F. Main Obituary

MAIN, F. Graham Born in Glasgow, Scotland March 13, 1931, he spent most of his youth in Prestwick, Scotland. He was the son, of the Rev. Walter Johnston Main and Catherine McKenzie Giffen Main. A child of the manse, his father was a Baptist minister in Prestwick, also ministering to other Baptist churches throughout Scotland during the difficult times and bombings of WWII. Graham enlisted in the British Army from high school, serving primarily in North Africa, completing his service as a Captain in the British Airborne. After University of Glasgow, he immigrated to the US in 1954, attended Moody Bible Institute focusing on choral music and direction, and became a US citizen in 1961. His investment management and financial career of 30 years, included serving as a corporate officer and President for firms in NYC and Philadelphia, including First Vice President of Shroder Bank and Trust and President of INA Capital Management, Inc. (now part of CIGNA). He retired from the financial business within a few years of relocating to Charleston in 1995. Graham embraced Charleston and was active in First (Scots) Presbyterian Church. He was Ordained as an Elder in 1999, studied and was Commissioned at his home church as a Lay Pastor of the Charleston-Atlantic Presbytery in 2002. He served for a time as Assistant Treasurer of Carnegie Hall, on the Board of the Charleston Ballet Theater, and was a founding member and first treasurer of the Charleston chapter of the Confrérie des Chevaliers du Tastevin. Mr. F. Graham Main passed away on May 14, 2005. He is survived by his wife of 23 years, Dallas Haneke Main; his three daughters and families: Bryony Smith and husband Col. Philip Smith, USMC, Anthea Mize, and Jennifer Jones and husband Casey Jones, III; seven grandchildren; his sister Frances Main Colquitt and husband Clifford Colquitt; and sister-in-law, Hollis Haneke Besosa. A memorial service will be held at First (Scots) Presbyterian Church, 53 Meeting Street, Charleston, on Saturday, May 21, 2005 at 11:00 am. The family has requested donations be made to the First (Scots) Presbyterian Church Music Fund in lieu of flowers. Arrangements by J. HENRY STUHR, INC., DOWNTOWN CHAPEL. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.