always
saw
potential
in
that she went above and beyond as a
the people no one else saw potential in. Cat Smith Young ‘02
softball coach to ensure that all of us
Coach Cotten is funny, patient, kind,
First off, I want to thank her for being
who played for her learned a whole
and
honest,
all
of
which
made
her
the
such a great leader. Without her being
lot more while in college besides just
coach she was. I owe two of my best
part of my life I would not be where
softball. Although she will always be
I am today. It takes a very special and
thought of as a great coach, she is much college years to Coach Cotton!
caring individual to dedicate their life
more than that to those who have
to young girls succeeding. She only
Sherry
Ray
Thompson
‘97
played for her. I think Coach Cotten is
Coach Cotten taught me what it truly
has the young ladies for two years and
a role model to all who have played for
means
to
be
motivated
and
have
deterhas such a tremendous impact on us
her and that many of us still look up to
mination.
She
was
a
great
role
model
for the rest of our lives. I’m extremely
her and ask for her advice.
and it was an honor to play softball for
blessed to have “accidently” fallen into
her.
the program under her guidance. She
Amber Joyner ‘00
is now a part of my family and always
Coach is my mentor. She helped me
will be. Thank you coach for caring so
Becca Scarboro ‘05
to grow as a person and continues to
much about someone that you knew
Coach Cotten is a dedicated coach
challenge me well after graduating and
so little about when we first met; you
whose
job
doesn’t
just
stop
on
the
playing for her. She’s a voice of reason
are truly deserving. Congratulations!
field. She gets involved with her playand a constant reminder that I can
(Together, Lady Canes)
ers to ensure they turn into successstrive to be a better person. I admire
ful
members
of
the
community.
She
where she started and how far she has
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What’s NXT in Healthcare?
By Amy Scoggin McManus
T
om Jennings ’70, a native
of Elizabeth City, NC,
grew up on a farm in
rural America. “By doing
so,” he says, “on a farm that had no
limits or boundaries, I was free to
explore the unknown. My days of
dreaming, thinking of the future,
and challenging thinking started
on that farm, in the school, and the
country Methodist Church that I
attended.” Growing up, Jennings
says, some of the best teachers from
his early school years graduated
from Louisburg. His older brother
and three of his aunts are also LC
alumni, so when it came time to
think of college, “Louisburg was
the choice for me.”
healing effects associated with environmental aesthetics, analyzing
and addressing workflow considerations, and working in partnership
with some of the world’s leading
medical equipment and clinical
technology manufacturers.
Fueled by a passion for architectural design in healthcare and a mission to create designs that improve
the human condition, Jennings
started NXT in 2006, a nonprofit
innovation firm based in Greer,
South Carolina. Launching the
company with a contract from the
Department of Defense to design
the “Patient Room of the Future,”
NXT has led collaborative research
efforts that address new workflow
concepts, architectural and interior
design systems, and advanced technology platforms that can enhance
patient/physician communications.
Jennings says his years at Louisburg helped him to evaluate issues
in a very open fashion, and also
to prepare him academically
for his later years of study
at Wake Forest and
“NXT is a
graduate work at
“Louisburg College platform
George Washset the stage for me
to rethink
ington. “It
healthcare in
was a tough
and I am very proud to
a totally difschool, and
have attended this great
ferent manner
if one could
college that is so rich
than we see it
survive then
today,” explains
one could easin history.”
Jennings. “This is
ily transfer to larger
what healthcare reinstitutions without
form is all about: to chaldifficulty—as was the
lenge what is there and to come up
case with me at Wake Forest.”
with new, innovative solutions for
this opportunity that lives ahead
During his twenty-five-year
of us. I kept asking people, ‘Why
planning career at Spartanburg
do we have to limit smart design in
Regional Healthcare System, Jenhealthcare to facilities?’”
nings led the transformation of the
healthcare system from a tertiary
Jennings credits Louisburg College
referral hospital into a world-class
with opening new doors for him
medical facility, earning a numand creating a foundation for future
ber of national design awards for
success. “My years there taught me
projects such as the Gibbs Cancer
a sense of discipline by appreciatCenter and Emergency Room of the
ing all elements of society.” As a
Future. Central to the success of
student, Jennings bonded with sevthose projects was Jennings’ insiseral teachers who had a profound
tence on maximizing the potential
and lasting effect on him. “Some of
the teachers I still remember are
Clara Frazier, Avery Dennis, C. Ray
Honor Roll of Donors
Louisburg College gratefully recognizes our 2009-2010 Honor Roll of Donors.
Between June 1, 2009—May 31, 2010, 929 alumni and friends of Louisburg contributed and pledged a total of $1,334,806 to the College.
Pruette, James Williams, Coach
Drake, Elizabeth Johnson, and Professor Synder. Louisburg College
set the stage for me and I am very
proud to have attended this great
college that is so rich in history.”
Jennings believes that channeling
the power of design into healthcare
is critical to the industry as well
as to the patient, noting growing
competition among healthcare
providers to meet the evolving
expectations of today’s consumers.
“More importantly, it’s the right
thing to do,” he says. “When we
can get people out of their specific areas and move them to think
about designing an overall healthcare experience, that’s when we
can really make a difference. We
owe it to patients to push ahead
and look 10, 20 years from now—
not today, not tomorrow. That’s
what NXT is all about.” C
If you have ideas about how to improve
healthcare, please email Tom at tjennings@
NXThealth.org. For more information about
NXT, visit www.nxthealth.org/about.html.
Contributions supported the Louisburg Fund, student scholarships, programs,
improvements to buildings and grounds, and endowment. Included in the donor
list are 109 inaugural members of the Louisburg Society, which recognizes
annual gifts of $1,000 or more. We are also grateful to our new members of the
Old Main Society, who have included Louisburg in their estate plans.
Thank you again for your generosity to Louisburg College.
Kurt Carlson
Vice President for Institutional Advancement
919.497.3325
[email protected]
Society of 1787
Old Main Society
The Old Main Society recognizes alumni and friends who
will support Louisburg College through an estate gift.
Members of the Society of 1787 have
generously contributed $100,000 or more
to the College in their lifetime.
Anonymous
Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Barringer, II
BASF Corporation
Nicholas Bunn Boddie and Lucy Mayo Boddie Sr. Foundation
Mr. Mayo Boddie, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Mayo Boddie, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Boddie ‘77
Mr. William L. Boddie
Mr. and Mrs. Bayard L. Bragg
Branch Banking & Trust Company
James E. and Mary Z. Bryan
Foundation
Mrs. John L. Cameron
The Cannon Foundation
Mrs. Frances Boyette Dickson ‘35
First Citizens Bank and Trust
Flagler Systems, Inc.
A.J. Fletcher Foundation
Franklinton United Methodist Church
Mrs. Emily T. Gardner* ‘46
GlaxoSmithKline Foundation
Mrs. Ann Jennings Goodwin
Felix Harvey Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hodges
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Holding
Robert P. Holding Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. W. Seymour Holt ‘49
Independent College Fund of North Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh T. Jones
Mr. Robert L. Jones
Seby B. Jones Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Ben E. Jordan, Jr.
Mr. Carroll Joyner
Eli Lilly and Company Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. J. Parker Lumpkin, II
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee Lumpkin, III
Microsoft Corporation
Mrs. Roberta Beckler Morris*
North Carolina Conference
of the United Methodist Church
Novo Nordisk BioChem, Inc.
The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Reginald Ponder
Mr. and Mrs. Bland B. Pruitt ‘62
Victor Small Trust
Z. Smith Reynolds Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. John A. Rogers
Sellers, Inc
Mr. and Mrs. Roger G. Taylor ‘68
Tri Properties
The United Methodist Church
Board of Higher Education & Ministry
United Methodist Foundation
Lettie Pate Whitehead Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wooten, Jr.
*deceased
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Mr. and Mrs. Paul B. Barringer, II
Mrs. Mary M. Beauchamp
Mr. Randy L. Brantley ‘83
Mr. Richard P. Butler
Mr. Richard L. Cannon, Jr. ‘52
Mrs. Frances Terrell Cherney ‘42
Mrs. Carolyn V. Cotton ‘57
Mr. Osborne Gray Davis ‘41
Mr. J. Jackson Dean
Mr. Arthur DeBerry
Mr. and Mrs. D. Tad DeBerry ‘85
Mrs. Frances Boyette Dickson ‘35
Mrs. Joyce Raye Fisher ‘41
Mr. and Mrs. Kelman P. Gomo ‘38
Mrs. Ann J. Goodwin
Mrs. Carol Bissent Hayman ‘45
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh T. Jones
The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Wallace H. Kirby
Mr. and Mrs. Willie Lee Lumpkin, III.
Mrs. Roberta Beckler Morris*
Mr. Thomas Wesley Parson, IV ‘73
Mrs. Frances Brower Paschal ‘39
Mrs. Julia C. Paul
The Rev. Dr. and Mrs. Reginald W. Ponder
Mr. and Mrs. Job K. Savage ‘36 ‘36
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Shelton ‘69
Mr. and Mrs. John Clark Shotton ’69 ‘69
Dr. Raymond A. Stone ‘47
Mrs. Peggy Lee Wilder ‘60
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Wooten, Jr.
Louisburg Society
The College’s premiere annual giving program, the
Louisburg Society recognizes annual gifts of $1,000 or more.
Ms. Judith D. Adams
The Hon. Lucy Allen
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Anderson, Jr.
Mrs. Carolyn Riddle Armstrong ‘66
Mr. and Mrs. S. Thomas Arrington, Jr. ‘69 ‘71
Mr. and Mrs. Paul Barringer, II
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Baugh ‘53
Mr. Robert E. Beck ‘53
Nicholas Bunn Boddie & Lucy Mayo Boddie Sr. Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Boddie ‘77
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar J. Boone
Mr. Carl Wood Brown
Dr. and Mrs. C. Douglas Bryant, Sr. ‘47
Mr. Bob Butler
Dr. and Mrs. John Cameron
Mr. and Mrs. G. Maurice Capps ‘57
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas E. Chandler
Chartwells Corporation
Mr. Thomas Chilton
Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Cole, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Cottrell ‘61 ‘62
County of Franklin
Ms. Suzanne S. Daugherty
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Davis
Mr. William M. Davis ‘61
Mr. and Mrs. D. Tad DeBerry ‘85
Mr. and Mrs. William Dove
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Driver ‘53 ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. M. Douglas Edwards ‘53
Mr. and Mrs. J. Craig Eller
Mr. and Mrs. Lynn W. Eury
Ms. Belinda Faulkner
First United Methodist Church of Cary
First United Methodist Men of Cary
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Fish ‘60 ‘59
Mr. Robert F. Fleming ‘64
Ms. Sarah Foster
Ms. Betty W. Frazier
Mrs. Elaine Weldon Fuller ‘39
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gardner ‘44 ‘45
Mr. Harold L. Gillis
Mr. and Mrs. Johnny Griffin ‘64
Mr. and Mrs. Peter G. Griffin ‘67
Mr. Clyde P. Harris, Jr.
Mr. William L. Harris, Jr. ‘66
Mr. and Mrs. H. John Hatcher, Jr.
Judge and Mrs. Robert H. Hobgood
Mr. and Mrs. Ray Hodges
Mr. and Mrs. Frank B. Holding
Mr. and Mrs. W. Seymour Holt ‘49
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hunter, Jr. 68
Mr. and Mrs. J. William Hurley ‘53
Mr. Gary R. Jones ‘65
Mr. Robert L. Jones
Seby B. Jones Family Foundation
The Kayne Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Charles R. Knight ‘87
Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. La Branche
Mrs. Jane Austin Lee ‘71
Mr. John C.R. Lentz ‘87
Rev. and Mrs. Thomas E. Loftis
Mr. Robert L. Luddy
Mr. Nathan Miller
Mr. Ben H Mixon Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Moon ‘45
Mrs. Jane Earley Newsome ‘64
Mrs. Elizabeth M. Norris
North Carolina Community Foundation
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
Mr. and Mrs. T. Russell Odom ‘68
Mrs. Jean Austin Patterson ‘71
*deceased
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Mr. and Mrs. Ely J. Perry, III ‘84
Pizza Hut of Clinton Inc.
Mr. and Mrs. Bland B. Pruitt, Jr. ‘62
Mr. and Mrs. G. Samuel Register ‘76
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roberson ‘62
Ms. Lisa Minton Robert ‘90
Mr. Jean Paul W. Roy
Mrs. Ann Rhem Schwarzmann ‘54
Mr. Joseph W. Shearon ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. William C. Shelton ‘69
Mr. Charles B. Sloan
Mrs. Paula Drake Smith ‘74
Mr. Emmett Chapman Snead, III ‘71
Mr. and Mrs. Grady K. Snyder ‘50 ‘50
Mr. and Mrs. Glendel U. Stephenson ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. John F. Strotmeyer, Jr. ‘68
Mr. and Mrs. C. Boyd Sturges, III
Stupp Brothers Bridge and Iron Co. Foundation
Mrs. Edith Boone Toussaint ‘49
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Traylor
Wake Electric Care
James and Vedna Welch Foundation
Otto H. York Foundation
$500 - $999
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard W. Aurand
Mrs. Ruby Harris Barbour ‘55
Rev. and Mrs. James D. Bell ‘77
Mr. Major H. Bowes ‘58
Mrs. Dorothy Midgett Brannan ‘48
Mr. H. Dwight Byrd ‘57
Mr. Kurt Carlson
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Champion
Mr. and Mrs. William R. Cross ‘71
DBA Norlina Grading, LLC
Mr. Allen deHart
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby J. Dorsett, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald A. Edwards
Mr. Jerry A. Faulkner ‘54
Dr. Rodney S. Foth
Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Gleason
Mr. Peter H. Green ‘91
Mr. and Mrs. Herman A. Hecht ‘52
Holcim
Dr. Alice Peedin Jacobs ‘64
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jernigan ‘47
Mr. Carroll Joyner
Kelly Electric
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kelly
Mrs. Myrtle C. King
Mr. and Mrs. James D. Kutch
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Lanier, Jr. ‘68
C O L U MNS 3 5
Leave a
Legacy
by becoming a member of the OLD MAIN SOCIETY
The Old Main Society recognizes
alumni and friends who include the
College in their estate plans. By leaving
a legacy at Louisburg, you can also can
receive significant tax savings and annual income during your lifetime. There
are many ways to support Louisburg
in your estate, including a bequest or
naming the College as a beneficiary of
an insurance policy, trust, or charitable
gift annuity. Your gift can be designated to support programs meaningful to
you, such as student scholarships.
Louisburg Baptist Church
Louisburg United Methodist Church
Mrs. Cynthia Jean McNeill ‘77
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Moulton ‘43
Mr. William C. Murphy ‘85
Mrs. Susan Mixon Parris ‘64
Mrs. Norma B. Patton
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Pierce ‘38
Mrs. Donna Rhoden
Mr. Russell L. Sears ‘66
Mr. Richard N. Stabell ‘59
Mr. Robert F. Stevens ‘65
Mrs. Ruby Chewning Thompson ‘59
Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Womble, Sr. ‘48
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Wooters ‘42
Mr. William H. Yarborough
Trinity United Methodist Church
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Recent Commitments
Toward the Great
Futures Campaign Include:
To learn more about the Old Main
Society, please contact Kurt Carlson,
vice president for institutional advancement, at 919.497.3325, or by email
at [email protected]. Excellent
resources about planned giving can be
found on the United Methodist Church
Foundation’s website at www.umf-nc.org.
