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Fitzhugh Lee and Bonnie Keen Bethea

Fitzhugh Lee and Bonnie Keen Bethea

|alma_mater=[[Clemson University]]<br>

|alma_mater=[[Clemson University]]<br>

[[Colorado State University]]

Colorado State University

|branch=[[United States Army]] Air Corps

|branch=[[United States Army]] Air Corps

|rank=[[Lieutenant colonel]]

|rank=[[Lieutenant colonel]]

==Background==

==Background==

A son of Fitzhugh Lee Bethea (1889–1971)<ref name=cemetery/> and the former Bonnie Keen (1888-1938), Bethea received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1938 from [[Clemson University]] in Clemson in northwestern South Carolina. He served as a [[Lieutenant Colonel]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps in the North African and European theaters of operations during [[World War II]]. He earned a [[Master of Science]] degree from [[Colorado State University]] in Fort Collins, [[Colorado]], then known as Colorado A&M. Bethea was an active member the Veterans of Foreign Wars. From 1959 to 1960, he was a member of the United States [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He served as well on the Dillon County [[Farm Bureau]]. He was a lifetime member of the booster group called  IPTAY ("I Pay Ten a Year") to support Clemson athletics. He was a member of Rotary International and the Main Street and Dothan [[United Methodist Church]] at 401 E Main St. in Dillon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21276163|title=Alfred W. "Red" Bethea (information taken from gravestone)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 31, 2021}}</ref>

A son of Fitzhugh Lee Bethea (1889–1971)<ref name=cemetery/> and the former Bonnie Keen (1888-1938), Bethea received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1938 from [[Clemson University]] in Clemson in northwestern South Carolina. He served as a [[Lieutenant Colonel]] in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps in the North African and European theaters of operations during [[World War II]]. He earned a [[Master of Science]] degree from Colorado State University in Fort Collins, [[Colorado]], then known as Colorado A&M. Bethea was an active member the Veterans of Foreign Wars. From 1959 to 1960, he was a member of the United States [[Chamber of Commerce]]. He served as well on the Dillon County [[Farm Bureau]]. He was a lifetime member of the booster group called  IPTAY ("I Pay Ten a Year") to support Clemson athletics. He was a member of Rotary International and the Main Street and Dothan [[United Methodist Church]] at 401 E Main St. in Dillon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=21276163|title=Alfred W. "Red" Bethea (information taken from gravestone)|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 31, 2021}}</ref>

Bethea and his wife, the former JoAnne Dellinger (1928-2008), daughter of Lester E. and Saidee Blanchard Dellinger, had six children, Kitty, Buddy, Shannon, Lesa, Cammie, and Fitzhugh Bethea.<ref name=cemetery>{{cite web|url=http://sciway3.net/proctor/dillon/cemeteries/Dothan_cem.html|title=Dothan Methodist Church Cemetery|publisher=sciway3.net|accessdate=May 2, 2014}}</ref>

Bethea and his wife, the former JoAnne Dellinger (1928-2008), daughter of Lester E. and Saidee Blanchard Dellinger, had six children, Kitty, Buddy, Shannon, Lesa, Cammie, and Fitzhugh Bethea.<ref name=cemetery>{{cite web|url=http://sciway3.net/proctor/dillon/cemeteries/Dothan_cem.html|title=Dothan Methodist Church Cemetery|publisher=sciway3.net|accessdate=May 2, 2014}}</ref>