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Leroy Deaton Obituary
AIKEN - Mr. Leroy S. Deaton, 91, passed away Monday, November 18, 2019.
Mr. Deaton was born in Kershaw, SC, the son of the late J. Enoch and Effie Lillian Adams Deaton. He joined the US Air Force after high school, and was honorably discharged as a Sergeant. He then moved to Aiken, and owned and operated Deaton's Red and White grocery store.
He is survived by his daughters Sharon (Fred) Duncan, Leesville, SC and Robin (Johnny Wiles) Crews, Aiken, SC; grandchildren, Chris Owens, Ashley Smith, Angela Knight and James Crews; great-grandchildren, Kayla Owens, Anniston Owens, Tanner Patrick, Paiton Smith, Kailyn Smith, Rilan Smith, Dakota Knight and Ryan Knight; and a dear friend, Pep Pepper.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, Jacqueline Croft Deaton; a granddaughter, Amanda Jacqueline Smith; a sister, Mary Deaton Neal; and brothers, Jack, Willie, Calvin, and Earl Deaton.
A Celebration of Life will be held at 1:30 PM Friday, November 22, 2019 at St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church with the Reverend Grant Wiseman officiating. Interment, with military honors, will follow in the church cemetery. The family will then receive friends in the Stevenson McClelland Building.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to St. Thaddeus Episcopal Church, 125 Pendleton St., Aiken, SC, 29801 or SPCA Albrecht Center, 199 Willow Run Rd., Aiken, SC 29801.
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Louisa Gantt
November 25, 2019
I have so many wonderful memories of Mr. Deaton and the Red & White store. My mama sent me down there all the time to buy groceries for her when I was a young girl. Mr. Deaton, Johnny and all the others who worked in the store were like family. He was a wonderful person, always smiling and laughing with his customers. I still miss going into his store whenever I go by the building on Vaucluse Road. Louisa "Hydrick" Gantt
November 21, 2019
Leroy Deaton was a fine man whose very popular grocery store, Deaton's, was where my mother and father always shopped and he was a friend. (His business employed Hastings Grice, a very good butcher in town, who opened his own popular butcher shop.)
Annette Jones-Irvin
November 21, 2019
I'm so very sorry to hear of Mr. Deaton passing. As owner and operator of Deaton's Red and White while growing up as a child, I truly can say that Mr. Deaton was very Devoted, loyal and always willing to give a helping hand and so many times without any questions asked to both my family and the Washington Circle families that he served. Family just know that Our Friend (Mr. Jackpot) as we called him, will always be remembered in both my heart and mind. May God continue to Bless and Keep each of you is my prayer.
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