TITLE:  Clarence Magwood, Jr.

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 29, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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MAGWOOD, Jr., Clarence
Clarence A. Magwood, Jr. (Captain Jr.), 73, husband of Alva C. Magwood 
of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., died Wednesday, June 27, 2001, in a local 
hospital. The relatives and friends of Captain Jr. and Mrs. Clarence 
A. Magwood are invited to attend the funeral services of the former, 
Friday, June 29, 2001, in J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL, 
at 2 o'clock. Interment, Mount Pleasant Memorial Gardens. Friends may 
call at STUHR'S MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL, Friday from 12 noon until time 
of service. Mr. Magwood was born February 17, 1928, in Charleston, S.C.
a son of the late Clarence A. and Ethel Legare Magwood. He was a 
Commercial Fisherman and a native of Little Bulls Island and a resident
of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., where he shrimped the coastal waters of the 
Atlantic for over 50 years. He was a graduate of Murray Vocational 
School and an honorary life member of the South Carolina Shrimpers 
Association. Surviving are his wife, Alva C. Magwood of Mt. Pleasant 
and a long-time companion, Raenell Brooks, also of Mt. Pleasant, two 
sons, Scott Magwood and Wayne Magwood, both of Mt. Pleasant, and a 
daughter, Sherryl Magwood, also of Mt. Pleasant, four sisters, Marcia 
Curran, Thomasine Parham, and Mary Causey, all of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., 
Ann Griffin of St. Petersburg, Fla., and three brothers, Andrew Magwood
of Sullivan's Island, Dan Magwood of Mt. Pleasant, and Earl Magwood of 
Charleston, S.C. In addition, Mr. Magwood leaves nine grandchildren 
and four great grandchildren and a host of friends and close loved 
ones who will miss him dearly. His legacy to the shrimping industry 
will be remembered always. Memorials may be made to the American 
Diabetes Association, 2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 311, Columbia, 
S.C., or Lowcountry Fisherman's Memorial Fund, P.O. Box 66, 
McClellanville, S.C. 29458. (The Post and Courier June 29, 2001)
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