Paul Stevens Backus, 78, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Mullens, died Wednesday at his home. Born at Gad, he was the son of the late Adam Gordon Backus and Mary Hazel Selvey Backus.
He was a 25-year resident of Mullens before moving to Myrtle Beach in 1971, a retired yard master for Norfolk and Western Railway in Mullens and a graduate of the University of Charleston. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Frances White Backus.
Survivors: daughter, Anna Dare Holliday of Myrtle Beach; sons, Bobby and Paul “Benny” Backus, both of Wilmington, Del.; sister, Lenora Robertson of Mullens; two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. George W. Seaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was a 25-year resident of Mullens before moving to Myrtle Beach in 1971, a retired yard master for Norfolk and Western Railway in Mullens and a graduate of the University of Charleston. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Frances White Backus.
Survivors: daughter, Anna Dare Holliday of Myrtle Beach; sons, Bobby and Paul “Benny” Backus, both of Wilmington, Del.; sister, Lenora Robertson of Mullens; two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. George W. Seaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
Paul Stevens Backus, 78, of Myrtle Beach, S.C., formerly of Mullens, died Wednesday at his home. Born at Gad, he was the son of the late Adam Gordon Backus and Mary Hazel Selvey Backus.
He was a 25-year resident of Mullens before moving to Myrtle Beach in 1971, a retired yard master for Norfolk and Western Railway in Mullens and a graduate of the University of Charleston. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Frances White Backus.
Survivors: daughter, Anna Dare Holliday of Myrtle Beach; sons, Bobby and Paul “Benny” Backus, both of Wilmington, Del.; sister, Lenora Robertson of Mullens; two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. George W. Seaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
He was a 25-year resident of Mullens before moving to Myrtle Beach in 1971, a retired yard master for Norfolk and Western Railway in Mullens and a graduate of the University of Charleston. He was preceded in death by his wife, Ethel Frances White Backus.
Survivors: daughter, Anna Dare Holliday of Myrtle Beach; sons, Bobby and Paul “Benny” Backus, both of Wilmington, Del.; sister, Lenora Robertson of Mullens; two grandchildren.
Graveside services will be 2 p.m. today at Roselawn Memorial Gardens in Princeton. George W. Seaver Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.
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