Charles S. Thigpen

OLANTA – Charles S. Thigpen, age 73, died March 12, 2010, at his residence.

Born in Clarendon County, he was a son of the late Rev. William Hughy Thigpen and Bertha Corbett Thigpen. He was a veteran of the U.S. Air Force and was retired as the maintenance supervisor of the Clarendon Memorial Hospital in Manning. He was a Mason, a member of Kingstree Masonic Lodge No. 46 and a member of the Salters Assembly of God Church in Kingstree.

He was preceded in death by a brother, the Rev. John Hugh Thigpen.

He is survived by a daughter, Pamela Jean Lee of Moncks Corner; two sons, Bobby (Tracie) J. Thigpen of Marion and Charlie (Lisa) D. Thigpen of Oklahoma; two sisters, Ruby Chandler of Olanta and Mary Lee Coker of Sumter; four brothers, Ernest Thigpen and Donald Thigpen of Bishopville, the Rev. Delbert Thigpen of St. George and Willie M. Thigpen of Maxton, N.C.; nine grandchildren; and nine great-grandchildren.

Funeral services were held on Tuesday, March 16, 2010, at Barrineau Pentecostal Holiness Church.

Burial was in the church cemetery.

Floyd Funeral Home of Olanta was in charge of the arrangements.