Post Tagged with: "1957"

Mayson A. Callaway, Jr., ’57

Mayson Callaway Jr passed away March 9, 2023. He was 88 and a lifelong resident of Atlanta. He is survived by his wife of 67 years Cathy, his children Gus (Lisa) and Lou (Bill Cutts), his grandchildren Mayson IV (Erin), Chrissy, Libby, Sully, Katie and Coco Cutts and his great-granddaughter […]

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Robert K. Bobbitt, ’57

Robert “Bobby” Knight Bobbitt, 85, of St. Stephen, passed away Thursday December 24, 2020 at his residence. Robert was born August 29, 1935 in Franklin, Virginia, a son of Robert Edward Bobbitt and Ellen Huxford Bobbitt. A retired Sergeant in charge of security for the Berkeley Campus of Trident Technical […]

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Frank N. Doscher, ’57

Frank Nicholas Doscher passed away peacefully on December 15, 2022. He was 90 and a resident of Leesburg, FL.  Frank was born September 10, 1932 in Charleston, SC. He served three years in the United States Navy during the Korean War. After graduating from Citadel as an Electrical Engineer, his […]

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Robert S. Bruns, ’57

Robert Stephenson Bruns, 88, of Greenville, devoted husband of of Patricia Pickell Bruns, died Saturday, February 25, 2023.Born in Greenville, SC, he was the son of the late William Lucas and Ailene Stephenson Bruns.Mr. Bruns graduated with the The Citadel’s class of 1957. He then proudly served in the United […]

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Paul R. Mitchell, ’57

Paul R. Mitchell, of Atlanta, passed away Tuesday, January 10, 2023, joining the love of his life for 64 years, Sue Mitchell; and their son, Richard, in our Father’s heaven. Mr. Mitchell is survived by his two daughters, Tracy and Ashley; and grandchildren, Jake, Taylor and Hunter. Paul’s early years […]

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Gerald E. Bozeman, ’57

Gerald Evans Bozeman, Colonel, USAF, Ret., age 87, of Lilburn, Ga., passed away on January 1, 2023. Col. Bozeman, a highly decorated Vietnam Veteran, was born on July 4, 1935. He was the third son of James Brunson Bozeman and Annie Brasington Bozeman of Lancaster, SC. A 1954 graduate of […]

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F. Clark Simpkins, ’57

Floyd Clark Simpkins, 90, of Woodruff, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday, December 29, 2022, at Spartanburg Medical Center. He was born November 5, 1932, in Georgetown, South Carolina to the late Floyd Lee and Francis Smith Simpkins Brown and was the widower of Betty Nettles Simpkins, they […]

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E. Stokes Fishburne III, ’57

Dr. Stokes Fishburne, of Fort Myers, Florida, died December 1. Stokes was a rocket scientist, who earned his Ph.D. at Ohio State. In 1970, when Stokes was working as a scientist for Grumman Aerospace Corporation, he and his partner developed the algorithms for bringing the astronauts aboard Apollo 13 safely […]

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Randell P. Smith, ’57

Randell “Randy” Price Smith, age 87, of Laurens, SC, widower of Sarah Porter Lester Smith, passed away Sunday, November 13, 2022 at Langston Place. He was born July 19, 1935 in Scottsburg, IN, and was a son of the late Randell Pope Smith and Ernestine “Tina” Phillips Smith. Mr. Smith […]

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A. Charles Cannon, Jr., ’57

TThe Reverend Alberry Charles Cannon, Jr., of Flat Rock, N.C., died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Born May 12, 1936, in Greenville, he was the son of the late A.C. Cannon and Mary Cogswell Cannon, and the eldest great-grandchild of Greenville textile pioneer, F. W. Poe. Fr. Cannon was known for […]

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Sloan P. Martin, Jr., ’57

Sloan P. Martin, Jr., MD, of Easley, passed away July 26, 2022. He was born in Anderson, SC, the son of the late Sloan P. Martin, Sr., and Aldene Bowie Martin. Dr. Martin was a graduate of Boys High School in Anderson, the Citadel and The Medical University of South […]

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James R. Fuqua, Jr., ’57

CAPT James R. Fuqua, Jr., USN, Ret., of Virginia Beach, Va., July 10, 2022, surrounded by his wife and children. He was born February 28, 1936 in Orlando, Florida, to James Richard Fuqua, Sr. and Flora Morrie Wells. Jim spent his childhood years in Florida. He attended The Citadel in […]

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George D. Moorhead, Sr., ’57

George D. Moorhead of Greensboro, NC died June 14, 2022. After graduation from the Citadel, Mr. Moorhead served as 2nd Lieutenant in the U.S. Army in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany and in the NC National Guard. He was founder and President of Electronic Security Systems, Inc. until his retirement in 1995. He […]

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Hal Butts, Jr., ’57

Hal Butts, Jr., of Marietta, Ga., went to be with the Lord on the morning of June 10, 2022, following a long and hard-fought battle with Parkinson’s disease. He is survived by his four children Ashley Remik, Kevin Butts, Samuel Ivey, and Nathanael Ivey and their spouses, along with his […]

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S. Eugene Poteat, ’57

Samuel Eugene “Gene” Poteat, a retired senior Central Intelligence Agency scientific intelligence officer, inventor, teacher, and association executive, died May 22, 2022, in Alexandria, VA, after a long illness. Gene was born in Bessemer City, North Carolina in 1930 to Eugene Justice and Sarah Darnell Poteat. The family settled in […]

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