More detail on this person: PITTSBORO - Henry
Boswell, III, of Fearrington Village, Pittsboro,
died on Wednesday, July 3. Henry recently retired
as a superintendent at the state recreation area
at Kerr Lake. He previously retired as an office
in the U.S. Navy after serving twenty-three years,
including duty in Vietnam where he served as a
helicopter pilot.
After his Navy career, Henry's love of nature led
him to obtain degrees in biology and ecology from
Old Dominion University and UNC - Chapel Hill, and
then to service with the N.C. Division of Parks
and Recreation at Jordan and Kerr Lakes.
Henry was born in Jackson, Mississippi, in 1943,
the grandson of Dr. and Mrs. Henry Boswell, and
son of Colonel and Mrs. Henry Boswell, Jr. Henry
is survived by his wife, Patricia of Pittsboro,
son Andrew E. Boswell, daughter Heather B.
Swann and granddaughter, Gabrielle Swann of
Chesapeake, Virginia, father Henry Boswell Jr. and
sister Pat Boswell of Greensboro, and brother,
Wray Boswell of Virginia Beach, Virginia.
A memorial service will be held at Satterwhite
Point Community Building at Kerr Lake near
Henderson, NC, on Monday, July 8, 2002 at 4:00
pm. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made to
Friends of Hospice, P.O. Box 2596, Henderson, NC
27536; UNC Hospice, P.O. Box 1077, Pittsboro,
NC 27312; Nature Conservancy of NC, 4705
University Dr., Suite 290, Durham, NC 27707; or
Duke Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Henry was a "PLANK OWNER" of HA(L)-3 and was
a LTJG at the time attached to HC-1 Det 21 and Det
Vung Tau (Pre-Commissioning Unit set up to form
HA(L)-3) from 12/31/1966 to 2/11/1967, and later
HA(L)-3 Det 4, 2/11/1967 to 11/2/1967. Henry got
the nickname "Pistol" from his Grandfather when he
was in High School in MS.
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