CHARLESTON - Wayne Cassaday lived his life in tandem with Rotary's motto of "service above self. " Over the years, the Mount Pleasant resident lodged exchange students and medical tourists, trekked across the globe on mission trips, raised money and regularly donated his time to charities, including as a former president of a local Rotary chapter.

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