GREAT NEWS FOR DONORS
AGED 70 ½ AND OLDER
In 2011, donors over the age of 70 ½ can
make tax-free gifts from their IRAs of
up to $100,000.
“Do all the good you can, By all
the means you can, In all the
ways you can, In all the places
you can, At all the times you can,
To all the people you can, As long
as ever you can.”
— John Wesley
$100 - $499
Mrs. Nancy Garrette Adams ‘40
Mr. L. C. Adcock
Estate of Nona Gamble Trust ‘27
Alliance One International
Mr. Robert W. Alston, Jr. ‘60
Mrs. Joyce Ammons ‘51
Mrs. Frances Handley Andrus ‘43
Maj. and Mrs. William H. Arrington, Jr. ‘64
Ms. Connie Atkinson
Mr. Richard D. Auger ‘39
Mrs. Linda Marie Averette ‘61
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald W. Axselle ‘65
Mr. G. Michael Bach
Mr. and Mrs. G. Brooks Baines
Mr. and Mrs. Billy A. Baker, Sr. ‘55
Mr. Rossie V. Baker, Sr. ‘57
*deceased
SEBY B. JONES PERFORMING
ARTS CENTER
Louisburg, NC
HOLTON GYMNASIUM
Morehead City, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Taylor ’68
$150,000 —to support installation of a new
Rocky Mount, NC
$125,000—to acquire new bleachers and roof. The community gallery in the Jones
refinish the gymnasium floor. In recogni- Center will be named in honor of Edith C.
tion for this commitment, the College will Lumpkin, mother of Parker and Willie Lee.
Mrs. Lumpkin, who passed away in 2005,
dedicate the Roger Taylor Court this fall.
was a longtime member of the Louisburg
College Board of Trustees and great advoSTUDENT SCHOLARSHIPS
cate for the arts in Franklin County.
Smithfield, NC
Mr. and Mrs. David Gardner
$50,000—for scholarship assistance in
Warrenton, NC
2010-2011.
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Creed
Greensboro, NC
Mr. and Mrs. Dodd Adair
Atlanta, GA
Birmingham, AL
$106,000—for scholarship assistance in
$25,000—to support improvements to the
2010-2011.
Dickson Auditorium (see story on page 6).
BENSON CHAPEL
William M. Davis ‘61
Beaufort, NC
$42,000—to support improvements to
Benson Chapel (see inside front cover)
and the donation of Oriental carpets for
Main Building and the President’s House.
UNRESTRICTED
Estate of C. Ray Pruette
Franklinton, NC
$375,000—unrestricted purposes. Dr.
Pruette, a beloved longtime member of the
faculty, passed away in 2008.
ENDOWMENT
Estate of Harold and Roberta Morris
Charlotte, NC
$400,000—addition to the Alumni Appreciation Scholarship, which the Morris’
established in 1994. Harold “Ham” Morris
was a member of the class of 1940 (see obituary for Roberta Morris, page 57).
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Baker, Jr. ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. Felix G. Banks ‘43
Mr. William R. Barksdale, IV ‘78
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Barnes ‘48
Mr. Scott L. Barnes
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Bartholomew, Jr. ‘58
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Bartles, III ‘63
Mr. Ryan D. Bashford
Rev. Dr. Clarence B. Bass ‘42
Ms. Janet Baxley
Ms. Sally V. Beaman
Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Beasley ‘70
Bethesda Realty LLC
Ms. Carole S. Beaver
Mr. and Mrs. Norman A. Beaver
Mrs. Penni D Beaver
Ms. Helen T. Beckwith
Mr. Harvey Layton Bedsole’51
Mrs. Genevieve Ellis Bell ‘41
Mr. and Mrs. William B. Benge
Mrs. Helen S. Benton
Mrs. Lillian Benton
Ms. Helen M. Blair
Mr.* and Mrs. Earl W. Bonner ‘48 ‘48
Ms. Delano R. Borys
Mrs. Octavia Beard Bowman ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyette ‘67
Dr. Robert E. Bridges
Ms. Nadine M. Brohawn
Mr. Edwin L. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Matthew A. Brown ‘68
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brown
Mrs. Velma Ferrell Brown ‘60
Mr. and Mrs. W. Thomas Brown ‘62
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie L. Bryant
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Bryant
Mr. and Mrs. Jefferson C. Bulluck ‘66
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Bunn ‘54
Ms. Ann Burns
Mr. Christopher D. Burns ‘74
Mr. Robert M. Burns ‘66
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas J. Burns ‘69
Mr. Cary Stuart Butler ‘75
Mrs. Elizabeth P. Byrd
Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Byrd ‘62
Mr. Bain A. Cameron
Mrs. Beulah Cameron
Mr. and Mrs. Nyal D. Camper ‘60
Dr. Patrick W. Carlton ‘57
Mr. and Mrs. James Carnes
Mr. Larry W. Castleberry ‘57
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Chandler, IV ‘67
Mr. Michael Wayne Chappell 78
Mr. Gilbert W Chichester
Mr. W. Paul Childers, Jr. ‘54
Clariant Corporation Matching Gifts Program
Mrs. Sophia Spivey Cody ‘38
Ms. Anne H. Coghill
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gary Cole ‘70
Mrs. Gayla G. Collins
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight E. Compton, Sr.
Mr. James E. Compton ‘65
Ms. Patsy Comunale
Mr. and Mrs. Archie D. Cooke ‘57
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Coor
Ms. Sheilah R. Cotten
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph T. Coulter ‘64
Mrs. Louise Mason Cowart ‘42
Ms. Beth B. Cox
Mr. W. Dempsey Craig ‘62
Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Crowe
Mr. and Mrs. Scott G. Cumby
Ms. Margaret M. Curran
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Cutrell ‘47
Rev. Alice Davis
Mrs. Jamie Burnette Davis ‘85
Dr. Sarah Irwin Davis ‘42
Mr. and Mrs. V. Weyher Dawson, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford T. Dean, Jr. ‘40
Mr. and Mrs. Dean A. DeMasi
Mr. and Mrs. E. Wayland Denton ‘75
Ms. Betty Allred Dorsett
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Dove
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Drake, Jr.
Mr. Dennis M. Driscoll
Duke Energy Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Bobby Edwards
Mr. James L. Edwards
Mr. Sam H. Elliott ‘52
Mrs. Ina Meekins Ernst ‘49
Mr. Todd Estes
Mr. L. Randolph Everett ‘95
Mr. Francis F. Falls ‘62
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Farley
Mr. James M. Featherston, Jr. ‘42
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
Dr. Diane Price Fleming
Mr. Wallace G. Flynt ‘48
Mr. and Mrs. David Foster ‘71
Dr. and Mrs. Jimmy W. Foster ‘60 ‘59
Mr. Morgan S. Foster
Mr. Ben S. Foust ‘41
Fox Services LLC
Mr. Harry L. Foy, Jr.
Franklin Regional Medical Center
Mr. William P. Franklin ‘52
Mr. Oscar M. Fuller ‘44
Mr. Lawrence H. Fulton
Mr. and Mrs. David Gallagher
Mrs. Jayne Gallagher
Mrs. Emily Taylor Gardner * ‘46
Mr. William M. Garmon
Mrs. Marietta Joliff Garrett ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P. Gaster, Jr. ‘50 ‘50
Mr. Herbert Felton Gay ‘69
Mr. Kenneth E. Gilliam ‘64
*deceased
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Doing the DEW
In his book Mountain Dew, Minges and Me, Alden Hobbs,
Jr. ’80, tells the story of his boyhood years in Kinston,
North Carolina, his favorite soft drink, and his connection
to the family of bottlers who produced it. His neighbors
were the late Hoyt Minges of the Minges Bottling Group,
and his family, which included Hobbs’ best friend Ty. “We
grew up and hung out together,” he said. “And we drank a
lot of Mountain Dew.” Mountain Dew, which originated
in Knoxville, Tennessee, had people’s names on the bottles
in the 1950s and 1960s. After Pepsi bought
Mountain Dew, Hoyt Minges got the first
franchise in the early 1960s and produced
Mountain Dew at his bottling plant in Kinston.
The eighty-two-page book features old
photos, documents, timelines, and text
tracing to the invention of Pepsi in downtown New Bern in 1898 through the Minges family history
with Pepsi and their community involvement. Ten years
ago, Hobbs began collecting some of the estimated 1,000
named bottles, which he said have become a collector’s
item around the country. “I have all the Kinston bottles
and I collect the ones with four or more names on them,”
he said. His collection includes about 100 bottles, and he
continues to buy and sell, mainly on eBay.
Hobbs attended Louisburg College from 1979-1980. “Louisburg got me started for my next steps in life,” says Hobbs.
“This being my first time away from my home in Kinston,
Louisburg gave me the tools to be independent and enjoy
the college life. Apart from the studies, I remember going with friends to Laurel Mill, Chick’s, P.C.’s, and Dick’s
Drive-In for a burger and fry; it seems like it was just
yesterday.” He went on to attend ECU where he studied
geology. His uncle, Bill Hobbs, was then president of R.J.
Reynolds Tobacco and Hobbs eventually left school to take
a job as a tobacco buyer with the company. His career in
tobacco lasted fifteen years and included traveling several
states, and a six-year stint as an internal grader of the leaf
quality in South America. In the early 90’s, Hobbs left the
grind of a tobacco world behind for a job with the U.S.
Postal Service in Pollocksville,
N.C.
Hobbs married his wife Karen in
1991. The couple lived in Kinston and later in the crossroads
community of Tick Bite, near
Grifton, before moving to New
Bern in 1998 where Karen is an
assistant district attorney. The
couple have two children—Alden III, a junior at New Bern
High, and a daughter Rachael, an eighth-grader (pictured).
Hobbs’ book, published this year, is $25. For more information, call 252-633-9041.
Mr. and Mrs. Robin V. Goodman
Mr. Willis A. Goodrum ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. James K. Gregory, Jr. ‘62
Mr. E. Shelton Griffin ‘67
Mr. and Mrs. Graham P. Grissom ‘36
Mrs. Carol Hays Grove ‘98
Mrs. Susan M. Guerrant
Mr. Willis F. Gupton ‘42
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence R. Gurley
Mr. Anthony L. Guzzo
Mr. Jason H. Hall ‘90
Mr. and Mrs. Swayn G. Hamlet ‘57 ‘56
Mr. John Twelvetrees Hamlett ‘95
Dr. and Mrs. Douglas Hammer
Mr. R. Ray Harris ‘57
Ms. Brenda G. Hawks
Ms. E. L. Heffernan
Mr. and Mrs. Roger E. Heflin ‘65
Rev. Julian B. Helms, Jr. ‘72
Mr. Russell Davis Herring ‘82
Mr. Richard L. Hibbits
Mrs. Jean Von Canon Hilton ‘39
Mrs. Deborah Stevens Hinkle ‘98
Mrs. Ruby Massenburg Hinson ‘42
Mr. and Mrs. William J. Hinton, Jr.
Dr. Thomas N. Hobgood, Jr.
Mrs. Celeste Wheless Hoffman ‘84
Mrs. Annette J. Holler
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Holloman ‘83 ‘90
Mr. Bernard B. Hollowell ‘42
Mr. Yuille Holt, III ‘63
Mr. and Mrs. Lennon W. Hooper, Jr. ‘50
Mrs. Theresa L. Horn
Hospira Employee Giving
Dr. and Mrs. Wilson S. Hoyle, Jr. ‘62 ‘63
Mr. Edgar B. Huckabee, Jr.
Ms. Lynda Wooten Hudson ‘68
Mrs. Mary Wheless Hughes ‘52
Mrs. Alice Faye Hunter
Rev. Jack Manly Hunter ‘62
Mr. Markel Isham
J’s Salvage
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Johnson, Jr. ‘46
Mr. and Mrs. Tapley O. Johnson, Jr. ‘60
Mrs. Janie P. Johnson
Rev. Jesse L. Johnson, Jr. ‘41
Ms. Carmen S. Johnston ‘01
Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Johnston, Sr.
Mrs. Candy Lester Jones ‘99
Mrs. Phyllis Pleasants Jones ‘84
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Jordan ‘53
Mrs. Edna Moye Joyner ‘44
Mr. and Mrs. Jon C. Judge ‘76
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Kaufman ‘60
Ms. Mary Ruth Kelley
Dr. Albert Kelling, DDS, PA
Mr. and Mrs. Graham C. Kennedy ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kennedy ‘53
Mr. L. Todd Kermon, Jr. ‘67
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Kilian, Jr.
*deceased
Mrs. Tammy Koonce
Mr. John G. Koster, Sr.
Mr. Timothy L. Kunkle ‘73
Ms. Judy Kuykendall
Lamm and Lamm Farms
Mr. T. Michael Lampros ‘71
Dr. Rodman L. Lancaster ‘42
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Laney ‘66
Mr. and Mrs. J. Harry Lange, Jr. ‘61
Mrs. Ellene D. Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. Roger LeQuire
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lewis ‘69
Mr. Phillip W. Liles
Mr. H. Douglass Lindsay, III ‘66
Mrs. Jane Moon Linsky ‘43
Louisburg Foods, Inc.
Louisburg Tractor & Truck
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Marks ‘56
Mr. Daniel L. Massey ‘62
Mr. and Mrs. George Matthis ‘46
Mr. Wilton L. Matthis ‘56
Ms. Betty H. Mattocks
Mr. and Mrs. D. Michael May ‘63
Mr. Duane N. McDonald ‘65
Rev. and Mrs. Walter N. McDonald
Mr. and Mrs. James L. McFarland ‘61
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. McLaughlin
Mr. and Mrs. John McPherson ‘50
Meadow Ridge Farm
Mr. Billy Ray Merritt ‘53
Mr. and Mrs. David Miller ‘57
Dr. and Mrs. D. Edmond Miller
Mr. Kelly Edman Miller ‘76
Mr. David Minard
Mr. William L. Mitchell, III
Mr. Jason Modlin
Mr. and Mrs. S. Howard Montague ‘72
Mrs. Gwynn Torrence Morris ‘58
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Morrisette, Jr. ‘53 ‘53
Mrs. Anne Tucker Mulchi ‘53
Ms. Irene T. Murphy
Dr. Paul G. Neal, DDS
Ms. Patrice Nealon
Mr. Paul L. Nevitt ‘77
Mrs. Inez Koonce Nobles ‘43
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Norwicki, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Stephen C. Page
Ms. Yvonne J. Page
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pake ‘53
Mr. and Mrs. John G. Patronis ‘60
Mr. Clarence W. Pearce, Jr. ‘54
Mr. Ralph H. Pegram ‘47
Ms. Susie T. Perdue
Mrs. Essie Liles Perry ‘23 *
Mrs. Mary Anne Peele Petteway ‘69
Dr. Jonathan D. Phillips ‘76
Piedmont Surveys
Pilot Lions Club
Mr. Samuel F. Pippin ‘60
Mr. John R. Poe, Jr. ‘63
*deceased
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Mr. James H. Poole, Jr. ‘65
Mr. and Mrs. Edsel H. Privette ‘52
Mr. Chester S. Ragland ‘73
Mr. and Mrs. David D. Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. Douglas K. Richmond
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Riggan, Sr. ‘59
Mrs. Strowd Ward Riggsbee ‘45
The River Golf and Country Club
Mr. Jose A. Rivera
Mr. Elbert Roberson, Jr.
