NCSA Life Member Glenwood Sellars of Wilmington passed away on Thursday, June 16, 2016. Here are some highlights from his obituary as published in The Star News of Wilmington.

Glenwood graduated from New Hanover High School in 1938. He joined NC National Guard 120th Infantry his last two years of high school. Because of a baseball injury to his eye during his youth, he was not selected for military duty in the Army.

He was therefore assigned to the US Army Reserve to guard the gold at Ft. Knox, Kentucky. It was here that President Franklin D. Roosevelt visited and said to him, "How are you soldier?" to which he responded, "Fine, Thank you, Sir."

Glen worked with Merita Bakery in Wilmington and then was owner and operated Sellars Accounting Service until his retirement. He was an Enrolled Agent to practice before the Internal Revenue Service. Glen studied finance and accounting at UNC-Chapel Hill and Appalachian State University. He was a life member of N.C. Society of Accountants, Wilmington Optimist Club where he was President from 1994-1995 and a volunteer with Optimist Little League Baseball and he was a member of the American Legion. 

Glen was a faithful Carolina Fan. He spent many happy days playing golf, his favorite sport at Municipal Golf Course in Wilmington. He enjoyed travel, music, playing the piano and he and his wife danced on several continents on their vacations. As a young boy, he would ride a barge up the Cape Fear River to Fayetteville with his PaPa to deliver dry goods to businesses along the way.

When arriving in Fayetteville, they would send carrier pigeons to his mother to let her know of their safe arrival. He and his sisters and brothers grew up in the Church of The Good Shepherd. After he married he joined Sunset Park Baptist Church where he was baptized. He was survived by one daughter. See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/starnewsonline/obituary.aspx?pid=180379634#sthash.L67NfDGm.dpuf