Rodney Tumbleston Obituary

Rodney "Ronny" T Tumbleston, Sr. EUTAWVILLE, SC - Rodney 'Ronny' T Tumbleston Sr., 75, of Eutawville, S.C., passed away March 8, 2019 at Pruitt HealthCare in Bamberg, SC. Funeral services will be held 11 AM, Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at Dukes-Harley Funeral Home Chapel. The family will receive friends following the service. Entombment will follow at Magnolia Cemetery in Charleston, S.C at 3:00 PM. Ronny was born to Frances Drose Tumbleston and the late Elmore W. Tumbleston. He attended Porter-Gaud High School, Carlisle Military Academy, and then The Citadel Military College of South Carolina. After school he served a full term in the Army National Guard. He operated a number of businesses including an American Standard, later AMACO, auto service station on Rivers Ave, Charleston, SC, then later settled in Eutawville, SC as the owner and operator of Eutaw Auto and Marine Service Center for over two decades. He was predeceased by his wife Debbie Tumbleston. Survivors include his mother Frances D. Tumbleston of Orangeburg, 2 sons, Rodney T Tumbleston, Jr of Orangeburg,SC and Ricky Todd of Anderson, SC; two daughters Janice T. Jones of Covington, Ga and Anna Todd Smith of Anderson,SC; five grandchildren Ryan, Nicholas, and Lauren Jones of Covington, Ga., McKayla Smith of Eutawville, SC and Quenten Smith of Anderson, SC. In lieu of flowers the family would encourage any gifts in memorial be made to the Orangeburg SPCA, PO Box 1506 Orangeburg, SC 29116 www.orangeburgspca.org <http://www.orangeburgspca.org> or a charity of your choice. Online condolences may be expressed at www.dukesharleyfuneralhome.com. Visit our guestbook at www.legacy.com/obituaries/ charleston