April 2013 - Tribute to Jim Muldrow - South Piedmont Community ...

James Steven “Jim” Muldrow
MONROE - James Steven "Jim" Muldrow, affable coordinator
of marketing and communications at South Piedmont Community
College, passed away Sunday, January 27, 2013, after a two-year battle
with intestinal cancer.
Jim was born in Monroe on May 1, 1958. He attended Wingate
Elementary, East Union Middle School and Forest Hills High School. He
received his Bachelor of Arts in Journalism in 1980 from his beloved
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a lifelong fan and advocate of the
university.
Upon graduation, he returned to make his home in Monroe and began his journalism
career with The Union News and Home in Marshville. Soon thereafter, he joined The Enquirer-
Journal as a sports writer, later becoming sports editor and then news editor.
In 1994, he met the love of his life, Cheryl Simpson, and married her on May 18, 1996.
Jim treasured his family and friends. He loved the mountains, photography, the UNC Tar Heels
and baseball. He had a goal to visit every Major League Baseball stadium in the nation and
dragged Cheryl to more than two dozen, including Fenway Park on their honeymoon. Jim was a
member of Wingate Baptist Church and served as a deacon and on various committees.
In 2009, he undertook a career change to take on a new challenge as coordinator of
marketing and communications for South Piedmont Community College (SPCC).
In addition to his wife, Jim is survived by his father, William Blake Muldrow; two
brothers, Jeff Travis Muldrow and Charles Stuart Muldrow and his wife, Jody Alexander
Muldrow; father- and mother-in-law, Mott and Phyllis Simpson; brothers- and sisters-in-law,
Tim and Dana Simpson, and Paul and Teresa Davis; nephews, Blake Muldrow and Camden
Muldrow; nieces, Mattie Simpson, Hannah Lindsey, Emma Crumpler, Lily Davis and Heather
Davis; and two aunts, Betty Jo Muldrow and Eloise Hudspeth. His mother, Betty Whitaker
Muldrow, preceded him in death.
The family received friends at Wingate Baptist Church, where his funeral service was
held the following day. Interment was in Lakeland Memorial Park, Monroe.
The family has requested that memorials be made to the SPCC Foundation for the Jim
Muldrow Memorial Scholarship, 680 US Hwy. 74, Polkton, NC 28135, or to the UNC School of
Journalism at www.jomc.unc.edu/gift, or to Wingate Baptist Church.