Mr. Gregory Thomas Alia

COLUMBIA - A Mass of Christian burial for Officer Gregory Thomas Alia, 32, will be held at 11:00 a.m. Saturday, October 3, 2015, at St. Joseph Catholic Church. Final Commendation and Farewell Prayers will be in St. Peter’s Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6 until 8:00 p.m. Friday, October 2, 2015, at Dunbar Funeral Home, Devine Street Chapel. Officer Alia died in the line of duty Wednesday, September 30, 2015. Born in Columbia, he was the son of Dr. Richard Thomas Alia and Mary Alexis Wade Alia. He was a graduate of Richland Northeast High School and the University of South Carolina with degrees in Criminal Justice and Media Arts. He was a founding father of Phi Sigma Kappa Gamma Triton Chapter. Officer Alia was with the Forest Acres Police Department for seven years. He was an Eagle Scout and a member of the St. Joseph Catholic Church. Surviving are his wife, Kassandra Kugler “Kassy” Alia; son, Salvatore David Alia; his parents; sisters, Christine A. Corbly (Brett) of Indian Land, Rebecca Mesnil (Pierre) of Columbia; a niece, Madeleine; father-in-law and mother-in-law, David and Carol Ann Kugler; sisters-in-laws, Kristina Persinger (Brian), Knatalia Kugler, Kara Kugler; and numerous aunts, uncles and cousins. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to the Greg Alia Memorial Fund at https://www.gofundme.com/rw5b9wbc.