TITLE:  Isiah Rudy Loadholt

SOURCE:  The Beaufort Gazette

SUBMITTED BY: The Beaufort Gazette

FORMATTED BY:  Kim Grissom, Oct 2002

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Isiah Rudy Loadholt
Published Thu, Oct 10, 2002
FURMAN -- The Rev. Isiah Rudy Loadholt, 52, of Furman, died Saturday, 
Oct. 5, 2002, in Hampton Hospital. The family will receive friends 
from 1 to 4:30 p.m. today at Allen Funeral Home, Coosawhatchie. Wake 
services will be held 6 to 8 p.m. today at First Thankful Baptist 
Church, Estill. Funeral services will be at 11 a.m. Friday at Estill 
Elementary School Auditorium, Estill, with burial in First Thankful 
Baptist Church cemetery. The Rev. Loadholt was born Dec. 25, 1949, in 
Hampton County, a son of Maybell Loadholt and Hector Loadholt. He was 
a member of the First Thankful Baptist Church of Estill, where he was 
a member of the male chorus and the senior choir. He became an 
ordained minister in 1998. He graduated from Estill Training School 
in 1967. He received a degree in criminal justice from Voorhees 
Technical College, Denmark. He received an honorable discharge from 
the U.S. Army and he was a veteran of the Vietnam War. He became 
Hampton County's first black sheriff in 1983, and he served for twelve 
years. He was the county's youngest elected sheriff. He was declared 
Officer of the Year by the Jaycees in 1976, and received over fifty 
certificates of appreciation for outstanding service. He was honored 
in ceremonies sponsored by the Hampton County branch of the NAACP, 
Hampton County Council, Hampton County Youth Adult Auxiliary and 
American Legion Post No. 329. From 1988 to 1990, he was a past worship
master of Steepbottom Lodge No. 300.  He was preceded in death by a 
son, Corneilus T. Loadholt. Survivors include an adoptive mother, 
Clara Mae McCraw; a spouse, Lessie Loadholt of Furman; a daughter, 
Bree Victoria Brown of Jacksonville, Fla.; a son, Stacy Loadholt of 
Varnville; two sisters, Lillie Mae Cummings of Furman and Ethel 
Robinson of Lena; two brothers, Ernest Loadholt of Furman and Orilee 
Loadholt of Murrels Inlet; and five grandchildren.
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