Grover C. McCain, Sr., of Murrells Inlet, passed away at home on August 18, 2010 at the age of 92. He was born on August 12, 1918, in Friendship, Alabama, and was one of five children of the late Irving Clinton McCain and Mattie Isabel Oliver.
Grover graduated from Reeltown High School, Reeltown, Alabama, and attended the School of Pharmacy at Howard College, now known as Samford University in Birmingham, Alabama. During World War II, he joined the United States Navy and served with a mobile hospital unit in the Pacific theater and in the Submarine Service for the final two years of the war. He achieved the rank of Chief Petty Officer. Following his military service, Grover was employed by The Upjohn Company, now Pfizer Pharmaceuticals, for thirty-one years and retired in 1977 as Sales Director of the Washington, D.C. sales area. Grover was awarded the W.E. Upjohn Award in 1974. Grover's interests over the years included traveling, poker, bridge and golf. He was devoted to his family and was known as a gentleman to all.
He was survived by his wife of 65 years, Beulah Glenn Reeves McCain until her passing on December 4, 2010. He is survived by one daughter, Susan Glendora McCain of Chapel Hill, N.C.; two sons, Grover Clinton McCain, Jr. of Chapel Hill, N.C., and Andrew Gordon McCain and wife, Patty, of Pine Knoll Shores, N.C.; one grandson, Brian Robert McCain of Raleigh, N.C.; three granddaughters, Lisa Ashley McCain Parker and husband, Steve Parker, of Chapel Hill, N.C., Jennifer Alison McCain Olson and husband, Brett Olson, of Arlington, Va., Hannah Elizabeth McCain of Morrisville, N.C., and one step-granddaughter, Tetyana McCain of Chapel Hill, N.C. In addition, four great-grandchildren, Sarah and Rachel McCain of Lakeland, Fla., and Rowan and Zoe Parker of Chapel Hill, N.C. His surviving siblings are sisters, Nellie Ruth Cullars of Tallassee, Ala., and Vivian Lucille Anderson of Pensacola, Fla.. A brother, Thomas Irving McCain, and a sister Mary Catherine Mann, have predeceased him.
A memorial service will be at Goldfinch Funeral Home, Murrells Inlet, 11:30 a.m. Saturday, January 15, 2011 to be followed by a reception at Goldfinch's. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to one's favorite charity.
Please sign a guest book at www.goldfinchfuneralhome.com. Goldfinch Funeral Home, Beach Chapel, is in charge of the arrangements.