Mrs. Margaret Adcock Robinson ‘58
Mrs. Dori Liles Rockefeller ‘61
Rose Mini Storage ‘82
Dr. and Mrs. Robert N. Rosenstein ‘68 ‘68
Ms. Hazel Ann Ross ‘71
Mr. and Mrs. Carles A. Royal, Jr. ‘50 ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Salter ‘51
Mr. Randy Addison Sandlin ‘81
Mr. Alan G. Saunders ‘73
Mrs. Dorothy Swindell Sawyer ‘51
Mr. Robert A. Scott ‘81
Mrs. Martha Cly Shaffner ‘65
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy E. Short
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shotwell
Ms. Kay H. Sims
Mr. Creighton W. Sloan ‘66
Mrs. Donna Smith
Mrs. Elizabeth M Smith
Mrs. Ruth T. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Tasker B. Southerland ‘54
Mrs. Mary Spector
Spicer Automotive
Mrs. Frances D. Spivey
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Barbee Stallings ‘46
Mr. Howard Stallings
Mr. J. Gilbert Stallings
Ms. Japlyne Gray Stallings ‘46
Mr. and Mrs. M. Graham Stewart, Sr. ‘49
Dr. and Mrs. Paul W. Stewart, Jr.
Dr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Stone ‘47
Mrs. Danielle L. Strickland
Mr. Johnnie D. Strickland
Dr. and Mrs. W. Trent Strickland ‘61
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Stringfellow ‘72
Mr. and Mrs. James G. Tarrant, Jr. ‘61 ‘60
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Taylor
Mr. and Mrs. Larry E. Tetterton ‘56 ‘56
Ms. Jennith Thomas
Mr. and Mrs. Reuben D. Thompson ‘66
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Timberlake ‘64 ‘59
Mr. and Mrs. G. Neal Titus, Jr. ‘65
Mrs. Linda Crocker Todd ‘64
Mrs. Stephanie Buchanan Tolbert ‘97
Mrs. Sara Hux Townsend ‘43
Mr. and Mrs. Leigh Traylor
Mrs. Delores Cole Tune ‘62
Mrs. Janet Griffin Turner ‘44
Mr. Samuel A. Tuten, Jr. ‘41
Vector Engineering Inc.
Mrs. Sandra Garman Vickers ‘68
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Law Office of James E.P. Walker, PC
Mr. and Mrs. William Wall ‘47
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Walukiewicz
Mr. Thomas E. Wardrick ‘90
Mrs. Jane Rosser Warfel ‘41
Mrs. Anne Jones Weathersbee ‘49
Mr. and Mrs. J. Michael Weeks ‘65
Mrs. Rebecca W. Wells
Mr. Robert L. Wells ‘60
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. West, Jr.
Dr. James P. West
Ms. Mary E. West ‘41
Mr. John Wesley Wheelous, III ‘69
White Plains United Methodist Church
Mr. James Melton White, Jr. ‘76
Mrs. Louis R. Wilkerson
Ms. Brenda H. Wilkins
Rev. and Mrs. Howard M. Wilkinson ‘45
Mrs. Bird Ramsey Williams ‘45
Rev. and Mrs. Larry C. Williams
Mrs. Louise McCullen Williams ‘55
Mrs. Nellie Stallings Williams ‘47
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton H. Williams ‘49
Mr. Ben N. Williamson, III
Mr. Carlton F. Williamson ‘74
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Williamson ‘54
Dr. Julian H. Williford, Jr. ‘64
Mr. Arnold W. Wilson ‘69
Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Wilson ‘69
Mr. David Mark Wilson ‘70
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Wilson, Jr. ‘45
Mr. Paul L. Wilson ‘61
Mr. James F. Womble ‘54
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Woodhouse, Sr. ‘56
Mr. and Mrs. Lenn Woodruff ‘58
Mr. Rod Wyatt
Ms. Kaye Yadusky
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice C. York ‘73
Contributors
Mr. James Michael Abernathy
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin T. Adcock, Jr. ‘59
Ms. Genya V. Afanasyeva
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Alexander ‘47
Ms. Edith L. Allen
Mr. John A. Allen ‘85
Ms. Deloris Ann Alston ‘77
Mrs. Doris Roberson Andrews ‘62
Mrs. Kathleen Britt Arnold ‘40
Mr. and Mrs. Woodrow W. Atkins
Ms. Wendy Bailey
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne M. Barker
Mr. William Taylor Bartholomew
Mr. James W. Bartley
Mr. John Basaldu
Mr. Paul G. Bass ‘50
Ms. Donna J. Beckner
Ms. Alma E. Beghtol
Mr. Justin Berg
Ms. Suzanne R. Cross
Mr. and Mrs. James B. Crow
Ms. Nancy W. Crowe
Mr. Oren J. Dameron
Mrs. Betty Worrell Darden ‘49
Mr. and Mrs. Fred B. Davenport ‘48
Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Davis ‘51
Ms. Katherine Davis ‘39
Mr. Steven B. Davis ‘72
Mr. R. Grady Dawson, Jr.
Ms. Carolyn Jean Day ‘71
Mrs. Kaydene Dean
Mrs. Pamela Alford Denning ‘62
Mr. and Mrs. Mark Dickens ‘83
Mr. and Mrs. R.C. Dickerson ‘45
Ms. Stephanie Nicole Biggs ‘09
Ms. Twana L. Biram
Mr. Samuel A. Blackwell, III ‘64
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Blake ‘50
Ms. Teresa Blumenauer
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Bobbitt, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. George L. Boggs ‘67
Ms. Karen Ann Bond ‘82
Ms. Anna L. Boothe
Ms. Norma Bowden
Mr. Randall H. Bowman ‘90
Dr. Martha Bragg
Mr. Arthur Brayboy
Bread of Life Worship Center
Ms. Dottie Brezeale
Ms. Susan A. Bridgeman
Mr. Lewis William Bridgforth, III ‘90
Mr. Robah A. Britt
Mr. Charles Broughton
Mrs. Donna Jacobson Browe ‘66
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Brown
Ms. Gail Brown
Ms. Lena H. Brown
Ms Carol M. Browning
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. Buie, Jr.
Ms. Linda A. Burkhead ‘59
Mrs. Georgette Burnette
Mr. and Mrs. Claude F. Burrows ‘43
Mr. and Mrs. J. Hudson Burton, III ‘66
Mr. and Mrs. Edward D. Byrum
Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Callear, Jr. ‘67
Mrs. Frances S. Callender ‘63
Calvary United Methodist Women
Mrs. Donna S Cannon
Mr. Clark Card
Mr. Brian L. Caso ‘04
Mr. and Mrs. Norman M. Cassie
Ms. Katherine Causby
Mrs. Helen D. Champion ‘00
Mr. Michael Childs
Mr. Willie R. Clanton
Mr. Christopher B. Clark ‘84
Mr. Paul Clemens ‘07
Mr. and Mrs. Michael S. Clemmons
Ms. Mary L. Coates
Ms. Nannette L. Coates ‘82
Mrs. Helen Cochrane
Dr. and Mrs. John H. Coker
Mrs. Virginia Spivey Coleman ‘42
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Coles
Mrs. Hazel Lassiter Collier ‘45
Ms. Sheilah R. Colthorpe
Mrs. Emma Snell Coney ‘42
Mrs. Janie Manning Conrad ‘44
Mr. Michael Dexter Cooley ‘76
Mr. Edward T. Cooper ‘71
Mrs. Julia W. Coor
Ms. Leej Copperfield
Mr. J. David Cothran ‘64
Mrs. Mae Bell Cox ‘47
Ms. Rosalyn S. Crandell
Mrs. Patricia Wilson Dixon ‘58
Mr. Dennis M. Donahue ‘74
Mrs. Ann Dunham Donnell ‘45
Mrs. Stephanie D’Souza
Ms. Ashley Duncan
Ms. Terrie Dunn
Ms. Frances Edwards ‘64
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Edwards
Ms. Alicia S. Eller ‘65
Ms. Charla B. Ellis
Mr. R. T. Ellistrom
Mr. John Elmore
Mrs. Frances Emory
Mr. David A. Evans, Jr.
Mrs. Erlene Jordan Evans ‘49
*deceased
living life the
ARTIST ’S
way
Despite having a “low GPA coming out of high school,” Christopher Wright ’93 managed to maintain Dean’s List standing for most of the two years he was a student at Louisburg College – no small feat for someone who struggled with focus issues throughout
high school. “Louisburg was great because I was taken from my familiar environment
with all its distractions. I was suddenly forced to pay attention to myself and the school
that I had just sent myself to.” Wright earned an A.A.
from Louisburg and went on to attend UNC-Greensboro
where he received a B.F.A. in painting and printmaking.
“Mr. William Hinton of the Art Department was a huge
inspiration to me,” Wright recalls. “The Art Building
in general, and my time working there for Hinton and
the school was a great experience. Here was a man, a
man with a wife and young children, who taught art at
a college in a quiet little town, who owned a cute modest home, and still made art on a regular basis. Early
on I realized that I wanted to be him in some ways. I
didn’t realize it then, but I never had any real older male
figures in my life, so it was great to not only finally have
one, but have a new friend as
well. Will and I are in touch
here and there, but I’ve always
missed my time there for sure.
My roommate Mike Yocum and his friend Mike Isenberg were
a very big deal to me as well. Very good memories all around.”
Wright, who now lives in Oakland, CA, with his partner,
Amie Towle, and their six-month-old son, Mason, works as a
commercial-based illustrator for a San Francisco skateboard
company. “My art for my job is all skulls and daggers,” he
says. “My art when separated from my job is overly clean
and detailed, and has a strong nod to ol’ timey illustration styles.”
To view samples of Wright’s work, visit www.seldomwright.com.
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Mr. and Mrs. Michael M. Ewanish
Ms. Donna Falkner
Mr. and Mrs. L. Nelson Falkner ‘65
Rev. and Mrs. Horace T. Ferguson ‘60 ‘60
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph F. Fitzpatrick
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fleming
Mrs. Carolyn Foxx ‘74
Franklin Appliance Center
Mrs. Jo Floyd Frazier ‘54
Mr. William J. Frazier ‘63
Ms. Hattie B. Fulton
Mrs. Pattie Joyner Gambardela ‘46
Mr. Brian Gano
Garner Country Club
Garner Eastern Star
Dr. Genevieve Hodgin Gay ‘41
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Gay
Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Giani
Mr. and Mrs. Alan C. Gibson ‘73
Mrs. Betty Ellis Goodbar ‘50
Ms. Monica Gordy
Mr. Harold B. Green
Mr. and Mrs. James N. Green
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey A. Greentree ‘73
Mrs. Brenda Lee Grieshaber’71
Mr. Daniel Grinnan, Jr. ‘64
Mrs. Brandy L. Gupton
Bishop and Mrs. Alfred W. Gwinn
Mr. James Hairston
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest E. Hall
Ms. Esther S. Hall
Ms. Tara Hamilton
Ms. Donna B. Hamm
Ms. Dorothy J. Hannan
Mr. James Allen Harper ‘74
Mr. and Mrs. Howard V. Harrell, Jr. ‘63 ‘62
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Harriss
Mr. Oscar H. Harriss
Ms. Shirley M. Hart
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Hayman
Mrs. Martha E. Hedgepeth ‘93
Ms. Karen R. Heinch
Mr. and Mrs. Ira L. Helms, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Francisco J. Fernandez
Mr. Trevor Highfield
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond R. Hight, Jr. ‘68
Ms. Maggie Hill
Mrs. Barbara Dunn Hilliard ‘59
Mr. James O. Hillsman ‘67
Mr. Thomas B. Hines
Mr. Joe B. Hobbs ‘61
Mr. and Mrs. L. Douglas Hobgood ‘60 ‘60
Mr. Ronald P. Hodul ‘78
Mr. and Mrs. J. Peter Holland, IV ‘68
Mrs. Hazel Holloman
Mrs. Elmar Newton Holmes ‘58
Ms. Babs Holtzman
Dr. and Mrs. Edgar W. Hooks
Hudson Manor
Ms. Deborah E. Hughes
Ms. Emily P. Humphries ‘04
Mrs. Danylu Palmer Hundley ‘79
Mr. and Mrs. Cleatus Hunsinger
Mr. and Mrs. Scott L Hyman
Ms. Phyllis M. Ihrie
Mr. Jerry M. Ingram ‘39
Mrs. Jean Finch Inscoe ‘52
Dr. and Mrs. David J. Irvine
Mr. and Mrs. J. Deane Irving ‘66
Rev. and Mrs. Wilbur I. Jackson
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Jamerson
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Jennings ‘70
Mr. and Mrs. Ellis R. Jensen
Mr. and Mrs. Hector F. Jimenez
Mrs. Beatrice Lewis Johnson ‘42
Mr. James T. Johnson ‘67
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip R. Johnson
Mr. and Mrs. James L. Johnston ‘78
Mrs. Mary W Jones
Mr. William J. Jones, Jr.
Mr. M. M. Jordan
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Y. Joyner
Mr. Mark L. Joyner
Mr. and Mrs. James E. Kallam
Mr. J. Scott Kanich ‘92
Mrs. Olivia Burton Kemp ‘70
Mr. Christopher J. Keravuori ‘85
Mr. W. H. Kincheloe
Ms. Laura L. Kinzinger
Mrs. Sara Davis Koontz
Mr. Nandor P. Kozma ‘62
Dr. Matthew T Kuber
Ms. Elizabeth Kutch
Mr. Gregory J. Kutch
Mrs. Sharon Lee Landreth ‘67
Mr. and Mrs. Ross P. Lane ‘61
Mr. and Mrs. R. Brent Langford ‘63
Ms. Randi L. LeHew
Mr. Coye Lewis
Ms. Erika Lewis
Mrs. Katheryn Coor Lewis
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Lewis ‘68
Mr. Jeffrey Linney
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn S. Linsky
Ms. Frances M. Little
Livingston’s Packing Company
Ms. Mary Louise Lockhart ‘71
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Long
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Loyd ‘80
Mr. and Mrs. Rick O. Lynch 74
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mangum ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Marquoit ‘67
Ms. Karen Martin ‘99
Mrs. Marion C. Martin
Ms. Carolyn C. Massey
Mr. Kenneth W. Mauck ‘60
Mr. John M. May ‘69
Mr. Willis Charles May ‘75
Mr. John McArthur, Jr. ‘63
Mrs. Barbara Hudson McCoy ‘64
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. McDonnell
Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. McKee ‘67 ‘67
Mrs. Mildred Carter McKim ‘40
Ms. Amy McManus
Mrs. Ruth Scholar Medley ‘45
Mr. John Meeks
Mr. O. C. Melton, Jr. ‘47
Ms. Sharon W. Menking
Ms. Elizabeth Michael
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Miller
Mrs. Victoria L Mills
Dr. and Mrs. Edward L. Mitchell
Ms. Holly Mitchell
Mr. William C. Mitchiner ‘64
Ms. Louise B. Mitchum
Ms. Rachael A. Modlin ‘50
Ms. Helen Moore
Ms. M. Sharon Moore ‘71 ‘87
Mrs. Regina Creech Morgan ‘81
Mr.* and Mrs. Eugene Morris
Mr. David Lee Moser
Mr. and Mrs. Subirendu Mukherjee
Mr. Stuart P. Murphy
Dr. Raymond L. Murray
Mr. and Mrs. Jon Nance
Mrs. Jean McAnally Neville ‘66
Mr. and Mrs. C. Hartwell Newton, Jr. ’61 ‘68
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Nicholson ‘72
Mr. Bryan Nieman
North Carolina Association of Registers of Deeds
Mr. Jeffrey V. Olbrys
Old Hickory Farms
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. O’Neill
Ms. Helen Othow
Ms. Suzanne Ozment
Mrs. Nellie S. Padgett
Mr. and Mrs. Gilliam B. Parham ‘75
Dr. Earl W. Parker
Rev. and Mrs. Joseph C. Parker ‘61
Ms. Alice B. Parks
Ms. Leigh Ann Parrish
Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses J. Parrott, Jr.
