Allen Folline Obituary

FOLLINE, JR., Allen COLUMBIA - A celebration of the life of Allen Gantt Folline, Jr, 67, devoted family and church man, will be held Tuesday at 11 a.m. at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, with burial in the churchyard. Visitation will be Monday 5-7 p.m. at 3100 Amherst Ave. Mr. Folline died Saturday, December 2, 2006. Born in Columbia, he was the son of the late Allen Gantt and Mary Deas Read Folline. He was a graduate of Dreher High School and The Citadel, where he was commissioned in the United States Air Force. He returned to Columbia and earned a Masters Degree in Civil Engineering at the University of South Carolina. An engineer with Law Engineering and Testing Company in Charlotte, N.C. for 7 ½ years, he again returned to Columbia to serve as president of the Columbia office of Law Engineering. He later was president of Walker Laboratories. In 1983 he began his own civil engineering firm, Allen Folline Associates. He also served as president of the Columbia Chapter of the South Carolina Society of Professional Engineers. In addition to his professional career he taught engineering courses at USC and later at UNC-Charlotte. He was a devoted communicant at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, where he was active in serving the church's committee for Mission and Outreach. He was a member of Columbia Rotary, the Columbia Citadel Club, Forest Lake Club and a number of other social clubs and organizations. Surviving are his wife of 40 years, Fay Harvard Folline; sons, Allen Gantt Folline, III and his wife, Danielle of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., Joseph Read Folline and his wife, Lura of Columbia; daughter, Mary Rebecca Deas Folline Rhodes and her husband, Jim of Columbia; grandchildren, Joseph Read Folline, Jr., George Lanier Folline, Lottie Vereen Folline, Frances Deas Folline, Elizabeth Gantt Folline, Mary Deas Rhodes and James Roland Rhodes, IV. He loved nothing more than the chaos surrounding the family's annual beach trip to Pawleys Island. Also surviving are sisters, Elizabeth Beth Folline Cooley and her husband, Dave of Hendersonville, N.C. and Mary Sister Folline Morris of Baltimore, Md. Allen Folline was "Uncle Brother to 13 nieces and nephews. The family suggests memorials may be made to the Trinity Cathedral Committee for Mission and Outreach, c/o Trinity Cathedral, 1100 Sumter Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201. DUNBAR FUNERAL HOME, DEVINE STREET CHAPEL, is assisting the family. www.dunbarfunerals.com Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.