Obituaries

Joseph J. Haydon, ’87

Joseph Jolly Haydon Jr., 40, an Army Special Forces major and foreign-area officer based in sub-Saharan Africa, died Oct. 22 in an airplane crash near Lagos, Nigeria. He was the lone American aboard a Nigerian commercial flight in which 117 people were killed. Maj. Haydon, who was returning from a […]

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Samuel R. Kilgore, ’38

Kilgore,SamuelRea Samuel Rea KilgoreSamuel Rea KilgoreALBEMARLE – Samuel Rea Kilgore, M.D., of Albemarle, died Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007, at Stanly Regional Medical Center. Dr. Kilgore was a member of First Presbyterian Church and was a retired psychiatrist.Born June 3, 1918, in Spartanburg County, he was the son of the late […]

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Leith P. Trask, ’08

Leith Paul Trask III Published Wed, Nov 23, 2005 Leith Paul Trask III, 20, of Beaufort, died Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2005, in Beaufort County. Graveside services will be at 1 p.m. today in Evergreen Cemetery in Beaufort. Mr. Trask was born Aug. 11, 1985, in Beaufort, a son of Meredith […]

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John A. Scott, ’52

Lt. Col. John Arthur Scott, USMC (Ret), 75, of Lexington, died July 2, 2003 at home after a long illness. Born October 4, 1927 in Chattanooga, Tennessee and raised in Baltimore, MD, he was a 1952 graduate of The Citadel. He was a 30 year veteran of the United States […]

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Benjamin W. Sammis, ’96

Marine Corps Capt. Benjamin W. Sammis, 29, a career Marine who was killed in action during Operation Iraqi freedom, was buried with full military honors yesterday at Arlington National Cemetery, in Virginia. A memorial service will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. in Newman Congregational Church, 100 Newman Ave., Rumford, […]

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John A. McCrary, ’40

McCRARY John Allen McCrary passed away Monday, September 2, 2002. Graveside services were held the following day. Those in attendance were family only by request. Mac was the son of Callie Wise McCrary and Charles Allen McCrary. He was born in South Norwalk, Cn., and raised in Stuart, Florida. He […]

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Milton L. Phillips, ’60

Milton L. Phillips Raleigh,NC N/A Age Approx. Date of Death: N/A 12/18/2007 Notice Milton Leon Lee Phillips, 70, died Tuesday. He retired from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Funeral service will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday at Ephesus Baptist Church. Burial will follow at Montlawn Memorial Park, Raleigh. Surviving are: […]

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Charles O. Meyer, ’49

Mr. Charles Olan Meyer, Jr., age 81, of Atlanta died February 12, 2006. He grew up in Meyer’s Mill, SC where his father and grandfather ran a grist mill, cotton gin, and were the postmaster and railroad agents until the land was absorbed into the Savannah River Plant in 1950. […]

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