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- The Greenville News, Greenville, SC, Saturday, 24 Jun 1995, p. 6A, col. 4
https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-greenville-news-obituary-for-john-ma/103839065/
John M. Studebaker, commanded WWII air unit
MAULDIN - John Marcellus "Jack" Studebaker, who commanded an Army Air Forces unit during World War II and received two Bronze Campaign Stars, died June 22, 1995, following a period of declining health. He was 81.
A native of Williamson, W.Va., he was the son of the late John M. and Mamie Shumate Studebaker and came to the Greenville area from Henderson, N.C., in 1984. He attended Marshall University and retired from Swain Supply Co.
Studebaker, of 760 E. Butler Road, was a member of Rocky Creek Baptist Church, Kiwanis Club, and Kappa Alpha National Fraternity.
He was commanding officer of the Ninth Air Force Service Command Unit in Germany, which received the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque during World War II.
Surviving are his wife, Rosemary H. Studebaker; three daughters, Mrs. Tony (Rosemary) Lotito Jr. of Pounding Mill, Va., Mrs. Robert L. (Marcia) Pyner of Woodbridge, Va., and Johnna Studebaker of Santa Fe, N.M.; two sisters, Lois S. Burnley of Bluefield, W.Va., and Donna S. Beatty of Edwardsville, Ill.; a brother, Gene Studebaker of Jacksonville, Fla., and four grandchildren, Katie and Marty Lotito and Wendi and Robbie Pyner.
He was preceded in death by two sisters, Anna Margaret Battin and Bernice Bradshaw.
Services: The body will be sent to Mercer Funeral Home, Bluefield, W.Va., for services and burial.
Visitation: To 8:30 p.m. Saturday at Thomas McAfee Funeral Home. Thomas McAfee Funeral Home, Downtown.
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