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in memoriamAssociation of Realtors, and heserved two years as chairman ofthe Greensboro chapter of IREM.A member of the Kiwanis Club,he was a lifetime member of St.Francis Episcopal Church and aparticipant in several Habitat forHumanity projects.His survivors include hisparents, Ann and Charlie Scott;two sisters; and a brother.Deaths in theWoodberry FamilyDr. Charlton deSaussure ofCharleston, South Carolina, fatherof Charlton deSaussure,Jr. ’71, father-in-law of JosephJ.C. “Chip” Mark, Jr. ’75, andgrandfather of Richard M. CutlerIII ’00, Charlton deSaussureIII ’04, and J.J. Caylor Mark III’04, died on November 6, 2008. Agraduate of Princeton Universityand the Johns Hopkins Schoolof Medicine, he practiced internalmedicine in Charleston from1950 to 1990. He was also a lecturerin hematology at the MedicalUniversity of South Carolina(MUSC) from 1950 to 1965. InMr. William C. Arnold, Jr. ’69Mr. William F. Grace, Jr. ’69Mr. James Ashby III ’64Mr. James Ashby IV ’95Mr. S. Pope Babcock ’92Mr. & Mrs. John H. Mullin IIIMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. ParkerIrene BachmannMr. David S. Glynn ’96Mr. Philip J. Bagley IIIMrs. Carey S. AmbergerMr. John J. Barnhardt, Jr. ’38Mr. John D. Baker II ’66Mr. & Mrs. Walter W. Craigie ’48Mr. & Mrs. Joseph A. Lipe ’63Mr. & Mrs. Roy L. Smart, Jr. ’40Mrs. Mabel Fishburne BarnhardtMr. & Mrs. Roy L. Smart, Jr. ’40Dr. William G. Blackard ’51Mrs. William G. Blackard2008, MUSC established a medalin his honor, to be presented tothe graduate who best exemplifiesthe “compassion, caring,humanity, and excellence whichfor centuries has defined the artof medicine.” Dr. deSaussure isalso survived by his wife, MaryRandolph Huger deSaussure; bytwo daughters, Mary deS. Cutlerand Catherine deS. Mark; and sixother grandchildren.Carl P. “Bunky” Helfrich of Savannah,Georgia, father of TeddyHelfrich ’07, died on September3, 2008. Mr. Helfrich was chiefarchitect and vice president ofplanning and development withTurner Broadcasting System fortwenty-five years. He supervisedthe design and construction ofCNN’s original headquarters inAtlanta, the conversion of theOmni complex into CNN Center,and the consequent master planfor TBS and CNN. He was involvedin the design of the 1996Olympic Stadium and its laterconversion to Turner Field aswell as the construction of PhillipsArena in Atlanta. He was alsoan avid yachtsman and sailingcoach. Mr. Helfrich is also survivedby his wife, Andrea CarterHelfrich, and two daughters.Retired Marine Col. John Ripley,father of Woodberry alumniSteve Ripley ’84, Tom Ripley ’89,and John Ripley ’92, died on October28, 2008. During the 1972Easter Offensive of the VietnamWar, he “was credited with stoppinga column of North Vietnamesetanks by blowing up a pair ofbridges” (according to the WashingtonPost), thereby saving manyAmerican and South Vietnameselives. His heroism is the subjectof The Bridge at Dong Ha by JohnGrider