Julius Roy Richardson

Julius Roy Richardson, age 81, died Friday, July 18, 2003. Funeral Services will be Tuesday, July 22, 11:00 a.m. in St. Matthew's Episcopal church. Interment will be 3:30 p.m. in St. John's Lutheran Church Cemetery in Irmo, SC directed by Belk Funeral Home.

Mr. Richardson was born in Irmo, SC son of the late Julius Perry and Julia Anna Richardson. He graduated from Irmo High School in 1938. He graduated from Wofford college in 1942, and went to work for U.S. Steel in Pittsburgh. In 1943 he married Dorothy Segelhorst of Pittsburgh. In 1944 he was commissioned as Ensign in the U.S. Navy whereby he was oriented at Princeton and studied the Russian language at the University of Colorado. He furthered his military training at the Intelligence School in New York. Upon completion of his training he was posted in Petropavlovsk, Siberia as a metrologist, with the primary objective of monitoring the Soviet military activities in the area during WWII. After this tour of duty he was released to inactive duty in Washington D.C as a civilian in the communications center. From here he began to work and study in metallurgical research at Carnegie Institute of Technology in Pittsburgh, PA. At the Navy's request he returned to Washington D.C. as a civilian in the communications center. In 1952 he was transferred to the Central Intelligence Agency and the Secret Service. In 1966 he resigned from the CIA and accepted a position as a senior consultant with Scientific Methods, Inc., an international managerial consulting firm headquartered in Austin, Texas. His consulting work carried his around the world with a vast and varied clientele, including but not limited to, British Aerospace, Johnson & Johnson, Botosh, Gulf Oil, Avis Rental Car, Marriot Corp., and the Federal Aviation Agency. In 1976 the family moved from Kensington, MD to Darlington, SC where he restored the "Old Judge Dennis House". Upon his retirement from Scientific Methods in 1991, he went to work as an Independent Consultant working with a local/regional clientele. He also was the founder and part owner of two construction companies, a rental properties corp. and was involved in numerous other business ventures that he so enjoyed. He was an active member in St. Matthews Episcopal Church.

He is predeceased by his wife of 60 years. He has five children: Jeffrey (Patricia) Richardson of Nashotah, Wisconsin, John (Debbie) Richardson of Spartanburg, Thomas (Kam) Richardson of Florence, Geneva (Steve) Cromer of Myrtle Beach and Phoebe (Bill) Seals of Marion. grandchildren: Julius Richardson II, Meg Richardson, Thalia Richardson, Clay Cromer, Carlyle Cromer, Roy Cromer, Jack Cromer, Katie Richardson, Boyd Richardson, William Seals,III, Tasha McCutcheon, and Chelsea Gartman.

The family will receive friends from 6:00 to 8:00 Monday at the funeral home.

Memorials are suggested to Wofford College, 429 North Church Street, Spartanburg, SC 29303-3663, and the South Carolina Episcopal Home at Still Hopes, P.O. Box 2959 West Columbia, SC 29171.