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Hugh T. McGinn, age 93, died Sunday, October 3, 2004 at Kingston Nursing Center. Mr. McGinn was born in Little River, a son of the late Addies S. "Jack" and Evalina "Evie" McCorsley McGinn. He was a lifelong member of Little River United Methodist Church and loved and served his community. Mr. McGinn worked for the US Army Corps of Engineers as a surveyor, working on the Intracoastal waterway, establishing the NC/SC state line and setting the location of US Highway 17. He was known as the "Dynamite Man" for his expertise in handling explosives. Mr. McGinn did a lot of hard hat diving and dynamiting in New Jersey and Puerto Rico while employed by Standard Dredging Co. He returned to Little River in 1943 and began a second career as a commercial fisherman and seafood retailer and was well known for his abilities up and down the East Coast. In 1973, after 30 years, he retired from the seafood business and the US Department of Transportation. The family would like to thank Dr. John W. Wilson, Jr., Kingston Nursing Center of Conway and Summitt Place of Little River and Angela Collier for the loving care given to Mr.McGinn during his illness, he will be missed by all who knew him. Mr. McGinn was predeceased by his first wife Frances Cline McGinn, a son Thomas Monroe McGinn, one daughter, Carolyn Jane McGinn Caplen, one brother Addies S. "Jack" McGinn, Jr., and a sister Inez McGinn Lewis. Surviving are his wife of 33 years, Frances H. Tyson McGinn of Little River; two daughters, Patricia McGinn Gantt and her husband Jack of Newton, NC and Sandra McGinn Hill and her husband Larry of Statesville, NC; two stepsons, Bill Tyson and his wife Betty and Jim Tyson and his wife Jan all of Greenville, SC; seventeen grandchildren, twenty-four great-grandchildren, several nieces and nephews and a special care giver, Angela Collier. Funeral services will be held 3:00 PM Saturday from Little River United Methodist Church with Dr. Paul A. Wood, Jr. officiating. Burial will follow in the church cemetery, directed by Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel. The family will receive friends from 2-3 PM Saturday at the church prior to the service. Memorials may be sent to Little River United Methodist Church, PO Box 160, Little River, SC 29566.

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Hugh Thomas McGinn

October 3, 2004