Joseph McAlhany Obituary

MCALHANY, SR., Joseph REEVESVILLE - Mr. Joseph Carlisle McAlhany, Sr., 90, of 101 Main Street, husband of Judy (Jewel) Collins McAlhany died Friday July 1, 2005 at the St. George Healthcare. Funeral Services will be held 3 PM on Sunday at the Reevesville Baptist Church with Reverend Joey Branch and Dr. Jairy Hunter officiating. Entombment will follow in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be his grandchildren and Honorary Pallbearers will be the members of the Reevesville Baptist Church Senior Men Sunday School Class and Deacons. Visitation will be from 5 to 7 p.m. Saturday evening at Bryant Funeral Home, 607 North Parler Avenue, St. George. Mr. McAlhany was born on June 8, 1915 in Reevesville a son of the late John Hampton McAlhany and Mattie Mead Bryant McAlhany. A graduate of St. George High School he was first married to the late Juanita Murray McAlhany and was predeceased by brothers; McCrady and Marvin McAlhany and a sister, Pearl M. Horne. He served in the S.C. House of Representatives from 1962-1972. He was a founder of First National Bank of St. George which is now a part of South Carolina Bank & Trust where he was an Emeritus Director. Mr. McAlhany served on the Board and received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from Charleston Southern University. He was a lifelong member of Reevesville Baptist Church where he served as a deacon, a member of the Gideon's International and Sons of Confederate Veterans Camp number 123. As a local businessman and farmer he owned and operated McAlhany Cotton-Gin for many years. He was an avid Quail Hunter and Fisherman. Surviving are two sons; Dr. Joseph Carlisle (Jan) McAlhany, Jr., Dewees Island and Dr. John William (Norma) McAlhany, Greenwood; Stepsons; Randy (Pam) Collins, North Augusta; Carl Collins and Amy Collins, St. Joseph, MO; Jeremy Collins, Providence, RI; Airman Jeffery (Jennifer) Collins, Sheppard Air Force, TX; Six Grandchildren, Gina McAlhany (Peter Thomason), Mt. Pleasant; Joseph Carlisle McAlhany, III, Albuquerque, New Mexico; Jason McAlhany, Charleston; and Johnny (Pam) McAlhany, Jr.; Meg (Jerry) Stevens and Ellen (Michael) Nix, all of Greenwood; and Nine Great-Grandchildren; Peter Joseph Thomason, Jack McAlhany, Molly McAlhany, Lucy Stevens, Walt Stevens, Will Stevens, Margaret Stevens, Eliza Nix and Nealie Nix. Step-Grandchildren; Carl Collins, Jeffery Collins, and Jeremy Collins. Step-great-grandchildren, Wade Collins and Autumn Berry. Memorials may be made to the McAlhany Scholarship Fund, Charleston Southern University, 9200 University Boulevard, Charleston, SC 29406 or the Reevesville Baptist Church, 400 Rigby Street, Reevesville, SC 29471. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.