Friendship Trays: Donors 2006-1

Donors, January-June, 2006
Thanks to them, we're celebrating
30 years of service to Charlotte-Mecklenburg

Individual Donors

A Mr. and Mrs. Neal C. Aaron, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick L. Abbott, Ms. Patsy C. Abernathy, Mr. Tom Abernethy, Mr. Jeffrey W. Absher, Mr. Mark R. Adkins, Mr. and Mrs. Berry K. Allison, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen D. Allred, Mr. and Mrs. John S. Alvis, Mr. Chris Amadi, Anonymous, J. Stewart Anthony, Mr. William Archer Jr., Mrs. Mary D. Armistead, Ms. Vertis M. Armstrong, Mr. and Mrs. Lee Atkins, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Austin, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Parks N. Austin, Ms. Mary N. Austin.

B Mr. Stephen Bahakel, Mr. Burt H. Baine and Ms. Patricia J. Fitzgerald, Mr. Barry K. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Joe B. Baker, Mr. Carl A. Baker, Mr. and Mrs. Garza Baldwin III, Mr. and Mrs. James W. Barnes, Mr. J. Donald Barrier, Mr. and Mrs. Carl J. Beacham III, Ms. Janet B. Bean, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas L. Bent, Dr. and Mrs. Thomas Benton, Mr. Harry Leopold Berzack, Ms. Linda A. Beshara, Mr. Frank Bishop, Mr. J. Philip Bolton, Mr. and Mrs. Michael W. Booker, Mr. David Boone, Ms. Kelly H. Bost, Mr. and Mrs. Derik S. Boush, Mr. and Mrs. Dean Bowen, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ray Branch, Dr. Karen E. Breach-Washington and Mr. Harry C. Washington, Ms. Ann Brigel, Ms. Betty R. Bromley, Ms. Judith A. Bronson, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Brown, Mr. James Brown Jr., Ms. Patricia G. Browning, Mr. and Mrs John W. Buckman, Mr. Dahal E. Bumgardner, Mr. and Mrs. John R. Bumgarner, Ms. Leslie A. Burton, Ms. Lucy C. Bush, Mr. Haywood Bush.

C Joe and Linda H. Camp D.D.S., Mr. Raymond Cantey Jr., Mrs. Yvonne B. Cason, Ms. Florine Chambers, Ms. Grace W. Chambers, Ms. Jo Taylor Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bruce Chastine, Ms. Melissa Christenbury, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Clackum, Ms. Kathryn V. Clancy, Mr. A.A. Clayton Jr., Ms. Susan Coleman, Ms. Kathryn Constantinides, Mr. and Mrs. Allen V. Cox, Mr. William J. Craemer, Ms. Marjorie Cross, Mr. and Mrs. W. Ray Cunningham, Ms. Renee Currie, Mr. and Mrs. E. Ronald Currie.

D Mr. and Mrs. R. Donald Dartnall, Ms. Leslee K. Daugherty, Mr. and Mrs. Claude Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Ned Davis, Ms. Mary Rose Davis, Mr. and Mrs. R.P. Stephen Davis, Ms. Delora Davison, Mr. and Mrs. Harold D. Deal, Mr. William F. Dealy, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas M. Deese, Mr. John W. Delind, Mr. and Mrs. Parkes C. Dibble Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Al Dickens, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Dickinson, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald A. Drabot, Mr. and Mrs. Phillip W. Duke Sr., Ms. Carolyn Y. Durham.

E Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Edahl, Mr. and Mrs. David J. Edwards, Dr. Jonathan Edwards MD, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Eldredge, L. Holmes Eleazer, Mr. and Mrs. Alvin F. Elkin, Mr. Timothy Elleby and Ms. Carolyn Prioleau-Elleby, Mr. Ernest Ellison II (Pat), Mr. and Mrs. Dave Eplin, Mr. and Mrs. Edward J. Eshenbaugh, Ms. Sybil J. Etters, Ms. Delane S. Everhart.

