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Richard A. (Dick) Urquhart, Jr. died peacefully Sunday afternoon, June 8, 2008, at his home in Raleigh. He was born in Woodville, Bertie Co., N.C. on October 26, 1918, the son of Richard A. and Kate Fenner Urquhart.

Dick was a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the class of 1939. He served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and was the commanding officer of a gasoline tanker. He was a practicing Certified Public Accountant from 1946 to 1979 with Williams, Urquhart & Ficklin and was the original Managing Partner of Peat Marwick & Mitchell's Raleigh office (now KPMG). He was a founding partner of the Carolinas Golf Group, developers of several North Carolina golf courses.

Dick was active in civic affairs and was on the Board of Trustees at Rex Hospital for 30 years and served as Chairman for 18 years; President of the Raleigh Chamber of Commerce; Chairman of the Wake United Fund, Chair of the Tar Heel 100 (now the Board of Visitors of UNC-Chapel Hill); President of the Co-Founders Club of the UNC School of Medicine; Raleigh's Man of the Year; and active fundraiser for the Lineberger Cancer Center.

Aside from his family, one of Dick's great pleasures was golf. He was a founding member of the Country Club of North Carolina in Pinehurst, where he was President for 31 years. After making his 5th hole-in-one at the Carolina Country Club following his 89th birthday, he joyfully announced that his middle initial "A" stood for "Ace." Previously he had indicated that the "A" stood for "Arnie" after Arnold Palmer had won his 3rd Masters in 1962. Dick also enjoyed his garden and the birds and other creatures that gathered there.

Surviving are his wife of 62 years, Barbara S. Urquhart, of the home; son, Richard A. Urquhart, III, and his wife, Cynthia, of Raleigh; son, Albert C. Urquhart, and wife, Celia, of Cary; son, R. Fenner Urquhart, of Washington, D.C.; son, Thomas W. Urquhart, and wife, Katherine White, of Raleigh; daughter, Barbara Urquhart Jordan, and husband, David, of Bethesda, Md.; daughter, Patricia Urquhart Spain, and husband, David, of Raleigh; and son, J. Andrew Urquhart, and wife, Dina, of Chapel Hill. Grandchildren are Mary Margaret Urquhart Leahy and husband, Kevin, of Cary; Ann Alexander Urquhart of Charleston, S.C.; Celia Urquhart of Arlington, Va.; Mary Urquhart of Cary; Jennifer Patricia and Katie Jordan of Bethesda, Md.; Wayne and Landis Urquhart of Chapel Hill; and great-granddaughter, Mary Pace Leahy, of Cary. Dick was preceded in death by his sister, Kate Fenner Urquhart, and his brother, William E. Urquhart.

The family will receive visitors Wednesday evening, June 11, from 7-9 in the Parish Hall of Saint Michael's Episcopal Church, 1520 Canterbury Rd., Raleigh. There will be a memorial service at 11:30 a.m., Thursday, June 12, at Saint Michael's after which the family will receive friends.

In lieu of flowers, contributions may be made to Rex Hospital Foundation, 4420 Lake Boone Trail, Raleigh, 27607 or the UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, CB #7295, Chapel Hill 27599-7295.

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