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Dr Jones Calvin “Cal” Koonts

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Birth	:	19 Sep 1924 Lexington, Davidson County, North Carolina, USA
Death	:	5 Mar 2005 Due West, Abbeville County, South Carolina, USA
Burial	:	Due West ARP Church Cemetery, Due West, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate	:	34.3338890, -82.3880560
Description	:	Dr. J. Calvin "Cal" Koonts, 80, resident of 10 Haynes St., husband of Cortlandt "Corky" Morper Koonts, died Saturday, March 5, 2005 at his home. Born in Lexington, NC, he was a son of the late Harvey Hill and Elsie T. Koonts. Dr. J. Calvin Koonts earned his AB degree, Magna Cum Lauda from Catawba College and his MA and Ph.D. degrees from George Peabody College. After several years of teaching of Boyden High School, in Salisbury, NC, in 1949, he joined the faculty of Erskine College, where, in addition to holding various administrative posts, he was elected the first Chairman... Read More	Dr. J. Calvin "Cal" Koonts, 80, resident of 10 Haynes St., husband of Cortlandt "Corky" Morper Koonts, died Saturday, March 5, 2005 at his home. Born in Lexington, NC, he was a son of the late Harvey Hill and Elsie T. Koonts. Dr. J. Calvin Koonts earned his AB degree, Magna Cum Lauda from Catawba College and his MA and Ph.D. degrees from George Peabody College. After several years of teaching of Boyden High School, in Salisbury, NC, in 1949, he joined the faculty of Erskine College, where, in addition to holding various administrative posts, he was elected the first Chairman of the Faculty. Dr. Koonts received several fellowships and scholarships for postdoctral study. They included study at Harvard, U.C.L.A., Oxford, and a Fulbrigtht Grant to study education in Pakistan. Dr. Koonts arrived in Due West in the fall in 1949 to begin a long and fruitful career to developer and head of the Education Department of Erskine College. He brought with him a strong belief in the worth of teacher education and a determination to develop at Erskine a program for which it could be proud. During his 41 years of service to Erskine, he has seen this aim flourish, and graduates of "his" program have distinguished themselves in the teaching profession and in related administrative areas. "Teachers of the year," college professors, college presidents, superintendents, principals, curriculum coordinators, and thousands of teachers dedicated to teaching young people have "sat at his feet." While directing the teacher education program at Erskine, he contributed to progress of the program in the entire state. He organized the ASSOCIATION OF STUDENT TEACHING (now the ASSOCIATON OF TEACEHR EDUCATORS) in South Carolina, serving as its first and twenty-fifth president and State delegate to the National Convention on numerous occasions. He was an active member of the SOUTH CAROLINA ASSOCIATON OF COLLEGES OF TEACHER EDUCATION, serving as president and executive board member. He served on the State Board of Education and, in 1964, was one of 15 Americans chosen to study education in Pakistan. In addition to these contributions, he served on the Board of Trustees at Piedmont Technical College, the Board of Advisors for Gardner-Webb College and on the Board of Trustees for his alma mater, Catawba College, which conferred on him an honorary doctorate. Dr. Koonts is listed in WHO'S WHO IN AMERICA. Though his life was dedicated to the teaching of teachers, he found time to excel in other areas as well. Most notable, perhaps, is his writing of poetry. His writing first attracted notice when he won the Frantz Essay Award as an undergraduate at Catawba College. Since then he published a number of books of poetry. A SLICE OF THE SUN, his fifth book of verse, was his contributions to the 1976 Bicentennial and includes poetry which won the William Gilmore Simms Poetry Prize in 1973, the Unicorn Prize in 1974, the Lyric Poetry Prize in 1975, and in 1977 the Elizabeth Boatwright Coker Award. These awards were made by the Poetry Society of South Carolina. Dr. Koonts is one of a number of South Carolina literary figures with connections to Erskine listed in a brochure called "The South Carolina Literary Tour" and printed by the Palmetto Book Alliance, an affilitate of the Center for the Book at the Library of Congress. Dr. Koonts is also named several times in the INTERNATIONAL WHO'S WHO IN POETRY, Cambridge, England. Dr. Koonts served on the town council of Due West and was a member of the Due West ARP Church, where he served as a deacon and an elder. Survivors are: Wife, Cortlandt M. Koonts of the home; Son, Carlisle Woodson Koonts and his wife Linda of Hartsville, SC; Daughter, Camille Koonts Stein and her husband John of Medford, N.J.; Grandchildren, Taylor and Cameron Koonts and step-granddaughter Je Ne' New; Grandchildren, Christopher, Eric, Caroline and Will Stein; Sister, Mrs. Hilda Koonts Comfort of Gulfport, Mississippi; Niece, Mrs. Ralice Ostrom Gertz of Greensboro, NC; and Nephew, Ralph Kenneth Ostron of Irm, SC. Funeral services will be conducted Tuesday, March 8, 2005 at 11:00 AM from the Due West AR Church with the Rev. Calvin Draffin and Dr. James Bell officiating. The burial will precede funeral services in the Due West ARP Church Cemetery. The body is at The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Monday, March 7, 2005 at the residence, 10 Haynes St., Due West, SC. Memorials may be made to the J. Calvin Koonts Education Scholarship Fund at Erskine College in Due West, SC 29639, or to the Due West ARP Church, Building Fund, Due West, SC 29639. The Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home of Abbeville, SC is in charge of arrangements. Source: Chandler-Jackson Funeral Home and Cremation Services Death Notice.

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Nearby Cemetories:

1. Due West ARP Church Cemetery
Due West, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3338890, -82.3880560

2. Due West Cemetery
Due West, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3344002, -82.3886032

3. Due West Baptist Cemetery
Due West, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3344610, -82.3827990

4. Saint Mary's Baptist Church Cemetery
Due West, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3217820, -82.3893600

5. Mount Lebanon A.M.E. Church Cemetery
Due West, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3376210, -82.3690200

6. New Hope Baptist Church Cemetery
Due West, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3233810, -82.4029890

7. Winona Cemetery
Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3664017, -82.3831024

8. Winona Baptist Church Cemetery
Donalds, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3667840, -82.3830280

9. McClain Cemetery
Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3708000, -82.3930969

10. Bethlehem Cemetery
Abbeville, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.2952995, -82.3768997

11. Lindsay Cemetery
Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3003320, -82.4160600

12. Whispering Pines Mennonite Church Cemetery
Honea Path, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3671700, -82.4249650

13. Donalds Cemetery
Donalds, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3796997, -82.3507996

14. Little River Baptist Church Cemetery
Level Land, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3460999, -82.4550018

15. Forksville Baptist Church Cemetery
Donalds, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3853230, -82.3556430

16. New Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery
Level Land, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3589300, -82.4520900

17. Shiloh Mennonite Cemetery
Due West, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.2995010, -82.4487560

18. Old Gilgal Cemetery
Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.2825012, -82.3463974

19. Keowee Baptist Church Cemetery
Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3888580, -82.4240890

20. Gilgal Cemetery
Abbeville, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.2764015, -82.3497009

21. Springfield Baptist Church Cemetery #1
Level Land, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3304570, -82.4683030

22. Prince Family Cemetery
Due West, Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3722610, -82.4549810

23. Ashley Cemetery
Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.3143997, -82.4661026

24. Mount Zion AME Church Cemetery
Abbeville County, USA
Coordinate: 34.2797400, -82.3343000