F Mr. and Mrs. Henry Faison, Mr. and Mrs. Scott Fanelly, Mr. Douglas M. Faris, Mr. & Mrs. Jim Farley, Mr. Stephen T. Ferraro and Mrs. Stephanie Delaney, Ms. Annette Fesperman, Mr. William J. Fitzpatrick, Mr. and Mrs. Cleveland Flowe Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Matt B. Forbis, Ms. Eleanor M. Fox, Mrs. Dewey A. Frick, Mr. John C. Fries Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Ben Fuller.

G Ms. Margaret Gallaugher, Ms. Adelaide L. Gantt, Mr. and Mrs. Paul C. Gibson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas A. Girkins, Ms. Stephanie M. Glenn, Mr. and Mrs. Greg A. Gombar, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph P. Gotta, Mr. and Mr. Hartwell L. Graham Jr., Mr. Joseph E. Green Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Garland D. Gribble, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Grier Jr., Mr. and Mrs. William B. Grifenhagen, Ms. Frances Griffin, Mr. Ira Griffin, Ms. Martha E. Griffin, Ms. Mary Beth Griglak, Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Guilbeau, Mr. and Mrs. Chesley F. Gwinn.

H Dr. and Mrs. Michael R. Haake, Mr. William R. Hackney III, Ms. Leigh Hager, Ms. Debby Hagler, Mr. Douglas Hale, Mr. and Mrs. John L. Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Donald G. Hardister Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Zeb E. Hargett Jr., Mr. Jonathan L. Harris, Mr. and Mrs. Herbert L. Harriss, Mr. Keith Hart, Mr. and Mrs. James F. Haun, Mr. and Mrs. Hal Hawisher, Ms. Barbara B. Heilig, Ms. Laura L. Helms, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Herboth, Ms. Ruth Hester, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Hill, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Hill Jr., Ms. Jocelyn Hill, Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hipkins, Mr. James Hobbs, Mr. George F. Hobgood Jr., Mr. Neal H. Hodges Jr., Mrs. Martha Hodgin, Ms. Margrit Hoecklin, Mr. William Holden, Jr., Ms. Jennie Holt, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Honeycutt, Mrs. Rebecca Hood, Ms. Alisa J. Hopkins, Mr. E.L. Horton, Mr. and Mrs. Jerry A. Houston, Mr. Ivan Howitt, Mr. and Mrs. N. Douglas Hoy, Ms. Edna B. Huneycutt, Mr. and Mrs. John Huson.

I-J Mr. and Mrs. H. Bryan Ives III, Mr. Charles N. Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. R.J. Jaeger, Mr. and Mrs. Gregory E. Jensen, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Jerome, Ms. Peggy J. Jessup, Ms. Marjorie M. Jones, Mr. and Mrs. Allmond Jones, Ms. Ann E. Jones, Dr. Jerry A. Jones.

K Mr. and Mrs. Alan M. Kaplan, Mr. & Mrs. Kal Kardous, Ms. Anne C. Kayler, Mr. Donald Keen, Mr. Graeme M. Keith Jr., Mr. and Mrs. James L. Kelly, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick K. Kelly, Ms. Margaret Kennedy, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Kicidis, Mr. and Mrs. Hatcher Kincheloe, Mr. and Mrs. John F. Kirby, Mr. and Mrs. N.G. Kitson, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond J. Kluth, Mr. Trent Knight, Mr. Brian Koch, Mr. Arthur A. Kohn and Ms. Priscilla G. Laula, Mr. and Mrs. Constantine Kokenes, Mr. Ed Kornegay, Mr. and Mrs. James Kothe, Mr. Steven E. Kulikowski.

L Mr. and Mrs. Christopher M. Lakin, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon T. Lane, Mrs. Myra N. Lawrence, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Lawrence, Ms. Laura A. Ledford, Mr. and Mrs. M.G. LeNeave, Ms. Margaret R. Levenson, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Lewis, Mr. Neil Liner, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Linville, Mr. and Mrs. John W. Love Sr.

