Dr. Albert Cannon

Funeral services for Albert Cannon, M.D., 94, who died peacefully on Sunday, September 20, 2015, will be held at 3 o'clock on Tuesday, September 22, 2015 at First Baptist Church of Hartsville. Dr. Bert Welch will officiate with burial to follow in Magnolia Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 5 until 7 pm on Monday, September 21, 2015 at the residence, 606 W. Home Avenue, Hartsville, SC. Memorials may be made to First Baptist Church, 104 E. Home Avenue, Hartsville, SC 29550. Brown-Pennington-Atkins Funeral Home is serving the family and condolences may be expressed to the family at www.bpafuneralhome.com. Born on January 15, 1921, in Charleston, SC, Dr. Cannon was the son of the late Gabriel and Jeannie Heyward Cannon. He was an honor graduate of Charleston High School, College of Charleston, and Medical College of the State of South Carolina. Specializing in pathology, Dr. Cannon became the Chief of Anatomic Pathology at Georgetown University School of Medicine in Washington, D.C., a position he held for many years. He then returned to the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) in Charleston, where he was a Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine. He was also the Medical Director of the Carolina Low Country Chapter of the American Red Cross and Director of the Transfusion Services at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC). He wrote and published many articles on pathology and laboratory medicine. He was also the author of an Atlas on Neuropathology. Dr. Cannon, a U.S. Navy Veteran, served his country on a submarine, in active combat, during World War II. He also served as a medical officer in the Navy during the Korean War. He was an avid reader and storyteller. He enjoyed the outdoors. He met his wife, Susan, in 1987, at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), where she was also a physician. They were married in 1991. Surviving are his wife of 24 years, Dr. Susan Reynolds Cannon of Hartsville; four daughters, Katherine Morgan (Billy Jo) of Jacksonville, NC, Helen Brandenburg of Charleston, SC, Jeannie King (John) of Charleston, SC, Josephine Cannon (Hunter) of Walterboro SC; eight grandchildren; eight great-grandchildren; his special companion, Lila, miniature dachshund; and his loyal friend and sitter, Julia Davis. He will be remembered by his children as a loving father, and by his wife as a loving, devoted husband and faithful companion.

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Dr. Albert Cannon

January 15, 1921 - September 20, 2015