Fwd: [rare-flora] Albert E. Radford

Thu Apr 13 11:50:00 CDT 2006

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    Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:05:30 -0400
    From: Donna Wright <dswright at unity.ncsu.edu>
Reply-To: Donna Wright <dswright at unity.ncsu.edu>
 Subject: [rare-flora] Albert E. Radford
      To: rare-flora at lists.ncsu.edu

This sad announcement comes to us today from Peter White. Even if you
never
met Al, you probably have benefited from his well-lived life in botany
and
education. I am leaving the address header from Linda's note, in case
any
of you wish to express condolences directly to the family. Donna

>Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 09:53:32 -0400
>From: Peter White <peter.white at unc.edu>
>
>As some of you will have already heard, I write with the sad news that
Al
>Radford, a central figure in Southeastern Botany and long-time Director
of
>the the University of North Carolina Herbarium, passed away on April
12,
>2006.  The message I am forwarding is from his daughter in
>Missouri.  There will be a memorial service for Al in Chapel Hill in
May
>and we will distribute more information about that as it becomes
>available.  Al and his late wife Laurie remained strong advocates of
the
>Herbarium after Al's retirement and made a leadership gift to promote
the
>move of the Herbarium to its own building at the North Carolina
Botanical
>Garden, a move that we still pursue.
>Please keep Al and his family in your thoughts.
>
>Peter White
>Director
>
>--
>=================================================
>Peter S. White       email:Peter.White at unc.edu
>Department of Biology --  Campus Box 3280
>University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
>Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599-3280   USA
>Biology Phone: 919-962-6939  FAX:  919-962-1625
>NCBG Phone:    919-962-0522  FAX:  919-962-3531
>                 Home Phone:  919-967-4926
>Web information: www.bio.unc.edu/faculty/white/
>                 www.ncbg.unc.edu
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>
>
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>Subject: Albert E. Radford
>Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 01:25:27 +0000
>X-Onyen: pswhite
>
>Dear Family and Friends,
>Today at 12:45 p.m. my dad passed on to be with the Lord.  His
departure was
>gentle.  Our son-in-law, Kris, checked on him and about 5 minutes
later, when
>the hospice chaplain arrived, Daddy had already slipped away. It was a
long,
>hard road with melanoma of the head and neck.  But Daddy did well and
enjoyed
>every day.  His last audible prayers were prayers of thanks for his
family.
>And last week when David and John and I were gathered around Daddy, he
>said, "You are wonderful children."  That was our real goodby.  This
week he
>hardly knew anyone.  We will have a service at Trinity Presbyterian
Church
>this Saturday at 10 a.m.  We will also have a service in Chapel Hill,
>probably
>in May.  At that service we will bury the ashes as we did with our mom.
>
>A chapter has closed and now we are the eldest generation in our
family.  And
>our children are the middle generation.  Great grandbaby Ian was here
when
>his
>great grandpa died.  Life continues on.
>
>Love, Linda

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Donna Wright, Teaching Technician
Botany Department
2123 Gardner Hall
Campus Box 7612
North Carolina State University
Raleigh, NC 27695-7612
919-515-7113 (Phone)
919-515-3436 (Fax)

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