Elvin L. Jeffcoat Sr.

SWANSEA-Services for Elvin L. Jeffcoat, Sr., 73, of Swansea, will be held at 11:30 a.m. Saturday, December 18, 2010, at Life Springs Worship Center on Platt Springs Road. Officiating will be his son, Rev. Eric Jeffcoat. Burial will follow in Sharon Cross Road Methodist Church Cemetery. The family will receive friends from 6-8 Friday evening at Thompson Funeral Home Lexington. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Amazing Love Outreach Center, P.O. Box 855, Swansea, SC 29160.

Mr. Jeffcoat died Tuesday, December 14, 2010. Born in Swansea, he was the son of the late Woodrow Wilson Jeffcoat and Claudia Bell Godbold Jeffcoat. Elvin was founder and builder of Swansea Evangelical Church, which is now known as Open Bible Baptist Church, where he pastored for 13 years. He was director of Faith Baptist Bus Ministry. Elvin was a member and deacon of C.L.A. on Bush River Road and was a partner with Amazing Love Outreach Center. He was a contractor and President of Corley Mill Builders until it closed.

Surviving are his wife of 53 years, Mary R. Jeffcoat of Swansea; daughters, Sharon Taylor and her husband, Bruce, and Samantha Jeffcoat; sons, Elvin Jeffcoat, Jr., and Rev. Eric Jeffcoat and his wife, Debbie all of Swansea; sister, Deloris Crawford of Gilbert; brother, Malcolm Jeffcoat and his wife, Marilyn of Swansea; grandchildren, Trace Jeffcoat (Keri) of Wagener, Contessa Struckman (Isaac) of Gaston, Brock Jeffcoat (MaryAnn) of Lexington, Shane Jeffcoat (Kaila) of Columbia, Kevin Jeffcoat of Swansea, Tony Taylor (Christy) of Swansea, Adam Taylor (Shannon) of Italy, and Kyle Taylor of Swansea; and great-grandchildren, Will Padgett, Gabriel Struckman, Trenton Taylor, Kaelyn Taylor, Gray Wilomovsky, Ben Wilomovsky, Autumn Foster, and Aaron Hallman.

The family would like to extend a special thank you Dr. Allen Hicks and Dr. Robert Amory for their loving support and Ascension Hospice with a special nurse, Terri Covert.

Family and friends may sign online guest book at www.thompsonsfuneral.com