Category: 1971

William W. Telford, Jr., 77, of Cary, North Carolina, passed away peacefully on July 6, 2026.

Bill was born on October 23, 1948, in Moriah, NY to William and Susie Telford. He graduated from Davidson College and enjoyed a successful 32-year career in wastewater management for the City of Durham. He was an avid traveler and friend to all.

Bill is survived by his wife of 54 years, Marcia Telford; children John (Beverly) and Cliff; and two beloved granddaughters. He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, Kendrick Telford.

Bill will be remembered for his kindness, quick wit, unwavering integrity, and deep devotion to his family, friends and church. He never met a stranger and always found time to help others.

A celebration of life service will take place on Saturday, July 25, at 10:00am at Trinity Avenue Presbyterian Church of Durham.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to The The Parkinson’s Foundation or Transitions HospiceCare.

Duncan Sybren Postma, 77, died peacefully on Monday morning, May 11, 2026, at the Margaret Z. Dozier Hospice House from complications of Parkinson’s disease.

Born April 4, 1949, in Marianna, Florida, Duncan was raised on his family’s cattle farm, a place he returned to throughout his life. He attended The Bolles School and Davidson College on basketball scholarships, playing point guard for Davidson’s Division I team. At Davidson, he earned third-team Academic All-American honors, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa, and graduated cum laude in 1971. He later returned for a season as an assistant coach.

In 1973, Duncan began medical school at the University of North Carolina, where he discovered his interest in otolaryngology. Elected to Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, he graduated with honors in 1977. After an internal medicine internship at the University of California, San Francisco, and a year of general surgery at Kaiser Permanente, he returned to Chapel Hill for his otolaryngology residency at the University of North Carolina, serving as chief resident from 1981 to 1982. He later joined the faculty as an assistant professor of otolaryngology and spent four years as medical director of the Ear, Nose and Throat Clinic at North Carolina Memorial Hospital.

In 1986, Duncan moved to Tallahassee, where he and Dr. Michael Poole co-founded Tallahassee Ear, Nose & Throat–Head & Neck Surgery and Audiology Associates of North Florida. There, he helped establish the city’s first sleep center and served on its sleep apnea advisory committee. His practice expanded regional treatment for pediatric airway disorders, sleep apnea, and head and neck cancer, including reconstructive flap procedures. In 1996, he helped develop one of Tallahassee’s first electronic medical record systems.

Duncan was generous with his time. He served as board president of the local American Cancer Society. At Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare, he chaired the Committee on Surgical Case Review and the Department of Surgery and sat on the Medical Executive Committee. He helped found Red Hills Surgical Center and served as its president for seven years.

As an inaugural board member of the Big Bend Regional Health Information Organization, Duncan worked to improve secure electronic communication among healthcare providers. He volunteered with the Capital Medical Society Foundation’s We Care Network and advocated for improved Medicaid funding for children. In 2018, he received the I.B. Harrison, M.D. Humanitarian Award.

Duncan taught throughout his career. He mentored medical and surgical residents and students while serving as an assistant clinical professor at Florida State University College of Medicine. At national otolaryngology meetings, he led courses on implementing electronic medical record systems.

In retirement, Duncan spent his time with family and found pleasure in reading, tennis, travel, and classical music. Friends, patients, and colleagues remember him as a man of integrity: an attentive listener, an empathetic physician, and a skilled surgeon. He was methodical, well prepared, and calm under pressure. He valued his colleagues, who admired his intelligence and judgment. Talented, kind, and understated, he had a dry wit and quiet charm.

He was preceded in death by his parents, Emily Vogt Postma and Jan Hendrik Postma, and by his longtime friend, Dr. Ray Bellamy.

He is survived by his wife of 45 years, Marie Hayes, M.D.; his children, Tom (Courtney), Audrey (Tomonori), and Galen; his granddaughter, Freya; his siblings, Jan Postma, M.D. (Sara Lynn), Tom Postma, M.D. (Sandy), Nancy Baxley (Phillip), and Michael Postma, M.D. (Kathy); his sister-in-law, Ann Hayes; and many nieces and nephews.

A celebration of life will be held Friday, June 12, 2026, at 5:00 p.m. at Capital City Country Club. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial contributions be made to Big Bend Hospice. Bevis Funeral Home is assisting with arrangements.

Albert Davis “Dave” Bugg, Jr. of Edwardsville, Virginia, passed away peacefully at his home on Sunday, April 5, 2026, just before sunrise over the Potomac on a glorious Easter morning, following a recent and thankfully brief struggle with acute leukemia.

He is survived by his best friend and loving wife of 51 years, Margaret Bradley “Peggy” Bugg; their son and his law partner, Albert Davis “Tripp” Bugg, III (wife, Adrianne; children, Davis and Anna); their daughter, Patricia Bugg “PJ” Turner (husband, David; children, Avery, Bradley, and Emma); his brother, Bryce Avery Bugg (wife, Nancy Schneider Bugg); his sister-in-law, Susan Bradley “Susie” Boutilier; and his brother-in-law, Charles Austin Pritchard, Jr. Also surviving are his nieces and nephews: Finley Bugg White (husband, Chris); Charles Austin Pritchard III (wife, Sarah); Barrett Upshur Pritchard; Margaret Boutilier “Peggy” Williams (husband, Tim); and Richard Bradley “Brad” Boutilier (wife, Lindsey).

