Alumni Deaths
“Gone but not forgotten.”
Alumni Name Year of Graduation Date of Death
Mildred Cross Biscardi 1944 Dec 19, 2021
Margaret Cameron Tew 1945 Aug 29, 2021
Lois Lee Bowen 1947 Oct 21, 2021 New Notification
Ruby Laws York 1947 Aug 3, 2016 New Notification
Louise Beam McKee 1947 Jan 23, 2022
Mary McLean Newton 1947 Oct 26, 2021
Geralean Blackmon McLamb 1948 April 29, 2020 New Notification
Joyce Odell McRae Gregory 1949 Dec 27, 2021
Pollyanna Williams Beale 1952 July 13, 2014 New Notification
Eunice Fisher Brown 1952 Dec 2, 2010 New Notification
Edna Crew Caruthers 1952 Jan 10, 2022
Doris Latta Pillow 1955 Nov 3, 2020 New Notification
Thelma Browning Cheek 1956 April 30, 2021
Nancy Murphy Mendenhall 1958 Feb 24, 2021
Donna Jordan McLean 1959 Jan 30, 2020 New Notification
Dawana Faye Daniel 1959 May 24, 2020 New Notification
Janice Harper Smith 1959 Jan 21, 2022
Joyce Royal Vick 1960 Aug 19, 2021
Linda Roach Campbell 1963 Nov 29, 2020 New Notification
Kyle Fonville Howard 1963 Mar 30, 2020 New Notification
Billie Privette Wilson 1964 Jul 18, 2021
Beth Turlington Sayre 1969 April 24, 2020 New Notification
Gayl Talbert Perkins 1995 April 3, 2021
Remembering Mrs. Mary Newton, RN...
Mary McLean Newton. Class of 1947
February 22, 1927 - October 26, 2021
She became a cadet nurse at Watts Hospital. She dedicated 43 years to nursing. She was the charge nurse/nurse manager in the newborn nursery the last 38 years of her career at Watts Hospital and at Durham County General Hospital (Now Duke Regional). She retired in 1990 leaving a lasting impression on all those who knew and worked with her.
Even after retirement Mary continued to support the Alumni Association, our school and future nurses. She dedicated the first Newborn Nursery Skills Lab to the school which is still used currently today. 
Watts Hosptial Cadet Nurses
(Mary is on the front Row, fifth from the right)
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