Robert Lide "Bob" Dargan II

DARGAN, II, Robert COLUMBIA - Services for Robert (Bob) Lide Dargan, II will be held Saturday at 11 a.m. at First Presbyterian Church, with Rev. Dr. John R. de Witt and the Rev. L. Craig Wilkes officiating. Interment will be in the church cemetery. Pallbearers will be L. Clinton Baker, James E. Byrd, Eugene B. Chase, III, William P. Ellerbe, Gene Gallogly, Paul L. Holcomb, William D. King, and James B. Terry. Honorary pallbearers will be the Elders and Deacons of First Presbyterian Church, and the Friday Morning Mens Bible Study. The family will receive friends in Jackson Hall following the service. Mr. Dargan died Wednesday, March 09, 2005. Bob was born July 21, 1940, son of the late Mary Hart Green Dargan and Perrin Quarles Dargan, and the mother whom he knew, Mary Louise Hodge Dargan of Spartanburg. Bob received his B.A. from Wofford College in 1962 where he was captain of the golf team and a member of the Kappa Alpha Order. He was a graduate of the School of Banking of the South, Louisiana State University, and was a Navy veteran. Upon completion of a management training program with First National Bank of South Carolina, he had a 30 year career with First National Bank of South Carolina/South Carolina National Bank, having served as an officer in Darlington, S.C., Camden, S.C., Anderson, S.C., and Columbia, S.C. Until his retirement May 2004, Bob was President and CEO of South Carolina Federal Credit Union, North Charleston, S.C. He was recognized for his leadership, vision and commitment to quality by the industry. Before his retirement, Bob served on the boards of First Carolina Corporate Credit Union, Greensboro, N.C.; COOP and Officiates, Ontario, Calif.; SOCACHA, Columbia, S.C.; South Carolina Federal Service Corporation, North Charleston, S.C.; Trident Chamber of Commerce, Charleston, S.C.; Board of Advisors, Charleston Southern University, North Charleston, S.C.; Operations Advisory Committee, Federal Reserve Bank, Richmond, Virginia; South Carolina Credit Union League, Columbia, S.C. Golf was his sport and he was a member of Wildewood Woodcreek Country Club. In 1971 Bob was the National Lefthanders Amateur Champion. His most memorable tournaments are the ones that he played with his sons, Robert and David. Bob is survived by his wife of 39 years, Betty Jo Lorick Dargan; his daughter and son-in-law, Mary Stuart D. James and Chad R. James; two sons and daughters-in-law, Robert Lide Dargan, Jr. and Angela L. Dargan, and David Lorick Dargan and Mandi M. Dargan; six grandchildren, Tillman Louise, Mary Lawton and Dargan McCutchen James, Katherine Blair and Perrin Elizabeth Dargan and Ellyn Meadows Dargan; three brothers and sisters-in-law, Perrin Q. Dargan, Jr. and Butler Dargan of Pawleys Island, S.C., John H. Dargan and Kate Dargan of Spartanburg, S.C., and Richard L. Dargan of Silver Springs, Maryland; sisters-in-law, Mary Alice L. Sumner and Susan L. Powers both of Columbia; nieces, nephews, great-nieces and nephews. Bob was a beloved husband, father, grandfather and employer. Memorials may be made to First Presbyterian Church, 1324 Marion Street, Columbia, S.C. 29201, or to support the S.C. Cancer Tissue Bank, please make checks payable to Palmetto Health Foundation, 9 Richland Medical Park Drive, Suite 600, Columbia, S.C. 29203. DUNBAR FUNERAL HOME, DEVINE STREET CHAPEL, is in charge. Visit our guestbook at www.charleston.net/deaths.