Entries from November 2008

Saturday, November 29th, 2008

Death of Warren A. Frank ’04

Capt. Warren A. Frank, USMC, 26, died Tuesday while participating in a food distribution mission north of Baghdad. His team came under small arms fire by an attacker in an Iraqi soldier’s uniform. It was not known if the outfit was a disguise or if the Marine was slain by an Iraqi soldier. Many members [...]

Monday, November 24th, 2008

Death of James R. Whitney ’58

James Robert Whitney ( IBM Jim ), 75, passed away on Saturday, November 22. The visitation will be held on Monday, November 24 from 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., with the rosary recited at 6:00 p.m., at MCALISTER-SMITH FUNERAL HOME, Mt. Pleasant Chapel. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held on Tuesday, February 25 [...]

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Death of John C. Carey ’42

John Curtis Carey of Austin, Texas, passed away peacefully on November 7, 2008. John was born on October 8, 1922, in Greenville, South Carolina, to John Curtis and Nada Green Carey. He grew up and attended high school in Pickens, South Carolina. After graduating from The Citadel Military College in Charleston, South Carolina, Mr. Carey [...]

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Death of Robert W. Carr ’49

Robert Wilcox Carr, 84, of Mason, MI, a former Janesville, WI, resident, died Oct. 30, 2008, in Mason. Robert was born in Janesville on Dec. 30, 1923, the son of Adolph P. and Helen (Wilcox) Carr. He attended Janesville High School and graduated from both Northwestern Military Academy and the Citadel. He served in the [...]

Thursday, November 20th, 2008

Death of Gary E. Scheuing ’59

Gary Edward Scheuing, 71, passed away of natural causes in his New Berlin home on Veteran’s Day, November 11, 2008. Gary was born April 13, 1937, to Kenneth and Lillian (nee Willoughby) Scheuing in Brooklyn, NY. He graduated from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, and was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in [...]

Wednesday, November 19th, 2008

Death of Adna G. Wilde ’43

Retired Lt. Col. Adna G. Wilde Jr., former president, Board member, executive director, treasurer and parliamentarian of the American Numismatic Association, died on the morning of Nov. 17 in Colorado Springs. He was 88. “This is a sad time for our Association,” ANA President Barry Stuppler said. “Adna will be remembered as one of the [...]

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Death of Keith K. Ellmers ’75

Keith Kimball Ellmers entered into eternal rest on the morning of November 14, 2008. Keith Ellmers, husband of Janet Mullins Ellmers. Residence, Charleston, SC. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Keith Kimball Ellmers are invited to attend the funeral services of the former, Monday, November 17, 2008 at one o’clock in J. HENRY [...]

Thursday, November 13th, 2008

Death of Jon A. Jester ’60

Jon Anthony (Tony) Jester, 70, passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2008 at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Savannah, GA. He was born in Corpus Christi, TX on October 6, 1938. He was the son of the late Leon and Bernice Packard Jester. He was a Realtor associated with Charter I North Realty. He was a [...]

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Death of James M. Attaway ’53

James M. Attaway, 83, of Beaufort, S.C. died Saturday, November 8, 2008 at Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Mr. Attaway was born in Beaufort, S.C., a son of the late Herbert B. and Rena Marvin Attaway. James served his country in the United States Coast Guard during WWll and the Korean conflict. He graduated from The Citadel [...]

Tuesday, November 11th, 2008

Death of Charles B. Reger ’67

Colonel Charles Brent Reger, USAF, Retired, husband of Mary D. Reger of Mt. Pleasant, SC passed away on Sunday, November 9, 2008. The Funeral Service for Colonel Reger will be Sunday, November 16, 2008 in The Summerall Chapel, The Citadel, at three o’clock. Inurnment with full military honors will follow in the Citadel Columbarium. The [...]