Cameron Faison, Sr. ’50

Cameron Faison, Sr. ’50 of Charlotte, N.C., died October 27, 2006. He was in active duty in the U.S. Army as a lieutenant in the Korean War from 1951 until 1952. He was honorably discharged as a captain from the U.S. Army Reserve in 1961. He was employed at Spier Insurance, City Savings Bank, and retired after twenty-five years from Sodyeco, Inc. He was a Sunday school teacher, deacon and elder at Myers Park Presbyterian Church. Cam was an active volunteer for the Jaycees’s, Red Cross, YMCA, and United Way. Cam was a founder and director of Charlotte Latin School. He was a regular Anderson’s Restaurant and Charlotte Cafe. He was preceded in death by his wife, Catherine Stewart Faison. He is survived by his son, Cameron Faison, Jr., 2120 Edenton Rd., Charlotte, N.C. 28211, and his wife Diana, of Charlotte; two daughters, Mary Faison Blair and her husband Bill, of Wrightsville Beach, N.C., and Catherine Faison Thomas of Rock Hill, S.C.; ten grandchildren, Catie and Mary Cameron Faison, Cameron, Elizabeth, William and Catherine Blair; Catherine Taylor, Stewart Byrum, Mary and Samantha Thomas; his brother, Yates W. Faison, Jr. ’38 of Charlotte; his sister-in-law, Mary Stewart Huston and her husband Tom, of Coral Gables, Fla., and several nieces and nephews. In addition to his wife, Cam was preceded in death by his brother, William W. Faison ’42.