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William E. “Bill” Hughes, 73, resident of 204 Deer Run Lane, husband of Hazel Burnett Hughes, died April 9, 2011 at Self Regional Medical Center. A son of the late Frank A. and Grace Jones Hughes, he was a graduate of Greenwood High School and a ’61 graduate of The […]

Charles Edward “Ed” Tanner, of Summerville, was born on November 14, 1937, to the late Willard A. Tanner and Julia Rice Tanner at Baker Hospital in Charleston, SC. He was baptized at Saint Barnabas Lutheran Church, Charleston, SC, and was a faithful member of Peace Lutheran Church in North Charleston, […]

William Henry “Bill” Wideman Jr., 58, of Kinston passed away on Monday, April 4, 2011. Born in Florence, S.C. on October 22, 1952, he was the son of the late William Henry Wideman Sr. and Anna Rosa Lee Centanni Wideman. Bill was a graduate of the Citadel, Class of 1974. […]

Charles Bryant “Begie” Graves, Jr., of Rock Hill, passed away Tuesday, March 29, 2011, at Piedmont Medical Center. A graveside service will be held at 2 p.m. Saturday, April 2, 2011, at Laurelwood Cemetery, with Dr. Shelton P. Sanford officiating. The son of the late Charles Bryant Graves and Emma […]

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. […]