Miller. Col. Ripley, whoearned the Navy Cross and SilverStar for his service in Vietnam,was a 1962 graduate of the U. S.Naval Academy. In retirement,he served as president andchancellor of Southern VirginiaCollege in Lexington, Virginia.Col. Ripley is also survived byhis wife, Molin B. Ripley; hisdaughter, Mary Ripley; andeight grandchildren.Residential and commercialreal estate developer Kermit G.Phillips of Greensboro, NorthCarolina, grandfather of KevinPhilips ’06, died on August 30,2008. Mr. Phillips was the founderand president of Phillips ManagementGroup in Greensboroand ATC Development Corporationin Augusta Georgia, and hewas involved in other businessventures as well. He is survivedby his wife, Monica D. Phillips;two children; four step-children;a brother and a sister; and nineother grandchildren. His sister,Anne Gilchrist, is married to PeterGilchrist ’58.Malcolm Upshur Pitt, Jr., thefirst president of the CollegiateSchools in Richmond, died onNovember 4, 2008. Mr. Pitt, anoutstanding athlete and a graduateof the University of Richmond(B.A.) and Harvard University(M.Ed.), began his teaching careerat Woodberry Forest. He wasa Spanish teacher at Woodberryfrom 1946 to 1948, and he was aclose friend of the late, legendaryEnglish teacher Arthur Latham.Among his survivors are his wife,Betty; three daughters; a sister;and a grandson.Annual Report Addendum Amici Fund Gifts in MemoriamThis listing of donors who made memorial Amici Fund gifts was inadvertently left out of the 2007–2008 Annual Report. The honorees arelisted in bold; donors are listed beneath.Mr. Peter D. Brendsel ’88Mr. Robert M. Daniel, Jr. ’88Mr. James E. Rainey, Jr. ’88Mrs. Susie Gray Skinner BrewerMr. A. Brewer Matthews ’07Mr. Frank Calandra III ’91Mr. Alban K. Barrus III ’91Mr. Joseph M. Koufman ’90Mr. Walter C. Carson ’31Dr. J. David Carson ’65Michael Hammond Carter IIIMr. Walker P. Carter ’91Miss Dennis Scott ChapmanMr. H. Clifford Rudisill II ’57Mr. James E. Comer, Jr.Mr. & Mrs. William E. Comer ’80Mr. Andrew G. Coulson ’87Mr. Stephen W. Bell ’87Mr. Robert B. Brown ’87Mr. Edward K. Crawford ’51Mr. Edward A. CrawfordMrs. Edward K. CrawfordMr. R. Baker Crawford III ’90Mr. William W. Cutchins ’68Mr. Francis C. Bagbey ’68DelilahMr. John D. Parken ’71Mr. Joseph P. Donohue ’85Mr. & Mrs. J. Patrick DonohueMr. Matthew S. Donohue ’97Mr. J. Carr Dorman ’47Mrs. J. Carr DormanMrs. Roslyn Coleman DunnMr. Broderick C. Dunn ’00Mr. Victor S. Evans, Jr. ’53Mrs. Victor S. Evans, Jr.Mr. Glen H. Falconer ’80Mr. Quentin K. S. Falconer ’81Mr. Peter B. Fitzpatrick ’64Mr. G. Paull T. Sargent II ’62Mr. William Swan FormwaltCol. W. Alex Formwalt ’69Mr. Jackson L. Fray, Jr. ’33Mr. Preston C. Fray ’65Mr. Samuel B. Fray ’41Mr. Preston C. Fray ’65Mr. Michael C. Goss ’00Mr. Dane C. Bruun ’00Mr. Edward C. Frackelton ’00Mr. Brian E. Hanna ’00Mr. Matthew D. McIver ’98Capt. and Mrs. Hugh A. MerrillMr. & Mrs. Thomas J. ParkerMr. James D. Patton V ’00Mr. Wilfred GrenfellMr. Edward B. Poitevent II ’67Sarah