Citadel Alumni Deaths

Austin Fentrice Enzor, 93, died peacefully on Thursday, October 22,
2009, at Morehead Nursing Center in Eden, North Carolina. Mr. Enzor was
born on August 24, 1916, in the Spring Branch community of Horry County,
South Carolina. He was the third son of Q.M. and Leona Enzor of Nichols,
South Carolina. He was an honor graduate and outstanding athlete of
Floyds High School and attended the Citadel on a scholarship. He
enlisted in the Army Air Corps prior to World War II, serving as a radio
operator and top gunner on the Liberator B-24 whose bombing missions
were over Munich area of Germany. Mr. Enzor’s plane was shot down which
resulted in him being detained for 18 months as a prisoner at Stalag IV
in Poland. He was moved along with 6,000 other POWs on a forced death
march. After 86 days and an estimated 600 miles, and deaths of
approximately 1,300 men, the POWs just marched into the glorious
presence of American or British forces. He received the following medals
for service rendered in World War II: Purple Heart, Air Medal with two
Bronze Oak Leaf Clusters, Prisoner of War Medal, European-African Middle
Eastern Campaign Medal, Army of Occupation Medal-Japan and an Honorable
Service Button. Mr. Enzor continued his career in the Air Force,
retiring as a Chief Warrant Officer after 30 years of service. Preceding
him death was his first wife, Grace Hatchell Enzor, of Nichols;
brothers, Ernest of Nichols and Roscoe, Elmer, and Cecil of Fair Bluff,
and a sister, Jennie Lovette of Lumberton. Surviving are his wife, Faye
Enzor, of the home; two daughters, Sherry Voris of Flat Rock and Suzette
Cook Hunt of Minneapolis, Minnesota; and a son Terry Enzor of Usk,
Washington; a step- daughter, Vanessa Wyatt Ingram of Eden; three
brothers, Luther and Herman Enzor of Nichols and Carol of Florence; two
sisters, Pauline “”Polly”" Osborne of Columbia and Irene Luther of
Nichols, S.C.; three grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.
Graveside services with full military honors will be held at 2 p.m. on
Sunday, October 25, at Spring Branch Baptist Church Cemetery, Nichols
S.C., with Dr. Floyd Enzor and Rev. Jonathan Barbee officiating. The
family will receive friends from 6 until 8 p.m. on Saturday, October 24,
at Meares Funeral Home, 795 Main Street, Fair Bluff, N.C. The family
would like to express heart-felt appreciation to the doctors and staff
of Morehead Medical Center and the Morehead Nursing Center.

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