Law School, worked for two years in the Judge Advocate General Corps, and was a research aide for Supreme Court justices. He organized the appellate division of Blackwell Walker & Gray in Miami. He is survived by his wife, Byrd Barnette (’54); two daughters, Evelyn (’80) and Mary (’82); a son, Lewis (’88); two grandchildren, Emelia and Kate; and two sisters, Nancy Benda and Carmean Johnson (’60). Memorials may be made to Big Bend Hospice, 1723 Mahan Center Blvd., Tallahassee, FL 32308-5438, or the Wake Forest College Birthplace Society, PO Box 494, Wake Forest, NC 27588. Charles Harry Rock (’56), Dec. 13, 2008, Warsaw, VA. He served in the U.S. Army before becoming a civil servant with the U.S. Army Material Command. He retired in 1993 after nearly 40 years. Lloyd Thomas Wood Jr. (’56), Nov. 23, 2008, Rutherfordton, NC. He served in the U.S. Army and was a CPA at A.M. Pullen & Co. in Charlotte, NC. In 1961 he moved to Rutherfordton, NC, and was chief financial officer for the Tanner Companies for 35 years. He served on the board of trustees of Rutherford Hospital and was on the founding board of the Rutherford Hospital Foundation. He is survived by his wife, Merrill; a daughter, Robin; a son, Lloyd; ten grandchildren; two sisters, Celia and Carolyn; and a brother, Claude Byron Wood (’59). Joe Isaacs Marshall (’57), Oct. 15, 2008, WinstonSalem, NC. He was a life-long banker. His career included State Planters Bank in Walnut Cove, NC, and Security Bank and Trust Co. in Monroe, NC. He was president and CEO of Peoples Bank of Madison which later merged with First Citizens Bank. He retired from First Citizens in 1996.
He served in the U.S. Coast Guard from 1951 to 1954. He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Anne Bynum Marshall (’57); a daughter, Jane; two sons, Jim and Bynum (’85); eight grandchildren; and a brother, William Flynt Marshall Jr. (JD ’60). Lloyd Thomas Preslar (’57), Dec. 28, Washington, D.C. He was an artillery officer in the U.S. Army and a journalist for the WinstonSalem Journal and Sentinel and later for the Baltimore Sun. He was editor of the Old Gold & Black during the first year in Winston-Salem. He was a special assistant for international affairs in the transportation secretary’s office in Washington and was vice president from 1969 to 1992 of DGA International. He later became a partner in the Bridge Group, a consulting firm representing the French defense ministry and industrial firms. In 1996 he founded Space Technology Development which developed a remote-sensing satellite with the U.S. Navy. Noble Lee Ball (’58), Nov. 9, 2008, Gastonia, NC. He served in the U.S. Marine Corps during the Korean War. He was a hairdresser, founder of Noble’s College of Hair Design and owner of several beauty salons. He also owned Classic Core Co. Jackson Virgil McCraw (’59), Jan. 24, 2009, Charlotte, NC. He was retired from National Gypsum and was in the Trailblazers retirement club. He is survived by his wife, Patricia; two sons, David Jackson and John Lamar; two daughters, Martha M. David (BA ’84, BS ’85) and Sally Ann (’91, MSA ’97); and five grandchildren. Sherrill L. Morris (’59), Jan. 8, 2009, Thomasville, NC.
Edmond Victor Smith (’61), April 29, 2008, Wrightsville Beach, NC. Roger Dean “Rickey” Stratton (’61), Dec. 20, 2008, Greensboro, NC. He served in the U.S. National Guard and ran the family business, Stratton Flooring. James H. Knight (’62), Dec. 8, 2008, Rural Hall, NC. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He pastored Unity Baptist Church in Winston-Salem, NC, for 14 years and was co-owner of Knight’s Antiques in Rural Hall. Gary James Hinebaugh Sr. (’63), Oct. 16, 2008, The Villages, FL, and Charlotte, NC. He was a sales representative for Proctor & Gamble in York, PA, and a sales manager for 23 years for the Carter Products Division of CarterWallace. He is survived by his wife, Sharon, three children and three grandchildren. Memorials may be made to The Andrew Milne Scholarship Fund, c/o Cameron Meador, Director of Gift Stewardship, Wake Forest University, PO Box 7227, Winston-Salem, NC 27109. Alex Chalmers Hope Jr. (’64), Jan. 6, 2009, Charlotte, NC. He attended Union Theological Seminary in Richmond, VA, and Medical College of South Carolina in Charleston. Virginia Logan Sams (MA ’65), Oct. 13, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC. She worked in the personnel department of the FBI and taught in the WinstonSalem/Forsyth County schools. In 1974 she received a Reynolds Scholarship to study abroad and attended the Univeristy of London. While teaching at Parkland High School in Winston-Salem, she was inducted into Delta Kappa Gamma, an international honor society of women educators. She is survived by three children, Jeannie, Charles Jr. (’90) and Janice,
five grandchildren and one great-grandchild. Memorials may be made to Wake Forest Baptist Church, PO Box 7326, Winston-Salem, NC 27109 or to The Southern Poverty Law Center, Teaching Tolerance Project, 400 Washington Avenue, Montgomery, AL 36104. Hattie Ward Angel (’66), Oct. 27, 2008, Kernersville, NC. She was a retired CPA with the Internal Revenue Service. Carolyn Peacock Lowery (’66), Jan. 2, 2009, Greensboro, NC. She served various organizations: Guilford College Women’s Club, Parents for the Advancement of Gifted Education, University Women’s Club, Parent Teacher Associations, Community Swim Association, United Day Care Services, N.C. Division of Vocational Rehabilitation and the Greensboro Sheltered Workshop. She was a substitute teacher in the public schools and co-owner of The Wedding Pages and Piedmont Playbill. She is survived by her husband, Clifford Benjamin Lowery (’65); two daughters, Kathryn Johnston and Kameren Dalton; a son, Kevin; and four grandchildren. Charlie Smith McIntyre Jr. (’67, JD ’71), Dec. 17, 2008, Lumberton, NC. He was an attorney in Lumberton and served as treasurer of the Robeson County Bar Association. He served in the N.C. National Guard. He is survived by his wife, Jill Prevatte McIntyre (’72). William Kermit Link Jr. (’68), Dec. 26, 2008, Winston-Salem, NC. He worked for IBM in the Research Triangle Park and founded Boy Scout Troop 207, Uwharrie Council. He is survived by his wife, Laurel Hill Link (’70); a daughter and son-in-law, Beth and Robert Taylor; and a grandson, Benjamin William. www.wfu.edu/alumni
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