In Loving Memory

In Loving Memory

We remember all those members of the Abbey Family who have passed away.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon them. May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen. O Lord, your sorrowing Mother stood by your cross; help us in our sorrows to share your sufferings.


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Listed below are Belmont Abbey College alumni and friends who have passed away in the last six months.


Walter Tomlinson, Jr.

Belmont, NC

August 27, 2023


Fr. Meinrad Lawson, O.S.B.

Latrobe, PA

July 16, 2023


Elaine Michaels

Charlotte, NC

July 3, 2023


Allan Douglas Aldrich

Charlotte, NC

June 23, 2023


Martha Withers

Gastonia, NC

June 6, 2023


Flay Vernon Smith

Kannapolis, NC

May 10, 2023


William Conway Walker

Chapel Hill, NC

April 12, 2023


Thomas Suggs

Concord, NC

April 6, 2023


Julian Massi

Charlotte, NC

March 26, 2023


Dorothy Klingensmith

Atlanta, GA

March 7, 2023


Gregory DeRock

Salisbury, NC

February 16, 2023

Catherine Swofford

Spartanburg, SC

August 23, 2023


Glenn Francis Gross

Jacksonville, FL

July 14, 2023


Berkeley B. Altman

Salisbury, NC

June 26, 2023


William Matthew Rafferty

Chapel Hill, NC

June 14, 2023


Mary Ann Forster

Sandusky, OH

May 19, 2023


Craig J. Korvin

Gambrills, MD

May 2, 2023


James Zechini

Lynchburg, VA

April 9, 2023


Bobby Bridges

Gastonia, NC

March 30, 2023


Mary Fitzgerald

Sandy Springs, GA

March 15, 2023


Fred Payonk

Gastonia, NC

February 28, 2023


Dennis Carrigan

Charlotte, NC

July 18, 2023


Dennis M. Clare, Sr.

Louisville, KY

July 5, 2023


Daniel Francis Clifford

West Newton, MA

June 25, 2023


Francis “Fran” Fitzmorris

Edison, NJ

June 10, 2022


Fr. Francis Phillip Forster, O.S.B.

Belmont, NC

May 11, 2023


Leo Anthony Stouffs, Jr.

Richmond, VA

April 14, 2023


Darryl Grenier

Simpsonville, SC

April 7, 2023


Preston Guiton

Charlotte, NC

March 27, 2023


John Laverty

Lynchburg, VA

March 9, 2023


Linn Brosnan

Mount Holly, NC

February 18, 2023




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