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Lt. Col. Kenneth William Pearce Sr., 89, went home to be with the Lord on December 27, 2021. Survivors include his wife of 62 years, Marianne York Pearce; son, Kenneth Pearce Jr. (Nancy); daughters, Gina Best and Rosemary Kross (David); and grandchildren, Will Best (Laura), Pearce Kross, Marianne Pearce, Tygen […]

Joseph P. Caldarera, 100, of Wayne, New Jersey, died at his home on Saturday, December 18, 2021. Born on March 16, 1921, in Brooklyn, New York, he was the only child of Charles N. Caldarera and Elvira M. Iraggi. After a childhood in New York City, and with war on […]

Perry Earle Gwinn, Jr., 102, a lifelong resident of Greenville, SC, passed away in his Greenville home on Monday, January 3, 2022. He was the husband of the late Claudia (Mickey) McCrady Gwinn. Perry (known as Peg by many of his friends) was born in Greenville County on September 17, […]

Clark Hunter Petteway, age 88, of Shalimar, FL passed away on December 16, 2021, at Fort Walton Beach Medical Center. He was born on October 23, 1933, in Suffolk, VA to Eunice Hunter and Elliot Jennings Petteway. He attended schools in Jacksonville, NC, and Beaufort, SC. He graduated from the […]

LTC Franklin James Rivers (Ret.), 88, husband of Dorothy “Dot” Chastain Rivers, of Easley, passed away Thursday, December 9, 2021. Born in Sumter, SC, he was the son of the late Jesse James and Elma Galloway Rivers. Mr. Rivers graduated from The Citadel and later retired from the Veterans Affairs […]

Carl Eugene (Gene) Sloop III, of Salisbury, N.C., passed away on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021 at his home in Salisbury. Born on July 3,1951 in China Grove, he was the son of the late Carl Eugene Sloop, Jr and the late Joy Smith Sloop. He graduated from South Rowan High […]

Bruce M. Hurlbert of Williamsport, PA, died November 15, 2021. After serving in the U. S. Army, he earned a Masters in Library Science from Florida Stste University. Hurlbert held administrative position in libraries in Florida, Virginia, and retired as library director for Lycoming College. Hurlbert is survived by his […]

John Douglas Blizzard Jr., age 84, of Smithfield, N.C., passed away Wednesday December 1, 2021 at Duke Regional Hospital. He was born in Dillon, SC on November 26, 1937 to the late John Blizzard Sr. and Sue Lytton Blizzard. A funeral service will be held at Centenary UMC on Saturday […]

Thaddeus Baynard Welch, Jr. Wilmington Island, GA Thad died at his home on Wilmington Island on Veterans Day, November 11, 2021. He was the beloved husband of Sally Osteen Welch for nine wonderful years of marriage. Preceding him in death was his adoring wife of almost fifty-five years, Ethel Sponseller […]

Funeral services for Claude Wylie “Sonny” Calder, Jr., 86, of Bamberg, SC, will be held 2 o’clock p.m. Monday, December 13, 2021 at Trinity United Methodist Church, Bamberg, SC with the Reverend Kevin Dalton officiating. The family will receive friends starting at 12:45 until 1:45 in the church fellowship hall […]

William H. Francis, age 94, of Appleton, Wisc., passed away peacefully on Sunday, December 5, 2021, at ThedaCare Regional Medical Center. Bill was born in Lansdowne, PA on June 12, 1927, to the late Frank T. and Rachel (Himrod) Francis. Following high school graduation, Bill proudly served his country in […]

Fred Alvis Donham Jr., age 90, of Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, passed away on Nov. 27, 2021. He was born August 28, 1931, to Fred Alvis and Clara Perkins Donham in Little Rock, Arkansas. Fred graduated from Boys High in Atlanta, GA, and from The Citadel (1953) in Charleston, SC. He […]

William D. Allen, of Keizer, Ore., the in-house photographer for friends and family died on Nov 14th after a long and courageous battle with Throat cancer. Bo was born in Detroit Michigan on June 9, 1941. He was the only child of Julian Brawn and Elizabeth Day, Bo was survived […]

Edmund Danzig, 91, Bradenton, Fla., died peacefully at Tidewell Hospice House, Lakewood Ranch, FL on Nov. 6th, 2021. He was born on Sept. 10, 1930 to Sadye and Henry Danzig in Andrews, SC. He was a graduate of the Citadel Military College in South Carolina and a proud Veteran of […]

Dr. Richard Leland (Lee) Morrison, 86, of McClellanville SC, died peacefully at Embrace Hospice House on December 5, 2021. Doc, as he was known, was born in McClellanville SC on April 25, 1935 before moving to Georgetown SC. He Graduated from Winyah High School and then attended The Citadel Military […]