Richard McElveen Obituary

McELVEEN, Richard GEORGETOWN - Richard Manning McElveen, 89, loving husband of Helen L. McElveen for 65 years, died Tuesday, November 15, 2005 at Georgetown Memorial Hospital. Funeral services will be held at First Baptist Church Thursday, November 17, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. Entombment, directed by Graham Funeral Home will follow in Pennyroyal Memorial Gardens Mausoleum. He was born November 9, 1916 in the Rhems Community of Williamsburg County; a son of the late Byron Willard McElveen and Elizabeth Jane Williamson McElveen. He was a retired supervisor with International Paper, retiring in 1979 with 42 years of service. He attended Winyah High School. He was a member of the Winyah Masonic Lodge #40 in Georgetown, having joined at the age of 21 and was also a charter member of the Eastern Star Chapter 148. He was a member of the Sons of Confederacy and Hemingway Historical Society. He was a World War II US Navy Veteran who served on the USS Uhlmann in the Pacific and was the recipient of a Silver Star. He was a member of the First Baptist Church since 1928 and as an adult was a member of the Spirit of Liberty Sunday School Class. Surviving are his wife, Helen L. McElveen; a brother-in-law, Donald Lemmons and his wife Patricia of West Columbia; and a number of nieces and nephews. The family will receive friends from 12:30 to 2:00, Thursday at First Baptist Church. Memorial may be made to the charity of one's choice. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.