Paul Frederick Bannister, 79, of Daniel Island, South Carolina, husband of Kathleen Teresa Tobin Bannister died Sunday, June 18, 2017. His Funeral Service will be held Thursday, July 6, 2017, in Christ Our King Catholic Church, 1149 Russell Drive at 10:30 am. Inurnment with military honors will be held at Beaufort National Cemetery, Friday, July 7, 2017 at 1:00 pm. The family will receive friends at the J. HENRY STUHR, INC., MOUNT PLEASANT CHAPEL on Wednesday, July 5, 2017 from 6:00 until 8:00 pm with a Rosary beginning at 6:30 pm.

Paul was born January 4, 1938 in Kansas City, Missouri, son of the late John Leo Bannister, Jr. and the late Mary Helen Walsh Bannister. He graduated Rockhurst University with a BS degree in Physics in 1959, the University of Kansas with a BS degree in Electrical Engineering and the University of Missouri-Columbia with a MS in Electrical Engineering in 1972. He was a member of the Phi Kappa Theta Fraternity while at the University of Kansas. Paul was commissioned an officer in 1961 in the United States Navy and served from 1960-1964 on the USS Vermillion AKA-107 and the USS Raleigh LPD-1. He worked for 33 years as an Electrical Engineer and Project Manager for Black & Veatch Construction and Consulting. Paul moved to the Charleston area in 2005 to be closer to his family and was a member of Christ Our King Catholic Church.

He is survived by his wife of 54 years, Kathleen Bannister of Daniel Island; four children, Susan Mertka (Bill), Michael Bannister (Christina), Patricia Gilbert (Dwight), and Amy DiGiacomo (Carlo); nine grandchildren, Alyssa, Peter, Sophie, Kayla, Kyle, Megan, Andrew, Lucy and Oliver. He was preceded in death by a brother, James Edwin Bannister.

Memorials may be made to the Ted Tobin Scholarship at Rockhurst University, , rockhurst.edu/give or Rockhurst University, Office of Annual Giving, 1100 Rockhurst Road., Kansas City, MO 64110.