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from Sylvia Cox Reddick, 100 Park Ave., Conway, SC 29526-3601Obituary for Sylvia Reddick
Conway...Sylvia Grey Cox Reddick, 72, died July 1, 2011, of pulmonary fibrosis at her home in Conway. She was born November 17, 1938, in Conway, a daughter of the late Sanford DeWitt Cox, Jr. and Irene Butler Cox. She was the wife of James Hines Reddick, Jr., whom she married in Savannah, Georgia, on November 23, 1960, and the mother of one daughter, Mary Grey Reddick Moses.She graduated from Conway High School, attended Columbia College, and graduated from the University of Georgia in the first class for teachers of orthopedically handicapped students. She received a Masters in Education from the University of South Carolina at Coastal Carolina and earned her PhD from Nova Southeastern University.
She taught the first class for orthopedically handicapped students in the public schools of Chatham County, Georgia, at Thunderbolt Elementary School in Savannah. After moving to Atlanta with her husband she taught hospital-bound students at the Elk's Aidemore Rehabilitation Hospital at Emory University.
After their moving to Conway and the birth of their daughter, Sylvia retired from the education profession and devoted the next eighteen years to being a wife, mother, and part-time employee and community volunteer. During this time she taught weekday kindergarten at Trinity United Methodist Church, worked at the Conway Chamber of Commerce, and drew land maps for S. D. Cox Surveyors, Inc. After her daughter entered college, she returned to the classroom, teaching sutdents with profound disabilities in the Horry County Schools at the Center for Exceptional Children, Conway High School, and South Conway Elementary School, until her retirement.
Her community involvement included serving on the boards of directors for the Conway Chamber of Commerce, the Pee Dee Council Girls Scouts of America, the Horry County Museum, the American Cancer Society, the New York Theatre Series, and the Community Concert Series. She was appointed to serve on the Historical Preservation Committee for the City of Conway's Robert Mills Court House, and on the Horry County Recreation Commission.
She was a member and past president of the Horry County Historical Society, the Fine Arts Club of Conway, and a founding member and past president of the Theatre of the Republic where she performed in and directed several productions during the 1970's. She was co-leader of Girl Scout Troop 39 for ten years.
Her awards include Conway Chamber of Commerce Woman of the Year, Conway Business and Professional Woman of the Year, Theatre of the Republic's Standing Ovation Award, and the Ernest E. Richardson Award from the Horry County Historical Society.
She organized a county-wide signature drive which, along with the efforts of many others, resulted in saving the historic Burroughs School building in Conway, soon to house the Horry County Museum.
She was a member of the Huguenot Society of South Carolina, the Peter Horry Chapter National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, South Carolina Chapter XXXI of The Colonial Dames of America, and the Thomas Minor Society, and was a charter member and past president of both the Dr. Thomas Fincklea Chapter and the Chicora Chapter of the National Society Colonial Dames 17th Century.
She was a charter member of Trinity United Methodist Church in Conway where she served in many capacities over the years. She was currently a member of the Ladies Fellowship Class and the Bunnie Butler Circle of the United Methodist Women.
She loved her family and friends, and enjoyed genealogy, history, and needlework.
Survivors include her husband, James Hines Reddick, Jr., of the home; a daughter, Mary Grey Reddick Moses and husband Ansley Tyler Moses of Lookout Mountain, Georgia; two grandchildren, Ann Tyler Moses of Stanford, California, and James Thatcher Moses of Lookout Mountain, Georgia; two sisters, Ann Butler Cox Long and husband James Furman Long of Plantersville and Susan Dean Cox Graves of Garden City Beach; two nephews, Sanford Cox Graves and wife Jennifer Lee Alexander Graves, and John Reuben Long, II and wife Mary Virginia Hill Long, all of Conway; two nieces, Jill Irene Long Crosswell and husband Dr. Hal Holland Crosswell, III of Columbia, and Angela Dean Graves of Marietta, Georgia; four great nephews, John Reuben Long, III, Hal Holland Crosswell, IV, Sanford Cox Graves, II, and Glenn Alexander Graves; and three great nieces Anne Elizabeth Crosswell, Caroline Hill Long, and Virginia Butler Long.
In addition to her parents, she was predeceased by her grandparents Sanford DeWitt and Belle Parker Cox, and Malcolm Claudius and Bunnie Lewis Butler.
The family will receive friends at the home 100 Park Avenue, Conway, Sunday, July 3, from 3:00 until 5:00. Funeral services will be at Trinity United Methodist Church at 11:00 a.m., on Tuesday, July 5, officiated by Dr. Sandra S. Poirel and Rev. Murray Gibbons. The family will have a private burial following the service.
Pallbearers will be Sanford Cox Graves, John Reuben Long, II, Dr. Hal Holland Crosswell, III, John Benjamin Burroughs, James Ralph Holbert, III, and Robert Walter Hill, IV.
Memorials may be made to Trinity United Methodist Church, 198 Long Avenue, Conway, SC 29526, or to The Horry County Historical Society, 606 Main Street, Conway, SC 29526.
The family appreciates the excellent sustaining care of Solaris Hospice.
Goldfinch Funeral Home, Conway Chapel, is in charge.