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Edgar Burwell Montague, Jr.
 March
4, 1929 —
January 3, 2000
"We're still in shock here.
You could set your watch by
Ed. He was here every
Thursday." That was Bert
Greene, executive director
of the local Habitat for
Humanity, responding to a
question about Ed Montague's
work with his agency. "He
lead our siding crew and the
program at his church. You
could just count on him and
his wife Sue too. Ed was
truly a dedicated volunteer.
We miss him deeply already."
Rotarian Edward B. Montague,
Jr., died unexpectedly
January 3. He was 70 and had
been a member of Charlotte
Rotary since August 21,
1973.
Ed was born in Asheville but
was reared in Coral Gables,
FL. He graduated from
Georgia Tech with a degree
in industrial engineering
and became a professional
engineer. He served in the
U.S. Navy for three years
immediately after
graduation. It was during
the Korean War and Ed spent
his first two years aboard a
heavy cruiser; he spent the
third year on the staff of a
Naval task force that was
part of the U.S. tests of
the first hydrogen bomb. He
served in the Naval Reserve
and retired a Lieutenant
Commander.
Ed went to work with
Westinghouse Electric
Corporation in 1953. His
first permanent assignment
was in Birmingham where he
met and married his wife Sue
Calhoun in on August 18,
1956. That year, he was also
transferred to Charlotte. In
1959, he joined Brown and
Morrison selling power and
process equipment. He
retired a partner of the
company in 1996. He was a
former president of the
local Engineer's Club and
the Georgia Tech Club of
Charlotte.
A long-standing member and
elder of Trinity
Presbyterian Church, he
served as chairman of the
church's Habitat team. He
also enjoyed tutoring with
the Central Piedmont
Community College ABLE
program. Ed was an avid
tennis player.
Wife Sue and Ed were avid
travelers. They were members
of the Friendship Force and
had traveled on exchanges to
the Soviet Union and
England. In 1998 they
traveled to Kenya as part of
a Presbyterian church
mission team.
In addition to his wife, Ed
is survived by a son and
daughter-in-law, two
grandchildren and a brother.
Memorials may be made to
Trinity Presbyterian Church,
3115 Providence Road,
Charlotte, NC 28211 or to
Habitat for Humanity of
Charlotte, PO Box 34397,
Charlotte, NC 28234.
In Ed's memory, the Club
will make a contribution to
our Student Scholarship
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