Rev. and Mrs. Brooks Patten
Mr. and Mrs. Brett F. Patton ‘85
Mrs. Kathryn Ward Paul ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Irvin A. Pearce
Mr. and Mrs. Jeffery L. Pearce
Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Pearce ‘42
Mr. and Mrs. Sam N. Perdue ‘66
Mr. and Mrs. Karl T. Pernell
Mr. Elvis T. Perry
Mr. Mark M. Person
Mr. Thomas W. Peterkin, Jr. ‘66
Mr. W. Horace Petty ‘46
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert H. Phelps ‘52
Ms. Marie Phillips
Mrs. Mary Alexander Poage ‘35
Mr. Justin Polizzi
Mr. Robert Poole
Mrs. Fonda Porter
Mrs. Elaine Carroll Pulley ‘60
Mr. and Mrs. Walter M. Pulliam, Jr. ‘63 ‘63
Mr. Berkley Raleigh
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Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Reeve ‘85 ‘85
Mr. and Mrs. Billy L. Revelle ‘45
Mrs. Dorothy Watson Richardson ‘42
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Richardson
Dr. and Mrs. Mac L. Ricketts
Mrs. Sharon Williams Ridges ‘84
Mr. and Mrs. John Riggs ‘54
Mrs. D. Louise Riley
Mr. Jose A Rivera
Mrs. Katherine D. Roberson
Mrs. Betsy Brodie Roberts ‘75
Mr. and Mrs. Willie B. Robertson ‘48
Mr. and Mrs. Neil A Rock
Mr. Robert Rogers
Mr. and Mrs. Danny Rollins
Ms. Jenna A. Roy
Mr. Caryl F. Roycroft
Mr. and Mrs. Jason K. Ruger
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Runion
Ms. Susan Marie Rush ‘76
Ms. Amanda Ryan
Mr. and Mrs. Roland T. Sain
Mr. and Mrs. John Sala
Mr. and Mrs. Rafael Sanchez
Mr. Brian W. Sanders
Ms. Janice A. Sapp ‘71
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Schaaf
Mr. Richard Bernard Schneider ‘73
Ms. Diane Louise Schultz ‘69
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Schweikert ‘50
Mr. Boyd A. Scott
Mr. James Pearce Senter ‘40
Mr. David Sexton
Mrs. Mae Asbell Shaw ‘40
Mr. Ronald V. Shearin
Mr. Hayami Shibasaki
Mrs. Alice Marie Short ‘72
Ms. Deronda M. Short
Simply Organized
Mr. and Mrs. Ted. N. Sloan ‘60 60
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith ‘51
Mr. Darrell Smith
Ms. Jacqueline T. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Julian J. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin W. Smith, Jr. ‘59
Mr. Thomas M. Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Royce L. Snipes
Mr. and Mrs. Willis B. Sorrell
Mr. Stephen E. Spainhour ‘70
Mr. and Mrs. Spivey, Jr. ‘52
Ms. Margie B. Stafford
Ms. Jina Danielle Stamey ‘99
State Farm Companies Foundation
Ms. Susan L. Steele ‘70
Mr. Wallace C. Stepp ‘64
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Stewart
Ms. Phyllis Stitt-Colbert
Mr. Andrew Stokes
Strayer University
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Street
Strickland Electric Company
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Expressions of Pride and Appreciation
By Gary Hynden, proud parent of a Louisburg College alumnus
I would like to take the opportunity to thank
the Louisburg College faculty and staff for everything they did to help our son, Michael Hynden, when he was a student from 2005-2007.
further searching, she found that Louisburg had
modeled its Learning Partners Program after
Landmark’s. Being less than four hours from our
house, Louisburg became our focus.
Michael suffered a head injury during childbirth
that caused physical issues, which were fixed,
thank goodness. It also resulted in a learning
disability.... auditory processing. School was a
struggle as he grew up. In fifth grade, he was
finally officially identified for Special Education.
My wife, Grace, a fifth grade teacher of special
ed, gifted and every other type of student, made
sure Michael got what he needed from the public school system. She also worked tirelessly
with him on homework, projects and the like.
Long story short, Louisburg College was
a wonderful experience for Michael. The
Learning Partners Program was exactly what
he needed. Coach Muhlman was kind enough
to let Michael be the manager of the football
team, which was brand new after 60-70 years.
Michael had the opportunity to be a student
ambassador so he could share his enthusiasm
with prospective students. He also has fond
memories of playing golf with Robert Rector
(rest his soul) and even hauling brush to the
county landfill with Mr. James Green! Louisburg
College was perfect.
Grace researched colleges that had special
programs
and discovered
Landmark
College in
Vermont.
After
Louisburg College enabled Michael to achieve
his goal of attending Virginia Tech, where he
graduated in May 2010 with a degree in History.
He was fortunate there, to have been one of
the student managers of the Hokies’ football team.
Now Michael has moved on to Columbia Theological Seminary (Presbyterian) in Decatur, GA. He wants to be a
minister or possibly a youth minister.
We could not be more proud.
Thank you for the parts that everyone
at Louisburg College played in Michael’s success. It was a true springboard for him.
Michael ‘07, with cousins, at his
Virginia Tech Graduation, 2010
Mr. Andrew M. Sugg ‘89
Mrs. Janie Lee Sutton ‘58
Mrs. Jean Swanson
Ms. Winifred L. Swartz
Mrs. Betty Thigpen Swindell ‘47
Mr. Michael D. Tedder
Mr. and Mrs. David A. Thomas
Mr. John C. Thomas
Mrs. Helen Tomlinson
Mr. Dale Tompkins
Mr. Robert Toth
Ms. Karen J. Trunzo
Mrs. Evelyn Smithwick Turner ‘43
Mrs. Martha Holden Turner ‘39
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner
Mr. David A. Vaughan ‘76
Mr. William W. Vaughan
Ms. Katherine Visintine
Mrs. Sophia Clifton Wall ‘33
Ms. Berline C. Waterfield
Mrs. Lenorma Saunders Waters ‘46
Mrs. Lucille M. Watson
Dr. and Mrs. William Lamar Weems
Mrs. Doris S. West
Wetherell’s Oilfield Contractor
Mrs. Phyllis Bailey Whitaker ‘53
Mrs. Eva Welch White ‘59
Ms. Norma G. White
Ms. Darlean Whiters
Mrs. Connie Frances Wicker ‘70
Ms. Joyce H. Wiggins
Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Wilkerson
Mr. and Mrs. Robert V. Wilkinson ‘66
Mr. Gregory Alan Williams ‘69
Mrs. Helen Mansfield Willie ‘46
Mr. Amos Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan S. Wilson
Mr. and Mrs. Chris A. Wilson
Mr. Daniel O. Wilson ‘06
Dr. G. Curtis Wilson ‘47
Ms. Mary Wilson
Ms. Mary Lou Wilson
Mr. Stephen Nelson Wilson ‘71
Mr. and Mrs. Phillip L. Wise
Ms. Juanita Wood
Mr. and Mrs. Jerome R. Worsley
Mrs. Betty Wrenn
Ms. Joan J. Wrenn
Mr. Arnold L. Wright
Mr. Thomas E. Yancey ‘41
Mr. Lewis G. Young ‘69
Mr. and Mrs. Carl W. Ziegler
Estates
Estate of Arch Ingram
Estate of Henry Clayton Jackson
Estate of Nathan Cole, Jr.
Victor Small Trust
Corporations, Foundations
&Matching Gifts
Alliance One International
AT&T Foundation
Albert L. Kelling, DDS, PA
AXA Foundation
The Paul and Merrill Barringer Family Foundation
Bethesda Realty, LLC
Nicholas Bunn Boddie and Lucy Mayo Boddie Foundation
Chartwells Corporation
CKB Limited
Clariant Corporation Matching Gifts Program
Coca-Cola Bottling Co. Consolidated
The Community Foundation of Western North Carolina
DBA Norlina Grading LLC
Duke Energy Foundation
Element One, Inc.
Eli Lilly and Co. Foundation
Fidelity Charitable Gift Fund
First Citizens Bank & Trust Co.
Fox Services LLC
Franklin Appliance
Franklin County Farm Bureau
Franklin Regional Medical Center
Garner Country Club
Holcim
Hospira Employee Giving
Hudson Manor
IBM Matching Grants
J’s Salvage, Inc.
Seby B. Jones Family Foundation
Kayne Foundation
Kelly Electric
Matthew T Kuber, MD, FACC
Lamm and Lamm Farms
Law Office of James E.P. Walker, PC
Livingston’s Packing Company
Louisburg Foods, Inc
Louisburg Tractor & Truck
Mixon Construction Company, Inc.
Norlina Auto Parts
North Carolina Community Foundation
North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities
Northwestern Mutual Foundation
Patco East, Inc.
Paul G. Neal, DDS
Piedmont Surveys, Inc.
Pizza Hut of Clinton, Inc.
PJM Interconnection
The River Golf and Country Club, Inc.
Rose Mini Storage
Simply Organized, Inc.
Strayer University
Strickland Electric Company
Stupp Brothers Bridge & Iron Co. Foundation
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Vector Engineering Inc.
Wachovia Matching Gifts
James and Vedna Welch Foundation
Wells Fargo Advisors, LLC
Wetherell’s Oilfield Contractor
Otto H. York Foundation
College Faculty & Staff
Rev. and Mrs. Larry C. Williams
Mr. and Mrs. Bryan S. Wilson
Mr. David Mark Wilson ‘70
Mr. Rod Wyatt
R. Edward & Louise Hunter Endowment
Mr. and Mrs. Richard E. Hunter, Jr. ‘68
William Moon & Jane Moon Linsky
Endowment
Donors to Endowed Funds
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Linsky
Cameron Athletic Endowment
Ms. Ann C. Pearce
Mrs. Beulah Cameron
Dr. and Mrs. John Cameron
Blanche Hooper and Earl Meekins Scholarship
The Coltran-Robertson-Coleman
Endowed Scholarship
Herbert and Elsie Miller Scholarship
Dr. D. Edmond Miller
Gary Ward Paul Scholarship
Coor Family Scholarship
Mrs. Nadine M. Brohawn
Mr. Charles G. Buie Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Coor
Mrs. Julia W. Coor
Ms. Beth B. Cox
Mr. and Mrs. Scott G. Cumby
Mr. David A. Evans, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Morris
Ms. Marie Phillips
Mrs. Elma Dare Snipes
Mrs. Frances S. Worsley
Joel Porter Counseling Center Endowment
R.A. Endowed Scholarship
Blair Tucker Scholarship
Mrs. Helen T. Beckwith
Lillian B. Watson Endowment
Mr. Theron P. Watson
Coach J. Enid Drake Basketball Scholarship
Ms. Connie Atkinson
Mr. and Mrs. G. Brooks Baines
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Bobbitt, Jr.
Ms. Lena H. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Brown
Mr. and Mrs. Jackie L. Bryant
Mr. and Mrs. Wayne R. Bryant
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight E. Compton, Sr.
Mr. Michael Dexter Cooley ‘76
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas C. Drake, Jr.
Mr. John Elmore
Mr. Herbert Felton Gay ‘69
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald C. Gay
Mr. Kenneth E. Gilliam ‘64
Mr. Russell Davis Herring ‘82
Mrs. Ellene D. Leonard
Mr. and Mrs. John H. Lewis ‘69
Mr. and Mrs. Michael B. Loyd ‘80
Rev. and Mrs. Walter N. McDonald
Ms. Sharon Moore ‘71 ‘87
Mrs. Paula Drake Smith ‘74
Mr. Emmett Chapman Snead, III ‘71
Mrs. Danielle L. Strickland
Mr. Johnnie D. Strickland
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Hurricane Club
Mrs. Penni D Beaver
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Chandler, IV ‘67
Mr. Sidney B Crowe
Ms. Margaret M. Curran
Mr. and Mrs. Donald W. Fish ‘60 ‘59
Mr. Morgan S. Foster
Mrs. Hazel Holloman
Mr. and Mrs. Michael L. Holloman ‘83 ‘90
Mr. Edgar B. Huckabee
Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Kelly
Mr. Mark M. Person
Mr. Jean Paul W. Roy
Mr. and Mrs. Michael Shotwell
Churches
Calvary United Methodist Women
First United Methodist Men of Cary
Louisburg Baptist Church
Louisburg United Methodist Church
The North Carolina Conference of the UMC
White Plains United Methodist Church
Ms. Genya V. Afanasyeva
Ms. Wendy Bailey
Mr. John Basaldu
Mrs. Sandra Beasley
Ms. Teresa Blumenauer
Dr. Martha Bragg
Ms. Susan A. Bridgeman
Mr. Matthew A. Brown
Ms. Gail Brown
Mrs. Georgette Burnette
Mr. Kurt Carlson
Mr. Michael Childs
Ms. Leej Copperfield
Ms. Sheilah R. Cotten
Rev. Alice Davis
Ms. Ashley Duncan
Ms. Terrie Dunn
Dr. and Mrs. James C. Eck
Ms. Frances Edwards ‘64
Ms. Alicia S. Eller ‘65
Mr. J. Craig Eller
Ms. Belinda Faulkner
Dr. Rodney S. Foth
Mr. Brian Gano
Ms. Monica Gordy
Ms. Judy Green
Mrs. Faye Griffin ‘64
Mrs. Brandy L. Gupton
Mr. James Hairston
Ms. Brenda G. Hawks
Mrs. Martha E. Hedgepeth ‘93
Mr. Trevor Highfield
Ms. Maggie Hill
Mrs. Patricia G. Hinton
Mr. William J. Hinton, Jr.
Mr. Michael L. Holloman ‘83
Ms. Phyllis M. Ihrie
Ms. Carmen S. Johnston ‘01
Mrs. Candace L. Jones ‘99
Mr. Mark L. Joyner
Ms. Laura L. Kinzinger
Dr. Mark D. La Branche
Mr. Jeffrey Linney
Ms. Karen Martin ‘99
Ms. Amy McManus
Mr. David Minard
Ms. Holly Mitchell
Ms. Louise B. Mitchum
Mr. Jason Modlin
Ms. M. Sharon Moore ‘71 ‘87
Ms. Patrice Nealon
Mr. Jeffrey V. Olbrys
Ms. Helen Othow
Ms. Leigh Ann Parrish
Mr. Justin Polizzi
Mr. Robert Poole
Mrs. Fonda Porter
Mrs. Donna Rhoden
Mr. Robert Rogers
Ms. Amanda Ryan
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Mr. John Sala
Mr. Brian W. Sanders
Mr. David Sexton
Mr. Charles B. Sloan
Mr. Andrew Stokes
Mrs. Jean Swanson
Mr. Michael D. Tedder
Ms. Jennith Thomas
Mr. John C. Thomas
Mrs. Stephanie Buchanan Tolbert ‘97
Ms. Katherine Visintine
Friends of the Arts
Mr. L. C. Adcock
Balloons, Etc. LLC
William Taylor Bartholomew
Mrs. Helen S. Benton
Mrs. Lillian Benton
Ms. Delano R. Borys
Ms. Dottie Brezeale
Mr. Charles Broughton
Dr. and Mrs. Benjamin Brown
Mr. Bob Butler
Mr. and Mrs. Bain Cameron
Mr. Clark Card
Ms. Katherine Causby
Mr. and Mrs. Ronald D. Champion
County of Franklin
Mr. Allen de Hart
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Dove
Mr. and Mrs. T. H. Edwards
Mr. J. Craig Eller
Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Fleming
Mrs. Emily Taylor Gardner * ‘46
Mr. and Mrs. Pierre Giani
Ms. Babs Holtzman
Mrs. Alice Faye Hunter
Mrs. Jean Finch Inscoe ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard A. Kilian, Jr.
