Colon Sellers

DATELINE: Ruby, SC

DECEASED: Mr. Colon L. Sellers, age 93, died Tuesday, October 27, 2009.

FUNERAL SERVICE: 4:00 P.M., Thursday, October 29, 2009 at Thompson Creek Baptist Church

INTERMENT: to follow in the church cemetery, with Masonic Rites.

VISITATION: 3:00 - 4:00 P.M. Thursday, October 29, 2009 prior to the service at the church

HISTORY: Mr. Sellers was born June 5, 1916 in Chesterfield, SC a son of the late Stephen Lemuel and Maggie Ann Rivers Sellers. He was a retired Printer and Composer with the Charlotte Observer. Mr. Sellers was a U.S. Army Veteran of WW II. He was a member of Thompson Creek Baptist Church and the Ruby Masonic Lodge 314 for over 60 years. Colon enjoyed working and cutting wood, and was an avid fisherman and gardener. In addition to his parents, Colon was preceded in death by his 7 brothers, John, Ernest, Walter, Roy, Harmon, Charlie, and Wilson Sellers and by his 4 sisters, Alma Allen, Mary Previtte, Lela Moore, and Ada Adams.

SURVIVORS:
Wife of 67 years: Ozie Belle Horne Sellers of the home
Also: a number of Nieces and Nephews

MEMORIALS: may be made to the Thompson Creek Baptist Church "Meals on Wheels" 3403 Wamble Hill Rd., Chesterfield, SC 29709



Miller-Rivers-Caulder Funeral Home of Chesterfield, SC (www.mrcfuneralhome.com) is serving the Sellers Family.