Mr. Hervey was born in Queens, NY, January 12, 1937 a son of the late John C. Hervey, Sr. and Marie Holmes Hervey. He was a 1960 graduate of Tufts University in Medford, MA. While a student, he served as Editor in Chief of the the yearbook, class president, baseball team manager, and was a member of the Ivey Society, Tower Cross and Student Council. Mr. Hervey was listed in Who’s Who in American Colleges and Universities. In September of 1967, he married Miss Hettie Fowler, a native of Union, SC, and daughter of the late Gen. Norris Rogers Fowler and Hettie Kennedy Fowler.
Mr. Hervey was retired from the US Navy and was recipient of the Navy Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Ribbon, Armed Forces Expeditionary Force Medal and the Vietnam Service Ribbon. Enlisting in the Navy in 1952 and retiring in 1989, he earned more than 34 years of total service of active and reserve duty. Among his assignments, he served as Captain of the USS Whipporwill MSC207 and Commanding Officer of CMD52 Minesweeper Division.
Mr. Hervey worked for Mobil Oil Co. for 25 years in a variety of capacities including developing Mobil’s Marketing Information Systems Group. He had served as Senior Director of Information Systems for Minit Mart Foods in Bowling Green, KY, was a consultant of Gerke and Associates and also Chief Technology Officer for the National Association of Convenience Stores.
An advocate for technology standards in convenience store and petroleum industries, he became the first executive director of PCATS (Petroleum Convenience Alliance for Technology Standards) a position he held until retirement in 2009. (www.nasconline/NACS/News/Daily/Pages/ND080901.aspx)
Mr. Hervey was a member of Aldersgate United Methodist Church. He volunteered as a Sunday school teacher with the Indian Guides and currently with the USO at Ronald Regan National Airport.
Surviving in addition to his wife are a daughter, Elizabeth Brandon Hervey; a son, James Edward Hervey; and granddaughter, Abigael Barbara Hervey.
He was predeceased by a sister, Carol Hervey Fiecco.
Funeral services will be held 11 a.m. Saturday, August 14, 2010, at the First Presbyterian Church conducted by the Rev. Sanders Read. Burial will follow in the Old Fairforest Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Jonesville, SC.
The family will receive visitors at the Fowler family home, 521 E. Main St. Union, immediately following the committal service.
Memorials may be made to the Salvation Army, Dept 6057, Washington, DC 20042 or to USO Metro, P.O. Box 1710, Ft. Myer, VA 22211 or to the First Presbyterian Church, 101 W. South St., Union, SC 29379.
The S.R. Holcombe Funeral Home, Inc. (www.holcombefuneralhomes.com)
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