Posted 05 MAY 2009
Harvey Gene Poston
COLUMBIA, SC – Mr. Poston died Sunday, April 5, 2009. Born July 10, 1939, in Hemingway, SC, he was a son of the late Laron Jaro and Mettie Odell Jones Poston. He was a member of V.P.-4 while serving his country in the U.S. Navy as flight captain on a P2V aircraft. In 1971, he co-founded Southland Equipment Service, Inc. which still operates in Columbia today. Harvey was a member of Crescent Hill Baptist Church for 12 years, serving on the building committee and baptism committee as well as serving as a church greeter. He always enjoyed playing golf and driving his 1949 Ford Coupe.
Surviving are his beloved wife of 30 years, Diane Kay Poston; five daughters, Angela Locke (Ron) of Charleston, Kimberley Hicklin (Luther) of Elgin, Connie Rollins (Tim) of Irmo, Stephanie Yon of Myrtle Beach, and Joyce Leonhardt of Columbia; grandchildren, Rebecca and Kelsey Locke, James Dawson, Jeremy Yon, Ty and Chelsea Rollins, Allison Linton, Christopher Yon, Philip McCoy, Trey and Adam Leonhardt; great-grandson, Korey Dawson; sisters, Dene Sanford Wolfe (Asbury), Marie Nettles (Ed), Linda Merritt (Lee), and Patricia Mathis (Charles). In addition to his parents, Harvey was preceded in death by brothers, Howard and Odell Poston and a sister, Raye Padgett.
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