Edward Keith Boosembark lost his long battle with prostate cancer on Jan. 15, 2009, with his wife by his side. Ed was born June 28, 1952, in Waco, Texas, the son of Kathleen and Franklin Boosembark. Ed’s father was in the military, so he lived various places growing up. He […]

Dr. Thomas Voshell Jr., 93, of the 1400 block of Dunstan Circle, died Jan. 21, 2009, in Sentara Virginia Beach General Hospital. He was born in Philadelphia to the late Thomas Hamersley Voshell and Helen Luce Voshell July 13, 1915. He graduated from Upper Darby High School in Philadelphia in […]

William Dewey (Bill) Mason Jr., 84, of Roanoke, Virginia, died on Monday, January 19, 2009. He was preceded in death by his wife of 60 years, Anne Segars Mason; and his parents, William Dewey Mason and Mary Guthrie Mason. He is survived by his daughter, Patricia Anne Mason Huff, of […]

George Herman Fischer Jr., 86, of 3251 Timberline Drive, Orangeburg, died Saturday, Jan. 17, 2009, at his residence. Funeral service will be held 11 a.m. Wednesday, Jan. 21, at Orangeburg Lutheran Church, with Pastor Garry W. White officiating. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Mr. Fischer was born in […]

Edward R. Crilly, 88, of Fairfax, Va., died Friday, Jan. 23, 2009. He was born in Elizabeth, N.J., son of the late John J. Crilly and Helen O’Brien. A 1944 graduate of the Citadel in Charleston, S.C., he was a veteran of World War II and the Korean Conflict, serving […]

James Thorpe, former director of the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens who helped raise the public profile of the institution, turning it into one of Southern California’s leading educational and cultural centers, has died. He was 93. Thorpe, a scholar of English literature and former Princeton University professor, […]

LTC Benjamin F. Cox, USA, Ret., of Seoul, South Korea, died Jan. 14, 2009. Born as the youngest of 3 siblings, 2 sisters and a brother in Frankfurt Germany, Ben grew up mostly in Reidsville, North Carolina and graduated from Reidsville Senior High School in 1978. He was a graduate […]

Charles F. Kreischer, 86, of Augusta, Ga., Atlanta, Ga. and formerly of Dalton, Ga., passed away Tuesday, January 13, 2009 at Eisenhower Army Medical Center in Augusta. He was preceded in death by his first wife, Jane Taylor Poulnot Kreischer and son, Charles Francis Kreischer. He was a longtime member […]

James Dickson DeVane III, of Fayetteville, died quietly Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009, in his home following a 16-year battle with cancer. This was the fourth time Jim DeVane encountered death. At age 6, Jim contracted lockjaw from a pet rabbit. His family was advised that he was not expected to […]

Adam Kevin Riley, 21, beloved son of Carol and Kevin Riley, Centerville, died on Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2009, in Charleston, S.C. Adam was a Gold Star honors student at The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, where he was completing his third year as an Army cadet. A member […]

John Leiston Cobb, Sr., 77, of 191 Longleaf Drive, died Wednesday, January 14, 2009. Born in Spartanburg, he was a son of the late James Wiley and Ethel Greenewald Cobb. Mr. Cobb was a graduate of The Citadel, class of 1952 where he played varsity golf and basketball. Upon graduation […]

The Rev. Charles Alvin Boland, 70, died Sunday, January 11, 2009 at Piedmont Medical Center. A Requiem Eucharist and Committal service will be 2:00 pm, Thursday, January 15, 2009 at The Episcopal Church of Our Saviour with the Rt. Rev. Dorsey F. Henderson, Jr., Bishop of Upper South Carolina as […]

U.S. Army Maj. Brian Michael Mescall, Citadel Class of 1997, died Jan. 9 in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced on Jan. 12 his death along with that of two others who were supporting Operation Enduring Freedom. Mescall and the other two soldiers died in the Zabul Province of Afghanistan, […]