OBITUARY
Citizen Times, Asheville, NC May 2005
John Calvin McCaskill, 91, of Clinton, S.C. went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 18, 2005.
The son of the late Alvin Lewis McCaskill and Louise Hay McCaskill of Bainbridge, GA, he called Liberty Hill, S.C., home.
As a member of Phi Kappa Beta and Pi Kappa Phi, he graduated magna cum laude from Presbyterian College in 1933. He was known as "Skeeter" in college. Upon graduation he served as a school teacher and then was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. Infantry in the U.S. Army Reserves. Serving faithfully in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Command of World War II and two tours of duty in Korea, he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and Bronze Star with Oakleaf Cluster. Receiving the Legion of Merit medal, he retired from the army with the rank of colonel.
Faithful to both church and family, he served as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was both Clerk of Session and a founding member of the First Presbyterian Church in Honolulu, Hawaii. He had been a member of Shandon and Eastminster Presbyterian Churches in Columbia, S.C., and Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, S.C. Celebrating the family's Scottish Presbyterian heritage, he was a member of the Montreat Scottish Society.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 43 years, Olga Heins McCaskill and by his sister, Annie Righton McCaskill Hodgkin.
He is survived by a son, Manning and his wife, Judy, of Gainesville, FL; grandchildren, John Edward McCaskill of Gainesville, Lawrence Paul McCaskill of Alexandria, VA, and Suzanne McCaskill Barrett, of Keystone, FL; and great-grandchildren, Matthew Aaron, Patrick Ryan and Victoria Grace Barrett. He is also survived by a son, John (Jack) and wife, Fran McCaskill; grandson, Andrew Lewis and wife, Heather Bischoff McCaskill; great-grandchildren, Kate Elizabeth, John Calvin IV and Thomas Jonathan Jackson McCaskill of Aiken, S.C. and grandson, the Rev. James Calvin McCaskill of South Yorkshire, England.
He was preceded in death by his second wife of 20 years, Johng'y Richards Bankhead McCaskill. He is survived by her children; Elizabeth (Bettie) Bankhead Buccheri of Evanston, Ill., the Rev Jimmy Bankhead and his wife, Cissy, of Amarillo, Texas, and Johnny and his wife, Traci, of Tucker, GA. He is survived by her grandchildren, Mark Buccheri, Sarah Buccheri, Steven Bankhead, Carolyn Bankhead, Michael Bankhead, Jonathan Bankhead, Katherine Bankhead, Jake Bankhead, Ben Bankhead, John Bankhead and Barbara Bankhead.
A memorial service will be held at 11am Saturday in the chapel at the Presbyterian Home of South Carolina in Clinton with the Rev. Robert Brozina officiating.
Citizen Times, Asheville, NC May 2005
John Calvin McCaskill, 91, of Clinton, S.C. went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 18, 2005.
The son of the late Alvin Lewis McCaskill and Louise Hay McCaskill of Bainbridge, GA, he called Liberty Hill, S.C., home.
As a member of Phi Kappa Beta and Pi Kappa Phi, he graduated magna cum laude from Presbyterian College in 1933. He was known as "Skeeter" in college. Upon graduation he served as a school teacher and then was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. Infantry in the U.S. Army Reserves. Serving faithfully in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Command of World War II and two tours of duty in Korea, he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and Bronze Star with Oakleaf Cluster. Receiving the Legion of Merit medal, he retired from the army with the rank of colonel.
Faithful to both church and family, he served as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was both Clerk of Session and a founding member of the First Presbyterian Church in Honolulu, Hawaii. He had been a member of Shandon and Eastminster Presbyterian Churches in Columbia, S.C., and Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, S.C. Celebrating the family's Scottish Presbyterian heritage, he was a member of the Montreat Scottish Society.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 43 years, Olga Heins McCaskill and by his sister, Annie Righton McCaskill Hodgkin.
He is survived by a son, Manning and his wife, Judy, of Gainesville, FL; grandchildren, John Edward McCaskill of Gainesville, Lawrence Paul McCaskill of Alexandria, VA, and Suzanne McCaskill Barrett, of Keystone, FL; and great-grandchildren, Matthew Aaron, Patrick Ryan and Victoria Grace Barrett. He is also survived by a son, John (Jack) and wife, Fran McCaskill; grandson, Andrew Lewis and wife, Heather Bischoff McCaskill; great-grandchildren, Kate Elizabeth, John Calvin IV and Thomas Jonathan Jackson McCaskill of Aiken, S.C. and grandson, the Rev. James Calvin McCaskill of South Yorkshire, England.
He was preceded in death by his second wife of 20 years, Johng'y Richards Bankhead McCaskill. He is survived by her children; Elizabeth (Bettie) Bankhead Buccheri of Evanston, Ill., the Rev Jimmy Bankhead and his wife, Cissy, of Amarillo, Texas, and Johnny and his wife, Traci, of Tucker, GA. He is survived by her grandchildren, Mark Buccheri, Sarah Buccheri, Steven Bankhead, Carolyn Bankhead, Michael Bankhead, Jonathan Bankhead, Katherine Bankhead, Jake Bankhead, Ben Bankhead, John Bankhead and Barbara Bankhead.
A memorial service will be held at 11am Saturday in the chapel at the Presbyterian Home of South Carolina in Clinton with the Rev. Robert Brozina officiating.
OBITUARY
Citizen Times, Asheville, NC May 2005
John Calvin McCaskill, 91, of Clinton, S.C. went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 18, 2005.