M Ms. Kimberly T. Macfarlan, Mr. Lewis Mack, Mr. C.E. Mack Jr., Ms. Mary H. Mahone, Mr. James A. Makarewicz, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon A. Mapp, Mr. and Mrs. C. Wayne Marsh, Mr. and Mrs. Willie Marshall, Mr. Roosevelt Maske, James L. Mason Jr., Mr. Laurens Mathews, Ms. Vivian W. Mathewson, Mr. and Mrs. William R. Mayhew Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Mazzaferro, Mr. and Mrs. Delma L. McGill, Mr. and Mrs. DeWitte G. McIntyre, Mr. William R. McKinley, Ms. Elizabeth J. McLaughlin, Mrs. Herman B. McManaway, Mr. James D. McNabb, Mr. and Mrs. William H. McNair, Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Merrill, Ms. Jamie Michalski, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel D. Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Jonathan B. Miller, Ms. Heather E. Mills, Ms. Peggy C. Mincey, Dr. and Mrs. Jerald A. Moore, Ms. Linda R. Moore, Mr. and Mrs Robert D. Moore Jr., Mr. Robert Moore, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas H. Morrison Sr., Mr. and Mrs. Gregory Motley, Mr. Curtis Mounger.

N-O-P Mr. and Mrs. Stephen L. Nader, Ms. Lillian B. Neal, Mr. and Mrs. W. Erskine Neel Jr., Mr. and Mrs. John R. Nicolay, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Nugent, Mr. and Mrs. A. Bruce Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel E. Parkinson, Mr. and Mrs. James H. Parrish, Mr. Clayton S. Parsons III, CPA, Ms. Linda M. Patterson, Mr. and Mrs. Richard B. Payne, Ms. Nancy Grier Pearson, Mr. Maarten J. Pennink, Mrs. Bernice Perselay, Mr. and Mrs. Louis E. Pfeiffer, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Phelps, Mr. and Mrs. Don H. Phillips, Ms. Roxanne Phillips, Ms. Rosalind Piccolo, Dr. and Mrs. R.L. Pixley, Mr. and Mrs. William S. Porter Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Potocnik, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel G. Powers Jr., Dr. and Mrs. Norris W. Preyer, Ms. Janice Price, Mr. Tracey Propst, Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pyle.

R Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ramsey Jr., Mrs. Shane Randle, Mr. and Mrs. Steven Raphael, Mr. Donald S. Redding, Ms. Earlyne Reese, Mr. and Mrs. James N. Reichard, Ms. Marilyn Revier, Ms. Jennifer Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Jerome J. Richardson, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald W. Robinson, Mr. and Mrs. Kevin J. Roche, Ms. Allison Rodden, Mr. and Mrs. Raymond P. Rorie Jr., Mrs. James Ross, Mr. William L. Ross, Mr. Richard Rudis, Mr. Thomas Rush, Ms. Hilda P. Rutherford, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis J. Ryan.

S Ms. Catherine A. Sandifer, Mr. Charles O. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. James E. Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. James G. Saunders, Mr. Kay E. Schnaidt, Mr. Geoffrey R. Schott, Mr. and Mrs. Paul D. Schulz, Ms. Harriet Allston Seabrook, Ms. Linda Seagle, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald Sforza, Mr. and Mrs. Robert J. Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. Daniel J. Shea, Mr. and Mrs. Jon F. Silla, Mr. Alan R. Simpson Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Ray Sink, Mr. and Mrs. W. Britton Smith Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Smith, Mr. Edward H. Smith, Ms. Sandra Smyre, Mr. Luther J. Snypes, Dr. Kevin Soden, Ms. Laura T. Spencer, Mr. John T. St. John, Ms. Tammy A. Starling, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth M. Stavrakas, Mr. and Mrs. John C. Stenerson, Mr. Wallace C. Stepp, Mr. and Mrs. Bill Stewart, Ms. Penny R. Stewart, Mr. Robert Stickler, Mr. Gary R. Stiles, Mr. and Mrs. Steven M. Stimpson, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence A. Stinson, H. Wendel Stockton, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Stout, Mr. Michael S. Stout, Mr. and Mrs. Keith Stroud, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Sturm, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas R. Suddoth, Ms. Janie S. Sumpter, Maha Swede, Mr. and Mrs. James M. Sweeney.

