Marion Hartzog “Joe” Smoak died May 4 in Palm Beach. The former chief of protocol for Richard Nixon was two months shy of his 104th birthday. The Hon. Marion Hartzog “Joe” Smoak, a soldier, teacher, diplomat and public servant, died May 4, 2020, at his daughter’s home in Palm Beach. […]

T. Richard (Dick) Daniel, 100, a resident of Brandon Wilde, Evans, Georgia died October 26, 2018. A Native Augustan, Dick attended the Academy of Richmond County, The Junior College of Augusta, and was a 1938 graduate of The Citadel in Charleston, SC. After graduation he was commissioned into the United […]

Urie Edward Parks, 100, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., died January 21, 2017, Jacksonville, Florida. Ed Parks was born in his beloved Charleston, South Carolina February 17, 1916. At six years of age, Ed and his parents, Sarah Gantt and Urie Elijah Parks moved to Avondale in Jacksonville. Sports became an […]

Mr. Robert L. Stanton, age 95, of Spring Lake, Mich., passed away Thursday, October 11, 2012 at his home in Oakcrest Manor. He was born December 21, 1916, in Oak Park, IL to Robert and Sophia (Eckert) Stanton. Bob was an artist at heart making stained glass mosaics for people […]

Walter Price Wagoner died peacefully on July 27, 2014, at his home on Oak Road in Salisbury. Walt was born in Salisbury on August 27, 1917, the son of the late Edward Walter Wagoner and Pearl Price Daniel Wagoner. His beloved wife and companion of sixty-eight years, Evelyn Albright Wagoner, […]

LeRoy Constantine Stille, Jr., of Lakeland, Fla., passed away peacefully of natural causes on Sunday evening May 19, 2013, just 22 days short of his 95th birthday. Roy, as everyone knew him, was born in Blackville, South Carolina on June 10, 1918. He was a 1938 graduate of The Citadel, […]

Col. Clyde Shockley, 94, of Charlotte, passed away peacefully with his family at his side on Sunday, October 7, 2012. Husband, father, soldier, business owner, educator, and church leader, he lived a full life as a proud member of the greatest generation. Born December 20, 1917, in Pacolet, SC, Clyde […]

Henry W. Rittenberg, M.D., of Charleston, died April 22, 2012. The relatives and friends of Henry and Sara Rittenberg are invited to attend the funeral services of the former at BSBI Maryville Cemetery on Sycamore Avenue, Monday, April 23, 2012 at 3:30 p.m. Henry Woodrow Rittenberg, M.D., 94, died April […]

Col. Lewis B. Meng, USAF, Ret., passed away March 9, 2012, after an extended illness. His excellent care was directed by Catherine Rowland of Total Long-Term Care Consultant Services, and her professional staff of nurses and hand selected care givers. “”Bill”” was born in New York and grew up in […]

Charles Timothy Howard, 93, of Birmingham, AL died Thursday, January 20, 2011. He was born January 30, 1917 in Greenville, South Carolina. He was a son of James F. Howard and Nora Lee Riddle Howard. He married Marguerite Sanders in 1940. She preceded him in death in 2009 as “”his […]

Col. William F. Ladson, (U.S.A., Retired), 95, of St. John’s, Fla., and formerly of Moultrie, died Saturday, Oct. 9, 2010, at his home. Graveside rites with military honors will be 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 13, at Westview Cemetery with the Rev. William N. McQueen officiating. Born Oct. 9, 1915, Col. […]

Leon Sloan Bradshaw, husband of the late Eleanor Churchill Hoey Bradshaw, died Sunday, June 27, 2010 at his home in Salisbury. Mr. Bradshaw was a vibrant member of the Salisbury and Blowing Rock communities. Mr. Bradshaw was born July 17, 1917 in Salisbury, NC to Leonidas Sloan and Henrietta Kestler […]

Dr. Fred McPherson Burdette, Jr., born September 21, 1917 to Ellen Martin and Fred Burdette, Sr., spent his first 14 years on a beautiful farm near Pelzer, SC, where his family grew cotton. First came the boll weevil in the 20s, then came the Depression in the 30s and the […]

Carver Thaxton Bussey, 93, of Huntsville, Ala., father of Tricia Wilson of Union City, died Oct. 14, 2009, in Alabama. Services will be 3 p.m. Saturday at Huntsville First Baptist Church on Governors Drive. Drs. David Hull and Ralph Langley will officiate. Burial will follow at a later date at […]

James Martin Whitmire, Jr., 92, retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, died October 7, 2009, in Columbia, S.C. He was born August 26, 1917 at the Whitmire family’s ancestral home, “White Horse,” in upper Greenville County, S.C., the son of Marguerite Cleveland Goodwin and James Martin Whitmire, Sr., descendants of the […]