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Bernard W. Gratzer III, 72, died at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, KY, on Thursday, March 24. Ben was a graduate of Eastern High School in Louisville, and the Citadel Military College in Charleston, SC. He proudly served his country in the US Army. His service included a tour in […]

John J. Hilton III, of Hollywood, passed peacefully at his home in Hollywood, South Carolina, on March 25, 2011 while surrounded by his loving family and friends. John was known for his wit and charm and will be missed by many. John leaves behind his wife Linda Teasley Hilton, daughter Laura Hilton James and […]

William Young Smith, 63, died March 17, 2011 in Jacksonville, Fla. He was born May 29, 1947 in Athens, Ga. He graduated in 1965 from Winter Haven High School and received his undergraduate degree in 1969 from the Citadel in Charleston, S.C. He then obtained a MBA from the University of Georgia […]

Cason Jewell Callaway, Jr. age 86, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at home. Mr. Callaway was born in LaGrange, Georgia, the son of Cason Jewell Callaway and Virginia Hand Callaway. A graduate of Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA, and a student at The Citadel, Charleston, SC until World War II, […]

Mahlon E. Padgett IV died Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Born December 19, 1959, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, he was a son of Mahlon E. Padgett III and the late Lillian Franklin Dempcy Rowe. He was a 1977 graduate of Marlboro Academy and a 1981 graduate of the […]

Craig Brewster Thompson, 43, of Irmo, S.C., died Friday, March 18, 2011. Born May 20, 1967, in Columbia, he was a son of Kent and Elaine Thompson. He was a graduate of Irmo High School and was a member of The Citadel’s Class of 1989. Craig was married in May […]

Louis Shepherd (Lee) LeTellier, III, 58, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Jacksonville, FL. Born in Charleston, SC on February 13, 1953, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. LeTellier, Jr., he graduated in 1977 from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina with a B. S. Degree in Civil Engineering. […]

George Pierce Hammett, Jr. of Belton, SC, the husband of Icey Longshore Hammett, died March 16th at the home. Mr. Hammett was born in Anderson, SC, on July 10, 1918, a son of George Pierce Hammett and Rosa Lee Deberry Hammett. Mr. Hammett attended Anderson City Schools and was a 1939 graduate of the […]

Thomas Henry Carey of Raleigh, NC, died Wednesday, March 16, 2011, in the care of his endearing wife of 68 years, Frances Wham Carey. Survived by two sons, Thomas H. Carey, Jr. and wife Dale, of Cary, NC, and James M. Carey and wife Kathy of Newark, DE, and two daughters, Susan C. […]

Charles Blalock Smith, age 80, died March 16, 2011. Born February 6, 1931, in Gastonia, NC, Charles was a son of the late David William and Bessie Blalock Smith. He honorably served his country in the US Air Force and was a graduate of The Citadel, class of 1952. Charles […]

John Duren “Jack” Davenport, of St. Cloud, Fl., died Mar. 9, 2011. Born November 1, 1919, he was the younger son of the late William Kyle Davenport and Lena Collins Davenport of Landrum, South Carolina. Jack graduated from The Citadel in 1941 with BA in English. During World War II, he flew B-17s as […]

Frank Keith Prevost, former resident of Pickens, SC, passed away on Thursday, March 10, 2011, in Cincinnati, OH, while under the care of his beloved daughter. Born March 21, 1918, in Anderson, SC, he was a son of the late Frank Keith Prevost, Sr., and Nell Acker Prevost and the husband of the late […]

Jules Heymann, 69, of Greenville, beloved husband of Carol Ann McHaney Heymann, passed away March 7, 2011. Born in Greenville, Mr. Heymann was the son of the late Henry and Edie Biederman Heymann. He graduated from the Citadel in 1963; owned and operated Better Beer and Wine Company for many […]