Entries from December 2009

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Vincent J. Santolla, ’08

Vincent Joseph Santolla, 23, died tragically Friday, December 18, 2009, in Charleston, S.C. A native of Fort Mill, Vince was born December 19, 1985, the son of Kenneth Santolla and Mary Ann Santolla Richardson and brother of Nicholas Santolla of Richmond, Va., and Adriana Santolla of Fort Mill, S.C. He was a graduate of Fort [...]

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Randall Yarchever, ’82

Randall “”Randy”” Yarchever, 49, formerly of Charleston, died Monday Dec. 14, 2009 in Myrtle Beach, SC. Mr. Yarchever was born in Dover, Delaware, a son of Jerome “”Jerry”” Yarchever and the late Janet Diane Muir Yarchever. He was a Manager in the Automobile Industry and a graduate of Garrett High School in Charleston. He attended [...]

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Elias Venning, Jr., ’46

CMDR Elias Venning, Jr., USN (Ret.) of Atrium Manressa Retirement Center, Annapolis, MD died December 8, 2009. He was born June 1, 1926 in Charleston, SC, son of Elias Venning and Rachael Doyle Venning. He was a graduate of Charleston High School Class of 1942 and attended The Citadel for three years. He was then [...]

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Jeffrey C. Graham, ’95

Major Jeffrey Coleman Graham, United States Air Force 4th Special Operations Squadron, passed away Thursday, December 17, 2009, at 36 years of age. He is survived by his mother, Betty Graham of Chapin; his father, Jim (Connie) Graham of Irmo; sisters, Karen Graham Sheffield, Jill Graham Lasseter, Mandy Graham and Beth Brown Birkhead; maternal grandmother, [...]

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

John H. Chakides, ’46

John Harry Chakides, 85, husband of the late Ruth Weekley Chakides, of Mt. Pleasant, passed away Friday, December 18, 2009. The relatives and friends of John Chakides are invited to attend his funeral service at the Greek Orthodox Church of the Holy Trinity, 30 Race Street, Charleston, Tuesday, December 22, 2009, at 11:00 a.m. Private [...]

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

M. Langley (Bill) Bell, Jr., ’44

DR. MADISON LANGLEY (“”BILL””) BELL, JR. 1922 – 2009 Dr. Madison Langley (“”Bill””) Bell, Jr., 87, of Pensacola, passed away quietly in the morning on Friday, December 18, 2009 at his home. Dr. Bell was born on July 20, 1922 in Sacred Heart Hospital in Pensacola, Florida. Dr. Bell attended Pensacola High School where he [...]

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Louis E. Nesmith, ’40

Dr. Louis Edward Nesmith, 90, of Charleston, South Carolina, died Saturday, December 19, 2009 at the Hospice Center of Charleston. Born in Lake City, South Carolina, he was the son of the late Louis E. Nesmith and Verne Floyd Nesmith. He was the descendant of the four Nesmith brothers who were the body guards of [...]

Wednesday, December 16th, 2009

Cecil E. Jones, Jr., ’57

Cecil Edward Jones Jr., 77, of Gainesville, GA, passed away on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009, at Northeast Georgia Medical Center following a sudden illness. Funeral services are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 13, 2009, in the chapel at First United Methodist Church with interment to follow at Alta Vista Cemetery. The family will receive [...]

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

Henry G. Beckham, Jr., ’49

Henry Gooch Beckham, Jr., 83, of Lancaster, died Sunday, December 13, 2009 at his residence. Born April 26, 1926, in Lancaster, he was a son of the late Henry Gooch Beckham, Sr., and the late Annie Sue Broadwater Beckham. Mr. Beckham graduated from Lancaster High School as valedictorian in 1943 and graduated from the Citadel in 1949 with a degree [...]

Tuesday, December 15th, 2009

W. Burke Watson, Sr., ’48

W. Burke Watson, 83, of Sumter, widower of Jeanne Carr Watson, died Sunday, December 13, 2009, in Palmetto Health Richland Hospital in Columbia. Born in Sumter, he was a son of the late William Burke Watson Sr. and Kate Brogdon Watson. Mr. Watson was a member of First Presbyterian Church, where he was a member of the Fraser-Edmunds Sunday School [...]