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NEW WATERFORD -- Crestview High School held its Distinguished Hall of Fame induction ceremony at the home football game Aug. 18.
This year's inductee was Charles Miner.
Charles Miner was a 1957 graduate of Fairfield Centralized School, the son of Tim And Evelyn McCoy. He participated in basketball, football and baseball while learning the value of hard quality work on the Miller and Corey farms.
In July 1957, Charlie enlisted in the United States Marine Corps. He was selected to serve in the prestigious 8th and I Marine barracks in Washington D.C. where he performed ceremonial duties and protection for then President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
While his excellent record in the Marines set him up for a successful military career, his heart was back home in Columbiana, Ohio with Paula Biery. Charlie and Paula were married in 1959. They had two sons, Barry (Lisa) Miner of Columbiana, Ohio and Steven (Chrissy) Miner of Warner Robins, Georgia; and a daughter, Lorri (Dean) Whitacre of Columbiana.
After separating from the Marine Corps, he joined the Ohio State Highway Patrol, where he served at multiple patrol posts throughout the state and left his indelible mark wherever he went. He was proud of being a trooper and the organization he represented. He was selected for and graduated from the FBI Academy in 1986. He was a post commander at Chardon, assistant district commander at Massillon and captain at Cambridge Post during his illustrious career. After retiring at the rank of captain, he worked for the Ohio Department of Transportation as the Stark and Mahoning County Manager.
After he and his wife, Paula, began spending winters in Florida, he used his Marine Corps experience to establish an honor guard for the Marine Corps League that ensured veterans from all branches of the service received proper military honors when they were laid to rest. He performed hundreds of military funerals in the Ocala, Florida area and was elected commandant of the Colonel Phillip C. DeLong Detachment, one of the largest in the United States.
Although his professional accomplishments were many, he would have said his most important job was being a husband, father and grandfather. He cared for his wife, Paula, until her final days of suffering from Alzheimer's and set the bar high as a father and grandfather.
A fierce competitor always, he obtained his first-degree black belt in Tae Kwon Do at age 75 and attended the gym twice a day up until his passing on July 20, 2022 in Byron, Georgia -- his second home after Paula had passed away.