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BARTOW, Fla. — Charles S. "Chuck" Myers, 72, of 6116 Sweet Gum Run, formerly of Northumberland, Pa., passed away Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2005, at Lakeland Regional Medical Center.
He was born Feb. 26, 1933, in Coburn, Pa., a son of the late J. Andrew and Janet A. Campell Myers.
Mr. Myers was a retired lieutenant colonel in the Air Force. He was a senior command pilot and the youngest aircraft commander in the Military Air Transport Services, flying C-121s, B-52s, DC-3s Air Commandos and amphibious aircraft. He flew U16s in the first air/sea rescue in Vietnam. He retired as chief flying safety officer for Strategic Air Command headquarters in Omaha. He founded and was a charter member of the Civil Air Patrol in Lakeland.
He was a 1951 graduate of Northumberland High School, after which he was employed as a fingerprint technician by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington, D.C. He attended Georgetown and Bucknell universities and graduated from the University of Nebraska in Omaha.
He was an Eagle Scout.
Surviving are his wife, Dorothy "Dottie" Myers of Bartow; two daughters, Debbie Dombroski and husband, Tom, Teresa L. Myers; his sister, Judith Myers Clark and her husband, N. Jack; and his very special granddaughter, Dana Dombroski.
He was preceded in death by his parents and his brother, John W. Myers.
Burial with full military honors was conducted Oct. 3 in Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell.