Thomas Reese Bethune, Jr. passed away Monday, October 14, 2013 at his home in Charlotte. He was 87. Tom was born November 20, 1925 to Inez Blakely and Thomas Reese Bethune in Bethune, S.C. After graduating from Hartsville High School in 1942, he attended The Citadel until volunteering for the […]

Funeral service for William “Bill” Oliver Fulmer, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Tuesday, October 22, 2013, at Washington Street United Methodist Church, Christ Chapel, with burial in Elmwood Cemetery. Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel, is assisting the family. Mr. Fulmer died Friday, October 18, 2013. Born 1926 in […]

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Roy Thorp Baker, 75, of O’Fallon, Ill., born March 10, 1938, in Canton, Miss., died Wednesday morning, Oct. 16, 2013, at his home. Roy graduated from N. Charleston SC High School, attended The Citadel for two years, graduated from the University of South Carolina in […]

Lt. Col. (Ret.) Charles Laprelle Elvington, 84, of Matthews, N.C. passed away Thursday, October 10, 2013 at his residence. He was born in Horry County, the son of the late Plan Lanneau Elvington Sr. and Neva Thelma Rowell Elvington. Lt. Col. Elvington was raised in the Wannamaker Community of Horry […]

Lt. Col. Walter Earl Griffing, U.S. Air Force (ret.), of Niceville, Fla., passed away peacefully on Oct. 14. He was born in Kentwood, La., on Sept. 15, 1930, to Robert Earl and Annie Laurie Cooper Griffing. They lived in Baton Rouge and New Orleans, La., before settling in McComb, Miss., […]

William P. Watkins, Jr., age 90, of 34 Watkins Road in Highlands, NC, died October 11, 2013. Born on December 15, 1922 in Greenwood, SC, Mr. Watkins was the son of the late William Paul Watkins and Genevieve Hunter Watkins. He attended the public schools in Greenwood and graduated from […]

Daniel Stephen Neidorf, of Riverside, RI, died on October 9, 2013. He was the husband of Shirley (Strashnick) Neidorf. Born in Worcester, MA, the son of the late Murray and Retha (Cohen) Neidorf, he had been a resident of East Providence for many years. Mr. Neidorf was a graduate of […]

Dr. Charles Harry Truluck, Jr., age 77, of Lynchburg, SC, passed away Monday, October 7, 2013 at a Florence hospital after an illness. A funeral service will be held at 3 pm Thursday, October 10, 2013 at Sardis Baptist Church with burial at Bethel Baptist Church Cemetery, directed by Floyd […]

Theodore W. Bridis Sr., of Miami, Fla., died Oct. 3, 2013, in Miami from cancer. He was 67. At the time of his death, he was among employees at the Homeland Security Department temporarily furloughed over the budget impasse with Republicans in Congress. After his helicopter evacuation and three battlefield […]

Frank Gibson Everett Jr., of Fayetteville, passed away Oct. 3, 2013, at the age of 89. Retired Army Col. Everett served with distinction in the 100th Infantry Division during World War II, earning the Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart, Presidential Unit Citation, three battle stars for the European, African, […]

Lt. Col. Caldwell Alexander Barron, Sr., Ret., 95, of Rock Hill, passed away on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at Westminster Health & Rehab. A memorial service will be 2pm on Tuesday, October 8, 2013 at Westminster Presbyterian Church with Dr. Shelton P. Sanford, III officiating. Burial will be 10:30am (prior […]

Harry M. Perks, ’51 Harry M. Perks, of Medford, N.J., died Sept. 30, 2013. = He was the guy who got things done. Whether it was supervising the building of the = Pennsylvania Convention Center and monitoring its expansion, building new public = schools, renovating the library, the zoo and […]

Captain Charles (Charlie) Otis Johnson USN (RET), of Fairfax, Va., loving husband, father, and grandfather, died on September 21, 2013 after a courageous battle with cancer. He was 77. Born on November 27, 1935 in Soperton, Georgia and raised in Winter Park, Florida, Charlie graduated from the Citadel in 1958. […]

Edward J. (Big Ed) Harrington, of West Columbia, 73, went home to be with the Lord on Saturday, September 28, 2013. He was born in Gaffney on April 25, 1940 to the late Ernest and Gerry Harrington and husband of Phyllis Knowles Harrington. He was a 1962 graduate of The […]