Category: 1939

Kenneth McLean ’39, of Lumberton, N.C., died Mar. 1. He was born on Nov. 16, 1917, the son of the late Alexander Torrey and Annie Neal McLean He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder, a deacon, and a Sunday school teacher. He was a retired realtor and owned McLean Farm Services. He served in the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Archie ’31 and Torrey ’38 McLean, and Torrey’s wife, Anne Bridger McLean. Surviving are his wife, Betty McLean, 4401 Chub Lake Rd., Roxboro, NC 27574-7442; son, Kenneth Bridger McLean (Martha Kimball McLean); daughter, Anne Dickson Floyd; and five grandchildren, John and Anne McLean, and Charlie, Patrick, and McKoy Floyd.of Lumberton, N.C., died Mar. 1. He was born on Nov. 16, 1917, the son of the late Alexander Torrey and Annie Neal McLean. He was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where he was an elder, a deacon, and a Sunday school teacher. He was a retired realtor and owned McLean Farm Services. He served in the U.S. Army. He was preceded in death by two brothers, Archie ’31 and Torrey ’38 McLean, and Torrey’s wife, Anne Bridger McLean. Surviving are his wife, Betty McLean, 4401 Chub Lake Rd., Roxboro, NC 27574-7442; son, Kenneth Bridger McLean (Martha Kimball McLean); daughter, Anne Dickson Floyd; and five grandchildren, John and Anne McLean, and Charlie, Patrick, and McKoy Floyd.

Lemuel W. Kornegay, Jr. ’39 of Rocky Mount, N.C., died on October 2 after a brief battle with cancer. He was born in Rocky Mount, on March 5, 1919. He was a graduate of Rocky Mount Senior High School, Davidson College, and Duke University Medical School. In 1944 he entered the United States Army as a captain and served with the 115th General Hospital in England, France and Germany. After returning from Europe, he continued his graduate training in Texas and Missouri. In 1950, he became the chief of staff and surgeon of the Warren General Hospital in Warrenton. He served in that position until 1962, when he returned to Rocky Mount to practice at the Rocky Mount Sanitarium and The Community Hospital. He remained in private practice until 1998, when he retired at the age of seventy-nine. Dr. Kornegay was a member of the National Board of Medical Examiners as well as serving as a diplomat for the organization. He also belonged to The Nash-Edgecombe Medical Society, The North Carolina State Medical Society, and The Southern Medical Association. He is survived by his wife of fifty-four years, Nancy Gillam Kornegay, 500 Shady Circle Dr., Rocky Mount, N.C. 27803-1715; his son, Lemuel W. Kornegay III; daughter Jane Kornegay Ing; and two grandchildren, Lemuel W. Kornegay IV and Abigail T. Kornegay. He was preceded in death by his parents, Dr. Lemuel Weyher Kornegay, Sr. and Leonomie Dumais Kornegay, and his brother, Dr. Robert Dumais Kornegay, Sr ’35.

William W. Telford ’39 of Brenham, Texas, died on August 14. He served as a lieutenant commander in the U.S. Naval Reserves. He was preceded in death by his son, Kendrick Lee Telford ’69. He is survived by his wife, Eloise Wheeler Telford, 120 Ahrens Ave., Brenham, Texas 77833; his son, William W. Telford, Jr. ’71 (Marcia); and two grandsons, Clifton L. Telford and Johnson C. Telford.

P. Marshall Davidson ’39, of Prestonsburg, Ky., passed away Aug. 15, 2007

Edwin Lee Ellis ’39, longtime high school educator and former dean of students at The Athenian School in Danville, Calif., passed away June 15. He was 90 years old. The cause was a combination of complications from stroke, prostate cancer, and pneumonia. As a former wrestler, it took three heavyweights to pin him down. His passing was as he wished: peacefully, naturally, in his own home, and surrounded by his friends and loved ones. He was born in Uremia, Persia, and came to live in the United States at 15 and attended the Stony Brook School in Long Island, New York. He taught at the Chadwick School on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California from 1939 to 1942, went back to teach at the Western Reserve Academy to coach wrestling in Hudson, Ohio, from 1942 to 1949, and returned to Chadwick to be the dean of students and director of athletics there from 1949 to 1966. Then, he was invited by Dyke Brown to be dean of students at the newly founded Athenian School, nestled in the foothills of Mount Diablo. He helped build the school from the ground up, and particularly contributed to the development of Athenian’s facilities and sports programs. In his retirement, he remained very active with the alumni associations for all the schools where he taught and attended, and was very highly regarded by the students whose lives he touched over his 68-year career. He was always an example of strong moral character, loyalty, trust, dedication, and perseverance. He was a pillar in his community, and will always be remembered lovingly by his family, friends, students, and colleagues. Among his survivors is a daughter, Ms. Jean An Ellis, 220 Milo Pl., San Ramon, Calif. 94583.