HathawayMr. Fred G. Hathaway, Jr. ’85Dr. and Mrs. Frank L. Hereford, Jr.Mr. Frank L. Hereford ’69Clinton JamesMr. Marshall J. Rich ’94Mr. Jehan B. Johnson ’44Mr. James C. S. Holladay ’72Mr. W. Massie Meredith, Jr. ’75Ms. Joyce H. ParkersonMr. & Mrs. Travis J. Tysinger ’62Mr. Thomas N. P. Johnson, Jr. ’37Mr. & Mrs. Travis J. Tysinger ’62Mrs. Edwin C. JordanMr. & Mrs. Travis J. Tysinger ’62Mr. Joseph E. King ’01Mr. F. Taylor Sutton V ’01Mr. J. F. Neel Williams ’00Mr. James M. LambertMrs. James M. LambertMr. Fleming D. Long ’80Mr. & Mrs. Richard J. O’HaraMr. Ray R. McCotter ’06Mr. Anson B. Howard ’06Mr. D. Ross Howard, Jr. ’06Mr. Joshua E. Lepchitz ’06Midge D. MerrickMr. C. William Sublett, Jr. ’69Mrs. Patricia Cherry MillerMr. & Mrs. Joseph H. Miller IVMr. Malcolm T. Moore, Jr. ’49Mr. William R. Browning ’82My GrandparentsMr. Jacob G. Foster ’99Mr. George C. Palmer II ’38Mr. Alexander P. Mossman ’03Mr. Henry E. Payne III ’53Mr. James C. S. Holladay ’72Mr. & Mrs. Travis J. Tysinger ’62Mr. Charles H. Peterson ’47Dr. Waldo E. Floyd III ’72Mr. William B. Pittman ’52Mrs. William B. PittmanErrataWe regret several errors in the Spring & Summer 2008 edition of the Woodberry Forest Magazine andJournal and offer the following corrections.page 27, Woodberry legacy photoStanding in the lower left ofthe photo (position 1) isRoddey Dowd, grandfatherof Will Barrett.page 48, Class of 1968 photosJean Cogswell is picturedwith Connor Cogswell andJohn Rust in the bottomleft photo.page 48, Class of 1968 photosFrancis Bagbey’s name wasMr. Robert F. Porter ’54Mrs. George C. HutterRandolph Toombs PowellDr. Justin J. W. Powell ’88Dr. A. Spotswood Robins ’29Mr. W. Randolph Robins, Jr. ’01Mr. Charles F. Rouse, Jr. ’54Mrs. Charles F. Rouse, Jr.Clement SfreddoMr. Anthony M. Sfreddo ’86Mr. A. Rhett Simonds, Jr. ’61Capt. and Mrs. Hugh A. MerrillMr. Simon C. Sitterson IV ’03Mr. Joshua D. Black ’03Mr. James P. Cartner, Jr. ’03Mr. J. William A. Clifton ’03Capt. and Mrs. Hugh A. MerrillMr. T. Warren Parker ’03Mr. Robert B. Phelps ’65Mr. Philip W. Vann ’03Mr. Roy L. Smart, Jr. ’40Mr. James C. S. Holladay ’72Mr. R. Louis Smart IV ’05Mr. & Mrs. Travis J. Tysinger ’62Caroline J. SmithMr. Landrus E. Lewis, Sr.Mrs. Helen Marie SpencerMr. & Mrs. James B. Mayo IIIMrs. Amelia J. SteeleMr. L. Franklin Coley III ’97Mr. Trevor S. Slaven ’04Mr. StokesMr. Edward A. Zimmerman ’01Marian P. SublettMr. C. William Sublett, Jr. ’69Mr. B. Walter Taylor ’31Capt. and Mrs. Hugh A. MerrillMr. Goodwyn Rhett Taylor ’34Capt. and Mrs. Hugh A. MerrillMr. Julius H. Taylor, Jr. ’37Capt. and Mrs. Hugh A. Merrillmisspelled in the caption to thebottom center photo.page 62, In MemoriamJoseph W. Coxe III ’39 issurvived by his wife, TrueSummers Coxe; a son and twodaughters; and a brother.page 62, In MemoriamWilliam W. Cutchins ’68 (1950–2007) was a prefect as well asa member of the W Club,Mr. Hugh M. Tillett ’42Mrs. Hugh M. TillettMr. Thomas M. Tillett ’72Mr. Gregory D. Tolzmann ’00Capt. and Mrs. Hugh