DEATH NOTICE
Robert Charles Cobb, 60, Garden City
FUNERAL SERVICES
Rhoda Freeman
Rhoda M. Jones Freeman, 68, of Georgetown, widow of Lavern Reynolds “Sambo” Freeman, went home to be with the Lord, Thursday afternoon, December 17, 2009, at Prince George Health Care Center.
Mrs. Freeman was born a daughter of Ellis Jones and Rhoda Moyd Jones on June 14, 1941 in Georgetown, SC.
She was a graduate of Winyah High School; a former bookkeeper for Dawson Lumber Company; and a member of the Georgetown Church of God where she served as a Sunday School teacher and a member of the Women’s Auxilary.
She leaves behind two sons, Garrett B. (Vicki) Freeman and Thad R. Freeman; five grandchildren, Haleigh, Lauren, Kyle, Amber, and Dylan; two great grandchildren, Skylar and April; one brother, Ellis K. (Chris) Jones; one sister, Peggy J. (John) Pollard; her extended family, Nora & Sam Walters, Frankie F. Hampton, and Don & Frances Freeman; and a number of neices and nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents, her husband, and two sisters, Shirley Mercer, and Barbara Gardner.
Funeral services were 11 a.m., Saturday morning, December 19, 2009, at the Georgetown Church of God.
Interment directed by Georgetown Chapel of McKenzie Funeral Home followed in the Spring Gulley Baptist Church Cemetery, Hwy 521 West, Andrews.
Visitation was prior the service from 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. in the sanctuary of the Georgetown Church of God.
McKenzie Funeral Home is honored to serve the Freeman family. Online condolences may be sent to mckenziefuneralh@aol.com.
Marvel Lee
Marvel LaVerne Karst Lee, 72, of Pawleys Island departed this world on Sunday afternoon, December 20, 2009 and is at home at last.
Mrs. Lee was born a daughter of Eric LeRoy Karst and Hazel Mildred Wiley Dunlap on September 18, 1937, in Loveland, Colorado.
She moved to SC in 1956. She was a member of All Saints Episocal Church; a member of the Eastern Star; and a license real estate broker.
Surviving are two daughters, Jeanette Lee Stewart and Sandra Lee (Scott) McLeod; five grandchildren, Colvin Chawn (Jennifer) Stewart, Charlton Chaine (Ashley) Stewart, Karlyn Renee McLeod, Christopher Elliot McLeod, and James Willis McLeod; and a great grand daughter, Ellie Marie Stewart; a number of neices and nephews.
She was predeceased by her parents and two brothers, Darwin Lemoine Karst and Eric Leroy Karst, and a sister, Janice L. McCants.
Funeral service will be 6 PM, Wednesay evening, December 23, 2009, at the Georgetown Chapel of McKenzie Funeral Home, 2156 North Fraser St. Mrs. Lee will be layed to rest in her home state of Colorado at a later date.
The Lee family will receive family and friends 6-8 PM, Tuesday evening, December 21, 2009, at their home, 46 Pilot House Cove, PI.
McKenzie Funeral Home is honored to serve the Lee family. Online condolences may be sent to mckenziefuneralh@aol.com.
Cecil Tallevast Jr.
Cecil John Tallevast Jr., 88, of Pawleys Island died Monday, December 21, 2009, at his residence.
Mr. Tallevast was born in Andrews on June 29, 1921, a son of the late Cecil John Tallevast, Sr. and Lou Ellen Moyd Tallevast.
He later moved to Hamlet, N.C., where he graduated in 1939 from Hamlet High School.
In 1943, Mr. Tallevast graduated from Clemson A&M College with a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering.
Upon being called to active duty, he served in the European Theater with Gen. Patton’s Third Army with the highly decorated 163rd Engineer Combat Battalion from Normandy to Austria.
Mr. Tallevast continued to serve in the Army Corps of Engineers as both active and reserve, until he retired as a Lt. Col. after 23 years of service.
Mr. Tallevast was employed with several companies as Engineer and Consulting Engineer until retirement in 1976.
He returned to Pawleys Island to build his retirement home on the Waccamaw River and rejoin old friends and family.
However, when the Town of Pawleys Island was incorporated, he was requested to organize the Building Inspector Department.
He held the Building Inspector position through Hurricane Hugo reconstruction until retirement in 1998.
Mr. Tallevast was a member of Pawleys Island Community Church.
Surviving are his wife of 43 years, Peggy Daniel Tallevast of Pawleys Island; two daughters, Renee Eileen Tallevast of Edgewater, Fla. and Colette Lou McMurray (Charles) of Sneads Ferry, N.C.; a son-in-law, Steven M. Frazier of Pinehurst, N.C.; a grandson, Sean Alexander Frazier of Belgrade, Mont.; two granddaughters, Kelly Marie McMurray of Raleigh, N.C. and Rebecca Lou Fields (Cory) of Aiken; and many cousins, nieces, nephews and friends.
Memorial services will be noon Saturday, December 26, 2009, at the Chapel of Pawleys Island Community Church.
Officiating will be the Rev. Bob Barrows.
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A reception will follow the service in the Community Room of the Pawleys Island Community Church.
Mr. Tallevast loved his alma mater and stayed in touch with both his high school and college classmates and looked forward to reunions of both in order to reunite his bond with them. He enjoyed his primary hobbies of fishing and hunting and pursued both with zeal.
In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to: Heartland Hospice, 1500 Main St., Conway, S. C. 29526.
The Georgetown Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.