COLUMBIA - Services for Henry Davis "H.D." Koon, 80, will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Irmo, SC, with burial in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 10000 Broad River Road, Irmo, SC 29063. Visitation will be Sunday, 6-8 p.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo, SC.
Mr. Koon died Saturday, March 10, 2007, after a battle with cancer. Born in Irmo February 9, 1927, he was a son of the late Jimmie Lloyd and Minnie Weed Koon. He lived most of his life in the Dutch Fork-Lake Murray area.
In 1943, Mr. Koon left home and joined the US Navy to serve his country in WWII. He served aboard the Destroyer, the USS Melvin which saw action in most of the major battles in the South Pacific and was the only destroyer credited with sinking a Japanese battleship, the Fuso.
Returning home after the war, Mr. Koon and his brother started a very successful brick mason construction company. Many of the homes built in Columbia in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's were built by the Koon brothers.
Mr. Koon was an avid fisherman and hunter until the 1960's when he discovered golf. A charter member of Lexington Country Club, he was most proud of achieving four holes-in-one during his golfing career.
Surviving are his wife of fifty-eight years, Verta Drafts Koon; sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Sally Koon and Danny and Jane Koon, all of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra Koon and Phil Rodgers of Columbia; brothers and their wives, Furman and Elsie Koon of Irmo, Clyde and Rose Koon of Columbia, and Kenneth and Linda Koon of Irmo; sisters and their husbands, Elizabeth and Leon Addy of Columbia, and Faye and Don Morrison of Jasper, Ala.; grandchildren, Patrick Lindler, Jennifer Groce, Daniel and Anna Koon, Patrick and Ken Sercy; great-granddaughter, Cadence Groce, who was born on his 80th birthday; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, J.D. and Helen Drafts; sister-in-law, Catherine Koon; nieces and nephews. He loved his devoted and protective chihuahua, Willie. He was predeceased by brother, Jimmie Lee Koon; and sister, Virginia Alwarden.
"He was a devoted husband, daddy, granddaddy, and brother and we will miss him so much."
Memorials may be made to Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 10000 Broad River Road, Irmo, SC 29063. Visitation will be Sunday, 6-8 p.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo, SC.
Mr. Koon died Saturday, March 10, 2007, after a battle with cancer. Born in Irmo February 9, 1927, he was a son of the late Jimmie Lloyd and Minnie Weed Koon. He lived most of his life in the Dutch Fork-Lake Murray area.
In 1943, Mr. Koon left home and joined the US Navy to serve his country in WWII. He served aboard the Destroyer, the USS Melvin which saw action in most of the major battles in the South Pacific and was the only destroyer credited with sinking a Japanese battleship, the Fuso.
Returning home after the war, Mr. Koon and his brother started a very successful brick mason construction company. Many of the homes built in Columbia in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's were built by the Koon brothers.
Mr. Koon was an avid fisherman and hunter until the 1960's when he discovered golf. A charter member of Lexington Country Club, he was most proud of achieving four holes-in-one during his golfing career.
Surviving are his wife of fifty-eight years, Verta Drafts Koon; sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Sally Koon and Danny and Jane Koon, all of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra Koon and Phil Rodgers of Columbia; brothers and their wives, Furman and Elsie Koon of Irmo, Clyde and Rose Koon of Columbia, and Kenneth and Linda Koon of Irmo; sisters and their husbands, Elizabeth and Leon Addy of Columbia, and Faye and Don Morrison of Jasper, Ala.; grandchildren, Patrick Lindler, Jennifer Groce, Daniel and Anna Koon, Patrick and Ken Sercy; great-granddaughter, Cadence Groce, who was born on his 80th birthday; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, J.D. and Helen Drafts; sister-in-law, Catherine Koon; nieces and nephews. He loved his devoted and protective chihuahua, Willie. He was predeceased by brother, Jimmie Lee Koon; and sister, Virginia Alwarden.
"He was a devoted husband, daddy, granddaddy, and brother and we will miss him so much."
COLUMBIA - Services for Henry Davis "H.D." Koon, 80, will be held Monday at 3:30 p.m. at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, Irmo, SC, with burial in the church cemetery.
