William McIntosh Obituary

William McIntosh, Jr. SUMMERVILLE - William Ernest McIntosh, Jr., 94, husband of Katherine Brasington McIntosh, passed away peacefully on January 23, 2024 in his Summerville home of more than 50 years. Funeral services will be held at 11:30 a.m., Friday, January 26 at Summerville Presbyterian Church. A reception will follow. Interment at Old White Meeting House cemetery will be private. Doc McIntosh was born on May 26, 1929 in Lynchburg, South Carolina. He was the youngest child and only son of Dr. William Ernest McIntosh and Franke Lesesne McIntosh. He was raised and attended grade school in Lynchburg, where his father was the village dentist and sometime-mayor, and his mother had taught school. He spent much of his childhood and adolescence in the woods and waters of his beloved Pee Dee. He knew Lynches River like the back of his hand. He left home for the first time at 17, following his sister, Mary, to Newberry College. Upon graduation from Newberry College, he taught high school history for a year in Lee County before enlisting in the U.S. Army and serving two years in the Counter Intelligence Corps. In 1953, he returned home to teach history, coach basketball, and eventually serve as principal of Lynchburg High School. He married Kitty in 1958 in Lamar, South Carolina, where he was by then principal of Lamar High School and where they lived until making their final move to Summerville in 1967 to put down new roots and raise their children. Once in Summerville, Doc became an active leader of Summerville Presbyterian Church serving as Elder for more than 20 years. He served first as Dean of Students at what is now Trident Technical College, and then as Headmaster for what is now Pinewood Preparatory School in Summerville. After 25 years as an administrator, Doc returned to the classroom in 1980 to teach history at Summerville High School and as an adjunct professor at College of Charleston. He is survived by his wife, Kitty, his daughter, Julia Lesesne McIntosh Stephenson (Michael) of Mt. Pleasant, son, William Ernest McIntosh, III (Jillian Weatherford) of Summerville, son, Lachlan Brasington McIntosh of Charleston, grandson, William Thomas Stephenson (Eleanor Jones), granddaughters, Mary Lesesne McIntosh and Sarah Frances McIntosh of Charleston, his brother-in-law, Dalton Kennedy Brasington, Jr. (Judy) of Charleston, and dozens of beloved nephews, nieces, and grandnephews, grandnieces, great-grandnephews and great-grandnieces. He was predeceased by his parents, his infant daughter, Katherine, sister Elizabeth McIntosh Cope and brother-in-,law Johnson Heyward Cope, sister, Franke McIntosh All and brother-in-law, James Bascom All, and sister, Mary McIntosh LaRosa O'Donnell and brothers-in-law, Paul LaRosa and John O'Donnell. Arrangements by PARKS FUNERAL HOME. 130 W. 1st North Street, Summerville, SC 29483. www.parksfuneralhome.com. In lieu of flowers, please consider donations to Summerville Presbyterian Church, 407 S. Laurel St., Summerville, SC 29483, or to Dorchester Paws, 136 4 Paws Ln, Summerville, SC 29483.