Ms. Judy Kuykendall
Dr. and Mrs. Mark D. La Branche
Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. Long
Mr. and Mrs. Charles G. McLaughlin
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Moulton ‘43
Mr. Stuart P. Murphy
Dr. Earl W. Parker
Wake Electric Care
Mr. Darrell Smith
Mr. and Mrs. Julian J. Smith
Mrs. Frances D. Spivey
Mr. Howard Stallings
Dr. and Mrs. Paul W. Stewart, Jr.
Mr. Leigh Traylor, Jr.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Turner
Mrs. Rebecca W. Wells
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Gift in honor of Sidney Stafford
Honorary Gifts
Gift in honor of Earl Beshears
Gift in honor of Michael & Margie Brohawn
Mrs. Nadine M. Brohawn
Gift in honor of Clyde Brooks
Gift in honor of Bob Butler
Gift in honor of Charles and Martha Davis
Mr. and Mrs. Jimmy Y. Joyner
Gift in honor of Harold L. Gillis, Jr.
Mr. Harold L. Gillis, Sr. Gift in honor of Ellis Hall
Gift in honor of Charity Holland
Gift in honor of Dorothy Honeycutt
Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Gardner ‘44 ‘45
Gift in honor of Fred & Malene Irons
Gift in honor of Wil Jackson
Gift in honor of Don L. Jenkins
Gift in honor of Wallace Kirby
Gift in honor of Mark La Branche
Ms. Sue Guerrant
Mr. Bill Lord
Gift in honor of C. S. Loftis, Jr.
Gift in honor of Tom Loftis
Rev. Wilbur Ivan Jackson
Gift in honor of Walter McDonald
Mr. Creighton Wesley Sloan ‘66 Gift in honor of Reginald Ponder
Mr. Bob Butler
Mr. Charles Sloan
Gift in honor of Mary Strowd Riggsbee
Mr. and Mrs. W.S. Gardner ‘44 ‘45
Gift in honor of Charles Sloan
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Gift in honor of Edith Toussaint
Ms. Karen R Heinich
Gift in honor of Nancy Williams
Golden Anniversary Club
Thanks to the generosity of the Golden Anniversary Club –
alumni who graduated 50 or more years ago – the College
was able to support new lighting in the Auditorium and
equipment for the Art Department.
Mrs. Nancy Garrette Adams ‘40
Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin T. Adcock, Jr. ‘59
Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Alexander ‘47
Mrs. Joyce Ammons ‘51
Mrs. Frances Handley Andrus ‘43
Mrs. Kathleen Britt Arnold ‘40
Mr. Richard D. Auger ‘39
Mr. and Mrs. Billy A. Baker, Sr. ‘55
Mr. Rossie V. Baker, Sr. ‘57
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Baker, Jr. ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. Felix G. Banks ‘43
Mrs. Ruby Harris Barbour ‘55
Mr. and Mrs. Robert S. Barnes ‘48
Mr. and Mrs. Fred L. Bartholomew, Jr. ‘58
Rev. Dr. Clarence B. Bass ‘42
Mr. Paul G. Bass ‘50
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin E. Baugh ‘53
Mr. Robert E. Beck ‘53
Mr. Harvey Layton Bedsole ‘51
Mrs. Genevieve Ellis Bell ‘41
Mr. and Mrs. David C. Blake ‘50
Mr.* and Mrs. Earl Bonner ’48 ’48
Mr. Major H. Bowes ‘58
Mrs. Octavia Beard Bowman ‘51
Mrs. Dorothy Midgett Brannan ‘48
Dr. and Mrs. C. Douglas Bryant, Sr. ‘47
Mr. and Mrs. George P. Bunn ‘54
Ms. Linda A. Burkhead ‘59
Mr. H. Dwight Byrd ‘57
Mr. and Mrs. G. Maurice Capps ‘57
Dr. Patrick W. Carlton ‘57
Mr. Larry W. Castleberry ‘57
Mr. W. Paul Childers, Jr. ‘54
Mrs. Sophia Spivey Cody ‘38
Mrs. Virginia Spivey Coleman ‘42
Mrs. Hazel Lassiter Collier ‘45
Mrs. Emma Snell Coney ‘42
Mrs. Janie Manning Conrad ‘44
Mrs. Louise Mason Cowart ‘42
Mrs. Mae Bell Cox ‘47
Dr. and Mrs. Clifford G. Cutrell ‘47
Mrs. Betty Worrell Darden ‘49
Dr. Sarah Irwin Davis ‘42
Dr. and Mrs. D. W. Davis ‘51
Ms. Katherine Davis ‘39
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford T. Dean, Jr. ‘40
Mrs. Patricia Wilson Dixon ‘58
Mrs. Ann Dunham Donnell ‘45
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin M. Driver ‘53 ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. M. Douglas Edwards ‘53
Mr. Sam H. Elliott ‘52
Mrs. Ina Meekins Ernst ‘49
Mrs. Erlene Jordan Evans ‘49
Mr. Jerry A. Faulkner ‘54
Mr. James M. Featherston, Jr. ‘42
Mr. Wallace G. Flynt ‘48
Dr. and Mrs. Jimmy W. Foster ‘60 ‘59
Mr. Ben S. Foust ‘41
Mr. William P. Franklin ‘52
Mrs. Jo Floyd Frazier ‘54
Mrs. Elaine Weldon Fuller ‘39
Mr. Oscar M. Fuller ‘44
Mrs. Pattie Joyner Gambardela ‘46
Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Gardner ’44 ‘45
Mrs. Marietta Joliff Garrett ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest P. Gaster, Jr. ‘50 ‘50
Dr. Genevieve Hodgin Gay ‘41
Mrs. Betty Ellis Goodbar ‘50
Mr. Willis A. Goodrum ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. Graham P. Grissom ‘36
Mr. Willis F. Gupton ‘42
Mr. and Mrs. Swayn G. Hamlet ‘57 ‘56
Mr. R. Ray Harris ‘57
Mr. and Mrs. Herman A. Hecht ‘52
Mrs. Barbara Dunn Hilliard ‘59
Mrs. Jean Von Canon Hilton ‘39
Mrs. Ruby Massenburg Hinson ‘42
Mr. Bernard B. Hollowell ‘42
Mrs. Elmar Newton Holmes ‘58
Mr. and Mrs. Lennon W. Hooper, Jr. ‘50
Mrs. Mary Wheless Hughes ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. J. William Hurley ‘53
Mr. Jerry M. Ingram ‘39
Mr. and Mrs. Horace Jernigan ‘47
Mrs. Beatrice Lewis Johnson ‘42
Rev. Jesse L. Johnson, Jr. ‘41
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin L. Jordan ‘53
Mrs. Edna Moye Joyner ‘44
Mr. and Mrs. Graham C. Kennedy ‘52
Dr. Rodman L. Lancaster ‘42
Mrs. Jane Moon Linsky ‘43
Mr. W. J. Little, Jr. ‘49
Mrs. Virginia Deibel Lundell ‘34
Mr. and Mrs. Malcolm Mangum ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Marks ‘56
Mr. and Mrs. George Matthis ‘46
Mr. Wilton L. Matthis ‘56
Mrs. Mildred Carter McKim ‘40
Mr. and Mrs. John McPherson ‘50
Mrs. Ruth Scholar Medley ‘45
Mr. O. C. Melton, Jr. ‘47
Mr. and Mrs. David Miller ‘57
Ms. Rachael A. Modlin ‘50
Mr. and Mrs. William D. Moon ‘45
Mrs. Gwynn Torrence Morris ‘58
Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Morrisette, Jr. ‘53 ‘53
Mrs. Mozelle Seely Moulton ‘43
*deceased
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Mrs. Inez Koonce Nobles ‘43
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Pake ‘53
Mr. Clarence W. Pearce, Jr. ‘54
Mr. and Mrs. Philip D. Pearce ‘42
Mr. Ralph H. Pegram ‘47
Mr. W. Horace Petty ‘46
Mr. and Mrs. Elbert H. Phelps ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. William H. Pierce ‘38
Mrs. Mary Alexander Poage ‘35
Mr. and Mrs. Edsel H. Privette ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. Billy L. Revelle ‘45
Mrs. Dorothy Watson Richardson ‘42
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Riggan, Sr. ‘59
Mr. and Mrs. John Riggs ‘54
Mr. and Mrs. Willie B. Robertson ‘48
Mrs. Margaret Adcock Robinson ‘58
Mr. and Mrs. Carles A. Royal, Jr. ‘50 ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Edward R. Salter ‘51
Mrs. Dorothy Swindell Sawyer ‘51
Mrs. Ann Rhem Schwarzmann ‘54
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Schweikert ‘50
Mr. James Pearce Senter ‘40
Mrs. Mae Asbell Shaw ‘40
Mr. Joseph W. Shearon ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Smith ‘51
Mr. and Mrs. Marvin W. Smith, Jr. ‘59
Mr. and Mrs. Grady K. Snyder ‘50 ‘50
Mr. and Mrs. Tasker B. Southerland ‘54
Mr. and Mrs. Spivey, Jr. ‘52
Mr. Richard N. Stabell ‘59
Mr. and Mrs. Dudley Barbee Stallings ‘46
Mr. and Mrs. Glendel U. Stephenson ‘52
Mr. and Mrs. M. Graham Stewart, Sr. ‘49
Dr. Raymond A. Stone ‘47
Mrs. Janie Lee Sutton ‘58
Mrs. Betty Thigpen Swindell ‘47
Mrs. Ruby Chewning Thompson ‘59
Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Timberlake ‘64 ‘59
Mrs. Sara Hux Townsend ‘43
Mrs. Evelyn Smithwick Turner ‘43
Mrs. Janet Griffin Turner ‘44
Mrs. Martha Holden Turner ‘39
Mr. Samuel A. Tuten, Jr. ‘41
Mr. and Mrs. William Wall ‘47
Mrs. Jane Rosser Warfel ‘41
Mrs. Lenorma Saunders Waters ‘46
Mrs. Anne Jones Weathersbee ‘49
Ms. Mary E. West ‘41
Mrs. Phyllis Bailey Whitaker ‘53
Mrs. Eva Welch White ‘59
Mrs. Bird Ramsey Williams ‘45
Rev. and Mrs. Howard M. Wilkinson ‘45
Mrs. Louise McCullen Williams ‘55
Mrs. Nellie Stallings Williams ‘47
Mr. and Mrs. Wilton H. Williams ‘49
Mr. and Mrs. Wiley Williamson ‘54
Mrs. Helen Mansfield Willie ‘46
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Dr. G. Curtis Wilson ‘47
Mr. and Mrs. Hubert L. Wilson, Jr. ‘45
Mr. James F. Womble ‘54
Mr. and Mrs. Ray H. Womble, Sr. ‘48
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin W. Woodhouse, Sr. ‘56
Mr. and Mrs. Lenn Woodruff ‘58
Mr. and Mrs. James T. Wooters ‘42
Mr. Thomas E. Yancey ‘41
Gift in memory of James H. Edwards
Memorial Gifts
Mr. John Strotmeyer, Jr. ‘68
Gift in memory of Fred Fearing
Ms. Sarah Foster
Judge and Mrs. Robert H. Hobgood
Gift in memory of Beatrice Fox
Gift in memory of Emily T. Gardner
Gift in memory of Juanita Alsup
Gift in memory of Edna Earle Baker
Gift in memory of Jamima Williams Barefoot
Mr. John David Cothran ‘64
Gift in memory of Barney Bass
Gift in memory of B. C. Bean
Mr. Matthew A. Brown ‘68
Ms. Rosalyn S. Crandell
Ms. Sarah Foster
Mrs. and Mrs. W.S. Gardner ‘44 ‘45
Ms. Sharon Moore ‘71 ‘87
Mrs. Nellie S. Padgett
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Roberson ‘62
Mr. Ronald V. Shearin
Mrs. and Mrs. Leigh Traylor
Mr. Charles E. Wilkerson
Ms. Juanita Wood
Gift in memory of Douglas Ray Harrell
Gift in memory of R. A. Cobb, Jr.
Mr. Edward Roscoe Salter ‘51
Gift in memory of Harry Coor
Gift in memory of Katherine Mary Kraft Harris
Gift in memory of Worth Cotton
Gift in memory of Mattie Harrell Jackson
Estate of Henry Clayton Jackson
Mrs. Helen Ayscue Bonner ‘48
Mr. Horace Jernigan
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Gift in memory of Leila Schulman
Gift in memory of Martha D. Shearin
Gift in memory of Nick Pleasants
Gift in memory of Alice Starnes
Gift in memory of Cecil Collett Stephenson
Gift in memory of Adolphus B. Ussery
Mr. Marvin Lawrence Jordan ‘53
Gift in memory of Margaret Blanch Warren
Mrs. Pearl Harris Gomo ‘38
Gift in memory of Stokes Williams
Gift in memory of Josephine P. Zealand
Mr. Robert W. Alston, Jr. ‘60
ALUMNI AWARD NOMINATIONS
Gift in memory of L. Clarke Jones, Jr
Gift in memory of Charles B. Loftis
The Cecil W. Robbins Public Service Award – established in 1997 in honor of former president, Dr. Cecil W. Robbins.
This award, presented during Alumni Weekend, honors an alum or member of the community who has shown exceptional dedication to
Louisburg College by contributing outstanding and meaningful service to the College. The individual is selected based on his/her contributions of time, effort, and/or commitment, and for enriching the mission and standing of Louisburg College.
Gift in memory of Eugene Morris
The Distinguished Alumnus Award – established in 1978. This award, presented during Alumni Weekend, is given to an alum who is an
outstanding ambassador of Louisburg College, personifies the highest values on which the College was founded, and is renowned in his or her
community, family, and church.
Mr. Charles G. Buie Jr.
*deceased
Mr. Marvin Lawrence Jordan ‘53
The College will accept nominations for the following awards until September 1, 2011. The awards will be presented at Homecoming
Weekend in the fall of 2011. To download a nomination form, please go to www.louisburg.edu/alumni/alumninom.pdf.
Gift in memory of Eugene Dennis Donner
Gift in memory of William “Bill” T. Sadler
Gift in memory of Alva Johnson
Gift in memory of Lida Davis
*deceased
Gift in memory of Marion Davidson
Gift in memory of Mrs. M. L. Rowland
Gift in memory of J.M. Harrison
Ms. Carolyn V. Cotton ‘59
Mr. Markel Isham
Gift in memory of Nicholas Anthony Spinella
Ms. Nadine M Brohawn
Ms. Marie Phillips
Gift in memory of Donald R. Richardson
Gift in memory of Duffy Paul
Gift in memory of Madaline K. Person
Gift in memory of Leigh Gray
Ms. Sarah Foster
Ms. Sue Guerrant
Mr. Maurice Clifton York ‘73
Gift in memory of Peggy Ivey Hawley
Gift in memory of Nellie Loftis Bryan
Mr. Harold Gillis, Sr.
