Gerald Dexter Fielder, MD
Union, SC
Dr. Gerald Dexter Fielder, age 89, husband of Lora D. Fielder of 3870 Jonesville Lockhart Highway, Union, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 at his home.
Dr. Fielder was born in Paragould, Ark., on July 2, 1926 a son of the late Alvin Fielder and Vera Beasley Fielder. He graduated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1943 at the age of 16. Dr. Fielder then served his Country during World War II in the United States Navy as a Naval Pilot. In 1944, he transferred to the ROTC program and trained at the University of South Carolina and was commissioned as a deck officer. After three years aboard a Landing Ship Tank Dr. Fielder went to Baylor University Dental School, after two years he transferred to the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. After completing his training, he practiced in Spartanburg for a year before Opening his practice in Union on July 6, 1953 in a space over the old Smith’s Drug Store. He served on the Union Hospital Board of Trustees for many years, he was a past physician of the year and in 2003 Gov. Mark Sanford presented him with the Order of the Silver Crescent. In 2010 the South Carolina Office of Rural Health gave him the Pioneer Award for contributing significantly to the delivery of primary health care in a rural community. In 2011, Dr. Fielder retired from his practice, as the oldest practicing physician in Union County.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Julia Lee Fielder and husband Don Sanders of Columbia and Jenni Fielder Horne and husband Tony of Union; three sons, Donnie Vaughan, Ron Vaughan and wife Lisa, and Carl Alexander, all of Lockhart; two daughters, Cathy Vaughan Revis of Boiling Springs and Lora Ann Vaughan Knox and husband Jimmy Teaster of Lockhart; twelve grandchildren, Hunt Huntley and wife Anne of Greenville, Libby Whigham and husband Terry of Irmo, Fielder Huntley of Columbia, Jake Robertson of Union, Courtney Allen and husband Tony of Greenville, Amanda Freestone and husband Derek of Greer, Josh Revis of Union, Daniel Revis of Boiling Springs, Destiny Knox of Rock Hill, Madison Knox of Lockhart, Jessica Garcia of Lockhart, Rochelle Brown and husband Billy of Union, and Ashton Grace Vaughan of Lockhart; seven great-grandchildren, Jill, Ali, and May Huntley, Leo Allen, Shaylan Revis, Avery Freestone, Kyeler Gilbert, and Layken English. He was predeceased by a daughter, Jill Fielder Huntley and a brother, Kenneth Edward Fielder and wife Lorriane.
Funeral services will be held, 3:00 PM Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at First Baptist Church Lockhart conducted by the Rev. Ben Hill, Rev. Delos Blanton, and Rev. Timothy Thompson. Burial will follow in Union Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be James Lancaster, Dwayne Grant, Scott Vlock, John Lee Robbins, Freddie Gault, and Rick McCloud. The following are asked to form the honorary escort, Dr. Fielders’ Medical Office Staff, Dr. Robert Wentz, Dr. Margot Butler, Dr. David Keith, Will Teaster, George Spencer, Frank Humphries, Hannah Peay, Wanda Stein, Hospice Care of South Carolina, Union County Medical Association, Former Board Members at Union Hospital District, and the Darrell Wade Family.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday evening at Lockhart First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 126 Armory Road, Union, SC 29379 and from 1:00 PM until 2:45 PM Wednesday at Lockhart First Baptist Church prior to the services.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina Union Unit, 408 N. Duncan Bypass Suite 200, Union SC 29379 or ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 6051, Albert Lea, MN 56001 or First Baptist Church of Lockhart, PO Box 190, Lockhart, SC 29364.
Courtesy of Holcombe Funeral Home
Union, SC
Dr. Gerald Dexter Fielder, age 89, husband of Lora D. Fielder of 3870 Jonesville Lockhart Highway, Union, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 at his home.
Dr. Fielder was born in Paragould, Ark., on July 2, 1926 a son of the late Alvin Fielder and Vera Beasley Fielder. He graduated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1943 at the age of 16. Dr. Fielder then served his Country during World War II in the United States Navy as a Naval Pilot. In 1944, he transferred to the ROTC program and trained at the University of South Carolina and was commissioned as a deck officer. After three years aboard a Landing Ship Tank Dr. Fielder went to Baylor University Dental School, after two years he transferred to the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. After completing his training, he practiced in Spartanburg for a year before Opening his practice in Union on July 6, 1953 in a space over the old Smith’s Drug Store. He served on the Union Hospital Board of Trustees for many years, he was a past physician of the year and in 2003 Gov. Mark Sanford presented him with the Order of the Silver Crescent. In 2010 the South Carolina Office of Rural Health gave him the Pioneer Award for contributing significantly to the delivery of primary health care in a rural community. In 2011, Dr. Fielder retired from his practice, as the oldest practicing physician in Union County.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Julia Lee Fielder and husband Don Sanders of Columbia and Jenni Fielder Horne and husband Tony of Union; three sons, Donnie Vaughan, Ron Vaughan and wife Lisa, and Carl Alexander, all of Lockhart; two daughters, Cathy Vaughan Revis of Boiling Springs and Lora Ann Vaughan Knox and husband Jimmy Teaster of Lockhart; twelve grandchildren, Hunt Huntley and wife Anne of Greenville, Libby Whigham and husband Terry of Irmo, Fielder Huntley of Columbia, Jake Robertson of Union, Courtney Allen and husband Tony of Greenville, Amanda Freestone and husband Derek of Greer, Josh Revis of Union, Daniel Revis of Boiling Springs, Destiny Knox of Rock Hill, Madison Knox of Lockhart, Jessica Garcia of Lockhart, Rochelle Brown and husband Billy of Union, and Ashton Grace Vaughan of Lockhart; seven great-grandchildren, Jill, Ali, and May Huntley, Leo Allen, Shaylan Revis, Avery Freestone, Kyeler Gilbert, and Layken English. He was predeceased by a daughter, Jill Fielder Huntley and a brother, Kenneth Edward Fielder and wife Lorriane.
