TITLE:  Page Elmo RIchardson

SOURCE: The Beaufort Gazette, July 4, 2001

SUBMITTED BY: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED BY: Kim Grissom, July 2001

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Page Elmo Richardson 
Retired U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. 1st Class Page Elmo "Rick" Richardson, 
57, of Columbia died Thursday, June 28, 2001. Wake will be from 7 to 
8 tonight in Marshel's Wright-Donaldson Home For Funerals, Beaufort. 
The body will repose at the church from 10 a.m. Thursday until the 
services. There will be no viewing after the eulogy. Services will be 
at 11:30 a.m. Thursday in New Hope Christian Church (Disciples of 
Christ), Burton. Burial with full military honors will follow in 
Beaufort National Cemetery. Mr. Richardson was born Sept. 5, 1943, in 
Lynchburg, Va., a son of Viola Smith Richardson and Page M. Richardson.
He received his education in the public schools of Lynchburg. He was a 
member of Holcomb Rock Baptist Church of Lynchburg. He enlisted in the
U.S. Marine Corps in July 1962 and retired in January 1988. During his 
military tenure, he received numerous awards and medals to include: 
the Navy Achievement Medal, the National Defense Medal, the Vietnam 
Combat Medal and the Purple Heart. After his retirement, he worked as 
a correctional officer with the Division of Juvenile Justice, 
Westinghouse Nuclear Plant and Bose Audio, Inc., all in Columbia. 
Surviving are his mother of Lynchburg and his wife of 35 years, Eartha
L. Richardson of Columbia; two sons, Marlowe D. Richardson of Burton 
and Jason A. Richardson of Columbia; a sister, Margaret 
Douglas-Randolph of Lynchburg and two grandchildren. 
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