Obituaries

Richard K. Burk, ’51

Richard K. Burk, 88, of Bristol, TN, passed away on Tuesday, March 22, 2017 at his residence. He is preceded in death by his parents, Dent K. Burk and Kathrine N. Burk; and three sisters, Sylvia D. Burk, Joyce B. Slagle, and Beverly B. Logan. Richard was a native and […]

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Terrence J. Ahearn, ’63

Terrence “Terry” J. Ahearn, of Summerville, succumbed to pancreatic cancer on March 25, 2017 after more than a two-and-half year battle. He leaves his beloved wife Carroll (Summerville, S.C.), his daughter, Lauren Marie Sullivan (Katy, Texas), two sons, Timothy Michael Ahearn (Columbia, S.C.), and Tristan Ahearn (Isle of Palms, S.C.), […]

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James H. Barley, ’58

James H. Barley, of Boise, Idaho, was called home by our Lord on October 1, 2016 after a long battle with congestive heart failure. He was born December 31, 1932 on Sullivan’s Island, South Carolina. He lived on the island and loved the beaches for the next 18 years. He […]

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David F. Bates, ’84

David Forrest Bates passed away on Sunday, March 19, 2017 at home. Memorial service will be 11:00 am on Saturday March 25, 2017 at the River Hills Community Church, 104 Hamilton’s Ferry Rd, Lake Wylie, SC with the Rev. Gayle Montgomery officiating. The family will receive friends following the service […]

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Ernest T. Cribb, ’52

Ernest Cribb, 92, of Pensacola passed away peacefully at home on Sunday, February 16, 2014. He is survived by his daughter, Eugenia Cribb; son, Ernie Cribb II; daughter-in-law, Joyce Cribb; grandsons, Tanner Cribb and Cole Cribb, all of Pensacola and Duane Dunning. The family will receive friends at 3:00 p.m. […]

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Stephen C. Griffin, ’97

Stephen Cofield Griffin, born April 8, 1974, the beloved husband of Kara Pendleton Griffin, and beloved son of Tommy and Jackie Griffin of Powdersville, SC, and beloved grandson of Jack C. Howie of Greenville, SC passed away March 26, 2017 in Chicago, Illinois. He is predeceased by his grandmothers, Sue […]

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Ethel T. Nepveux, CGC ’86

Ethel Trenholm-Seabrook Nepveux, 94, of Charleston, South Carolina, widow of Dr. Felix Joseph Nepveux III, entered into eternal rest on Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Ethel was born November 11, 1922, in Georgetown, South Carolina, daughter of the late Alfred Glover Trenholm, Jr and Ethel Moore Lofton Trenholm. She is survived […]

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Howell C. (Nick) Jones, Jr., ’50

Howell C. “Nick” Jones, Jr., passed away peacefully at his home in Sheldon, SC, on March 11, 2017. Nick was born June 19, 1927, in Orangeburg, SC, and raised in Barnwell and Summerville one of five children born to Howell and Libby Jones. Nick served the military in the WWII […]

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Richard A. Farrier, Jr., ’81

Richard Ashby Farrier, Jr., 58, of Charleston, South Carolina died Friday, March 24, 2017. He was born on January 29, 1959 in Staunton, Virginia to the late Richard Ashby Farrier and Kitty Byrne Farrier. Richard graduated from The Citadel (1981) with a B.A. in history. He played offensive tackle and […]

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Gavin T. Freed, ’80

Gavin Todd Freed, 58, passed away on March 15, 2017, in Cypress, TX, Gavin was born in Columbus, IN to William and Diane (Wensing) Freed on August 21, 1958. He graduated from Columbus East High School in 1976 and went on to attend The Citadel, The Military College of South […]

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Gregory K. Chandler, ’87

Gregory K. Chandler, 51, of Columbia, died Tuesday, March 21, 2017. Born April 29, 1965, in Muenchweiler, Germany, he was a son of Bobbly L. Chandler and Marlene E. Morgan Chandler. Greg attended Shandon Baptist Church and graduated from The Citadel in 1987. He served on the South Carolina State […]

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Claude W. Cooper, ’50

Claude Wesley Cooper, 90, of Wilmington, NC, died Sunday, March 19, 2017, at home. He was born May 29, 1926 in Wilmington, son of the late Claude Bryant Cooper of Wilmington and Dorothy Wickens Cooper of Needham, MA. Colonel Cooper was first called to active duty from Watertown High School, […]

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Thomas D. Darby, ’52

Thomas Dillard Darby, of Tampa, FL, passed away on March 15, 2017. He is preceded in death by his wife of 71 years, Eunice Steichen Darby, and his eldest son, Thomas David Darby. He is survived by his son Donald William Darby (wife Patty), his daughter Deborah Darby Johnson (husband […]

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William M. Bristow, ’53

William Melton Bristow passed away Friday, March 10, 2017, in San Diego, CA. He was 85 years old. Dr. Bristow was born Feb. 10, 1932, in Columbia, SC, a son of Walter James and Caroline Melton Bristow. He attended The Citadel, the University of South Carolina (B.S., 1952), the Medical […]

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John M. Lesesne, ’41

John M Lesesne M.D., father of Juliette Moeller of Harbor Springs, died peacefully in Grosse Pointe, Michigan. He was born in 1920, in Charleston, South Carolina, the only child of Harlston and Juliette Lesesne. He pursued his education at the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, where he graduated […]

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