Col. (Ret.) Fletcher B. Smith, Jr., of Huntsville, passed away Monday. Fletcher was born in Georgetown, SC. He graduated from Barnwell High School, Barnwell, SC in 1953 and received his BS degree in Electrical Engineering at The Citadel, Charleston, SC in 1957. Upon graduation, he entered the US Army and […]

Dr. Roy John Butz, Brighton, MI, age 77, passed away at University of Michigan Hospital on Sunday, July 20, 2008. Born to Kurt and Alma Elizabeth (Stahl) Gruber Butz on February 23, 1931 in New York. He was a member of the Unitarian Univeralist Fellowship of San Miguel de Allende. […]

Rudolph “Jim” Schweizer, age 59, of Fenton, MI, passed away Monday, August 4, 2008 in Idaho from injuries due to a motorcycle accident. He was born September 21, 1948 in Long Island, New York, the son of Rudolph and Dorothy (Rankin) Schweizer. Beloved father of Ryan of Kansas and Jamie […]

Dr. Frank M. Kitchell, of Toms River, N.J., died July 28, 2008. He entered the U.S. Army as a lieutenant in 1942 and served with an anti-artillery unit during World War II where he earned the rank of captain. Kitchell received nine Battle Stars and the Purple Heart for his […]

James Dudley Benton died peacefully, surrounded by his loving family, on Friday, July 25, 2008, in Bethesda, Md., after a long struggle with kidney cancer. He was born in Port Hueneme, Calif., on Aug. 18, 1951, grew up in Baton Rouge and resided in West Feliciana Parish. Jimmy graduated from […]

Gordon W. Knight, of Winter Park, Fla., died July 25, 2008.  He was a former electronics engineer with NASA’s Manned Spacecraft Center in Cape Canaveral, Fla., where he was the special launch team chief and played a key role in the launch of Apollo 10.  In 1987, Knight retired after 26 years with NASA […]

Dr. Frederick M. Parham, 75, passed away Tuesday, July 29, 2008. A memorial service will be held today at 2 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church in Greenville. Fred was a native of Latta, S.C. He graduated from The Citadel and then went on to the University of South Carolina for […]

James Richard Walsh Jr. entered into eternal rest on Thursday, July 31, 2008, Mr. James Richard Walsh, Jr., husband of Daisy Prince Walsh, Residence, Charleston, SC. Mr. Walsh was born on September 10, 1930 in Buffalo, NY the son of Martha Marie Welsh Walsh and James R. Walsh, Sr. He […]

Maurice Goslee passed away on Monday, July 21, 2008 at the age of 91. Mr. Goslee was born in Savannah on April 6, 1917, the son of the late Maurice and Ella Goslee. He was a 1933 graduate of Savannah High School afterward attending The Citadel in Charleston, SC. After […]

Theodore E. Miller Sr., 88, of Farmington, husband of the late Anna (Bokan) Miller, passed away Sunday (July 20, 2008) at John Dempsey Hospital in Farmington. Born in New Britain, he lived in New Britain for many years, moving to The Gables of Farmington a few years ago. Theodore was […]

Jeremy Copeland Webb, 23, of Simpsonville, S.C., died in Blacksburg, Va. on July 25, 2008. He was born April 2, 1985 in Spartanburg, a son of Michael Squires and Sharon Copeland Webb. Jeremy graduated from Mauldin High School in 2003 and graduated Summa Cum Laude from The Citadel in 2007. […]

Paul Efstration, 85, widower of Constance Melehes Efstration, died July 14, 2008. Born in Greenville, he was the son of the late Charles and Catina Scuto Efstration. Mr. Efstration was a graduate of Greenville High School and attended the Citadel before being called to serve his country in the U.S. […]

Robert Andrew Williams, 97, of 1129 Costner Road, passed away July 7, 2008, at Hospice at Wendover. Mr. Williams was born Jan. 22, 1911, in Pickens County, S. C. to the late James Andrew Williams and Sara Caroline Kay Williams. He was educated in the public schools of Pickens County. […]

Lt. Col. Louis Antoine Wintzer, 68, husband of forty-six years to Janice Ruff Wintzer, died Saturday, July 12, 2008, in Providence Hospital following a long illness. Mr. Wintzer was born in Statesville, N.C., September 24, 1939, and was a son of the late Charles Rudolph Wintzer Jr. and Annie Louise […]