Mr. Hoff was born April 1, 1977, in Charleston, a son of Karen Rogers Byrd and the late William Harold Hoff, Jr.  He was a graduate of Dorchester Academy and attended The Citadel. Justin was a CSX employee and a member of Kingstree Presbyterian Church.

In addition to his father, Justin was preceded in death by his grandfather William Harold Hoff, Sr. and grandparents, DeLisle M. and Emma Dell Rogers. Surviving, in addition to his wife Sarah C. Hoff, of Kingstree, are: his mother and stepfather, Karen Rogers and William B. “Billy” Byrd, of St. George; his 2 children, Drew and Ann McLeod Hoff, of Galivants Ferry; a brother Tyson D. (Katie) Hoff, of Summerville; a stepbrother Brock (Kacy) Byrd, of St George; a stepsister Tiffany Byrd (Shannon) Heber, of Ridgeville; grandmother Frankie Hoff (Bill) Craig, of Cottageville; stepmother Patricia Hoff, of Mt. Pleasant; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins.

Funeral services will be 11 AM Saturday, September 8, 2012, in Kingstree Presbyterian Church. The burial will be 4 PM Saturday in Cottageville Cemetery, in Cottageville, SC.  The family will receive friends 6 to 8 PM Friday at Justin and Sarah’s home in Kingstree. Memorials may be made to Kingstree Presbyterian Church, PO Box 904, Kingstree, SC 29556 or St. George United Methodist Church, 120 N. Parler Avenue, St George, SC 29477.

Online condolences may be sent to the family at www.WilliamsburgFuneralHome.com. Visit our guestbook at
http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/charleston/obituary.aspx?n=w-justin-hoff&pid=159698527

The following information is taken from the obituary published in the Myrtle Beach Sun News.  I do apologize for the late breaking nature of this message, but please understand I just found out about this.

Judson Tripp Lindsay
Myrtle Beach
Judson Tripp Lindsay, age 32, of Myrtle Beach, SC, formerly of Clover, SC, passed away Tuesday, July 24, 2012.
He was born March 5, 1980, son of Odell and Glenda Tripp Lindsay of Clover.
Mr. Lindsay was a 2002 graduate of the Citadel, a member of the Myrtle Beach Alumni Association of the Citadel, proud owner of the Citadel Mascot “Boo” X, and a member of the Church of God.
He was preceded in death by his maternal grandparents, Eugene and Viva Tripp and paternal grandfather, William O. Lindsay.
In addition to his parents, Judson is survived by his wife Jamie Yates Lindsay of the home; loving brother, Bill Lindsay and wife, Sarah; and nephews, Ethan and Gavin Lindsay all of Naples, Fla.; paternal grandmother, Dorothy Lindsay.
The family will receive friends Sunday, July 29, from 2 to 3 pm at South Gastonia Church of God, 310 Carolina Ave., Gastonia.
A memorial service will be held 3 pm Sunday at the church, officiated by Pastor Bobby Gilley, Pastor Sam Barnette, and Rev. Chris Peek.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Victory Christian Academy, 310 Carolina Ave., Gastonia, NC 28052.
Arrangements are with the South Chapel of Greene Funeral Service and Crematorium, Gastonia.

We hope you recently received a letter in the mail regarding our 10^th Class Reunion Campaign. If you did not please let one of us know what your correct mailing address is so you don’t miss out on all our 10^th class reunion information.

As many of you know by now, we have embarked on a Class Reunion Campaign to raise $102,000 in celebration of our 10^th class reunion. To date, we have raised approximately $71,213 of our $102,000 goal during our Class Reunion Campaign period from 2010-2012.

Within the overall goal, there are two projects for our class:
1.  We’ve met the first goal of $25,000 to endow the Arvel Richard “Trey” Reeves Memorial Scholarship.
2.  Now, we are focusing on our second project, the Class of 2002 Faculty Development Fund, which is also a  $25,000 goal.
*To date $11,725 has been designated to the Class of 2002 Faculty Development Fund,
which will allow Citadel faculty to apply for unrestricted funds to use for educational enhancements.

