Thomas A. Blakely, Jr.
Kingstree

     Thomas Alexander “Tommy” Blakely, Jr., of Pawleys Island, SC, 88, passed away on October 24, 2013, at Tidelands Community Hospice House in Georgetown, SC.  
     Tommy was born March 6. 1925, in Kingstree, SC, a son of the late T.A. Blakely, Sr. and Rheta Derrick Blakely, of Lane, SC.  Tommy served in the US Naval Amphibious Forces during WWII, stationed in the South Pacific. He was the owner of C. Tucker's Department Store in Kingstree, served on the Williamsburg Technical College Board of Directors and was Chairman of the Board of Kingstree Federal Saving and Loan, past Commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars, Post 6500 and a member of the Masonic Lodge. He was also a member of Kingstree United Methodist Church. 
     Tommy was preceded in death by his wife of almost 60 years, Sylvia Tucker Blakely and is survived by: 2 daughters, Myra Blakely and Charlesann Blakely Graham, both of Pawleys Island; one son, Thomas A. “Tab” Blakely III, of Pawleys Island; 2 grandchildren, Lee and Blakely Graham; a sister, Mary Florence “Floopie” Geddings, of Charleston; and a brother, Richard J. “Dickie” Blakely, of Kingstree.
      Graveside funeral services will be 2:30 PM Saturday, October 26, 2013, in Williamsburg Cemetery. The family will receive friends at Williamsburg Funeral Home in Kingstree from 1 to 2 PM just prior to the service.  In lieu of flowers, the family asks that donations be made to Tidelands Community Hospice, 2591 N. Fraser Street, Georgetown, SC 29440 or Kingstree United Methodist Church, 510 N. Longstreet Street, Kingstree, SC 29556.

Online condolences may be sent to the family here: wmsbgfuneral@ftc-i.net