J. Frampton Obituary

FRAMPTON, J. Wyman On the afternoon of April 30, 2006, Joel Wyman Frampton, husband of Frances Robinson Frampton, entered into the fuller presence of his Lord and Savior. The relatives and friends of Mr. and Mrs. J. Wyman Frampton are invited to attend the funeral services of the former Wednesday, May 3, 2006 in St. James Episcopal Church, James Island at eleven o'clock. Interment, Churchyard. Friends may call at J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Downtown Chapel Tuesday between five and seven o'clock. Mr. Frampton was born May 22, 1919 in Mount Pleasant, SC, the son of James Frampton, M.D. and Edith Gregorie Frampton. Mr. Frampton received his Bachelors Degree from the College of Charleston and his Masters in Education Degree from the University of South Carolina. He also attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for additional graduate work. He entered military service in 1941 and graduated from Officer Candidate School as a Second Lieutenant. During World War II, he served as an Adjutant for the US Strategic Bombing Survey and was awarded the Bronze Star for Meritorious Service. He retired as a Colonel in the USAF Reserve. Following his military service, he was the Principal at Moultrie High School, Assistant Principal and science teacher at Rivers High School, and was Chairman of the Science Department at Porter-Gaud School from 1964 until his retirement in 1981. The Annual Science Award at Porter-Gaud is named in his honor. In 1968 he was honored by the South Carolina Chapter of the American Chemical Society as the Outstanding High School Chemistry Teacher in South Carolina. He served as Organist and Choir Director at St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Mt. Pleasant, St. Andrew's Lutheran Church, Charleston, and St. James Episcopal Church, where he was a member for forty-one years. He served as Director of the Mt. Pleasant Choral Society for five years. He is survived by his wife of 61 years of Charleston, SC; one daughter, Frances Frampton Egleston and her husband David of Charleston, SC; two sons, J. Wyman Frampton, Jr., M.D. and his wife Pauline of Charleston, SC, and John G. Frampton and his wife Rhett of Summerville, SC; eight grandchildren, DuBose, Anne, Emily, Beth, Virginia, Grimball, Kristen and Shelby and two great grandsons, DuBose and Mills. Memorials may be made to St. James Episcopal Church, Frampton School Fund, 1872 Camp Road, Charleston, SC 29412. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.