THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT
Copyright (c) 1996, Landmark Communications, Inc.
DATE: Thursday, October 31, 1996 TAG: 9610310292
SECTION: LOCAL PAGE: B4 EDITION: FINAL
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Steven Mark Voigt, BM1 (SEAL), USN, 34, died Friday morning in the Persian Gulf while conducting helicopter operations.
He was a Kingsport, Tenn., native, but lived eight years in Freehold, N.J., before moving back to Kingsport and joining the Navy in 1981. He served as an anti-submarine warfare specialist until he was selected to become a Navy SEAL. He served with SEAL Team 8 in Little Creek, Norfolk. His platoon was deployed with the USS Enterprise in June 1996 for service as a unit of the Sixth Fleet. While stationed in Norfolk, Steve was an active coach with the children's soccer league. He was a member of Colonial Heights Presbyterian Church of Kingsport. He also attended Lees McRae College in Banner Elk, N.C.
He is survived by a son, Steven Voigt Jr.; his father, Fred Voigt Jr.; and mother, Ann Voigt, all of Waverly, Ga.; a brother, Fred W. Voigt III and his wife, Angela; and a sister, Martha Garris and husband, Rhyne, all of Banner Elk; and two grandmothers, Mrs. Fred Voigt Sr. of Waycross and Mrs. H.G. McClendon of Babson Park, Fla.; aunts, uncles, nephews and other relatives. He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, Fred W. Voigt Sr. and H.G. McClendon.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in First Presbyterian Church of Waycross. Burial will be in Greenlawn Cemetery. Lunch and reception will be held in the church following the burial service. Miles-Odum Funeral Home is in charge.
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