Colonel Augustus Lee Sheider, Jr., U.S. Army Ret. 87, of Columbia, died peacefully at his home on Wednesday, November 22, 2017. Born in Spartanburg, SC, on September 22, 1930, he was a son of the late Augustus Lee Sheider, Sr. and Margaret Norcom Sheider. He graduated from Clemson University in 1953, and earned a Master of Public Administration from the University of South Carolina in 1973. Retiring from the U.S. Army in 1982, Colonel Sheider was employed until 1992 by Merrill Lynch as a Financial Consultant in the Columbia, SC office. He was a member of Northeast Presbyterian Church.

Colonel Sheider's Army assignments took him to Korea, Germany, and Vietnam where he served with distinction in a variety of command and staff assignments. Following two assignments to the republic of Vietnam, he served in the Combat Development Command, Fort Belvoir, VA, the Army Material Command, Alexandria, VA, command and staff assignments at Fort Jackson, SC. His military schooling includes the Army Aviation Schools, both fixed and rotary wing pilot training, Artillery Career Officers Course, and the Armed Forces Staff College, Norfolk, VA.

Colonel Sheider's decorations include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross (2 OLC), Bronze Star (2 OLC), Meritorious Service Medal, the Air Medal (26 OLC), Army Commendation Medal (2 OLC), and the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry, among others. He was an officer in the Columbia Chapter of The Retired Officers Association, and a Paul Harris Fellow of the Columbia Capital Rotary Club.

Survivors include his wife, Nancy Miller Sheider; a son, Richard Lee Sheider, Sr., of Lexington; four grandchildren, Richard Jr., Ryan, Lindley, and Nathan; and a sister, Ann Harrison Parr of Virginia Beach, VA. In addition to his parents, Colonel Sheider is preceded in death by his sisters, Magaret Carren of Little Rock, AR, and Kathryn Tysinger of Dothan, AL.

The graveside service with full military honors for Colonel Sheider will be held 12 o'clock, Tuesday, November 28th at Ft. Jackson National Cemetery, 4170 Percival Road, Columbia. The family will greet friends prior to the service beginning at 10:30 o'clock, at Shives Funeral Home, Trenholm Road Chapel, 7600 Trenholm Road Ext., Columbia.