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1936 - 2014 (77 years)| Name | Dale William PLAYER [3, 4, 5, 6] | |
| Birth | 26 Sep 1936 | Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina  [5] |
| Gender | Male | |
| HIST | Dale W. Player BISHOPVILLE — Dale William Player, 77, died Feb. 6, 2014, at McLeod Hospice House in Florence. Born Sept. 26, 1936, in Sumter, he was a son of the late William Weber Player and Nettie Osborn Player. Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Monday at Bethlehem United Methodist Church in Bishopville with Pastor Larry Watson officiating, followed by interment at St. Luke United Methodist Cemetery on S.C. 341, Elliott. Mr. Player graduated from Carlisle Military Academy Class of 1954 and attended Clemson College before serving three years in the United States Army, where he worked in the Army Security Agency. Eighteen months of his service was in Okinawa, Japan. A lifelong farmer, his primary crop was always cotton. He served on the S.C. Cotton Board, the National Cotton Board, the National Cotton Council, and was a director with Cotton Growers Association, a cotton marketing association located in Garner, N.C. Mr. Player was honored to have been recognized in 1997 by the S.C. Cooperative Council for distinguished agricultural service. Player served 31 years on farm credit boards, including Central Production Credit Association, Pee Dee Farm Credit Association, and Arbor One ACA. He was a director of Ag First Farm Credit Bank in Columbia for 17 years. He formerly served on the boards of Robert E. Lee Academy and Lee County Memorial Hospital. Mr. Player was an active member of Bethlehem United Methodist Church and had served in various capacities, including Sunday school class president, chairman of PPRC, member of the administrative council, and usher. He volunteered for many years with the Lee County Cooperative Ministries Care Center. An avid outdoorsman his entire life, Player enjoyed hunting, fishing, tennis, jogging, walking, and hiking. He was never happier than when he was in the woods, on the farm, walking along a stream of water, or sitting and listening to the sounds of nature in the very early morning or at the close of day. He had a good sense of humor and could descriptively describe to others exactly what he heard and what he saw. For many years, he raised and sold Brittany Spaniels, his dog of choice for quail hunting. Dale taught his sons to love the outdoors, gun safety, how to catch the limit of big bass at the wading grounds, how to clean the wildlife harvested and, finally, how to cook great game dinners. He was beginning to do the same with his grandsons. Player‘s daughter was a joy to him and he always considered it a great privilege to be her escort during important events in her life. Times spent at their home on Lake Wateree with family and friends were so memorable. He planted a vegetable garden there each summer and winter, and enjoyed tending the grape vines and blueberry bushes, and feeding the birds. Dale and Gail spent many hours travelling together on long trips and on day trips discovering new sites of interest. Each Fourth of July they visited an American Revolutionary War memorial site to remind them of the sacrifices made for our freedom. Player is survived by his beloved wife of 51 years, Gail Kennedy Player; a daughter and son-in-law, Jennie Player Lambe and Scott; and three sons and daughters-in-law, John Whitworth Player and Beth, William Weber Player and Molly, and Thomas Kennedy Player and Ashley. He loved and enjoyed his 10 grandchildren, Kennedy and Elizabeth Lambe, Joseph-Caine, Worth, Wesley, Lylli, Avery, Wilson, Blain and Sarah Player. Also surviving are a sister and brother-in-law, Maxine and Ed Blakely; and two nephews, Ward Blakely (Ansley) and Clark Blakely. Visitation will be held from 4 to 6 p.m. Sunday at Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home in Bishopville. Memorials may be made to Bethlehem United Methodist Church, P.O. Box 167, Bishopville, SC 29010 or Lee County Cooperative Ministries Care Center, P.O. Box 464, Bishopville, SC 29010. Hancock-Elmore-Hill Funeral Home of Bishopville is in charge of the arrangements. Posted in Obituaries on Saturday, February 8, 2014 [6] | |
| MILI | He served three years in the United States Army, where he worked in the Army Security Agency. Eighteen months of his service was in Okinawa, Japan. [6] | |
| _UID | ECF0CD19860D4647BB7C9FAA209A0F386349 | |
| Death | 6 Feb 2014 | McLeod Hospice House, Florence, Florence County, South Carolina |
| Burial | 10 Feb 2014 | St. Luke United Methodist Cemetery on S. C. 341, Elliott, South Carolina [6] |
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| Person ID | I74145 | Singleton and Related Families |
| Last Modified | 20 Feb 2023 | |
| Father | William Webber PLAYER, Jr., b. 3 Jul 1905 d. 20 Feb 1990 (Age 84 years) | |
| Mother | Nettie OSBORNE, b. 22 Jan 1906 | |
| _UID | CEBFE327B985401EA22882C105A7BFB35E9A | |
| _UID | CEBFE327B985401EA22882C105A7BFB35E9A | |
| Family ID | F123142 | Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family | Emily Gail “Gail” KENNEDY, b. 20 Sep 1940, Sumter, Sumter County, South Carolina d. 24 Jan 2023 (Age 82 years) | |||||||||
| Marriage | 12 Jan 1963 [5, 6] | |||||||||
| _UID | 509CD764FB4D44A1841B7E6B7817914B47D8 | |||||||||
| _UID | 509CD764FB4D44A1841B7E6B7817914B47D8 | |||||||||
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| Family ID | F51522 | Group Sheet | Family Chart | ||||||||
| Last Modified | 11 Feb 2014 | |||||||||
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