Markin III, Lewis

Lewis Daniel (Dan)

Markin III went to be with the Lord on Tuesday, November 10, 2020 at

Novant Health Presbyterian

Medical Center in Charlotte,

NC surrounded by his family. Dan was born on August 22, 1945 in Glasgow,

Scotland, son of the late

Lewis Daniel Markin II and

Jane Flannery Markin. In the spring of 1946, he sailed with his mother on the Queen Mary to join his family in the United States.

Dan and his family settled in Columbus, OH. After graduating from Grandview

State, Bill embarked on a

Air Force and achieved the rank of staff sergeant. He spent thirteen months at

Kunsan Air Base in South

Korea. On October 3, 2020 he was awarded his Quilt of Valor with his family in attendance. Dan graduated from The Ohio State

University and was an avid

Buckeye fan. He believed in love of family, service to our country, lifelong friends and scotch should be drank from a tall glass.

Dan was known as a great listener, a man of genuine integrity and the someone with the unique ability to heal and bring calm in the most troublesome of times.

After concluding a lifelong career in Human Resources, which he loved very much, retirement brought him to South Carolina.

During the sunset of his life

Dan traveled the world. He never met a stranger and always continued to make the world a better place, one interaction at a time.

Dan is survived by his wife of 49 years, Joann Bonanno Markin; son, Daniel

Lindsey Ann Scheumeister and her husband, Michael and granddaughter, Everly

Grace Scheumeister. He is also survived by his sister,

Patricia Sowecke and her husband, Tom, as well as many cherished nieces and nephews. Dan will be laid to rest at Arlington National

Cemetery with his immediate family present. A memorial service to celebrate his life will be held at a later date. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of Dan to the U.S.

Department of Veterans

Affairs at www.volunteer. va.gov/apps/volunteernow/. The family requests you select State: North

Carolina and Facility: W.G. (Bill) Hefner VA Medical

Center, Salisbury, NC when making your donation. Arrangements are in the care of Kenneth W. Poe Funeral & Cremation Service, 1321

Berkeley Ave., Charlotte, NC 28204, (704) 641-7606.

Online condolences can be eservices.com.