Alan Stanford Obituary

STANFORD, JR., Alan Alan Griffith Stanford, Jr., 81, husband of Carol Adams Stanford, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, was handed up to our Lord at his home on Wednesday, September 6, 2006. He will be greatly missed. The friends and relatives of Alan G. Stanford, Jr. are invited to attend his funeral service on Saturday, September 9, 2006 at Grace Episcopal Church at 2:00 o'clock. Interment will follow in Mt. Pleasant Memorial Gardens. Friends may call at J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL, Friday, from 6:00 until 8:00 o'clock. Stanford was born January 27, 1925 in Atlanta, Georgia, son of the late Alan Griffith Stanford and Lydia Board Stanford. An avid sailor and boat builder, Stanford was one of the last great southern gentlemen. He graduated from Boys High in Atlanta, Ga., attended Clemson University and then graduated from the United States Merchant Marine Academy at Kings Point with a degree in Marine Engineering. After serving as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant in the Merchant Marines during World War II, he graduated from Emory University with a degree in Business Administration. He was retired from the Charleston Naval Shipyard and held the designation of Professional Engineer. He was an active member of Grace Episcopal Church where he served as an usher, worked in the tearoom, was a leader of Lectionary Sunday School class and spent time with the St. Barnabas group. For a number of years he was a favorite substitute teacher at Wando High School. He loved ballroom dancing and travel. A wonderful husband and father, he was always involved in his daughters' lives. Stanford is survived by his wife, Carol Adams Stanford of Mt. Pleasant, SC, three daughters, Annette Broomfield and her husband, Jeff, of Duluth , GA, Patricia Guerry and her husband, Gill, of Mt. Pleasant, SC and Sherry Rest and her husband, Cassius, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, grandchildren, Alex and Patti Broomfield of Duluth, GA, Maria and William Guerry of Mt. Pleasant, SC and David and Jennifer Rest of Mt. Pleasant, SC. He is also survived by a step-daughter, Eleanor Hollington and her husband, Beo, of Mt. Pleasant, SC, a step-son, Stuart Jackson of Baltimore, MD and a step-grandaughter, Eliana Hollington of Mt. Pleasant, SC. His first wife Patricia Mullen Stanford of Atlanta, GA, preceded him in death. Flowers will be accepted or donations may be made to Grace Episcopal Church, 98 Wentworth Street, Charleston, SC 29401, Lutheran Hospice of Mt. Pleasant, 900 Johnnie Dodds Blvd., Suite 200, Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464, or the American Cancer Society, 5900 Core Road, Suite 504, North Charleston, SC 29406. A memorial message may be written to the family at www.jhenrystuhr.com Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.