Davidson College – In Memoriam

The Rev. Steven Dale Gadaire of Gainesville died Thursday at his home. He was 51.

Dr. Gadaire was a minister at Grace Presbyterian Church in Gainesville from 1984 to 1998. He served as the chaplain of the Alachua County Sheriff’s Office for the past five years.

He was born in Pendleton, Ore., and moved to Gainesville 19 years ago from Graham, N.C.

In high school, he was recognized as the Massachusetts High School Basketball Player of the Year, New England Basketball Player of the Year and was a member of the High School All-American Basketball Team. He was inducted into the St. John High School Hall of Fame in Massachusetts.

He attended Davidson College in Davidson, N.C., where he received his bachelor’s degree in psychology. At Davidson College, he played basketball on scholarship for five years.

He received a doctor of ministry from Union Seminary in Richmond, Va.

Dr. Gadaire was a soccer, basketball and baseball coach, and served as an advocate and liaison for House of Hope, Wells House, Shelter from the Storm and Chrysalis Community.

He was a member of the Independent Catholic Church of America.

Survivors include his wife, Gwen Gadaire of Gainesville; sons Drew Gadaire and Jordan Granger of Gainesville, and Jared Granger of Portland, Ore.; daughters Alison Austin of Tallahassee, Dana Gadaire of Panama City, Meg Gadaire of Orlando, Kim Ramirez of El Paso, Texas, and Janna Weiler of Hopewell Junction, N.Y.; his parents, Paul and Carol Gadaire of Pendleton; brother David Gadaire of Northboro, Mass.; sister Michele Sheppard of Tualiton, Ore.; and four grandchildren.

 

Source: http://www.gainesville.com/article/20031019/OBITS/31019020

He passed away October 9, 2003.

George F. Kemmerer, Jr. passed away on September 2, 2003. We don’t have any additional information at this time.

Austin Kellett Letson, Jr. passed on August 27, 2003. No additional information is available at this time.

Austin K. Letson, Jr. , husband of Lynn Gregory Letson, died August 27, 2003 in Charleston, SC. Friends and relatives are invited to attend The Requiem Tuesday, September 2, 2003 at eleven o’clock in St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. A visitation will be held Monday in the Church between five and seven o’clock. Mr. Letson was born June 28, 1943 in Atlanta, GA, the son of Austin Kellett Letson, Sr. and Sue Simpson Letson. He was a graduate of Davidson College. He served in Vietnam as Captain in the US Army Medical Service Corps from 1968-1970. He retired from the Army Reserve in 2000 as a Lt. Colonel. He served as President and CEO of Northeast Alabama Regional Medical Center from 1972-1985. He served as Vice President of Baptist Medical Center in Birmingham. He served two years in the State Department and at the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare. He served from 1985-1990 as President and CEO of Roper Hospital in Charleston, SC. In 1991, he became President and CEO of the Carolinas Hospital network and regional facilities based in Charlotte, NC. He served as interim CEO of Norton Health Care System based in Louisville, KY, and, in 2000, was named CEO of the Aga Khan Health Services East Africa, with hospitals in Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. He is survived by his wife, Lynn Gregory Letson of Birmingham; three children, Austin Kellett Letson, III of Asheville, NC, Jackson Goodwin Smith of Charleston, SC, and Carter Smith Bond of Anchorage, Alaska; and two grandchildren, Austin Letson, IV and Leila Bond. Memorials may be made to St. Stephen’s Church, 67 Anson Street, Charleston, SC 29401, or Hospice of Charleston, 3896 Leeds Avenue, North Charleston, SC 29405. Arrangements by J. Henry Stuhr, Inc., Charleston, SC.Published in The Birmingham News on Aug. 31, 2003.