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All-TigerNet [14921]
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We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 20, 2022, 1:02 PM
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My grandfather, Johnny Evans, AKA "Papa," passed away a few weeks shy of his 95th Birthday on Sunday.
He was in the Clemson Class of 1948 but graduated early in 1947.
I had a hard enough time at Clemson just going to class but my grandfather's list of activities is pretty staggering. I've attached his Senior Year Taps list of extra-curriculars, which includes Blue Key President, Tiger Brotherhood, and Phi Kappa Phi.
Not mentioned in this laundry list: he also played Taps and Reveille on the bugle for the Corps of Cadets every evening and morning--something that probably didn't make him incredibly popular to around campus!
Most of his professors are buried on Cemetery Hill and/or have buildings named after them to this day.
Papa taught engineering for a time at the Citadel after he graduated and married my grandma, served in the Army in a psy ops unit with Madison Ave "Mad Men" during the Korean War while stationed in Germany, and later settled in the Charleston area where he worked for Westvaco until his retirement in the early 1990s.
He was a lifelong learner, a Christian, a beloved husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather and a true Clemson Gentleman. He will be missed.
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All-In [44050]
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I'm very sorry for your loss.
Sep 20, 2022, 1:04 PM
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He sounds like an incredible man. A life well-lived, for sure!
My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
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Re: We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 20, 2022, 1:09 PM
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Re: We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 20, 2022, 1:18 PM
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Thanks for posting his TAPS list, guess the younger generation will have those online which just isn't the same. He sounds like a wonderful man.
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Re: We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 20, 2022, 1:34 PM
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God bless you and your family!
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Re: We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 20, 2022, 1:40 PM
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What a wonderful tribute to your father.
A Clemson man thru and thru.
Rest in peace Sir.
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R.I P. "Johnny Clemson "...***
Sep 20, 2022, 2:24 PM
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Re: We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 20, 2022, 3:24 PM
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Sorry for your loss
God Bless
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Praying for you & your family
Sep 20, 2022, 3:29 PM
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Praying for comfort, peace and love beyond our understanding for you & your family for the celebration and duration of the grieving process. In Jesus, Amen.
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Prayers
Sep 20, 2022, 3:31 PM
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May light perpetual shine upon him
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Awesome man and role model!
Sep 20, 2022, 3:34 PM
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you were very blessed to have his influence.
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Sending prayers to you and your family***
Sep 20, 2022, 3:36 PM
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Re: God rest his soul. Thanks for sharing!
Sep 20, 2022, 5:04 PM
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May God bless your family and give you comfort during this time.
Go Tigers!!
Okie Tiger
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Re: We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 20, 2022, 5:09 PM
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Sounds like he lived a blessed life for sure. Hate to hear of his passing and my thoughts are with you and your family!
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Re: We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 20, 2022, 11:28 PM
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Condolences for you and your family. Please take comfort in the amazing and fruitful life he led and the example he left for others. God bless.
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Re: We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 21, 2022, 2:24 AM
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So sorry for your loss. Prayers for y’all. May he RIP.
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Re: We Lost a Great Tiger This Weekend
Sep 21, 2022, 5:55 AM
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I am so sorry for the loss of your grandfather. He was indeed a great Clemson Tiger. Sending prayers for you and your family
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CU Guru [1577]
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I’m sorry for your loss
Sep 21, 2022, 6:27 AM
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It sounds like you had an amazing grandfather who did his job on this earth and left you a better person with some great memories of him.
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