Robert Truesdale

CAMDEN - Funeral services to celebrate the life of Robert L. """Bobby""" Truesdale, 79, of Camden, will be held Sunday, October 10, 2010, at 2:00 p.m. in Bethesda Presbyterian Church with burial to follow in Quaker Cemetery. The Rev. Dr. William F. Summers will officiate. The family will receive friends Saturday, October 9, 2010, from 6:00 ""' 7:30 p.m. at Kornegay Funeral Home Camden Chapel. Memorials may be sent to the American Heart Association of South Carolina, Memorials & Tributes, PO Box 5216, Glen Allen, VA 23058 or the American Diabetes Association of South Carolina, 2711 Middleburg Drive, Suite 205, Coumbia, SC 29204.

Mr. Truesdale died Thursday, October 7, 2010. Born in Camden, Tuesday, August 25, 1931, he was the son of the late Luke Haile Truesdale and Blanche Nettles Truesdale. Mr. Truesdale grew up in Boykin from birth until Jan 15, 1944, when he moved back to Camden. He attended Charlotte Thompson School, Camden Primary and Camden High School. Mr. Truesdale was a U.S. Army veteran, having served in the Korean War from August 14, 1950 to June 13, 1952 and had retired from DuPont after 31 years of service. He was a member of the American Legion, James Leroy Belk Post 17 Camden, the Camden Hi-Steppers and a member of Bethesda Presbyterian Church. Mr. Truesdale was an avid Atlanta Braves fan.

He is survived by his daughter, Pamela """Pam""" T. Wiltshire and son-in-law, Joseph B. Wiltshire Jr.; granddaughters, Courtney Wiltshire, Mallory Turnage and her husband, Jeremy, and Jennie Joe Wiltshire of Columbia; sister, Betty T. Goins and her husband, Kenneth Sr., of Columbia; nephew, Kenny Goins, Jr. and family of Atlanta, GA. He was predeceased by his first wife, Blanche Jordan Truesdale of Camden, and his second wife, Carolyn Blackmon Truesdale of Manning.

On-line condolences may be sent to Truesdale family by visiting www.kornegayfuneral.com.

Kornegay Funeral Home, Camden Chapel, is in charge of arrangements.