TITLE:  James Cawood Presgraves

SOURCE:  The Beaufort Gazette

SUBMITTED BY: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Oct 2002

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James Cawood Presgraves
Published Thu, Oct 10, 2002
Ozark, Ala. -- U.S. Army ret. Lt. Col. James Presgraves, 85, husband 
of Sarah Louise Smith Presgraves, died Monday, Oct. 7, 2002, in Ozark, 
Ala. Graveside services will be at 10 a.m. Friday at St. Helena's 
Episcopal Church cemetery. Mr. Presgraves was born July 24, 1917, in 
Washington, a son of Margaret Cawood Presgraves and James Montgomery 
Presgraves. He attended American University, Washington. He was postal 
officer of the Army's 104th infantry division during World War II. He 
was on the staff and faculty of the Army Postal School, and then 
served in the Pentagon as chief of transportation for the Army and Air 
Force Postal Service. He served over 40 years in the postal service, 
where he was a postal inspector and a division director of the U.S. 
Post Office Department. In 1960, he formally suggested the system that 
became the ZIP code in 1962. He also served as director of Postal 
Affairs at Georgetown University. He was a member of St. Helena's 
Episcopal Church, where he served as a eucharistic minister for seven 
years. He conducted a historical survey of the church cemetery and 
created a directory called Old Churchyard Cemetery of St. Helena's 
Episcopal Church. He was a past president of the Beaufort Historical 
Society.  Survivors include his wife, of Newton, Ala.; a daughter, 
Carol Ann Presgraves-Alexander of Greensboro; four sons, Albert M. 
Presgraves of Portland, Maine, Stephen J. Presgraves of Fenwick Island,
Del., Donald C. Presgraves of Newton, Al., and Andrew Presgraves of 
Leesburg, Va.; and 12 grandchildren. Anderson Funeral Home is in 
charge.
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