The son of the late Alvin Lewis McCaskill and Louise Hay McCaskill of Bainbridge, GA, he called Liberty Hill, S.C., home.
As a member of Phi Kappa Beta and Pi Kappa Phi, he graduated magna cum laude from Presbyterian College in 1933. He was known as "Skeeter" in college. Upon graduation he served as a school teacher and then was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. Infantry in the U.S. Army Reserves. Serving faithfully in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Command of World War II and two tours of duty in Korea, he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and Bronze Star with Oakleaf Cluster. Receiving the Legion of Merit medal, he retired from the army with the rank of colonel.
Faithful to both church and family, he served as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was both Clerk of Session and a founding member of the First Presbyterian Church in Honolulu, Hawaii. He had been a member of Shandon and Eastminster Presbyterian Churches in Columbia, S.C., and Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, S.C. Celebrating the family's Scottish Presbyterian heritage, he was a member of the Montreat Scottish Society.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 43 years, Olga Heins McCaskill and by his sister, Annie Righton McCaskill Hodgkin.
He is survived by a son, Manning and his wife, Judy, of Gainesville, FL; grandchildren, John Edward McCaskill of Gainesville, Lawrence Paul McCaskill of Alexandria, VA, and Suzanne McCaskill Barrett, of Keystone, FL; and great-grandchildren, Matthew Aaron, Patrick Ryan and Victoria Grace Barrett. He is also survived by a son, John (Jack) and wife, Fran McCaskill; grandson, Andrew Lewis and wife, Heather Bischoff McCaskill; great-grandchildren, Kate Elizabeth, John Calvin IV and Thomas Jonathan Jackson McCaskill of Aiken, S.C. and grandson, the Rev. James Calvin McCaskill of South Yorkshire, England.
He was preceded in death by his second wife of 20 years, Johng'y Richards Bankhead McCaskill. He is survived by her children; Elizabeth (Bettie) Bankhead Buccheri of Evanston, Ill., the Rev Jimmy Bankhead and his wife, Cissy, of Amarillo, Texas, and Johnny and his wife, Traci, of Tucker, GA. He is survived by her grandchildren, Mark Buccheri, Sarah Buccheri, Steven Bankhead, Carolyn Bankhead, Michael Bankhead, Jonathan Bankhead, Katherine Bankhead, Jake Bankhead, Ben Bankhead, John Bankhead and Barbara Bankhead.
A memorial service will be held at 11am Saturday in the chapel at the Presbyterian Home of South Carolina in Clinton with the Rev. Robert Brozina officiating.
Citizen Times, Asheville, NC May 2005
John Calvin McCaskill, 91, of Clinton, S.C. went home to be with the Lord on Wednesday, May 18, 2005.
The son of the late Alvin Lewis McCaskill and Louise Hay McCaskill of Bainbridge, GA, he called Liberty Hill, S.C., home.
As a member of Phi Kappa Beta and Pi Kappa Phi, he graduated magna cum laude from Presbyterian College in 1933. He was known as "Skeeter" in college. Upon graduation he served as a school teacher and then was commissioned as a 2nd Lt. Infantry in the U.S. Army Reserves. Serving faithfully in the U.S. Army in the Pacific Command of World War II and two tours of duty in Korea, he was awarded the Combat Infantry Badge and Bronze Star with Oakleaf Cluster. Receiving the Legion of Merit medal, he retired from the army with the rank of colonel.
Faithful to both church and family, he served as an elder in the Presbyterian Church. He was both Clerk of Session and a founding member of the First Presbyterian Church in Honolulu, Hawaii. He had been a member of Shandon and Eastminster Presbyterian Churches in Columbia, S.C., and Purity Presbyterian Church in Chester, S.C. Celebrating the family's Scottish Presbyterian heritage, he was a member of the Montreat Scottish Society.
He was preceded in death by his first wife of 43 years, Olga Heins McCaskill and by his sister, Annie Righton McCaskill Hodgkin.
He is survived by a son, Manning and his wife, Judy, of Gainesville, FL; grandchildren, John Edward McCaskill of Gainesville, Lawrence Paul McCaskill of Alexandria, VA, and Suzanne McCaskill Barrett, of Keystone, FL; and great-grandchildren, Matthew Aaron, Patrick Ryan and Victoria Grace Barrett. He is also survived by a son, John (Jack) and wife, Fran McCaskill; grandson, Andrew Lewis and wife, Heather Bischoff McCaskill; great-grandchildren, Kate Elizabeth, John Calvin IV and Thomas Jonathan Jackson McCaskill of Aiken, S.C. and grandson, the Rev. James Calvin McCaskill of South Yorkshire, England.
He was preceded in death by his second wife of 20 years, Johng'y Richards Bankhead McCaskill. He is survived by her children; Elizabeth (Bettie) Bankhead Buccheri of Evanston, Ill., the Rev Jimmy Bankhead and his wife, Cissy, of Amarillo, Texas, and Johnny and his wife, Traci, of Tucker, GA. He is survived by her grandchildren, Mark Buccheri, Sarah Buccheri, Steven Bankhead, Carolyn Bankhead, Michael Bankhead, Jonathan Bankhead, Katherine Bankhead, Jake Bankhead, Ben Bankhead, John Bankhead and Barbara Bankhead.
A memorial service will be held at 11am Saturday in the chapel at the Presbyterian Home of South Carolina in Clinton with the Rev. Robert Brozina officiating.
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