T-V Mr. J.B. Thomas, Mr. Clinton A. Thomas, Mr. Daniel L. Thomas, Mr. and Mrs. Michael F. Thompson, Mr. and Mrs. Donald J. Toney, Mr. A.J. Toogood, Ms. Nancy F. Tretsch, Brent and Claire Trexler, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Trulove, Mr. E.E. Tucker, Mr. and Mrs. Thornton W. Tucker, Mr. James L. Turner, Mr. and Mrs. Tom B. Turpin, Mr. and Mrs. William K. Van Allen, Ms. Betty S. Van Covern, Mr. and Mrs. Dennis N. Vehr, Ms. Louise Vogel.

W-Z Mr. and Mrs. Rick Warnement, Ms. Kellie A. Warner, Ms. Margaret Watson, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew A. Watts Jr, Mr. James C. Wehrheim, Mr. and Mrs. Chris S. West, Mr. Steven M. West, Mr. and Mrs. Joe I. White Jr., Mr. and Mrs. William G. White IV, Mr. and Mrs. Richard A. Wilkinson, Mr. and Mrs. Ronald P. Williams, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Wilson, Mr. Palmer Wilson, Mr. Ben H. Winfree, Mrs. and Mrs. Cynthia A. Wisch, Ms. Kathleen B. Wofford, Mr. and Mrs. William C. Wood, Mr. Sam B. Woods Jr., Ms. Colette L. Wright, Yen Chan Wu, Mr. and Mrs. Charles H. Wunner, Ms. Theodora H. Xanthos, Mr. & Mrs. David L. Yellow Robe, Ms. Linda Youngblood, Mr. and Mrs. Ross Zachary, Ms. Mary Lou Zimmerman.

Corporations

AmeriCredit Corp., Bank of America United Way Campaign, Barnhardt Manufacturing Co., Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina, Bobcats Basketball, LLC, Bomar & Company, Inc., Creative Mailing Solutions, R.T. Dooley Construction Company, The Drakeford Company, ESP Associates, P.A., FDY, Inc., C. Dewitt Foard & Co., P.A., J. Ford Company, LLC, John R. Hairston Enterprises, High Temperature Technologies, Inc., IMO Pump, RSM McGladrey, Inc., Metrolina Greenhouses, Inc., Microsoft Matching Gifts Program, Moore & Van Allen, PLLC, NBC News Channel, Inc, Orthodontic Care of Carolina PA, Staff members of Pathways Inc., Poyner & Spruill LLP, Prudential Carolinas Realty, Quality Sales & Marketing Inc., Andrew Roby Inc. General Contractor, Site Development Services Inc., Morrison Smith, Southern Resources, Wachovia Matching Gifts Program, Wal-Mart Store 2134, J. Warner, Inc., Womble Carlyle Sandridge & Rice.

Congregations

Albemarle Road Presbyterian Church, Ascension Lutheran Church, Carmel Presbyterian Church, Christ Episcopal Church, Clanton Presbyterian Church Mission, Covenant Presbyterian Church, Craig Avenue Tabernacle ARP Church, First Baptist Church Betty Pennell Sunday School Class, First Baptist Church Of Matthews Andrew I Sunday School Class, First Baptist Church Of Matthews Agape Sunday School Class, First Presbyterian Church, First Presbyterian Church Women, Friendship Missionary Baptist Church, Grace United Methodist Church Adult Bible Class, Mouzon United Methodist Women, Myers Park Baptist Church, Myers Park United Methodist Church, New Hope Baptist Church, Park Road Baptist Church, Pineville United Methodist Church, Presbytery of Charlotte, Providence Baptist Church, Providence Presbyterian Church, Providence United Methodist Church, Sardis Presbyterian Church, Selwyn Avenue Presbyterian Church, St. John's Episcopal Church, St. Luke Catholic Church, St. Luke Missionary Baptist Church, St. Mark Catholic Church, St. Mark's Evangelical Lutheran Church, St. Martin's Episcopal Church, St. Paul Baptist Church, St. Peter's Catholic Church, St. Stephen United Methodist Church, Steele Creek Presbyterian Church, Thrift United Methodist Church.

