Stacy Barton Power, Usn (Ret.)

CSCM (SS) Stacy Barton Power, USN (Ret.)

Master Chief (SS) Stacy B. Power, USN (RET), embarked on his last patrol on Friday, September 23, 2022. He was 95 years old. He passed away peacefully at his home in West Ashley. He was predeceased by his wife, Elaine Power. They were married for 65 years. There are six surviving children; among them are two sets of twins. Listed in the order of birth: Stacy L. Power (Lyn), then twins Cathy P. Hudson (Terry) and Casey A. Power, Tracy B. Power (Sherry), and twins Kitty P. Duncan and Katy A. Kuder (Chris), along with seven grandchildren and ten great-grandchildren.

Stacy was born on November 4, 1926 in Falls Church, Virginia and grew up in the 1930’s Depression era in poverty and hunger. At the age of seventeen, Stacy joined the Navy immediately after the bombing of Pearl Harbor and went to boot camp to join the war effort. Immediately after boot camp, he was deployed as a cook for the crew in the Pacific Amphibious force (LSM) during the last two years of WWII. His next assignments included a year on the Aircraft Carrier Valley Forge CV45 and the Presidential Yacht, the Williamsburg AGC369.

Stacy had become an excellent cook. During his tenure on Truman’s yacht, a officer convinced him to request submarine duty where he was accepted and stayed for the next twenty years. Stacy qualified on USS GENADIER SS-525 in 1951 and then served as Chief of the Boat on both the USS SABALO SS-302 and the USS GREENFISH SS-351. His last submarine deployment was on the USS SAM RAYBURN SSBN-635. Stacy’s last naval assignment was as Command Master Chief at the US Navy Recruiting Station of Louisville, KY, where he was recommended by his Commanding officer for the position of Master Chief Petty Officer of the US Navy.

Stacy was a life member of the United States Submarine Veterans WWII, USSVI Charleston Base. In 1999, he became a member of the Holland Club having been qualified for 71 years, and a LM Fleet Reserve Association & member of FRA Branch 269. LM of VFW, American Legion and LSM/LSMR Association.

Viewing will be held at St. Mark United Methodist Church, 413 Geddes Ave, Charleston, from 10:00 - 11:00 AM on Wednesday, September 28, 2022. The Funeral Service will follow at 11:00 am. Interment with military honors will follow at Live Oak Memorial Gardens, 3093 Ashley River Road, Charleston.

In lieu of flowers, donations are requested to be made to St. Mark United Methodist Church or sent to the Admiral James Osborn Scholarship Fund - US Submarine Veterans Charleston Base, 397 Princeton Court, Ladson, SC 29456-3314.

Arrangements by James McAlister Funerals & Cremation, 1620 Savannah Highway, Charleston (843) 766-1365.