TITLE:  Herman F. Guffey

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette, May 20, 2001

SUBMITTED: The Beaufort Gazett

FORMATTED: Kim Grissom, May 2001

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Herman F. Guffey 

Retired U.S. Air Force Col.Herman F. "Guff" Guffey, 80, of Beaufort, died Saturday, May 19, 
2001, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Copeland 
Funeral Home. (May 20, 2001 The Beaufort Gazette)

Herman F. Guffey 

Retired U.S. Air Force Col. Herman F. "Guff" Guffey, 80, of Beaufort, died Saturday, May 19, 
2001, in Beaufort Memorial Hospital. The family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday. 
Services will be at 11 a.m. Wednesday at The Baptist Church of Beaufort. Burial will be at the 
Beaufort National Cemetery with military honors. Col. Guffey was born Feb. 12, 1921, in Big 
Prarie, Ohio, a son of the late Rev. Lawrence Edward Guffey and Amanda Sayre Guffey. He 
attended Baldwin Wallace College in Clevelend and received his electrical engineering degree 
from the University of Illinois. He was a fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War. He 
retired from the Air Force after 26 years of service and was employed for 15 years by Cessna 
Aircraft Company, Boontoon, N.J. He was a member of The Baptist Church of Beaufort, the 
Beaufort Little Theatre and a former member of the Bay Street Rollers barbershop group. 
Surviving are his wife, Margaret Gasbarek Guffey of Beaufort; a son, Richard L. Guffey of 
Lehigh Acres, Fla.; and a grandson. The family suggests that contributions be made to The 
Baptist Church of Beaufort Building Fund, P.O. Box 879, Beaufort, SC 29901. Copeland Funeral 
Home is in charge. 


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