Entries from June 2009

Monday, June 29th, 2009

Henry C. Heins, Jr. ’43

Henry Carl Heins, Jr., of Charleston, SC, died Thursday, June 25, 2009 at Bishop Gadsden. He was the only child of Henry Carl Heins of Charleston, SC and his wife Helen Smith of Dothan, AL. Dr. Heins was born June 23, 1922 in Charleston, SC and was married to the former Lucia Fishburne Cogswell. Relatives [...]

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

Richard A. Weidel ’50

Richard A. Weidel Sr. passed away peacefully at their Harbourton, NJ, home, ‘Boxwood Farm,’ surrounded by his beloved family on Thursday, June 11, 2009. He was 82 years of age. Richard was born on May 25, 1927, in Trenton, NJ, and attended Trenton Catholic, Valley Forge Military Academy, Trenton High School, The Citadel, and Temple [...]

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Marcia M. O’Brien CGC ’83

Marcia McCarty O’Brien, 53, of Summerville, SC, wife of Thomas “Tom” O’Brien, ’78, died Sunday, June 21, 2009. Funeral services will be Thursday afternoon, June 25, 2009 at Old Fort Baptist Church at 2 o’clock. Burial will be in Summerville Cemetery. Friends may call at PARKS FUNERAL HOME Wednesday evening from 6 – 8 o’clock. [...]

Tuesday, June 23rd, 2009

Laurens C. Nicholson ’37

Laurens Chisolm Nicholson of Greenville and Fripp Island died Monday, June 22, 2009. Born December 24, 1915, in Charleston, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Faust and Susan Chisolm Nicholson. Nick was predeceased by his wife, Dortha Strobehn Nicholson; and his brother, Faust Nicholson. A 1937 graduate of The Citadel, Nick joined [...]

Monday, June 22nd, 2009

Vallo Trumees ’60

Vallo Truumees, 71, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who later became an official with the Defense Technology Security Administration, died May 18 while vacationing in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. He had diabetes and congestive heart failure. Col. Truumees was born in Kurresaare, Estonia, and spent seven years as a child in a displaced persons’ camp in Germany. [...]

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Robert G. Sanders, Sr. ’45

Robert Gregg Sanders Sr., of Charlotte, NC, died June 12, 2009, at his home. Born in Hart County, GA on March 9, 1923, the only child of Mack and Lucille Sanders, Robert and his parents moved to Charlotte while he was quite young. He attended public schools, graduating from Central High School in 1941. He [...]

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Edward W. Groves, Jr. ’50

Edward Welsh Groves Jr., 79, a retired officer with the Central Intelligence Agency, died May 28 at his home in Burke of lung cancer. Mr. Groves was born in Atlanta and graduated from the Citadel in 1950. He joined the CIA shortly after graduation and served in Taiwan, Vietnam, Japan and Thailand. He retired as [...]

Friday, June 19th, 2009

Hugh W. Curfman, Sr. ’44

Hugh W. “”Poordad”” Curfman, Sr., of Lafayette, LA. Funeral services will be held on Monday, June 15, 2009 at a 11 a.m. Service in Episcopal Church of the Ascension for , 86, who passed away peacefully on Friday, June 12, 2009 at his residence in Lafayette surrounded by his family. Interment will be in Lafayette [...]

Friday, June 19th, 2009

William W. Alston, Jr. ’44

William W. Alston Jr., 86, of Lumberton, NC, died Monday, Feb. 16, 2009. He was an Army veteran. Services: Funeral, 11 a.m. Thursday, visitation following burial, in Trinity Episcopal Church. Burial in Meadowbrook Cemetery. Survived by: Wife, Betsy; children, Anna Steelman and George; sister, Mrs. Raymond Walters; four grandchildren; and a great-granddaughter. Biggs Funeral Home [...]

Thursday, June 18th, 2009

Harold R. Sanderson, Jr. ’72

Harold R. “”Sandy” Sanderson Jr., 59, of Snellville, Ga., died May 14, 2009. The body was cremated. Tags: 1972