Foundations

Bank of America Foundation, The Walter G. Canipe Foundation, The Dickson Foundation, Goodrich Foundation, The Leon Levine Foundation, James W. & Jayne A. McKee Foundation, The Mennonite Foundation, Piedmont Club Foundation, RBC Dain Rauscher Foundation.

Organizations

Charlotte North Rotary Club, Empty Stocking Fund, Fleet Reserve Association #228, Greek Ladies Philoptochos Society, Junior Woman's Club of Charlotte, Matthews Help Center, Pilot Club of Charlotte, Providence Plantation Women's Assn., The Swanks Social Club.

In-Kind Gifts

Below is a partial list of the scores of individuals and businesses that donate services, talent and other items:

David Blough, Coca-Cola Consolidated, Fire Control Systems, Goldthorpe Foundation, Hormel Foods Corp., International Food House, Piedmont Natural Gas, Rubbermaid, Second Harvest Food Bank of Metrolina, Trinity Episcopal School, US Foodservice.

In honor of ...

A Mr. and Mrs. H. Agovino from Ms. Adria Agovino; Chuck and Ann Alford from Ms. Mary H. Melton; Dot and John Bumgarner from Miss Martha B. Russell; Gene A. Cathey from Ms. Amy Cathey; Judy Ann and Harold Deal from Ms. Linda Blum; Bea and Dutch Detchemendy from Ms. Jean Detchemendy; Family members in lieu of presents from Mrs. Ann M. Elliot; Friendship Trays staff from Mrs. Ann M. Elliot; Friendship Trays volunteers from Mr. and Mrs. Bill Armstrong; Linda Hindelton from Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Mauldin III; Jane Hunter from Dr. and Mrs. Fitzgerald Hiestand, Jr; William W. Hurst from Mr. and Mrs. Daniel R. Collins; Justine Jackson from Mr. and Mrs. Daniel C. Scullion; Joseph Jackson from Mr. and Mrs. William E. Shook; Eileen Konecke from Mr. Austin Konecke.

L Elizabeth Larkin from Ms. Elizabeth Larkin; Katya Lezin from Mr. and Mrs. Jerry W. England; Connie and Bob Maccubbin from Mr. and Mrs. Bob Moree; Rebecca McNair from Ms. Margaret D. Morrison; Clarice and George Morgan from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Astin; Bill Poplawsky from Ms. Adria Agovino; A Relative from Mr. Ralph E. De Kemper; John and Anne Rogers from Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ramsey Jr; Willie Royal from Mr. and Mrs. Walter S. Stone; Dick and Lois Runge from Mr. and Mrs. Jeffrey W. Runge; Kenneth A. Saunders from Mrs. Virginia M. Martin; Mr. and Mrs. Raleigh Shoemaker from Mr. Reid Shoemaker; Barbara Skriloff from Mr. and Mrs. Michael A. Schober; Brenda Summers from Mr. and Mrs. Thomas X. Williamson; Thelma Thrasher from Mrs. Donna G. Thrasher and Mr. John F. Ford; Volunteers serving Ruby York from Ms. Carolyn Y. Durham.