If the Class of 2002 Faculty Development Fund doesn’t interest you, make a gift to any fund you do want to support. The Citadel has hundreds of funds you can designate your gift to (for example: Summerall Guards, Band, Deans’ Excellence Funds, etc) . A gift to any fund at The Citadel Foundation, the Brigadier Foundation, or charitable gifts to the Alumni Association count toward our overall goal.

The Class of 2002 will present a check to The Citadel during Homecoming in November that reflects the total amount of money we have raised from 2010-2012. This is our chance to shine and for other alumni to see how great the Class of 2002 is. Please join us in supporting this effort.

Visit http://foundation.citadel.edu/2002 for more information and to view our class donor honor roll. THANK YOU to those classmates who have already made a gift!

If you would like to make a gift today visit http://foundation.citadel.edu/2002reunion. Any pledge made this year will have until December 31, 2015 to be fulfilled. A $2,000 pledge breaks down to $44/month if you begin pledge payments now.

We hope you take this opportunity to help the Class of 2002 meet and exceed our fundraising goal.

If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact any of us, our emails are below, or you can also contact Development Officer Lori Tuttle with The Citadel Foundation at 843-953-6079 or via e-mail atlori.tuttle@citadel.edu. We look forward to seeing everyone in November 2012 for our 10^th class reunion!

Sincerely,

Class of 2002 Reunion Campaign Committee:

Justin Welch, B Company, Class Reunion Campaign Chair

John Chase, R Company

Eric Doss, PB- Palmetto Battery

Nick Pascazio, A Company

Kyle Puryear, B Company

Chad Smith, T Company

Class of 2002 Reunion Campaign Company Representatives:

Pete Anderson, I Company

Will Forrester, O Company

Bradley Hall, C Company

Kevin Howard, H Company

Donnie McMaster, E Company

James Wilson, Band Company

Just thought I’d let you know that you can get email subscriptions to this site, so you don’t have to check in here. I hope to have a bunch more info coming out to you all, so it might be great to be able to read this stuff in your inbox.

Subscribe to The Citadel Class of 2002 by Email

If you’d like to receive this information in a RSS reader, here’s the link: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/TheCitadelClassOf2002

Thanks all,

Eric

The Citadel Alumni Association is issuing a personal appeal to its members to please consider an immediate donation of $25.00, $50.00 or what ever amount you would like to contribute for the recovery and display of the original “Big Red” that has been discovered In the Iowa Flag Collection. This is the flag that flew over Morris Island in 1861. The official historical report on the flag is available at the CAA website.

The Citadel Board of Visitors has granted the CAA all intellectual rights to the flag and has designated it as the official flag of the Corps of Cadets. The goal is to have it on display in the CAA for Corps Day 2010.

The state of Iowa has agreed to its return and it is now time to bring this historical icon home. In order to do this, we have established a budget of $50,000 that must be raised immediately.

I am asking for your help. You can make a donation online at the TCF website or mail a check to the CAA. But please, do it now.

Sincerely,
Edward B. Carter, ‘66
Colonel, USAF Ret.
CAA President 2008-2009

Donate Online

More about Big Red

Mail Checks to:

Bring Big Red Home
The Citadel Foundation
171 Moultrie St
Charleston, SC 29409

Big Red Report

19 November from 6-8pm

O’Brion’s Pub on James Island

Young Alumni Happy Hour Invitation

On July 1st I will be leaving the world per se to enter St. Vincent Archabbey, a Benedictine Monastery up in Latrobe, PA. Just like you see in the movies, my name will change and I will get tonsured (haircut). I guess some of that time as a religious officer soaked in.

God Bless the Class of 2002!

Pax,

Joe Duchene

Just a quick update from Beaufort SC.  My wife and I have recently moved to Beaufort SC and are loving life on the coast.  I kept my job as Managing Editor at LexisNexis and Heather accepted a position as Associate Pastor at Sea Island Presbyterian Church.  We just bought our first house and I’m hard at work with updates and small projects.

