Entries from February 2009

Saturday, February 28th, 2009

John C.H. Steele, Sr. ’41

John Carson Hay Steele, Sr., of Summerville, entered into eternal rest February 23, 2009. He was born in faculty quarters on the campus of Porter Military Academy in Charleston June 30, 1920, to Carson and Lena St. Clair Steele. He attended Porter and graduated from the Citadel in 1941. He served in the Army in [...]

Thursday, February 26th, 2009

Frank H. Radspinner, Jr. ’55

Frank Hanly Radspinner died Monday, Feb. 23, 2009, after a brief illness. A celebration of life will be held at 2:30 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church, 917 Lamar, Fort Worth. Interment will be 2:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 28, at Pickwick-McAdams Cemetery at Possum Kingdom Lake. Visitation is 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. [...]

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Yvette K. Gallant CGC ’77

Yvette K. Gallant, 62, died on Sunday, November 2, 2008 at Roper Hospital after a brief illness. She taught at James Simons Elementary School for thirty-three years and was a member the Charleston Alumni Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She is the sister of The Honorable Jimmy S. Gallant, III, Charleston City Council, [...]

Tuesday, February 24th, 2009

Albert G. Batza ’46

Albert G. Batza, of Escondido, Calif., died Jan. 4. No further information is available. Tags: 1946

Monday, February 23rd, 2009

Joe E. Buckner, Jr. ’64

Joe Earl Buckner, Jr., age 66, of Greenville, died Thursday, February 19, 2009. He was a native of Greenville and a son of the late Joe Earl Buckner, Sr. and Louise Byers Buckner. He graduated from Greenville Senior High School in 1960. Joe was the center for the Greenville Red Raiders football team, where he [...]

Saturday, February 21st, 2009

Ben H. Franklin, Jr. ’41

Ben Hill Franklin, Jr. 90, died August 2, 2008 at the Hospice Home at High Point. He was born January 29, 1918 in Screven County, GA. , a son of the late Helen Glover and Ben Hill Franklin. In 1941 he graduated from the Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina with a B.S. Degree [...]

Wednesday, February 18th, 2009

William D. Warthen ’44

William Donovan “Bill”Warthen, of Vidalia GA passed away suddenly and quietly on Monday, February 17, 2009 in Meadows Regional Medical Center in Vidalia. Bill was born in Vidalia on Jan. 27, 1924 to Richard “Dick” Donovan Warthen and John Benton Warthen, & he lived in Vidalia his entire life. He graduated from Vidalia schools & [...]

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Magnus A. Monsen ’41

Magnus Monsen entered into eternal rest on the morning of February 15, 2009, Magnus A. Monsen, husband of Doris Nelson Monsen. Residence, Charleston, SC. Funeral services will be private. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL, Tuesday from four until six o’clock.  Magnus was born October 6, 1919 in Orange, NJ, and [...]

Monday, February 16th, 2009

Vera G. Dennis CGC ’74

Vera Frances Green Dennis, 81, of Moncks Corner, SC, a retired school teacher for the Berkeley County School District, died Friday afternoon in Myrtle Beach. Her funeral will be 2:00 PM Sunday afternoon, Feb. 15, 2009, in the Moncks Corner United Methodist Church. Interment will follow in Berkeley Memorial Gardens. Friends may cal at DIAL-MURRAY [...]

Friday, February 13th, 2009

William L. Baylor II CGC ’87

William L. (Duby) Baylor, II, of Moncks Corner, died June 22, 2008. He worked with the Berkeley County School District for twenty-two years and retired in June 1995. Baylor was a member of Moncks Corner African Methodist Episcopal Church. He was secretary of the Moncks Corner Exchange Club and was a member of Wachovia’s board [...]