Solomon Irving Till III, 78, husband of Margaret Graham Yates Till, died Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2015, at Clarendon Memorial Hospital.
Born in Sumter, "Sollie" was a son of the late Solomon Irving Till Jr. and Elizabeth Stanley Till. Mr. Till was a member of Northside Memorial Baptist Church. He was a veteran of the Vietnam War and retired from the U.S. Air Force after 20 years of service. Following his retirement, he served as the MWR director at Shaw Air Force Base. He was an official with the S.C. High School League, where he officiated football, basketball and baseball games. Mr. Till was a member of Edmunds High School Class of 1955.
Survivors besides his wife of Sumter include two sons, Steven Till (Wendy) of Sumter and Craig Till (June) of Jacksonville, Florida; a daughter, Melissa Till Whitfield (Mark) of Fort Mill; daughter-in-law, Linda Till; 10 grandchildren, Daniel Till (Katherine), Angela Klosterman (Matt), Lauren Scurry (Jay), Alan Till, Jonathan Till, Adam Whitfield, Marissa Whitfield, Niclaus Whitfield, Justin Till and Ashley Till; nine great-grandchildren; and two sisters, June Till Gag (Stan) of California and Jenny Till Hammond (Doug) of Sumter.
He was preceded in death by a son, Mike Till.
Funeral services for Solomon Irving Till III will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, at Northside Memorial Baptist Church, with the Rev. Jimmy Holley officiating. Burial with full military honors will be in Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.
Justin Till, Daniel Till, Dick Dabbs, Larry Brown, Don Dougherty and Kevin Williams will serve as pallbearers.
Frank "Smokey" Fickling, Carlisle White and Eddie Skey will serve as honorary pallbearers.
The family will receive friends from 2-3 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 30, 2015, in the fellowship hall at Northside Memorial Baptist Church, and other times at the home.
The family would like to express their appreciation to Drs. Strat Stavrou, Jeffrey Smith and Ansel McFaddin for the exceptional care they provided.
Memorials may be made to Northside Memorial Baptist Church, 1004 N. Main St., Sumter, SC 29153; or to Crossroads Wounded Warrior Archery Foundation, 1162 Fremont Road, Summerton, SC 29148.
Memorial messages may be left for the family at sumterfunerals.com.
Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements for Solomon Irving Till III.