W Helen Walsh from Mr. and Mrs. Patrick M. Moran; C. Elroy Wilson from Dr. and Mrs. Thaddeus Q. Mumford; Bill Wood from Mr. and Mrs. W. Mark Davidson, Mr. and Mrs. Mark Shawn Druckenmiller, Mr. and Mrs. William Kronenwetter, Mr. Thomas Wade Mangum, Mr. and Mrs. Robert M. Mauldin III, Mr. and Mrs. James S. McCalla, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph B. McCloskey, Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. Parler, Mr. Matt Peterson, Ms. Cindy Pressley, Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Rudy, Mr. and Mrs. Mark D. Wiebke, D.J. Distributing Co; Mary Diehl Wood from Mr. and Mrs. John L. Ramsey Jr; Gary and Charlotte York from Dr. Thomas Fehring; Frances Zachary from Ms. Jennie Holt.

In memory of ...

A Becky Allen from Mr. and Mrs. Ted M. Black; Louise Allison from Mr. and Mrs. Garza Baldwin III, Emily Anderson from Mr. and Mrs. Scott W. Jensen; Mr. and Mrs. L.G. Atkins and Mr. C.S. Benson from Mr. and Mrs. Lee Atkins; Charlie Frank Barnette from Mrs. Johnnie Mae Barnette; Thomas Barrett from Mr. Todd D. Cohen and Ms. Maureen M. Scott; Roy J. Bonds from Ms. Starr C. Vernon; James R. and Lilas H. Bostian, Sr. from Mr. James R. Bostian Jr; Catherine Briggs from Dr. and Mrs. Emory H. Mason Jr; Derrick T. Burrough from Mr. Thomas H. Burrough Jr; Lynn Chason from Morrison Smith; Edward Chovan from Mr. and Mrs. Erik G. Wagner; Evelyn Cohen from Mr. Todd D. Cohen and Ms. Maureen M. Scott; Evelyn Cox from Ms. Nell S. Reece; Sy Dalcher from D.J. Distributing Co; Mary Locke Davis from Mr. and Mrs. Paul E. Rutledge; Frank Duffy from Ms. Shirley Phillipson; The mother of Dr. Steve Eason from Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Y. Mercer; Rachel Evans Emery from Dr. and Mrs. William B. Strong; Fred Emler from Mrs. Jane W. Emler; The father of a colleague from Hemanth Gowda.

G John Allen Gerald Sr. from Mr. and Mrs. Jessie J. Smith; Evelyn Gibson from Dr. W. Joseph Porter; Hattie Lee Gill from Mr. and Mrs. William R. Gill; Mr. F.M. Gilman from Mr. and Mrs. Kirk E. Patchel; Nina Suggs Godfrey from Ms. Nancy Godfrey-Cates; Lucy Green Sr. from Ms. Ilene Grayson; James B. Greenwood from Dr. and Mrs. Julian Albergotti Jr; Mary Louise Epps Greer from Ms. Elsa Culvern, Mr. and Mrs. L. Macon Epps, Mr. Gordon Q. Freeman, Ms. L. Katherine Epps and Ms. Dawn Moody, Ms. Marjorie P. Stevens, Ms. Mimi Vollum; Mrs. Louise Ivey Haigler from Mrs. Margaret S. Gorrell; Betty Simmons Hamrick from Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rickard; Dorothea Heinrich from Mr. and Mrs. James A. Basinger; Craig Robert Hipkins from Mr. and Mrs. Craig Hipkins; Tinkerbell Holt from Ms. Lucy Bush; Ethel and Julius Knight from Trent Knight; Mr. Lou Kollias from Ms. Lula Pickens; Evelyn P. Lee from Mr. Frank H. Lee; Scott McDaniel from Mr. and Mrs. John W. Church; Walter Patterson McGaha from Mr. Michael J. Bake, Ms. Patty Watson and The Bank of America Team, Mr. and Mrs. Albert R. Estes Jr., Mr. Michael K. Howard, Mr. and Mrs. John Koch Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Charles A. Lance, Mr. and Mrs. Mitchell Lewis, Mr. David McGinness, Mr. and Mrs. Bob Nicholson, Ms. Joyce J. Phillips, Mr. James C. Smith, Mr. C. Frank Warren; Raymond Miller of Route 7 from Mr. and Mrs. T. Edmund Rast; David Lafar Moore Sr. from Mrs. Martha A. Meunier; Rebena Morgan from Ms. Pauline R. Needham; Mary Payne Morris from Mr. and Mrs. James B. Rickard; Carol Tysinger Mullis from Mrs. Gwen Bland.

