TITLE:  Leland Boyd Finklea, Jr.

SOURCE:  The Post and Courier, June 9, 2001

SUBMITTED:  The Post and Courier

FORMATTED:  Kim Grissom, June 2001

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PAMPLICO - Leland Boyd "Sunbeam" Finklea, Jr., died peacefully, June 8,
 2001, at his home. Funeral services will be conducted at 4 p.m., 
Sunday, at Beulah Baptist Church in Hyman. Burial will follow in 
Woodside Cemetery in Pamplico, directed by STOUDEMIRE-DOWLING. The 
family will receive friends from 6 to 8 p.m., today, at the funeral 
home, and at other times at the residence. Born December 24, 1917, he 
was the son of Mary Edal Wise and Leland Finklea. He was predeceased 
by his wife of 56 years, Ethel Louise Munn Finklea in October 1998. He 
was also predeceased by a sister, Joyce Finklea Tomlinson of Columbia. 
He attended the schools of Pamplico and was a member of the class of 
1938 at Clemson. He was a life-long member of Beulah Baptist Church and
was a former Sunday school superintendent. During World War II, Mr. 
Finklea served in the 84th Division, U.S. Infantry, in the European 
Theater. From November 25, 1944, to June 15, 1945, he was a German 
prisoner of war. He was the recipient of a Purple Heart and the Bronze
Star and retired as a Captain. Following the war, Mr. Finklea was a 
mail carrier with the U.S. Post Office for 37 years and a farmer 
throughout his life. In addition to being a past member of the VFW of 
Florence and American Legion Post #98 of Pamplico, he was a Mason and 
a member of Omar Shrine Temple. He was the first IPTAY representative 
from Florence County. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Patrick 
David (Mary Elizabeth "Maj") Partin of Camden and Mrs. John Elson 
(Georgia Christine "Tee Gee") Howard of Atlanta; eight grandchildren, 
David Andrew Partin of Wofford College and Camden, Elizabeth Louise 
Partin of Camden, Mary Grace Howard, John Finklea Howard, Georgia Anne 
Howard, Sarah Louise Howard, Virginia Christine Howard, and Thomas 
Robert Howard, all of Atlanta, two god-children, Murriel Coleman 
Calcutt of Pamplico and Amy Smith Askins of Friendfield; a number of 
nieces and nephews; and faithful companions, Olivia Jackson and Wanda 
Fleming. Serving as pallbearers will be Dr. Alvin Atwell Coleman, III, 
James Clark Carroll, Gerald Hicks, William Liston Stokes, Jefferson 
Blakely Bates II, Leonard Lafayette Hutchinson, III, Scott Poston 
Floyd, and Phillip Stephen Calcutt. Memorials may be made to Beulah 
Baptist Church, 784 N. Pamplico, S.C. 29583, Pamlico Rescue Squad, P.O.
Box 296, Pamplico, S.C. 29583, or the charity of one's choice.   
(The Post and Coureir June 9, 2001)
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