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Charles E. Rooke, ’61

ROOKE, Buddy Entered into eternal rest on the afternoon of April 15, 2007, Charles Ervin Buddy Rooke, widower of Martha Barton Rooke. Residence, Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends are invited to attend his funeral services in Citadel Square Baptist Church, two o’clock Wednesday, April 18, 2007. Interment, Live Oak […]

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Samuel R. Bird, ’61

MAJ Samuel R. Bird, USA, ’61, passed away on Oct. 18, 1984. Bird is remembered as the leader of the casket detail at President John F. Kennedy’s funeral. Then stationed at Fort Myer (now Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall) near Arlington National Cemetery, he was called to receive the president’s body […]

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