Alberry Cannon Obituary

The Reverend Alberry Charles Cannon, Jr FLAT ROCK, NC - The Reverend Alberry Charles Cannon, Jr. died Thursday, Oct. 27, 2022. Born May 12, 1936, in Greenville, he was the son of the late A.C. Cannon and Mary Cogswell Cannon, and the eldest great-grandchild of Greenville textile pioneer, F. W. Poe. A 1953 graduate of Greenville High School, he earned the B.A. degree in history from The Citadel in 1957. He was commissioned an Army lieutenant and served on active duty at Fort Sill, OK. He earned the Master of Divinity degree from the School of Theology, University of the South, in 1963. He served Episcopal churches for 33 years in South Carolina and Florida: Church of the Nativity, Union; Grace Church, Charleston; St. Alban's, The Citadel; St. Marks, Cocoa; St. Thomas, Coral Gables; Calvary, Glenn Springs; and St. Andrew's, Greenville. After retirement, he served Trinity Church, Abbeville; St. John-in-the-Wilderness, Flat Rock; and Christ Church, Greenville. Fr. Cannon is remembered as a powerful preacher, a kind and attentive pastor, a challenging theological scholar and teacher, and a superb liturgist. Fr. Cannon was known for his work among the deprived and homeless citizens of Greenville. An amateur local historian, Fr. Cannon cherished the memory of his ancestral families, including the Cogswells, Kellers and Mouzons of Charleston. His memberships included the Greenville County Historical Society, Society of the Cincinnati, Society of Colonial Wars, Huguenot Society and Cogswell Family Association. He held the rank of Life Master with the American Contract Bridge League. He is survived by his children, the Reverend Father Alberry Charles Cannon III, Rector of St. Hilary's Episcopal Church, Ft. Myers, FL, John Maxwell Sterling Cannon of Greenville, Mrs. George Edward Griffin, Jr., (Caroline), of Greenville, and the Reverend Father Michael David Winslow Cannon, Rector of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Shreveport, LA; and his sister, Mrs. Jack Eric Garner Danel (Libby), of Greenville; ten grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren. His sister, Mrs. David Russell Goodale (Sissy), preceded him in death. He was married forty-four years to Nancy Sterling Cannon until her death May 10, 2001. The Requiem Eucharist will be celebrated Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at 11 a.m. at St. Andrew's Church, 1002 S. Main Street, Greenville. Burial in the family plot in Springwood Cemetery will immediately follow. A portion of his cremated remains will also be interred at Grace Church, Charleston, the following day. Memorials may be sent to York Place for Children, 234 Kings Mountain Street, York, SC 29745-1160. Visit our guestbook at legacy.com/obituaries/charleston