He was a member of the Optimist, Sertoma and Lions clubs and rarely met a stranger. A lifelong supporter of the college, Cantrell enjoyed a career in banking and finance. He was most proud of his assignment to Test Pilot Training School and subsequent tour as a test pilot at Patuxent River, Md., and his tour as commanding officer of VRC-50, a large carrier transport squadron in Japan. Before retirement, he also served with the Joint Chiefs of Staff and the Naval History Center in Washington, D.C. Navy aviator for 33 years with service in World War II, Korea and Vietnam. After retirement he became very active in the Greenwood Food Bank.Ĭapt. He was awarded an honorary doctorate from Wofford and the Order of the Palmetto from the state of South Carolina. The experience was the start of a career in education that eventually led to his 19-year tenure as president of Lander College (now Lander University). He returned to Germany after the war, teaching and setting up a library and study center in camps for people displaced by the war. Jackson was a navigation bomber on a B-17 during World War II. He retired from the South Carolina United Methodist Conference in 1986 after service in churches across South Carolina.ĭr. After farming in his early 20s, Grigsby felt called to become a minister. He held many leadership roles in the Spartanburg community, including service on the Mayor’s Advisory Council, the Spartanburg Development Authority and the Spartanburg County Board of Education. He taught real estate at Spartanburg Technical College (now Spartanburg Community College) for 50 years. A World War II veteran, Still established The Still Agency (real estate and insurance), which was in business for 30 years. Memorials may be made to The Wofford Fund. He was active in his community and in St. He played football and baseball for the Terriers and retired as Anderson County Emergency Preparedness director. Air Force Reserve, retiring as a lieutenant colonel. Army Air Corps during World War II and later in the U.S. He was active in his community and in First United Methodist Church of Irving. Despite his disability, he loved to play tennis and became an avid golfer, becoming known as the “one-armed bandit” by his golfing buddies. Among other medals, he was awarded the Bronze Star for combat on the front lines in Germany in 1944 and the Purple Heart after losing his left arm and two finger on his right hand in action near the Saar River. Brown served as a first lieutenant in the U.S. for 26 years before working with the Spartanburg County Detention Center. Gregory was a longtime member and leader of Cudd Memorial Baptist Church.
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