David Jones, a businessman who served as the mayor of Wilmington from 1999 to 2001, died Sunday.
Louise McColl, a longtime Wilmington political operative who ran Jones campaign for mayor in 1999, called Jones a great friend in a post on her Facebook page, and a compassionate, caring, family man. I loved to drop by his office and listen to his stories about life and success, McColl wrote. Always involved in our community and state and never asking back for anything.
Jones owned a financial investment company, David L. Jones Investments, and was vice president of a chain of Pawn USA pawn shops owned by his son. Jones was also a former secretary of the N.C. Department of Correction.
Henry Alexander ‘Hank’ Phillips
WILMINGTON Henry Alexander “Hank” Phillips, 84, died peacefully at home from complications of prostate cancer Tuesday, March 2, 2021.
Hank was born July 14, 1936, in Boston, Massachusetts, to Dr. Henry Phillips Jr. and Katharine Harris Phillips and was a native of Exeter, New Hampshire. He was known as “Sandy” while growing up in Exeter, in college and during his military service.
Hank graduated from Phillips Exeter Academy in 1955 with honors. He was a varsity athlete and class correspondent for 16 years. He was a director of the General Alumni/ae Association and a member of the school’s Heritage Circle.
Hank earned a B.A. Degree in Liberal Arts, majoring in French literature, from Haverford College, Haverford, Pennsylvania, in 1959. He was a member of Haverford’s Beta Rho Sigma Society and Jacob P. Jones Society. He captained varsity cross-country teams at Exeter and Haverford. He attended Camp Mowglis on Newfound Lake in Hebron