N Alfred A. Norelli from Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Y. Mercer; Alexander R. Ongkeko from Mr. Robert L. Stevens; Mildred Godfrey Patton from Mr. and Mrs. Ralph W. Belk Jr; Jeff Perullo from Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Perullo; Mary Lou Danna Polite from Mr. and Mrs. Kerry Bagwell, Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth S. Beckner, Mr. and Mrs. Richard F. Brooks, Mr. and Mrs. Ethan A. Brown Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Frank Buklarewicz, Mr. and Mrs. Jack Burghart, Mr. Paul E. Burke, Mr. Ian M. Burnstein, Ms. Amy Bushnell, Mr. and Mrs. Donnie A. Chirafis, Colony Builders Inc., Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Columbo, Mr. and Mrs. Charles E. Crumbley, Mr. and Mrs. William G. Daleure, Mrs. Joe Danna, Mr. and Mrs. Dewey A. Doga Jr., DPR Associates Inc., Drs. Peleaux, Bailey & White, Ms. Karen DuPre, Mr. and Mrs. Richard D. Epley Jr., ESP Associates, P.A., First Colony Capital LLC, First Colony Corporation, Mr. and Mrs. Mark A. Fritz, Mr. C. Paisley Gordon, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas W. Greer, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher L. Griffith, Mr. and Mrs. William L (Wink) Grover, Mr. and Mrs Bobby D. Hinson, Ms. Janet K. Hitchner, Holley Properties, Holly Hill Farms Homeowners Association, Home Builders Association of Charlotte, Horack, Talley, Pharr & Lowndes, PA, Mr and Mrs. Hardy Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Johnson, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kinniburgh, Mr. Douglas K. Kollme, Mr. Carroll Levi, Mr. and Mrs. Brandon Lewis Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Donald H. Long, Ms. Michele MacDonald, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Makosky, Ms. Joann R. Markley and Ms. Elizabeth Pistolesi, Mr. Gregory E. Mastran, Mr. and Mrs. Christopher D. McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon J. Mietz, Mr. and Mrs. W. C. Morrison, Mr. and Mrs Frank Polite, Ms. Marja O'Shell, Ms. Jane M. Odom, Mr. Charles P. Olliff Jr., Mr. and Mrs. Stephen F. Overcash, Pace Development Group, Mr. Thomas D. Pearson, Mr. Robert S. Perry, Mr. and Mrs. John D. Porter, Provident Development Group, Real Estate & Builidng Industry Coalition, Mr. and Mrs. Timothy P. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs. Robert F. Rogers, Mr. and Mrs Robert E. Rouse, Mr. and Mrs. John Russo, Mr. and Mrs. Fred C. Sachitano Jr., Mr. and Mrs. William Satterfield Jr., Mr. Junius Scarborouth, Mr. David C. Schopler, Mr. and Mrs. Henry I. Scoggins, Mr. and Mrs. George F. Shumaker, Mr. and Mrs. Larry Sperduti, Mr. and Mrs. David Stamey, Mr. Paul Johnson Stanley, Mr. and Mrs. Meredith D. Stoever, Ms. Sandra T. Talmadge, Mr. and Mrs. James D. Topping, Mr. and Mrs. Judson C. Turner, Ms. Laurie M. Untener, Mr. and Mrs. Stephen A. Windell, Ms. Marjorie Wunder; George Parker Powell from Ms. Patricia Burnside.

R Peg Reynolds from Mr. and Mrs. Bruce McCarty; Ila W. Reynolds from Ms. Elizabeth R. Edwards; Chris and Carl Short from Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Henderson; Curtis Howe Springer from Mr. and Mrs. Garza Baldwin III; Sammy Stevenson from Mr. Marvin Carter; Evelyn Williamson from Mr. and Mrs. Charles L. Henion.

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