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    3. The State (Columbia): Monday, June 25, 2001 J. Frank Harrelson MULLINS (--) Funeral services for J. Frank Harrelson, 70, of 5212 Orchard Road, will be held at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 26, 2001, at First United Methodist Church of Marion with the Rev. Dennis Lee and Dr. W. Ches Smith III officiating. Burial will follow in Spring Branch Cemetery directed by Cox-Collins Funeral Home. The family will receive friends Monday evening from 7-9 p.m. at Cox-Collins Funeral Home. Memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, P.O. Box 5216, Glen Allen, Va. 23058 or to Marion County Habitat for Humanities, P.O. Box 873, Marion, SC or to the First United Methodist Church, Building Fund, 307 Godbold St., Marion, SC. Mr. Harrelson died Saturday, June 23, 2001, at Marion County Medical Center. Born May 28, 1931 in Marion County, he was a son of the late Sam Clyde Harrelson and Minnie Mae Frye Harrelson. Mr. Harrelson was a district manager for Durham Life Insurance Company for some 40 years. He held the CLU designation from The American College and was the recipient of a number of achievement awards. Mr. Harrelson was a graduate of Mullins High School. He was a U.S. Army veteran of the Korean War. Before returning to Mullins, Mr. Harrelson lived in Fayetteville, N.C., where he was a member of the Snyder Memorial Baptist Church, where he served in many capacities and was an ordained Deacon. Mr. Harrelson was a member of the Fayetteville Lions Club, where he held all offices and was selected Lion of the Year. Mr. Harrelson was a member of the Mullins Lions Club, where he was awarded the coveted Melvin Jones Fellow. He was an avid golfer, loved working in his yard and was a mentor for many young men, both in business, civic, church and personal life. Mr. Harrelson was a member of First United Methodist Church of Marion, where he was a member of the Uncle Charlie's Hut. Surviving are his wife of 47 years, Betty Edwards Harrelson of the home; children, Chris Harrelson and his wife, Sheila, of Atlanta, Phyllis Harrelson Griggs and her husband, John David, of Columbia and Chuck Harrelson and his wife, Lori, of Raleigh, N.C.; grandchildren, Hunter Harrelson, Caitlin Harrelson, Elizabeth Jackson-Griggs, John David Griggs III, Sarahanne Griggs, Lindsay Harrelson, Ryann Harrelson; brothers, Mitchell Harrelson, Norman Harrelson, Mack Harrelson, all of Mullins; sisters, Doris Ann Harrelson McMillan and Evelyn Harrelson Smith, both of Mullins; and many beloved nieces and nephews. Mr. Harrelson was predeceased by three brothers, Sam Harrelson, Charles Harrelson and Colon Harrelson and a sister, Dottie Jean Harrelson Jordan.

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