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April 16, 2002

John R. (Doc) Windley, former Johnston County band director and member of the Johnston Community College Board of Trustees, will be honored Monday, May 13 at 6:00 pm, as the Johnston Community College Foundation’s 2002 Distinguished Citizen.

The foundation kicked off ticket sales to the event at an April 16 breakfast. Foundation board members, college trustees, distinguished citizen committee members and college staff were in attendance.

Windley has a long history of service to the college and the community. He was appointed to the JCC Board of Trustees in 1989, serving as chaplain, vice-chair and during one brief stint, acting chairman. He also has worked tirelessly as a member of the College Foundation during his years as a trustee, and has been a major solicitor for the JCC Foundation.

"John ‘Doc’ Windley is a wonderful person and a wonderful trustee. His positive attitude about life in general and JCC in particular adds much to the work of the board of trustees and the college’s administration," Dr. Don Reichard, JCC president, said. "As a life-long educator, Mr. Windley cares most about students. Doc is such a strong supporter of JCC because he believes in helping students, young and older, to aspire to have a better quality of life for themselves and their families—such a noble quest for such a noble man."

Windley came to Johnston County in 1958 as band director at Selma’s Richard B. Harrison High School. He later led the band at Johnston Central High in Smithfield before moving to the consolidated Smithfield-Selma High. He retired in June 1986 only to return to the schools in 1988 when he took over the band program at Smithfield-Selma Middle School.

During his initial retirement, he established the Community Band, based at Johnston Community College, and the Techniques jazz band with which he performed as trumpeter and vocalist.

Windley earned a master’s degree in instrumental music from Columbia University of New York and a bachelor’s degree in music at North Carolina Agricultural and Technical University. He is a member of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity and serves or has served on the board of directors of the Salvation Army, the JCC Auditorium and the Four Oaks Bank of Smithfield. He is a long-time member of First Missionary Baptist Church in Smithfield where he served as treasurer and sang in the choir.

Windley’s wife, Mary, is also a former Johnston County teacher. The Windley’s daughter, Yolanda Coleman, a teacher in Goldsboro, resides in Smithfield with her parents.

Tickets to the 2002 Distinguished Citizen celebration are $25 per person and are available at local branches of Four Oaks Bank, BB&T, Centura and First Citizens banks and at the JCC Office of Institutional Advancement in the Wilson Building on the Smithfield campus. Tickets purchased at a bank branch must be paid for by check only, made payable to JCC Foundation, Windley Event.

The main campus of Johnston Community College is located in Smithfield, close to the intersection of Interstate 95 and U.S. Business 70 at 245 College Road.

For more information about the event, call 919-209-2115 or 919-209-2198.