Entries from August 2009

Friday, August 28th, 2009

Ola J. King, CGC ’84

Ola Jane Jennings King of 3 Bishop Gadsden Way, Charleston died August 19, 2009 at age 79 after a long illness. She was the daughter of the late Dr. Earle DeWitt Jennings and the late Alma Florence Brown Jennings. Her father was Professor of Chemistry and Dean of Students at the College, serving from 1926 [...]

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

Mitchell G. Florence, ’52

Mitchell Garth Florence On August 12, 2009, Mitchell Garth Florence died as a result of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s disease). Born in Miami, Florida, Mitchell was the only son of Evelyn Garth and Robert Spurgeon Florence. He graduated second in his class at the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, in 1952. Subsequently, [...]

Thursday, August 27th, 2009

R. Lawrence Frye, Jr., ’49

R. Lawrence “Larry” Frye Jr. COLUMBIA – R. Lawrence “Larry” Frye, Jr., 84, died at his home on Tuesday, August 25, 2009, after an extended illness. Born January 20, 1925, in Andrews, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Ralph L. Frye Sr. and Winnie M. Frye. After graduating from Andrews High School, [...]

Friday, August 21st, 2009

Cameron M. Anestis, ’10

Cameron Matthew Anestis, 21, Georgetown, KY, loving husband of Tiffany Elaine Anestis and father of Isabelle Skye Anestis, died Mon, Aug 17, 2009. Born in Manchester, NH, he was the son of Emmanuel John and Dawn Sidway Anestis of Lexington, KY. Cameron attended The Citadel Military College of South Carolina and served in the Iraq [...]

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

Merle A. Battiste, ’54

Merle A. Battiste, 76, passed away peacefully at his home on Saturday August 8th. He was born July 22nd, 1933 in Mobile, AL to David Theodore and Flossie (Older) Battiste. Merle attended The Citadel, then Columbia University, obtaining a PhD in Chemistry in 1959. He was a professor of Organic Chemistry at the University of [...]

Thursday, August 20th, 2009

James P. Blalock, Jr. ’49

James Philip Blalock, Jr., 83, of Charleston, died on Tuesday, August 18, 2009, at St. Francis Hospital in Charleston, SC. Mr. Blalock was born on November 22, 1925, in Charleston, a son of James Philip and Bertha Coward Blalock. He graduated from Charleston High School in 1942 and attended the College of Charleston before serving [...]

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

George W. Brelsford ’72

George William Brelsford VI A service celebrating the life of Dr. George William (Jeff) Brelsford VI will be held on Saturday, Aug. 29, 2009, at 11:30 a.m. at the First Presbyterian Church in Aiken. Dr. Jeff Brelsford, who was born June 7, 1950, in Bridgeton, N.J., to Patricia Murphy Brelsford and the late George W. [...]

Tuesday, August 18th, 2009

Avery W. McMurry, ’42

Dr. Avery W. McMurry, 87, peacefully died on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2009, at Hospice Cleveland County, surrounded by his loving family. He was born Nov. 7, 1921, in Shelby, to the late Andrew Willis and Julia Ligon McMurry. He graduated from the Citadel in 1942 and received his MD Degree from Jefferson Medical College in [...]

Thursday, August 13th, 2009

David R. Carroll, ’60

David Robert Carroll, of Mariemont, OH, formerly of Charlotte, NC, died peacefully July 24, 2009 after a long battle with Congestive Heart Failure. He was born January 3, 1937 in Charlotte, to the late J. Robert and Mable O’Shields Carroll. A graduate of Charlotte Central High School Class of 1956, he attended college at the [...]

Friday, August 7th, 2009

Roland A. Loveless, Jr., ’50

Roland Andrew Loveless, 81, passed away on March 27, 2009. A native of Washington, D.C., Roland received his bachelor’s degree from The Citadel, his master’s degree from Boston University and did graduate work at the University of Notre Dame. He pursued a career in economic development at state, regional and local levels, which included heading [...]