Entries from March 2011

Thursday, March 31st, 2011

Dale M. Smith, CGC ’78

Master Chief Dale M. Smith, USN, Ret., of Charleston, entered into eternal rest on the morning of March 29, 2011. Husband of Virginia Simmons Smith. Residence, Charleston, South Carolina. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Smith are invited to attend the funeral services of the former at Pinecrest Baptist Church, Saturday, April 2, 2011, at 2 [...]

Tuesday, March 29th, 2011

Bernard W. Gratzer III, ’60

Bernard W. Gratzer III, 72, died at Baptist Hospital East in Louisville, KY, on Thursday, March 24. Ben was a graduate of Eastern High School in Louisville, and the Citadel Military College in Charleston, SC. He proudly served his country in the US Army. His service included a tour in Germany and two tours in [...]

Monday, March 28th, 2011

John J. Hilton III, ’73

John J. Hilton III, of Hollywood, passed peacefully at his home in Hollywood, South Carolina, on March 25, 2011 while surrounded by his loving family and friends. John was known for his wit and charm and will be missed by many. John leaves behind his wife Linda Teasley Hilton, daughter Laura Hilton James and husband Robert, and two grandchildren [...]

Friday, March 25th, 2011

William Y. Smith, ’69

William Young Smith, 63, died March 17, 2011 in Jacksonville, Fla. He was born May 29, 1947 in Athens, Ga. He graduated in 1965 from Winter Haven High School and received his undergraduate degree in 1969 from the Citadel in Charleston, S.C. He then obtained a MBA from the University of Georgia in 1972 and later served in [...]

Friday, March 25th, 2011

Cason J. Callaway, ’45

Cason Jewell Callaway, Jr. age 86, died Sunday, March 20, 2011 at home. Mr. Callaway was born in LaGrange, Georgia, the son of Cason Jewell Callaway and Virginia Hand Callaway. A graduate of Episcopal High School, Alexandria, VA, and a student at The Citadel, Charleston, SC until World War II, when Lt. JG Callaway served [...]

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Mahlon E. Padgett IV, ’81

Mahlon E. Padgett IV died Tuesday, March 15, 2011. Born December 19, 1959, at Whiteman Air Force Base in Missouri, he was a son of Mahlon E. Padgett III and the late Lillian Franklin Dempcy Rowe. He was a 1977 graduate of Marlboro Academy and a 1981 graduate of the Citadel where he was a [...]

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Craig B. Thompson, ’89

Craig Brewster Thompson, 43, of Irmo, S.C., died Friday, March 18, 2011. Born May 20, 1967, in Columbia, he was a son of Kent and Elaine Thompson. He was a graduate of Irmo High School and was a member of The Citadel’s Class of 1989. Craig was married in May 2001 to his loving wife, [...]

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Judith A. Antley, CGC ’72

Judith Avant Antley, 70, died Thursday, Mach 17, 2011. Born in Georgetown, SC, she was the daughter of the late Lennie Dargan and Esther Smith Avant. Judy graduated from Winyah High School, Columbia College and received her Master’s degree from the Citadel. She retired from Spartanburg School District 6 where she served as Math Coordinator for the district. She [...]

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

Louis S. LeTellier III, ’76

Louis Shepherd (Lee) LeTellier, III, 58, passed away Thursday, March 17, 2011 in Jacksonville, FL. Born in Charleston, SC on February 13, 1953, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Louis S. LeTellier, Jr., he graduated in 1977 from The Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina with a B. S. Degree in Civil Engineering. Upon receiving his degree, he [...]

Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011

George P. Hammett, Jr., ’39

George Pierce Hammett, Jr. of Belton, SC, the husband of Icey Longshore Hammett, died March 16th at the home. Mr. Hammett was born in Anderson, SC, on July 10, 1918, a son of George Pierce Hammett and Rosa Lee Deberry Hammett. Mr. Hammett attended Anderson City Schools and was a 1939 graduate of the Citadel in Charleston, SC. He [...]