Rev. Thomas F. Evatt Jr.

ORANGEBURG - Rev. Thomas Foster Evatt Jr., 88, of 1000 Methodist Oaks Drive, Orangeburg, died Sunday morning, February 15, 2009, in the Regional Medical Center. A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, February 17, at the Nancy Freeman Stringer Chapel at The Oaks with Rev. Kermitt Shrawder, Rev. Boyd Chewning and Rev. Ernest Heape officiating. The committal service will be held at 1:00 p.m. Thursday, February 19, in the Pendleton United Methodist Church Cemetery, Pendleton, SC.

Rev. Evatt was born in Anderson County, a son of the late Thomas F. Evatt Sr. and Ruby Mays Evatt. Rev. Evatt served in the United States Marine Corps during World War II. He was a graduate of Erskine College and a Post Graduate of Emory University. He was a retired United Methodist Minister with 40 years of service in the S.C. Conference. He served the Princeton Charge; Grace and Union Grove, Williamston; Francis Asbury, Greenville; North Charleston; First Church, Bennettsville; St. Paul, Greenville; and Bethel, Chester.

Surviving are his three daughters, Mrs. Wade (Elaine) Crow, Bennettsville, Mrs. Henry (Donna) Price, Clemson, Mrs. Charles (Cynthia) Goldsman, Columbia; four grandchildren, Cindi C. McInnis and husband Duncan, Longs, Robyn Whatley and husband David, Mt. Pleasant, Jay Hamilton and wife Summer, Tampa, FL, and Anna Hamilton, Sullivans Island; two great-grandchildren, Jean Kaye and Allen McInnis, Longs. He was predeceased by his wife of 67 years, Inez G. Evatt and his son Tom Evatt.

The family will receive friends following the memorial service. Memorials may be made to Thomas F. Evatt Endowed Scholarship Fund, Spartanburg Methodist College, 1000 Powell Mill Road, Spartanburg, SC 29301-5899 or to The Oaks Resident Assistance Fund, P.O. Box 9005, Orangeburg, SC 29116.