Obituaries

Larry E. Hamrick, ’56

HAMRICK, Larry BLYTHEWOOD Larry E. Hamrick, 71, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, February 18, 2006 after a brief battle with cancer. He passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Larry is survived by his loving wife of 50 years, Grace, and their children and grandchildren. […]

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Henry L. Johnson, ’44

Henry Leon ôHankö Johnson, age 84, died Wednesday, October 23, 2007, at his residence in Columbus, MS. Funeral Services will be at 2:00 p.m., Friday, October 26, 2007, at Gunter & Peel Funeral Home Chapel, Columbus, MS, with Rev. Bo Bankston officiating. Burial will follow at Friendship Cemetery with full […]

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William B. Hopkins, ’46

Hopkins Jr., William B. HOPKINS, M.D.,William Benjamin Jr., 82 of Tampa, a faithful servant of our Lord,died peacefully at home April 5, 2006, after a short illness. He was a beloved husband, father, brother, uncle, grandfather, friend and physician. He was born in Richmond, Va., March 25, 1924, to William […]

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Lee T. Hix, ’57

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. ù Lee Thomas Hix, 72, Supervisory Patent Examiner, recently of Jacksonville, Florida, passed away Tuesday, July 31, 2007, of complications of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. He was born in Commerce, GA, on May 9, 1935, to Lovic Franklin and Eula Martin Hix and graduated from Greenwood High School, […]

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James R. Tarr, ’63

James R. Tarr James R. Tarr, age 61 of Edmond, Oklahoma was born July 21, 1941 in Pittsburgh, PA to Walter and Helen Tarr. Jim served his country in the U.S. Air Force for 5 years, serving in Viet Nam and awarded the Purple Heart and the Bronze Star. He […]

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John C. Pressick, ’58

John C. Pressick, 71, of Clarendon Hills, Ill. and formerly of Lorain, died unexpectedly Thursday. Born in Lorain, he graduated from Lorain High School and The Citadel. He served in the Navy during the Korean War. Mr. Pressick was a retired corn research chemist for Best Foods. Survivors include a […]

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John R. Germany, ’54

John Robert Germany, Jr. went home to be with the Lord on Friday, Jan. 20, 2006. John was born September 17, 1932 in Greenville, MI. John is preceded in death by his wife of 37 years Kristin Merritt Germany. He is survived by his daughter, Lynne Germany Itz and husband […]

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Augustus S. Hydrick, ’42

Judge Augustus S. Hydrick, age 82, died March 13, 2003 at the Hermitage at Cedarfield. He was preceded in death by his wife of 51 years, Elizabeth Farrar Hydrick. He was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina, graduated from The Citadel in 1942 and was commissioned a 2nd Lt. U.S. Army. […]

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John G. Knox, ’53

Knox, III, Jack: John Jack G. Knox, III, loving husband of Anne Welling Knox, a native Charlestonian and resident of Muncy, Pennsylvania, entered into eternal rest on the morning of November 22, 2005. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Knox, III are invited to attend a […]

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Leroy L. Henry, ’48

Leroy Lewis Henry 81, died May 27, 2004 at his home in Carmel. He served in WWII and was a graduate of The Citadel. Survivors include two daughters Lorna Henry Kelley and Melissa Henry Stanton (David); four grandchildren Katie Kelley, Jack Stanton, Will Stanton and Clark Stanton. He was preceded […]

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Peter B. Ober, ’98

Lt. Peter Benjamin Ober died July 16, 2003, in a helicopter crash near Sigonella NAS in Sicily. He was born Feb. 24, 1976, in Charleston, S.C., and raised in Quantico, Va., Bremerton, Wash., and Orange Park, Fla. He graduated from Episcopal High School in Jacksonville, Fla. He attended the Citadel […]

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Martin L. Marchant, ’35

Martin Marchant Jr. GREENVILLE ù Martin Luther Marchant Jr., 91, of 239 E. Avondale Drive, husband of Josephine Owens Marchant, died Wednesday, August 10, 2005, in St. Francis Hospital, Downtown. Born in Greenville, he was the son of the late Martin Luther and Kathleen Morrah Marchant. A 1935 graduate of […]

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John D. Meitzler, ’51

MEITZLER, John Entered into eternal rest on Monday, August 20, 2007, John Dennis Meitzler, Jr. of Charleston, SC. He was born on Thursday, July 29, 1920, a son of John Dennis and Mary Augusta Rumph Meitzler, in Charleston . John attended St. Patrick’s Catholic School, was a graduate of Bishop […]

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James B. Moore, ’39

MOORE, James PAWLEYS ISLAND – James Bernice Moore, 86, died Thursday, July 28, 2005, at Waccamaw Community Hospital in Murrells Inlet. Mr. Moore was born in Farmville, N. C. on September 18, 1918, son of the late James Bernice Moore and Marie Parsons Moore Porter. He graduated from Andrews High […]

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George W. Hightower, ’40

Mr. George Walton Hightower was born July 15, 1919 in Greenville, SC to the late Charles Lee Hightower and Mary A. Hightower. He attended Mt. View High School in Taylors, SC and later graduated from the Citadel, the military college of South Carolina, with a Bachelor of Science degree in […]

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