Memorials may be made to Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 10000 Broad River Road, Irmo, SC 29063. Visitation will be Sunday, 6-8 p.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo, SC.
Mr. Koon died Saturday, March 10, 2007, after a battle with cancer. Born in Irmo February 9, 1927, he was a son of the late Jimmie Lloyd and Minnie Weed Koon. He lived most of his life in the Dutch Fork-Lake Murray area.
In 1943, Mr. Koon left home and joined the US Navy to serve his country in WWII. He served aboard the Destroyer, the USS Melvin which saw action in most of the major battles in the South Pacific and was the only destroyer credited with sinking a Japanese battleship, the Fuso.
Returning home after the war, Mr. Koon and his brother started a very successful brick mason construction company. Many of the homes built in Columbia in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's were built by the Koon brothers.
Mr. Koon was an avid fisherman and hunter until the 1960's when he discovered golf. A charter member of Lexington Country Club, he was most proud of achieving four holes-in-one during his golfing career.
Surviving are his wife of fifty-eight years, Verta Drafts Koon; sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Sally Koon and Danny and Jane Koon, all of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra Koon and Phil Rodgers of Columbia; brothers and their wives, Furman and Elsie Koon of Irmo, Clyde and Rose Koon of Columbia, and Kenneth and Linda Koon of Irmo; sisters and their husbands, Elizabeth and Leon Addy of Columbia, and Faye and Don Morrison of Jasper, Ala.; grandchildren, Patrick Lindler, Jennifer Groce, Daniel and Anna Koon, Patrick and Ken Sercy; great-granddaughter, Cadence Groce, who was born on his 80th birthday; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, J.D. and Helen Drafts; sister-in-law, Catherine Koon; nieces and nephews. He loved his devoted and protective chihuahua, Willie. He was predeceased by brother, Jimmie Lee Koon; and sister, Virginia Alwarden.
"He was a devoted husband, daddy, granddaddy, and brother and we will miss him so much."
Memorials may be made to Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 10000 Broad River Road, Irmo, SC 29063. Visitation will be Sunday, 6-8 p.m. at Dunbar Funeral Home, Dutch Fork Chapel, Irmo, SC.
Mr. Koon died Saturday, March 10, 2007, after a battle with cancer. Born in Irmo February 9, 1927, he was a son of the late Jimmie Lloyd and Minnie Weed Koon. He lived most of his life in the Dutch Fork-Lake Murray area.
In 1943, Mr. Koon left home and joined the US Navy to serve his country in WWII. He served aboard the Destroyer, the USS Melvin which saw action in most of the major battles in the South Pacific and was the only destroyer credited with sinking a Japanese battleship, the Fuso.
Returning home after the war, Mr. Koon and his brother started a very successful brick mason construction company. Many of the homes built in Columbia in the 1950's, 60's, and 70's were built by the Koon brothers.
Mr. Koon was an avid fisherman and hunter until the 1960's when he discovered golf. A charter member of Lexington Country Club, he was most proud of achieving four holes-in-one during his golfing career.
Surviving are his wife of fifty-eight years, Verta Drafts Koon; sons and daughters-in-law, Wayne and Sally Koon and Danny and Jane Koon, all of Columbia; daughter and son-in-law, Sandra Koon and Phil Rodgers of Columbia; brothers and their wives, Furman and Elsie Koon of Irmo, Clyde and Rose Koon of Columbia, and Kenneth and Linda Koon of Irmo; sisters and their husbands, Elizabeth and Leon Addy of Columbia, and Faye and Don Morrison of Jasper, Ala.; grandchildren, Patrick Lindler, Jennifer Groce, Daniel and Anna Koon, Patrick and Ken Sercy; great-granddaughter, Cadence Groce, who was born on his 80th birthday; brother-in-law and sister-in-law, J.D. and Helen Drafts; sister-in-law, Catherine Koon; nieces and nephews. He loved his devoted and protective chihuahua, Willie. He was predeceased by brother, Jimmie Lee Koon; and sister, Virginia Alwarden.
"He was a devoted husband, daddy, granddaddy, and brother and we will miss him so much."
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