David Austin Churchill
David Austin Churchill, 72, of Fernandina Beach, Fla., and Cashiers, N.C., passed away Oct. 16, 2019, in Asheville, N.C., due to complications from Legionnaires disease.
The son of Walter and Lois Scherrer Churchill was born Feb. 4, 1947, in Princeton, N.J. He resided in Yardley, Pa., until permanently relocating to Fernandina Beach, Fla., in 2007.
David graduated from Pennsbury High School in 1965 and went on to graduate from Temple University in 1970. He was a successful businessman and, along with his brother, Ben, co-owner of Mercer Oxygen and Supply Company in Trenton, N.J., until his retirement in 2007.
David was a proud veteran of the Vietnam War serving with the U,S, Army Military Assistance Command Vietnam (MACV); he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal, National Defense Service Medal and Vietnam Service Medal. David was honorably discharged after attaining the rank of captain.
David enjoyed traveling, hunting, fishing and in his earlier years coaching his children’s soccer teams. He will be remembered for his dry sense of humor and his love of telling stories and jokes with his family and great circle of friends.
David is survived by his sons: David Pursell (Alona) of San Francisco, Calif. and Adam Churchill (Onjira) of Bellingham, Wash.; his daughter, Emily Churchill (Anthony) of Langhorne, Pa.;, as well as a grandson Rocky Pursell of San Francisco, Calif. He is also survived by his sister, Carol McDonald of East Lyme, Conn.; his brother, Jay Churchill (Alison) of Ashville, N.Y.; and many nieces and nephews.
He was preceded in death by a brother, Walter Benjamin Churchill II; brother-in-law, Frank McDonald; and nephews: David McDonald, Benjamin Churchill III and William Churchill.
Relatives and friends are invited to attend his memorial service at 1 p.m., on Friday, Nov. 15, 2019, at the J. Allen Hooper Funeral Chapel, 41 W. Trenton Ave., Morrisville, PA 19067. A military ceremony at Washington Crossing National Cemetery will follow at 2:30 p.m.
Friends may gather at the funeral chapel from noon until time of services.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests donations be made to the Wounded Warriors Foundation (http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/)