Gift in memory of C. Ray Pruette
Mr. Matthew A. Brown ‘68
Mr. and Mrs. Johniie M. Dickens ‘83 ‘80
NC Association of Registers of Deeds
Gift in memory of Essie Lyles Perry
Gift in memory of A. Watson Gillis
Gift in memory of Milliard I. Patton
Ms. Rachael Aberteene Modlin ‘50
Gift in memory of Carl Wood Brown
Mr. Carl Wood Brown
Ms. Mary L. Coates
Mrs. Helen Cochrane
Ms. Suzanne R. Cross
Ms. Frances Emory
Garner Country Club
Garner Eastern Star, Chapter 321
Ms. Esther S. Hall
Mr. Phillip W. Liles
Mr. David Lee Moser
Mr. Elvis T. Perry
Ms. Mary Wilson
Gift in memory of Mary Lib Loftis Cobb
Gift in memory of Rose Mehfoud Oley
Ms. Sarah Foster
Gift in memory of Gary Gerloff
Gift in memory of Edith Powers
Gift in memory of Aubrey Gay
Gift in memory of Alice Edwards Bliley
Mrs. Amy L. Coor
Ms. Julia Coor
Ms. Beth B. Cox
Mrs. Beth T. Cumby
Mr. David A. Evans Jr.
Mr. Lawrence R. Gurley
Mrs. Elizabeth Morris
Ms. Suzanne Ozment
Mrs. Cindy S. Pearce
Ms. Marie Phillips
Mrs. Elma Dare Snipes
Ms. Lucille M. Watson
Mrs. Frances S. Worsley
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The Outstanding Young Alumnus Award - established in 1993. This award, presented during Alumni Weekend, recognizes and honors an
alum who has graduated within the past 20 years and who has achieved significant accomplishments in a profession or in the community.
STAND-OUT STUDENTS
David Safran was nominated as a “Stand-Out
Student” by Learning Specialist Lorna Nelson because,
she says, “he has encouraged, coached, and tutored
students who need help.”
As young children, David and his twin brother were
diagnosed with dyslexia,
a phonics disorder, and
ADD. After struggling to
graduate from Broughton
High School eight years
ago, David attended a tech
school where he trained to
repair cars. He worked as
a Land Rover technician for
a few years, and then went
into medical sales. After
a mission trip to Guyana
with his church, Highland
United Methodist, David
began to ask himself what he really wanted to do with
his life. He decided to attend college to earn a business
degree.
Armed with plenty of enthusiasm and a healthy savings account, David began researching college options.
He landed on the Louisburg College Learning Partners
Program through an internet search, and quickly realized it was the right fit for him. “Learning Partners is
the key to my success in earning a college degree,”
David says. “David is very devoted to his success,”
according to Nelson, who says his discipline is impressive. In addition to attending classes, David works as a
part-time security officer at the RBC Center. He plans
to earn his A.A, in business with the goal of eventually
running his own property management company.
Sophomore Leonora (Leo) Lamptey was
nominated by Chaplain Alice Davis as a “Stand-Out
Student” for “constantly encouraging her classmates to
do the right thing.”
Leo, originally from Ghana,
Africa, is the daughter of Henrietta Quarcoo and Michael
Lamptey. After graduating
from Knightdale High School,
Leo chose to attend Louisburg because of the small class
sizes, the fact that it is churchaffiliated, and the helpful and
friendly teachers and staff.
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“Leo has shown great enthusiasm and excitement for
Louisburg College,” says Chaplain Davis. “In an effort to promote a culture of respect and character
on campus, Leo has been known to use Facebook to
send positive messages to her classmates in the area of
health, attitude, manner of dress, proper use of language, and good study habits. I believe she embodies
characteristics of a ‘Cane for Christ,’ as well as for the
College.”
Leo is a member of the Christian Life Council, Hall
Council, Phi Beta Lambda, Phi Theta Kappa, and serves
the College as a Student Ambassador. She says she
loves working with and caring for children, and plans
to attend UNC-Chapel Hill or ECU to finish her degree, with the goal of eventually becoming a pediatrician.
Cedric Chisholm, a freshman from Charleston,
SC, was nominated as a “Stand-Out Student” by Head
Football Coach John Sala for his “perseverance to succeed.” In spite of an amazingly difficult year in which he
lost both parents to cancer,
Cedric has committed himself
to excelling at Louisburg—on
and off the field.
After graduating from West
Ashley High School where he
was a member of the football,
wrestling, and track teams,
Cedric attended a community college near his home
in Charleston. Academically,
he struggled, due to personal
reasons and distractions, he says. With an eye on a
fresh start, and a determination to play football at the
collegiate level, Cedric looked to Louisburg.
“Although he was academically ineligible to play during
the 2010 football season, Cedric continues to come
to practice every day, never missing for any reason,”
says Sala. Through hard work and sheer determination,
Cedric earned a 3.35 GPA with a 17-credit course
load during the Fall 2010 semester. “I have no choice
but to succeed,” Cedric explains, “If I stay focused on
short-term goals, I will achieve in the long term.” Some
of those goals include eventually playing football at
the University of Miami, or with the USC Gamecocks
where his brother, Garrett, is a senior on the football
team. Cedric hopes to eventually become a physical
therapist and have his own practice.
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Cristiana Rose,
David (Dave) Louis Brown, a
“Being at Louisburg has been a
great experience so far,” says
Cristiana. “I’ve learned to take
on a lot of responsibility and
have grown up a lot.” Cristiana,
who learned about Louisburg at
a college fair last year, wants to share her enthusiasm
for the College with her friends back home, in hopes
that they will also consider attending. She chose to
attend Louisburg because of its small size, churchaffiliation, and its close proximity to her home and
family.
“Dave has been an excellent
first-year student thus far,”
says Purnell. “He has really
shown school spirit and tremendous leadership amongst
his peers.”
a freshman from Wilson, NC,
was nominated as a “Stand-Out Student” by Stephanie Tolbert, VP of Admissions, after she volunteered
to take information about the
College home with her over fall
break to share with members
of her youth group at Antioch
Outreach Ministries, her home
church.
Sophomore Lindsey Holtz knows how difficult it
can be to find time to study. As a softball player and
vice president of Phi Theta Kappa, the international
honor society of two-year
colleges, Holtz manages to
carve out a few hours every
week to not only tutor her
peers, but to also organize the
volunteer schedule.
Holtz and fellow PTK members offer free tutoring in
the Taft Computer Lab every
Tuesday from 8-10 pm. “The
PTK After Hours [tutoring]
has been a lifesaver for helping
me with my math homework,” says LC student Jimmy
Penny. “Those students are so kind and nice to help
out their fellow students. I recommend this service
to all Louisburg College students.”
“We worked with Dr. Mitchum [PTK advisor] and
other faculty members to get the program started,”
says Holtz. She believes part of what makes the peer
tutoring successful is that it’s “less intimidating to be
tutored by your peers than by teachers.”
After graduating from Louisburg, Holtz plans to earn
a bachelor’s degree and pursue a career in the marketing/advertising field.
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freshman from
Knightdale, NC, was nominated as a “Stand-Out Student” by his Hall Mentor Von Purnell. Dave recently
noticed the foosball table in the Student Center was
broken and decided to do something about it. He
approached James Hairston, the College’s Student
Events Coordinator, and volunteered his time to repair
the table as a service to the
College. He worked with Mr.
Purnell to repair the foosball
table and also helped fix a
broken ping-pong table.
Dave is a cheerleader for
the ‘Canes and also volunteers his time to play the
role of the “Stormy” — the College’s mascot — at
athletic events.
Dave, the son of David and Cassandra Brown, graduated last year from Knightdale High School. His
father, who attended Louisburg in 1979, encouraged
his son to attend. “I came here to be the best I can
be, and to be myself,” says Dave of the goals he has
set for himself. “I hope to grow as a person,” he
continues, “and make the best of these years.”
He plans to complete a degree in secondary education at a four-year institution after he completes two
years at Louisburg, with the goal of becoming a high
school history teacher.
Sophomore Gabby Calamaco was nominated as
a “Stand-Out Student” by Brian Gano, LC assistant
dean for housing. “As president of the Commuter Club
she is doing a great job pulling the group together and
leading them,” says Gano. “I
enjoy working with her in
the Commuter Club. When
something needs to be done,
I know that she will get it
done. She has an excellent
personality that I believe is
the reason our club is growing and attracting new members every meeting.”
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Mrs. Susan Ray Smith ‘73
CLASS NOTES
Mildred Cole Cooke ‘39
Cooke (pictured) celebrated her 90th birthday on May 7th
at her ancestral home in Durham, NC, where she lives with
her youngest son, Edward Cooke ‘68.
She has another son, Ret. LC Robert
U. Cooke, and a daughter, Beth Cooke
Barnhill, eight grandchildren, and twelve
great-grandchildren. Mildred remains in
very good health and enjoys her passion of
baking almost daily. She also loves walking, and watching game shows and golf
on TV. She has “vivid and fond” memories
of her Louisburg College experience.
Elnora Louise Mason Cowart ‘42
Cowart (pictured at LC Alumni Day, 2000, with husband,
Al ‘50 (to her left) and Doug Joyner ‘42) recently wrote the
College to share her Louisburg Story. She attended the College at the age of fifteen with the goal of becoming a teacher.
After a twenty-sevenyear teaching career,
she retired to take care
of her ailing mother.
Her husband, Albert G.
Cowart, was a former
teacher and dean of men
at LC, and had a long
career in education.
Sadly, Cowart’s husband
has passed away, and
although she says she is
“lost without him,” she
finds joy in regularly hearing from her former pupils.
Tapley O. Johnson, Jr. ‘60
A graduate of North Carolina State University and a fortysix-year veteran of the insurance industry, Johnson retired
in January 2009 as chairman of Tapco Underwriters, Inc.,
an insurance agency he founded in 1983. He is married and
has three children and eight grandchildren. He and his wife,
Jean, are very involved with the College of Charleston. He
serves on the College of Charleston Foundation Board and
Jean serves on the advisory board for the School of the Arts.
In addition, they are avid basketball fans and follow the Cougars to most of their games. They enjoy spending time in the
north woods of Maine and also enjoy their small farm in the
North Carolina mountains where they have three donkeys,
two goats, a pony and several chickens.
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Billy Noble ‘64
Noble graduated from NC State in 1967 with a B.S. in Textile
Chemistry. He retired from Cognis Corp. in 2001 and now
lives in Manteo, NC.
Jim White ‘69
White was recently chosen as Editor for the Doctor’s Creek
Journal, the official magazine for the Friends of Portsmouth
Society. He has also recently published a new book, Portsmouth Island: A Walk in the Past. In addition to teaching
history at Mount Olive College in New Bern, White is the
owner and president of Mount Truxton Publishing Company
in Trent Woods, NC. He is married to the former Nancy
Brinson and they have three sons and two grandchildren.
Margaret (Margee) Hickok Styles ‘70
Styles and her husband retired from Oyster Bay, NY, and
moved south to Ocala, FL, in 2005. The couple has four
children and five granddaughters. Sadly, her daughter Mandy
passed away following a brief and very courageous battle
with cancer on December 23, 2007. As a result, the Amanda
Styles Cirelli Foundation for Pediatric Cancer Research
was created. Mandy was an elementary school teacher who
adored children. For more information about the foundation,
please visit www.ascfoundation.com.
Sonny Sherrill ‘71
As Founder and Superintendent of North Raleigh Christian Academy, Sherrill (pictured) reports that the school
has completed a six-million-dollar
expansion of it campus with a three
story academic building, an elementary gymnasium, and soccer park/
fieldhouse. Now Wake County’s
largest private school and the third
largest private school in North
Carolina, NRCA has an enrollment
of 1500 students in just fifteen years
of existence.
Ann Grant Winstead ‘72
Winstead was elected President and CEO of Tarboro Savings
Bank, SSB, on October 1, 2010. She is married to Scott Winstead and has two grown children and six grandchildren.
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On June 30, 2010, Smith retired after thirty-two years of
working in the Carteret County School System as a high
school science teacher. The last thirteen years of her career
she served as the Principal of Cape Lookout High School,
grades 9-12. She has three daughters: Katherine, Caroline,
and Jennifer. Caroline attended Louisburg College and
graduated with an A.A. in 2009. “It was wonderful having
the opportunity to revisit Louisburg while my daughter
was a student there,” says Smith. “Even though things were
definitely different, I felt as though I had never left when I
stepped onto the campus nearly thirty-five years later. What
a wonderful school. My daughter loved it as much as I did!!”
J. Herb Bailey ‘77
On January 31, 2011 Bailey resigned as Director of Gift Planning at UNCW and went full-time into fundraising consulting. Bailey was named President of PAX Global, Senior
Partner of Development Systems International, and Senior
Faculty of the National Development Institute.
Smith (pictured) wrapped up her role in the
movie, “I Hate Tom Petty,” in the summer of
2010. The movie tells the story of a rock ‘n’
roll band, with Smith playing the role of a
singer named Sasha. A native of Henderson,
NC, Smith has been acting since the age of three. She is the
daughter of Charley-John and Rita Smith, both teachers at
Louisburg College.
Wheeler and her husband Ron Wheeler, Jr., welcomed a
baby daughter, Molly Jane, on November 15, 2010. Molly was
born at Rex Hospital in Raleigh weighing 8 pounds, 1 ounce.
She joins big brother Jack Clayton Wheeler, who is four
years old. The Wheeler family lives in Zebulon, NC.
Boddie-Noell Enterprises
recently named Wendy Perry
‘80 (pictured) as Corporate
Hospitality Specialist at its
historic Rose Hill Conference
Center near Nashville, NC.
Perry brings more than three
decades of experience including event planning, facility
management, catering and
personal chef services and
hospitality related credentials.
Tony Byron Marshall ‘04
She will promote and handle business and corporate events
for the Rose Hill facility, both in the beautifully restored
250-year-old Rose Hill manor house as well as the adjacent
Nathan Hall banquet and event center, both of which are set
amid a picturesque 900-acre working farm.
Denise Lloyd Bell ‘84
Bell and her husband Jimmy E. Bell ‘81 have two daughters,
Brittany, age 16, and Lauren, age 12. She teaches 2nd grade at
Royal Elementary School.
Young is the owner of a Fortune Hi-Tech Marketing, Inc.
business.
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Josie Smith ‘97
Jennifer Ann Mitchell Wheeler ‘97
Wendy Perry ‘80
Dale Young ‘87
J. Harrison Moncure ‘90
Moncure (CPCU, CLU), Principal Agent of Moncure & Associates, Inc. Nationwide Insurance and Financial Services,
credits Louisburg College with giving him “the educational
foundation I needed to succeed at VCU,” where he obtained
his BS in business and two professional insurance designations. In a recent letter to the College, Moncure wrote,
“Thank you, Louisburg, for guiding me down the right path,
for holding high ethical standards, for my strong work ethic,
and for being able to weather this tough economic climate
we’re all facing now.”
Marshall received a review from “Classical Voice of North
Carolina’s Best Performances” in 2008 for his superb ability as a concert pianist and organist. The review came from
the performance of the Mozart Coronation Mass in C Major
K.317 with the Wilmington Choral Society. Marshall resides
in Wilmington, NC, where he teaches weekly at the Odgen
Baptist Church Academy of Music, which he founded in
2008. He is also the concert pianist for the Wilmington Choral Society. He served Louisburg College’s Music Department
as their accompanist with professor Glendora Thomas-Powell from 2001-2007, and was a student at LC from 2003-2004,
after which time he matriculated to the University of North
Carolina at Wilmington to complete his degree in music
education and piano performance. “I love Louisburg College
and all that it stands for,” says Marshall. “I would not be
where I am today had it not been for the support, education,
and opportunity that I received and still have today from my
LC family! It is my prayer that I can continue to serve and
support Louisburg College as often as I can.”
