in
memoriam
CASON JEWELL CALLAWAY, JR. ’41
GEORGE FITZGERALD NEFF ’41
EDWARD OVERTON M C CUE III ’42
of Hamilton, Ga., died March 20, 2011.
of Charlottesville, Va., died March 30, 2011.
of Charlottesville, Va., died March 21, 2011.
As a student, Mr. Callaway served as a Monitor. He played on the tennis team and boxed. After Episcopal, he attended The Citadel, until World War II, where he served as a lieutenant in the First Chemical Casualty Company. After the war, Mr. Callaway focused on his entrepreneurship and started Dixie Size and Chemical, which expanded into Callaway Chemical and was later sold to Exxon. He served on many boards including National Bank and Trust, Boy Scouts of America, Royal Crown Companies, and The Smithsonian Institution. From 1971-77 and 1981-87, he served on the EHS Board of Trustees. Mr. Callaway was also a Trustee Emeritus at EHS. He is survived by his wife, Nancy; brother, Howard H. Callaway ’44; four children, including Kenneth H. Callaway ’73; 10 grandchildren, including Cason J. Callaway IV ’92, Marshall S. Callaway ’96, William P. Callaway ’01 and Hollis B. Callaway ’04; and seven great-grandchildren. Other EHS relatives include cousins, Judson L. Hand ’75, Frederick B. Hand ’53, and Archibald Gann ’53.
At EHS, Mr. Neff was a Senior Monitor, ran track, and played football. He was a member of the Hop committee and Blackford Literary Society. He entered the University of Virginia in 1941, but joined the U.S. Army Air Corps in 1942, where he served as a pilot during World War II. He returned to U.Va. where he was quarterback of the football team and ran track. He served as university president and Honor Society chairman. In 1948, Mr. Neff moved to Houston where he worked for Standard Oil and later First National Bank. Mr. Neff served as a board member of the EHS Board of Trustees. He is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, two sons, daughter, sister, two grandchildren, Annette G. McCormack ’00 and Caroline C. McCormack ’02; two brother-in-laws, Will Lummis ’47 and Fred Lummis ’49; nephew, Palmer B. Lummis ’73; and two great-nieces, Katherine M. Lummis ’00 and Anne Lummis Wright ’02.
At Episcopal, Mr. McCue was a Monitor and played baseball. He was a member of the Fairfax Literary Society and awarded the Llewellyn Hoxton prize for excellence in mathematics. After EHS, he served in World War II from 1943-46 as the senior quartermaster of the LSM command ship in the Asia-Pacific Theater. Under his command, the ship earned four engagement stars. When he finished active duty, Mr. McCue joined the U. S. Naval Reserve and served for 29 years. After the war, he attended the University of Virginia for one year then transferred to Yale University where he earned a degree in civil engineering. He earned his LL.B from the University of Virginia. Following college, Mr. McCue went to work on Capitol Hill and practiced law in Virginia for 32 years. From 1970 until 1984, Mr. McCue served as a trustee of the JamestownYorktown Foundation and became a member of the Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Council in 2001. He served as the president and director of the Albemarle County Historical Society and the Albemarle Rotary Club. He is survived by his wife, Mary.
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