CHARLES E. HEMBREE

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Charles E. "Chuck" Hembree, 84, widower of Marjorie Ellen Simpson Hembree, died Saturday, Aug. 3, 2019, at his home.

Born Nov. 10, 1934, in Lenoir, North Carolina, he was a son of the late Theodore Hembree and Margaret Fink Hembree Sides. He retired from the U.S. Air Force after 22 years of service and was a veteran of both the Korean and Vietnam wars. He was a longtime member of Christian Tabernacle Church, where he served as an elder and a deacon.

Survivors include a son, Mark Hembree (Nancy) of Williamsport, Pennsylvania; two daughters, Marcia McCammon (Patrick) and Robin Wells (Charles), both of Sumter; four grandchildren, Erin McLeod, Dawn Finkbeiner, Seth Hembree and Owen Hembree; a great-grandchild, Landon McLeod; and two sisters, Rebecca Lowery of North Carolina and Patricia Ippolito (Tony) of New York.

He was preceded in death by a grandson, Joshua McCammon; a sister, June "Daisy" Russell; and brothers, Hubert Hembree, Patrick Sides and Gary Sides.

Funeral services will be held at 4 p.m. Wednesday in the Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. Tony Porter officiating. Burial with full military honors will be at Evergreen Memorial Park cemetery.

The family will receive friends from 2 to 4 p.m. Wednesday at Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and other times at the home.

Memorials may be made to St. Jude Children's Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105-1942 or to the National Breast Cancer Foundation, P.O. Box 678572, Dallas, TX 75267-8572.

Elmore-Cannon-Stephens Funeral Home and Crematorium of Sumter is in charge of the arrangements.