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Leon Alston Obituary

Leon G. Alston, Sr. N. CHARLESTON - Leon George Alston, Sr., 95, died on Tuesday, January 17, 2023, at his residence. The Home-Going Celebration Service for Mr. Leon George Alston, Sr. will be held on Saturday, January 21, 2023, 11:00a.m. at Jerusalem Baptist Church, 3317 Meeting Street Road, North Charleston, SC. His wake/walk through will be held on Friday, January 20, 2023, from 4:00 to 6:00pm at Shiloh AME Church, 3570 Meeting Street Road, North Charleston, SC. Interment: Sunset Memorial Gardens, 2915 Ashley Phosphate Road, North Charleston, SC 29418. He is preceded in death by his wife of 68 years, Evelyn Alston, survived by his children, Onetha G. Lovette (Bennie), Connie Gillard (Benjamin), Cynthia A. Cunningham, Leon Alston, Jr (Renee), Sheloid Alston (Shirley) and Kendra Middleton (Reginald), three children who preceded him in death, Leyvonne Smith (Robert), Shelia Holman (Willis) and George Alston (Renee), siblings, Nathaniel Smith Alston and William Smalls Alston, nineteen grandchildren, thirty-three great- grandchildren and a host of family of friends. Arrangements by: Fielding Home for Funerals, 2704 Meeting Street Road, North Charleston, SC 29405. 843-722-3348 or 1-800-290-5954. Visit our guestbook at legacy.com/obituaries/charleston

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Published by Charleston Post & Courier from Jan. 19 to Jan. 20, 2023.

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Tiffany & Kam´Ryn Frazier

January 23, 2023

To Sheloid Alston and family! May GOD continue to cover, comfort and carry you!

Dale Washington (church)

January 20, 2023

Deepest condolences to the family..Mr. Alston was a real gentleman,polite, and a pleasure to have known him..Will be missed.

Jametta L. King

January 20, 2023

Sheloid...I just asked you about your father on last Saturday!!!! To the family....continue to praise God, love God and trust God! He is a mother to the motherless and a father to the fatherless....Amen!

Flora Bell

January 20, 2023

Sorry for your lost.Deepest Sympathy.

Sophie Willingly

January 20, 2023

As the days and weeks pass, and as you return to life's routine, may you continue to feel comforted by the love and support of family and friends.

Reverend Claudia Lawton

January 20, 2023

May the Lord God continue to be with you and your family throughout this journey!

Your dad will be missed yet God has him in His peaceful hands now!!!

Praying for you all
Always....

Reverend Claudia Lawton

Reverend Claudia Lawton

January 20, 2023

Grief can be so hard, but our special memories help us cope. Remembering you and your loved one today and always.

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20

Wake

4:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m.

Shiloh AME Church

3570 Meeting Street Road, North Charleston, SC

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21

Service

11:00 a.m.

Jerusalem Baptist Church

3317 Meeting Street Road, North Charleston, SC

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