Lt. Gen. Maurice Casey

Lt. Gen. Maurice Frances Casey, 84, of Satellite Beach, Fla. And McDowell, died Thursday, Nov. 11, 2004, at the Augusta Medical Center in Fishersville.

Lt. Gen. Casey was born June 3, 1920, in Chicago, and was a son of the late Maurice Frances and Marie Rowan Casey.

He retired in 1977 from the Joint Chiefs of Staff after 35 ½ years of service in the U.S. Air Force.

On October 12, 1946, he married Dora Belle Neubert, who survives.

Also surviving are three daughters, Faith Marueen Horton of Kensington, Md., Shirley Marie Casey of Fairfax and Georgeanne Armstrong of McDowell; two sons, Maruice Frances Casey III of Marshall and Michael Joseph Casey of Lavonia, Ga.; a brother, Kevin Rowan Casey of Whittier, Calif.; 12 grandchildren; and two great-grandchildren.

A memorial service will be held at Arlington National Cemetery at a later date.

Memorial contributions may be made to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude’s Place, Memphis, TN 38105. Please write Memorial Account No. 56154560 on donations.

Arrangements  are by Obaugh Funeral Home in McDowell.