Terry Alan Calhoon

Terry Alan Calhoon, 60, beloved husband of Barbara Hathaway Calhoon, entered into eternal rest on Thursday, March 3, 2011. He was born in Washington, D.C., the son of John Hunter Calhoon and Mary Anne Brickerd Calhoon on January 3, 1951. Terry attended the prestigious DeMatha High School in Hyattsville, MD playing varsity football and baseball and earning a full football scholarship to Clemson University. He played as an offensive lineman at Clemson until his graduation in 1973. Terry spent his free time after work coaching for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America in Hyattsville, Maryland and then at St. John's High School in D.C. He continued coaching after he and his wife moved to Charleston, S.C., first at St. Paul's Country Day and then at First Baptist School. Terry truly enjoyed his time coaching various teams and watching the students mature into adulthood, better people for having learned the lessons of good sportsmanship. He was an electrical salesman for various electrical supply companies in the low country including Cameron and Barkley, Eck Supply, and Faulkner-Haynes. Those who knew him will always remember him as a beloved husband, father and friend, a man on whom one could depend and who never gave up. He is survived by his loving wife, Barbara H. Calhoon; his daughter, Marian Langdon Calhoon; his son, Sean Patrick Calhoon; a grandson, Thomas Patrick Calhoon; a brother, John Michael Calhoon of Upper Marlboro, Md.; a sister, Karen C. Connelly (Jimmy) of New Bern, N.C.; as well as numerous aunts, uncles, nephews, nieces and cousins. The relatives and friends of Terry Alan Calhoon are invited to attend a memorial service at 3:00 PM on Saturday March 12, 2011 at the home of Richard and Martha Ulmer, of 79 Farmfield Avenue, Charleston, S.C. 29407. Arrangements are by the James A. McAlister Funeral Home, 1629 Savannah Highway, Charleston, (843) 766-1365, Terry's guest book may be signed online at www.jamesamcalister.com