Captain Ross A Word Usn Ret, May 02, 1947 — June 04, 2018

Captain Ross A Word Usn Ret (Murrells Inlet, South Carolina, SC) May 02, 1947 June 04, 2018 Death notice, Obituaries, Necrology
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Birth date: May 02, 1947

Death date: June 04, 2018

Death place: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina(SC), USA

Funeral Home: Goldfinch Funeral Homes Beach Chapel

Obituary for Captain Ross A. Word USN (Ret. ) Captain Ross A. Word USN (Ret), age 71, passed away Monday, June 4, 2018 at his residence. Born May 2, 1947 in Honolulu, HI, he was the son of the late William E. and Thalia Hettama Word.

Mr. Word proudly served his country in the US Navy and was a Veteran of the Vietnam War. He served 25 years as a Combat Vet. He was awarded 5 Air Medals, 3 Navy Commendations with combat, and a Distinguished Flying Cross, also earned in combat.

Following his retirement, he worked as an instructor with Horry County Schools NJROTC as an SNSI (Senior Naval Science Instructor) for 20 years. Mr. Word was a member of the Masonic Conway Lodge No. 65.

Surviving are his wife of 33 years, Susan Greenhalgh Word of Conway; two sons, Stephen Word of Phoenix, AZ and William Word of Myrtle Beach; four daughters, Leah Word Peterson of Hudson, OH, Julia Word Casper of San Antonio, TX, Jacquelyn Word Neumann of Wake Forest, NC, Thalia Word of Roanoke, VA; six grandchildren; in laws, Captain William and Dianne Greenhalgh of Myrtle Beach; one brother, Kenneth Word of Honolulu, HI; and two sisters, Leslie Bateman of Tacoma, WA and Sydney Beckett of Eureka, CA. Memorial services will be held at a later date. Please sign an online guestbook at www.

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death notice Captain Ross A Word Usn Ret May 02, 1947 — June 04, 2018

obituary notice Captain Ross A Word Usn Ret May 02, 1947 — June 04, 2018

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