Charles Sumner Bird, III

AIKEN - Mr. Charles Sumner Bird, III, 85, died Tuesday, April 20, 2010 at his residence. A memorial service will be held at 11:00 AM, Tuesday, April 27, at All Saints Anglican Church with the Reverend Christopher Davies and the Reverend Garrett M. Clanton officiating. The family will receive friends following the service at the Aiken Tennis Club. Mr. Bird was born in Boston, MA, a son of the late Charles Sumner and Julia Appleton Bird, Jr. He was a graduate of Harvard University, and received the Silver Star Medal for his service with the US Army's 10th Mountain Division in WWII and Korea. Mr. Bird moved to Aiken in 1970, and was a salesperson for Bird Roofing. He was a Master of Hounds of the Royal County Meath, a member of Palmetto Golf Club, Aiken Tennis Club, Myopia Hunt Club, Summer Set Club, past president of the Singing Beach Club, , a lifelong trustee of the Trustees of Reservations. and the Coaching Club. He is survived by his beloved wife, Elizabeth Musgrave Bird; two daughters, Diana (Chi) Bui, Washington, DC, Frankie Gardiner, Waitsfield, VT; a son, Peter Gardiner, Moretown, VT; five grandchildren, Pipo Smisch, Joseph Bui, Tim West, John West, Adrian West; five great grandchildren. Honorary pallbearers will be Stephen P. Groat, Michael Laughlin, William Howard, Randolph A. Wolcott and Richard D. Sears. In lieu of flowers memorials may be directed to Trustees of Reservations, Essex St., Beverly, MA 01915, or the Hitchcock Woods Foundation, 444 S. Boundary Ave., Aiken, SC 29801. Please visit Mr. Bird's online guest book at www.shellhousefuneralhome.com Shellhouse Funeral Home, Inc., 924 Hayne Ave., Aiken, SC To order memorial trees or send flowers to the family in memory of Charles Sumner Bird, III, please visit our flower store.