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There is no greater tribute to the five decades Frank Weedon spent in the athletics department at N.C. State than the mere existence of the N.C. State Athletic Hall of Fame, which inducted its inaugural class in 2012.

One of Debbie Yow’s priorities after taking over as athletics director at N.C. State, the new Hall of Fame awaits permanent residence in Reynolds Coliseum as part of the impending renovations to the venerable arena. Almost all of the artifacts that will soon be on display were collected and stored, some for decades, by Weedon in hopes that there would someday be a place for them. Weedon died Monday at 82 after a long illness, safe in the knowledge that by August 2016, there will be.

John Franklin Weedon Jr. was preceded in death by his wife, the former Janice Bunn Nixon, and is survived by a brother-in-law, Jerry Bunn of Raleigh, and a sister-in-law, Julia Davidson of South Carolina. Funeral arrangements are pending.

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