A. MerrillMabel H. TomsMr. Joel W. Toms ’96Mr. Demetric L. Walker ’96Mr. Billy A. Mock III ’96Mr. & Mrs. Thomas J. ParkerMr. Harry Walker, Jr. ’54Mr. David D. Plater ’54Dr. Robert K. Yowell ’54Captain Robert Stringfellow WalkerMr. William S. Glenn ’06Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Walker III ’26Mr. & Mrs. Robert S. Walker IV ’58Mr. E. Tarry Watkins, Jr. ’63Mr. R. Slater Watkins ’91Mr. Stephen N. White ’73Dr. and Mrs. J. Austin Ball II ’73Dr. David W. Barnes ’73Mr. Thomas M. Belk, Jr. ’73Mr. P. Headley Bell ’73Mr. Edward C. B. Bernard ’73Dr. Graham W. Bullard ’73Mr. Patrick N. Calhoun, Jr. ’73Mr. Herbert A. Claiborne III ’73Mr. Clayton T. Cookerly ’73Mr. & Mrs. E. Neal Cory IIMr. Thomas C. Coxe IV ’73Mr. John W. Cromwell, Jr. ’73Mr. Thomas F. Darden II ’73Mr. Rufus T. Dorsey ’73Mr. John A. Forlines III ’73Dr. Richard L. Godine, Jr. ’73Mr. Fletcher H. Gregory III ’73Mr. Waller C. Hardy III ’73Dr. David T. K. Ho ’73Mr. Robert G. Hoak ’73Mr. Gregory H. Hodges ’73Mr. E. Hugh Hoy III ’73Mr. Robert C. Hudson ’73Mr. C. Michael Hunter, Jr. ’73Mr. Donald E. Jahncke ’73the Bridge Club, the LoungeCommittee, and the ServiceCommittee. He graduated fromthe University of Virginia in1972. His survivors include hismother, Ann Woods Cutchins;his wife, Caroline MatthewsCutchins; a son and twodaughters; two granddaughters;and his brothers, Clifford A.Cutchins IV ’67 and Cecil V.Cutchins ’71.amici gifts in memoriamMr. Thomas W. King ’73Dr. Wade H. King ’73Mr. Ronald C. Long ’73Mr. Thomas S. Lynch ’73Dr. H. Blair Marsteller ’73Mr. J. Grant McGuire ’73Mr. Hervey E. McIver ’73Dr. Randolph V. Merrick ’73Mr. & Mrs. William P. Miller ’73Mr. Thruston B. Morton III ’73Mr. Philip M. Nesmith ’73Mr. Vernon R. Norman ’73Mr. Charles T. Parrish ’73Mr. Robert J. Parrott ’73Mr. John Ratterree II ’73Mr. Michael L. Robinson ’73Mr. G. Kinsey Roper III ’73Mr. James S. Schenck IV ’73Mr. F. Reese Shellman, Jr. ’73Mr. D. French Slaughter III ’73Mr. Thomas J. Smith ’73Mr. William A. Stokes ’73Mr. B. Sykes Sturdivant ’73Mr. Michael L. Sullivan ’73Dr. S. Bobo Tanner IV ’73Mr. John S. Taylor ’73Mr. Presley C. Thach ’73Mr. Richard D. Thompson ’73Mr. Wesley L. F. Tullis ’73Mr. Glenn B. Updike III ’73Mr. Edward C. Welch ’73Mr. Stephen B. White ’06Mr. Thomas S. Williams ’73Mr. William M. Yandell III ’73Mr. Laurence C. Wild, Jr. ’68Mr. Joe W. Russell, Jr. ’68Mrs. Frances G. WilsonMr. & Mrs. Travis J. Tysinger ’62Mrs. Betty W. WrightMr. Uster T. Winslett, Jr.Dr. and Mrs. March E. SeabrookSixth FormParent GiftIn the 2007–08 Annual Report,we failed to recognize thegenerous contribution fromPaul and Pam Stephan to thegraduating class gift, but we doappreciate their support.Contactingthe CaughronsWe gave the incorrect streetaddress for the Caughrons inour last issue. They would loveto hear from you at the followingaddress: Red and CathyCaughron, 2243 Repton MillRoad, Aroda, Virginia 22709;phone 540.948.3108.58 woodberry forest magazine and journal fall 2008 / winter 2009 59