Dr. (Colonel, US Army, Retired)
James S. ”Jim” McHone of Columbia, SC died April 1, 2015 after a long history
of treatment for colorectal cancer. Dr. McHone was born in Denver, CO on
November 23, 1947. He was predeceased by his mother Marion Samson McHone, his
father Clarence D. McHone, his stepmother Annie Westmoreland McHone and his
older sister Mary McHone Wilkie.
Dr. McHone is survived by his
wife of many years and medical business partner Linda Jordan McHone of his home
in Columbia, SC. He is also survived by
his stepchildren Angie West Guy and Lindsay Guy of Boykin, SC; James R. West IV
and Valerie Peak West of Lugoff, SC; grandchildren Margaret Guy, Emily Guy,
James Guy, Edwin Guy, Camryn West and Zachary West; his brother, Michael L.
McHone and Elizabeth McHone of Mt Airy, NC; his sister Patricia McHone Newsome and
Earl Newsome of Sanford, NC, as well as many nieces and nephews. His
mother-in-law Myrtle P. Jordan, of Camden, SC, also survives him.
Dr. McHone grew up in Mt. Airy,
NC and graduated from Mt. Airy High School in 1966. He participated in many
athletics and clubs and was the president of several high school organizations,
also elected the school’s “most school spirited senior”. He then attended the United States Military
Academy at West Point, New York and graduated in 1970, where he participated as
the stage manager for the Cadet Glee Club and helped operate the auditorium in
the old North Gymnasium. He subsequently
spent twenty-six years in the Army reserves and active duty as a Signal officer
and an Orthopedic Surgeon. He retired as an Army Colonel in 1996. He received
many Army awards and decorations to include the Legion of Merit and the
Meritorious Service Medal. He served a tour in Korea in 1972 in the Second
Infantry Division. He graduated from the Medical College of Georgia in 1978 and
from the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center Orthopedic Residency in 1982. Dr.
McHone then moved to Fort Jackson in Columbia, SC and practiced orthopedic
surgery there for twenty-five years until his retirement in 2007. Throughout this time, he was always very
active in his community and with local high school athletics, Mt. Airy High
School, the West Point Class of 1970, the West Point Association of Graduates
and the Army Athletic Association. He
was on the Board of Trustees and a member of many other boards and committees
of the West Point Association of Graduates.
He also made a major donation of West Point Art to the Association of Graduates,
which is on prominent display in their building, Herbert Hall, at West Point.
Dr. McHone loved his dogs Gretchen, Jorge, Maddie and TJ and they followed his
every step in the last years of his life!
Dr. McHone has been a very
active member of his community for the past 25 years in Columbia, SC. He has
served on his homeowner boards for many years in different communities in
Columbia. He is a charter member and organizer of his Presbyterian Church and
has been on the building committee of two major churches. He has been very
active with the local school boards and he participated in school rezoning
planning and helped several multimillion dollar bond referendums to pass. He
has also worked for many successful road and transportation projects in the
community. He has won many awards for his volunteer work with the local high
schools to include being selected as the State High School Volunteer of the year.
He has twenty years experience working with the United States Military Academy
at West Point, NY, the Army Athletic Department and the West Point Association
of Graduates as a board member and as a Major Donor to the Academy, and as a
fundraiser. He ran an active orthopedic practice in Columbia specializing in
sports medicine and joint replacement. Dr. McHone was the Founder and Former
Chief of the Orthopedics Department at Providence Hospital, Columbia, SC and
performed the first total joint replacement at Providence in 1985. He is still
serving on Senior Orthopedic Staff at Providence. Doctor McHone retired from active surgical
practice in 2007 due to colorectal cancer.
Visitation
will be held at the Northeast Presbyterian
Church (601 Polo Rd,
Columbia, SC 29223, #803-788-5298) at 11:30 AM on Wednesday, April 8, 2015.
Visitation will be followed by a Funeral Service (also at the Northeast
Presbyterian Church) at 12:30 PM and a grave side memorial service with full
military honors for Dr. McHone at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery at 2:00 PM under the
direction of Dr. George Crow, United States Air Force Academy Class of 1970 and
Chaplain Harry Phillips, US Navy, Retired.
A reception at the Fort Jackson Officers’ Club will follow at 3:00 PM.
Memorials may be made to the Northeast Presbyterian
Church
and to the Newkirk Presbyterian Church, Blythewood, SC.
Dr. McHone wishes to extend a
special thanks to Dr. Leland “Joe” McElveen, Dr. Steven Minter, Kim Dewitt, PA and
their staff at SC Oncology Associates as well as his oncology doctors at Duke
University Medical Center for all their care and concern over the years. In addition, Dr. McHone would like to extend
thanks to Dr. Sidney Morrison, Dr. Mark Mayson and Dr. Rick Dryer. Powers Funeral Home of Lugoff,
SC
is in charge of his arrangements.
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