Billy Frank Seeger, retired US Naval Commander, passed away on February 16, 2016, in Mt. Pleasant, SC.

Billy was born on October 29, 1920, in McKinney, TX, to the late Edward Frank and Anna Berra Seeger. He was preceded in death by his wives, Virginia Nell Nexsen Seeger and Mary Claire Pinckney Jones Seeger, as well as three brothers, George E. Seeger, Julius P. Seeger, Lawrence W. Seeger, a sister, Rhea Seeger Fernandez, and a son, Julius Wayne Seeger.

Billy graduated from the US Naval Academy in Annopolis, MD in 1943. He then served in WW II in the Mediterranean and in the Pacific, after returning, while still in the Navy, he attended and graduated from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, in Boston. He served twenty years in the Navy and retired at the rank of commander in 1963.

Mr. Seeger held several management and engineering positions after his retirement including positions at National Gypsum Company, Baxter Travenol, M & T Chemical, and taught school at the Williamsburg Technical College in Kingstree. Mr. Seeger was a member of Kingstree United Methodist Church for many years, the Kingstree Kiwanis Club and other civic and community organizations.

He is survived by his son, Edward F. Seeger and his wife, Kim Morrow Seeger, of Mt. Pleasant; daughter, Cheryl S. Hall and her husband David Hall, of Benson, NC; 10 grandchildren who he adored, Marie, Susan, Eddie Jr. and wife Lynn, Billy, Jason, Robert, Taylor, Alex, Katie, Matthew; and 4 great grandchildren, Gavyn, Ayden, Cody and Anna Maria.

Funeral service will be held on Sunday February 21, 2016, at 2:00 PM in Williamsburg Funeral Home Chapel, followed by burial with full military honors in McClary Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM at Williamsburg Funeral Home.  The family asks in lieu of flowers in memory of Mr. Seeger, please send a donation in his name to: Tara Hall, PO Box 955, Georgetown, SC 29442, these are tax deductible contributions, see www.tarahall.org.