Uncle Arthur’s obituary ran in today’s The State in Columbia:
Arthur Manning Flowers Jr.
ANDREWS – Arthur Manning Flowers, Jr. died Monday, December 29, 2008, at Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community in West Columbia.
Mr. Flowers was born June 26, 1930, in Andrews, son of the late Arthur Manning Flowers and Mattie Lee Long Flowers. He graduated from the University of South Carolina in 1951, and served in the United States Air Force during the Korean conflict. After completing his service to his country, Mr. Flowers returned to Columbia and graduated from the University of South Carolina School of Law in 1958. Mr. Flowers practiced law in Georgetown for 38 years as a partner in the Moore, Flowers and Doar law firm (which merged in later years with the McNair Law Firm).
Mr. Flowers was a lifelong member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Andrews. Throughout his life, he faithfully served his God, his church, his family and his community.
Surviving are his wife of 54 years, Patricia Chestnut Flowers; his children, Arthur M. (Renee) Flowers III of Columbia, Lora Lee Flowers (Erik) Doerring of Columbia, and J. Andrew Flowers of Murrells Inlet; and his grandchildren, Molly Flowers of Columbia, Mary Beth Flowers of Aynor, Katie Doerring and Christopher Doerring of Columbia.
The family would like to extend their thanks to the Still Hopes family for their loving care of their husband, father and grandfather.
Services will be held at Trinity United Methodist Church, Andrews, at 11 a.m. December 31, 2008. Officiating will be Rev. Sandra Stevens Poirel. Burial will follow in the Andrews Memorial Cemetery.
Sign a guest book at www.mayerfuneralhome.com.
Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 205 S. Rosemary Ave., Andrews, SC 29510 or to Still Hopes Episcopal Retirement Community, 1 Still Hopes Drive, West Columbia, SC 29169.
The Andrews Chapel of Mayer Funeral Home is assisting the family.