Madeline Palmer Burbanck

…92 in Newport News, Virginia on 1 January 2007. She was survived by her children, Melinda and George.   PUBLICATIONS (incomplete list): Burbanck, Madeline P. and Donald L. Phillips. 1983….

Mary Sue Munson Brehme

…1880-2012”; School Name: Maryville College; Year: 1953. 6. In Memoriam: Professor Emeritus Bob Brehme. http://physics.wfu.edu/news/20/15f-16s/brehme/memoriam.html accessed on 7 April 2020. 7. Obituary: Robert Brehme. https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tampabaytimes/obituary.aspx?n=robert-w-brehme&pid=177854876&fhid=16803 accessed on 7 April 2020….

Frances Katherine Foust Lombard

…of Asheboro, Randolph County, North Carolina. She had two older brothers, Sam and George, and five younger sisters, Martha E., Donna L., Mary W., Ruth, and Sarah K. The family…

NEWSFLASH: Chip Cherry Update

The January, 2021 issue of the NCBG e-newsletter had an article about a fungus new to North Carolina, Leratiomyces ceres, or “Chip Cherry.” Herbarium Associate Dr. Van Cotter has gone…

Lichen Updates: new name and new county records

By Carol Ann McCormick, Curatrix, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Herbarium (NCU) In a recent e-newsletter article Herbarium Associate Gary Perlmutter described finding Crimson Frosted Palmetto Lichen (Arthonia…

Amos Jones “AJ” Bullard

…Calypso, North Carolina. He wrote a weekly column, “Botany with Bullard” for the Mount Olive Messenger published by the Goldsboro News-Argus. “Lived to learn it!“, one of Ken Moore’s “Flora”…

Spelunking in The Caves of Chapel Hill

…one with the surname of “Cave” or “Caves” — but that did not rule out that these hypothetical troglodytes lived in rural Orange County or Durham County. Neither of these…

Miriam Kresses Slifkin

…was published in the News and Observer on 30 August, 2020: Chapel Hill, NC: Miriam Kresses Slifkin lived her life with grit and determination. She was cherished by her family,…