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of a second-floor window were:
■ Adam Jones, 21, of Atlanta. The
rising senior is a Phi Gamma Delta mem
ber.
■ Ben Eubanks, 21, of New Bern.
Eubanks, a rising senior, is a former Phi
Gamma Delta president.
■ Anne Glenn, 21, of Charlotte. Glenn
had not been enrolled this past semester.
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A Carolina Inn employee called Or
ange County 911 at 6:07 a.m. He reported
afire at 108 West Cameron Ave.—the Phi
Gamma Delta fraternity house, just across
the street from the Inn.
“The fire was well involved when the
first units arrived,” Jones said. Firefight
ers , who had a three minute response time,
were unable to enter the building, he said.
Chancellor Michael Hooker, who went
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Some ofthe swimmers presented his mother
with a T-shirt signed by the team.
Weaver joined Phi Gamma Delta his
freshman year, receiving the pledge of the
year award. He also served as recording
secretary. Libba Weaver said, “He loved
that fraternity, as we do.”
Weaver graduated from Rocky Mount
Academy in 1993. He is survived by his
parents Libba and Gary.
Mark Striddaad
Where Mark Strickland walked with
his good friend Josh Weaver, the children
at Rocky Mount Academy would follow.
“They were sort oflike pied pipets while
they were here,” Proctor said. “They were
good role models for the little guys.”
Friends and family describe Strickland
as a personable man who always had a
smile on his face. “He was a very sensitive
young man, and he didn’t like to step on
anyone’s toes,” said Hank Strickland,
Mark’s father.
Jason Harrell, 21, met Strickland when
they played on the high school basketball
team. “He was the perfect gentleman, the
perfect citizen nobody ever said a bad
word against him,” Harrell said.
Strickland’s father said he had many
friends. “We always teased him—as soon
as he came home he had 20 calls from
friends wanting to talk to him,” he said.
Strickland said through his grief, he
recognizedhisson’saccomplishments. “He
had 21 good years of quality,” he said.
Strickland graduated from Rocky Mount
Academy in 1993. He is survived by his
parents, Rita and Hank; and brothers, Jeff,
David and Steven.
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Anne Mcßride Smith grew up with Josh
Weaver and Mark Strickland in the tightly
knit community of Rocky Mount. She and
Weaver became-fast friends as toddlers
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to the scene of the fire as soon as com
mencement ceremonies ended, said local
officials had done all they could.
“The Chapel Hill Fire and Police De
partments, as well as our own police de
partment, responded quickly and admira
bly as soon as the call came in,” Hooker
said.
Director of Greek Affairs Ron Binder
heard about the fire soon after the
firefighting units had reached the scene. “I
got called at 6:30 am. I got four phone calls
they were very thorough,” he said.
Binder had to attend graduation so he
had planned on just checking in. “I got
over there about 7 a.m., and it kind of
dawned on me how serious the situation
was.”
Alumni of Phi Gamma Delta fraternity
arrived on the scene at about 7 a.m., Binder
said.
“They were helpful with the layout of
the house,” Binder said. “The police de
partment was very grateful to hear about
after his family moved to town.
“She enjoyed knowing the boys at the
Phi Gam house,” said Anne’s mother,
Mary Sue Smith. “Mark Strickland, whom
she died with, was like her brother, and
Josh Weaver, too.”
Smith led an active high school life. She
was captain of the tennis team, editor of
her yearbook and an honor student, but
she still found time to maintain these friend
ships in college, even after she joined Pi
Beta Phi sorority.
“To describe Anne is to describe some
one whose life was her friends and her
family,” Mary Sue Smith said.
Pat Mauldin, a longtime friend of the
family who has daughters close to Smith’s
age, said, “She was always ‘Annie’ here.”
A sorority sister said, “She was just
always smiling, always really friendly.”
ShegraduatedfromNorthemNashHigh
School in 1993. She is survived by parents
Mary Sue and Timothy; two sisters,
Catherine and Rebecca; and brother Tim.
Joanna Howell
“She was bom late, she walked and
talked and teethed early,” said Dan Howell,
Joanna Howell’s father. “She and her
motherread books together from Dr. Seuss
to all the current romances.”
That emphasis on language continued
as Howell worked her way from reporting
for her high school paper to becoming an
assistant editorial page editor for The Daily
Tar Heel.
Associate Professor of Journalism and
Mass Communications Cathy Packer said,
“It hurts to lose any student, but it really
hurts to lose a student like that—a student
with endless potential.”
Chris Yates, who worked with Howell
on the DTH editorial board, said, “My first
impression, and the impression I would
still claim, was she was very outgoing, very
interested in you in people.”
She joined Alpha Delta Pi sorority her
freshman year, and her father said she
enjoyed its social outlets.
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the little nuances that they and the current
brothers knew from living in the house.”
Some of the nuances included fire code
violations. Johnson, the assistant fire mar
shal, said that the last fire inspection at the
fraternity was Dec. 11, 1995. The house
had eight violations, which they had cor
rected by January.
But violations, like the long-lasting ef
fects of this tragedy, cannot be undone.
“What should have been the happiest
day is found out to be the saddest,” Chan
cellor Michael Hooker said May 12.
Binder said he had never experienced ial
similar event. “I’ve been a Greek adviser,
for 11 years on different campuses and this
is probably the biggest tragedy I’ve ever
had to deal with.” ,
Student Body President Aaron Nelson,
said he was at a loss for words.
“I just can’t believe on a day that was to
be so wonderful, tragedy can just strike
without warning, without any warning
whatsoever.”
Howell graduated from Apex High
school in 1993, where she was a cheer
leader, ran track and was in the National
Honor Society. She is survived by parents,
Daniel and Jan; and brothers, Robbie,
Tommy and Michael.
Ben Woodruff
Randy Worth lives two doors down
from the Woodruffs, and went to school
with Leon and Bonnie, the parents of Ben
Woodruff. He said he often saw Woodruff
mowing thelawnorgoingtosoccergames.
Worth had known Ben Woodruff since
he was six years old. “He always had an
infectious smile, but was a well-mannered,
pleasant kid,” he said.
The Raleigh neighborhood of about
eight houses holds an annual Christmas
party. “I remember him sitting on Santa’s
lap as a very young boy,” he said.
Charles Riddle, rector at St. Michael’s
Episcopal, said Woodruffhad served as an
accolyte and attended the church’s kinder
garten. “Ben was a very likeable person,”
he said. “He was a big old friendly guy.”
"He’s been a part of this parish here his
entire life,” Riddle said. “It’salossfortheir
family and for our entire church.”
Woodruff graduated from Broughton
High School in 1993. He is survived by his
parents, Leon and Bonnie, and sister Molly
Elizabeth.
Real World Pain
Five young people will no longer be a
part of the University community.
“This is the type of situation no student
body president can solve and no chancellor
can keep from happening,” Yates said.
“They say we’re not in the real world, but
this is real pain, real tragedy.”
The pain has become all too real for five
North Carolina families.
Mary Sue Smith has no explanation for
the fire that took her daughter’s life.
“I’m just so sorry that their lives have
been cut short,” she said. “We just wanted
these young people to achieve happiness,”