Stanford WOODHURST Jr.

Family-Placed Death Notice

WOODHURST, Stanford, Jr. STANFORD WOODHURST, JR. Augusta, GA-Robert Stanford "Stan" Woodhurst, Jr., FAIA passed away in Augusta, GA on Tuesday, April 24, 2012. He was 90 years old and died peacefully in the midcentury modernist home he designed for himself and his family. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 pm on Saturday, May 5, 2012, at First Baptist Church of Augusta, with Dr. C. Gregory Deloach, III officiating. The family will receive friends in the Rotunda of the church immediately following the service. Born in Abbeville, SC, Stan was the son of Eva Ferguson Woodhurst and Robert Stanford Woodhurst, Sr. He was married for 66 years to the late Dorothy Carwile Woodhurst and is survived by one brother, Charles Burt Woodhurst of Abbeville, SC. He is also survived by one son Robert Stanford Woodhurst, III, his wife Catherine Doris Woodhurst and their five children; Robert Stanford Woodhurst, IV, William Gary Woodhurst, Alice Carwile Woodhurst, Catherine Brooks Woodhurst and Leila Hammond Woodhurst. Stan graduated as valedictorian of Abbeville (SC) High School in 1938. He attended the the all-male military Clemson University, graduating in 1942 with a B.S. in Architecture and a Commission as a Second Lieutenant in the U.S. Army Reserve. World War II was underway and he was immediately ordered to active duty. After flight training on the attack bomber. He flew his B-26 from New Orleans to Tampa, Brazil, Ascension Island, Tunisia and eventually to Sardinia. He flew his B-26, "The Pistol Packin' Mama", on 64 combat missions over Italy, France and Germany and, near the end of the war, he was captured while on a forward reconnaissance mission and was MIA/POW at Oflag 64 at Hammelburg and Stalag VII-A at Moosburg Germany until liberated by the 14th Armored Division in April 1945. Stan received numerous service citations including the Air Medal with 6 Oak Leaf Clusters, the French Criox de Guerre avec Palms and a Presidential Distinguished Unit Citation. Moving to Augusta in 1947, he began practice with F. Arthur Hazard, AIA and then, in 1954, established Woodhurst & O'Brien architects, a firm that continues in practice today at Woodhurst Architects. The American Institute of Architects (AIA), of which Stan was a member, recognized his skills and leadership with the Rothschild Silver Medal and by electing him to the AIA College of Fellows in 1992. Memorials may be made to Historic Augusta, Inc., P.O. Box 37, Augusta, GA 30903 or Trees for Augusta, P.O. Box 40084, Augusta, GA 30909. McNeill Funeral Home & Cremation Service 109 Shaw Street Martinez, Ga. 706.364.9122