William Hudson Obituary

HUDSON, JR., William

Dr. William Carl Hudson, Jr., 88, husband of Mary (Maley) Plowden Hudson, died February 2, 2005, at a hospital in Wilmington, N.C. Born April 11, 1916, he was a son of the late William Carl and Anna Lee Hilderbrand Hudson. He was a retired dentist from Charleston, S.C., and a member of John Wesley United Methodist Church at Charleston, S.C. He was a member of the Lions Club, the Charleston Dental Society, the South Carolina Dental Society, the Royal Order of Jesters and a life member of the Hibernian Society. He served in the Navy in WWII and was an avid hunter, fisherman and farmer. He attended Wake Forest University and was a graduate of Emory Dental School in Atlanta, Ga. Surviving are two daughters, Ann Hudson Griffith and husband Mike of Richmond, Va., Carol Hudson Waldman and husband Jim of Wilmington, N.C., a sister, Mary Kirksey of Morganton, N.C.; grandchildren, Walter Barnes Wall III of Summerville, S.C., Dr. Jeffrey Michael Waldman of Nashville, Tenn., Kristen Carol Waldman of Indianapolis, Ind., Elizabeth Hudson Waldman of Wilmington, N.C., and a great-granddaughter Bailey Elizabeth Wall of Summerville, S.C. He was preceded in death by his infant son and brother Dr. Miles H. Hudson. The graveside service will be 2 p.m., Saturday, February 5, 2005, at Manning Cemetery, Manning, S.C. Memorials may be made to Lower Cape Fear Hospice, 725A Wellington Avenue, Wilmington, N.C. 28402 (910) 772-5444 or a charity of one's choice. COBLE WARD-SMITH FUNERAL AND CREMATION SERVICE, OLEANDER CHAPEL 910-791-4444. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.