TITLE:  Ebbie James Atkinson

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 16, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, june 2001

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CROSSROADS, S.C. - Mr. Ebbie James "E.J." Atkinson, 75, husband of 
Nettie "Judy" Harrelson Atkinson, died Friday, June 15, 2001, at a 
Charleston hospital after an illness. Funeral services will be held at 
4 p.m., Sunday, June 17, at Ariel Baptist Church. Burial, with Masonic 
Rites, will follow in Ariel Baptist Church Cemetery. The grandchildren 
of Mr. Atkinson will be serving as pallbearers. Mr. Atkinson was born 
March 10, 1926, in Brittons Neck, a son of the late Ebbie Johnson 
Atkinson and the late Carrie Bell Altman Atkinson. Mr. Atkinson was a 
farmer and had retired from the Fertilizer Inspection Department of 
Clemson University. Mr. Atkinson was a U.S. Army veteran of World War 
II, having served in the Pacific Theater. He was a member of the 
American Legion and the VFW. Mr. Atkinson was a graduate of Brittons 
Neck High School and attended the University of South Carolina. Mr. 
Atkinson was a strong supporter of public education in Marion County 
and he showed this support by serving on the Marion School District #3 
Board of Trustees for 20 years and prior to that he had served on the 
Marion County Board of Education. He was also a member of the S.C. 
School Board Association. Mr. Atkinson served for many years as a 
Precinct Clerk for the Marion County Election Commission. Mr. Atkinson 
also had a longtime association with Daniel and Liberty Tobacco 
Warehouses. Mr. Atkinson was a member of Centenary Masonic Lodge #312, 
for over 50 years, where he had served as Past Master. Mr. Atkinson was
a member of Ariel Baptist Church, where he was a member of the Adult 
Men's Sunday School Class, a former Deacon and had served as Church 
Treasurer for many years. Surviving Mr. Atkinson in addition to his 
wife of the home are, his children, Ebbie James "Jim" Atkinson, Jr., 
and his wife, Jacki of Charleston, Darlene A. Willis and her husband 
Frank of Marion, Ralph A. Atkinson and his wife Lynne of Marion and 
Don H. Atkinson and his wife Candace of Ariel Crossroads; his 
grandchildren, Jamie Atkinson, Jennifer Atkinson and Evan Atkinson, 
all of Charleston, Jay Willis and Jan Willis, both of Marion, E. 
Johnson Atkinson and Catherine Atkinson, both of Marion, D.C. Atkinson 
of Aiken and Dakota Atkinson and Chese Levy and Caylee Levy, all of 
Ariel Crossroads; his sisters, Ellen Friday of Winnsboro, Carrie Bell 
Sells of Knoxville, Tenn., Gladys Vinzani of Florence, and Pauline 
Edwards of Marion; and his brothers, John Q. Atkinson of Marion, 
Aldrich A. Atkinson of Clemson and William D. Atkinson of Mullins. 
Mr. Atkinson was predeceased by a brother, Francis W. "AT" Atkinson 
and a sister, Miriam Boulware. Memorials may be made to Ariel Baptist 
Church Cemetery Fund, c/o Lloyd Martin, 3527 S. Hwy. 501, Mullins, S.C.
29574. The family will receive friends Saturday evening from 7 til 
9 p.m. at SMITH-COLLINS FUNERAL HOME. (THe Post and Courier June 16, 
2001)
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