Marjorie Breeden (February 17, 2008)
Joyce Huckabee (March 11, 2008)
Thomas Madison Edwards (May 10, 2008)
Eula Nette Bruce (July 1, 2008)
Grady Stanton (July 2, 2008)
Jake Marsh (July 3, 2008)
Ralph Kelly (July 15, 2008)
Frances Bennett (September 13, 2008)
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Marion O’Neal Carmichael (December 11)
Gary William Anderson (December 9)
Marion O’Neal Carmichael, of Bennettsville, entered The Church Triumphant on Thursday, December 11, 2008, after a long illness. He was born in Dillon on November 5, 1935 to Zynetta Gressette Carmichael and Hubert Lee Carmichael.
Marion graduated from Dillon High School and retired from Southern Bell after 33 years of service. He attended and was a committed and involved church member at First United Methodist Church. He was a member of the Pledger Hodges Sunday School Class, a Sunday School teacher, member of the Administrative Council, a Trustee and on the Building Committee. He enjoyed supporting and serving the Salkehatchie Ministry every summer with his wife and grandchildren. He was known affectionately as the best "janitor" for his duties of cleaning after the meals were served for the Salkehatchie workers. He was also an active member for many years of the Lions Club, Telephone Pioneers, and served as the Little League Baseball Commissioner for seven years.
Marion was a loving man who always had a helping hand for his fellow man and a faithful friend to many. He gave generously and with his heart and never met a stranger. He was known for his humor and love of life. Marion also dearly loved playing golf and watching football (especially his Clemson Tigers). He was a very devoted family man, having married his high school sweetheart, the love of his life, sharing 51 years together.
Marion is survived by his wife, Patsy Bethea Carmichael; his children, Mary Carmichael Jones, Marion O'Neal Carmichael, II, Martha (Denise) Carmichael (David) Hodge, and Lee Rankin (Margret) Carmichael; grandchildren: Candice Ann Carmichael, William Cordie Jones, Dylan Lee Carmichael, Gressette Elizabeth Carmichael and David Caden Hodge; a sister, Sara Carmichael (Alva) Hopkins and a brother, Stuart Francis Carmichael.
—from the bulletin of his Service of Death and Resurrection.
