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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.
Goodbye, Jim. Jan. 28, 2013 @ 05:55 PM The Enquirer-Journal, Staff Report MONROE — Sunday, the men and women who produce the Enquirer- Journal lost a family member. For the Enquirer-Journal staff and many in the Monroe community, Jim Muldrow was family. Anyone who worked at the Enquirer-Journal in the last 25 years knew Jim. He started as a sports reporter in 1980, and moved up to sports editor in 1984. Five years later, he was promoted to news editor, a job he kept until December 2009. Even well after he left to take a job with South Piedmont Community College, he stopped by the newspaper office regularly to catch up. Hang around the newsroom long enough, and you will hear many stories about Jim getting a paper out when the weather, the press, modern technology and fate itself conspired against him. Sunday, Jim lost a long fight with cancer. He was diagnosed in 2009. After treatment and surgery, it went into remission. When it returned and treatment failed to slow its spread, Jim said his goodbyes. "I just want all of you to know that I am at peace with this news and it was not totally unexpected. I just had a feeling for some time that this was the way things were headed." Jim wrote in his last Caring Bridge journal entry on Dec. 26. "I have had a good life. I’ve been able to go places, meet people and do things that a lot of people only dream about." Not long after the news of his death began circulating around social media, old friends and coworkers began leaving their goodbyes on Jim's Facebook page. Luanne Williams: "Jim was my encourager, my mentor and my right arm at The E-J from 1986 to 2003 as I went from part-time staff writer to managing editor. He was also a wonderful friend who kept in touch, remembered birthdays, commiserated when times were tough and rejoiced when we got it right. He was the newsroom's AP Style guru and the most dependable co-worker ever. Whether it was climbing on top of The E-J to clean snow off the satellite dish so we could get the AP feed or plowing through reams of copy to put together the annual Progress edition, if it was on Jim's list, it got done and it got done well. I can't begin to imagine the number of lives he touched — years of covering sports, coaching cub reporters, training other
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Goodbye, <strong>Jim</strong>.<br />
Jan. 28, <strong>2013</strong> @ 05:55 PM<br />
The Enquirer-Journal, Staff Report<br />
MONROE —<br />
Sunday, the men and women<br />
who produce the Enquirer-<br />
Journal lost a family member.<br />
For the Enquirer-Journal staff<br />
and many in the Monroe<br />
community, <strong>Jim</strong> <strong>Muldrow</strong> was<br />
family.<br />
Anyone who worked at the<br />
Enquirer-Journal in the last<br />
25 years knew <strong>Jim</strong>. He<br />
started as a sports reporter in<br />
1980, and moved up <strong>to</strong><br />
sports edi<strong>to</strong>r in 1984. Five<br />
years later, he was promoted<br />
<strong>to</strong> news edi<strong>to</strong>r, a job he kept<br />
until December 2009.<br />
Even well after he left <strong>to</strong> take<br />
a job with <strong>South</strong> <strong>Piedmont</strong><br />
<strong>Community</strong> College, he<br />
s<strong>to</strong>pped by the newspaper<br />
office regularly <strong>to</strong> catch up.<br />
Hang around the newsroom<br />
long enough, and you will<br />
hear many s<strong>to</strong>ries about <strong>Jim</strong><br />
getting a paper out when the<br />
weather, the press, modern<br />
technology and fate itself<br />
conspired against him.<br />
Sunday, <strong>Jim</strong> lost a long fight<br />
with cancer. He was<br />
diagnosed in 2009. After<br />
treatment and surgery, it<br />
went in<strong>to</strong> remission. When it<br />
returned and treatment failed<br />
<strong>to</strong> slow its spread, <strong>Jim</strong> said<br />
his goodbyes.<br />
"I just want all of you <strong>to</strong> know<br />
that I am at peace with this<br />
news and it was not <strong>to</strong>tally<br />
unexpected. I just had a<br />
feeling for some time that this<br />
was the way things were<br />
headed." <strong>Jim</strong> wrote in his last<br />
Caring Bridge journal entry<br />
on Dec. 26. "I have had a<br />
good life. I’ve been able <strong>to</strong> go<br />
places, meet people and do<br />
things that a lot of people<br />
only dream about."<br />
Not long after the news of his<br />
death began circulating<br />
around social media, old<br />
friends and coworkers began<br />
leaving their goodbyes on<br />
<strong>Jim</strong>'s Facebook page.<br />
Luanne Williams: "<strong>Jim</strong> was<br />
my encourager, my men<strong>to</strong>r<br />
and my right arm at The E-J<br />
from 1986 <strong>to</strong> 2003 as I went<br />
from part-time staff writer <strong>to</strong><br />
managing edi<strong>to</strong>r. He was also<br />
a wonderful friend who kept<br />
in <strong>to</strong>uch, remembered<br />
birthdays, commiserated<br />
when times were <strong>to</strong>ugh and<br />
rejoiced when we got it right.<br />
He was the newsroom's AP<br />
Style guru and the most<br />
dependable co-worker ever.<br />
Whether it was climbing on<br />
<strong>to</strong>p of The E-J <strong>to</strong> clean snow<br />
off the satellite dish so we<br />
could get the AP feed or<br />
plowing through reams of<br />
copy <strong>to</strong> put <strong>to</strong>gether the<br />
annual Progress edition, if it<br />
was on <strong>Jim</strong>'s list, it got done<br />
and it got done well. I can't<br />
begin <strong>to</strong> imagine the number<br />
of lives he <strong>to</strong>uched — years<br />
of covering sports, coaching<br />
cub reporters, training other
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