Funeral services will be held, 3:00 PM Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at First Baptist Church Lockhart conducted by the Rev. Ben Hill, Rev. Delos Blanton, and Rev. Timothy Thompson. Burial will follow in Union Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be James Lancaster, Dwayne Grant, Scott Vlock, John Lee Robbins, Freddie Gault, and Rick McCloud. The following are asked to form the honorary escort, Dr. Fielders’ Medical Office Staff, Dr. Robert Wentz, Dr. Margot Butler, Dr. David Keith, Will Teaster, George Spencer, Frank Humphries, Hannah Peay, Wanda Stein, Hospice Care of South Carolina, Union County Medical Association, Former Board Members at Union Hospital District, and the Darrell Wade Family.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday evening at Lockhart First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 126 Armory Road, Union, SC 29379 and from 1:00 PM until 2:45 PM Wednesday at Lockhart First Baptist Church prior to the services.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina Union Unit, 408 N. Duncan Bypass Suite 200, Union SC 29379 or ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 6051, Albert Lea, MN 56001 or First Baptist Church of Lockhart, PO Box 190, Lockhart, SC 29364.
Courtesy of Holcombe Funeral Home
Gerald Dexter Fielder, MD
Union, SC
Dr. Gerald Dexter Fielder, age 89, husband of Lora D. Fielder of 3870 Jonesville Lockhart Highway, Union, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 at his home.
Dr. Fielder was born in Paragould, Ark., on July 2, 1926 a son of the late Alvin Fielder and Vera Beasley Fielder. He graduated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1943 at the age of 16. Dr. Fielder then served his Country during World War II in the United States Navy as a Naval Pilot. In 1944, he transferred to the ROTC program and trained at the University of South Carolina and was commissioned as a deck officer. After three years aboard a Landing Ship Tank Dr. Fielder went to Baylor University Dental School, after two years he transferred to the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. After completing his training, he practiced in Spartanburg for a year before Opening his practice in Union on July 6, 1953 in a space over the old Smith’s Drug Store. He served on the Union Hospital Board of Trustees for many years, he was a past physician of the year and in 2003 Gov. Mark Sanford presented him with the Order of the Silver Crescent. In 2010 the South Carolina Office of Rural Health gave him the Pioneer Award for contributing significantly to the delivery of primary health care in a rural community. In 2011, Dr. Fielder retired from his practice, as the oldest practicing physician in Union County.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Julia Lee Fielder and husband Don Sanders of Columbia and Jenni Fielder Horne and husband Tony of Union; three sons, Donnie Vaughan, Ron Vaughan and wife Lisa, and Carl Alexander, all of Lockhart; two daughters, Cathy Vaughan Revis of Boiling Springs and Lora Ann Vaughan Knox and husband Jimmy Teaster of Lockhart; twelve grandchildren, Hunt Huntley and wife Anne of Greenville, Libby Whigham and husband Terry of Irmo, Fielder Huntley of Columbia, Jake Robertson of Union, Courtney Allen and husband Tony of Greenville, Amanda Freestone and husband Derek of Greer, Josh Revis of Union, Daniel Revis of Boiling Springs, Destiny Knox of Rock Hill, Madison Knox of Lockhart, Jessica Garcia of Lockhart, Rochelle Brown and husband Billy of Union, and Ashton Grace Vaughan of Lockhart; seven great-grandchildren, Jill, Ali, and May Huntley, Leo Allen, Shaylan Revis, Avery Freestone, Kyeler Gilbert, and Layken English. He was predeceased by a daughter, Jill Fielder Huntley and a brother, Kenneth Edward Fielder and wife Lorriane.
