Grave markers for Rhett W. Gleason in Black Creek
Cemetery, Dovesville (Darlington county), South Carolina.
Rhett served in Company M,
508th ARCT from 1954-56. |
DARLINGTON --- Rhett W. Gleason, age 80, died peacefully at his residence on Monday, March 25th. Funeral services will be held at 3:00 on Thursday, March 28th at Black Creek Baptist Church with burial following in Black Creek Cemetery, directed by Belk Funeral Home.
Born on December 24, 1932 in Mullins, he was a son of the late William Chillie Gleason and the late Nannie
Lane Gleason.
Rhett served his country in the United States Army as a
paratrooper. He worked as a farmer, agricultural pilot and barber,
though he had a special love for growing cotton and crop-dusting. He
enjoyed fishing and spending time with his family. Mr. Gleason was a
member of Black Creek Baptist Church.
Surviving are his wife, Frances Bryant Gleason; eight children,
Rhett Wayne (Jan) Gleason of Norfolk, NE, Edwina (Ed) Baird of
Darlington, Patsy (Donnie) Brown , Billy (Lori) Gleason, Sheila (Jim)
Spencer all of Mullins, Fran Walker of Murrell's Inlet, Franklin Gleason
of Darlington and Willie Pearce; three sisters, Pauline Allison of
Marion, Winnie Waller of Eaton, GA and Shirley (Sherrill) Lewis of
Florence; 12 grandchildren; and 5 great grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by four brothers, Everett Gleason, Earl
Gleason, Frank Gleason and Randall Gleason.[ Morning
News, March 27, 2013] |