Lieutenant Colonel Bruce Bacchus Earnshaw, United States Air Force (Ret.), age 86, entered into rest Monday morning, April 13, 2026, at his home on Edisto Island while under the care of Heartland Hospice.

Bruce was the loving husband of sixty-four years to Mrs. Tecla Pacovsky Earnshaw and retired from the United States Air Force after twenty-four years of service as a distinguished navigator and pilot.

Arrangements for his funeral services which will be conducted from the graveside at The Presbyterian Church on Edisto Island are incomplete at this time and will be announced soon by Brice Herndon’s Walterboro Chapel, 843.538.5408.