IN MEMORIAM
Robert Wilson Hudson Byrd ’64
Albert Stevenson Mitchener ’74
At EHS, Mr. Byrd was a Monitor, usher, and waiter, as well as a member of the E-Club, The Chronicle, Whispers, the Missionary Society, Fairfax Literary Society, and the Advisory Board. Mr. Byrd played varsity football, ran varsity track, and was captain of the wrestling team. After graduating from Episcopal, Mr. Byrd attended Sewanee: The University of the South and Vanderbilt Graduate School. He was an educator for 40 years, serving as a teacher, coach, administrator, and headmaster at Christ School (Arden, N.C.), Christ Church Episcopal School (Greenville, S.C.), Montgomery Academy (Montgomery, Ala.), The McCallie School (Chattanooga, Tenn.), Hilton Head Preparatory School (Hilton Head, S.C.), and Kerr Vance Academy (Henderson, N.C.). Mr. Byrd is survived by his wife, Lane, and their daughter.
As an Episcopal student, Mr. Mitchener was a member of the football, basketball, and track teams. After Episcopal, Mr. Mitchener earned a B.A. from the University of North Carolina and an M.S. from the University of South Carolina. Mr. Mitchener enjoyed a long career in both the commercial real estate and the commercial building businesses, primarily in Charlotte. For 15 years, he worked for Lat Purser & Associates. In 1985, he started R.J. Griffin & Company General Contractors in Atlanta, Ga. Mr. Mitchener is survived by his wife, Sally, and two sons. Other EHS relatives include brother William T. Mitchener ’76, nieces Ruffin C. Mitchener ’11 and Victoria L. Mitchener ’14, and nephew James S. Mitchener IV ’07.
of Virginia Beach, Va., died Jan. 12, 2015.
Quintus Whitaker Sibley ’73
of Highlands, N.C., died Nov. 19, 2014. At Episcopal, Mr. Sibley won the Whittle Prize for Academic Excellence. He went on to earn a degree in classics from Princeton University and a J.D. from the University of Georgia School of Law. Over the years, Mr. Sibley was employed as an attorney for several Atlanta law firms and at one time maintained a solo law practice. Mr. Sibley served as a lobbyist for the State Bar of Georgia from 1991 to 1998. He was director of legal affairs for Georgia College & State University in Milledgeville, Ga., from 1998 to 2009. In 2002, Mr. Sibley was appointed by Governor Roy Barnes as a member of the Georgia Superior Court Clerks’ Cooperative Authority. Mr. Sibley is survived by his wife, Robbie; father James Malcolm Sibley ’37; brothers James Malcolm Sibley, Jr. ’65 and Jack Norris Sibley ’66; and two sisters. Other EHS relatives include nephews James Malcolm Sibley III ’92 and Jack Norris Sibley, Jr. ’03, and niece Cary (“Lexa”) Sibley Remmes ’97.
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of Charlotte, N.C., died Feb. 17, 2015.