LaDarius Terrell McEachin ‘09
McEachin is currently attending East Carolina University
where he plans to graduate in May 2011 with a major in
industrial distribution logistics and a minor in business
administration.
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In Memoriam
REV. TROY JAMES BARRETT ‘42 passed away on June 9, 2007.
NANCY MCCRARY BURGESS ‘66 passed away on May 7, 2010, in Roanoke Rapids, NC. Mrs. Burgess retired from the Durham
Public Schools in 2001, then returned that same year to
work part-time at Carrington Middle School. She loved
people, traveling, and Duke sports. She and her husband
established the Don and Nancy Burgess Athletic Scholarship at Duke in 1986. She was a member of Duke’s Chapel
United Methodist Church. She is survived by her husband
of forty-one years, Donald L. Burgess and several family
members.
EARL JUDSON BYRD ‘48 passed away on April 13, 2009, in Hillsborough, NC.
NYAL “DWIGHT” CAMPER ‘60 passed away in June, 2010.
CAROL SMITH CHILDERS ’55, wife of William “Paul” Childers
’55, passed away on July 26, 2010.
TAYLOR R. COPPING, SR. ‘49 passed away on December 12, 2009,
in Richmond, VA. Mr. Taylor proudly served in the Army
Air Corps, received his M.S. at the University of Richmond,
and later served as Executive Director of the American
Lung Association in New Mexico and Virginia. He was an
avid golfer and accomplished guitarist. Mr. Taylor is survived by his devoted wife, Virginia Brettain Copping ‘50,
three children, three grandchildren, and two sons-in-law.
MARY N. COPPLE, FRIEND OF THE COLLEGE, passed away in 2010.
MILDRED POWELL FRY ‘29
Louisburg College celebrates the life of Mildred Powell
Fry. Mrs. Frye passed away December 23, 2010, in Wilmington, NC, at the age of 99.
She graduated from Louisburg
College in 1929 (pictured).
She began her service on the
Louisburg College Board of
Trustees in 1976, and was
awarded Trustee Emeritus
status in 1997. Mildred was a
member of the Hayes Barton
United Methodist Church
for over sixty-five years. She
led in many capacities in the
United Methodist Church,
both local and worldwide. She
was a member of the General
Board of Church and Society
for eight years, the General Board of Higher Education and
Ministry for four years, elected to General Conferences
three times, and Jurisdictional Conferences four times. She
was a delegate to World Methodist Conferences in Denver,
Hawaii, and Nairobi. She recruited women into leadership
positions and represented the unheard members of our
society. In meetings, she often asked, “Who gets left out?”
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Mrs. Fry served as President of Church Women United
for two years, President of the Women’s Society of Christian Service, and President of the North Carolina Conference United Methodist Women. She was the first woman
President of the North Carolina Council of Churches,
which granted her its Distinguished Service Award. The
Raleigh News and Observer named her “Tar Heel of the
Week” in 1983. Mrs. Fry served as a trustee of the Methodist Home for Children for eight years. She was awarded the
Meritorious Service Award from Louisburg College, where
she served on the Board for twenty years, and received the
President’s Medallion from Methodist College. Her loyalty
and service to Louisburg College has created a lasting
legacy.
Her husband, Donald K. Fry, passed away in 2003. She
is survived by a son, Donald K. Fry, Jr. and wife Joan of
Charlottesville, Virginia; a daughter, Sandra F. Sink of Kure
Beach; two grandsons, Jason Fry and wife Emily of New
York City; and Joel Sink of Raleigh, North Carolina; and a
great grandson, Joshua Marcus Fry of New York City.
DANIEL JEROME “JIGGS” FUSSELL, SR. ‘32
Mr. Daniel Jerome “Jiggs” Fussell, Sr., a member of the
class of 1932, passed away on August 24, 2010, at the age
of 96. Mr. Fussell (pictured) was affectionately nicknamed
“Jiggs” by his Aunt who enjoyed the comic strip “Jiggs &
Maggie.” As a young man, he participated in collegiate football, basketball, and baseball, receiving the first athletic
scholarship awarded
by Louisburg College.
He was inducted into
the first class of the
LC Athletic Hall of
Fame in 2007. He is
preceded in death by
his wife of sixty-four
years, Mary Elizabeth
Baker, a classmate at
Louisburg.
He was committed to public service, serving as the mayor of Rose Hill in
the 1960s and as a member of the Duplin County Board of
Commissioners, where he still holds the record for thirtytwo years of continuous service. He was a champion for
mental health services and was honored as the “Outstanding Chairman for Mental Health in North Carolina.”
In 1972, Mr. Fussell and his two sons, David, Sr. and Dan,
Jr., planted ten acres of Muscadine grapes in Rose Hill, NC.
That venture would eventually evolve three years later into
the founding of Duplin Winery, the largest and oldest continuous winery in North Carolina, the largest winery in the
South, and the largest Muscadine winery in the world. The
winery is still in the family, with his grandchildren now at
the helm, selling a record 310,000 cases last year.
Mr. Fussell is survived by two sons, Daniel Jerome Fussell,
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Jr. and his wife Jo Ellen; David Geddie Fussell and his wife
Ann; and daughter Elizabeth “Lisa” Fussell Lathe. He also
is survived by several grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
who plan to return to the college for their second year and
also plan a career in biology. Dr. Nease was often able to
attend the Awards Day ceremony and congratulate the
recipients in person. MRS. RACHEL BROOKS FOX FUTRELL ‘41 passed away on September
29, 2010, at the East Carolina Heart Center in Greenville.
Louisburg College President Dr. Mark La Branche delivered the eulogy for Dr. Nease at the family’s request.
AUBREY LEONARD GAY ‘58 passed away on May 3, 2010.
JANIE HOLLAND NUNN ‘43 passed away in July, 2006
BRANDON EUGENE GRANGER ‘98 of Egg Harbor Township. NJ,
passed away on December 26, 2010.
DEBORAH ODOM RIGGS ’72 passed away on September 1, 2010,
in Port St. Lucie, Florida. She is survived by her husband,
Robert (Bob) Riggs, and mother, Frances B. Odom, and
family of Rocky Mount, NC.
ANNIE SHERLOCK GRIFFIN ‘44 passed away on January 1, 2010.
FRANCES GWIN ‘41 passed away on October 20, 2009.
GORDON E. HAWTHORNE ‘64 of Chesapeake, VA, passed away on
July 18, 2010.
ELLA G. HELD ‘51 passed away on February 20, 2009.
LISA OWENS HOOPER ‘81 passed away from cancer in late 2007.
WARREN MASSENBURG
Former Louisburg College Trustee Warren Massenburg
died on January 11, 2011. Mr. Massenburg served on the
Board of Trustees from 1991 to 2003.
He lived an extraordinary life. Born the twelfth of fourteen
brothers and sisters, he overcame the challenges of poverty
and prejudice to become the first African-American to be
elected to the Franklin County School Board. In addition,
his entrepreneurial spirit lead to the establishment of a
number of nursing homes, as well as the Bull Creek Golf
and Country Club.
The loyalty and generosity that he and his wife Selma have
shown to Louisburg College is significant. We celebrate
his life and extend our sympathies to Selma and his family.
ROBERTA MARGARET BECKLER MORRIS, wife of the late Harold A.
‘Ham’ Morris, passed away October 9, 2010. Mr. Morris, a 1940 graduate of the College, served on the Board of
Trustees from 1991 until his death in 1996. Mr. and Mrs.
Morris established the Alumni Appreciation Scholarship at
Louisburg College.
DR. FELTON NEASE
Dr. Felton Nease (pictured with students), an emeritus
member of the LC faculty, passed away on September 23,
2010, from injuries related to a September 13 car accident.
Dr. Nease joined the Louisburg College family in 1957 and
taught science until
his retirement in
1984, upon which
his wife, Pauline,
and his daughter,
Laura, established
an award in his
honor. The award
is given to outstanding first-year
students in biology
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DANIEL JOHN (DANNY) OTTAVIO ’72 of the Outer Banks, NC, passed
away on May 6, 2010, in Norfolk, VA. “For those of us who
knew Danny and our days at Louisburg, Danny made life
full and colorful,” said classmate Jack McAllister ‘72.
WILLIAM EDWARD RAMSEY ‘66 passed away on March 11, 2010.
Mr. Ramsey owned Christy’s of Havelock and was President of Fike-Ramsey General Contractors in Atlantic
Beach. He served as past president of the Havelock Chamber of Commerce, was a past director of the Carteret
County Chamber of Commerce, was an active member of
the Carteret County Board of Realtors and Home Builders,
and was a past director of BB&T in Havelock. He was an
avid fisherman, hunter and loving husband and father.
ESSIE LILES PERRY ‘24 passed away on February 9, 2010, in
Garner, NC.
RUTH LYTLE PHILLIPS ‘40 passed away on February 5, 2011.
MARGARET OGBURN RAPER ’54 passed away on December 17,
2009.
MARION RUTH HODGES SLOAN ‘47 passed away on April 11, 2010, in
Washington, NC.
MILDRED LUCILLE SNOW ’50 passed away on February 3, 2010.
REGINALD THOMAS STYRON ’42 passed away on March 27, 2010. He
is survived by his wife, Sarah P. Styron.
DR. E. BEN WARD ‘43, a dentist in Whiteville, NC, passed away
on October 5, 2009. According to a classmate, “he rang the
bell every morning to wake all up in time for family-style
breakfast.”
WILLIAM MILLER WEBB, III ‘62 passed away on May 13, 2010, in
Durham.
DR. ANGELA HORTENSE WILLIAMS ‘79 of Warrenton, NC, passed
away March 22, 2010 in Durham. Dr. Williams was a podiatrist who owned and operated Warrenton Foot Specialists since 1991.
JOSEPH BROWN YOUNG ‘97 passed away on August 29, 2009,
from coronary artery disease. His mother says that the “he
learned discipline at Louisburg College and was able to
excel in life and work because of that discipline.”
C O L U MNS 5 7
A Balanced
ACT
by Amy Scoggin mcmanus
Two-time grammy-nominee Travis
Cherry ‘94 on realizing his dreams
and remembering his roots
“I’m
still amazed that the same
eighteen-year-old who
walked on Louisburg’s campus in 1993 is now a twotime Grammy-nominated music producer!” says
Travis Cherry ’94, owner of Simplee Uneek Music,
an Atlanta-based production company he founded
in 1996.
Inspired by some of the R&B and Hip Hop greats—
think Stevie Wonder, R. Kelly, Dr. Dre, and Quincy
Jones, to name a few—Cherry has managed to set
himself apart from everyone else, he says, because
he is so committed to his brand. “I try to sound different from everyone, and I also try to give people
an experience when they are in the studio with me.
I love making people smile and laugh, and I also
love to teach people something about themselves
that they may not have known was there. It’s very
therapeutic.”
As a child growing up in Raleigh, Cherry had
hopes of one day becoming a veterinarian. As he
approached graduation from Enloe High School,
he was offered academic and track scholarships to
schools as far away as the University of Pittsburg,
but he ultimately decided to stay closer to home.
“At the time, I was young and didn’t have the confidence to go to a school that far from home. Plus
I had just started singing in a group, and I had a
cool job in Raleigh working at Mr. Carwash. I had
walked to work all summer long to save money to
buy my neighbor’s BMW and I didn’t want to leave
any of that. So after visiting other schools, Louisburg seemed like a great place for me. The campus
was small and the class sizes felt like I wouldn’t get
lost in the shuffle whenever I needed to talk to my
professors. It had a great feel.”
In the two years he attended Louisburg, Cherry
embraced all that college life had to offer. His band,
Simplee Uneek, even played their first show at The
Coffeehouse on LC’s campus in November 1993. “I
actually learned a lot about discipline at Lou U, and
I met a lot of great people who ended up transferring to Saint Aug. at the same time I did. I learned
how to be on my own being at Louisburg and how
to survive in an unfamiliar place.”
Cherry specifically remembers an incident that happened during his second semester at Louisburg. “I
forgot the gentleman’s name, but he was my English
professor. I remember he made me rewrite a paper
at the very end of the semester—like literally told
me to rewrite it as we were leaving from class. I had
to have it under his door before he got to his office
the next morning in order to pass his class. It definitely helped me learn how to work under pressure
and how to meet a deadline, which is pretty much
how I work now.”
Cherry transferred from Louisburg to St. Augustine’s College, then moved to Atlanta in 1996 to
further his music career. “I know I wouldn’t have
been willing or able to do it if I hadn’t gone to
Louisburg College,” Cherry says. “You have to
take full advantage of courses that are offered
which may not be along the lines of what you are
aspiring to do,” he continues. “I took courses in
college which helped to prepare me for a career
as a veterinarian, but I also took sociology, psychology, and some business courses. I realized
that along with what I liked, there were other
interesting things that I enjoyed. I even took
beach volleyball for my physical education class, just for the
challenge.” Cherry says he was
recently talking with a younger
cousin who wants to have a
career in music and he advised
him to take full advantage of the
college experience. “Use it to
take a piano course or a guitar
course,” Cherry told him. “Take
a small business class. Learn the
tools which you will be using in
your craft and find other angles
that you may not expect.”
“My business partner, James Montague, is very
active in the area. He’s one of the best minds I’ve
ever met. He does so much for small businesses
in Raleigh and around North Carolina, as well as
overseas. He actually has me traveling to China
in April to meet with their government and work
with a film company there on some projects. I
enjoy the opportunity of partnering with them
and exposing them to my sound and what I do. I
want to learn and contribute to the arts there, as
well as in North Carolina. “Most of all,” he says,
“I want to keep being an inspiration to younger kids that I’ve had
a chance to mentor. That means
a lot to me. I get so caught up
with working that I forget that
everything I do means something
to more than just me and my family.”
“I love making people smile
and laugh, and I also love to
teach people something about
themselves that they may not
have known was there."
Cherry says he started producing out of frustration. “I used to sing in a group and I always wrote
songs, but it was frustrating not being able to get
the music sounding like what I was hearing in
my head. Around 1998 when my group broke up,
I went and bought my own equipment and spent
a year learning MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital
Interface), and teaching myself basic piano and
how to record vocals. Just anything that could
help me get all these ideas out.”
In addition to producing, singing, and playing the
piano, Cherry also plays the drums and writes
music. He spends most of his days in the studio,
working with seasoned artists, as well rising
talents in the music industry. “I just partnered
up with Manuel Seal (super songwriter!), so I’m
looking forward to the music we are about to create together.” He is equally excited to be working
with Janeen Simone and a seventeen-year-old out
of Chicago named Kamryne. “I definitely enjoy the
experience of breaking an artist.”
With two nominations in his relatively short career, Cherry hopes to eventually “bring a Grammy
home to Raleigh.” He also plans to set up more
projects in the Raleigh community and to do some
international traveling in the near future.
Cherry is what you might call
a “life-long student.” “I love to
play golf, I love reading, and I
love to go bowling. I’ve been
studying every book I can find on
The Great Depression. I didn’t get to learn from
my grandparents how they learned to live with
very little, so I want to learn how they lived during that time, and how they were able to save so
much money and make smart investments with so
little.”
