Charles Thomason Jr.

Charles Young Thomason Jr., 77, resident of 110 Meadowbrook Drive, husband of Gayle Hall Thomason, died Dec. 9, 2003, at Self Regional Medical Center.

Born in West Point, Ga., on Oct. 27, 1926, he was a son of the late Charles Young Sr. and Rosalie Wells Thomason. He attended public schools in Greenwood and graduated from Riverside Military Academy in 1943. Mr. Thomason attended the Georgia Institute of Technology in 1943-1944, and graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1951 with a B.S. degree in Civil Engineering. He was a U.S. Army veteran of World War II, having served with the 522nd Armored Engineers. Mr. Thomason held the positions of President and Vice-President of C.Y. Thomason Co., President of Construction Supply Corp., Vice-President of Port Royal Co., President of Bilbub, Inc. and was founder of Palmetto Dunes in Hilton Head.

A member and past board member of Main Street United Methodist Church, he also participated in numerous community organizations, including the Y.M.C.A. Board and Greenwood County Planning Board.

A devoted husband, father and grandfather, he is survived by his wife, of the home; a daughter, Kathryn Thomason Adels, of Ninety Six; four sons, Charles Young Thomason III, of Atlanta, Ga., Thomas A. Thomason, of Hodges, J. Wells Thomason and Richard Hall Thomason, both of Greenwood; a sister, Suzanne Thomason Rowland, of Greenwood; a brother, G. William Thomason, of Greenwood; ten grandchildren, Charles Young Thomason IV, William Phillip Lovoy, Nathalie Gayle Lovoy, Elizabeth Anne Lovoy, James Wells Thomason Jr., Holley Katherine Thomason, Thomas O'Bryant Thomason, Anna Gayle Thomason, Tara Nicole Thomason and Erin Michelle Thomason.

A memorial service will be conducted at 2 p.m. Friday at Main Street United Methodist Church, with Dr. N. Keith Polk and the Rev. Ted R. Morton Jr. officiating. A private family burial will be held at Edgewood Cemetery.

Honorary pallbearers will be Charles Young Thomason IV, W. Phillip Lovoy, James Wells Thomason Jr., Jack H. King, Jimmy O'Bryant, Watson L. Dorn, W. Lang Foster Jr., William D. Coleman, Henry A. Dorn and Kenneth W. Fish.

The family is at the home, and will receive friends at Blyth Funeral Home from 7 to 9 tonight.

The family requests that flowers be omitted and memorials be made to Main Street United Methodist Church Foundation, 211 N. Main St., Greenwood, SC 29646; The Georgia Tech Foundation, 760 Spring St., NW, 4th Floor, Atlanta, GA 30308; or to the United Way of Greenwood County, 110 Phoenix St., Greenwood, SC 29646.

Blyth Funeral Home is in charge.