Astor Marion Krell Jr.

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SUMMERTON - Astor Marion Krell Jr., 70, died Thursday, October 9, 2014, at Tuomey Regional Medical Center, after battling cancer.

He was a loving husband and father who will be very much missed by his entire family, beloved wife, children and grandchildren. Butch was well known for the start of the first urban renewal project of the Olympia Mill Village in Columbia and the creation of the award winning Family Campground at River Bottom Farms near Pelion.

A gathering of family and friends of Astor Marion Krell Jr. will be held at a later date.

In lieu of flowers, memorials may be made in memory of Butch to A Second Chance Animal Shelter, 5079 Alex Harvin Hwy., Manning, SC 29102.

Stephens Funeral Home & Crematory, 304 N. Church St., Manning, is in charge of arrangements,(803) 435-2179. www.stephensfuneralhome.org