News from the year gone by in and around Davidson includes the sad reports of those who left us. They included those who departed after long, fulfilled lives, leaving impressive legacies and long lists of accomplishments. And there were those whose accidental deaths snatched them away too soon. Here’s a partial listing – for a full list of obituaries from 2009, see our Obituaries category.
JANUARY
James Pierotti, 23
The Rev. John Evans
FEBRUARY
Phillip Taylor, 51
Former Davidson basketball star Mike Maloy
MARCH
John Gilbert Crocker, retired German professor
Shatona Robinson, 20
MAY
Jim Hitzemann, served on DUMC board
Richard Warren, ran Pat’s Coffee
JUNE
Jeff Frank, former college tennis coach
Carl Krummel, worked at UN
John Raymer, funeral director
Bob Davidson retired controller at college
Oni Lee Wilson, 93, ran marina
JULY
Ethel Rhodes, 86
Bob Mahood, school psychologist, lake advocate
Bob Barker, 79, banker
AUGUST
Florence Cole
Rush Wilson, clothier here in 1950s
W.B. Mayhew, postmaster, commissioner
SEPTEMBER
Sharon Kay Tucker Brown, 47
OCTOBER
Pat Howren, 100
Dr. H. Bradley Wells, teacher, researcher
Samantha Helms, 30
NOVEMBER
Jorge Fiscal Cruz, restaurant worker, Mexico native
DECEMBER
Baxter Fisher, 82, longtime town Public Works director and farmer.
Joe Hunt, Davidson coach, North Meck HS teacher
Scott Hinkle, 43, founded lake newspaper, worked with chamber
Tom van Wingerden, 63, founded Metrolina Greenhouses
William Adair, Duke exec
