wfn.org | John F. Watlington Jr. dies at 88; chaired board of PCUS Foundation

[PCUSA NEWS <pcusa.news@ecunet.org>]

2-June-1999 
99214 
 
    John F. Watlington Jr. dies at 88; 
    chaired board of PCUS Foundation 
 
    by John Filiatreau 
 
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. - John F. Watlington Jr., a former chairman of the 
board of trustees and member of the executive committee of the Presbyterian 
Church in the United States (PCUS) Foundation, died on May 31. He was 88 
years old. 
 
    He was a member and elder of First Presbyterian Church of Winston-Salem 
and a former chairman of the board of trustees of Union Theological 
Seminary in Richmond, Va. 
 
    Watlington was the PCUS Foundation's board chairman from 1978 to 1987 
and thus was at the helm during the turbulent time of the 1983 reunion by 
which the PCUS and the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of 
America (UPCUSA) formed the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.). He successfully 
managed the merger of the churches' foundations. 
 
    Watlington, a native of Reidsville, N.C., was a 1933 graduate of 
Washington & Lee University. A retired chairman and long-time chief 
executive officer of Wachovia Corp., he was inducted into the North 
Carolina Business Hall of Fame in 1993. He received honorary doctorate 
degrees from William & Mary and Wake Forest universities. 
 
    He is survived by his wife, Margaret Jones Watlington; a daughter, Anne 
W. Curtis, of Memphis, Tenn.; and a son, John F. Watlington III, of 
Richmond. 

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