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Fitzhugh E. Wallace Jr. (JD ’49), April17, 2006, Morehead City, NC. He earneda Bronze Star for his service in WorldWar II. He was an attorney with WallaceMorris & Barwick PA in Kinston, NC, for50 years.Charlie Bryan Finch (’50), April 15, 2006,Oxford, NC. He served in the U.S. AirForce in the medical field and practicedmedicine for 45 years as a general practitionerin Granville County, retiring in1995. He is survived by his wife Gene, sonCharlie Jr. (’89), and daughter Tamara.Glenn B. Hays (MD ’50), June 16, 2006,New Cumberland, PA. He was an Armyveteran of World War II and served as ameteorologist in the European theater.He was a dermatologist, practicing inTarpon Springs and Ft. Myers, FL. Heserved as a physician in Zimbabwe,Thailand and Papua New Guinea.Rubert B. Pearce Jr. (’50), April 21, 2006,Henderson, NC. He served in the U.S.Navy during World War II and was amember of the American Legion inFranklinton for 50 years. He is survivedby his wife, Mary Jo, and son, Bert (’83).Garland Nathaniel Tolbert (BBA ’50),June 19, 2006, Greensboro, NC. He servedin the U.S. Army during World War II.He retired after 39 years with Pilot LifeInsurance Company, Jefferson Pilot.J.R. “Jack”Wrenn Jr. (’50), May 7, 2006,Roanoke Rapids, NC. He was a U.S.Army veteran and the owner of what isnow the Wrenn Clarke & Hagan FuneralHome.George John Bartels (’51), May 10,2006, Spring Lake, NJ. He served in theU.S. Army during the Korean War andwas a retired manager with National ArtIndustries, Ramsey.Dudley H. Britt (’51), May 27, 2006,Columbia, SC. He was a World War IIand Korean War veteran. He worked forFirst National Bank in Columbia and wasgeneral manager of Rawls Chevrolet Co.before graduating from the University ofSouth Carolina School of Law. He practicedlaw with Edens & Hammer beforepartnering with Taylor Rion.W.L. “Bill” Pearson Jr. (’51), June 27,2006, Boonville, NC. He served over 33years as a pastor in five Baptist churches,retiring in 1994. He was director of missionswith Surry Baptist Association from1983 until 1994. Since retiring, he hadserved as interim director of missions fortwo Baptist associations and interim pastorfor four Baptist churches.Norman Robert Schatzel (’51), June 11,2006, Irvington, NY. He retired in 1990 asvice president of administration of theAmerican Kennel Club in New York City.He was president and a board memberof the Half Moon CooperativeApartments North in Irvington.Joseph B. Barkocy (’52), May 3, 2006,Warwick, NY. He played football at WakeForest and was a high-school mathteacher for 33 years and a football coachfor 25 years before retiring in 1986 fromRidgewood (NJ) High School. A native ofPennsylvania, he was inducted into thePennsylvania Sports Hall of Fame. Helived in Orange County, NY, for 39 yearsbefore relocating to Asheville, NC. He issurvived by his wife, Carolyn (’56), threesons, Dean, Bruce and Paul (’90),adaughter Betsy, 17 grandchildren andone great-grandchild.Everett Eynon Jr. (’52), April 18, 2006,Aiken, SC. He served in the U.S. MarineCorps during the Korean War . He was asenior vice president of Weaver BrothersInsurance Inc. in Washington, DC, for 30years, retiring in 1996.Thomas F. Miller Jr. (’53, MD ’56),May 20, 2006, Portland, OR. He was aphysician with the Navy for 22 years inthe Philippines, Saipan, San Diego andOakland, CA, and Corpus Christi, TX.Douglas Holder Pruden Sr. (’56), Feb.13, 2006, Cary, NC.Robert Lee Davis Sr. (’57, MD ’61),May 19, 2006, Wadesboro, NC. He was aphysician in Anson and Richmond (NC)counties and until 1994 was the radiologistat Anson County Hospital. Aftergraduating from the Bowman GraySchool of Medicine, he was a flight surgeonin the Army before returning to hisnative Wadesboro to practice medicine.He completed his residency in radiologyat North Carolina Baptist Hospital in1972. He is survived by his wife, LulaAnn, and two children, Robert LeeDavis Jr. (‘87) and Melissa Davis Sikes.Jane Norton Fowler (’57), May 20, 2006,Alexandria,VA. She was a musician andtaught violin, viola and cello in her homeand at the Alexandria School of Music.She played for 40 years with severalorchestras, including the Washington, thePan American, the Ukraine National andthe Czech National Symphony orchestras.Alexander B. Kingman (BBA ’57),May 14, 2006, Winston-Salem. He was aretired accountant with Wachovia Bank.Charles E. Reeves Sr. (BBA ’57), April27, 2006, Hickory, NC. He served in theU.S. Army during the Korean War andwas a business leader in the furnitureindustry. He is survived by his wife,Libby, two sons, Charles and Alex (’86),and five grandchildren.Edgar “Lon” Boggs (’60), July 9, 2006,South Bend, IN. He was a retiredPresbyterian minister.Janice Grossman Vaughan (’60), June30, 2006, Rocky Mount, NC. She is survivedby her husband, Thomas RayVaughan Jr. (’66), a daughter, two sons,and six grandchildren.Joseph Henry Bridges (’65), June 8,2006, Fort Worth, TX. He was a captain inthe U.S. Army and served in the VietnamWar receiving a Purple Heart and theDistinguished Flying Cross. He was vicepresident of finance at the Bank of NorthCarolina, comptroller at Tower FederalCredit Union in Washington, DC, presidentof the Treasury Department FederalCredit Union, controller of the AmericanAirlines Federal Credit Union in Dallas,TX, and finally an international financeconsultant at Verizon.62 WAKE FOREST MAGAZINE