As the father of his three-year-old daughter Jaden,
Cherry understands the importance of taking
time for family and friends. “I love cooking out,”
he says, “and not just putting food on the grill,
but sitting down with my friends and having an
all-out competition on the grill. We will take a
Saturday afternoon when we’re all free, and light
the grill up. Usually that goes well into the night
until we end up bowling on the Nintendo Wii at
3 am!”
“There’s a quote I love in Latin,” says Cherry,
“translated it means, ‘To have peace, prepare for
war.’ I believe if you want to do something great in
your life, be ready to fight against anyone and everything that would prevent you from accomplishing that dream.” With his work appearing on the
Gold-selling album Back of My Lac by J. Holiday and
on Jennifer Lopez’s 2008 album, Brave, along with
an appearance on Episode three of the first season
of BET’s Keyshia Cole: The Way it Is, it is clear that
Cherry lets nothing stand in the way of his dreams.
C
PBL ATTENDS STATE LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE
PRESIDENT’S HOUSE
RETURNS TO MAIN STREET
Nineteen members of the LC Chapter of Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) Business Fraternity attended the 36th Fall Leadership Development Conference (FLDC) in Greensboro, NC (pictured).
It’s a win-win for the College and the Town of Louisburg. The College has acquired a spacious residence for
its president, and one of Louisburg’s grand old homes has been preserved.
The house at 213 North Main Street, known as the Reavis-Allen House, stands as a reminder of simpler times,
when summer afternoons were spent on the front porch, sipping cool drinks, enjoying the cross-breeze, and
waving to passing neighbors. Built in 1906 for Peter Reavis, a tobacco merchant, the house now serves as
home to Louisburg College President Mark La Branche, his wife, Mona, and their miniature Schnauzer, Bella.
For nearly four years the College has been leasing a residence outside the city limits in Woodland Hills, a
subdivision some two miles from campus. Over a year ago, a Presidential Housing Committee was formed to
study residential options. The committee set criteria for the home, including: 1) close proximity to campus,
2) attractive setting with high visibility, 3) historic district location, 4) ample entertaining space with good
flow, and 5) affordability – all of which were met with the purchase of this house. The committee and the
College’s Board of Trustees studied several options, including building a new structure, but the desire to support the preservation of an historic home won out.
“It is just good stewardship,” says Ray Hodges, chairman of the
Presidential Housing Committee. The Committee calculated that
the cost of purchasing a renovated home would be over 30% less
than building a new one. The College will also reduce its monthly
expense by nearly 30% compared to the cost of leasing the Woodland Hills house.
In keeping with a desire to preserve historic buildings in Louisburg,
the College is in the initial planning phase for the renovation and
preservation of the Arthur Person House at 601 North Main Street.
OVER TWO CENTURIES OF LC HISTORY PRESERVED
The Louisburg College Archive Collection contains
photographs, college publications, correspondence,
and artifacts that illustrate the rich and unique history of the College. Located in the Cecil W. Robbins Library, the Archives are the only repository
for material that documents the history of Louisburg College and its administration, faculty, staff,
and alumni over the past 150 years of Louisburg’s
224-year history as an educational institution.
To view copies of the College’s catalogues and annuals from as far back as the late 1800s, please visit www.archive.org and use keyword “Louisburg College.”
“The recognition our chapter received at this year’s conference is a result of a very committed group of students led by
a very strong officer team,” says PBL Advisor Patrice Nealon.
Attendance at the FLDC prepares a chapter for the State
Leadership Conference (SLC) held in Charlotte April 7-9,
2011. Each member will compete in two events chosen from four classifications: individual, team, chapter, and
recognition events. This year’s SLC has seventy-two total events. First and second place winners are eligible to
compete at the National Leadership Conference (NLC) June 23-26, 2011, in Orlando, Florida.
AN EVENING OF CLASSICAL MUSIC
On November 1, Louisburg College and First Citizens Bank were proud to have Ms. Ella Ann Holding (pictured)
perform a piano concert in Benson Chapel, during which the Julliard-trained pianist played compositions by
Beethoven, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, and Debussy.
A native of Smithfield, NC, Ms. Holding earned a bachelor of music degree cum laude
from Salem College where she received the Distinguished Alumnae award in 1996. As
a student of Bruce Simonds, she acquired a master of music in piano performance at
Yale University School of Music, twice winning the concerto competition. Ms. Holding
received additional study at Julliard School of Music, working with Katherine Bacon.
She was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship to the Royal Academy of Music in London
where she studied with Hilda Dederich. Ms. Holding has performed with the Yale University Orchestra, the North Carolina Symphony, the South Carolina Philharmonic, and
the Spoleto Festival. Performing in recitals and on numerous concert series in Virginia
and the Carolinas, she joins Professor John Adams in duo-piano concerts and performs
chamber music with the Leros Trio.
Ms. Holding is featured on Albany Records’ “Chamber Music of Hunter Johnson.”
The late Mr. Johnson was a Composer Laureate of North Carolina. At its commencement, Campbell University
awarded the Honorary Doctor of Human Letters to Ms. Holding. She had previously been recognized there, receiving the Presidential Meritorious Award. Ms. Holding held the first artist-in-residence position there for nine
years. Currently, she is serving on the Board of Trustees for the North Carolina Symphony.
The picture on the right was given to the College’s
Archive Collection by Mark Person of Richmond,
VA. His grandmother, Gwendolyn Railey DeBerry
‘04, is part of the group above pictured on the steps
of the Main Building over 100 years ago.
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The conference program included leadership workshop sessions, regional meetings, a keynote speaker address, leadership workshop tracks (financial responsibility, business
technology/social media, etiquette, leadership building skills,
and career development), and a preview of upcoming state
and national leadership conferences. LC was recognized as
a NCPBL “Gold Star” Chapter for reaching initial state goal,
and also recognized on the regional and state level for recruitment and membership.
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Ms. Holding was “delighted” to be performing at Louisburg College, she told the audience members, sharing that
her grandmother for whom she was named, Ella Etta Richardson, had attended LC and taken piano lessons at the
College in the late 1800’s.
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C O L U MNS 6 1
2 0 1 0 L o u i sb u r g c o lle g e A T H L E T IC S
The Year In Review
By Holly Mitchell, Sports Information Director and Volleyball Coach
MEN’S BAS KETBA L L
In 2010, the Louisburg College men’s basketball
team made their first ever appearance in the
NJCAA DII National Tournament. In the first
round of completion as the seventh seed, the
‘Canes faced Grand Rapids Community College
(MI). The team came out strong and pushed
ahead to lead at the half, 50-36. The break did
not stop the momentum of the ‘Canes, who
were able to use their quickness to out-hustle
Grand Rapids, defeating them 88-66. With the
victory over the Raiders, the ‘Canes advanced
to the second round of competition. Here, they
faced the number-two-seed Kirkwood Community College of Cedar Rapids (IA), who have
a tradition of top tournament finishes. After a
hard-fought fight, the ‘Canes were unable to
slow down the Eagles, falling short 70-52. This
was not the end for the Hurricanes.
They would have one last opportunity to battle for national placement against Kishwaukee College
of Malta, Illinois. The ‘Canes played
hard and held close to the Kougars
throughout the game, losing by just
six points, 91-85. The Hurricanes
ended their season with an outstanding 29-7 record.
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W o men ’ s B asketball
The Women’s Basketball team completed their
2010 season with a shining record of 20-6. In
March, the
Lady ‘Canes
competed
in the
NJCAA
Region
X Tournament
hosted by
Brunswick
Community
College. The team faced Catawba Valley Community College in the semi-final round, defeating
them 61-42. By advancing to the Championship
game, the Lady ‘Canes would face Region X
rivals Patrick Henry Community College. The
Lady ‘Canes knew they would have a tough fight
against this undefeated ballclub. Although they
maintained a lead throughout the majority of the
game, they found themselves struggling to score
late in the fourth quarter. The Lady ‘Canes
fought hard but were defeated, 61-58.
S o f tball
The LC softball team concluded their 2010 regular season of competition boasting an impressive
season record of
26-13 and a conference record of 14-4.
Their outstanding
accomplishments
are a testament to
hard work on and
off the field. The
‘Canes were plagued
in 2009 with inju-
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ries and unable to complete their regular season.
Thanks to an outstanding recruiting class brought
in by second-year Head Coach Monica Gordy,
the ‘Canes reclaimed their position as one of the
top ballclubs in the NJCAA. Although they were
not eligible this year for the post-season tournament, the Lady ‘Canes did receive several honors,
including the Region X Player of the Year, four
First Team All-Region, and one Second Team AllRegion awards.
Baseball
The LC Baseball team concluded the 2010 regular season with a record of 33-16. The Hurricanes then headed to the Region X Tournament
at the Burlington Athletic Park in Burlington, NC
for two days of intense competition. The ‘Canes
entered the tournament as the third-seed, facing
the number-six-seed Florence Darlington Tech
in the first round of competition. With a slow
start, the
‘Canes
were
unable
to score
any runs,
falling 4-0
against
the Stingers. The
tough
breaks
would continue for the ‘Canes in the second
game of the double-elimination tournament when
they faced #7 Surry Community College. The
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‘Canes split the regular season with the Knights
2-2, but were unable to pull this one out, coming
up short 1-0.
Football
The Hurricanes Football team started the 2010
season with a big win over Erie Community
College. The Hurricane defense held the Kats
to just twelve points, while the offense posted
strong numbers; the ‘Canes won 48-12. Throughout the season, the Hurricanes posted big wins,
including ones over Edward Waters College and
George Mason University. In their final game of
the season, the Hurricanes defeated the Alfred
State College Pioneers 23-12. This additional win
brought the season record to 6-4.
Starting in 2011, the Hurricanes will be competing for the first football conference championship
in Louisburg College’s history. The team was
unanimously voted into the Northeast Football
Conference as a permanent member last year.
Louisburg College now joins ASA, Dean College,
Erie Community College, Hudson Valley Community College, Lackawanna College, and Nassau
Community College as NFC members.
2010 Scho la r - A th letes
The 2009-2010 Louisburg College Hurricanes
scored high on the fields and in the classrooms.
Ninety-three student-athletes earned a 3.0 gradepoint average or higher, and 106 medals were
given to honor last year’s Hurricane ScholarAthletes.
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Poet Laureate Carol Bessent Hayman ‘45
Hayman, poet laureate of Beaufort and Carteret County, NC, has authored several collections and anthologies of her
work, including special-occasion books. A member of state and national professional writing councils, Ms. Hayman was
the founding president of Carteret Writers and served as president of the Poetry Council of North Carolina, Inc. from
1996-98. She served as poet-in-residence at Louisburg in 1982, and in 1997 received the College’s President’s Medallion.
She served on the LC Board of Trustees in the 1960s and ‘70s during President Robbin’s tenure. She
is currently an adjunct teacher in the continuing education program of Carteret Community College. Since 1999 she has written a biweekly column for the Carteret County News-Times.
STUDENT AMBASSADORS TAKE THE LEAD AT LC
The 2010-2011 Louisburg College Student Ambassadors regularly volunteer their time and talent to the College, taking on leadership roles around campus and in the community. Student Ambassadors make up a prestigious organization whose members are specifically chosen based on character and academic excellence. The
Ambassadors, who will act as tour guides and event coordinators, each play a part in representing Louisburg
College and impacting its future.
Living in her family home in Beaufort, Ms. Hayman writes with special commitment to her coastal
hometown. Her Lovely Day cards and books can be found in area bookstores and in libraries across
the nation. Her husband, Dr. L.D. Hayman, Jr., passed away in 1993. She has one daughter, and a son
who attended LC.
To view some of Hayman’s work and learn more about her, please visit www.ncarts.org.
A Message From
Our Chaplain
When I entered The Divinity School at Duke University
in the fall of 2002, I knew God would someday have me do
critical work in campus ministries. I recall a conversation
with one of my Duke colleagues in which
I prophetically shared, “I am going to
serve God in Higher Education someday.”
In the summer of 2009, I left the local
church as an associate and embarked on
what I call a critical mission: I became the
chaplain at Louisburg College.
In Honor of Our Former Chaplain
On the evening of Friday, December 3, a group of faculty
and staff gathered with friends and family members of Sid
Stafford to celebrate the dedication of a painting in his
name. The painting, “remember,” which now hangs in the
Benson Chapel
lobby, was acquired by the College to honor Sid,
and made possible
by donations given
in his name.
Having served
the College for
over forty years as
its chaplain, and
many more years
following that as a
professor, his ties
to the institution
are far-reaching
and his service is
highly respected
and appreciated.
I entered the community of campus ministries with some experience as a chaplain gained during
my field education at Duke. Often I marvel at the way God
has placed me as spiritual leader of nearly one thousand
souls on the campus of Louisburg. One of my greatest joys
is to pray daily for each of them. Our colleges and universities need full time pastors to offer the love of Jesus Christ
to hurting students, staff, and faculty. With the prevailing
influence of violence and other ills of society, pressure is
mounting on us all. I believe having a spiritual presence
on any campus in this nation sends a powerful message
of hope for the future. Together, we can change a generation for Jesus Christ and send forth strong young men and
women into the world.
As his friends and family members took turns sharing fond
memories, Sid sat alongside Grace, his wife of forty-six
years, smiling, laughing, and, at times, wiping away tears.
The work is challenging, to say the least, but it is rewarding. I have seen lives transform for Christ among students,
staff, and faculty. I look forward to continual service in
campus ministries.
The large acrylic painting depicting a baptism was created
by North Carolina Artist Kathy Ammon, whose collection,
“Road to Damascus,” was recently displayed as part of the
College’s Traveling Exhibition Series.
God’s Servant,
Alice Wade Davis
(L-R): President Emeritus Reggie Ponder, Sid
Stafford, and Faculty Emeritus Bob Butler.
The three men attended Duke Divinity School
together in the 1950s and have been good
friends ever since.
FRONT ROW(L-R): STEFAN GAILLIARD, DEREK WEATHERINGTON, LEONORA LAMPTEY, ALLISON HUNTER, AND KRISTEN AYERS
BACK ROW(L-R): MICHAEL STAFFORD, COLE PROCISE, LORENZO CROWDER, CHAZ COGGINS, GRAYSON BAILEY, NATALIE BIERMAN,
T.J. REGHANTI, KOURTNEY ANDERSON, MARISSA LANIER, CHRIS HENDERSON, AND KACY MILLIRONS
The Allen de Hart Concert Series FINAL FOUR
DONALD DAVIS:
AN EVENING OF
STORYTELLING & MUSIC
JOHN BROWN JAZZ
ORCHESTRA
Sunday
March 20, 2011
2 PM Matinee
Monday
March 14, 2011
7 PM (Free Admisson)
FOR TICKETS:
866.773.6354 l www.louisburg.edu l 919.497.3300
GOLDEN DRAGON
ACROBATS
Friday
April 15, 2011
8 PM
TERESA WALTERS: PIANO CONCERT*
Benson Chapel
Friday
April 29, 2011
7 PM
*A Friends of the Arts benefit concert
Building Strong Foundations for
Great Futures
501 North Main Street
Louisburg, NC 27549
Remember the date
like you remember
the taste...
S AT U R D AY , A P R I L 1 6 , 2 0 1 1
Golden Anniversary Club Reunion
Louisburg College, 9 AM — 4 PM
A Celebration
of the 1950s
For event information, please call
919.497.3437 or visit www.louisburg.edu

224 Years and Counting

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