Dr. Malcolm Chester McIver, Jr.

1917 - 2011  (94 years)

• Name	Malcolm Chester McIver
  Title	Dr.
  Suffix	Jr.
  Born	2 Sep 1917	Maysville, Jones, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Died	4 Nov 2011	Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA   [1]
  Buried	Aft 4 Nov 2011	First Presbyterian Church Columbarium, Wilington, New Hanover Co, North Carolina, USA
  Person ID	I8029	Blum Genealogy
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019

  
  

  Father	Malcolm Chester McIver,   b. 14 Apr 1882, Robeson Co, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 30 Apr 1952, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Ruth Hiers Fogle,   b. 15 Feb 1897, South Carolina, USA ,   d. 15 Feb 1994, Brunswick Co, North Carolina, USA  (Age 97 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Married	1914
  Family ID	F2911	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mildred Payne Sneeden,   b. 17 Jun 1920, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 24 Apr 2019, Hanover Regional Medical Center, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA  (Age 98 years)
  Children	1. Malcolm Chester McIver, III,   b. 5 Oct 1943, Wilmington, New Hanover, North Carolina, USA ,   d. 20 Dec 2007, Texas, USA  (Age 64 years)  [natural]   2. E. McIver
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2019
  Family ID	F2913	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  Malcolm Chester McIver, Jr., Presbyterian minister and educator, died Friday November 4, 2011 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center. He was born September 2, 1917, in Maysville, North Carolina, the son of the late Ruth Hiers Fogle and Malcolm Chester McIver, Sr., grandson of the late Rev. Malcolm McNair and Flora Crawford McIver. With his parents, he moved to Wilmington in 1920 where the family became lifelong members of First Presbyterian Church. Malcolm McIver graduated from New Hanover High School in the class of 1934. He earned the B.A. degree from Centre College of Kentucky, 1941, where he was a member of Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity. In 1944 he graduated from Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary with the B.D. degree. He received an honorary D.D. degree from Centre College in 1956, and earned the PhD degree from New College of the University of Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1958. In 1968, he studied at the Ecumenical Institute in Celigny, Switzerland. His most treasured achievement was the Eagle Scout award while a member of Troop 214, First Presbyterian Church. Dr. McIver served as a chaplain in the United States Navy during World War II with duty in the Pacific. After the war, he was called to be the Presbyterian campus minister to students at the University of Alabama, 1946-1952; he served as director of Campus Christian Life for the Presbyterian Church, U.S., 1954-1959, after which he was called to be dean of faculty at the Presbyterian school of Christian Education, Richmond, Virginia (now Union Presbyterian Seminary). In 1981, he retired and returned to Wilmington, where he became active in the Presbytery of Coastal Carolina, and served as interim minister in several churches in the Presbytery. He and his wife volunteered with the Board of World Missions to serve on special assignments in Asia, Africa, South America and the South Pacific. For twenty years he was a volunteer income tax assistant for the senior citizens of New Hanover County. In 2000 Dr. McIver was honored by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church,(USA) for his many years of service to higher education, including his role as dean and professor of Christian Education, his leadership in campus ministry and his leadership during the social changes of the Civil Rights Movement. In 2003 he and his wife were recipients of the David and Vera medal for leadership in the Marriage Enrichment Movement in North America. Dr. McIver is survived by his wife, Mildred Sneeden McIver; a daughter, Elizabeth McIver Rennie of Wilmington, N.C; a daughter-in-law, Rosellyn Olander McIver of Brenham, Texas; five grand¬children; two great grandchildren; a sister, Flora McIver Trulove and husband, Henry of Richmond, Virginia; a brother, Randolph D. McIver and wife, Jessie of Colonial Heights, Virginia; and Numerous nieces and nephews. He was predeceased by his son, Malcolm C.McIver III and a granddaughter, Alice Cathryn McIver Ross. A memorial service will be held 2pm Tuesday November 8, 2011 at St. Andrews Covenant Presbyterian Church.

  
  

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