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Always a Smile

By Johnny Moore, GoDuke the Magazine

It was the smile, the sparkling eyes, the warmth in knowing that someone was genuinely glad to see you. It was a feeling of belonging that filled the hearts of so many Duke football players, families and fans whenever they saw Mary Dinkins.

There was never a person that encountered Mary that did not smile as soon as they met her.

That smile and those eyes, a part of Duke University and Duke Athletics, are all now a wonderful memory, as Mary passed away on Sept.