George Carlton Gregory Jr.

BUFFALO -- George Carlton Gregory Jr., 57, of 233 Bailey Road died Feb.
11, 2003, at Spartanburg Regional Medical Center after a brief illness.

A native of Union County, he was a son of Ruth Wix Gregory of Buffalo and
the late George Carlton Gregory Sr. and was the husband of Elizabeth
Farmer Gregory.

He was a member of Buffalo Baptist Church, where he served as Sunday
school superintendent, trustee, Outreach leader, Training Union director
and was a member of the Church Choir. He was a member of the Buffalo
Volunteer Fire Department for 41 years and was assistant fire chief and
treasurer. He was named Firefighter of the Year at the fire department in
1998 and 1999 and was a member of the Union County Fireman's Association,
where he was named Union County Fireman of the Year in 1978. In 1998 and
1999, he received the J.W. Sullivan Memorial Award for Firefighter of the
Year and in 2001, the John L. Kingsmore Sr. Chief's Award. He was a 1963
graduate of Union High School and received his bachelors degree from the
University of South Carolina. He was formerly employed as an agent with
Liberty Life Insurance Company and had worked at the United Merchants'
Buffalo plant. He was retired from the South Carolina Department of
Corrections, Tyger River Facility. Active in community affairs, he was a
member of the Union Band-Aide Club, a former member of the South Carolina
National Guards, Union Unit and had served as a C.P.R. instructor. He
most recently performed in the Boogaloo Broadcasting Company's
performances of 'Turn the Wash Pot Down' and 'Best Christmas Pageant
Ever.'

Surviving in addition to his wife and mother are a daughter, Amy E.
Gregory of Greenwood.

The family will receive friends from 6:30 to 8:30 tonight at S.R.
Holcombe Funeral Home.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Thursday at Buffalo Baptist
Church, conducted by the Revs. Tim Anderson and Wayne Jones. Burial will
be in Union Memorial Gardens.

The body will be placed in the church at 3 p.m.

The family is at the home, 233 Bailey Road, Buffalo.

Memorials may be made to the Buffalo Volunteer Fire Department, Buffalo,
SC; or to the Buffalo Baptist Church Choir Robe Fund, Buffalo, SC, 29321.