OBIT: John Morgan MARDIS, 2005, of interest in Somerset County, PA
  
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  Mardis, John Morgan  04/23/05  Daily American
  
  John Morgan Mardis, 88, Somerset, died April 18, 2005, in Boca Grande, Fla.
  Born in Johnstown, on May 29, 1916. Preceded in death by parents, Frank and
  Bertha; brother William Adair; sisters Kitty Glock and Mary Sell. He is
  survived by his wife, Lenore Dickinson Mardis and daughter Muffet McClintock,
  son-in-law Scott McClintock, all of Somerset. Also survived by: brother, Frank
  Mardis and sister-in-law Mary Edith Mardis, Johnstown; grandchildren Leslie
  McClintock, Centreville, Va., and Ian McClintock, Washington, DC. In 2004 Mr.
  Mardis celebrated the 50th anniversary of Mardis Motors. During this period he
  also owned auto dealerships in Ligonier and Johnstown. Prior to that he was
  regional sales manager for CIT Corporation, New York. He was a member of
  Somerset Rotary and Johnstown Masons. He served on the Board of Directors of
  the Pennsylvania Automotive Association, the Ford National Dealer Council, The
  County Trust Co. and the Somerset Country Club. Mr. Mardis was honorably
  discharged with the rank of major after serving in World War II in the
  China-Burma-India Theater and was a member of the Roof Garden BASHA.
  Subsequently he served in the local Army Reserve until the mid 1950s. Mr.
  Mardis attended Mercersburg Academy and the University of Pittsburgh. His
  lifelong love of the water is reflected in his partial ownership of Cat Cay
  Island in the Bahamas and his position as Vice-Commodore of the Trestle Cove
  Yacht Club. He was affectionately known as Kingfish, the avid yachtsman and
  conversationalist. There will be no visitation. After the family returns to
  Somerset a memorial service will be conducted 11 a.m. May 19 at St. Paul's
  Presbyterian Church. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made to the
  Humane Society of Somerset County, P.O. Box 182, Somerset, PA 15501 or Laurel
  Arts, PO Box 414, Somerset, PA 15501