Alumni Happenings
In Memoriam
David Patrick Aydlett
CS7), above center,
chats with D. H.
Nicholson, Registrar,
(right) and R. Clayton
Lewis, Director of
Corporate and
Foundation Rela
tions, during a recent
campus visit. Aydlett
was accompanying
his cousin, Tracey
West, who will enter
Chowan this fall as a
freshman. Aydlett,
who was president of
the Rotaract Club
while at Chowan, is
now an engineer with
the Norfolk Naval
Shipyard.
Class Notes
'91 Susan Jacobs will receive her BA in Music degree from
Carson Newman in July 1993.
'87 Sandra L. Murray married John L. Burton, II, on
February 27,1993. The couple will reside in Portsmouth,
Virginia. Sandra works for Atlantaic Rehabilitation Services,
Inc.
Douglas Adams was married December 5,1992, to Laura
Waye. The couple will reside in Duluth, Georgia.
'85 Todd Scruggs works as a pressman for Sherwin-
Williams Graphic Arts Company.
Cecil Davis has been awarded his doctorate in Pharmacy
from Campbell University.
'84 Greg Tutwiler would like to announce the arrival of a
baby boy named Aaron Gregory, on April 26,1993. Greg
owns National OJ Connection and works with his wife
managing her business, Va Orden & Tutwiler, a Redkin
StyUng Salon.
'83 Olen Wayne Lee is engaged to marry Brenda West of
Fayetteville. Olen is employed by Morganite, Inc.
'76 Aaron William Tucker and Tammy Jane Sides were
married on April 24,1993. Aaron is employed by McQuiddy
Printing and Opryland Hotel in Nashville, TN. The couple
will make their home in Nashville, TN.
'72 Thomas Warden Riggs, Jr., received his masters degree
in engineering on May 8,1993 from North Carolina State
University. Tom married Laura Jarjabka on May 13,1993,
and resides in St Lucia, West Indies. Tom works for
Burroughs-Wellcome Pharmaceutical Company.
R. Bruce Settle, III, has joined Central
Carolina Bank in Roxboro as a mortgage loan
officer.
'71 Larry Thurston married Judith Anne
Cannon on April 10,1993. The couple will
reside in Chesapeake, Virginia. Larry is em
ployed by the City of Virginia Beach.
'70 Osborne G. Gray stepped down from the
Dare County seven-member governing board to
become assistant director of the North Carolina
Department of Motor Vehicles.
'68 Jean Carole Rawls is living in the Great
Bridge area of Chesapeake, Virginia, with her
husband and 13 year old twin sons, Eddie and
Chris.
'66 Robert M. Thornton graduated from the U.
S. Army War College in 1992. He is currently a
member of the Virginia Army National Guard
and holds the rank of LTC.
'65 Nancie Allen is a volunteer in mission
(Missionary) at Red Bird Mission School in
Beverly, Kentucky. She assists in teaching
writing and drama.
Dr. W. D. Morris,
former Trustee
Dr. Walter Desmond “W.D.” Morris,
85, a former member of the Chowan College
Board of Trustees, died April 26, 1993, in
Sampson County Memorial hospital,
Clinton.
A native of Gates County, Dr. Morris
was a retired minister after 60 years. He was
a member of First Baptist Church of Clinton.
He attended Campbell College and gradu
ated from Wake Forest College. He was a
graduate of Southern Theological Seminary,
Louisville, Ky.
In 1956, he received an honorary Doctor
of Laws Degree from Atlanta Law School.
Dr. Morris began his ministry in
Sampson and Pender counties and later
served churches in North Carolina and
Virginia.
He was also very active in Baptist orga
nizations throughout the state and was a
former president of N.C. B^tist Pastors’
Conference, former general board member
of the N. C. Baptist State Convention and a
former executive committee member of the
Southern Baptist Convention.
Survivors include his wife, Nellie C.
Morris; a sister, Thelma M. Dilday of
Ahoskie; and two brothers, Tommie Morris
of Aydlett and Thurman L. Morris of Gates.
Sibyl Grimes served
as Dean of Women
Mrs. Sibyl J. Grimes, who served as
dean of women at Chowan College from
1955-1966, died at her home in Woodland,
on April21,1993. A native of Northampton
County, Mrs. Grimes had also served the
Northampton County Health Department
for many years.
Mrs. Grimes, 95, was a member of the
Woodland Baptist Church, where funeral
services were conducted. Burial was in the
Woodland Cemetery.
She is survived by a daughter and son-
in-law, Anne G. Askew and William L.
Askew of the home; William Linwood
Askew ni of Memphis, Tenn.; Vicki Blair
Phillips of Wilson; John Henderson Grimes
III of Roanc^ce Rapids; Laura Askew Wolfe
of Wake Forest; and eight grandchildren.
1970
Thomas A. Clarke
1961
Rev. William "Bill" Pitt
Douglas White trustee
for many years
H. Douglas White, 85, who served for
many years on Chowan College’s Board
of Trustees, died at Rocky Mount on Sun
day, April 25,1993. He was bom October
11, 1907, in Colerain, a son of the late
Herbert T. and Lila Sessoms White.
Mr. White, an Honorary Life Member
of the Board of Trustees, was a retired
manager of Belk-Tyler’s with whom he
was associated for 33 years. He lived in
Rocky Mount for 53 years, and was a
member of the First Baptist Church.
He is survived by his wife, Janet
Cartwright White; a daughter, Betty Jean
White of the home; and a sister, Mrs.
George H. Brown of Colerain.
The family requests that memorials
be made to the building fiind of First Baptist
Church, Chowan College, or to the SaJva-
tion Army.
Marie Elliott,
former college nurse
Marie S. Elliott, 79, a retired Chowan
College associate nurse, died May 8,1993,
in Hertford. A nativeof Columbus County,
she was a retired LPN, and served for a
number of years as the official hostess of
the college, in addition to her duties as
associate nurse.
She was a member of Hertford Baptist
Church, where she formerly taught Sunday
school, and was a member of the Women’s
Missionary Union. She was past president
of the Hertford Business and Professional
Women’s Club, committee chairman for
the Perquimans County Democratic Party
and an honorary member of the National
Parent^'eacher Association.
Survivors include a daughter, Mrs.
Paul (Frances) Smith of Portsmouth, Va.;
two brothers; seven grandchildren; and 10
great-grandchildren.
Todd Scruggs (’SS),
left, is a head press
man with the graphic
arts division of
Sherwin-Williams
Co., of Greenville.
Scruggs, who operates
a 6-unit, 40-inch
Kormori offset press,
is shown taking
electronic readings of
the color reproduction
work.
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