6/11/1932 – 9/28/2005

Anthony “Tony” Connor, 73, of 900 N. Main St. #24, husband of Madge Malcan Connor, died Wednesday, Sept. 28, 2005, at St. Francis Hospital, Downtown.

Born in Sewell, N.J., he was the son of the late Ethelbert “Bill” and Marion Purnell Connor.

Tony was employed with Control Data Corp. as manager of Austria and Eastern Europe, and later retired from Clemson University as a professor of math and computer science. He was a member of the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship and was a U.S. Army veteran, having served during the Korean War.

Surviving, in addition to his wife, are two daughters and sons-in-law, Stephanie and Bob Mignone of Charleston, and A. Beth and David Guest of Nashville, Tenn.; two sons and a daughter-in-law, Jeffery D. and Jacquline Connor of South Australia, and Kevin Connor of Black Mountain, N.C.; two sisters, Judy Connor Smith of Washington, N.C., and Patricia Antonevitch of Carrboro, N.C.; five brothers, Alan Connor of Ann Arbor, Mich., Andrew B. Connor of Newport News, Va., Douglas P. Connor of Mount Olive, N.C., David R. Connor of Greenville, and Dennis Connor of Durham, N.C.; and seven grandchildren, Sabina and Lisa Mignone, Yann and Elena Frizenshaf, Emily, Connor, and Natalie Guest. He was preceded in death by a grandchild, Allison Guest.