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Aug272012

Rev. Craig Neill

ANDERSON - Reverend Ulysses Craig Neill, Jr., 92, of Anderson, husband of Frances M. Neill, died Thursday, August 23, 2012 at the Rainey Hospice House.

Born March 4, 1920 in Gastonia, NC, he was the son of the late Ulysses Craig and Lanie Mode Neill. He was a graduate of Gastonia High School, Anderson College and Erskine Seminary. He was a U.S. Army Veteran of World War II.

Rev. Neill served as Pastor at Martha Drive Baptist Church, Homeland Park Baptist Church, and Shiloh Baptist Church in Anderson, SC; Southside Baptist Church in Abbeville, SC; Interim Pastor at several churches in the area. He was one of the founders and executive director of the Haven of Rest Ministries and was Pastor Emeritus at Homeland Park Baptist Church.

Survivors include his wife, Frances; daughters, Patricia Hawkins and husband, Sidney, Madonna Ferguson and husband, Thomas, and Joy Brickman; stepchildren, Rosalyn Adams Wyly and husband, Reid, and Jeffrey Adams and wife, Cristi; grandchildren, Robin H. Wilson(Randy), Laura F. Ouzts (Kevin), Larissa Ferguson, Grace F. Sowell (Scott), Andrea F. Gulley (Robert), Carson, Savannah, and Hatcher Adams; great grandchildren, Mary-Grace Irby, Katie-Beth Irby, Ethan Wilson, Thomas Craig Ouzts, Neill Ferguson, Caitlin Sowell, Ashley Sowell, Payton Sowell, Tyler Gulley, and Sarah Gulley; and many nieces and nephews. He was the last member of his immediate family.

Rev. Neill was preceded in death by his first wife of 54 years, Grace Grizzle Neill, four brothers and six sisters.

Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at Homeland Park Baptist Church conducted by Rev. Ray Thompson. Burial will follow in the Lebanon Baptist Church Cemetery, 5150 Gentry Road, Anderson, at 5 p.m. Sunday. The family will receive friends from 5 until 8 p.m. Saturday at Sullivan-King Mortuary, Northeast Chapel, 3205 North Highway 81, Anderson. The family is at the residence.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made to Haven of Rest Ministries, 219 West Whitner Street, Anderson, SC 29624; Surgeons for Sight, c/o Southern Eye Associates, 113 Doctors Drive, Greenville, SC 29605; or Augusta Blind Rehabilitation Center, 1 Freedom Way, Augusta, GA 30904.

SULLIVAN-KING MORTUARY, NORTHEAST CHAPEL
www.sullivanking.com

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