Hope you all enjoy the new site and will submit your own notes.  Thanks,
Doss

Class of 2002

Spring 2009

Hello Classmates,

I hope this letter finds you all doing well and enjoying the beginnings of Spring. I hate to send another letter with a slightly somber tone, but unfortunately, the economy continues to weigh heavily on everyone’s minds and wallets. During this trying economic time, I wanted to reach out to each of you and ask for your assistance due to the financial challenges currently facing The Citadel.

Even in the face of economic challenges, The Citadel is working hard to bring a wonderful and affordable education to all qualified students. Once again, we are proud of our four-year graduation rate-59%-which is the highest in South Carolina. Our in-state fees are, again, less than Clemson and USC. We have recently been ranked Number 2 in public master’s degree granting institutions in the South; Number 5 in all Southern schools, public and private; Number 7 in best value in the South; Number 8 in Civil Engineering in the US; and Number 34 for undergraduate engineering programs nationwide. These rankings are done by U.S. News & World Report.

Unfortunately, not all of the news coming from The Citadel is good. We continue to battle with the State of South Carolina and Governor Sanford for the essential funding necessary to continue our mission of educating tomorrow’s leaders. In 2002, when we were last cadets, the state provided $18.7 million per year to The Citadel, totaling 20.5% of our operating budget. This year, after the mid-year budget cuts, the total state appropriation has dwindled to a mere $12.6 million. This is only 13.6% of our current operating budget. It only gets worse: The governor has proposed a budget cut that further reduces the appropriation to The Citadel to an embarrassing $8.3 million, or 9.4% of our current budget. This is a crippling development. The Citadel, General Rosa, and The Board of Visitors have worked tirelessly to minimize the impact of these cuts on the college. We have deferred necessary maintenance, eliminated temporary and permanent staff positions, delayed hiring in 19 critical positions, and delayed information technology modernizations, among other cuts. However, if the proposed budget is approved, there will be more cuts. There will be more permanent and temporary staff cuts; the elimination of 25 academic and student programs and the reduction of the budgets of 31 more; the elimination of two majors, Math and Physics; and the school will have to mandate a five-day furlough for all employees.

This is a bleak picture and will not improve in the short term. The Citadel is using every resource at its disposal to secure more funding from the state, but we cannot depend on the state. The good news is that there is one sure way to meet our budget requirements, and that is to GIVE!

Last year, our participation percentage was below 10%. This is unacceptable. As a young class, we cannot make gifts of thousands of dollars per year, but we can participate. No-we have to participate. It is our duty-and the sign of a loyal Citadel graduate-to give back to our alma mater.

I need everyone who receives this letter to make a serious contribution to The Citadel. Not only do we have a responsibility to give to the Trey Reeves Scholarship, but we also have a responsibility to give to The Citadel Fund, the unrestricted fund that provides discretionary money to the college.

If you are giving monthly to The Citadel Fund, please begin making a gift to the Trey Reeves scholarship or another scholarship of your choice. No need to make a huge gift, $10 per month is a great start. I have been giving monthly for years now and I have never missed the money.

If you’re giving to a scholarship, please remember that The Citadel Fund also needs your help. Now, more than ever, The Citadel needs access to unrestricted money to meet the daily budgetary requirements of running a college. Again, the actual amount is not terribly important, though I encourage you to give generously. Beginning to give $10 per month to The Citadel Fund means that you will have to pack your lunch one more day per month instead of dining out. I think we can all make this sacrifice.

As always, please do not hesitate to contact me if you have any questions or concerns related to The Citadel.

Thank you for your time and consideration, and a special thank you to those who are already giving to The Citadel. I know each of you will step up, do your duty as a Citadel graduate, and support The Citadel Foundation.

Eric H. Doss

Chairman, Class of 2002

erichdoss@gmail.com

h. 843.524.1422

m. 410.300.1170