George Benjamin McAden, 87, died January 31, 2013, in Gastonia where he had been a resident of Covenant Village since 2004. He was born in Charlotte on November 5, 1925, and was the son of James Thomas McAden and Rebecca Fitzsimons McAden with pre-Revolutionary roots across North Carolina.
Mr. McAden attended Christ School in Arden, Davidson College, and was a sixth generation graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served in the United States Navy Amphibious Corps in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre during World War II and participated in the first American landing at Nagasaki, where the atomic bomb ended the war.
In Gastonia, Mr. McAden was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and volunteered at Crisis Assistance Ministry and Gaston County Health Department.
He was preceded in death by a brother, James T. McAden, Jr. and a sister, Charlotte Thomas.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, at Covenant Village, 1351 Robinwood Road, Gastonia. A private interment will be held at 10:00 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte.
Mr. McAden attended Christ School in Arden, Davidson College, and was a sixth generation graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served in the United States Navy Amphibious Corps in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre during World War II and participated in the first American landing at Nagasaki, where the atomic bomb ended the war.
In Gastonia, Mr. McAden was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and volunteered at Crisis Assistance Ministry and Gaston County Health Department.
He was preceded in death by a brother, James T. McAden, Jr. and a sister, Charlotte Thomas.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, at Covenant Village, 1351 Robinwood Road, Gastonia. A private interment will be held at 10:00 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte.
George Benjamin McAden, 87, died January 31, 2013, in Gastonia where he had been a resident of Covenant Village since 2004. He was born in Charlotte on November 5, 1925, and was the son of James Thomas McAden and Rebecca Fitzsimons McAden with pre-Revolutionary roots across North Carolina.
Mr. McAden attended Christ School in Arden, Davidson College, and was a sixth generation graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served in the United States Navy Amphibious Corps in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre during World War II and participated in the first American landing at Nagasaki, where the atomic bomb ended the war.
In Gastonia, Mr. McAden was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and volunteered at Crisis Assistance Ministry and Gaston County Health Department.
He was preceded in death by a brother, James T. McAden, Jr. and a sister, Charlotte Thomas.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, at Covenant Village, 1351 Robinwood Road, Gastonia. A private interment will be held at 10:00 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte.
Mr. McAden attended Christ School in Arden, Davidson College, and was a sixth generation graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He served in the United States Navy Amphibious Corps in the Asiatic-Pacific Theatre during World War II and participated in the first American landing at Nagasaki, where the atomic bomb ended the war.
In Gastonia, Mr. McAden was a member of St. Mark's Episcopal Church and volunteered at Crisis Assistance Ministry and Gaston County Health Department.
He was preceded in death by a brother, James T. McAden, Jr. and a sister, Charlotte Thomas.
A memorial service will be held at 2:30 p.m. on Tuesday, February 19, at Covenant Village, 1351 Robinwood Road, Gastonia. A private interment will be held at 10:00 a.m. at Elmwood Cemetery in Charlotte.
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