TITLE:  Robert Deloach

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 28, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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DELOACH, Robert
Mr. Robert Lee DeLoach, born November 12, 1920, in Varnville, Hampton 
County, S.C., passed away on June 27, 2001, at Hilton Head Island, S.C.
Mr. DeLoach was retired from F.W. Woolworth Company and was a World 
War II veteran of the U.S. Maritime Service, serving as a Nautical 
Engineer in the Submarine Infested North Atlantic. His wife, the former
Miriam Shearouse of Savannah, Ga., predeceased Mr. DeLoach. During his
retirement years he devoted the majority of his time to his vegetable 
garden, doing volunteer work for St. Mary's Catholic Church, Hampton, 
S.C., and visiting his many friends and family members, Mr. DeLoach 
was a former Faithful Navigator, 4th Degree, Knights of Columbus. He 
is survived by a son and daughter-in-law, R. Michael and Heather 
DeLoach of Valrico, Fla.; brothers, Col. J.W. DeLoach (Retd.) of 
Columbia, S.C., T. Ralph DeLoach and Don C. DeLoach of Varnville, 
S.C.; sisters, Jane DeLoach Baxley of Varnville, S.C., Elizabeth (Zan)
Bradley of Charleston, S.C., and Winnie D. Walters of Baton Rouge, La.
Me. DeLoach also had many nephews and nieces, cousins, relatives and 
close friends throughout the country by whom he will be forever 
remembered. At Mr. DeLoach's request, in lieu of flowers, donations to
St. Mary's Catholic Church, 703 5th St. East, Hampton, S.C. 29924, 
would be greatly appreciated and lovingly received. Funeral services 
will be 11 a.m., Saturday, in the St. Mary's Catholic Church in 
Hampton, conducted by Father Mike Hussey, with burial in the Sand Hill
Cemetery directed by PEEPLES-RHODEN FUNERAL HOME IN HAMPTON. Friends 
may call at the Chapel in Hampton from 7 to 9 p.m., Friday, and 
Saturday morning until 10 a.m., when the casket will be placed in the 
church prior to services. (The Post and Courier June 28, 2001)
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