Capt. Graydon “Bub” Crain, Cranberry Township, Pa., one of the founders of C&C Marine (which today is Campbell Transportation Company), died July 26. He was 86. He was the middle… Read More
Obituary Notices
Jack Fowler, 85, the long-time executive director of the Point Pleasant River Museum and Learning Center in Point Pleasant, W.Va., died August 10 at the Hospice House of Huntington, W.Va. Read More
Capt. Jimmy Dale King, 85, of Tiptonville, Tenn., died July 20 at his residence. He was a retired towboat captain for Mid-South Towing, member of Tiptonville First Baptist Church, a… Read More
Steven L. Beal, 46, CEO of National Railway Equipment (NRE), died July 11 at his home in Ladue, Mo. NRE, a global manufacturer in the rail, marine and power industries,… Read More
Larry Edward “Butch” Granger Jr., 58, who worked for Glendale Boat Works for the last seven years and in the marine industry for his entire career, died of COVID-19 on… Read More
Capt. Otis Leroy Blasingim Jr., 66, a longtime harbor pilot in the Hartford/Wood River, Ill., area, died July 2 at his home after a long battle with cancer. A U.S. Read More
James “Pritch” Pritchard, president and co-founder of North American Marine Consultants LLC, St. Louis, Mo., died suddenly June 27 due to complications related to his cancer treatment. He was 74… Read More
Jerry Courville, former barge line executive and founder of Sea Link Cargo Services, died April 5 after a brief illness. His career in the marine industry began in 1978 when… Read More
Edward Senn, 79, of Mokena, Ill., died May 12. Senn worked his entire career at Material Service Corporation, acting as general marine manager for 24 years until his retirement in… Read More
Violet Schmerbach Foley, 105, of Andalusia, Ill., died May 6 at Lutheran Living Senior Care in Muscatine, Iowa. She and her husband, Capt. William Foley, were married in 1934 and… Read More
