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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Walter D. Leonard, Jr., ’52

Walter Dalton Leonard, Jr. age 87, of Mount Airy, NC, died on March 14, 2017, at Forsyth Medical Center. He was born in Mount Airy on April 1, 1929. Walter was preceded in death by his parents, Walter Dalton Leonard, Sr. and Alice Harris Leonard. A graduate of Mount Airy […]

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John R. Fitzpatrick, ’44

Colonel John R. Fitzpatrick, Jr. (U.S. Army, retired), credited with being the U.S. service member to fight the longest in the Korean War, died of renal failure, peacefully at home in Fairfax, Virginia on March 7, 2017. Born at home in Washington, DC, in 1923, he was the eldest of […]

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Daniel L. Sloan, ’69

Daniel “Dan” Lynnwood Sloan, 70,of Greenville, SC, passed away on March 13, 2017. He was born in Orangeburg, South Carolina to the late Elizabeth Sloan Cash and Jack Sloan. He is survived by his wife of 48 years, Susan Moore Sloan; daughters: Meredith Elizabeth Sloan and Lauren Sloan Canady, son-in-law, […]

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Cornelius P. Quinn, ’56

Cornelius Patrick Quinn, of Littleton, CO, who passed away unexpectedly on February 28, 2017 was distinguished and eminent in a wide range of endeavors: scholar, electrical engineer, law review member, patent counsel for Johns Manville, visiting lecturer at the University of Notre Dame, consultant to a host of companies and […]

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Alvin L. Frank, ’42

Alvin Lewis Frank (Al) passed away at his home in Homewood, IL, on Monday,March 6 at the age of 95. He was born in Walterboro, SC and was the youngest of four children. He attended The Citadel in Charleston SC where he began his career with the Army. He and […]

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John E. Gibbons, ’68

John E. Gibbons, 72, of Framingham, MA, died Sunday, March 12, 2017 after a long illness. Born in Lowell, he was the son of the late Thomas & Helen (Honen) Gibbons. John was a graduate of Marian High School, and a 1968 graduate of the Citadel where he majored in […]

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David S. Epps II, ’80

David Samuel Epps, II, 59, of Kingstree, husband of Joyce Hudson Epps, died Sunday, March 12, 2017, after a sudden illness. Mr. Epps was born December 12, 1957, in Kingstree, a son of the late LeRoy Snider Epps, Jr. and Betty Lou Graves Epps. He was a 1980 graduate of […]

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