Thelma Cole

Thelma E. Cole CHARLESTON - Thelma E. Cole passed away on Thursday, June 3, 2010, at the Hospice of Charleston Center. She was born in Ravenel, SC the fourth of seven children to Frank H. and Carrie White Thomason on Friday, September 10, 1920. She was preceded in death by her husband, Henry W. Cole, Jr., her daughter, Patricia Cole Cox and a son, Henry W. "Bud" Cole, III. She is survived by two sons, Ronald L. Cole and his wife, Martha, of Mt. Pleasant and Donald A. Cole and his wife, Nancy, of Asheville, NC, two sisters, Ruby A. Ziegler of Round O and Henrietta T. Wyndham of Jacksonville, FL, seven grandchildren and many great-grandchildren. Thelma was a faithful member of Bethel United Methodist Church for over 70 years, a homemaker, an avid gardner who cut own grass until age 88, a generous grandmother and a neighbor one could count on. Funeral Services will be held at 11:00 AM, Saturday, June 5, 2010, at Bethel United Methodist Church, 57 Pitt St., Charleston, SC. Interment will be in Live Oak Memorial Gardens at 2:00 PM. In lieu of flowers donation may be made to Bethel United Methodist Church Restoration Fund, 57 Pitt St., Charleston, SC 29401, Hospice of Charleston Foundation, 676 Wando Park Blvd., Mt. Pleasant, SC 29464 or to you favorite charity. Thelma's guest book may be signed at www.charlestonfunerals.com Arrangements by JAMES A. MCALISTER, INC. 766-1365. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths