Name Residence: William A. Rawl Jr. Lewisburg,WV Date of Death: 05/09/2007 Notice Col. William A. Rawl Jr. LEWISBURG ù Col. William A. Rawl Jr., 95, passed away Wednesday, May 9, 2007, at Greenbrier Manor Nursing Home. Born March 29, 1912, in Irvine, Fla., he was the last surviving child of the late William A. Rawl Sr. and the late Ella Louise Aldridge Rawl. Mr. Rawl grew up in Batesburg, S.C. He graduated from The Citadel, Charleston, S.C., with an A.B. degree, graduated from Duke University, Durham, N.C., with an M.A. degree, and took additional graduate work at the University of South Carolina and the University of Colorado. He taught English at Walterboro, S.C., High School and Riverside Military Academy. He came to Lewisburg in 1938 and taught English at Greenbrier Military School where he became secretary-treasurer and part owner of the school and Camp Shaw-Mi-Del-Eca until they closed in 1972. He served on active duty with the U.S. Army from 1941 to 1946 as a first lieutenant, captain and major in the U.S. Army Reserves where he was promoted to lieutenant colonel in the reserves upon his retirement. He was a graduate of the Coast Artillery School, the Anti-Aircraft Artillery School and the Command and General Staff School, Fort Leavenworth, Kan. Mr. Rawl was active in civic affairs in education, and in the life of the Old Stone Presbyterian Church, where he taught Sunday school for many years, and was a deacon and an elder for over 46 years. He had also served as clerk of the session. He was formerly a member of the Lewisburg Rotary Club, Elks Lodge No. 1758, and was a member of Lewisburg Lodge No. 42 AF and AM. He was also a life member of the Association of Citadel Men. He was married to the former Brown Watson Moore, who preceded him in death on Oct. 4, 2004. Survivors include two daughters, Tay Rawl Spicer of Lewisburg and Louise Rawl Haberfeld and husband, Ralph, of Jackson; grandchildren, Sarah Spicer Anway and husband, Bill, of Columbus, Ohio, Cathy Spicer of Cleveland, Ohio, Rebecca Haberfeld Scherbarth and husband, Scott, of Fort Collins, Colo., William Haberfeld of Lincoln, Neb., and Susie Haberfeld of Jackson; and two great-grandchildren, Hazel Scherbarth and Rain Scherbarth. Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Monday at Old Stone Presbyterian Church, Lewisburg, with Dr. J. Dexter Taylor officiating. There will be no visitation. A luncheon will follow the memorial service in the fellowship hall of the church. In lieu of flowers, donations of sympathy may be made to Old Stone Presbyterian Church in Lewisburg. Arrangements by Wallace & Wallace Funeral Home, Lewisburg
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