Citadel Alumni Obituaries

Anthony K. Marciel, Jr., of Lithonia, Ga., died July 20, 2012. He is survived by his wife, Ana Marciel. Tags: 1955

John Walton Orvin, 91, of Charleston, South Carolina, husband of Edna Beach Orvin entered into eternal rest Friday, August 24, 2012. His Funeral Service will be held Wednesday, August 29, 2012, in Bethel United Methodist Church, 57 Pitt Street, at 11:00 a.m. Interment, Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends Tuesday from 5:00 to 7:00 [...]

Harry Russell Huxford, 79, of Charleston, South Carolina, husband of Annette Ward Huxford entered into eternal rest Wednesday, August 22, 2012. His funeral service will be held Saturday, August 25, 2012 in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., WEST ASHLEY CHAPEL at 12 Noon. Interment, Live Oak Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at Stuhr’s West [...]

John Edmunds Coles, 80, of Murrells Inlet, died Thursday, August 16, 2012 at his residence. Surviving are: his wife of 51 years, Jean Coles of Murrells Inlet; two daughters, Elizabeth “”Buff”” Coles of Charleston and Harriett Coles Crockard (Paul) of Birmingham, AL; two grandsons, Porter and John Crockard. Mr. Coles was born in Conway, son [...]

Davis Hemby Robinson, Sr., 74, of Charlotte NC, died Tuesday, August 14, 2012. He was born August 13, 1938 to the late Davis and Faire Hemby Robinson in Charlotte. A Charlotte native, Davis graduated from Myers Park High School in 1956 and the Citadel in 1960. Davis was married to the late Lynda Bridgers of [...]

Harry Iredell Rivers, Jr., 61, of Pickens, SC passed away August 18, 2012 at his home. He is survived by his wife, Annette P. Rivers; daughters, Elizabeth (Bradley) Ross of Athens, GA and Carolyn (Ryan) Whittow of Minneapolis, MN; sister, Janelle L. Rivers of Columbia, SC; nephew, Bryan (Amanda) Laney of Chapin, SC; and niece [...]

Luther A. Lown, 61, of Lexington, SC, died Aug. 11, 2012. Memorial service for Mr. Lown will be held at 3:00 pm Sunday, August 26, 2012, at Emmanuel Lutheran Church, 2491 Emanuel Church Road, West Columbia, SC. The family will receive friends immediately after the service at the church. Luther passed away Saturday, August 11, [...]

LCDR Howard George Johnson, USN, Ret., of Virginia Beach, Va., passed away peacefully at home surrounded by family and friends on Friday, August 3 after a long battle with Lewy Body Dementia. He was born August 21, 1937 in Bridgeton, NJ., and following graduation in 1955, from Bridgeton High School, he attended The Pennington School [...]

Colonel Ritchie Hugh Belser, Jr. (USAF, ret.), 90, died at home Aug. 10, 2012, in Santee. Born Dec. 6, 1921, in Clarendon County, he was a son of Ritchie Hugh Belser and May Harvin Belser of Summerton and is survived by four children, seven grandchildren, and ten great-grandchildren. The surviving children are Rebecca Belser Hargreaves [...]

Elizabeth Belser Arnot Bailey, 49, of the Isle of Palms, SC, passed away on Thursday, August 9, 2012, after a courageous battle with cancer. Born December 20, 1962, in Columbia, SC, Elizabeth was the daughter of the late Mary Elizabeth Belser Arnot and George William Arnot, Jr. She was married to William “Bill” Howard Bailey [...]