Background
III, Hugh McFaddin McLaurin, was born on January 30, 1936 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States. Son of Hugh McFaddin and Louise Mellette (Nettles) McL.
military officer museum program director
III, Hugh McFaddin McLaurin, was born on January 30, 1936 in Sumter, South Carolina, United States. Son of Hugh McFaddin and Louise Mellette (Nettles) McL.
Bachelor of Science, Clemson University, 1959. Graduate (honorary), Command & General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1978.
Partner, McLaurin Farms, Wedgefield, South Carolina., since 1959;
second in command Lieutenant, United States Army, 1958;
advanced through grades to colonel, United States Army, 1985;
Executive officer, 151st Field Artillery Brigade, Sumter, 1975-1985;
director personnel, South Carolina. National Guard, Columbia, 1986-1991;
director logistics, South Carolina. National Guard, Columbia, 1991-1995;
rank of brigadier general, retired, South Carolina.
National Guard, 1996. Consultant South Carolina. Ednl. television, Columbia, 1992-1993.
Moderator National Defense Seminar, Washington, 1978.
Deacon, elder, Presbyterian Church, Wedgefield, 1961, moderator Presbytery Council, 2001-2004. Vice president Committee for Progress, Sumter, 1963. Chairman board directors South Carolina National Guard Museum, Columbia, 1982-1999.
Trustee Thornwell Home for Children and School. Fellow College Military Historians. Member Field Artillery Society South Carolina (president 1987), Sons of the American Revolution (historian), Sumter County History Society (director 1996-1999, president 2000), The Sumter Assembly (president 1991), Society of High Hills of Santee (steward 2002), Honorary Order St. Barbara, Fortnightly Club (president since 2007).
Married Virginia Anne Harvin, August 22, 1958. Children: Mary Louise, Virginia Harvin, Hugh IV.