Funeral services will be held, 3:00 PM Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at First Baptist Church Lockhart conducted by the Rev. Ben Hill, Rev. Delos Blanton, and Rev. Timothy Thompson. Burial will follow in Union Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be James Lancaster, Dwayne Grant, Scott Vlock, John Lee Robbins, Freddie Gault, and Rick McCloud. The following are asked to form the honorary escort, Dr. Fielders’ Medical Office Staff, Dr. Robert Wentz, Dr. Margot Butler, Dr. David Keith, Will Teaster, George Spencer, Frank Humphries, Hannah Peay, Wanda Stein, Hospice Care of South Carolina, Union County Medical Association, Former Board Members at Union Hospital District, and the Darrell Wade Family.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday evening at Lockhart First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 126 Armory Road, Union, SC 29379 and from 1:00 PM until 2:45 PM Wednesday at Lockhart First Baptist Church prior to the services.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina Union Unit, 408 N. Duncan Bypass Suite 200, Union SC 29379 or ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 6051, Albert Lea, MN 56001 or First Baptist Church of Lockhart, PO Box 190, Lockhart, SC 29364.
Courtesy of Holcombe Funeral Home
Union, SC
Dr. Gerald Dexter Fielder, age 89, husband of Lora D. Fielder of 3870 Jonesville Lockhart Highway, Union, passed away Sunday, September 27, 2015 at his home.
Dr. Fielder was born in Paragould, Ark., on July 2, 1926 a son of the late Alvin Fielder and Vera Beasley Fielder. He graduated Central High School in Little Rock, Ark., in 1943 at the age of 16. Dr. Fielder then served his Country during World War II in the United States Navy as a Naval Pilot. In 1944, he transferred to the ROTC program and trained at the University of South Carolina and was commissioned as a deck officer. After three years aboard a Landing Ship Tank Dr. Fielder went to Baylor University Dental School, after two years he transferred to the University of Arkansas School of Medicine. After completing his training, he practiced in Spartanburg for a year before Opening his practice in Union on July 6, 1953 in a space over the old Smith’s Drug Store. He served on the Union Hospital Board of Trustees for many years, he was a past physician of the year and in 2003 Gov. Mark Sanford presented him with the Order of the Silver Crescent. In 2010 the South Carolina Office of Rural Health gave him the Pioneer Award for contributing significantly to the delivery of primary health care in a rural community. In 2011, Dr. Fielder retired from his practice, as the oldest practicing physician in Union County.
Surviving in addition to his wife are two daughters, Julia Lee Fielder and husband Don Sanders of Columbia and Jenni Fielder Horne and husband Tony of Union; three sons, Donnie Vaughan, Ron Vaughan and wife Lisa, and Carl Alexander, all of Lockhart; two daughters, Cathy Vaughan Revis of Boiling Springs and Lora Ann Vaughan Knox and husband Jimmy Teaster of Lockhart; twelve grandchildren, Hunt Huntley and wife Anne of Greenville, Libby Whigham and husband Terry of Irmo, Fielder Huntley of Columbia, Jake Robertson of Union, Courtney Allen and husband Tony of Greenville, Amanda Freestone and husband Derek of Greer, Josh Revis of Union, Daniel Revis of Boiling Springs, Destiny Knox of Rock Hill, Madison Knox of Lockhart, Jessica Garcia of Lockhart, Rochelle Brown and husband Billy of Union, and Ashton Grace Vaughan of Lockhart; seven great-grandchildren, Jill, Ali, and May Huntley, Leo Allen, Shaylan Revis, Avery Freestone, Kyeler Gilbert, and Layken English. He was predeceased by a daughter, Jill Fielder Huntley and a brother, Kenneth Edward Fielder and wife Lorriane.
Funeral services will be held, 3:00 PM Wednesday, September 30, 2015 at First Baptist Church Lockhart conducted by the Rev. Ben Hill, Rev. Delos Blanton, and Rev. Timothy Thompson. Burial will follow in Union Memorial Gardens.
Active pallbearers will be James Lancaster, Dwayne Grant, Scott Vlock, John Lee Robbins, Freddie Gault, and Rick McCloud. The following are asked to form the honorary escort, Dr. Fielders’ Medical Office Staff, Dr. Robert Wentz, Dr. Margot Butler, Dr. David Keith, Will Teaster, George Spencer, Frank Humphries, Hannah Peay, Wanda Stein, Hospice Care of South Carolina, Union County Medical Association, Former Board Members at Union Hospital District, and the Darrell Wade Family.
Visitation will be held from 5:00 PM until 8:00 PM Tuesday evening at Lockhart First Baptist Church Family Life Center, 126 Armory Road, Union, SC 29379 and from 1:00 PM until 2:45 PM Wednesday at Lockhart First Baptist Church prior to the services.
Memorials may be made to Hospice Care of South Carolina Union Unit, 408 N. Duncan Bypass Suite 200, Union SC 29379 or ALS Association, Gift Processing Center, PO Box 6051, Albert Lea, MN 56001 or First Baptist Church of Lockhart, PO Box 190, Lockhart, SC 29364.
Courtesy of Holcombe Funeral Home
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