John Easterling Obituary

EASTERLING, JR., John SPARTANBURG, SC John Lawrence Easterling, Jr., age 79, husband of Kathryn Crosby Easterling of 721 Springdale Drive, died Sunday morning, June11, 2006. Born in Hartsville, South Carolina on December 28, 1926, he was the son of the late John Lawrence and Helena Fisher Easterling. Mr. Easterling attended Hartsville schools, graduated from Oak Ridge Military Academy in 1944 and from Clemson University, Class of 1950. Mr. Easterling was a veteran of the United States Navy Air Corp, having served from 1944 to 1946. Mr. Easterling was Managing Officer and served on the Board of Directors of Mutual Savings and Loan Association, past President of Hartsville Chamber of Commerce, past President of the Pee Dee Chapter of the American Savings and Loan Institute, past President of Darlington County Mental Health Association, Director of the Florence-Darlington Mental Health Clinic; past President and District Governor of Kiwanis Club, and past Chairman of Darlington County March of Dimes. Mr. Easterling moved to Spartanburg in 1969 to take the position of President of First State Savings and Loan. While living in Spartanburg, he was a director of the United Way and a Past President of the Piedmont Club of Spartanburg. He served on the first Board of Visitors of Converse College and as Chairman of Converse College Business and Industry Annual Fund; Board of Directors of South Carolina Savings and Loan Association and Treasurer of the Appalachian Health Council. As an Alumnus of Clemson University, Mr. Easterling was a former member of the Alumni National Council, Board of Visitors, and an Iptay Representative for fifty years. He was a former President of the Spartanburg County Clemson Club, and received the Spartanburg Area Lifetime Achievement Award. Mr. Easterling was a member of First Presbyterian Church and a volunteer for Mobile Meals. Mr. Easterling is survived by his wife of fifty-six years, Kathryn Crosby Easterling; two daughters, Beth Easterling Smoak and son-in-law Michael Carlyle Smoak of Pinopolis, South Carolina and Glorian Easterling Hayes and son-in-law Robert Cates Hayes of Spartanburg ; two sons, John Lawrence Easterling, III and daughter-in-law, Carroll Chambers Easterling and William Fisher Easterling and daughter-in-law Tracie Driggs Easterling, both of Spartanburg; his grandchildren, Kathryn Lawrence Smoak, Michael Carlyle Smoak, Jr., Robert Cates Hayes, Jr., Elisabeth Easterling Hayes, Glorian Lawrence Hayes, Elizabeth Lee Easterling, John Lawrence Easterling, IV, Henry Chambers Easterling, Jean Marie Easterling, William Fisher Easterling, Jr., and Charles Caldwell Easterling. He is also survived by a niece, Julian Bourne Horst, and nephews, Cooper Wall, Stephen Wall, and Davis Bourne all of Columbia, and his life-long friend, Harry M. McDonald of Hartsville, South Carolina. He was preceded in death by his sisters, Glorian Easterling Wall and Edith Easterling Bourne Blizzard. The family will receive friends Monday, June 12, 2006 from 6-8 p.m. at the home of his son and daughter-in-law, John and Carroll Easterling III, 1016 Four Mile Branch Road, Spartanburg. A memorial service to honor his life will be held on Tuesday, June 13, 2006, 11:00 am at First Presbyterian Church with the Reverend J. Lawrence Bates and Reverend Charles H. Horne officiating. In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorials in remembrance of Mr. Easterling be made to The Columbarium Fund, First Presbyterian Church, 393 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302, Mobile Meals, 419 East Main Street, Spartanburg, SC 29302, or The Clemson Fund Clemson University Clemson, SC 29632. The family will be at the home, 1016 Four Mile Branch Road, Spartanburg. DUNBAR FUNERAL HOME AND CREMATORY Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.