John Patrick Hughes, Sr., 87, of Spartanburg, died Wednesday, October 22, 2008, at his home. Born March 26, 1921, in Greenville, SC, and raised in Spartanburg, he was the son of the late Maynard Bryant and Teresa Scruggs Hughes. A 1938 graduate of Spartanburg High School, he was a 1942 […]

Donald Arthur Kelly, native Floridian, retired NASA engineer, and long-time resi dent of Orlando and Merritt Island, died Saturday, October 18, at his home in Merritt Island where he had lived for over 45 years. He had pancreatic cancer and was 78 years old. Mr. Kelly was a man who […]

Luis R. Reguero, Class of 1950, passed away on the third of this month. He served in the U.S. Army during the Korean War. He received a B.S. in Business Administration with a major in management from the University of Puerto Rico and worked for the Ferre Enterprises in Puerto […]

M. Peter Moser, a Baltimore attorney who became a prominent advocate of ethics law, died of cancer Friday at his home at The Towers at Harbor Court condominium downtown. He was 80. Mr. Moser was born in Baltimore and attended McDonogh School from the first grade until he graduated just […]

Dr. Earl Haltiwanger died in Atlanta, Saturday, October 11, 2008, after a brief illness. Dr. Haltiwanger was born and raised in Lake City, Florida. Upon completion of the high school he attended, The Citadel, before enlisting in the Navy during World War II. He served in the Hospital Corps and […]

On October 8, 2008, Miguel Alfhado Benitez, beloved son of Virgil Griffin and Marisol Benitez. Loving brother of Pedro Garcia, Carlos Griffin Benitez, Jose Griffin Benitez and Carmen Griffin Benitez. Cherished grandson of Carmen Diaz, Jose Nicolas Benitez, Sr., Jeremiah Griffin and Geraldine Griffin. Miguel is also survived by many […]

Robert J. Hamilton, Jr., 68, died Oct. 3 at Winter Haven Hospital as a result of renal and respiratory failure. He was born Nov. 22, 1939 in Winter Haven, FL to the late Robert and Mary (Lang) Hamilton. Having previously lived in New York City, Miami, FL and Maitland, FL, […]

Michael Troy Westmoreland, 71, passed away Tuesday, October 7, after a lengthy illness and declining health. He was the son of the late Sanford Troy Westmoreland and Helen Beaman Westmoreland. Mike graduated from The Citadel, Class of 1959 with a business administration degree. He served as an officer in the […]

Walter “Wally” B. Updike, owner of Wally’s Mills Avenue Liquors, died Friday of complications from diabetes.He was 65. Opened in 1954, the bar became an Orlando institution in the Colonialtown neighborhood. Updike took over the family business in the 1970s and, after his father’s death in the late 1980s, the […]

Richard Lee Shockley, 75, entered into rest on September 30, 2008, after a brief illness. He is survived by his wife Dottie; son, Stephen of Martinez; daughter- in-law: Debra and granddaughters: Lindsey and Caitlin; daughter: Teryl Klova and her husband: Jeffery and grandson: Stephen (Goo) of Sicklerville, NJ; brother: Bill […]

Thomas Edmondson Ruffin Sr. HEMINGWAY ù; Thomas Edmondson Ruffin Sr., 89, died Tuesday, Sept. 23, 2008, in McLeod Hospice House.Mr. Ruffin was born in Olanta, a son of the late Thomas E. Ruffin and Anna Belle Tomlinson Ruffin. He was the founder of Ruffins Department Stores Inc., a member of […]

Arthur Bartley Fowler Jr., age 88, of Charlotte, NC, passed away Saturday, September 27, 2008, at Harris Hospice, Presbyterian Hospital with his son at his side. Arthur was born in Florence, SC to the late Arthur B. Fowler Sr. and the late Jennie Craver Fowler. Arthur graduated from Florence High […]

Dr. James Webster BROOKS, Dr. James Webster, passed away at the age of 86 on September 27, 2008 after a brief illness. He was preceded in death by his loving parents, Samuel Carroll and Linda Carruthers Brooks. He is survived by his wife of 61 years, Vina Isach Brooks, as […]

J. James O’DONNELL On Saturday, September 6, 2008 at home in Martinsburg, WV. Survived by father, John A. O’Donnell, MD and step-mother, Betty O’Donnell of Daytona Beach, FL. Also survived by four brothers, John A., Arnold J., Joseph F., David V. O’Donnell; four sisters, Peggy O’Donnell, Ann Greenberg, Mary Catherine […]

Wideman Edward Durham, Jr., died on Thursday, October 2, 2008, at his home. He was born May 15, 1947, in Greenville, South Carolina, the son of the late Wideman Edward Sr. and Sue Langston Durham. A graduate of the Citadel, he later served in the U.S. Air Force as a […]