The family will receive friends Wednesday, September 11, 2019 from 12-1PM at Carolina Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. A Celebration of Life will follow at 1PM with military honors. Inurnment in Carolina Memorial Park Mausoleum will follow the service.
He is survived by his wife, Pearl N. Connor, daughter Lisa DiAsio (Lenny), son, John G. Connor, Jr., a stepdaughter, Karen Powell (Jason), sister, Joyce Beck, 4 grandchildren, Kristoffor DiAsio (Brandy), Jeremy DiAsio (Seth), Rose Presley and Joyce Lemberson (Robbie), step-granddaughter, Ashley Goff and 4 great-grandchildren. He is preceded in death by his sister, Sylvia Conner.
He served in the United States Navy and retired from the Naval Shipyard as a nuclear technician supervisor. He was a member of Miles Road Baptist Church. He loved baseball, wood crafting, painting and singing. He sang with the Gold Age Singers in North Carolina. Gil participated in the sing-along outreach ministry at Cypress House by the Boone Hill United Methodist Church.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions can be made in his honor to the American Heart Association. Arrangements entrusted to Carolina Memorial Park, Funerals and Cremations, 7113 Rivers Ave., North Charleston, SC 29406, 843-797-2222. Online condolences can be made to the family by visiting www.carolinamemorial.com.
