Jeffrey Forbes Buckalew

Jeffrey Forbes Buckalew of Charlottesville, VA died on Tuesday, December 20 in an airplane accident near Morristown, NJ. Jeff was born on November 12, 1966 in Philadelphia, PA and spent his early years in Atlanta, GA, and Winston Salem, NC. He attended the public schools in Winston Salem and graduated from RJ Reynolds High School in 1984. He attended the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill, obtaining a bachelor’s degree in 1988 and an MBA from the Kenan-Flagler Business School in 1993. He spent his entire professional career as an investment banker in New York City, holding positions at several firms before joining Greenhill & Co in 1996 as one of its original members. At the time of his death he was head of Greenhill’s North American Corporate Advisory business.

Jeff is survived by his parents, Vardaman and Sherry Buckalew of Winston Salem, NC; two brothers, Douglas of Houston, TX (children Nicholas and Emelia), and Edward (Lisa) of Peachtree City, GA (children Ian and Amy); aunts Sarah Shaw of San Francisco, CA, Susan Riddiford (John) of State College, PA, and Lysbeth Quackenbush of Chatsworth, CA; an uncle Gregg Buckalew (Mary Martin) of Atlanta, GA, and other nieces and nephews.

Jeff is also survived by Mr. and Mrs. Robert (Ruth) Stickley of Greensboro, NC, Robert Stickley Jr. (Jenny) of Lookout Moutain TN, Elizabeth Scott (George) of Atlanta, GA as well as nieces and nephews Vaden, Mallory, and Addison Scott of Atlanta, and Caroline and Thomas Stickley of Lookout Mountain.

Jeff was widely regarded by all who knew him as a highly principled and disciplined individual with a strong commitment to his work, an exceptional ability to instill confidence and a great capacity to form lasting friendships. He was involved in numerous civic and charitable activities in both New York and Charlottesville. Most of all, he had a deep devotion and abiding love for his wife Corinne and their two children Jackson and Meriwether, all of whom died in the accident. They go to be with an infant child Thomas Charlton who predeceased them.

A service to celebrate the lives of Jeff and his family will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Friday, December 30, at Holy Trinity Episcopal Church (607 North Greene Street, Greensboro, NC, 27401). The families will receive visitors afterward in the Haywood Duke Room at the church. A memorial service will be held in New York City at a later date. Arrangements are being handled by Hanes-Lineberry Funeral Home, Greensboro NC.

The family requests that memorial donations be made to the Jeffrey F. Buckalew scholarship fund established by Greenhill & Co. at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (Kenan-Flagler Business School); Good Shepard Services (305 Seventh Avenue, New York NY); or to the charity of one’s choice.

On line condolences may be made at www.haneslineberryfuneralhomes.com.