He was preceded in death by his daughter, Virginia Bradley “Ginny” Bugg; his parents, Dr. Albert Davis Bugg and Bonnalynn Avery “Bonnie” Bugg; his sister, Bonnalynn Bugg “Lynn” Pritchard; his in-laws, Richard “Dick” Bradley, VI and Agnes Johns “Mimi” Bradley; and his brother-in-law, Warren F. “Boot” Boutilier.

Dave was born on August 2, 1948, in Richmond, Virginia. He graduated from Christchurch School in 1967, Davidson College in 1971, and the University of Richmond School of Law in 1975. At Davidson, he was a member of the Kappa Sigma Fraternity. During his senior year, he met the love of his life, Peggy, a freshman at Queens College. Following law school, where Dave was a member of the Law Review, he and Peggy were married and lived in Richmond until 1982. They then moved to the Northern Neck of Virginia, into a log cabin they built together, quite literally, with their own two hands. Edwardsville was where he had spent his summers as a child and where he chose to remain for the rest of his life.

Specializing in civil litigation and representing both plaintiffs and defendants, Dave built a highly regarded legal career over 50 years. In Richmond, Dave was a partner at the law firm of Sands Anderson. Upon moving to the Neck, he joined the law firm of Dunton, Simmons & Dunton in White Stone, then helped form Rumsey, Breeden, Hubbard, Bugg & Terry, and, in 1994, Rumsey & Bugg in Irvington. He was a former president of the Northern Neck Bar Association. He served on the vestry and as senior warden of St. Mary’s Episcopal Church in Fleeton and later became a member of Wicomico Parish Church.

A beloved husband, father, grandfather, and friend to many, Dave will be remembered for his true love of life and family, his wit, integrity and wise counsel, and his larger-than-life heart. Among his passions were driving fast (both on land and at sea), running the marshes in his antique Whirlwind boat, frequenting Vermont, music, history, cocktail hour, his awe-inspiring HO scale model railroad layout, snow skiing (always fast), his view of the Potomac, watching storms approach (and, more often than not, outrunning them), studying the weather, and sharing these adventures and his knowledge with the family and friends he so adored. His family is comforted knowing that he has joined so many loved ones who went before him in a kingdom where radar detectors are not needed, no-wake zones don’t exist, and the water is always glass.

A service celebrating his life will be held on Friday, April 17, at 11:00 a.m. at Wicomico Parish Church in Wicomico Church, Virginia. A reception at Indian Creek Yacht & Country Club will immediately follow the service. A private interment service will be held at Hollywood Cemetery in Richmond on Saturday, April 18. Memorial donations may be made to the Wicomico Parish Church Endowment Fund, PO Box 70, Wicomico Church, VA 22579.

Roger Gant Powell passed away on January 1, 2026, at New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, NC. He was born on November 28, 1949, in Fayetteville, NC, to Catherine Gant Powell and the late Robert J. Powell, Jr.

He is survived by his mother Catherine Gant Powell of Greenville, NC, his wife Anne Bear Powell, his daughter Anne Powell Goldsborough (Les) of Baltimore, his son Roger Gant Powell, Jr. (Daniel Pesick) of Brooklyn, NY, his son Samuel Bear Powell of Brisbane, Australia, his brother Robert J. Powell III (Clarine) of Greenville, his sister the Rev. Catherine R. Powell of Wilmington, his brother Ronald M. Powell (Amy) of Davidson, and 5 grandchildren: Dylan, Ted, Ben, Eliza, and Adger.

Mr. Powell received a BA in Economics from Davidson College in 1971 and pursued a career in investment banking, starting at United Carolina Bancshares in 1975. He joined Alex. Brown & Sons in 1983 and maintained his position as Managing Director through their acquisitions by Banker’s Trust and Deutsche Bank. Mr. Powell joined Janney Montgomery Scott as a Managing Director in 2008, formed his own consultancy in 2016, and joined the Burke Stelling Group in 2021.

Mr. Powell was a gentleman, an avid outdoorsman, fisherman, sailor, gardener, and raconteur. He defeated pancreatic cancer in 1994 under the care of Johns Hopkins Hospital. He enjoyed traveling the world and made friends everywhere he went. He was a conservationist and actively engaged with the community. Mr. Powell was an honorary member and former chair of the Board of Trustees of the Maryland Zoological Society and founding member and first chair of the Board of Directors of Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project, Inc. He was a founding member of the Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center at Johns Hopkins National Advisory Board, served on the Maryland Institute College of Art Board of Trustees, and on the finance committee of the Baltimore Choral Arts Society. He gave regularly to the Arbor Day Foundation and the Boys & Girls Home. Mr. Powell was a member of the Cape Fear Country Club, Carolina Yacht Club, the Elkridge Club, and the Baltimore Bachelors’ Cotillon.

A service celebrating Mr. Powell’s life will be held at 12 PM on Saturday, January 24th, at St. James Parish in Wilmington, NC. In lieu of flowers, please consider a gift to the Mountain Gorilla Veterinary Project (gorilladoctors.org) or a charity of your choice.