Son of Frank Ward and Frances Dowling Cayce.
WALTERBORO - A Florence cadet at The Citadel fell to his death Sunday while parachuting with the Citadel Sky Diving Club.
Frank W. Cayce, son of a Florence businessman, was making his third jump of the day with other members of the Sky Diving Club. Witnesses told officers that Cayce's parachute seemed to partially open and he started spinning after jumping from about 3,500 feet.
He then pulled the cord on his auxiliary parachute. It opened but became entangled in the first one.
Cayce, 18 year old junior at The Citadel, died of injuries later at Colleton County Hospital.
He was the son of Frank W. Cayce and the late Frances Dowling Cayce of Florence and attended McClenaghan High School before enrolling at The Citadel.
Surviving besides his father is his step-mother; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. J. C. Dowling of Florence; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Dewey of Birmingham, Ala.
Published in the Morning News, October 23, 1961
FLORENCE - Funeral services for Cadet Frank W. Cayce, 18, junior at The Citadel, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Paul's Methodist Church by Dr. Melvin K. Medlock.
Burial, with full military honors, will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, directed by Waters Funeral Home.
A native of Washington, Cadet Casey was born Dec. 1, 1942, son of Frank W. Cayce and the late Frances Dowling Cayce, natives of Birmingham, Ala. He had been a resident of Florence 15 years, was a member of Central Methodist Church and a graduate of McClenaghan High School. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of The Order of the Arrow.
He was a member of the Sky Diving Club and the Society of Military Engineers of The Citadel.
Surviving are his father and step mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Cayce; two step sisters, Misses Frances and Everell Bloodworth; and a step brother, Lucian Bloodworth, all of Florence.
Published in the Morning News, October 24, 1961
WALTERBORO - A Florence cadet at The Citadel fell to his death Sunday while parachuting with the Citadel Sky Diving Club.
Frank W. Cayce, son of a Florence businessman, was making his third jump of the day with other members of the Sky Diving Club. Witnesses told officers that Cayce's parachute seemed to partially open and he started spinning after jumping from about 3,500 feet.
He then pulled the cord on his auxiliary parachute. It opened but became entangled in the first one.
Cayce, 18 year old junior at The Citadel, died of injuries later at Colleton County Hospital.
He was the son of Frank W. Cayce and the late Frances Dowling Cayce of Florence and attended McClenaghan High School before enrolling at The Citadel.
Surviving besides his father is his step-mother; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. J. C. Dowling of Florence; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Dewey of Birmingham, Ala.
Published in the Morning News, October 23, 1961
FLORENCE - Funeral services for Cadet Frank W. Cayce, 18, junior at The Citadel, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Paul's Methodist Church by Dr. Melvin K. Medlock.
Burial, with full military honors, will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, directed by Waters Funeral Home.
A native of Washington, Cadet Casey was born Dec. 1, 1942, son of Frank W. Cayce and the late Frances Dowling Cayce, natives of Birmingham, Ala. He had been a resident of Florence 15 years, was a member of Central Methodist Church and a graduate of McClenaghan High School. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of The Order of the Arrow.
He was a member of the Sky Diving Club and the Society of Military Engineers of The Citadel.
Surviving are his father and step mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Cayce; two step sisters, Misses Frances and Everell Bloodworth; and a step brother, Lucian Bloodworth, all of Florence.
Published in the Morning News, October 24, 1961
Son of Frank Ward and Frances Dowling Cayce.
WALTERBORO - A Florence cadet at The Citadel fell to his death Sunday while parachuting with the Citadel Sky Diving Club.
Frank W. Cayce, son of a Florence businessman, was making his third jump of the day with other members of the Sky Diving Club. Witnesses told officers that Cayce's parachute seemed to partially open and he started spinning after jumping from about 3,500 feet.
He then pulled the cord on his auxiliary parachute. It opened but became entangled in the first one.
Cayce, 18 year old junior at The Citadel, died of injuries later at Colleton County Hospital.
He was the son of Frank W. Cayce and the late Frances Dowling Cayce of Florence and attended McClenaghan High School before enrolling at The Citadel.
Surviving besides his father is his step-mother; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. J. C. Dowling of Florence; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Dewey of Birmingham, Ala.
Published in the Morning News, October 23, 1961
FLORENCE - Funeral services for Cadet Frank W. Cayce, 18, junior at The Citadel, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Paul's Methodist Church by Dr. Melvin K. Medlock.
Burial, with full military honors, will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, directed by Waters Funeral Home.
A native of Washington, Cadet Casey was born Dec. 1, 1942, son of Frank W. Cayce and the late Frances Dowling Cayce, natives of Birmingham, Ala. He had been a resident of Florence 15 years, was a member of Central Methodist Church and a graduate of McClenaghan High School. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of The Order of the Arrow.
He was a member of the Sky Diving Club and the Society of Military Engineers of The Citadel.
Surviving are his father and step mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Cayce; two step sisters, Misses Frances and Everell Bloodworth; and a step brother, Lucian Bloodworth, all of Florence.
Published in the Morning News, October 24, 1961
WALTERBORO - A Florence cadet at The Citadel fell to his death Sunday while parachuting with the Citadel Sky Diving Club.
Frank W. Cayce, son of a Florence businessman, was making his third jump of the day with other members of the Sky Diving Club. Witnesses told officers that Cayce's parachute seemed to partially open and he started spinning after jumping from about 3,500 feet.
He then pulled the cord on his auxiliary parachute. It opened but became entangled in the first one.
Cayce, 18 year old junior at The Citadel, died of injuries later at Colleton County Hospital.
He was the son of Frank W. Cayce and the late Frances Dowling Cayce of Florence and attended McClenaghan High School before enrolling at The Citadel.
Surviving besides his father is his step-mother; his maternal grandmother, Mrs. J. C. Dowling of Florence; and his paternal grandmother, Mrs. J. W. Dewey of Birmingham, Ala.
Published in the Morning News, October 23, 1961
FLORENCE - Funeral services for Cadet Frank W. Cayce, 18, junior at The Citadel, will be conducted at 11 a.m. Tuesday in St. Paul's Methodist Church by Dr. Melvin K. Medlock.
Burial, with full military honors, will be in Mt. Hope Cemetery, directed by Waters Funeral Home.
A native of Washington, Cadet Casey was born Dec. 1, 1942, son of Frank W. Cayce and the late Frances Dowling Cayce, natives of Birmingham, Ala. He had been a resident of Florence 15 years, was a member of Central Methodist Church and a graduate of McClenaghan High School. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of The Order of the Arrow.
He was a member of the Sky Diving Club and the Society of Military Engineers of The Citadel.
Surviving are his father and step mother, Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Cayce; two step sisters, Misses Frances and Everell Bloodworth; and a step brother, Lucian Bloodworth, all of Florence.
Published in the Morning News, October 24, 1961
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