MEMORIAM
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| Daniel Lewis Titus 1949-2011 | |
3/4/2011 - Condolences go out to the family of Piper Dan Titus on the event of his passing. Dan passed away on March 3rd, 2011 from Liver failure. Services will be held 11:30 on Tuesday, March 8, 2011 at the Georgia National Cemetary in Canton, GA. He only wanted a grave side service so there will be no Memorial or Wake. There will be a Navy detail, an Army National Guard gun salute, and his friend Henry Frantz will play the bagpipes. His family purchased a spray of flowers for the service. He requested that in lieu of flowers, donations to be made to the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance http://www.cgmahq.org.
For those that did not know Dan well, he joined the Coast Guard Pipe Band in 2006 after seeing us compete at the Stone Mountain, Georgia Highand Games. He was an AM1 from 1974 to 1980 and therefore a former Coastie during the Vietnam era. He spent 4 years in the Navy from 67 to 70, went to school for two years and then enlisted in the Coast Guard. In 1980 he went to work at Lockheed and joined the Naval Reserves in 1988 and retired from the reserves in 2001. Dan had several CD's which he donated the proceeds to the Navy - Marine Corp Relief and the Coast Guard Mutual Assistance Program.
Dan started taking Bagpipe lessons in 1968 from Frank MacLachlan. He became a charter member of the Atlanta Pipe Band in 1971 and attained the position of Pipe Sergeant. In 1973, he won the prestigious "Best Piper in Georgia" award at the Stone Mountain Highland Games Piping Competition.
While serving a six year tour in the U.S. Coast Guard, Dan played in New Zealand, Australia, and Antarctica. After completing this tour in 1980, he joined John Mohr MacKintosh Pipes and Drums where he was elected to the position of Pipe Major before leaving in 1986.
In 1993, Dan received the Navy-Marine Corps Achievement Medal for playing the Pipes for seven years, and never missing one ceremony he was asked to perform at. Dan has played solo and in concert with military bands for Naval and Marine Corps ceremonies, including playing on the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Pearl Harbor and playing Amazing Grace with the U.S. Marine Corps Band from Okinawa atop Mount Suribachi for the 50th anniversary of the Battle for Iwo Jima.
Most recently he was Pipe Major for Fort New Inverness, an Atlanta based Garrison of the 78th Fraser Highlanders, whose headquarters are in Montreal, Canada.
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